baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0849846-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TAMURA TOSHIMASA
IPC: H01S5/00
Filed: 1997-12-15
Abstract: An external resonator type variable-wavelength LD light
source which can compensate errors of a change in an oscillation
wavelength caused by a change in an LD driving current, a change
in the oscillation wavelength caused by a change in a temperature
of an entire light source unit, a difference between set and
actual wavelengths caused by mechanical factors to thereby
ensure a wavelength reproducibility of 0.001 nm even when the
LD driving current or operational temperature varies. The light
source includes a light source unit temperature detection member
for detecting a temperature of an entire semiconductor laser
light source unit; a storage unit for storing therein
oscillation wavelength changes of the semiconductor laser light
source unit on the basis of a change in a driving current to
the semiconductor laser, of a change in the temperature of the
entire semiconductor laser light source unit detected by the
light source unit temperature detection member, and of a change
in an encoder output value measured by an encoder; and a
wavelength change compensation member for compensating a change
of the oscillation wavelength of the semiconductor laser light
source unit on the basis of the oscillation wavelength changes
stored in the storage unit.
Patent EP-0897282-A2 (EP)
Inventor: COLAK SEL BRIAN
IPC: G01N21/47
Filed: 1997-11-13
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of imaging an interior of a turbid medium, for example a part of a breast of a human female. In the method a turbid medium is irradiated with light and measurement of the intensity of light propagated along a plurality of light paths through the turbid medium is measured. An image of the interior of the turbid medium is reconstructed from the intensities measured. Furthermore, the method according to the invention comprises the determination of possible strengths assignable to each pixel of the image from combinations of weighting functions and differences between expected photon fluences and measured photo fluences from the intensities measured. A distribution function is made up from the possible strength determined. In a last step the image is determined from the distribution function. Further steps can be carried out to correct objects of high strength in the image.
Patent EP-0876485-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KEEGAN KATHLEEN S
IPC: A61K38/00
Filed: 1997-09-26
Abstract: La présente invention concerne en général un nouvel isoforme polypeptidique CREBa, des polynucléotides codant le polypeptide, des constructions d'expression comprenant les polynucléotides, une cellule hôte transformée ou transfectée avec les polynucléotides, des procédés de production du polypeptide, et des procédés d'identification d'inhibiteurs de liaison entre le CREBa et d'autres polypeptides ou polynucléotides.
Patent EP-0859148-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OHISHI TAKASHI
IPC: F02M45/02
Filed: 1998-02-12
Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a fuel
injection pump wherewith, in addition to main injection, pre-injection
is made possible in the vicinity of top dead center in
the exhaust stroke, and wherewith, by regulating the pre-stroke,
defined as the stroke from bottom dead center of a plunger 2 to
the commencement of fuel line pressurization, it is possible to
freely control both the pre-injection volume and the pre-injection
timing relative to the main injection. 
     Attention having been given to the combining of a pre-stroke
varying mechanism together with a two-stage injection mechanism,
the present invention is a fuel injection pump that is made so
that a pre-stroke is regulated by changing the relative
positions, in the axial direction, of a plunger 2 that sends fuel
under pressure and a control sleeve 3 that fits around the
outside of the plunger 2 so as to slide freely thereon. The cam
4 that drives the plunger 2 comprises a main cam nose 20 for main
injection use and a pre cam nose 21 for pre-injection use.
Patent EP-0871247-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MURRAY PETER
IPC: H01R9/24
Filed: 1998-03-11
Abstract: the terminal block has a separator slider (5) able to slide in an insulating housing (1) and with a contact part which contacts a current rail (2) with a cable connector (3) in one end position of the separator slider and the current rail and a transverse bus (4) in the other end position. The contact part is an essentially s-shaped spring (6) with one curve (6a) of the S enclosing the current rail (2) and the other curve (6c) enclosing the bus (4) in the corresp. end positions.
Patent EP-0870618-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KAMP DAVID C
IPC: B41J2/175
Filed: 1998-04-14
Abstract: An ink containment and dispensing device for an ink-jet
printer is provided with a main reservoir in the form
of a flexible pouch, which is typically maintained at
ambient pressure. The main reservoir is coupled to a
variable volume chamber via a one-way valve which allows
the flow of ink from the reservoir to the chamber and
prevents the flow of ink from the chamber to the
reservoir. The chamber is coupled to a fluid outlet,
which is normally closed to prevent the flow of outward
ink. However, when the ink supply is installed in a
printer, the fluid outlet establishes a fluid connection
between the chamber and the printer. The chamber is part
of a pump provided with the ink supply that can be
actuated to supply ink from the reservoir to the printer.
The pump has a linearly acting pumping member and a
flexible diaphragm that overlies the pumping member, the
diaphragm being impervious to the transmission of oxygen
and moisture therethrough to prevent degradation of the
ink within the chamber.
Patent EP-0876849-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SABATA ASHOK
IPC: C09D191/00
Filed: 1998-04-17
Abstract: A stainless steel sheet suitable for use in the manufacture
of an exhaust component. The steel sheet has at least one
surface pretreated with a protective coating resistant to
delamination at temperatures up to about 540 °C including
an inner inorganic portion and an outer organic portion.
The inorganic portion includes at least 50 mg/m 2  of a chromium
based conversion coating having a thickness no greater
than 0.02 mm. The conversion coating contains particulate
silica with the weight ratio of chromium to silica within
the range of 1:1 to 2:1. The outer organic portion includes
a silicone paint containing 40-60 wt.% silicone resin. The
silicone paint is dried at a temperature less than 300 °C
in less than one minute and then coated with a copolymer of
a thermoplastic acrylic and a lubricant or a polymeric olefin.
The acrylic copolymer contains 5-70 wt.% of the lubricant
and the polymeric olefin contains 90 % olefin resin.
The lubricant coated steel sheet then is dried at a temperature
of 25-120 °C for less than one minute to form a
film thickness of 0.0005-0.020 mm, having a coefficient of
friction of no greater than about 0.05 and a weight of
10-5000 mg/m 2 . The dried silicone paint covered by the dry
lubricant film is tack-free, impervious to moisture, oil,
dirt, and the like with the silicone coated steel sheet
ready for forming into an exhaust component with minimal
delamination of the dried silicone paint without additional
external lubricant being required on the sheet.
Patent EP-0873936-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BAUTISTA REAL JOSEP ANTONI
IPC: B63C9/18
Filed: 1998-04-23
Abstract: The object of this invention are the improvements made in a life preserver device
equipped with a launcher which affords the possibility of the immediate inflating of the
float, controlling the distance to which the same is to be launched thanks to the means
attached to the launcher, said means being a chart of metric notes (28) and a telemetric
gauge (27), being attached to the float (1) and the launcher by means of a system of lines
(21) and (23) which afford the possibility of joining the float to the roll stand (25) of
the launcher, inside the muzzle (13) of which said float is inserted.
Patent EP-0889665-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FUKASHIRO YASUYUKI
IPC: H04Q11/00
Filed: 1998-07-01
Abstract: An optical crossconnect apparatus (1) includes:
one terminal (12-1) connected to a transmission path from
one optical transmission terminal station and the other
terminal (12-2) connected to a transmission path from
another optical transmission terminal station; a first
optical signal switching means (10-1) having "M1 (M1
being an integer larger than, or equal to 2)" number of
ports and "N1 (N1 being an integer larger than, or equal
to 1)" number of ports, through which the optical signal
can pass; a second optical signal switching means (10-2)
having "M2 (M2 being larger than, or equal to 2)" number
of ports and "N2 (N2 being an integer larger than, or
equal to 1)" number of ports, through which the optical
signal can pass; and "L (L being an integer larger than,
or equal to 1)" number of optical signal repeaters (11),
one end of which is connected to the "N1" number of ports
of the first optical signal switching means (10-1), and
the other end of which is connected to the "N2" number of
ports of the second optical switching means (10-2), in
which the "N1" and the "N2" number of the ports are equal
to at least the "L" number of the optical signal
repeaters; and also the "M1" number of the ports of the
first optical signal switching means connected to the one
terminal, and the "M2" number of the ports of the second
optical signal switching means connected to the other
terminal are larger than, or equal to 2. As a result,
the optical signal is transmitted from one terminal to
the other terminal, and vice versa.
Patent EP-0903647-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FORNALIK ANTHONY C
IPC: G03G21/00
Filed: 1998-07-22
Abstract: An apparatus, method and printing machine that utilizes a
ramped backer and/or a shock absorbing material in a cleaner
subsystem to reduce or prevent photoreceptor motion quality
disturbances. The shock absorbing material prevents an instantaneous
high impact force between the spacer wheel and the photoreceptor
backer bar that can cause photoreceptor motion quality disturbance.
The ramped backer prevents the instantaneous deceleration of the
spacer wheel with the backer that causes motion quality disturbance
due to the shaking of the photoreceptor belt from the impact on contact.
The combination of the shock absorbing material and the ramped
backer create a preferred embodiment to prevent photoreceptor motion
quality disturbance by the cleaner system.
Patent EP-0896300-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OHTANI AKIHIKO
IPC: H04N5/14
Filed: 1998-08-03
Abstract: According to the invention, a motion vector can be
accurately and efficiently detected with regard to any type of
images having a variety of characteristics. A motion vector
detection unit detects a motion vector with regard to a coding
target block on the basis of correlation with a candidate block
within a search range. A search range storing memory stores
pixel data of an original search range, and supplies, to the
motion vector detection unit, pixel data of a search range in
accordance with a memory address. A control unit sets the size
and the position of the search range on the basis of the motion
vector and the correlation evaluation value supplied from the
motion vector detection unit, and generates pixel widths in the
horizontal and vertical directions of the search range and an
offset value corresponding to the relative position to the
original search range. An address generation unit generates
the memory address to be supplied to the search range storing
memory on the basis of the pixel widths and the offset value of
the search range generated by the control unit.
Patent EP-0924688-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BRAND MATTHEW E
IPC: G10L15/14
Filed: 1998-08-12
Abstract: Negative examples are used along with positive
examples to modify a Markov Model resulting in lower
error rates in classification tasks as compared with
conventionally trained Markov models. The subject
system is used for identifying particular traits or
characteristics of sequences to permit identification
of, for instance, inappropriate web page material,
hand signing gestures, audio programm material type,
authorship of a text, with the system also being useful
in speech recognition, as well as seismic,
medical, and industrial monitoring.
Patent EP-0911109-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CHOU MAU-SONG
IPC: G01N21/63
Filed: 1998-10-23
Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring the quality of a laser
process such as a laser welding process comprises monitoring the
light emitted from the weld plasma above the surface of the
workpiece irradiated by the laser beam. The intensity of the
light emitted from the plasma is compared to a predetermined value
of the light emission as determined under process and workpiece
conditions that produce welds of acceptable quality. Variations
of the monitored light intensity greater than a preselected value
can be valuated as unacceptable welds. Such variations can be
caused by changes in the laser beam power, the workpiece speed,
laser focusing problems, insufficient shield gas flow, workpiece
deformation and weld contamination. The process monitors the
light emission for a selected range of wavelengths that correspond
to the major emission peaks of the light spectrum. The method
enables in-process control of laser processes.
Patent EP-0933580-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ROHR MARCEL O
IPC: F16L55/10
Filed: 1998-10-21
Abstract: At least one cut-off part (4,5) is provided and is movable in the housing (2). The cut-off part is so arranged and movable that in the closure position it does not completely close. The cut-off parts in the closure position are spaced from one another. The housing (2) comprises two plate-shaped wall parts (16,17) and these comprise U-shaped engaging end pieces (9,10) on the housing narrow sides. In the closure position, a gap extends between the cut-off parts in their movement direction. At least two cut-off members are provided and are arranged one behind the other in the transport direction. They are arranged vertically or beneath one another in the tube or hose conduit.
Patent EP-0919351-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MANABU NOMURA
IPC: B29C44/58
Filed: 1998-11-24
Abstract: A fiber-reinforced lightweight resin molded article
with pores has a portion having a porosity lower than that of
other general portions. Such a low-porosity portion serves
as a rib in the resultant molded articles, to thereby enables
to provide a fiber-reinforced lightweight resin molded
article having excellent rigidity, bending strength, impact
strength, uniformity of strength, resistance to local stress
and torsion. The present invention also provides an
efficient method for manufacturing the fiber-reinforced
lightweight resin molded article.
Patent EP-0922826-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GRUCHALSKI GERD
IPC: E05B65/20
Filed: 1998-11-27
Abstract: The reversing between the closing conditions ''unlocked'' and ''open'' with disturbed operating condition is carried out purely mechanical, and only with the motor vehicle at a standstill. An electromechanical control for the electric support of the reversing between the closed conditions ''unlocked'' and ''open'' is provided with the operation of the operating elements (3). A closing mechanism (2) implements the closed conditions ''unlocked'' and ''open''.
Patent EP-0859182-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TYRER ANDREW CHARLES RATCLIFFE
IPC: F16L11/18
Filed: 1998-02-16
Abstract: A bend stiffener has an elongate, frusto-conical, polyurethane body (10)
which is moulded around adhered metal connecting sleeve (12) at one end.
The body (10) has an elongate through aperture (14) for receipt of an end
portion of a pipe (16). The body (10) is formed from several preformed
sections (20,22,24,26) which are secured together. This facilitates the
manufacture of the bend stiffener since the sections are much smaller than the
assembled bend stiffener and each section takes a shorter time to solidify.
Transport and installation of the sections is also easier as compared with an
equivalent bend stiffener manufacture in one piece.
Patent EP-0866115-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LEACH MATTHEW JAMES
IPC: C11D1/66
Filed: 1998-03-05
Abstract: The invention relates to compositions for cleaning hard
surfaces, wherein said composition comprises both cleans the
surface and prevents or retards further soiling of the
surface and provides an aqueous, hard-surface cleaning
composition comprising a surfactant mixture, wherein said
surfactant mixture comprises:
   a) a cationic fluorosurfactant, and,   b) a non-fluorinated nonionic surfactant.    
     It is believed that the cationic fluorosurfactants present
in the compositions of the present invention modify the
surface energy of surfaces to which the composition is
applied so as to raise the contact angle of soil
subsequently deposited on the modified surface. Suitable
fluorosurfactant compounds can be broadly described as
compounds which contain at least one CF 3  moiety and a group
carrying a positive charge. Preferably, the
fluorosurfactants employed in the present invention are of
the general formula:
 (I)    CF 3 -L-N + R 1 R 2 R 3   
wherein L is a linking group which is preferably selected
from linear or branched aliphatic or fluoro-aliphatic chains
which may contain heteroatoms and R 1 , R 2 , and R 3  are
preferably short chain alkyl groups, typically C1-C5 alkyl 
groups of which methyl groups are preferred: in an
alternative, one of R 1 , R 2  or R 3  is itself a moiety of the
form CF 3 -L-.
Patent EP-0874344-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KURIBAYASHI ATSUSHI
IPC: H04W4/02
Filed: 1998-04-23
Abstract: An information receiving method according to the
present invention is one of receiving a district information
transmitted at a predetermined frequency and then displaying a
received district information, and includes a step of estimating
a current location and then estimating whether a district
information of an area to which the estimated current location
pertains is contained in a received signal, and a step of
performing, if it is estimated that the district information of
the area to which the current location pertains is not
contained, a process for changing the receiving frequency.
Patent EP-0883080-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SWAIN CASSANDRA TURNER
IPC: H04N7/14
Filed: 1998-05-22
Abstract: A simple method for segmenting eyes and extracting parameters enables further
processing of the image to enable a person to appear to be making eye contact with another
via a video conferencing system. This method is a first step for eye synthesis and gaze
detection because it can automatically extract select eye parameters useful to these
processes. Its advantage is that no  a priori  information is necessary to segment eyes, unlike
modeling and neural network methods. The method of the present invention first blurs the
image to make it easier to determine the location of the two eye regions in the image. The
eyebrows are then eliminated based on the located eye regions. The eyes are then
segmented and the eye parameters are extracted from the resulting image. According to the
present invention, the process applies a Gaussian filter,  h(x, y ),where  g ( x ,  y ) is the resulting
image and  f(x, y)  is the original image.
Patent EP-0896305-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHIMIZU TOSHIAKI
IPC: A63F5/04
Filed: 1998-07-06
Abstract: A slot machine comprises a housing (2) provided with an
operation panel (8) on a front side thereof; a main display device (7)
disposed above the operation panel; a sub-display device (31) disposed
on the operation panel (8); a main input device capable of issuing
information corresponding to an operation of a player thereto; and a
game controller (50) for controlling a process of a game performed on a
screen of the main display device (7) with referring to the information
issued from the main input device. The main input device comprises a
first input device (21, 22, 23, 24) provided on the operation panel (8) and
the second input device (57) provided on the screen of the main display
device (7) or a periphery thereof to thereby facilitate an observation of the
sub-display device (31).
Patent EP-0898407-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KAUFMAN STEVEN B
IPC: H04M1/57
Filed: 1998-08-11
Abstract: According to the invention, a telephone call handling device includes a
decoder (111) adapted to decode call related information received with an incoming
call, and a calling unit (113) adapted to call a paging number with a message based on
the call related information. In an alternative embodiment, a method of handling an
incoming call includes counting the number of ring signals in the incoming call in a ring
detector (115), decoding call related information from the incoming call, and selectively
calling a paging number with a message based on the call related information if the
number of rings counted in the counting step exceeds a predetermined threshold.
Patent EP-0919991-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JANG DEOK-HWAN
IPC: G11B5/54
Filed: 1998-08-21
Abstract: In a magnetic head transferring device of a hard disk
drive, to lock a rotor after the magnetic head is moved to
a parking zone (121) formed on a hard disk (120), a bi-metal
member (160) reversibly deforms when heated by an
electric current supplied from a power supply source. The
rotor (130) has a coupling slot (136) through which one
side of the bi-metal member (160) selectively inserts into
or separates from as the bi-metal member deforms. Thus,
since the rotation of the rotor (130) is locked or
unlocked using the bi-metal member operating according to
the turning on/off of power, an abnormal movement of the
magnetic head (150) can be prevented regardless of the
strength of external impacts.
Patent EP-0916191-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SOREE JOHANNES J
IPC: H04M9/00
Filed: 1998-03-19
Abstract: Known is a wire bound telecommunications device to be coupled to telecommunication lines comprising a transmission circuit coupled between the telecommunications lines, which transmission circuit comprises a power supply circuit for forming a supply voltage from a telecommunications line voltage, whereby the power supply circuit comprises sensing means for sensing a telecommunications line current and adjustment means for adjusting the supply voltage, a supply voltage terminal being coupled to the sensing means. In the known device, no optimal matching is obtained for the load line of the power supply to a DC-mask for line voltages as a function of a line current as prescribed for a given country. A more optimal matching is proposed. Hereto, the power supply circuit comprises a controllable current source coupled to an adjustment terminal of the adjustment means and that a control input of the controllable current source is coupled to the sensing means, whereby the power supply is arranged such that the adjustment means operates as current sinking or current sourcing means, respectively, so as to cause the supply voltage to increase or decrease, respectively, in accordance with a predetermined function.
Patent EP-0909446-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MONTIE EDWIN ANDRE
IPC: G11B27/32
Filed: 1998-04-23
Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus (1) for recording an information signal on a record carrier (7). The apparatus comprises a memory (13) for storing at least the information which gives an indication about the position on the record carrier of the beginning or the end of the recorded information signal. The apparatus (1) is provided with means for recording this indication information in an intermediate storage area (4) on the record carrier (7).
Patent EP-0979204-A2 (EP)
Inventor: RASCHKE JOSEF
IPC: B65H3/00
Filed: 1998-04-30
Abstract: Un élément coulissant oblique (9) permet de transférer les colis du premier au deuxième convoyeur (1, 2), la vitesse d'avancement et le sens d'avancement étant adaptés de telle façon que les composantes de vitesse dans les sens de convoyage soient en concordance avec les vitesses d'acheminement des convoyeurs (1, 2). Les colis sont ainsi transférés sans perte de temps.