baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0826821-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BEGEMANN ULRICH
IPC: D21F1/08
Filed: 1997-08-28
Abstract: The system to control the paper quality at the stock inlet, to set the lateral and/or longitudinal paper profile has a sensor (30) to measure one characteristic of the paper web profile, and a further sensor (31) which registers a different characteristic. Also claimed is an operation where the signals from the sensors are processed in a computer unit, to control the settings of the units to vary the longitudinal and/or lateral profile according to the measured characteristics of the pulp and web profile.
Patent EP-0840297-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KURIHARA SHINJI
IPC: G11B7/09
Filed: 1997-10-29
Abstract: Bottom detection circuit (5) detects the bottom of an RF signal from an addition circuit (3). The output signal of bottom detection circuit (5) is converted into a digital signal with A/D conversion circuit (10) to obtain maximum and minimum values using maximum value detection circuit (12) and minimum value detection circuit (13). The maximum and minimum values are applied to an arithmetic processing circuit (14) and a reference value is calculated based on that minimum value or maximum value. The reference value is held with hold circuit (15) and then converted into an analog signal with D/A conversion circuit (16). During track jumping, the output signal of bottom detection circuit (5) is compared with a reference voltage Vref corresponding to the reference value with comparison circuit (17) to obtain an output signal that corresponds to the presence or absence of a track. In this manner, track detection based on the bottom detection output of an RF signal is not affected by scratches or the like on an optical disc, and accurate track detection is possible. Tracks are detected using the peak detection output when only the peak detection output of the RF signal is unaffected by the presence of scratches or the like on the optical disc.
Patent EP-0842738-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHIMIZU NOBURU
IPC: B24B37/07
Filed: 1997-11-17
Abstract: A planar workpiece such as a semiconductor wafer is
polished and cleaned by polishing a surface of the planar
workpiece by pressing the surface against a first abrasive
member which is rotating about its own axis, under a
predetermined pressure, and scrubbing the surface with a second
abrasive member of a non-woven cloth, a cloth other than a non-woven
cloth, or a wiping cloth of ultrafine fibers, which is
held against the surface, while scrubbing the surface with the
second abrasive member. The surface of the planar workpiece is
pressed against the second abrasive member under a
predetermined pressure while the second abrasive member is
making circulatory translational motion along a predetermined
path.
Patent EP-0852447-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CHAUVIN JACQUES
IPC: H04N9/28
Filed: 1997-12-16
Abstract: The projection picture screen is provided with a
sensor in the form of a photodiode in order to set the
convergence. The picture projected onto the screen
contains a marker in the form of a monochrome, bright,
that is to say red, green or blue picture point, which
marker is adjusted for the correct convergence onto the
sensor. Owing to various influences such as drift,
background light, sensitivity and de-focusing, exact
adjustment of the marker onto the middle of a sensor is
not achieved. 
     The object is to eliminate the influence of such
interference, and to ensure that the marker is adjusted
onto the middle of the sensor. 
     Two markers (M1, M2) are moved towards the sensor
(S) from opposite directions, and a mean value (D5)
between the two adjustment variables (D3, D4), obtained
therefrom, is used as manipulated variable (D5) for the
marker (M). 
     Particularly for a projection television receiver
with automatic adjustment of the convergence.
Patent EP-0849630-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HIRAI HIROYUKI
IPC: G03C7/12
Filed: 1997-12-19
Abstract: A process for producing a color filter having red,
green and blue pixel patterns and a black matrix, which
process comprising the steps of: (1) providing a master color
filter having pixel patterns colored to red, green and blue,
respectively, and having a substantially colorless area
corresponding to the black matrix, (2) providing a second
silver halide color light-sensitive material which comprises
a transparent substrate having thereon at least: a red-sensitive
silver halide emulsion layer containing a coupler
which is sensitive to the red color of said master color
filter and which forms a red color; a green-sensitive silver
halide emulsion layer containing a coupler which is sensitive
to the green color of said master color filter and which
forms a green color; and a blue-sensitive silver halide
emulsion layer containing a coupler which is sensitive to the
blue color of said master color filter and which forms a blue
color; (3) one-shot exposing said second silver halide color
light-sensitive material with white light through the master
color filter; and then (4) color developing and desilvering
said one-shot exposed light-sensitive material.
Patent EP-0792087-A2 (EP)
Title: Method of controlling the driving of a tray of a microwave oven
Inventor: HAN DAE-SUNG
IPC: H05B6/78
Filed: 1997-02-21
Abstract: A microwave oven wherein at least a microwave cooking mode and an electric resistance heater cooking mode can be selected by a user. A tray (12) for supporting foodstuff can be raised and lowered and rotated about a vertical axis. A weight measuring mechanism (45) determines the weight of foodstuff on the tray. During a cooking sequence, an operator selects a cooking mode, and the weight of foodstuff is measured. A controller determines a desired cooking elevation as a function of the cooking mode and weight of the foodstuff. A rotation mechanism (42, 42a, 42b) begins to rotate the tray, and then the rotating tray is raised to the desired elevation, whereupon a cooking operation is performed while the tray is rotated at the desired elevation. At the end of the cooking operation, the tray is lowered to its initial position while still being rotated.
Patent EP-0823787-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ZOOK CHRISTOPHER P
IPC: H03M5/14
Filed: 1997-07-23
Abstract: A rate 16/17 ENDEC is disclosed which encodes 16 bit input data
words into 17 bit codewords according to at least one predetermined
code constraint, such as an RLL (d,k) constraint. The encoder
encodes the high and low byte of the input data word using the same
mapping circuitry which reduces its cost and complexity. The
codewords are transferred through a communication channel, such as
a computer disc storage device, and upon reception (or readback) the
first 8 bits of the 17 bit codeword are decoded independent from the
last 8 bits which prevents error propagation. That is, the first 8
bits of the codeword are decoded into a high byte of the decoded data
word, and the last 8 bits of the codeword are decoded into a low byte
of the decoded data word independent from one another. Thus, errors
that occur in the received data sequence which affect only the first
8 bits of the codeword will not propagate to the decoded low byte,
and errors affecting only the last 8 bits of the codeword will not
propagate to the decoded high byte. Furthermore, the decoder uses
the same mapping circuitry to decode the low and high byte of the
output data words, thereby reducing its cost and complexity.
Patent EP-0841799-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BENESTY JACOB
IPC: H04B3/23
Filed: 1997-10-07
Abstract: A method and apparatus for estimating individual impulse responses for a stereophonic communication system, such as a teleconferencing system, involves selectively reducing the correlation between the individual channel signals of the stereophonic system. Selective reduction of stereophonic source signal correlation advantageously results in the estimation of individual impulse responses of a receiving room (10) of the stereophonic communication system. The selectively reduced-correlation source signals are provided to conventional adaptive filters (15,16) and the receiving room loudspeakers (11,12). Automatic echo cancellation is performed in a conventional fashion, but on the selectively reduced-correlation source signals. Specifically, selective reduction of source signal correlation between two stereophonic channels of a teleconferencing system is achieved by introducing a small non-linearity into each channel (in 25,30) in order to reduce the interchannel coherence. In accordance with certain illustrative embodiments of the present invention, each channel signal has added thereto a non-linear function of the channel signal itself, thereby reducing the interchannel coherence while preserving the quality of the signal. In one particualr embodiment, the non-linear function comprises the half-wave rectifier.
Patent EP-0848376-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SAKASHITA MITSUNORI
IPC: G11B21/02
Filed: 1997-11-06
Abstract: A driving current supply device (8) for driving a stepping
motor (7) in micro steps supplies a driving current to the
stepping motor for a predetermined time for each micro step, and
after an elapse of this predetermined time, the driving circuit
supplies a current which is smaller than the driving current and
which generates a torque larger than the detent torque of the
stepping motor.
Patent EP-0844862-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LEGRAND GEORGES
IPC: A61G13/12
Filed: 1997-03-14
Abstract: L'appareil comprend une barre (9) entraînée par la tige d'un vérin (4) et portant un berceau (10) destiné à supporter une jambe du patient, cette barre porte-berceau étant attachée à l'extrémité d'une manivelle (8) couplée à la tige (5) du vérin (4) par l'intermédiaire de moyens de couplage (6, 7) agencés pour que le coulissement de la tige de vérin entraîne la manivelle en rotation autour d'un axe pivot (7) de manière à présenter la jambe du patient dans la position souhaitée.
Patent EP-0912939-A2 (EP)
Title: Flash memory card
Inventor: KIKUCHI SHUICHI
IPC: B42D15/10
Filed: 1997-07-16
Abstract: A flash memory card includes one or a plurality of flash memories (FM1-FMn) and a controller (10) having an interface connected to a host computer (14) to store card attribute information to be presented to the host computer at a predetermined storage position in the flash memory.
Patent EP-0929697-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TEMPLETON JOE W
IPC: C12Q1/68
Filed: 1997-09-19
Abstract: The present invention relates to materials and methods for identifying animals that are resistant or susceptible to diseases associated with intracellular parasites such as brucellosis, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis and salmonellosis. More particularly, the present invention relates to the identification of a gene, called NRAMP1, which is associated with the susceptibility or resistance of an animal, such as an artiodactyla to diseases such as brucellosis, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis and salmonellosis. Still more particularly, the present invention relates to the identification of specific sequences of bovine NRAMP1 which associate with resistance or susceptibility to ruminant brucellosis, tuberculosis, paratuberculosis and salmonellosis, and to the method of identifying said sequences to identify animals who are susceptible or resistant to disease.
Patent EP-0983714-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ISTERI ARI
IPC: H05K1/16
Filed: 1997-12-30
Abstract: L'invention concerne un procédé et un dispositif servant à réchauffer au moins un composant (14) d'une plaquette de circuit imprimé comprenant une ou plusieurs couches (10 et 11). On réchauffe au moins un composant (14) à réchauffer au moyen d'au moins une résistance thermique (15) associée à la plaquette de circuit imprimé.
Patent EP-0858791-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KAMEO YOJI
IPC: A61F13/49
Filed: 1998-02-04
Abstract: An absorbent article comprising a liquid-permeable surface to be brought
into contact with the skin, a liquid-impermeable surface not to be brought into contact with
the skin, and a liquid retentive absorbent body interposed between the liquid-permeable
surface and the liquid-impermeable surface, the absorbent body comprises at least an
absorbent member and an elastic member, the absorbent member comprising at least a
fiber aggregate and a superabsorbent polymer, the fiber aggregate comprising the same
fiber or different fibers, the elastic member satisfying the following conditions (1) and (2),
and comprising thermally fusible fibers as a major component.
   (1) a fiber orientation ratio of said elastic member is less than 5.0 and   (2) a bending stiffness of said elastic member is of 0.05 to 2.0 gf · cm.
Patent EP-0876944-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WOOD JAMES A
IPC: B60T8/17
Filed: 1998-02-05
Abstract: A wheel slip control system employs a method of varying the detection and
correction parameters it uses based on whether the wheel/axle combinations
on a truck of a rail vehicle operate in the coupled or decoupled modes of
operation. The control system executes programming code featuring
detection and correction logic. The steps of the method include
deriving both detection parameters optimized for each mode called coupled
and decoupled detection parameters and correction parameters optimized for
each mode called coupled and decoupled correction parameters. Another
step involves monitoring the amount of dynamic braking applied to the
wheel/axle combinations. Yet another step involves determining whether
the amount of dynamic braking lies for a preset time period within a
preset zone of operation for the dynamic braking of the wheel/axle
combinations on the truck. The method provides the coupled detection
parameters to the detection logic if the amount of dynamic braking lies
within the preset zone for the preset time. Alternately, it provides
the decoupled detection parameters to the detection logic if the amount
of dynamic braking fails to lie within the preset zone for the preset
time. The method provides the coupled correction parameters to the
correction logic if the amount of dynamic braking lies within the
preset zone for the preset time. Alternately, it provides the
decoupled correction parameters to the correction logic only if the
amount of dynamic braking fails to lie within the preset zone for the
preset time when the wheel slip control system is inactive.
Patent EP-0887989-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JENKINS JONATHAN PETER
IPC: G10K15/04
Filed: 1998-06-24
Abstract: A home appliance (1), such as a laundry washing machine or refrigerator
including a buzzer (5) designed to sound an alarm or provide an audible indication
of a certain condition is disclosed. The appliance (1) may transmit information
(such as diagnostic or fault codes and appliance usage information) to a remote
service centre (6) without the need for a physical connection to a telephone line.
The buzzer (5) may be controlled to produce audible tones in a predetermined
format which can be transmitted from the appliance (1), through the air and down a
telephone line through a telephone handset (9) to the service centre (6). The signal
is recorded at the service centre (6) and the data extracted. The data is then
analysed to obtain the fault and/or usage information.
Patent EP-0888966-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FARRINGTON FRANKLIN D
IPC: B64D13/06
Filed: 1998-06-29
Abstract: A high efficiency environmental control system (10)
uses air (16) exhausted from a pressurized cabin (12) to cool
compressed air (14) entering the cabin (12). Air (16) exhausted from
the cabin (12) may flow directly from the cabin (12) through a
heat exchanger (60) which cools the compressed air (14) entering
the cabin (12). Alternatively, air (16) exiting the cabin (12) may
flow through a turbine (66) which expands and cools the air (16)
prior to passing through the heat exchanger (60). The
turbine (66) may be used to drive a compressor (68) to provide the
compressed air (14) to the cabin (12). Supplemental power to
drive the compressor (68) may be provided by a second turbine (70)
driven by bleed air (44) from one or more turbine engines (20), or
by an electric motor. Bleed air (44) may also be mixed with
air from the compressor to provide fresh air to the
cabin (12). To further increase efficiency and meet the
cooling requirements of the cabin (12) on the ground and at
altitude, switch dampers may be employed to selectably
vary the flow path of air supplied to the cabin (12).
Patent EP-0902154-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KNAUF ALFONS JEAN
IPC: E06B5/16
Filed: 1998-07-07
Abstract: The window pane (5) is held in a rectangular frame (6) which is secured into the aperture cut into the room divider panel (1). The frame has a main section and a removable sub-frame (8) by which the glass pane is secured after the main frame is fitted into the aperture. The main frame is fitted using screw fasteners (11) screwed into retaining profiles fitted into the hollow centres of the wall panels and with the profiles secured by other screw fasteners. The sub-frame can locate inside the main frame using profiled mating faces. The frame is made of fire retardant material.
Patent EP-0897152-A2 (EP)
Inventor: JOUPPI NORMAN P
IPC: G06F11/34
Filed: 1998-08-11
Abstract: An apparatus and method for counting event signals
generated by a computer system is described. The event
signals are indicative of the performance of the computer
system. Programmable logic enhances the functionality of
performance counters by enabling the system user to
specify, during the execution of an application program,
which event signals to count. The system user can
dynamically configure the programmable logic to select a
subset of the event signals generated by the computer
system, and to combine the selected subset of event signals
to generate a new event signal that can be counted. Other
new event signals can be generated by the programmable
logic from the selected subset of event signals. A user of
the computer system can dynamically make the selection of
any one of the new event signals for counting.
Patent EP-0902008-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PRAT ESTHER DR
IPC: C09K23/18
Filed: 1998-08-26
Abstract: Water-miscible cationic surfactant concentrate contains (a) 75-95 wt.% esterquat (I) and (b) 5-25 wt.% ethanol, ethylene glycol and/or propylene glycol, to a total of 100 wt.%. An Independent claim is also included for the preparation of the concentrate.
Patent EP-0908113-A2 (EP)
Inventor: STELZER FRANZ
IPC: A45C13/10
Filed: 1998-10-05
Abstract: Case, especially useful for playing cards, comprises two flat, essentially rectangular shells (10, 17), which meet together at the edges (18), to slide one into the other. The shell(s) (10, 17) has an elastically-deformable edge. One has catch projections (21), and the other (10) has mating, catch openings (15). Preferably the shells are made of an elastically-deformable material, e.g. polypropylene, polystyrene or 'Styrolux' (RTM). Used for playing cards.
Patent EP-0858058-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CENTER JOHN L
IPC: G07F11/72
Filed: 1995-08-11
Abstract: A process for co-dispensing beverages and snack food
products from a single vending machine. Filled beverage
containers and filled snack food containers are stored in the
vending machine and a buyer, upon payment, product selection,
etc. can obtain both a beverage e.g., a soft drink, and a snack
food, e.g., corn chips, from a single machine. The beverage and
snack food containers preferably are of substantially the same
size so that a vending machine of the type which dispenses
containers having a uniform size may be used to carry out the
present invention. Also, an automatic door-opening mechanism is
disclosed which opens the dispensing door of a vending machine
when a snack food container is dispensed which is too light to
open the door under the force of a gravity. A process and
apparatus for packaging snack food product in containers are also
disclosed wherein accurately sized portions of the product are
formed and fed into a funnel member, the funnel member having
troughs which align the product in a desired direction.
Patent EP-0925794-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BEGHELLI GIAN PIETRO
IPC: A61L2/10
Filed: 1998-10-28
Abstract: A sterilizing device for toothbrushes (16) comprising a
germicidal lamp (21) capable of destroying germs and
microorganisms depositing on the bristles (35) of
toothbrushes (16) during the teeth cleaning operation,
which provides for a switch (17) to activate or
deactivate the lamp (21), depending on the respective
opening or closing of a container (10). The act of
opening the container (10) consists in lifting up an
upper section or cover (11) of the same, which
consequently results, through a transmission mechanism
(25) in a gradual tilting of a lower section (12)
containing four seats (18) for as many toothbrushes (16),
which are thus available to the user.
Patent EP-0931663-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WEN XIN
IPC: B41J2/21
Filed: 1998-12-23
Abstract: Ink jet printing apparatus and method for improved accuracy of ink
droplet placement on a receiver medium (30) by compensating for jet direction
variabilities between ink nozzles (45). More specifically, the invention is an ink
jet printing apparatus and method for printing an output image on a receiver
medium in response to an input image file having a plurality of pixels. The
apparatus includes a print head (50) and a nozzle integrally attached to the print
head. The nozzle has a droplet placement characteristic, for example, undesired
placement of the droplet on the receiver medium, associated therewith. A
waveform generator (230) associated with the nozzle generates an electronic
waveform (80) comprising a plurality of electronic pulses (90) to be supplied to
the nozzle for adjusting the droplet placement characteristic. In this manner, the
invention compensates for the undesired droplet placement characteristic, so that
the droplet (47) is accurately placed on the receiver medium irrespective of
physical variabilities between nozzles.
Patent EP-0854410-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KURUMA AKIO
IPC: G06F1/28
Filed: 1998-01-15
Abstract: A power supply system is made up of a plurality of
power supply devices including M (M is a positive integer
number) redundant power supply devices. The power supply
system includes redundant abnormality detecting means for
detecting that an abnormality occurs in at least one of the M
redundant power supply devices in accordance with first signals
outputted from the power supply devices. Each of the first
signals indicates corresponding one of the power supply devices
is in an abnormal state.
Patent EP-0884708-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FASTENRATH ULRICH DR DIPL-PHYS
IPC: G08G1/01
Filed: 1998-06-04
Abstract: The method involves using mobile detection devices or "floating cars" to detect the current traffic and pass the data to a central station via a set or variable messaging method. The central station determines a description of the current traffic situation in the traffic network from the incoming messages. The description takes the form of traffic phases covering the network and representing states in the edges or nodes of the network. The central station predicts the traffic situation at a future time by computing at least the movements and future positions of the traffic phases in the network.