baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0907927-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CYR MICHAEL JOHN
IPC: G06K7/12
Filed: 1997-06-23
Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an invisible, near infrared fluorescing mark disposed on a background comprises: includes an excitation source for exciting the mark, having sufficient power to excite the mark and provide a fluorescent signal the mark from a; a signal detector for detecting the fluorescent signal from the mark; a and power modulator means for varying the power if the excitation source between zero and the maximum power level to produce a decodable fluorescent signal from the mark disposed on the background. A process for decoding an invisible mark having a near infrared fluorescing material includes the steps of: providing at least one invisible, near infrared fluorescing mark disposed on at least one portion of a background; exciting the mark with a laser having a maximum power level sufficient to provide a fluorescent signal from the mark; detecting the fluorescent signal and concurrently varying the power of the laser between zero and its maximum power, to obtain a decodable fluorescent signal.
Patent EP-0866449-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ITONAGA MAKOTO
IPC: G11B7/09
Filed: 1998-03-02
Abstract: The present invention provides an optical disc apparatus
for simultaneously producing information signals from a
plurality of tracks formed concentrically or spirally on an
optical disc by irradiating a laser beam over the plurality
of tracks so as to extend in a radial direction of the
optical disc and detecting a reflected light beam therefrom.
The apparatus comprises an optimum focus point detection
device for generating a focus offset compensation signal
responsive to a detection of the reflected light beam, and a
plural-division photo-detector for outputting a reproduction
signal by receiving the reflected light beam, wherein the
optimum focus point detection device outputs the focus
offset compensation signal by using the output signal
outputted from the plural-division photo-detector.
Patent EP-0886246-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NOSZEK WOLFGANG DIPL-ING
IPC: G06Q20/40
Filed: 1998-05-14
Abstract: The chip card comprises a multi-function chip, in which a voice characteristic for the identification of a legitimate user through an external computer is stored in form of a voice-print and/or a voice image. A number of operating functions are stored in the multi-function chip, which can be selectively activated for use through the legitimate user. The operating functions may include a telephone function in a communications network, use of the chip card as electronic currency, for access control to a building or a computer, or for data storage, e.g. for medical data.
Patent EP-0886347-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HARTING DIETMAR
IPC: H01R12/72
Filed: 1998-06-04
Abstract: The plug connector has at least one press-in insert (9) on the circuit board side connected to the plug connector insulating body (1) by a rotational or hinged joint and which holds the solder connections (24,25) for the plug connector's contacts. The plug connector is opened for the assembly process, so that a trigger (6) opens the press-in insert against the force of the contact springs for insertion of the circuit board. At least one side of each solder connection is pressed against the circuit board by the press-in body, whose pressure is applied by the spring force of the contact springs.
Patent EP-0887648-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SCHALLER STEPHAN DIPL-ING
IPC: G01R15/06
Filed: 1998-06-24
Abstract: The discriminator circuit has a first (7) and a second (8) fixed resistance, an inductive load (9) and a low voltage output element (3) with two controlled connections (10,11), one output channel (2,4) and an adjustment element (12). A series circuit comprising the two fixed resistances and the inductive load is connected on one side to a reference potential and on the other side to a conductor carrying a high voltage relative to the reference potential. The low voltage output element is connected with its control terminals (10,11) parallel to the first fixed resistance. The output channel is reversed when a control (drive) voltage (U) dropped across the first fixed resistance exceeds a switching threshold (Uo), which is can be adjusted by the adjusting element, the latter being specifically a low voltage potentiometer.
Patent EP-0889638-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MATSUSHIMA HIROSHI
IPC: G06T11/60
Filed: 1998-07-02
Abstract: It is an object of this invention to allow a user
to enjoy seeing images on a film which are reproduced on
a TV set. To achieve this object, there is provided a
film image reproducing apparatus including a unit for
reading the images from the film, a unit for reading
magnetic information on the film, and a unit capable of
outputting signals that allow the images to be displayed
on a monitor. This apparatus superimposes title
information read from the magnetic information on a
prepared image, and outputs the resultant image data.
Patent EP-0913531-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CORDES DIETER
IPC: E03C1/02
Filed: 1998-09-15
Abstract: The device is used in a pipe (5) containing flowing water, and has a permanent magnet (6) integrated in a hose-like part (7) of elastomeric material placed in the pipe. The magnet is positioned to form an air-filled chamber (9) with the wall of the pipe, to acts as damper for flow-generated noise. The magnet may be a powder embedded into the hose-like part material. The part has outer ring projections (8) to engage sealing on the pipe wall.
Patent EP-0905963-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HIROKAWA MASASHI
IPC: H04N1/00
Filed: 1998-09-21
Abstract: A facsimile apparatus which is operatively connected to
a central data processing apparatus includes a performance
measuring mechanism, a memory, a data reading mechanism, and
a data transfer mechanism. The performance measuring
mechanism measures at least one performance related to
facsimile operations. The memory that stores data of
measurements on the at least one performance measured by the
performance measuring mechanism. The data reading mechanism
that receives a request for data transmission and that, in
response to the request, reads the data of measurements on
the at least one performance stored in the memory. The data
transfer mechanism that transfers the data read by the data
reading mechanism to the central data processing apparatus.
Patent EP-0911580-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PAVAN OTTAVIO
IPC: F21V3/00
Filed: 1998-09-26
Abstract: The invention is a new system for the fastening of the translucent
parts (1) of ceiling lamps to the relevant plates (2), characterized in that
the fastening elements cannot be seen, the fastening operations are
quite easy, the translucent part (1) can be fixed to the plate (2) with no
need to use common or specific tools. 
     The edges of said plate (2) are provided with pins (2.1), while the translucent part (1) is
provided with seats or grooves (1.1) whose number and position
correspond exactly to those of the the pins (2.1) present on the plate (2). 
     To fix the translucent part (1) to the plate (2) it is sufficient to bring it
near the plate and to rotate it so that the pins (2.1) slide in the section
parallel to the edge of the translucent part (1) until reaching and fitting
in the second section of the U-shaped groove (1.1) that does not end on
the edge of the translucent part. The fastening system described
above, complete with the elastic element, ensures the quick and
safe fastening and removal of the translucent part to/from the
plate.
Patent EP-0909837-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SUZUKI HIDENAO
IPC: C23C14/00
Filed: 1998-10-13
Abstract: A chemical vapor deposition apparatus for depositing a
thin film of highly dielectric materials for giga-capacity memory
devices can reliably clean reaction products formed within the
deposition chamber without sacrificing the production
efficiency. The apparatus comprises a hermetic deposition
chamber (10) containing a substrate holding section for placing a
substrate, and a gas supply head (12) disposed opposite to the
substrate holding section (14) for directing a gaseous feed material
onto the substrate. There are provided a trapping member
supporting device for supporting a trapping member (26) so as to be
opposite to a target cleaning area inside the deposition chamber,
and a plasma generation device for generating a plasma between
the target cleaning area and the trapping member supported by
the trapping member supporting device.
Patent EP-0893226-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MCGREVY ALAN N
IPC: B29C45/28
Filed: 1995-02-13
Abstract: A manifold is disposed within a pair of abutting
pre-load mold plates in a pre-load relationship. Fluid
flowing through the manifold is heated by a first heater. The
fluid is then divided into a plurality of passages in the
manifold. Pairs of passages have a back-to-back in-line
relationship. A cylinder between each pair of the in-line
passages holds a pair of pistons in the in-line relationship.
Each piston in the pair has piston units in an interdigitated
relationship with piston units on the other piston in the
pair. Each pair of pistons is movable by pressurized fluid
(e.g. air) between first and second positions. In the first
position, each piston provides for the fluid (e.g. resin melt)
flow through one of the passages to a pair of runners in the
manifold. In the second position, each piston prevents the
resin melt flow through the passages. A first heater heats
the resin melt flowing through the passages. A second heater
heats the resin melt flowing through the runners. Resin melt
is prevented from leaking between the manifold and the mold
plates even with temperature changes in the manifold as a
result of the heating of the resin melt. This is accomplished
by a pair of tongues, one rigid and the other resilient,
extending from the manifold to the mold plate. In this way,
fluid flowing into the manifold through one inlet exits
through a plurality (e.g. 8) of gates without leakage after
being heated at the passages and at the runners.
Patent EP-0931925-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FLIERL RUDOLF DR
IPC: F02F1/40
Filed: 1998-12-08
Abstract: The water-cooled motor cylinder head (1), with multiple valves at each cylinder of the internal combustion motor, has at least one longitudinal channel (13) defined by a flat angled section (2') of an outer wall (2) inwards towards the longitudinal center plane of the cylinder head. It is also defined by an adjacent cylinder head base section (3') and a longitudinal wall (14) linking it to the outer wall section (2'). The gas exchange collection channel (9), through the longitudinal wall (14), has passage openings (15,16) above and below the channel (9). The lower passage opening (16) at the cylinder head base side, has a cross section according to the gap from a single coolant feed of the longitudinal channel (13), and is linked to guide ribs (18,18') at a free valve web zone (17) between identical dedicated gas exchange channels (10,10') and oriented at them. The gas exchange channels (10,10') form a coolant passage (19,19') with the gas exchange channels (10,10 ') at their base sides. The upper passage (15) acts as the coolant effect section as a valve guide (20,20') between the gas exchange channels (10,10') and the cover wall (4).
Patent EP-0924103-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HIROTA KAZUHIRO
IPC: B65H29/06
Filed: 1998-12-17
Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus having a function of stapling
sheets together, wherein the sheets are fed from an image
forming apparatus one by one after an image is formed on the
sheet, is provided with a stapler to staple the sheets
together; a sheet guide to guide the sheets along a sheet
transporting path from the image forming apparatus to a
position at which the sheets are stapled by the stapler; and a
reference surface to stop the movement of the sheets by
butting edges of the sheets against the reference surface; 
   wherein the sheets are guided along the sheet
transporting path by the sheet guide and the edges of the
sheets are butted against the reference surface in both of
stapling mode and non-stapling mode of the stapler.
Patent EP-0875619-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HIRATSUKA HIDEO
IPC: C08L75/04
Filed: 1998-04-28
Abstract: A functional carpet suitable for use in an automotive
vehicle comprises a nonwoven fabric having
piles formed throughout a whole surface of the nonwoven fabric.
Each pile projects from the surface of the nonwoven fabric and is
formed of at least a part of fibers constituting the nonwoven fabric.
Each pile has a length ranging from 1 to 10 mm. The nonwoven
fabric has a density ranging from 250 to 800 g/m 2 . Additionally, a
fluoroplastics is adhered to a surface portion of the nonwoven fabric
and extends substantially uniformly throughout the surface of the
nonwoven fabric. The fluoroplastics includes linear
tetrafluoroethylene telomer as a main body. The tetrafluoroethylene
telomer has a number of carbon atoms ranging from 6 to 14. The
amount of the fluoroplastics adhered to the surface portion of the
nonwoven fabric ranges from 1.5 to 60 g/m 2  in solid state.
Patent EP-0879612-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BATHE DUNCAN P L
IPC: A61M16/20
Filed: 1998-05-15
Abstract: A nitric oxide delivery system is disclosed that delivers a pulsed volume of NO
containing therapeutic gas to a patient upon each inhalation of the patient. The NO
delivery system includes certain functions to provide protection against the inadvertent
inclusion of NO 2  in the therapeutic gas administered to the patient. One of the
functions is to provide a purge upon start up of the delivery system apparatus that
clears the regulator (14) and conduits (18) of any NO 2  that may have formed during
the prior idle period of the system. A detector determines the start-up and may
automatically carry out the purge cycle or may cause a prompt that is visual or audible
(34, 36) to remind the user to carry out the purge cycle manually. As a further
function, when the NO apparatus is terminated with respect to a patient, the system
can, again, sense the termination or cessation of the therapy and automatically shut off
the supply of NO containing gas at the source (12) or provide an audible or visual
prompt (34,36) to remind the user to shut off the supply of the NO containing gas
manually.
Patent EP-0889381-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MONTFORT DAVID B
IPC: G03G21/10
Filed: 1998-06-02
Abstract: A printing machine and apparatus are disclosed that
include an ultrasonically assisted cleaning blade (91) to
remove toner particles from an imaging surface. An
ultrasonic transducer (102) is attached to the cleaning
blade (91) to provide vibrational energy to the cleaning
blade. The ultrasonic transducer (102) concentrates
vibrational energy at the blade tip for enhanced cleaning.
A further element of the present invention is the addition
of bias to create a strong electrostatic repulsion between
the toner particles and the blade tip causing the toner to
explode away from the cleaning edge, and to therefore
enhance cleaning.
Patent EP-0883115-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OKADA MITSUYA
IPC: G11B7/139
Filed: 1998-06-03
Abstract: There is provided an apparatus for optical recording, reproducing and
erasing data into or from a recording medium, comprising an optical head (4), and
a sensor (3) for sensing a thickness of a recording medium (1), characterized by a
focal distance compensator (7) for varying a focal distance of the light in
accordance with a thickness of the recording medium (1). For instance, the focal
distance compensator (7) includes a convex lens (43) located between an objective
lens (41) and a laser diode (42) and designed to be able to be located in or out of an
optical path. In accordance with the above-mentioned apparatus, the focal
distance compensator adjusts a focal distance of a light emitted from the light
source in accordance with the measured thickness of a recording medium. Hence,
it is always possible to properly record, reproduce and erase data into or from a
recording medium.
Patent EP-0889373-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ISOBE HIRONOBU
IPC: G03G15/01
Filed: 1998-06-29
Abstract: An image forming apparatus for forming an
image on a recording material; an image bearing
member; a rotatable developing rotary; a developing
unit mounting portion, in the developing rotary, for
detachably mounting a developing unit for developing
an electrostatic latent image formed on the image
bearing member; and a controller for executing, after
exchange of the developing unit, an intermittent
rotating operation wherein the developing rotary is
repeatedly rotated and stopped.
Patent EP-0896218-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SOLTIS RICHARD E
IPC: G01N27/12
Filed: 1998-07-31
Abstract: Described are a sensing method and an oxygen sensor
for detecting a change of oxygen partial pressure in an
ambient atmosphere. The sensor (10) includes a sensing material (12)
selected from metal or its oxides which, when at an elevated
temperature and exposed to a gas containing a changing
partial pressures of oxygen, is capable of changing from one
metal or metal oxide phase to another such oxide phase and
vice versa. A typical example is the CoO/Co 3 O 4 
system. Associated with such phase change is a change
in a measurable physical property of the material. Heating
means (19), connectable to a power source, able to maintain a
temperature gradient across said sensing material are
necessary to maintain the material, during active sensing
operation, in at least two of the phases defining a boundary
line (22) therebetween which is generally perpendicular to the
longitudinal axis of the temperature gradient. The boundary
line traverses longitudinally along the axis in response to
changes in the oxygen partial pressure of the ambient
atmosphere to which the sensing material is exposed. The
sensor also includes a means (13,14;45,46) for furnishing an output signal
in response to the traversal of the boundary line across a
fixed detecting location of the sensing material
in order to detect a specific pO 2 .
Patent EP-0924651-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CARLSEN STEPHEN E
IPC: H04N1/387
Filed: 1998-12-21
Abstract: Methods and apparatus that blend graphics data. In a
printing device, a first object is received and rendered
into a frame buffer; a second object including blending
instructions is received for blending with the first object;
and rendered data associated with the first object is
retrieved from the frame buffer and a blend of the two
objects is rendered according to a user-selectable blending
algorithm. The frame buffer may be a deep frame buffer.
The blended data printed may be of a bit depth reduced from
that of the frame buffer. The reduced bit depth may be
achieved by halftoning the blended data. The blending
algorithm may be transparency, shadow, overprinting,
darkening, lightening, screen effect or additive effect.
The blending instructions may include a blend operator
defining a blend algorithm for blending two objects. In
another aspect, a printing device includes an interpreter
for receiving object data associated with a background and a
foreground of an image; a render engine for rendering object
data; a frame buffer for storing rendered data; and a blend
processor for retrieving rendered data from the frame buffer
and for blending it with rendered data from a foreground
object prior to printing. The printer may be configured to
receive a page description language description of a page to
be printed.
Patent EP-0899304-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BEISELE CHRISTIAN
IPC: H01B3/40
Filed: 1998-08-18
Abstract: Epoxy resin compositions contains (a) a cycloaliphatic epoxy resin, (b) an OH-terminated polysiloxane, (c) a polysiloxane/polyether copolymer and (d) a cyclic polysiloxane. Also claimed are crosslinked products obtained by hardening these compositions with a polycarboxylic acid anhydride.
Patent EP-0904545-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PANSIER FRANS
IPC: H02M3/335
Filed: 1998-02-27
Abstract: An integrated circuit (1) comprises a voltage sensing circuit (2) and a current mirror (3) for sensing both a voltage (Vi) and a current (Ii) at one input terminal (T) of the integrated circuit. The voltage sensing circuit (2) comprises an input connected to the input terminal (T) and an output supplying a voltage level indication (Vu). The current mirror (3) has an input also connected to the input terminal (T), a reference terminal connected to a reference potential, and an output supplying an output current (Iu). The input of the current mirror has a high impedance as long as the voltage level (Vi) is below a threshold voltage (Vth) of the current mirror (3). Within a voltage range determined by this threshold voltage (Vth), the voltage level indication (vu) is a measure of the voltage level (Vi). The current mirror (3) becomes active and the output current (Iu) is a mirrored input current (Ii) if the voltage level (Vi) exceeds the threshold voltage (Vth). The threshold voltage may be determined by an input transistor (T1) of the current mirror (3). This input transistor (T1), which is arranged as a diode, starts conducting if the voltage level (Vi) reaches the threshold voltage (Vth) of this diode.
Patent EP-0956719-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WELLS MARK
IPC: H04M1/72436
Filed: 1998-01-28
Abstract: L'invention a pour objet un procédé pour actionner un poste mobile sans fil d'un type assurant la communication bidirectionnelle avec une fonction d'interfonctionnement (BMI) possédant un centre de service de messages courts (SMS). Ce procédé consiste à (a) recevoir un message de service SMS provenant de la fonction BMI; (b) déterminer si le message de service SMS présente un premier format de transfert ou un deuxième format de transfert; (c) si le message de service SMS est déterminé comme présentant le premier format de transfert, à traiter le message de service SMS d'une manière traditionnelle; (d) si le message de service SMS est déterminé comme présentant le deuxième format de transfert, à assurer l'analyse syntaxique du message de service SMS pour localiser une entrée d'identifiant d'application; (e) déterminer à partir de cette entrée d'identifiant d'application si le poste mobile supporte l'application identifiée; (f) si tel n'est pas le cas, afficher une entrée de données du message de service SMS avec un premier format d'affichage, ou (g) si le poste mobile supporte bien l'application identifiée; à commencer l'application et l'affichage des entrée de données avec un deuxième format d'affichage spécifié par l'application. Dans un mode de réalisation préféré de la présente invention, le deuxième format est un format Echange de Données, Mémorisation et Commande (DESC) et une application spécifiée par le message de service SMS ainsi formatée peut être un calendrier de messagerie personnelle (PMC). L'accès à cette application (PMC) peut s'effectuer via les messages de service SMS à partir du poste mobile, ou par un processeur de données connecté au réseau, tel qu'un PC connecté à Internet.
Patent EP-1019786-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SAKAI KATSUO
IPC: B41J11/00
Filed: 1998-09-28
Abstract: Le procédé de l'invention consiste à entretenir, d'une part un courant d'air dans un volume libre à proximité du régulateur de toner (3) en dehors des moments de formation d'image, et d'autre part à entretenir dans le même volume libre un champ électrique de nettoyage venant éloigner le toner du régulateur de toner (3). On a ainsi réalisé une fente (2a) dans une zone périphérique externe d'une contre-électrode (2) cylindrique rotative, puis on a connecté à la contre-électrode (2) une source (10) produisant un courant d'air, en l'occurrence, un ventilateur. On a placé une électrode convexe de nettoyage (11) autour de la fente (2a) de la contre-électrode (2), puis, à partir d'une alimentation électrique de nettoyage (8), on applique à l'électrode de nettoyage (11) une tension permettant de former un champ électrique de nettoyage.