baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-1108880-A3 (EP)
Inventor: WELDON CRAIG
IPC: F02M25/08
Filed: 2000-12-07
Abstract: A system and method for indicating leakage from a contained
volume for holding volatile liquid, such as from an evaporative emission
space of an automotive vehicle fuel system. A reciprocating pump
operates to build pressure in the space toward a nominal test pressure.
As the pressure is building toward nominal test pressure, but before
nominal test pressure is achieved, measurements of substantially the
amount of time required for the pump to execute a defined downstroke
are repeatedly taken. These measurements may be referred to as pulse
durations, and they are processed by an algorithm to detect when the rate
of change in pulse duration changes from positive to negative, thereby
defining the inflection point of a logistic curve. Subsequent
measurements are taken and processed to predict a value at which
substantially the pulse duration will ultimately stabilize. The predicted
value is processed to indicate any leakage.
Patent EP-1098286-A3 (EP)
Inventor: SHIMAZU HIDEO
IPC: H04N7/08
Filed: 2000-11-04
Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for broadcasting a commercial
a minimum number of times at a specified interval, which is
guaranteed to a sponsor, even when the commercial would not meet tastes
of a user or would not be fully suitable to conditions of time
and/or places on a user side. A broadcasting program providing
apparatus to provide a broadcasting program in a manner to match
conditions on a program receiving user who is moving
is composed of a broadcasting program storing section (1) having
an attribute value storing sectionn (2), a previous broadcast
time storing section (3), a broadcasting interval storing section
(4), a broadcasting interval storing section (5) and a matching
degree storing section (6), wherein the difference between a date
and/or time when a program was broadcast last time and a present
date and/or time is compared with a value stored in the broadcasting
interval storing section (4) for each broadcasting program and
a weight is calculated based on a difference and a value obtained
by multiplying the calculated weight by a value output from an
attribute matching degree calculating section (9) is stored in
the matching degree storing section (6).
Patent EP-1041604-A3 (EP)
Inventor: SUNDAR SATISH
IPC: H01L21/687
Filed: 2000-03-20
Abstract: The disclosure relates to a robot (10) that can
transfer workpieces, such as silicon wafers, at
increased speeds and accelerations and decelerations.
The robot has a robot wrist (50) associated with the
robot arm (42) for mechanically clamping a workpiece
(302) to a workpiece handling member (60) attached to
the arm. The wafer clamp selectively applies
sufficient force to hold the workpiece and prevent
slippage and damage to the workpiece during rapid
rotation and linear movement of the handling member.
In a particular embodiment, a clamp for securing
silicon wafers uses a flexure assembly (93) to
position and hold the wafer with minimal particle
generation and wafer damage. The clamp is designed so
that the wafers are normally clamped near full
extension of the workpiece handling member to deliver
or pick up a wafer. A particular embodiment uses a
pneumatic cylinder to actuate the flexure assembly so
that the flexure assembly moves outwardly and
rearwardly away from the wafer when actuated at or
near full extension of the workpiece handling member.
Patent EP-1052578-A3 (EP)
Inventor: SENOH TAKANORI
IPC: G06F17/30
Filed: 2000-05-04
Abstract: A user characteristic data recording medium (1)
previously recorded with user characteristic data
indicative of preference for a user is detachably loaded on
the user terminal device (2) so that the user
characteristic data recorded on the user characteristic
data recording medium (1) is inputted to the user terminal
unit, and thus the multimedia contents are automatically
retrieved using the inputted user characteristic data as a
retrieval keyword identifying characteristics of the
multimedia contents which are of interest to the user, and
the desired contents for the user are automatically
selected and extracted to be displayed based on the
retrieval results.
Patent EP-1073014-A3 (EP)
Inventor: CHAN SAN SAN
IPC: G06T5/00
Filed: 2000-07-11
Abstract: A process for enhancing a decompressed JPEG image data defined by a
two-dimensional array of pixel values is disclosed. The enhancement involves
sharpening real objects in the image and avoids the sharpening of compression
artifacts. The process includes selecting a first pixel value to be enhanced, a
group of pixel values surrounding the first pixel from the array of pixel values,
and a threshold value. The first pixel value is changed to an enhanced value by
first taking the differences in pixel values between each pixel value in the group
and the first pixel. These differences in values are compared with the threshold
value. Those differences in values that exceed the threshold value are then
used to calculate the enhanced value. More specifically, the enhanced value is
given by the sum of a scaled average of the differences in values and the
original pixel value.
Patent EP-1076330-A3 (EP)
Inventor: BUI NHAN XUAN
IPC: G11B5/592
Filed: 2000-07-28
Abstract: A detector and method for detecting data modulated into a timing
based servo pattern prerecorded on a media, comprising shifts of pairs of
non-parallel transition stripes arranged in a frame of two bursts. Timing
intervals between sequential transition stripes are detected. Interval
comparison logic compares selected timing intervals and indicates whether
the compared intervals represent a "0", or a "1". First and second
counters respectively increment the number of the compared intervals
representing a "0" and representing a "1" in each frame. Bit comparison
logic compares, for each frame, the incremented numbers representing a "0"
and a "1" to a predetermined criteria and, upon one of the numbers meeting
the criteria, identifies the corresponding "0" or "1" as the bit value for
the frame. The bits are data comprising longitudinal position words
arranged in a linear sequence. Sequence logic calculates the next
sequential position word from an immediately preceding word and determines
whether the detected word is in the linear sequence as a validity check,
and provides the calculated word as the output. Thus, the correct position
word is provided at the output even if the detected word is invalid.
Patent EP-1098259-A3 (EP)
Inventor: MATTIA JOHN-PAUL
IPC: H01L21/336
Filed: 2000-10-23
Abstract: An improved method for modeling electrical behavior in a MOSFET
semiconductor device is disclosed wherein a rate equation qualitatively predicts electrical
behavior, including electron migration and current, across a boundary imposed by the
difference in doping the source and the channel. Quantitative values of the electrical
behavior are skewed when doping levels in the device are unknown. However, the
qualitative result may be used, regardless of knowledge of the doping levels, to design
MOSFET devices which exhibit more desirable electric behavior. The rate equation may
further be used to simulate the behavior of a MOSFET device in a computer simulation
program. Because mobility and diffusion factors, which break down with shrinking gate
dimensions, are eliminated from the instant rate equation, the electrical behavior of
smaller devices is simpler to calculate than with classical rate equations.
Patent EP-1098284-A3 (EP)
Inventor: BYRNE MICHAEL
IPC: G08B17/10
Filed: 2000-11-03
Abstract: A smoke alarm device has an ASIC (1) with an integrated photo detector (3) and
control circuit. The photo detector output is compared every ten seconds with an
alarm threshold level in a comparator circuit (10), with a sensitivity-decrease
threshold in a comparator circuit (11), and with a sensitivity-increase threshold in a
comparator circuit (12). A logic block (2) causes sensitivity to be increased or
decreased in which decreases take place at intervals of six hours and increases take
place after 40 secs. The logic block (2) provides for least sensitivity at power-up with
rapid increases to the appropriate level according to the level of back-scatter caused
by dust contamination. The logic block (2) maintains a high signal on an
interconnect terminal (9) for four seconds after a test button (7) is pressed so that a
maintenance person can hear remote interconnected devices after the local device
has stopped sounding. The logic block (2) also stores a memory flag when is goes
into alarm mode and modulates the horn at a different frequency at the next testing
to indicate that it has historically sensed smoke since last tested.
Patent EP-1143989-A3 (EP)
Inventor: YOUNG ANDREW
IPC: A61K38/22
Filed: 2000-01-14
Abstract: Use of an exendin, an exendin agonist, a modified exendin or a modified exendin agonist in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical formulation for use in therapeutic lowering of plasma glucagon.
Patent EP-1125717-A3 (EP)
Inventor: TRAUTWEIN HERBERT
IPC: B65G57/30
Filed: 2001-01-19
Abstract: Containers(10) from a forming tool(8) are stacked in magazines connected to form magazine rows(12), the number of rows being one more than the number of container rows in the forming tool. Stacking occurs at a station(33) in which all rows move together perpendicular to the stacking direction(A) by the distance(B) between two rows. The front magazine row(12) is transferred to a stack removal station(36) and is emptied of containers and a transfer unit(6) returns the emptied row to the rearmost position in the stacking station. An independent claim is made for the stacking process equipment in which all stacking magazines(11) are joined to form a magazine row and the rows can be placed on top of each other or separated from each other as well as moved perpendicular to the stacking direction(A). A transfer mechanism(3) moves stacks from the stacking station(33) into a stack removal station with a rake(24) for extracting container stacks(15).
Patent EP-1122493-A3 (EP)
Title: Drallbrenner mit einem Drallkörper in einer Brennkammer
Inventor: BIENZLE MARCUS
IPC: F23D14/46
Filed: 2001-01-27
Abstract: Die Erfindung betrifft einen Drallbrenner mit einem in einer Brennkammer mit
Abgasauslass (19) untergebrachten Drallkörper (10), der im Auslass der Brennstoff-Zuleitung
angeordnet ist und mit der Brennstoff-Zuleitung (11) von einer koaxialen
Führungsleitung (12) für Verfahrensluft zur Stabilisierung der Flamme umschlossen
ist. Die Verbrennung wird bezüglich Wirkungsgrad, Temperaturniveau und CO-Konzentration
im Abgas dadurch verbessert, dass der Führungsleitung ein mehr
oder weniger großer Anteil an zurückgeführtem Abgas ohne oder mit Frischluftanteil
zuführbar ist.
Patent EP-1124220-A3 (EP)
Inventor: SATO MANABU
IPC: G11B7/24079
Filed: 2001-02-07
Abstract: An optical recording medium which can provide a wobbling signal at a sufficiently high level even if the track pitch is reduced to enhance the recording density. The recording medium can attain a practically adequate recording-reproducing characteristic such as jitter characteristic. The medium has a wobbling groove (5) that has a depth falling within the range of ë/2.90n to ë/2.15n. Here, ë is the wavelength of a light beam applied to record and reproduce signals and n is the refractive index of the substrate (1) of the optical recording medium. The ratio of the width Wg of the wobbling groove (5) to the track pitch Tp (Wg/Tp) falls within the range of 25.0% to 45.5%.
Patent EP-1136241-A3 (EP)
Inventor: STOCKHORST HOLGER
IPC: B29D11/00
Filed: 2001-03-14
Abstract: The invention is based on the problem of increasing the distance between the gripper (1) and
the mould half whilst maintaining the gripping power, so as to avoid damage to the contact
lenses and the mould half, and of enabling the gripper to be simply aligned in relation to the
mould half. This is solved by the usage of a spacer (11) which is placed between the mould half
and the gripper. The distance between the mould half and the gripper is thereby increased
without reducing the gripping strength. In this way, damage to the mould half or the contact
lens is avoided, and alignment of the gripper to the mould half is simplified. Moreover, the
invention enables flaws in the periphery of the contact lens to be noticed more easily, since
owing to the greater flux acting on the contact lens, the latter undergoes greater expansion
in the end region of the gripper, thereby enabling possible flaws to be discerned more
easily.
Patent EP-1149808-A3 (EP)
Inventor: YAMASHITA AKIHIKO
IPC: C04B40/00
Filed: 2001-04-19
Abstract: The present invention provides: a cement admixture which displays excellent cracking inhibition effect and brings about good fluidity even if the quantity of the cement admixture as added is small; and a cement composition comprising this cement admixture. The cement admixture comprises a polyalkylene glycol (A) and a polyalkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylate/unsaturated carboxylic acid-based copolymer (B), wherein: the average molecular weight (X) of the (A) is in the range of 400 to 10,000; the average molecular weight (X) of the (A) and the average molecular weight (Y) of a polyalkylene glycol chain portion of the (B) satisfy 0.9 < (X/Y) < 1.1; the weight ratio of the (A) to the (B) is in the range of (A)/(B) = 0.02 to 0.3; and the milliequivalent number of carboxyl groups in the polyalkylene glycol mono(meth)acrylate/unsaturated carboxylic acid-based copolymer (B) is in the range of 0.25 to 5.00 meq/g assuming all the carboxyl groups in the copolymer (B) to be in unneutralized forms. The cement composition at least comprises the above cement admixture, water, and cement.
Patent EP-1150008-A3 (EP)
Inventor: ITO TOKIJI
IPC: F02D17/00
Filed: 2001-04-26
Abstract: An engine (10) performs automatic intermittent
operation with an ignition switch (53) on. If the speed
of the engine (10) reaches a predetermined level when the
ignition switch (53) is on, a start flag (X), which
indicates that the engine (10) has started, is set to on.
The start flag (X) is maintained on even if the engine
(10) is stopped due to automatic intermittent operation
until the ignition switch (53) is turned off. That is,
the engine (10) is assumed to be running even if the
engine (10) is stopped due to automatic intermittent
operation. Therefore, various control procedures are not
suspended due to automatic intermittent operation of the
engine (10).
Patent EP-1162717-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KUDOU TAKAYUKI
IPC: H02K7/102
Filed: 2001-06-05
Abstract: A motor includes a motor main body (2), an output
arrangement (3) secured to the motor main body (2), and a clutch
(C, 61) arranged between the motor main body (2) and the output
arrangement (3). The motor main body (2) includes a rotatable
shaft (6). The output arrangement (3) includes a housing (21,
68) and a worm shaft (28, 69). The clutch (C, 61) transmits
rotation of the rotatable shaft (6) to the worm shaft (28, 69)
and prevents transmission of rotation of the worm shaft (28, 69)
to the rotatable shaft (6). The worm shaft (28, 69) and a
driven-side rotator (29, 63) of the clutch (C, 61) are installed
in the housing (21, 68). The worm shaft (28, 69) and the
driven-side rotator (29, 63) can be separately provided or
alternatively can be integrally provided as a one-piece member.
Then, a driving-side rotator (35, 66) of the clutch (C, 61) is
installed on the rotatable shaft (6). Thereafter, the motor main
body (2) is connected to the housing (21, 68) of the output
arrangement (3).
Patent EP-1167583-A3 (EP)
Inventor: NAGAI MIZUKI
IPC: C25D17/00
Filed: 2001-07-02
Abstract: There is provided a copper-plating liquid free from an alkali metal and a cyanide which, when used in plating of a substrate having an outer seed layer and fine recesses of a high aspect ratio, can reinforce the thin portion of the seed layer and can embed copper completely into the depth of the fine recesses. 
     The plating liquid contains divalent copper ions and a complexing agent, and an optional pH adjusting agent.
Patent EP-1182734-A3 (EP)
Inventor: REIMOLD GUENTHER
IPC: H01R9/24
Filed: 2001-08-24
Abstract: The control device comprises a casing (23), and at least one control unit (24) with connections at a side of the casing for connecting to a line supply, and flat plug connections (20) at an output side of the casing for connecting to at least one electric load of the apparatus. The flat plug connections are arranged in a predetermined raster parallel to each other with a predetermined distance or a multiple of it, and are secured against manual touch. The flat plug connections are preferably surrounded by a casing.
Patent EP-1209265-A3 (EP)
Title: Sample warper with short feed belts
Inventor: TANAKA YOSHIHIRO
IPC: D02H13/22
Filed: 2001-09-06
Abstract: In a sample warper, which includes a single yarn introduction
means (6) or a plurality of yarn introduction means (6a,6f) for winding one or more
yarns (22) concurrently on a plurality of conveyer belts (17) rotatably mounted on one
side surface of a warper drum (A) and movable on the warper drum (A) at a
predetermined rate of feed, a plurality of parallel lease rods (18a,18g) arranged on a
longitudinal side surface of the warper drum (A), and a creel (B) on which a plurality
of bobbins (160) are supported, a plurality of short feed belts (200) are mounted on the
circumferential surface of the warper drum (A) at its end adjacent to the yarn
introduction means (6a,6f) in such a way that the upper surface (200a) of the short feed
belts (200) are disposed radially outwardly of an imaginary cylindrical surface
enclosing upper surfaces (17a) of the plural conveyer belts (17) with respect to the axis
of the warper drum (A). The yarn introduction means (6) is operable to wind the
yarns on the short feed belts (17) so that the yarns are transferred from the short
feed belts (200) onto the plural conveyer belts (17) for warping thereon.
Patent EP-1207189-A3 (EP)
Title: Verfahren zur Beschichtung von Apparaten und Apparateteilen
Inventor: KELLER HARALD DR
IPC: B05D5/08
Filed: 2001-10-16
Abstract: Verfahren zur Beschichtung von Oberflächen in Apparaten oder Apparateteilen
für den Anlagenbau, bevorzugt den chemischen Anlagenbau,
indem man eine Polymerfolie mit mikrostrukturierter und
optional zusätzlich makrostrukturierten Oberfläche optional zunächst
hydrophobiert und danach auf dem zu beschichtenden Apparat
oder Apparateteil fixiert, sowie entsprechend beschichtete Apparate
und Apparateteile.
Patent EP-1211059-A3 (EP)
Title: Hydraulische Steuerung für eine hydraulisch betätigbare Kupplungsbremskombination insbesondere an der Exzenterwelle einer mechanischen Presse
Inventor: SCHMIDT STEFAN
IPC: B30B15/10
Filed: 2001-11-16
Abstract: Die Erfindung betrifft eine hydraulische Steuerung für eine hydraulisch betätigbare
Kupplungsbremskombination (13) insbesondere an der Exzenterwelle (12) einer mechanischen
Presse mit einer eine Hydropumpe (35) und bevorzugt auch einen Hydrospeicher (36)
aufweisenden Druckmittelquelle zur Versorgung eines die Kupplung und/oder
die Bremse betätigenden Hydrozylinders (18) mit Druckmittel. Eine bekannte Steuerung
dieser Art weist eine Sicherheitsventilanordnung (48,49), die einen Zulaufanschluß
aufweist, über den ein Strömungspfad von der Druckmittelquelle zum Hydrozylinder
führt, und ein proportional verstellbaren Regelventil (40,70) auf, mit dem der den Hydrozylinder (18)
beaufschlagende Druck einstellbar ist. 
     Ziel der Erfindung ist es, die bekannte hydraulische Steuerung so weiterzuentwikkeln,
daß sie eine hohe Dynamik besitzt und damit kurze Druckaufbau- und
Druckabbauzeiten und eine hohe Regelgüte ermöglicht. 
     Dies wird dadurch erreicht daß ein elektrischer Drucksensor (60) vorhanden ist, von
dem der den Hydrozylinder (18) beaufschlagende Druck erfaßbar ist, daß eine Regelelektronik (61)
vorhanden ist, dem ein dem erfaßten Druck entsprechendes elektrisches
Signal des Drucksensors zugeführt wird und daß das Regelventil ein elektrisch
ansteuerbares Proportional-Wegeventil ist, das von der Regelelektronik entsprechend
dem erfaßten Ist-Druck und dem gewünschten Soll-Druck angesteuert
wird.
Patent EP-1251099-A3 (EP)
Inventor: DE MOOR PIET
IPC: G01J5/20
Filed: 2001-03-26
Abstract: Structures, methods and means are presented to produce mechanical strength in Micro
Electro Mechanical Systems by increasing the moment of inertia of some of the
composing elements. A thermal sensor is obtained with improved mechanical strength,
thermal insulation and time constant. The proposed invention is also advantageous in
terms of the process time and process cost, especially lithographic patterning.
Patent EP-1199600-A3 (EP)
Inventor: BRINGLEY JOSEPH F
IPC: G03C1/295
Filed: 2001-10-05
Abstract: Disclosed is a color silver halide photographic element comprising
a support bearing:
   (1) a light sensitive silver halide emulsion layer;   (2) a nitrogen heterocycle with a minimum of three heteroatoms that does
not react with oxidized developer, does not contain free thiol substituents, and has
a ClogP sufficient to increase the photographic speed of said element compared to
the same element without the compound, said heterocycle compound located
either in said light sensitive layer or in a layer adjacent to it; and   (3) an ETARC, in or adjacent to said light sensitive silver halide emulsion
layer, that releases, upon reaction with oxidized developer, an electron transfer
agent having a ClogP of at least 2.40. The invention provides improved light
sensitivity.
Patent EP-1231282-A3 (EP)
Inventor: FODOR STEPHEN P A
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 1991-12-06
Abstract: Biological polymers such as polynucleotides are identified as targets in a sample
by exposing the sample to a collection of substrate-bound probes. The
substrates are beads and each bead has a different probe. When a target is
present in a sample it is bound by one or more of the probes, and thereby bound
to certain beads in the collection. Beads binding targets are separated from
beads failing to bind targets, e.g. by a cell sorter, and then subjected to further
analysis. Beads in the collection are additionally tagged (i.e. coded) in such a
way that the identity of any probe, and thus the bound target, is revealed when
the identity of the tag is determined.
Patent EP-1133211-A3 (EP)
Inventor: TAKAHASHI KEIICHI
IPC: H04R3/00
Filed: 2001-02-28
Abstract: In an information apparatus having speakers, an
inspection signal of the frequency out of the audible
frequency band outputted from the microcomputer 23 is
inputted into the input terminal 14a of power IC 10a via
the input switch circuit 22, a signal to be inspected,
which is outputted to the ripple terminal 13a of power IC
10a according to the inspection signal, is extracted by the
extracting circuit 20a, and it is judged by an intensity of
the output signal outputted from the extracting circuit 20a
whether or not speaker FLS is connected to the amplifier
12a.
Patent EP-1133055-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KIEHL OLIVER
IPC: H03K3/3565
Filed: 2001-03-06
Abstract: A receiver circuit, in accordance with the present
invention, includes a first stage (202) having an input for
receiving input signals (VIN) and an output node (220). The
first stage includes an amplifier, and a second stage (223)
includes an input coupled to the output of the first stage.
The second stage also includes a logic gate (224) coupled to
the output of the first stage, the logic gate having an output
(OUT) representing the output of the receiver circuit, and a
feed back element (226) coupled from the logic gate output and
connecting to a switching element (228 or 230). The switching
element, being responsive to the logic gate output, switches a
current source (231 or 233) on and off to adjust a switchpoint
of the receiver circuit.