baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0874094-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MULHERON MALCOLM
IPC: E04B1/70
Filed: 1998-04-27
Abstract: The present invention relates to a shaped wall insert
for use as a means for the prevention of damp in walls.
A substantially horizontal hole (4) is drilled in a wall (5)
and a porous plastic or ceramic insert s placed in the
hole (4). The insert is adapted to fit within the hole (4) and
has an upper interface surface which slopes downwards
towards the open end of the hole (4). Moisture in the wall (5)
is attracted to the insert, and air passing from
outside the wall to a position within the hole (4) absorbs
moisture, thereby cooling and increasing in density.
The air subsequently descends, coming into contact with
the inclined interface surface of the insert, along
which it travels, subsequently exiting through the hole (4)
at the external face of the wall.
Patent EP-0951013-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CHUNG CHONG-SAM
IPC: G11B7/1372
Filed: 1998-09-04
Abstract: An optical pickup using a catadioptric objective lens
is provided in which a light receptor and a light
transmitter are integrated with a catadioptric objective
lens. The optical pickup includes a unit (20) for
emitting laser light to a recording medium (40) and
detecting the light reflected from the recording medium
and a catadioptric objective lens (30) including a first
reflective area (30-1) for reflecting the light incident
from the unit (20), a focusing area for focusing the light
incident from the unit (20) as a focused spot, and a
second reflective area (30-2) for reflecting the light
reflected from the first reflective area (30-1) toward the
focusing area, in which the first reflective area (30-1)
and the focusing area form a first surface of the
catadioptric objective lens (30) and the second reflective
area (30-2) becomes a part of a second surface of the
catadioptric objective lens (30) located in the vicinity
of the unit (20), wherein the unit (20) and the
catadioptric objective lens (30) are integrated and the
light from the unit (20) is incident to the catadioptric
objective lens (30) via the portions except the second
reflective area (30-2) of the second surface. The optical
pickup enables the components of the optical system to be
compact and light and the optical pickup to be thin, which
can be used as a slim device such as a notebook computer.
Patent EP-0920149-A2 (EP)
Inventor: AKIO MOTOYOSHI
IPC: H04B13/00
Filed: 1998-10-01
Abstract: A quantum state or qubit is transmitted from a sender
(10) to receiver (12) using a quantum teleportation. For this
purpose, first, second and third photons ([1], [2] and [3])
are successively produced from a laser source (22). The first
photon is modified in polarization (x 1 , y 1 ) according to
encoded information to be sent. The second and third photons
are mutually quantum-mechanically correlated and shared by
the sender and receiver, respectively. The sender measures
the polarized states (x 1 , y 1 ; x 2 , y 2 ) of the coincidentally
appearing first and second photons and transmits measurement
outcomes to the receiver via classical communication. The
receiver recovers information of the first photon ([1]) from
the third photon ([3]) based on his measurement and the
measurement outcomes transmitted by the sender.
Patent EP-0915044-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JANG HEUNG-KYU
IPC: B65H3/56
Filed: 1998-11-04
Abstract: An auto sheet feed device for a printer is described. The
device includes a pivoting paper loading plate and a pick
up device for picking up sheets loaded onto the paper
loading plate. A knock-up spring presses the paper loading
plate and hence the uppermost sheet loaded onto it
into contact with the pick up device. A resistance plate,
for separating the sheets of paper loaded onto the paper
loading plate is provided and this resistance plate is
pivoted by a gear mechanism in accordance with movement
of the paper loading plate to maintain the angle between
the two substantially invariant. The gear mechanism
includes a rack gear on the paper loading plate, an idler
gear and a fan-shaped driven gear on the resistance
plate.
Patent EP-0911572-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WEILER JAMES MICHAEL
IPC: F17C9/02
Filed: 1998-09-22
Abstract: A system delivers cryogenic gas at a high pressure from a supply of cryogenic liquid
maintained at a low pressure in a bulk tank. The bulk tank supplies liquid to at least one transfer
tank. The transfer tank is pressurized by connecting it to a pressure building tank containing gas
at a high pressure. A heat exchanger is connected in circuit between the transfer tank and the
pressure building tank. The transfer tank provides liquid at a high pressure to the heat exchanger
so that a vapor is produced. This vapor is fed to the pressure building tank so that the high
pressure therein is maintained. The transfer tank provides a high pressure flow of liquid to a
vaporizer and a high pressure gas storage tank so that high pressure cryogenic gas may be
produced and stored.
Patent EP-0978211-A2 (EP)
Inventor: POSTI HARRI
IPC: H04L29/08
Filed: 1998-04-22
Abstract: The invention relates to a selection of a physical channel in a GSM/DCS-based cellular radio network. More specifically, the invention relates to a selection of a fixed physical control channel and to a selection of a physical traffic channel. The base station (100) comprises a list of physical channels allowed for said base station (100). In the method, interference levels of allowed physical channels are measured and the physical channels to be used for a radio link (108) are selected on the basis of the measured interference level. The base station (100) selects from the allowed physical channels it has measured those channels which have the lowest interference level as fixed physical control channels. Depending on the situation, the subscriber terminal (104) and possibly the base station (100) select the physical traffic channels. A physical channel located at a distance of a fixed frequency spacing from the selected physical traffic channel downlink is selected as a physical traffic channel uplink. Or the frequency spacing between the selected physical traffic channels between downlink and uplink is of random size.
Patent EP-1019827-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HERMAN JEFFREY A
IPC: G06F11/36
Filed: 1998-09-25
Abstract: L'invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif permettant de recevoir des instructions d'analyse de données émanant d'un utilisateur et d'afficher les résultats d'analyse pour les besoins de l'utilisateur. Selon une variante, plusieurs fenêtres d'interface sont affichées sur un écran d'ordinateur. Une première fenêtre permet à l'utilisateur de choisir un ou plusieurs fichiers de spécification comprenant les données de référence qui spécifient les fonctions et/ou les ressources avec lesquelles d'autres données doivent être comparées. Une deuxième fenêtre permet à l'utilisateur de choisir un ou plusieurs fichiers de données à comparer avec un ou plusieurs fichiers de spécification sélectionnés via la première fenêtre. Une troisième fenêtre permet à l'utilisateur de choisir en mode interactif le type d'analyse à effectuer et fournit à cet utilisateur les résultats de l'analyse choisie. Par ailleurs, la troisième fenêtre permet à l'utilisateur d'appliquer, en mode interactif, un ou plusieurs filtres aux résultats et de sélectionner la manière (représentation) retenue pour l'affichage des résultats.
Patent EP-1026983-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LEWIS EDGAR N
IPC: A61B19/00
Filed: 1998-10-30
Abstract: La présente invention concerne un instrument médical comportant un premier étage optique, un séparateur spectral, un capteur d'image, et un processeur de diagnostic. Le premier étage optique prend en compte la surface tissulaire d'un patient. Le séparateur spectral, attaqué par le premier étage optique, reçoit des commandes en entrée. Le capteur d'image est optiquement alimenté par le séparateur spectral. Il donne en sortie une image numérisée. Le processeur de diagnostic comporte, d'une part une interface d'acquisition d'image, alimentée en entrée par le capteur d'image, et d'autre part une interface de commande de filtre, donnant en sortie des commandes revenant à l'entrée de commandes du séparateur spectral.
Patent EP-0945670-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WEICH HERMANN
IPC: F21W121/04
Filed: 1999-03-02
Abstract: The lighting includes several electric 'candles' (1) with an electric lamp (2) arranged in each candle casing (3). The candles are connected by conductors (4) to a first connection element (5), by which the candles are connected to a second connecting element (8) of a supply or stem conductor (6), which is common for all candles. At least two candles are combined to form a group (Gl-G5), whereby the candles of each group are connected with a common first connecting element associated with this group. Mounting elements (9) are provided for the stem conductor, whereby the stem conductor is formed, at least in its section comprising the second connection elements, in the form of a helix.
Patent EP-0940990-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HAGAI MAKOTO
IPC: H04N7/52
Filed: 1999-03-05
Abstract: A video image decoding and composing apparatus comprising: a
composing information memory for storing composition information;
an arbitrary shape object decoding means for decoding a coded signal
of an arbitrary shape object video image; a shape memory for storing
a shape signal which is decoded by the arbitrary shape object decoding
means; a texture memory for storing a texture signal which is decoded
by the arbitrary shape object decoding means; a rectangular shape
object decoding means for decoding a coded signal of a rectangular
shape object video image; a video image memory for storing a video
image signal which is decoded by the rectangular shape object decoding
means; a composing means for composing the shape signal stored in
the shape memory, the texture signal stored in the texture memory,
and the video image signal stored in the video image memory, in
accordance with the composition information stored in the composition
information memory; a position indicating means for indicating a
position in the composed image which is output from the composing
means; and a shape selecting means for selecting only the shape signal
according to the instruction from the position indicating means.
Patent EP-0950971-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SAITO TAKASHI
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 1999-04-13
Abstract: A work management method and system which
manage a project executed by individuals or groups
belonging to an organization. In response to a phase
transition request from a task management unit (140), a
workflow management unit (130) performs transition and
activation of a business phase included in a process
definition (171), sets a work in work management table
(173), and issues a task addition request. In response
to an event addition request or a deletion request, an
event management unit (150) adds or deletes events to or
from an event queue (151), monitors an occurrence of the
event and, when the event occurs, sends a task status
transition request to the task management unit (140). In
response to the task addition request, the task
management unit (140) sets a task name and a task status
name in the work management table (173), generates the
event associated with the task name, issues the event
addition request. In response to the task status
transition request described above, the task management
unit (140) sets the task status name, such as "execute"
or "complete", in a task status column according to the
type of the event. When the event type is "execute", the
task management unit (140) generates the event and issues
the event addition request; when the event type is
"complete", the unit issues a request to delete the
generated event. When the task status values of all
tasks, including the task that has completed, of the 
business phase are "complete", the task management unit
(140) issues the phase transition request.
Patent EP-0957013-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NAGAE NORIHIKO
IPC: B60R21/01
Filed: 1999-05-06
Abstract: An ignition control system has an airbag control
device(28)and a roll-over control device(30). The airbag
control device(28) and the roll-over control device(30)
are interconnected by a communication line. The
specification of communication between the control
devices is set so that the operation of the airbag
control device(28) is the same when the roll-over control
device(30) is provided as it would be were the roll-over
control device not provided. When a roll-over of the
vehicle occurs, first and second switching element are
turned on, so that ignition current is supplied from a
backup capacitor. During diagnostics, the second
switching element remains off.
Patent EP-0961357-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MACHILL ANDREAS
IPC: H01R13/436
Filed: 1999-05-17
Abstract: An electrical plug connector (1) with a housing (2) and
with a locking element (13) is specified, the housing (2)
being of substantially cuboid-shaped design with a front face
(3), a cable-side end face (4) and four side walls (5 to 8),
and the housing (2) comprising at least two chambers (10) for
each receiving one electrical contact (11) and that extend
from the front face (3) to the cable-side end face (4), the
housing (2) having an opening (12) through a first side wall
(5), that runs perpendicular to the chambers (10) between the
chambers (10) and into that the locking element (13) can be
pushed in order to lock the electrical contacts (11) in the
chambers (10), the locking element (13) having at least two
opposite wall parts (14, 15) that reduce the clear width of
the chambers (10) when the locking element is inserted, the
locking element (13) having a recess (20) between the two
wall parts (14, 15), and the two wall parts (14, 15) being
connected to one another by way of a guide rib (16), in such
a way that the wall parts (14, 15) are designed to be
flexible towards the recess and rigid perpendicular thereto,
in the direction of insertion.
Patent EP-0977466-A2 (EP)
Title: Microwave oven with halogen lamps
Inventor: KWAN-HO LEE
IPC: H05B6/80
Filed: 1999-07-15
Abstract: A microwave oven with halogen lamps is disclosed. In
the microwave oven, two upper halogen lamps are installed on
the top wall of a cavity of the microwave oven at a position
corresponding to the central portion of a turntable. Two
lower halogen lamps are installed on the bottom wall of the
cavity so as to be diagonally opposite to the upper lamps and
to not overlap with the upper lamps. Therefore, the light,
emanating from the upper and lower lamps, is uniformly
transmitted to the total area on the turntable. The upper
lamps are positioned to overlap with the central portion of
the turntable. The lower lamps individually have an output
power of lower than that of each upper lamp. The lower lamps
are positioned to be radially spaced apart from the central
portion of the turntable. The microwave oven of this
invention thus uniformly heats and cooks food laid on the
turntable while effectively preventing thermal damage of a
turntable motor due to heat of the lower lamps.
Patent EP-0964578-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PORTER MARK A
IPC: H04N7/50
Filed: 1996-07-12
Abstract: A method and apparatus for use in a digital video delivery system is
provided. A digital representation of an audio-visual work, such as an
MPEG file (104), is parsed to produce a tag file (106). The tag file
(106) includes information about each of the frames in the audio-visual
work. During the performance of the audio-visual work, data from the
digital representation is sent from a video pump (130) to a decoder. Seek
operations are performed by causing the video pump (130) to stop
transmitting data from the current position in the digital
representation, and to start transmitting data from a new position in
the digital representation. The information in the tag file (106) is
inspected to determine the new position from which to start transmitting
data. To ensure that the data stream transmitted by the video pump (130)
maintains compliance with the applicable video format, prefix data that
includes appropriate information is transmitted by said video pump (130)
prior to transmitting data from the new position. Fast and slow forward
and rewind operations are performed by selecting video frames based on
the information contained in the tag file (106) and the desired
presentation rate, and generating a data stream containing data that
represents the selected video frames. A video editor (502) is provided
for generating a new video file (510) from pre-existing video files
(104). The video editor (502) selects frames from the pre-existing video
files (104) based on editing commands and the information contained in
the tag files (106) of the pre-existing video files (104). A
presentation rate, start position, end position, and source file may be
separately specified for each sequence to be created by the video editor
(502).
Patent EP-1005069-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KISHIMOTO JUN
IPC: H01L21/306
Filed: 1999-11-17
Abstract: There is disclosed a semiconductor wafer obtained, at
least, by removing a mechanical damage layer by etching
both surfaces of the wafer, flattening one of the surfaces
by a surface-grinding means, polishing both of the surfaces,
and then subjecting a front surface of the wafer to a
finishing mirror-polishing when defining the surface
subjected to surface-grinding as a back surface of the
wafer, and a method for fabricating it. 
     There can be provided a method for fabricating a
semiconductor wafer wherein grinding striations which
remain on a semiconductor wafer even when double side
polishing and finishing mirror-polishing are conducted
after a conventional step of surface-grinding of the front
surface or the both surfaces, are eliminated to improve
quality of the front surface of the wafer, and the back
surface having a quality suitable for the device process
can be obtained, and a semiconductor wafer obtained thereby.
Patent EP-1006016-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BRANDT KENNETH A
IPC: B60K28/04
Filed: 1999-11-29
Abstract: The present invention is drawn to a control
system on a power machine which includes a first
sensor (48) sensing a first operation condition and
providing a first sensor signal. An operator actuable
override mechanism (52) provides an override signal in
response to actuation thereof. A controller (44) is
coupled to the first sensor (48), a power circuit
(56), a traction lockout mechanism (58), and the
override mechanism (52). The controller is configured
to instate a lockout condition in response to the
first sensor signal. The controller selectively
overrides the lockout condition based on the override
signal, and the first sensor signal.
Patent EP-1005910-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PAUL C DICESARE
IPC: B04B5/02
Filed: 1999-12-06
Abstract: A device and method is provided for separating components of a fluid sample.
The device includes a plurality of constituents comprising a container, a liner in the
container, a closure for the container and a composite element. The composite element is
a seal plug with a density between the densities of the components of the fluid sample is
releasably engaged with the container closure and with the liner. A needle cannula is
used to deposit a fluid sample in the liner and the entire device is placed in a centrifuge.
The centrifugal load causes the seal plug to separate from the closure and causes the liner
to expand outwardly against the container. The seal plug migrates into the fluid sample
and stabilizes between the densities of the components of the fluid sample. The liner will
resiliently return to its initial configuration upon termination of centrifugal load such that
the liner sealingly engages the seal plug and separates the components of the fluid
sample.
Patent EP-0943597-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DRENT EIT
IPC: C07C29/16
Filed: 1999-03-15
Abstract: A process for the hydroformylation of a feed
comprising compounds having a single ethylenically
unsaturated group by reaction thereof in the liquid phase
with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of a
catalyst system comprising
   a) a source of palladium cations;   b) a source of anions;   c) a source of at least one bidentate ligands of the
formula
 R 1 R 2 M 1 RM 2 R 3 R 4   
wherein M 1  and M 2  independently represent a phosphorus,
arsenic or antimony atom, R represents a bivalent
bridging group containing from 1-4 atoms in the bridge,
R 1  and R 2  independently represent a substituted or
unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, or together represent a
bivalent substituted or unsubstituted cyclic group
whereby the two free valencies are linked to M 1 , and R 3 
and R 4  independently represent a substituted or
unsubstituted hydrocarbyl group, or together represent a
bivalent substituted or unsubstituted cyclic group
whereby the two free valencies are linked to M 2 ; and   d) a source of halide chosen from the group of chloride,
iodide and bromide and mixtures thereof; 
 characterized in that  the ethylenically unsaturated feed
comprises one or more dienes and/or further multiply
unsaturated alkenes to an amount of 0.005 - 5 wt% based
on the total amount of ethylenically unsaturated
compounds in the feed, and in that component b) of the 
catalyst system is a source of anions of an acid having a
pKa value, measured in aqueous solution at 18 °C, of
between -1 and 4.
Patent EP-0971461-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HOLD KLAUS
IPC: H01H85/20
Filed: 1999-06-15
Abstract: An electrical busbar (10) formed in one piece by stamping and
folding a sheet of metallic material, the busbar comprising a substantially
planar portion (12) and a number of female terminals (14) integrally formed
with the planar portion, wherein each female terminal includes a first part (22)
and a second part (24), the first and second parts lying in planes which are
substantially parallel and spaced apart, each part having a slot (30) which is
open at one end (32) and capable of receiving a male terminal blade, the slots
of each female terminal being aligned with the open ends being positioned
adjacent one another. Provides a busbar which is easier to produce.
Patent EP-0949673-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CLEVENGER LAWRENCE A
IPC: H01L23/485
Filed: 1999-03-31
Abstract: An conductor for interconnecting integrated
circuit components having improved reliability. The
conductor includes a liner surrounding at least three
surfaces of the conductor, producing a low textured
conductor. It has been found that low textured
conductor results in improved electromigration
lifetime.
Patent EP-0951175-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WANG SHEN-GE
IPC: H04N1/387
Filed: 1999-04-13
Abstract: A system for automatic detection and retrieval of embedded invisible digital
watermarks retrieves digital watermarks from halftone images. Specifically, by
supplying an image to the system, through a process of autocorrelation and shifting,
the embedded invisible watermark becomes visible. The process includes scanning or
supplying an image to the system, calculating the global autocorrelation of the image,
selecting a moving window size, conducting a piecewise localized autocorrelation for
each window-sized portion of the image, retrieving the embedded, initially invisible,
watermarks, normalizing the resultant image for visualization and displaying the
resultant image with the now visible retrieved embedded digital watermarks.
Patent EP-0961368-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHINOZAKI TETSUYA
IPC: H01R12/71
Filed: 1999-04-16
Abstract: A flange 16 protrudes from side faces of a housing 10 of a connector attached to a panel, a
waterproofing ring 18 being provided next to the flange 16. The positioning of terminals
14 passing through the housing 10 is regulated by an alignment plate 15. One end of the
alignment plate 15 faces protrusions 19 on the waterproofing ring 18 from the side opposite
the flange 16, thereby preventing the separation of the waterproofing ring 18 from the
flange 16. According to this invention, the alignment plate 15 for correcting the
positioning of the terminals 14 is used to prevent the separation of the waterproofing ring
18 without incurring high production costs, and as a consequence the connector can easily
be attached to the panel.