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Patent EP-0738075-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PARULSKI KENNETH A
IPC: H04N1/21
Filed: 1996-04-12
Abstract: An electronic still camera is provided with an electronic image sensor for generating an image signal corresponding to a still image of a subject and an orientation determination section for sensing the orientation of the camera relative to the subject. The orientation determination section provides an orientation signal recognizing either the vertical or the horizontal orientation of the camera relative to the subject. An image processor is responsive to the orientation signal for processing the image signal and correcting the orientation thereof so that the still image is output from the image processor in a predetermined orientation. In this way, the electronic still camera can be positioned in a variety of orientations relative to a subject, including both clockwise and counterclockwise vertical "portrait" orientations and a horizontal "landscape" orientation, without affecting the orientation of the images output by the camera.
Patent EP-0740454-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WONG LAM F
IPC: H04N1/191
Filed: 1996-04-24
Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing within an imaging area (18) of a charged surface (16) and without significant banding, an array of pixel spots forming image scan lines (20,22) including a start-of-image scan line (20a). The method and apparatus include a ROS (24) for generating an even number of light beams. The ROS includes a rotating polygon assembly (40) having a plural number of facets 'F' for each deflecting the even number of light beams onto the imaging area of the charged surface forming scanning beams for simultaneously each producing an image scan line. The method and apparatus also include a controller (50) for controlling the even number of light beams so that a scanning beam spacing "d" is maintained where "d" is equal to 'F'-1, and so that at start-of-producing the pixel spots forming the image scan lines, the beams are offset relative to the start-of-image scan line and only one-half the even number of light beams is deflected onto the imaging area of the charged surface to each form an image scan line.
Patent EP-0774374-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BRAUN EUGENE RALPH
IPC: B60W30/18
Filed: 1996-10-23
Abstract: A control system/method for controlling engine (12) output torque in a vehicular powertrain system (10) including an electronically controlled engine and a torque load limited drivetrain system (11) is provided. The control will sense values of a control parameter (GR, OS) indicative of potential overloading of the drivetrain at maximum engine output torque and will cause engine output torque to be limited to a value less than the maximum value thereof.
Patent EP-0779700-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BENDALL CLARK ALEXANDER
IPC: H02M3/158
Filed: 1996-12-10
Abstract: A direct current or direct voltage power supply (10) operating from a mains AC line (12) is corrected for power factor so that the maximum power can be extracted from the source. The AC line is full-wave rectified (14), filtered (16) and the resulting pulsating direct voltage is applied to a buck/boost switched inductor (22) switched (24) at a frequency higher than the line frequency. The buck/boost switching action is controlled so that the switchover between buck and boost modes occurs when the instantaneous value of the pulsating direct voltage equals the supply output voltage. The inductor current in the buck mode of operation is controlled to have an input voltage-squared characteristic; the inductor current in the boost mode is controlled to have an input voltage-proportional characteristic. The resulting average current makes the AC line current substantially proportional to the AC line voltage, to achieve substantially unity power factor.
Patent EP-0783977-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KASHIMURA MAKOTO
IPC: B41J2/01
Filed: 1996-12-23
Abstract: A printing apparatus and method for maintaining an appropriate spacing between a print head and the overall printing surface of a printing media in a wide range of thickness, with a platen mechanism that allows the printing medium to move in parallel displacement, namely both downstream along the advance of the printing medium and in the direction apart from the print head.
Patent EP-0729854-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PESCHEL WOLFGANG DIPL-ING
IPC: B60C11/11
Filed: 1996-01-11
Abstract: A vehicle tyre, esp. for winter use, has a tread profile with circumferential and lateral channels forming, on each side of the tyre equator (M-M), a row of shoulder blocks (1) and a pair of central block rows (2, 3), with all blocks having fine lamellae cuts. Both the adjacent blocks (3a) of the circumferential row (3) nearer the tyre equator (M-M) and also the blocks (2a, 3a) of the adjacent block rows (2, 3) are separated by channels with combined broad and narrow sections (6a, 6b, 7a, 7b). Narrow channel sections (6b, 7b) are shallower than the broad channel sections (6a, 7b).
Patent EP-0804804-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BELL SCOTT
IPC: H01L21/3213
Filed: 1996-09-06
Abstract: Cette invention concerne un procédé permettant d'éviter les piqûres dans les régions actives le long des bords d'un électrode de grille, lors de la gravure d'un matériau composite comprenant une couche anti-réfléchissante sur du silicium polycristallin. Ce procédé consiste à graver la couche anti-réfléchissante à l'aide d'un agent de gravure qui va former une couche de protection et de passivation sur les parois latérales, au moins, du motif anti-réfléchissant gravé, ainsi que sur la couche sous-jacente de silicium polycristallin. Une gravure anisotropique permet ensuite d'éliminer la couche de protection et de passivation de la surface de la couche de silicium polycristallin, le motif anti-réfléchissant gravé restant protégé, sur ses parois latérales au moins, par la couche de passivation contre la gravure principale du silicium polycristallin, ceci afin d'éviter toute interaction. Dans un autre mode de réalisation, la couche anti-réfléchissante est gravée sans que l'on procède à la formation d'une couche de passivation, la couche de silicium polycristallin étant ensuite gravée à l'aide d'un agent de gravure formant une couche de passivation.
Patent EP-0881918-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GUSEVA MALVINA B
IPC: C23C14/06
Filed: 1996-12-18
Abstract: A synthetic polymeric form of carbon (Tetracarbon(TM)) which exhibits some properties similar to biological tissues. Tetracarbon is highly biocompatible and may have application in medicine and microelectronics. Tetracarbon is a biocompatible substrate coating made by depositing short linear chains of carbon stores upon the surface of the substrate. The carbon chains are non-turbostratic and oriented perpendicular to the substrate surface and are densely packed parallel to one another in hexagonal structures with the distance between the carbon chains being between 4.8-5.03 Å. A layer of Tetracarbon is identical to an adjacent layer and randomly shifted laterally relative to each other.
Patent EP-0805373-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MURAI HIDEYA
IPC: G02F1/1337
Filed: 1997-04-29
Abstract: An LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) including two substrates sandwiching an LC layer therebetween, and causing a plurality of different kinds of regions to coexist in the LC layer is disclosed. An electrode formed with an aperture is provided on at least one of the substrates. A second electrode is also provided on the same substrate as the above electrode in alignment with the electrode. A voltage higher than a voltage to be applied between the electrode with the aperture and a counter electrode facing it is applied between the second electrode and the counter electrode, thereby controlling the rising direction of LC molecules. The LCD is easy to produce and achieves a great viewing angle. In addition, the LC contains a polymer in order to fix the rising directions of the LC molecules.
Patent EP-0818380-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KAWAMURO JUNJI
IPC: B62D6/02
Filed: 1997-07-08
Abstract: A power steering apparatus in which an adjusting
operation for an orifice (80), which is provide to
optimize a steering characteristic, can be easily
performed. A rotary control valve (23) controls an amount
of working oil to be supplied to a power assist cylinder
(24) in response to a relative rotation between an input
member (25) and an output member (27). A counter force
mechanism (22), provided in the rotary control valve,
includes a counter force plunger (57a-57d), a hydraulic
pressure counter force chamber (56) located on an outer
side of the counter force plunger and an inside chamber
(58) located on an inner side of the counter force
plunger. The counter force mechanism (22) provides a
counter force to the input member (25) by a pressure
difference between a pressure of the working oil in the
hydraulic pressure counter force chamber (56) and a
pressure of the working oil in the inside chamber (58). A
hydraulic pressure control valve (23) is attached to the
rotary control valve. The hydraulic pressure control
valve includes a counter force mechanism port (61) through
which the working oil is supplied to the counter force
mechanism (22). A connection passage (75) connects
between the inside chamber and the counter force mechanism
port. The orifice (80) is provided to a part (74) of a
connection passage (75) located in the hydraulic pressure
control valve (23).
Patent EP-0820760-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MOELLER HINRICH DR-DIPL-CHEM
IPC: D06P3/04
Filed: 1997-07-17
Abstract: Use of benzaldehyde or cinnamaldehyde compounds of formula (I) is claimed for dyeing keratin fibres, especially human hair. R1 = a pyrrolidine, piperidine, morpholine, piperazidine, imidazole, 1,2,3- or 1,2,4-triazole or azepine group bonded via N to the aromatic ring; R2, R3 = H, halo, OH, 1-4C alkyl, 1-4C alkoxy or 1-4C hydroxyalkyl; or R2+R3 complete a condensed isocyclic or heterocyclic, optionally unsaturated 5-, 6- or 7-membered ring; and n = 0 or 1.
Patent EP-0841641-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MAZUR RICHARD A
IPC: G07D3/16
Filed: 1994-08-22
Abstract: A coin sorter for sorting mixed coins by denomination. The apparatus comprises a
rotatable disc (13) which has a resilient surface (16) for receiving coins and imparting
rotational movement to the coins. A stationary sorting head (12) has a contoured
surface spaced slightly away from and generally parallel to the resilient surface of the
rotatable disc. The stationary sorting head sorts and discharges coins of different
denominations at different exits around the periphery of the stationary sorting head.
The sorting head includes a separate exit channel for each denomination of coin. An
encoder monitors the movement of a sensed coin on the rotating disc downstream of
the sensors by monitoring the angular movement of the rotating disc. A coin
discriminator is used to detect foreign and counterfeit coins and to prevent the
detected invalid coins from being discharged with the valid coins.
Patent EP-0794042-A2 (EP)
Inventor: COLLINA VINCENZO
IPC: E04C3/294
Filed: 1997-03-04
Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite girder (11) comprising one or more vertical cores of steel plate, associated and cooperating with one or more horizontal slabs (13,14) or flanges of concrete. At least one of said horizontal slabs (13,14) or flanges is made from high-performance concrete in order to allow mutual forces or co-actions to be imposed between the several components of the girder which are much higher/stronger than the mutual forces/co-actions which can be imposed by means of other methods and materials. If the composite girder is at least partially manufactured at the prefabrication factory, according to the present method, the starting element will be an I girder (12) preflexed or inflexed with welded connecting means (15); the I girder (12) will be positioned on the prefabricating bench imposing such constraints as to straighten the girder, then in a suitable position steel cables (16) are installed prestressed between external anchoring points (17), and the concrete casting is carried out in a flange (13) in which said cables (16) are associated with high-performance concrete. According to the method of the present invention, after setting is complete, the auxiliary constraints are cut and removed. In such a way, the by now set concrete, by being integral with the iron girder (12) thanks to the iron reinforcer elements and welded connecting means (15) and with the cables (16) by adhesion, causes the several components to mechanically cooperate and the composite beam to be endowed with much better characteristics than of the girders known from the prior art.
Patent EP-0807729-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OKADA SHINJI
IPC: E05B85/16
Filed: 1997-03-17
Abstract: There is provided an automobile door handle (10) comprising: a handle grip (12) including a rotating shaft portion (16) formed at one end of the handle grip (12), and a handle sliding portion (20) formed at another end of the handle grip (12) and having an engaged portion (26,28); a handle case (14) including a rotating shaft mounting portion (18) in which the rotating shaft portion (16) is rotatably mounted, and a slide hole (30) in which the handle sliding portion (20) is inserted; and a lever (32) including a wire connecting portion (32A) to which a wire (48) connected to a door lock releasing mechanism is connected, and an engaging portion engaged with the engaged portion (26,28), the lever (32) being rotatably supported by the handle case (14), in which a reinforcing portion is provided within the slide hole (30) and a recessed portion is provided in the handle sliding portion (20) to prevent the handle sliding portion (20) and the reinforcing portion from interfering with each other.
Patent EP-0798769-A2 (EP)
Title: Dielectric layers for semiconductors
Inventor: GREENE WAYNE M
IPC: H01L21/31
Filed: 1997-03-19
Abstract: A process of growing a dielectric layer includes a step of heating a gas mixture of at least one gas having a first chemical element of oxygen and a second chemical element other than oxygen to a first predetermined temperature to produce reactive precursors of the gas mixture. The reactive precursors are then introduced into a reaction chamber (23) that houses at least one wafer (25) to grow the dielectric layer on the wafer within the reaction chamber at a second predetermined temperature below the first predetermined temperature. The process is undertaken in a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus which comprises a pre-reaction chamber 22 in addition to the reaction chamber 23.
Patent EP-0803249-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DIEHL SHERRY LYNN
IPC: A23L1/308
Filed: 1997-04-07
Abstract: Disclosed are drink mix compositions comprising a therapeutically effective dose of an anion exchange resin, and xanthan gum. These compositions may also contain one or more carriers wherein the compositions are in a form mixable with a liquid to form a suspension of the anion exchange resin and xanthan gum.
Patent EP-0833226-A2 (EP)
Inventor: AZUMA JUN
IPC: G03G15/00
Filed: 1997-09-23
Abstract: The present invention provides an
electrophotographic image forming apparatus which forms
an image on a recording medium and to which a process
cartridge can detachably mounted. The apparatus
comprises (a) a cartridge mounting portion capable of
detachably mounting a process cartridge including an
electrophotographic photosensitive drum, process means
acting on the photosensitive drum, and a projection
having a first twisted polygonal prism provided on one
longitudinal end of the photosensitive drum, (b) a
rotatable rotary member having a first twisted hole of
polygonal cross-section, (c) a rotatable coupling shaft
supported for axial movement and being provided at its
one end with a second twisted polygonal prism fitted
into the first twisted hole of the rotary member, and
being provided at its the other end with a second
twisted hole of polygonal cross-section for engaging
and disengaging with respect to the projection having
the first twisted polygonal prism and having
substantially the same twisted angle and twisted
direction as those of the first twisted polygonal
prism, (d) a spring member for biasing the coupling
shaft toward the photosensitive drum, (e) an axial
direction shafting means for shifting the second
twisted hole and the projection having the first
twisted polygonal prism relative to each other between 
a first position where the second twisted hole of the
coupling shaft is disengaged from the projection having
the first twisted polygonal prism of the photosensitive
drum and a second position where the second twisted
hole of the coupling shaft is engaged with the
projection having the first twisted polygonal prism of
the photosensitive drum, and (f) a convey means for
conveying the recording medium.
Patent EP-0848504-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHINOHARA YOSHINORI
IPC: H04B1/707
Filed: 1997-12-12
Abstract: A spread spectrum transmitter and receiver are provided
wherein data can be accurately decoded by removing the effect of
mutual interference of the quadrature component and in-phase
component even when there is carrier frequency error. In a method
of spread spectrum communication using a QPSK modulation system,
there are provided: a demodulating circuit that receives and
demodulates a signal transmitted with a prescribed time difference
Td applied between the IQ components; correlators that find the
mutual correlation of the IQ components and spreading code; a
sampling circuit that samples their output signals; a phase
calculator that calculates the phase from the ratio of the IQ
components of these output signals; a differential decoding circuit
that performs differential decoding on this output signal; an
automatic frequency control circuit that corrects the frequency
error of this output signal; a decoding circuit that decodes the
data of these output signals; and a clock recovery circuit that
recovers a clock. Data is decoded by performing clock recovery and
correction of the carrier frequency error using the vector of the
received signal at time point t and the vector of the received signal
at time point (t + Td) at the receiver.
Patent EP-0912697-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ASANO KAORI
IPC: C11D3/00
Filed: 1997-05-16
Abstract: L'invention concerne une composition détersive constituée d'un tensio-actif cationique d'ammonium quaternaire alcoxylé (AQA), d'un tensio-actif non alcoxylé et d'un agent de photoblanchiment.
Patent EP-0913012-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PATTERSON GREGORY S
IPC: H01R4/52
Filed: 1997-07-08
Abstract: Un radiotéléphone (50) comporte un boîtier avant et un boîtier arrière (52, 54), une plaquette (56) de circuits imprimés placée entre lesdits boîtiers, et une batterie (64) dotée d'une paire de bornes (66) fixées au boîtier arrière (54). Une paire d'attaches (10) permet de fixer les boîtiers (52, 54) avant et arrière ensemble, de prendre en sandwich la plaquette de circuits imprimés (56), et d'assurer simultanément une connexion électrique entre les bornes (66) de la batterie et des bandes conductrices (68) formées sur ladite plaquette (56) de circuits imprimés.
Patent EP-0941336-A2 (EP)
Title: Papilloma viruses, agents for detecting the same and for treating diseases caused by such viruses
Inventor: DE VILLIERS-ZUR HAUSEN ETHEL-M
IPC: A61K38/00
Filed: 1997-11-12
Abstract: A DNA is disclosed that codes for a peptide of a papilloma virus main capsid protein or for a papilloma virus genome. Also disclosed are proteins coded by the papilloma virus genome and antibodies against the same, as well as their use in diagnosis, therapy and vaccination.
Patent EP-0856448-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WOOD JAMES A
IPC: B60T13/66
Filed: 1998-01-19
Abstract: A brake pipe sensing unit (800) may be used with a universal pneumatic brake control unit (100) of a rail vehicle. The brake pipe sensing unit includes a control reservoir (803), an auxiliary reservoir (802), a three state valve (811), a quick service valve (812), a brake pipe transducer (804) and a transmission device (805). The control reservoir is used as a volume in which gas under pressure may stored and from which gas under pressure may be supplied. The auxiliary reservoir communicates with a supply port of the universal unit and with a first and a second route of the brake pipe sensing unit. The three state valve has a first pilot port in communication with a brake pipe of the rail vehicle, a second pilot port in communication with the control reservoir, and first and second exhaust ports both of which connect to atmosphere. The three state valve operates in an apply position, a release position and a lap position depending on the pressure bearing on the first and second pilot ports. The quick service valve connects within the first route and has a service pilot port in communication with both the auxiliary reservoir and the supply port. The quick service valve closes the first route when pressure at the service pilot port exceeds a preselected level. The brake pipe transducer converts pressure within the brake pipe to an electrical signal. The transmission device communicates the electrical signal received from the brake pipe transducer to a brake control bus on the rail vehicle.
Patent EP-0844371-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OGAWA KEN
IPC: F01L9/20
Filed: 1995-12-16
Abstract: An electromagnetically driven valve control
system for an internal combustion engine having at
least one intake valve and at least one exhaust valve,
and a starter for starting cranking of the engine. A
CPU controls an energization time/timing control
circuit section to electromagnetically drive at least
one of the at least one intake valve and the at least
one exhaust valve. The CPU detects a starting signal
indicative of starting of the cranking of the engine, a
closure detecting means determines if at least one intake
and/or exhaust valve is closed, and a timer measures a
time period elapsed after the starting signal is
detected. An inhibiting time period is set, over which
the operation of the starter means is inhibited, and the
at least one of the at least one intake valve and the at
least one exhaust valve is driven in a valve closing
direction when the starting signal is detected. Failure
determining means check for error if the at least one
intake and/or exhaust valve is not closed when the time
period elapsed after the starting signal is detected
exceeds the inhibiting time period.
Patent EP-0877495-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SASAI HIROYUKI
IPC: H04B10/50
Filed: 1998-04-09
Abstract: A modulated electrical signal Smod produced upon amplitude-modulating a
subcarrier having a high frequency (for example, a millimeter-wave band) by a
baseband signal S BB  to be transmitted and a main carrier MC outputted from a light
source 110 are inputted to an external optical modulating portion 120 in an optical
transmitter 101. The external optical modulating portion 120 amplitude-modulates the
main carrier MC by the modulated electrical signal Smod, to output a
double-modulated optical signal OSdmod to an optical filter portion 130. The optical
filter portion 130 passes only a component of one of sidebands included in the
double-modulated optical signal OSdmod, and outputs the component to an optical
fiber 140 as an optical signal OS. An optical/electrical converting portion 150 in an
optical receiver 102 optical/electrical-converts the optical signal OS transmitted through
the optical fiber 140, to directly obtain a baseband signal S BB . Consequently, the
optical receiver 102 is constructed simply and at low cost without requiring a wideband
optical/electrical converting element for optical/electrical-converting a high-frequency
electrical signal and a high-frequency electrical component (a frequency converter, a
demodulator, a semirigid cable or a waveguide) which is very high in cost or is difficult
to process.