baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-1134631-A3 (EP)
Inventor: SASAKI AKIRA
IPC: B60R21/00
Filed: 2001-03-13
Abstract: A submergence-detecting power-window apparatus
comprises: a window-opening-and-closing motor; a motor-driving
unit for selectively driving the window-opening-and-closing
motor; a switch control unit provided with control
switches and used for supplying a control voltage to the
motor-driving unit; a window-opening-and-closing switch; a
control unit for turning on one of the control switches
corresponding to an operation carried out on the window-opening-and-closing
switch; a submergence-detecting circuit
including a submergence-detecting sensor; and a
submergence-time window-opening switch, wherein when an
operation is carried out on the window-opening-and-closing
switch with the submergence-detecting circuit put in an
inoperative state, the control unit turns on one of the control
switches corresponding to the operation carried out on the
window-opening-and-closing switch, the switch control unit
applies a control voltage to the motor-driving unit through the
turned-on control switch to drive the window-opening-and-closing
motor in order to open or close the window; and with
the submergence-detecting circuit put in an operative state by
the car' s submergence detected by the submergence-detecting
sensor, a turned-on state of any one of the control switches
is made ineffective and an operation carried out on the
submergence-time window-opening switch causes a control
voltage to be supplied to the motor-driving unit to drive the 
window-opening-and-closing motor in order to open the window.
Patent EP-1138256-A3 (EP)
Inventor: NANJO TSUGUO
IPC: A61B3/12
Filed: 2001-03-21
Abstract: A fundus camera having a simplified unit mechanism
having a fixation light disposed at a suitable position
for efficiently guiding a sight line, the fundus camera
comprising an illumination optical system (1) for
illuminating a fundus of an eye (E) to be examined with
visible illumination light (13) for photographing and with
invisible illumination light (10,11) for observation, a
photographing optical system (2) having a first photographic
element (26), for photographing an image of the fundus with
visible reflection light from the fundus, an observation
optical system (3) having a second photographic element (32) for
photographing the image of the fundus with invisible
reflection light from the fundus, a wavelength-selecting
mirror (25) dividing light into invisible light, a part of
visible light, and most of the visible light, a
light-dividing member (31) further dividing the optical path
of the observation optical system, and a fixation target (35)
disposed on the optical path divided from the optical
path of the observation optical system by the light-dividing
member and at a conjugate position with a
photographing surface of the second photographic
element.
Patent EP-1149606-A3 (EP)
Inventor: BERSCHIN GEREON DR
IPC: A63B23/02
Filed: 2001-04-20
Abstract: The physical training method uses at least 2 adjustable sensors (22) for detecting the actual position of the spinal column (W), supplied to a microprocessor-controlled electronic evaluation circuit, for comparison with a required position, for activating an optical, acoustic and/or tactile warning device when the actual position is outside a defined tolerance range, for allowing the posture to be corrected. Also included are Independent claims for the following: (a) a back support device for a physical training method; (b) a physical training device with a back support device; (c) an application of a training device for muscle training; (d) a seat provided with a back support device
Patent EP-1132013-A3 (EP)
Inventor: MALFAIT JACQUE L
IPC: A23L7/109
Filed: 2000-03-29
Abstract: The present invention includes puffed-food starch material snack, in particular
starch material from grains or pelletized partially gelatinized food starch material. The
puffed-food starch products and methods described result in an improved crispy texture
and a more aesthetic appearance. In general terms, the products are snack chips, cakes,
crackers or the like, made from food starch material. Preferably, the starch material is
provided primarily in the form of individual kernels or pellets of a cereal grain. A quantity
of the grain is puffed (expanded) in a manner which forms a snack product of
considerable crispiness, lightness, and unique texture to both the mouth and eye. 
     According to a method of making the puffed food starch material products of the
present invention, a puffing chamber is provided having inner surfaces and a chamber
volume. A bulk amount of the food starch material is placed into the puffing chamber.
The bulk amount of food starch material is caused to volumetrically expand. Where the
food starch material comprises partially gelatinized starch pellets the expanding food
starch material may be constrained in its expansion or unconstrained in at least a first
dimension. Where the starch material comprises whole kernels of grain the expansion is
contrained in at least a first dimension, while permitting expansion of the bulk amount in
at least a second dimension.
Patent EP-1170757-A3 (EP)
Inventor: AKIMOTO YUJI
IPC: H01F1/36
Filed: 2001-07-03
Abstract: A ferrite fine powder having a mean particle size of 0.1
to 30 µm and consisting of spherical single-crystal particles.
The ferrite fine powder has superior physical properties and
excellent magnetic properties desirable for the use as a raw
material for a dust core of coils, transformers, etc. The
powder is prepared by forming a solution or suspension
containing a compound or compounds of at least one of the
metals composing ferrite into fine droplets, and thermally
decomposing the droplets at elevated temperatures.
Patent EP-1197893-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KOH SOON JONG
IPC: G06Q10/00
Filed: 2001-08-16
Abstract: The present invention relates to a use guide system for amusement park
facilities. The system according to the present invention includes a plurality of user
terminals each having a communication unit for receiving and displaying a playing
facility ticketing schedule information and a playing facility use state information,
transmitting a wireless reservation information with respect to the playing facility using
the received playing facility state information and receiving a playing facility riding state
signal, a plurality of playing facility terminals installed in each playing facility for
gathering an information with respect to the use state of each playing facility in real
time, receiving a reservation information trough the user terminals, performing a
ticketing management and transmitting the playing facility use state data through a
communication network at a certain time, and a central management server for
receiving the playing facility use state information from the playing facility terminal,
classifying and storing the playing facility information based on a certain reference,
performing a ticketing schedule, transmitting one among the playing facility riding state
signal, the ticketing schedule information and the playing facility riding state signal to
the user terminals, receiving a reservation information from the user terminal,
performing the ticketing schedule and transmitting the ticketing schedule information
to the playing facility terminals.
Patent EP-1189194-A3 (EP)
Inventor: YOKOYAMA RYOICHI
IPC: G09G3/36
Filed: 2001-09-18
Abstract: In the display device having the retaining circuit for holding
the digital image data at the pixel element, the power
voltage supplied to the retaining circuit (110) is set up to
be at the minimum level for the retaining circuit to hold the
data during the data writing period, but the voltage supplied
to the retaining circuit is raised by the voltage booster
(95) upon the completion of the data writing. The retaining
circuit (110) takes in the digital image signal fed from the
drain signal line (61) in response to the signal fed from the
gate signal line (51) and holds the digital image signal.
Then, the display is carried out according to the signal held
by the retaining circuit (110). By this, the erroneous writing
of the data to the retaining circuit is prevented. The
reduction of the electric power consumption and the high density
integration of the pixel elements are also possible.
Patent EP-1195986-A3 (EP)
Inventor: YAMADA TETSUO
IPC: H04N5/3722
Filed: 2001-10-04
Abstract: In a CCD image sensor, a CCD line memory is
disposed between each vertical charge transfer device
and a horizontal charge transfer device to selectively
transfer charges from each vertical charge transfer
device to the horizontal charge transfer device. A
discharge drain is disposed along the horizontal charge
transfer device to selectively discharge charges from
vertical charge transfer devices via the horizontal
charge transfer device to the discharge drain.
Therefore, image data in which the numbers respectively
of the vertical and horizontal pixels are reduced can be
generated.
Patent EP-1220393-A3 (EP)
Inventor: FUKUNAGA TOSHIAKI
IPC: H01S5/223
Filed: 2001-12-10
Abstract: In a semiconductor-laser device: a compressive-strain
quantum-well active layer is made of In x3 Ga 1 .
 x3 As 1-y3 P y3  (0<x3 ≤ 0.4 and 0 ≤ y3 ≤ 0.1); tensile-strain
barrier layers made of In x2 Ga 1-x2 As 1-y2 P 1-y2  (0≤x2<0.49y2
and 0<y2<0.4)are formed above and under the
compressive-strain quantum-well active layer; and
optical waveguide layers being made of either p-type or
i-type In 0.49 Ga 0.51 P are formed above the upper tensile-strain
barrier layer and under the lower tensile-strain
barrier layer. Preferably, the absolute value of a sum
of a first product and a second product is less than or
equal to 0.25 nm, where the first product is a product
of a strain and a thickness of said compressive-strain
active layer, and the second product is a product of a
strain of said lower and upper tensile-strain barrier
layers and a total thickness of the lower and upper
tensile-strain barrier layers.
Patent EP-1176168-A3 (EP)
Inventor: TASAKA MICHIHISA
IPC: C08L25/10
Filed: 2001-07-24
Abstract: A thermoplastic resin composition comprising
   40 to 95 parts by weight of (a) a saponified ethylene-vinyl
acetate copolymer resin and   60 to 5 parts by weight of (b) at least one selected from the
group consisting of copolymers of a vinyl aromatic compound with
a conjugated diene compound, and hydrogenated derivatives
thereof, characterized in that   the saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin (a) has
an ethylene content of 40 to 95 wt% based on a weight of the
saponified ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin and a degree
of saponification of the vinyl acetate of at least 80 wt% and 
(b)at least one selected from the group consisting of
copolymers of a vinyl aromatic compound with a conjugated diene
compound is selected from the group consisting of 
(b-1) block copolymers of a vinyl aromatic compound with a
conjugated diene compound, and hydrogenated derivatives
thereof and 
(b-2) hydrogenated random copolymers of a vinyl aromatic
compound with a conjugated diene compound, the copolymers
having a vinyl aromatic compound content of at most 50 wt%, a
number average molecular weight (Mn) of from 5, 000 to 1, 000, 000,
a polydispersity(Mw/Mn) of at most 10, and a content of vinyl
bonds derived from the conjugated diene compound of at least
10 % based on bonds derived from the conjugated diene compound.
Patent EP-1174938-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KANTAK MILIND V
IPC: H01M8/04
Filed: 2001-02-14
Abstract: A fuel cell having an anode (12) and a cathode (14) side with fuel (4) flowing
over the anode (12) side and air (6) over the cathode (14) side has a staging plate (20)
located on the anode side of the fuel cell to divide the flow of fuel to two different
sections (50,52) of the anode (12). A second staging plate may be used to divide the
flow of fuel to three different sections of the anode (12), and various apertures may be
formed in the staging plates, such as rectangles, triangles or ovals, to direct fuel flow
to desired areas of the anode (12).
Patent EP-1172711-A3 (EP)
Inventor: FURUYA SATORU
IPC: B65H5/00
Filed: 2001-06-18
Abstract: An electrophotographic printer has neutralizing units (60,70,80)
and a fixing unit (36,19) that are disposed in the transport
path of a print medium (P). The neutralizing units (60,70,80)
neutralize a toner image surface of the print medium (P) entering
the fixing unit (36,19) and a non-printed surface of the print
medium (P) exiting the fixing unit (36,19). The fixing unit (36,19)
includes two rollers. A fixing roller (40,19a) incorporates
a heat source that generates heat for fusing a toner image on the
print medium. A pressure roller (50,19b) is in pressure
engagement with the fixing roller (40,19a) . At least one of the
fixing roller (40,19a) and pressure roller (50,19b) includes a
resilient member (43,52) that covers a metal shaft (42,51) and an
insulation layer (44,53) that covers the resilient member (43,52).
The resilient member (43,52) may contain electrically
conductive whiskers that extend radially in three dimensions. The
whiskers (45,54) are dispersed such that a surface of the
insulation layer (44,53) and a surface of the shaft (42,51) are
electrically continuous.
Patent EP-1186311-A3 (EP)
Inventor: TRIBE ROBERT JAMES
IPC: F04B9/02
Filed: 2001-07-31
Abstract: A syringe pump has a motor 9 rotating a leadscrew 8 to drive a plunger head actuator 10 along it. The head actuator 10 engages the plunger 35 of a syringe 3 and moves the plunger along the syringe barrel 30 to dispense medication. An optical encoder 20 mounted on the leadscrew 8 is rotated by the motor 9 to produce a pulse output. A control unit 11 times the interval between the pulses and compares these timings with a stored value representative of a predetermined multiple of the minimum time. If the head actuator 10 is obstructed, the speed of rotation of the motor 9 is slowed and the time interval between pulses rises. When this exceeds the stored value, the control unit 11 stops the drive to the head actuator 10 and generates an alarm. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1209744-A3 (EP)
Inventor: SEKI SHUNICHI
IPC: H05B33/00
Filed: 2001-11-23
Abstract: A method for manufacturing an organic EL device comprising: coating a
composition including an organic EL material on a plurality of electrodes to form an
organic EL layer on each electrode; defining an effective optical area in which the
plurality of electrodes are formed; and defining a coating area which is broader than the
effective optical area, on which the composition including an organic EL material is to
be coated. According to this method, a uniform display device without uneven
luminance and uneven chrominance within a pixel or among a plurality of pixels in the
effective optical area can be obtained.
Patent EP-1243837-A3 (EP)
Title: Hose clamp
Inventor: BANGE WINFRIED DIPL-ING
IPC: F16L33/035
Filed: 2002-01-21
Abstract: Clamp, especially for fixing a tube, comprises a clamp band (1) which is ring-shaped in the mounted. The band has two ends which overlap in the mounted state and a hook (5) protruding outward. The outer end (3) has an eyelet (6) for receiving the hook to connect the two ends together. Preferred Features: The eyelet is stamped out of the outer end and is essentially kidney-shaped.
Patent EP-1237188-A3 (EP)
Inventor: MINAMIO MASANORI
IPC: H01L23/31
Filed: 2002-02-27
Abstract: A lead frame includes a die pad, a suspension lead
and a plurality of leads. The group of leads include at
least three kinds of leads, including first, second and third
leads. While the first lead and the third lead are connected
to each other upon production of the lead frame, a connecting
portion therebetween has a smaller thickness than that of the
frame body so that the first lead and the third lead can be
separated from each other in a subsequent step.
Patent EP-1246264-A3 (EP)
Inventor: TAKAHASHI HIROKAZU
IPC: H01S5/30
Filed: 2002-03-26
Abstract: A nitride semiconductor device having high electrode contact properties is disclosed. The nitride semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer made of a group III nitride semiconductor, and a metal electrode (9) for supplying the semiconductor layer with a carrier. The device has a first contact layer (6) made of a group III nitride semiconductor (Al x Ga 1-x ) 1-y In y N (0≤x≤1, 0<y≤1), laminated between the semiconductor layer and the metal electrode, and a group II element added thereto, and a second contact layer made of a group III nitride semiconductor Al x' Ga 1-x' N (0≤x'≤1) and laminated between the first contact (6) and the metal electrode (9).
Patent EP-1237281-A3 (EP)
Inventor: BEAL SAMUEL W
IPC: H03K19/177
Filed: 1998-02-03
Abstract: An enhanced performance field programmable gate array integrated circuit comprises a
field programmable gate array and other functional, circuitry such as a mask-programmable gate
array in the same integrated circuit. A circuit interface provides communication between the
field programmable gate array, the mask-programmable gate array and the integrated circuit I/O.
Patent EP-1258827-A3 (EP)
Inventor: YOSHIDA SHUICHIRO
IPC: A63F13/00
Filed: 2002-05-15
Abstract: On a server, face image is registered and updated according to the player's
skill-level. Specifically, as personal information, not only registration of user's address,
name, or pen name, but also face information is registered and changed according to the
game result. Therefore, this permits a quick visual recognition of the previous game
result. As the result, when performing a battle game between terminals, the player can
be understood the competitor's skill-level.
Patent EP-1271794-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KIM DAE-HYUN
IPC: H04B1/18
Filed: 2002-06-13
Abstract: In a triple band receiving apparatus of a mobile communication terminal
operated in three bands by installing an impedance matching unit and a band
selection switching unit at the exterior of a dual band RF receiver, it includes a first
∼ a third filters for passing only signals corresponded to a first ∼ a third bands, an
impedance matching unit for impedance-matching signals passing the second and
the third filters and a RF (radio frequency) receiver for processing a signal inputted
from the first filter and the switching unit as an intermediate frequency. Accordingly,
by simplifying and miniaturizing a construction of an internal circuit, a mobile
communication terminal can be efficiently miniaturized and light-weighed.
Patent EP-1275283-A3 (EP)
Inventor: OKA KEN KENGI
IPC: A01D34/66
Filed: 2002-06-15
Abstract: An agricultural machine (10) in the form of a flex wing rotary cutter includes wheel axles (30, 32, 34) on each of the center and wing deck frames which are linked together for simultaneous rocking by a lift cylinder (36) coupled between the center deck frame and the center axle (30). Each of the support wheels (22, 24, 26, 28) of the machine (10) is mounted to a spindle (88) carried at the rear end of a rocker arm (78) that is pivotally attached, at a location between its ends, to a rear location of a respective strut (72) cantilevered from one or the other of the axles (30, 32, 34). A spring (92) formed as an air spring is coupled between the strut (72) and a forward end of the rocker arm (78) and a shock absorber (94) is coupled between the rocker arm (78) and the strut (72) at a location between the spring (92) and the connection of the rocker arm (78) with the strut (72).
Patent EP-1273510-A3 (EP)
Inventor: ITOU MINORU
IPC: B62H5/16
Filed: 2002-07-04
Abstract: The handle control device for bicycles restricts the rotation
of the front fork being rotably supported on a head tube of a
bicycle frame, and comprises a rotable member, a stationary
member, a rotation restriction means, and a locking means.
The rotable member rotates coupled to the front fork, and the
stationary member is provided non-rotably at the head tube.
The rotation restriction means has an operating element which
is movable between the position of restriction and the
position at which the restriction is released (restriction
release position) and restricts the relative rotation of the
rotable member and stationary member at the position of
restriction and releases this restriction at restriction
release position. The locking means comprises a lock with an
attachable and detachable key and a rocking element movable
by said key, and a movable element that is movable coupled to
the movement of the rocking movement, and locks
aforementioned operating element at the restriction position
by action of the movable element when the operating element
is located at said restriction position.
Patent EP-1293390-A3 (EP)
Inventor: SUMME TODD L
IPC: B60R19/34
Filed: 2002-08-14
Abstract: An energy absorption system and method comprised of a crush tube (210), a taper component (205), and a flare component (205). The crush tube (210) is inserted into a matching hole in the taper component (205). As the taper and flare components are moved down over the crush tube, the taper component decreases the diameter of the crush tube (210) and the flare component (205) splits the crush tube in a plurality of petals (430). The crush tube (210) may include a plurality of initiator slits (215) to aid in the flaring process. When mounted with the longitudinal axis of the crush tube parallel to an axis of an impact, the present invention is capable of absorbing some or all of the crash event by dissipating energy by the tapering, flaring, friction, and other methods. <IMAGE>
Patent EP-1302449-A3 (EP)
Inventor: GOUDEAU JACQUES
IPC: C03B19/10
Filed: 2002-09-27
Abstract: A preform overcladding method device are provided. The preform
overcladding device includes an injector for providing particles
having a predetermined material, and a preheater for preheating
the particles provided by the injector and a plasma torch. The preform
overcladding device also includes a heater for heating and depositing
onto a preform the particles preheated by the preheater.The method is
characterised by the step of preheating the particles during the step of
injecting them into the plasma torch for deposition. Optical fibres
can be drawn from the preform.
Patent EP-1302841-A3 (EP)
Inventor: KAWASOME TOSHIKI
IPC: G06F3/041
Filed: 2002-10-04
Abstract: An input system is configured of a display having a
display screen, a pen tablet having an operating region, an
input device, and a computer to which the display, tablet,
and input device are connected. The tablet is for
performing operations with regard to a region to be operated
within a display region displayed on the display screen. 
The region to be operated is set so as to correspond to the
operating region, and the region to be operated can be
enlarged, reduced, or moved, by operations made at the input
device. Thus, the freedom in setting the position and size
of the region to be operated by the tablet increases,
thereby providing an input system with improved ease-of-use
of a pen tablet.
Patent EP-1352807-A3 (EP)
Inventor: YANG KWANG-HO
IPC: F16H57/12
Filed: 2002-11-21
Abstract: The present invention discloses a vehicle steering
system (100) having a rack bar supporting apparatus (130) which
prevents the rotation of a rack bar (120) and makes the rack bar
supporting apparatus (130) compact by providing a plurality of
rack bar supporting apparatuses (170) installed at the rear of
the rack bar (120) to support the rack bar (120) in the direction of a
pinion gear (111). The vehicle steering system (100) comprises a pinion
shaft (110) having a pinion gear (111) on the outer circumference and
being installed within a housing (102); a rack bar (120) being located
within the housing (102) so that it can cross the pinion shaft (110)
and having a rack gear (121) meshing with the pinion gear (111) at one
side of the middle part; and rack bar supporting apparatus (130)
provided on the rear surface of the rack bar (120) for
elastically supporting the rack bar (120) in the direction of the
pinion shaft (110), wherein a plurality of the rack bar
supporting apparatuses (170) are provided to vary the supporting
direction and supporting force for supporting the rack bar (120).