baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-1565111-A2 (EP)
Inventor: STEARNS RALPH A
IPC: A61B17/28
Filed: 2003-10-06
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to endoscopic retractors (100) including a shaft having at least a first section (104b) having a first mechanical interface (124) and a second section (104c) having a second mechanical interface (126) for engaging the first mechanical interface, the first section and the second section being selectively movable from a first, generally longitudinally-aligned configuration along an axis defined through the shaft and the first mechanical interface is disengaged from the second mechanical interface, to a second configuration wherein the second section is disposed at an angle relative to a longitudinal axis of the shaft and the first mechanical interface is engaged with the second mechanical interface. The retractor further includes at least one cable (106a) extending through the shaft and operatively secured to the second section. The cable is remotely actuatable to move the second section from the first to the second configuration upon selective translation of the cable.
Patent EP-1567197-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HIRAOKA KAZUYA
IPC: A61K48/00
Filed: 2003-12-02
Abstract: A method for enhancing the transfection efficiency of naked plasmid DNA in treating and/or preventing angiogenesis-dependent symptoms is provided by the present inventions. According to the present method, a suitable naked plasmid DNA is subjected for intramuscular injection under increased pressure inside the muscle or hyperbaric oxygen. Angiogenesis-dependent symptoms, including wounds, inflammatory diseases, critical limb ischemia, ischemia heart diseases, cerebral infarction, diabetic neuropathy, spinal canal stenosis, etc., may be treated by the present methods.
Patent EP-1596968-A2 (EP)
Inventor: EHLEN FRANK
IPC: B32B18/00
Filed: 2003-11-19
Abstract: Bei einem Verfahren zur Herstellung eines Keramikverbunds wird auf eine grüne Trägerschicht eine grüne zweite Schicht aufgebracht, deren Keramikteilchen einer Größe von X <= 100 nm haben. Beim gemeinsamen Sintern der grünen Schichten verdichtet sich die zweite Schicht zu einer defektfreien feinporigen Funktionsschicht.
Patent EP-1463041-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NAGAI YUJI
IPC: G11B20/14
Filed: 2004-02-16
Abstract: From an optical disc on which physical address information is recorded in the form of phase modulation of a groove wobble, a wobble signal is optically obtained which is affected by the groove wobble. The wobble signal is phase detected by a phase detector (32) and then fed into a low-pass filter (34). In a jitter calculator (51) the value of Ã/T is calculated from the standard deviation Ã of a jitter distribution obtained from the output of the low-pass filter and the period (T) of a symbol clock for the phase modulation to evaluate the recorded physical address information.
Patent EP-1460814-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KIM KWANG-CHUL
IPC: H04J11/00
Filed: 2004-03-15
Abstract: An apparatus and method for performing coarse frequency synchronization in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) receiver are provided. The coarse frequency synchronization apparatus in a frequency synchronizer of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) receiver includes a buffer that receives a demodulated symbol and outputs a shifted symbol generated by cyclically shifting the symbol by a predetermined shift amount; a controller that determines the length of an summation interval according to a phase coherence bandwidth and a number of sub-bands into which the summation interval is divided, and generates and adjusts a symbol time offset according to the number of sub-bands; a reference symbol predistortion portion that generates a reference symbol whose phase is distorted by the symbol time offset; a counter that counts the shift amount ; a partial correlation portion that receives the shifted symbol and the reference symbol and calculates a partial correlation value for each of the sub-bands; and a maximum value detector that calculates the shift amount where the partial correlation value is a maximum and outputs the same as an estimated coarse frequency offset value.
Patent EP-1429193-A2 (EP)
Inventor: EHARA TOSHIYUKI
IPC: G03G5/10
Filed: 1999-05-12
Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrophotographic
photosensitive member (101) having a cylindrical shape, and
comprising a conductive substrate having a thickness not
smaller than 0.1 mm and smaller than 2.5 mm, and a light-receiving
layer having a photoconductive layer on the
conductive substrate, the light-receiving layer containing
at least amorphous silicon, wherein the photoconductive
layer has a thickness not smaller than 5 µm and smaller
than 20 µm, and wherein a temperature dependency γ of the
photosensitive member (101) is 1 < γ ≤ 6 at a dark
potential and 1 < γ ≤ 3 at a light potential.
Patent EP-1477411-A2 (EP)
Title: Display box for cylindrical containers with a profiled base
Inventor: LO DUCA CARMELO
IPC: B65D5/50
Filed: 2004-04-28
Abstract: Display box for a cylindrical container (50) with profiled base,
the box having a frontal aperture (31) for the passage of said
container, at one end of said frontal aperture there being
provided an appendix (19) having profiled holes (60) able to engage
and retain the profiled portion of the base of the
container to prevent its rotation about its axis.
Patent EP-1482552-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TAKAO YUKIHIRO
IPC: H01L21/3205
Filed: 2004-05-26
Abstract: Disconnection and deterioration in step coverage of wirings
are prevented to offer a semiconductor device having higher
reliability. A pad electrode (53) is formed on a surface of
a silicon die (51A). A via hole (VH) penetrating the silicon
die (51A) is formed from a back surface of the silicon
die (51A) to the pad electrode (53). A wiring layer (64)
disposed on the back surface of the silicon die (51A) runs
through the via hole (VH) and is electrically connected
with the pad electrode (53). The wiring layer (64) covers a
convex portion (58) of silicon on the back surface of the
silicon die (51A). A solder ball (66) is formed on the wiring
layer (64) on the convex portion (58) of silicon.
Patent EP-1500842-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GEHRING TOM
IPC: F16F3/093
Filed: 2004-07-03
Abstract: The bearing unit for connecting a shock absorber piston rod to an automobile body structure comprises elastic bearing elements (ii, iii) which bracket a disk (i), and are constituted so that the difference of their stiffness values after a displacement of 1.5 mm mounts to at least 50 N/mm. Independent claims are also included for: (a) a spring structure comprising a piston rod and the proposed bearing unit; (b) an automobile with the proposed bearing and/or the proposed spring structure.
Patent EP-1517235-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WASSMANN PETER
IPC: G06F9/44
Filed: 2004-08-12
Abstract: A branding framework for use in efficiently locating branding resources
and applying them throughout a software product. Centrally stored resource files
contain branding resources and have namespaces assigned to them. A branding
engine of the framework calls a group of resource files as a function of a selected
namespace and searches the called group for branding resources to be installed in the
software product. In one embodiment, the branding engine searches the called
resource files based on the metadata embedded in the resource files.
Patent EP-1527824-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BERGAGLIO OSVALDO
IPC: B05B16/40
Filed: 2004-10-26
Abstract: A spray booth and or a preparation station consists of an
upper space (5) designed for hot air to pass through for
drying, an upper space (2) connected with the main space (5)
by the interposition of filters (4) and by means of the
emission of air (8) in the upper space (2). Heated radiant
panels (1), preferably catalytic ones, are placed in the
upper space (2) orientated towards the filters (4) to heat by
the air in transit in the upper space (2) and by the filters
(4), which act as the exchange of heat to finally warm up
the air in transit directly to the upper space (5). The
spray booth or and the preparation station can be internally
covered with sandwiched panels which are fed by air which
exits from a series of holes made in the sheets of the panels
which face internally the booth, so as to avoid dirtying the
walls from the kind of fog given off by the spray paint.
Patent EP-1528693-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CHANG SEOK II
IPC: H04J13/00
Filed: 2004-10-26
Abstract: Methods and system for frame synchronization for a mobile communication
system is disclosed. A downlink synchronization signal is detected. Multiple sub-frames
on the basis of the detected synchronization signal are stored. An optimum
position of a midamble sequence is detected using a correlation in accordance with
sub-frames. A phase sequence of sub-frames is calculated by using a correlation
value at the optimum position of the midamble sequence and a maximum correlation
value of a synchronization signal. A frame synchronization is obtained on the basis of
a phase position of a sub-frame. The frame synchronization is periodically updated.
Patent EP-1528346-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SMITHEY DAVID W
IPC: F28F1/32
Filed: 2004-10-28
Abstract: A universal fin for use on a heat exchanger having a known number of
vertical and horizontal tube passes. The universal fin has a plurality of openings
arranged in equally spaced columns and equally spaced rows. One or more
continuous fins having columns and rows of openings equal to the known
number of tube passes can be removed from the universal fin and assembled
with a tube portion to form the heat exchanger. The openings on the universal fin
are configured so that one or more fins can be separated from the universal fin
for use on a heat exchanger regardless of the number of horizontal and vertical
passes that comprise the heat exchanger.
Patent EP-1529868-A2 (EP)
Inventor: INUZUKA TADASHI
IPC: D06F37/22
Filed: 2004-11-04
Abstract: A drum type washing machine (1) includes a housing, a
water tub unit (5) in the housing (6), at least one vibration damper (70)
fixed at a base portion of the housing (6) and at least one of
first biasing member (71) and second biasing member (72). The
vibration damper (70) supports the water tub unit (5) at a first
position closer to a front side of housing (6) than a center of
gravity of the water tub unit (5) is. The first biasing member (71)
elastically biases the water tub unit (5) toward at least the
front side of the housing at a second position higher than
the first position. The second biasing member (72) elastically
biases the water tub unit (5) towards at least a rear side of the
housing (6) at a third position lower than the first position.
Patent EP-1531339-A2 (EP)
Inventor: STEIMEL ULRICH DR
IPC: G01S5/18
Filed: 2004-11-12
Abstract: The method involves directionally selective detection of sound waves radiated or transmitted by the target with an electroacoustic transducer arrangement of a sonar receiver system on a carrying vehicle from estimated direction angles determined from estimated target positions and measured direction angles, iteratively minimizing the difference angles, specifying limiting values for the distance and/or course and/or speed of the target, determining boundary conditions for position and speed components for estimating the target position and using to minimize the direction angle difference.
Patent EP-1545041-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CAI LIYU
IPC: H04L27/26
Filed: 2004-11-26
Abstract: The present invention provides a data transmitting method
with hybrid automatic repeat request in multi-carrier
system. In this method, the signal-to-noise ratios of
respective sub-carriers are compared with a threshold, the
data on the sub-carriers having the signal-to-noise ratios
lower than the threshold are selectively retransmitted by
mapping these data onto the sub-carriers having the good
channel conditions, and then the retransmitted data are
combined hybrid-automatically in the receiver of the
opposite terminal. By using the method the system
throughput can be enhanced effectively without impairing
the bit error rate of the system.
Patent EP-1544799-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YAMAGUCHI AKIHIRO
IPC: A63F13/52
Filed: 2004-12-15
Abstract: Detailed model data having numerous polygons and rough model data having
fewer polygons are prepared for one object. A rectangular parallelepiped including the
entire object is defined as a bounding box. A virtual three-dimensional space is
perspective-transformed to divide an image-drawing field, which is an image drawing
range, into a far image-drawing field and a near image-drawing field according to a
distance from a viewpoint of virtual camera. When at least a part of the bounding box
is included in the far image-drawing field, polygons of rough model data included in the
far image-drawing field are drawn in a frame buffer. When at least a part of the
bounding box is included in the near image-drawing field, polygons of detailed model
data included in the near image-drawing field are drawn in a frame buffer.
Patent EP-1571247-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HORRES JOHANNES
IPC: D04H1/74
Filed: 2004-12-20
Abstract: A primary web (2) of mineral wool is opened into flocks (9), e.g. by a beater (8), which are then recombined by depositing them on a conveyor (11). The flock size is preferably 10 to 30 mm and can be produced directly or by recombining material after finer opening. The primary web (2) can contain a binder and further materials, e.g. hydroxides or different fibers, can be added in the opened state. The final web (4) can be laid randomly or deposited in a laminar manner. The conveyor (11) is equipped with suction and can include other treatments, e.g. feeding additional material to the edges, to produce a final product.
Patent EP-1518521-A2 (EP)
Inventor: INSALL JOHN
IPC: A61F2/66
Filed: 1999-03-09
Abstract: A femoral knee implant (1) includes a fourth compartment of articulation. The superior
posterior articulating surface is achieved by first increasing the thickness of the superior
posterior condylar portion of the femoral component to widen the superior posterior edge of
the posterior condyle (6). Second, the newly created surface at the superior posterior condyle (7)
is smoothly rounded to provide an articular surface with no sharp changes in the surface
contours. In one embodiment, the fourth articular compartment of this invention is provided
in a one piece femoral design. In another embodiment, it is provided as a modular addition
to an existing prior art femoral component. In another embodiment, the fourth compartment
is combined with a posterior stabilized (PS) TKR design that includes a tibial post and
cooperating femoral cam characterized by low engagement of the cam on the spine.
Patent EP-1437092-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ISEBERG STEVE
IPC: A61B5/12
Filed: 1998-04-02
Abstract: A hearing screener apparatus has a housing (140) and a testing probe
(110) coupled to the housing. At least one microphone (180) is mounted with
the testing probe (110), and vibrationally isolated from the housing (140) by
the coupling. 
     The apparatus is suitable for testing the function of the middle ear
structure, in particular of infants. 
     Distortion-product otacoustic emissions (DPOAE) are used to determine
the middle ear function.
Patent EP-1469282-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DANG LIEU-KIM
IPC: G01B11/00
Filed: 2004-04-16
Abstract: The device has a light source device (Q) for generating and radiating a primary light beam bundle (L1), collimating optics (K) for receiving the primary light beam bundle (L1) and for collimating, parallelizing and expanding the primary light beam bundle (L1) into a secondary light beam bundle (L2). The secondary light beam bundle (L2) is collimated in a directed manner and projection optics (P) receive a portion (L2Z) of the secondary light beam bundle (L2) which is converted into a tertiary light beam bundle (L3). The beam bundle (LM) is marked for a light mark (ML, MP) and radiated and projected. The projection optics (P) is acted upon by one of the secondary light beam bundle and a portion of the secondary light beam bundle so that central beam bundle of the secondary light beam bundle can be radiated through an area (ZA) of the projection optics (P). A marginal beam bundle (L2R) of the secondary light beam bundle is adjacent to the central beam bundle of the secondary light beam bundle can be radiated directly past the edge or outer surface of the area of the projection optics. The central beam bundle of the secondary light beam bundle is diffused through interaction with the cylindrical lens (Z) and can be projected substantially in the shape of a line as part of the tertiary light beam bundle or as a line mark beam bundle (LML) for a light mark (ML). A marginal beam bundle of the secondary light beam bundle can be projected substantially in a point and a spot as part of the tertiary light beam bundle or as a point mark bundle (LMP) for a light mark (MP).
Patent EP-1487206-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LEE KWANG-YONG
IPC: H04N5/44
Filed: 2004-05-14
Abstract: A TV signal receiving module and method thereof is connected to a portable
computer through a USB (ul bus) connector or a USB external connection terminal,
and includes a tuner, a video decoder, an audio decoder, an encoding engine, and a
network connecting part. The tuner receives an analogue or a digital signal and
separates the analogue signal into a video signal and an audio signal and converting
the digital signal into a first data stream. The video decoder converts the video
signal of the analogue signal into a digital video stream. The audio decoder
converts the audio signal of the analogue into a digital audio stream. The encoding
engine encodes the digital video and audio streams into a second data stream. The
network connecting part converts a format of the first data stream or the second
data stream for the portable computer.
Patent EP-1553602-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SAWAZUMI TSUNEO
IPC: G01T1/00
Filed: 2004-12-29
Abstract: A radiographic image reading method includes: 
scanning a photostimulable phosphor plate with excitation
light by a scanning section such that a relative
relationship between an average area S2 of column crystals
of a photostimulable phosphor and an average area S1 of a
beam of the excitation light emitted from a light source is
S1 ≥ 10 × S2, the photostimulable phosphor plate
comprising: a support; and a photostimulable phosphor layer
comprising the column crystals of the photostimulable
phosphor formed on a surface of the support, wherein
radiation energy is stored in the photostimulable phosphor
layer; and detecting photostimulated light by a detector,
which is emitted from the photostimulable phosphor layer by
the scanning with the excitation light.
Patent EP-1545063-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LARSEN JAMES DAVID
IPC: H04L12/28
Filed: 2004-06-25
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of operating a communication network,
the network comprising a plurality of stations (A to O) which are able to
transmit data to and receive data from one another so that a message
comprising a plurality of data packets is sent from an originating station (A)
to a destination station (O) via at least one opportunistically selected
intermediate station. The method makes use of probe signals transmitted
from each station on a selected probing channel to which other stations
respond to indicate their availability as destination or intermediate stations.
A Request to Send message is sent, with a Clear to Send message
returned by an available station. The station with data to send
opportunistically selects an available station and the selected station uses a
Packet Acknowledge message to confirm successful reception of the
transmitted data packet. An End-to-End Acknowledge message is sent by
the originating station (A), directly or indirectly, to confirm receipt of said
data packets.
Patent EP-1508999-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CUERVO FERNANDO
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 2004-08-12
Abstract: A cross-domain, integration architecture to allow service providers to provide
end to end services is presented. The architecture relates to communication
networks having a plurality of domains including their management and enables
the effecting of policies on policy-enabled resources across domains by using
PEP virtualisation. Policy management is separated from the management of
policy-enabled resources. Policy management is performed by a resource policy
layer which establishes services across domains in the communication network.
A network resource controller in each domain locates within its domain policy-enabled
resources that are required to implement the services. The controller also
manages those resources. A method of implementing the invention is also
discussed.
Patent EP-1587591-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MOSHAL MARTIN
IPC: G07F17/32
Filed: 2004-01-19
Abstract: Un système de pari à base de cagnotte comprend un certain nombre de terminaux de joueurs, un générateur d'événements aléatoires et une installation de cumul. Chaque terminal de joueur peut être utilisé par un joueur respectif pour placer un pari correspondant sur une ou plusieurs passes d'un jeux de hasard, alors que l'installation de cumul est sensible au placement de chaque pari de façon à accumuler une partie de celui-ci dans un compte de cumul. Le générateur d'événements aléatoires peut être activé par le placement de chaque pari de façon à générer un événement aléatoire sur lequel un résultat d'une passe de jeu de hasard est fondé, ce résultat étant un résultat parmi un certain nombre de résultats possibles incluant un résultat favorable pour lequel le joueur ayant placé ce pari gagne les contenus du compte de cumul. Ce système de pari à base de cagnotte comprend aussi un organe d'enregistrement capable d'enregistrer chaque joueur dans une loterie pendant une durée prédéterminée, fonction des paris correspondants du joueur sur une ou plusieurs différentes passes du jeu de hasard et, un organe de sélection qu'on peut activer de façon à sélectionner de manière aléatoire un des joueurs inscrits comme gagnant de la loterie, le gagnant de cette loterie se voyant remettre les contenus du compte de cumul.
Patent EP-1618515-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DOUGLASS JAMES
IPC: G06V10/56
Filed: 2004-02-03
Abstract: A method of compressing a color image is provided. The color image comprises color data for a plurality of pixels. The method includes the step of obtaining red, green and blue pixel values of an object of interest in the image. A calculation is made of the complement of the red, green and blue values of the object of interest. Transformation coefficients are calculated which transform the complements of red, green and blue values of the object of interest into representations in a transformation color space. The transformation coefficients are applied to all the pixels in the image to thereby obtain a transformed data set representing the image having components along three mutually orthogonal axes (A, B and C herein) in a three-dimensional transformed color space. The transformed data set is scaled in accordance with the color quantization used in the system; e.g., the A, B and C values are between 0 and 255 for an 8 bit quantization. A compression algorithm, e.g., a loss less algorithm such as WINZip or LZW is applied to at least two components of the transformed data set to thereby produce output data representing a compression of the image.