baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-1371927-A3 (EP)
Inventor: LEITCH FRANK J
IPC: F24S20/20
Filed: 2003-05-26
Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly (10) for a vehicle comprising at least one manifold (12) having walls (14) defining a chamber for retaining fluid. A mounting device (22) is secured to the wall of the manifold (12). The mounting device (22) includes a seat portion (26) adapted to receive a fluid transmission line (28,30). The mounting device (22) further includes an opening (32) extending from the seat portion (26) and aligned with an aperture (24) in the manifold (12) for providing a fluid passageway between the manifold (12) and the fluid transmission line (28,30). In addition, the mounting device (22) includes at least one indentation (48) formed therein for capturing contaminants and preventing an intrusion of the contaminants into the seat portion (26).
Patent EP-1398613-A3 (EP)
Inventor: BOGEN STEVEN A
IPC: G01N1/30
Filed: 1999-02-25
Abstract: A slide stainer which removes liquid from a microscope slide surface and collects some waste liquids in different containers than other liquids, is new. The slide stainer comprises: (a) a slide support for at least one microscope slide in a horizontal position to retain liquid on its surface; (b) an aspiration head (67) connected to vacuum source (82); (c) an actuator which contacts aspiration head to liquid on slide surface; (d) liquid waste collection containers (59); and (e) a liquid director (86,80A-80D) which directs liquid waste to collect in a selected liquid waste collection container. Independent claims are included for the following: (1) a liquid aspiration head for removing liquids from a microscope slide, comprising: (a) a hollow chamber connected to vacuum source; (b) a flat surface on exterior of chamber with hole(s) to interior; and (c) an actuator which causes flat surface to contact liquid on slide; (2) a method of aspirating liquid from the surface of a microscope slide comprising: (a) providing vacuum source; (b) channeling vacuum to aspiration head; (c) moving aspiration head to contact liquid on microscope slide; and (d) collecting liquid into one of a number of containers.
Patent EP-1348384-A3 (EP)
Inventor: MCCLEARY LARRY G
IPC: A61B17/16
Filed: 2003-03-29
Abstract: A medical instrument for milling bone along a curve and with respect to at least two angles
of orientation with respect to an input source of rotary motion includes a reamer that is
rotatable about a curved shaft which is retained by a frame. The shaft has a predetermined
curve that corresponds to a desired milling curve. The reamer is comprised of a plurality of
interconnected segments, with each segment having cutting surfaces such that each
segment is a cutter. The reamer can be flexed at the interconnection between the individual
segments.
Patent EP-1437547-A3 (EP)
Title: Einrichtung zur Erzeugung von Dampf sowie Verfahren zum Reinigen und Verfahren zum Betrieb derselben
Inventor: SAND DIRK
IPC: F22B1/28
Filed: 2004-01-05
Abstract: Bei einem Ausführungsbeispiel der Erfindung ist es möglich, einen
Dampfgenerator (11) zu schaffen, der einen Wasservorrat (15) in einem
Gehäuse ( 13) aufweist. Des weiteren sind ein Wasserzulauf (22) mit
Ventil (23), ein Wasserablauf (25) eine Heizung (16) in dem Gehäuse
und ein Dampfausgang (22) vorgesehen. Erfindungsgemäß ist der Wasserablauf
(25) als selbsttätig aktiviert und arbeitender Saugheber (27)
ausgebildet, der ab einem bestimmten Wasserstand des Wasservorrats
(15) aktiviert wird. Dies erfolgt beispielsweise dadurch, dass eine obere
Biegung (29) des Saughebers (27) in etwa auf Höhe des höchsten Wasserstandes
im Gehäuse (13) liegt. Wird dieser Wasserstand erreicht,
aktiviert sich der Saugheber (27) von selber und saugt das Gehäuse
(13) leer.
Patent EP-1494030-A3 (EP)
Inventor: IMOARAI TAKESHI
IPC: G01N33/569
Filed: 2004-06-29
Abstract: Sample pretreatment solutions for influenza virus tests by immunochromatography are described. 
     Methods detecting influenza virus by immunochromatography using the sample pretreatment solutions and Kits comprising the sample pretreatment solution and an immunochromatographic device are also described.
Patent EP-1488733-A3 (EP)
Inventor: BROADUS CHARLES R
IPC: A61B3/10
Filed: 2001-03-21
Abstract: A method of accepting eye topography exams, for use by a physician in
treating a patient's eye, comprising the steps of:
   acquiring at least three exams of the patient's eye wherein each exam is
at least a measure of a topography of an anterior surface of a patient's cornea;   comparing each exam with the other exams to produce a comparison
result for each exam pair; and   accepting the exam pair having the comparison result indicating that the
accepted exam pair are most similar to each other relative to the other exam
pairs.
Patent EP-1532881-A3 (EP)
Title: Verfahren und Vorrichtung zur Herstellung eines umhüllungsmaterialstreifenfreien Filterstrangs der tabakverarbeitenden Industrie
Inventor: WOLFF STEPHAN
IPC: A24D3/02
Filed: 2004-10-12
Abstract: Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Herstellung eines umhüllungsmaterialstreifenfreien
Filterstrangs (33) der tabakverarbeitenden
Industrie, wobei Filtermaterial (10) auf ein Formatband (23)
aufgebracht wird und in einer Formatvorrichtung (20) zu dem Filterstrang
(33) geformt wird, wobei der Filterstrang (33) in der Formatvorrichtung
(20) oder in Förderrichtung (50) des Filtermaterials (10)
stromabwärts der Formatvorrichtung (20) mit Energie beaufschlagt
wird, um einen Verbund des Filtermaterials (10) zu erreichen. 
     Die Erfindung betrifft ferner eine Vorrichtung zur Herstellung eines
umhüllungsmaterialstreifenfreien Filterstrangs (33) der tabakverarbeitenden
Industrie, umfassend eine Formatvorrichtung (20), in der
ein Formatband (23) bewegbar ist, das um Filtermaterial (10) endlicher
Länge wickelbar ist.  
     Das erfindungsgemäße Verfahren zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass
das Filtermaterial (10) stromaufwärts des Schritts des Aufbringens
auf das Formatband (23) im wesentlichen vollständig vereinzelt
wird. 
     Die erfindungsgemäße Vorrichtung zeichnet sich dadurch aus, dass
eine Aufschauervorrichtung (12, 13, 14, 26) stromaufwärts der Formatvorrichtung
(20) vorgesehen ist, mittels der im wesentlichen
vollständig vereinzelte Fasern (10) zu einem Vlies (15, 15', 15")
aufschauerbar sind.
Patent EP-1544536-A3 (EP)
Title: Scheinwerfer für Fahzeuge
Inventor: BURG MICHAEL
IPC: F21S8/12
Filed: 2004-12-08
Abstract: Die Erfindung betrifft einen Scheinwerfer für Fahrzeuge mit einem Projektionsmodul (1), das einen Reflektor (2), eine Linse (3) und ein dem Reflektor (2) zugeordnetes Leuchtmittel (5) aufweist. Oberhalb des Projektionsmoduls (1) ist ein lichtdurchlässiges Designelement (7) angeordnet, welches durch Lichtstrahlen (8) des Leuchtmittels (5) ausleuchtbar ist. Zwischen dem vorderen oberen Rand des Reflektors (2) und der Linse (3) ist eine Lichtabschirmeinrichtung (10) angeordnet, die zur Schwächung der Lichtintensität des unteren Bereichs des aus dem Scheinwerfer austretenden Lichtbündels dient und mindestens einen ersten Umlenkspiegel (11) aufweist. Der Umlenkspiegel (11) lenkt von dem Reflektor (2) reflektierte Lichtstrahlen (8) nach oben ab, die zur Ausleuchtung des lichtdurchlässigen Designelements (7) dienen.
Patent EP-1426084-A3 (EP)
Inventor: JOHNSON RODNEY GEORGE
IPC: A63F1/12
Filed: 1998-03-13
Abstract: The playing card shoffling apparatus comprises a sensor (15) to identify articles for collation and/or sorting, feeding means to feed cards from a stack (11) past the sensor (15) to a delivery means (14) adapted to deliver cards individually to a preselected one of a storing means (24) in an indexable magazine (20). A microprocessor (16) coupled to the feed means (14), delivery means (18), sensor (15) and magazine (20) determines according to a preprogrammed routine whether cards identified by sensor (15) are collated in the magazine (20) as an ordered deck of cards or a randomly ordered or "shuffled" deck. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1496478-A3 (EP)
Inventor: VILLA MASSIMILIANO
IPC: G07C9/00
Filed: 2004-07-09
Abstract: Security system with fingerprint recognition (100)
comprising a local apparatus (50) provided with:
     a fingerprint acquisition unit (1) for
generating, based on the finger of the main user
placed near the unit, an electrical signal
representative of the corresponding fingerprint,   processing means (CPU,INT) coupled to the
acquisition unit (1) for supplying reference
digital data on the basis of said electrical
signal. Furthermore, the local apparatus comprises
a memory (M) controlled by the processing means
(CPU) for storing the reference digital data.   
     The system (100) is characterized in that it
further comprises a remote managing apparatus (3)
such as to generate an authorization signal by
which said processing means (CPU, INT) can enable
storage of the reference digital data in the memory
(M).
Patent EP-1439490-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KIM YEONG-TAEG
IPC: G06T5/20
Filed: 2004-01-16
Abstract: A general shoot suppression method and system for image detail enhancement that provides good suppression in shoot areas while preserving the enhancement (with less or no suppression) in non-shoot areas. Asymmetry checker checks the luminance variation of pixels around the current pixel within a filtering range. 
Based on the checking result, different patterns of luminance variation in the neighbourhood of the current pixel are categorized. Higher suppression is applied to those patterns that are more likely to cause overshoot/undershoot. Optionally, suppression is further associated with the intensity of detail signal at each pixel position. An intensity checker checks the magnitude of the detail signal. If the detail signal is weak at a current pixel position, it is unlikely that obvious shoot artefacts appear at that position, and little or no suppression is applied. Such a method and system provide shoot suppression only in shoot areas while maintaining good enhancement in non-shoot areas.
Patent EP-1441441-A3 (EP)
Inventor: TAI HIROMICHI
IPC: H03K17/082
Filed: 2004-01-19
Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a simple and easily
adjustable gate driving circuit for an active gate drive. As a configuration
for this, a gate driving circuit includes a delay control signal creation unit (3)
configured to create a delay control signal having a certain delay time with
respect to a control signal given from a superior control device, a reference
signal creation unit (4) configured to create a voltage reference signal by
waveform-shaping of the delay control signal, a voltage detector (7) configured
to detect a voltage between electrodes of a voltage-driven type switching
element and output a principal voltage detection signal, and a comparator (5)
configured to compare the principal voltage detection signal with the voltage
reference signal and output a comparison result signal which controls a
current source (6).
Patent EP-1566153-A3 (EP)
Title: Inseminationsbesteck, umfassend einen Besamungskatheter und eine Spermatube, für die künstliche Besamung von Nutztieren
Inventor: KAINDL WALTER
IPC: A61D19/02
Filed: 2005-01-28
Abstract: Ein für den Einmalgebrauch bestimmtes Inseminationsbesteck für die künstliche Besamung von Nutztieren, insbesondere Schweinen, besteht aus einem Besamungskatheter (1) und einer Spermatube (9), von deren der Besamungskatheter (1) einen aus einem Kunststoffrohr bestehenden Katheterschaft (2) hat und die Spermatube (9) eine mit dem Besamungskatheter zu koppelnde Abgabetülle (11) aufweist und das zu applizierende Sperma enthält. Zum festen und dichten Festhalten der Abgabetülle (11) der Tube (9) im Katheterschaft während des Besamungsvorgangs weist die Innenwand des Katheterschafts (2) vom Katheterende axial einwärts scharfkantige Durchmesserstufen (20, 21, 22, 23) abnehmenden Durchmessers bis zum Innendurchmesser (bei 24) des Katheterschafts auf. Ein solcher Katheterschaft ist günstig herstellbar und ohne großen Aufwand innenseitig span- und staubfrei bereitzustellen.
Patent EP-1594244-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KIM JOONSUK
IPC: H04Q7/24
Filed: 2005-04-14
Abstract: A wireless local area network (WLAN) transmitter includes a baseband processing module and a plurality of radio frequency (RF) transmitters. The baseband processing module operably coupled to scramble data in accordance with a pseudo random sequence to produce scrambled data. The baseband processing module is further operably coupled to interleave, at a word level, the scrambled data to produce interleaved data when the interleaving is enabled. The baseband processing module is further operably coupled to outer Reed-Solomon encode the scrambled data or the interleaved data to produce outer encoded data when the outer Reed-Solomon encoding is enabled. The baseband processing module is further operably coupled to inner puncture convolution encode the outer encoded data or the scrambled data to produce the encoded data. The baseband processing module is further operably coupled to determine a number of transmit streams based on a mode selection signal. The baseband processing module is further operably coupled to convert the encoded data into streams of symbols in accordance with the number of transmit streams and the mode selection signal. The plurality of radio frequency (RF) transmitters, when enabled, converts the streams of symbols into a corresponding number of RF signals.
Patent EP-1601182-A3 (EP)
Title: Method and apparatus for creating halftone dot image, using a threshold matrix for each color component
Inventor: ASAI HIROSHI
IPC: H04N1/405
Filed: 2005-04-18
Abstract: To create a halftone dot image, a threshold matrix is generated by comparison with an original image, for each color component. In a matrix area for one color component, dot centers are arranged almost uniformly in a random fashion at a predetermined density and in a matrix area for another color component, dot centers are arranged almost uniformly in a random fashion at a density about 0.7 times the predetermined density. Then, threshold values are set so that dots should grow around the dot centers in accordance with an increase in gray level of the original image, to generate the threshold matrix for each color component. In creating the halftone dot images by using these threshold matrixes, characteristics of spatial frequency of the halftone dot images of these color components can be represented in a frequency space as areas (75K,75C) in a shape of concentric rings. As a result, it is possible to create a multicolor halftone dot image with les graininess, with no portions approximate to each other in the characteristics of spatial frequency of these halftone dot images.
Patent EP-1563779-A3 (EP)
Inventor: MCGILL SHANE ROBERT
IPC: A47J31/40
Filed: 1998-10-27
Abstract: In blending food products, particularly milkshakes, a container (3) is provided which has a lid (2) which seals the upper end of the container and has blending means in the form of a rotatable blending element (1), extending, in use, into the body of the container to blend the contents. The container is filled, the lid (2) applied and the container is inverted so that with the blending element (1) rotating, the contents are blended. Thereafter the lid is removed or opened to access the blended contents.  The invention also provides a seating for the container during blending which may embrace the sides of the container, an optional heater or a cooler to cool the contents before blending.
Patent EP-1612780-A3 (EP)
Inventor: HAN JEONG YEOP
IPC: G11B7/095
Filed: 2005-06-22
Abstract: Provided is an optical pickup actuator. The optical pickup actuator includes: a lens holder for holding an object lens; a focusing coil disposed at the lens holder; a tracking coil disposed at the lens holder; a radial coil wound at a coil holder at which the focusing coil is wound; and multipolar magnets disposed at positions facing the focusing coil, the tracking coil, and the radial coil (Fig. 4).
Patent EP-1615371-A3 (EP)
Inventor: FERRER SERRANO ROBERTO LUIS
IPC: H04L9/32
Filed: 2005-07-05
Abstract: System of management and communication by electronic signature. 
System of management and communication using electronic signature, that is profitable to make easy the internal communication among the members of an organization allowing to have an reliable communication and with the level of confidentiality desired by communication's issuer, including the system (1) a way of access based in a chip that stores, at least, two private keys of electronic signature, as well as an computerized device (4) for the management and communication among the members of the organization, of documents, information or messages electronically signed, so that by means of the introduction of a first private key (5) of electronic signature, the issuer member signatory of the document provides evidence of his/her real identity (7), and by means of the introduction of a second private key (6) of electronic signature, the issuer member, signatory of the document, provides evidence of identity as a member (8) of the organization, but no personally.
Patent EP-1635223-A3 (EP)
Inventor: ADACHI KEIICHI
IPC: G03F7/30
Filed: 2005-08-05
Abstract: A processing apparatus for a lithographic printing plate, which has a photosensitive material coated thereon and has an image formed with an FM screen or a high definition AM screen, by a developing part and a rinsing part in this order, in which a concavo-convex part or grooves are provided on a lower roller of a pair of feeding roller at a feeding port of the rinsing part.
Patent EP-1587301-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KUWATA NAOKI
IPC: G03F3/08
Filed: 1997-11-13
Abstract: An image processing system is disclosed, including: a number-of-color detecting means for inputting image data representing information of pixels resolved in a dot matrix form from an image and for regarding information corresponding to the luminance of each pixel as color and detecting the number of colors used; and an image discriminating means for judging the type of image on the basis of the detected number of colors. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1596585-A3 (EP)
Inventor: TAKAZAWA SYUICHI
IPC: H04N5/222
Filed: 1999-12-21
Abstract: A high-speed image pickup apparatus obtains the same image quality as that of a standard-speed image pickup by simply converting a high-speed video signal (50) into a plurality of standard-speed video signals. A video camera system comprises a video camera (10) for outputting a video signal (50) by picking up an object at a high speed. A transmitting path transmits the video signal to a signal processor (12, 13). The signal processor (12, 13) signal-processes the transmitted video signal, and divides the high-speed video signal into a plurality of standard-speed video signals (501-503) directly or by providing a blank field as an additional period by the video camera. The plurality of standard-speed video signals are transmitted by a transmitting path (23). By dividing a high-speed video signal into a plurality of channels of standard signals and signal-processing them, a high-speed photographing video camera system can be formed simply.
Patent EP-1630168-A3 (EP)
Inventor: GRANOFF DAN M
IPC: A61P31/04
Filed: 1998-08-26
Abstract: Molecular mimetics of unique epitopes of  Neisseria meningitidis  serogroup B ("MenB") are disclosed. Compositions containing such molecular mimetics can be used to prevent MenB or  E. coli  K1 disease without the risk of evoking autoantibody responses.
Patent EP-1666950-A3 (EP)
Inventor: CHESTAK SERGUEI
IPC: G02B30/30
Filed: 2005-11-21
Abstract: An autostereoscopic display comprises a parallax barrier having a first and second arrays (34, 35) of birefringent elements. The first array (34) includes first elements (34a), which rotate the polarization direction of incident polarized light in one sense, and second elements (34b) which rotate the polarization direction of the light in an opposite sense, arranged in an alternating series. The second array (35) includes third and fourth elements (35a, 35b) which act similarly to the first and second elements (34a, 34b) respectively. At least one of the first and second arrays (34, 35) is movable to permit adjustment of the alignments of the first and second elements (34a, 34b) with the third and fourth elements (35a, 35b) respectively. When the elements (34a, 34b, 35a, 35b) are aligned, the light from a display panel (31) passes through the first and second arrays (34, 35), to display a 2D image. When the elements (34a, 34b, 35a, 35b) are not aligned, the first and second arrays (34, 35) act as a parallax barrier to separate left-eye and right-eye images of a 3D image.
Patent EP-1566917-A3 (EP)
Inventor: SKRAPARLIS DIMITRIOS
IPC: H04J99/00
Filed: 2005-01-27
Abstract: This invention is generally concerned with apparatus, methods and processor control
code for MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) communications systems. 
     An adaptive MIMO communications system comprising a MIMO transmitter (280) and
a MIMO receiver (200) and having a feedback path (212) from said receiver (200) to
said transmitter (280), said MIMO transmitter (280) including a receiver (282) to
receive a feedback signal from said receiver (200) sent via said feedback path (212) and
a controller responsive to said feedback signal to configure a MIMO transmission from
said transmitter (280) to said receiver (200), said MIMO receiver (200) being
configured to receive said MIMO transmission; and wherein said MIMO receiver (200)
includes a decision module (210), said decision module (210) having a power indicating
input to input a signal indicating a desired receiver power consumption, and an output
for sending a MIMO configuration signal to said MIMO transmitter (280), said decision
module (210) being configured to determine a MIMO transmission configuration
responsive to said power indicating input and to output a MIMO configuration signal
for feedback to said transmitter (280) to configure said transmitter (280) in accordance
with said determination.
Patent EP-1584787-A3 (EP)
Inventor: NOERA FREDERICO
IPC: F01D5/14
Filed: 2005-04-07
Abstract: Rotor for the first phase of a low-pressure turbine has a series of blades each defined by coordinates of a discreet combination of points, in a Cartesian reference system (X,Y,Z), wherein the axis (Z) is a radial axis intersecting the central axis of the turbine. The profile of each blade is identified by means of a series of closed intersection curves between the profile itself and planes (X,Y) lying at distances (Z) from the central axis. Each blade has an average throat angle defined by the cosine arc of the ratio between the average throat length at mid-height of the blade and the circumferential pitch evaluated at the radius of the average throat point; the average throat angle ranges from 54.9° to 57.9°.
Patent EP-1630453-A3 (EP)
Inventor: LODGE CHRISTOPHER JAMES
IPC: F16G13/06
Filed: 2005-07-12
Abstract: A roller chain for high load applications has a pin (16) with a diameter that is larger than the pin of an ANSI chain of the same pitch but the chain still falls within the spatial envelope of the ANSI chain so that it can be used on a standard ANSI sprocket. The roller (15) and bush (14) are of reduced thickness in comparison to an equivalent ANSI heavy series chain.