baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0853412-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MCNABB DANIEL LLOYD
IPC: H04N7/173
Filed: 1997-11-28
Abstract: A general purpose interface is provided to a file system of a multimedia server
for improving datastream throughput by avoiding data copying and context
switching. The file system includes an export registration service providing
function pointers to the file system's implementation of a predefined set of zero
copy interfaces. These interfaces include an initialization service to set up
necessary data structures and to place use counts on objects to prevent them
from being removed while zero copy operations are in progress. A termination
service in the zero copy interfaces cleans up data structures and removes use
counts. Additional services validate that a specified file is suitable for zero copy
operations, find and record file attributes needed to later acquire buffers at
interrupt level. A data structure is defined to hold these attributes for subsequent
calls. Another service locks a buffer at an interrupt level and returns the amount
of data present, and provides addressability to the buffer in another address
space context. A data structure holds these buffer attributes for subsequent calls.
A service is additionally provided to unlock the buffer at interrupt level. Finally,
a service provides information on changes to the access pattern of the file such
as would be needed to support VCR functions. A hash chain emplyoing a singly
linked list updated atomically allows for safe buffer lookups at interrupt level.
Compare-and-swap locking faciliates this. A mailbox interface useful at interrupt
leve provides prefetch and release information to the daemon. In case of a lock
collision or where the buffer is not available, the buffer is acquired in a process
context.
Patent EP-0956143-A2 (EP)
Inventor: WARNER NOEL ALFRED
IPC: B01D53/48
Filed: 1997-01-30
Abstract: On procède à la désulfuration d'un flux de gaz de houille renfermant H2S et COS en faisant passer celui-ci radialement dans une cuve (300). Ce flux de gaz de houille est entraîné dans un jet turbulent à énergie cinétique élevée, de zinc gazeux (308) descendant dans la cuve (300). Le flux de gaz désulfuré obtenu et le sulfure de zinc solide sont séparés dans un cyclone (320) à gaz chaud. Tout excès de zinc gazeux est solidifié en passant dans une chaudière chauffée par la chaleur perdue (322), et est séparé du flux de gaz désulfuré par filtration du gaz chaud.
Patent EP-1006885-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHARKEY HUGH R
IPC: A61B18/08
Filed: 1997-10-22
Abstract: Percutaneous methods and systems for treating an intervertebral disc are disclosed. An intervertebral disc treatment apparatus includes an introducer (12) and a catheter (14) having a distal end (28), a proximal end, a longitudinal axis, and an intradiscal section (16) at the distal end on which there is at least one functional element (29). The treatment proceeds by applying a force longitudinally to the proximal end of the catheter which is sufficient to advance the intradiscal section through the nucleus pulposus and around an inner wall of an annulus fibrosus, but which force is insufficient to puncture the annulus fibrosus. The functional element is positionned at a selected location of the intervertebral disc by advancing or retracting the catheter and optionally twisting the proximal end of the catheter. Then, the functional unit treats the intervertebral disc. Optionally, there is an additional step of aspirating and/or adding a substance to the intervertebral disc.
Patent EP-0861677-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KUIPER EDOARDO C
IPC: A61N1/368
Filed: 1998-02-23
Abstract: An implantable pacemaker system is provided with a conditional hysteresis feature, whereby a hysteresis value is added to the pacing escape interval (Esc_int) only when the prior spontaneous rate (R) corresponded to a rate below the top (UHL) of a predetermined hysteresis band. This feature limits the lengthening of the escape interval when there are sudden drops in the natural rate thereby avoiding excessive changes in rate. In a preferred embodiment, the pacemaker defines a hysteresis band around a given pacing rate, e.g., lower rate limit (LRL), the band having an upper hysteresis limit (UHL) and a lower hysteresis limit (LHL). No hysteresis lengthening of the escape interval is utilized for spontaneous heartbeats having rates above the upper hysteresis limit; for spontaneous heartbeats having rates between the lower rate limit and the upper hysteresis limit, an escape interval (Hyst_int(R)) is set to have a value corresponding to a rate between the pacing limit and the lower rate limit of the hysteresis band which is, e.g., 0-30 bpm below the lower rate limit; and for a sensed spontaneous rate below the lower rate limit, a hysteresis escape interval corresponding to the lower hysteresis limit is established. In the preferred embodiment, a sensed heartbeat having a prior rate between the lower rate limit and the upper hysteresis limit causes an escape interval which is lengthened beyond the LRL escape interval by an amount which varies linearly with the differential between the upper hysteresis rate limit and the spontaneous rate.
Patent EP-0871226-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHIMIZU TAKATOKU
IPC: B41J2/45
Filed: 1998-02-24
Abstract: A method is for manufacturing a light-emitting or a
light-receiving diode array chip. A first interlayer
dielectric (213, 113, 13) is formed in each of a plurality
of chip areas (K) on a substrate (11) of a first
conductivity type. Impurity diffusion regions of a second
conductivity type are formed in the substrate (11) using the
first interlayer dielectric (213, 113, 13) as a diffusion
mask. An electrode (21) is formed in contact with each of
the impurity diffusion regions. The substrate (11) is
separated so that the plurality of chip areas are separated
into individual chips. A second interlayer dielectric (31)
may be formed on the first interlayer dielectric (13) after
forming the impurity diffusion regions. The second
interlayer dielectric (31) is formed such that the second
interlayer dielectric is absent from a second area (L1, L2)
along which the substrate (11) is separated into the
individual chips, at least in the vicinity of the last one
(14a) of a plurality of windows (14). Island-shaped
patterns (33) may be formed on the interlayer dielectric so
as to hold the interlayer dielectric onto the substrate.
The first interlayer dielectric (213, 13) may be removed
such that the first interlayer dielectric (213, 13) is
absent from the second area (L1, L2), at least in the
vicinity of the last one (14a) of the plurality of windows
(14).
Patent EP-0867664-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HESS ROLAND
IPC: F24D3/16
Filed: 1998-03-23
Abstract: A sealed hollow space is formed between the front shell structures and the building structural walls for tempering purposes. The tempering hollow space is divided into a room-side flow channel (5) and a building structural wall-side flow channel (6) by means of a dividing wall (3) running parallel to the building structural wall. The two channels are connected for flow purposes only by upper and lower changeover spaces (7, 8). In the hollow space a heat exchanger (10) carrying a heat transport medium is arranged and within the room-side flow channel (5) are several vertically running room-side dividing ribs. These ribs extend between the dividing wall and the front shell structure from the lower to the upper changeover spaces.
Patent EP-0884076-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ROMAN MAURIZIO
IPC: A63C17/06
Filed: 1998-05-25
Abstract: A frame particularly for skates, including at least
one pair of lateral wings (5a) between which pivots (6) are
transversely associated, wheels (7) being rotatably
associated with the pivots. In the frame, the base (3a,3b)
and/or the pair of lateral shoulders (5a) are constituted
by a plurality of first substantially rigid elements (8)
which are interconnected, in preset regions, by second
elements (10) adapted to cushion stresses and/or vibrations
transmitted by the wheels.
Patent EP-0885665-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PIERI GIOVANNI
IPC: B07C5/342
Filed: 1998-06-17
Abstract: Method for the colour identification of hollow bodies of
plastics material comprising carrying out measurements of
reflectance in spectrum bands respectively of short, medium
and long wavelengths and associating to each colour sets of
three reflectance values characteristic of that colour.
Patent EP-0896395-A2 (EP)
Inventor: PATEL ARVIND
IPC: H01R13/639
Filed: 1998-08-04
Abstract: An electrical connector (10) includes a
dielectric housing (12) adapted for mounting on a
complementary support structure (24) in a given mounting
direction (A). The housing (12) has opposite side walls
(18). A latch arm (20) is cantilevered from each side
wall (18) of the housing and extends forwardly in the
mounting direction (A). Each latch arm (20) has a latch
hook (20a) near a free end (22) of the arm. The latch
hook (20a) projects transversely of the mounting
direction (A) inwardly toward the respective side wall
(18) of the housing (12). The side walls (18) include
inwardly recessed areas (44) into which the latch hooks
(20a) extend.
Patent EP-0900675-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HETTICH RALPH
IPC: B60G7/00
Filed: 1998-08-20
Abstract: A lightweight construction axle for a vehicle is made from two metal pressings joined together at their edge seams. The axle is enclosed in an outer shell of fiber reinforced material. Bulkheads inside the axle locate tubes which provide additional strength and which also serve as feeds for cables and supply lines.
Patent EP-0893834-A2 (EP)
Inventor: ERIGUCHI KOFI
IPC: G11C23/00
Filed: 1994-11-02
Abstract: On a silicon substrate is formed a silicon dioxide film and
then hemispherical grains made of silicon, each having an
extremely small diameter, are deposited thereon by LPCVD.
After annealing the hemispherical grains, the silicon dioxide
film is etched using the hemispherical grains as a first dotted
mask, thereby forming a second- dotted mask composed of the
silicon dioxide film. The resulting second dotted mask is used
to etch the silicon substrate to a specified depth from the
surface thereof, thereby forming an aggregate of semiconductor
micro-needles. Since the diameter of each of the semiconductor
micro-needles is sufficiently small to cause the quantum size
effects as well as has only small size variations, remarkable
quantum size effects can be obtained. Therefore, it becomes
possible to constitute a semiconductor apparatus with a high
information-processing function by using the aggregate of
semiconductor micro-needles (quantized region).
Patent EP-0919168-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HAIBER GERD
IPC: A47H13/16
Filed: 1998-11-10
Abstract: The arrangement has hanging eyes (14) at intervals near the upper edge of a decorative strip (13). A prefabricated textile band (11) is applied to the rear side in the vicinity of the upper edge of the decorative strip. The decorative strip is cut away inside the eyes. Covering rings can be removably placed on the eyes from the front to cover the eyes and the cut edges of the decorative strip An Independent claim is also included for a method of operating the arrangement.
Patent EP-0924858-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SHINDE HIROKI
IPC: H03H17/02
Filed: 1998-12-16
Abstract: A digital filter according to the invention is an x-time
interpolation (x is an interpolation ratio) type FIR filter. 
     The digital filter is provided with a plurality of stages
of delay elements(5101-5108) into which serial data are inputted,
and a plurality of data distributor(5211-5214) which distribute
the respective output data of the plurality of stages of delay
elements into x different signal channels by a time-sharing
system. The respective data distributors(5211-5214) operate a
rate higher by x times than the input rate of serial data and
distribute data into x different channels by time-sharing. 
     Preferably, by utilizing the symmetry of a digital filter
coefficients, only the digital filter coefficients (h1-h16)
corresponding to the half taps at one side of the digital filter
are prepared, wherein the respective output data of a pair of
delay elements located at the symmetrical positions are inputted
into one data distributor, and the respective data are
distributed by a time-sharing system.
Patent EP-0875187-A2 (EP)
Inventor: VAN STEENBERGEN THEODORUS JACO
IPC: A47F5/00
Filed: 1998-04-14
Abstract: A device for presenting products comprises a frame
(3, 4, 5) and at least one shelf (2) for supporting products,
which is fitted thereto. The shelf (2) can be disposed
at angle to slope down from the rear to the front,
whilst the shelf comprises means for reducing the coefficient
of friction of the upper surface of the shelf (2). As
a result of this, the most widely varying products (B) will
readily move forward when a front product is removed from
the shelf (2).
Patent EP-0874298-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BARBIERI WALTER
IPC: G05G9/047
Filed: 1998-04-20
Abstract: Lever device for double-action remote-control, i.e.
of rigid tie rods and/or flexible cables, consisting of a
lever (12) rotatable in respect of a base element (13),
connectable (in 14) to a carrying structure external to
an operating machine in which the device (11) is
contained into bellows (10) connected to the base element
(13) while the lever (12) is connected to a mobile
component (15) from which the elements to fasten the ends
of two cables (22) for remote transmission extend and the
base element is coupled to two reaction sheaths (21) of
the two transmission cables (22), three ball elements
(16, 16'), placed at 90° one from the other, extend from
said mobile component (15), one of which (16') is
inserted into a fixed bush (17) while the other two ball
elements (16) are inserted into additional mobile bushes
(18) in respect of the base element the bushes (17, 18)
being made of plastic material, with good resistance to
compression, and placed inside a ring element (23)
obtained from a metal band integral with free ends of
each one of said transmission cables (22).
Patent EP-0917096-A2 (EP)
Inventor: KAWANABE TETSUYA
IPC: B41J2/165
Filed: 1998-11-13
Abstract: A host system for controlling a print head
of an image printing device having at least one
print head. The system includes the steps of
obtaining profile information of the at least one
print head, storing the profile parameters in a non-volatile
memory, and outputting, upon request, the
profile information to a host computer connected to
the image printing device, wherein the host computer
utilizes the print head profile information to
produce compensation parameters which compensate
print information to be sent from the host computer
to the print head for printing.
Patent EP-0928110-A2 (EP)
Inventor: FLORENCIO DINEI A
IPC: H04N7/26
Filed: 1998-12-16
Abstract: Watermark information is inserted directly into an encoded video bitstream.
Specific blocks or macroblocks in an encoded video bitstream are identified and the
watermark information is inserted directly into the bitstream such that these selected
blocks are replaced with a block containing watermark information or augmented with
watermark information.
Patent EP-0871263-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HIERZER ANDREAS
IPC: H01R25/14
Filed: 1998-04-09
Abstract: The arrangement includes an adapter having a current rail (1) with an isolated electrical current conductor (25). A housing (3) can be mounted on the current rail. Electrical contact elements (26) can contact the current conductor through openings (21) when the housing is mounted on the rail. The housing has two parts (4,5) which removably enclose the rail in the mounted state and which are linked together. The contact elements are mounted on only one of the housing parts on one side of the current rail.
Patent EP-0981768-A2 (EP)
Inventor: VIENOT MICHAEL E
IPC: G06F19/00
Filed: 1998-01-30
Abstract: L'invention concerne un procédé et un appareil permettant de prédire des obstacles à l'écoulement de fluides dans un réservoir souterrain au moyen des données provenant des puits et des données sismiques en 3 D. La première étape du procédé consiste, de préférence, à modéliser les propriétés pétrophysiques du réservoir afin de produire des diagrammes de modélisation, exprimés sous la forme de courbes continues d'une propriété du réservoir afin de produire des diagrammes de modélisation, exprimés sous la forme de courbes continues d'une propriété du réservoir en fonction de la profondeur. Au cours de l'étape suivante, on sélectionne des points de données individuels sur les courbes continues, qui traversent une couche, et l'on attribue un état d'écoulement ou de non-écoulement à chaque point de données en comparant une valeur du seuil d'une propriété du réservoir à la valeur prédite par le point de données. On divise la couche en plusieurs sous-volumes dont chacun contient un point de données unique; on calcule ensuite pour chaque sous-volume un facteur de connectivité qui prend en considération les voies d'écoulement multiples autour de chaque point de données. On regroupe ensuite les sous-volumes en des volumes plus importants, appelés cellules de simulation, et l'on attribue auxdites celulles des indices d'écoulement directionnel par rapport aux trois axes de coordonnées x, y et z, perpendiculaires les uns aux autres, de manière à ce que l'affichage des indices d'écoulement directionnel pour un groupe donné de cellules permette de voir les voies d'écoulement et les obstacles à l'écoulement à l'intérieur du réservoir.
Patent EP-0956701-A2 (EP)
Title: An embedded image coder with rate-distortion optimization
Inventor: LI JIN
IPC: G06T9/00
Filed: 1998-01-30
Abstract: A rate-distortion optimized embedding (RDE) coder (Fig. 5) optimizes rate-distortion performance by coding information bits in the order of their R-D slope. RDE allocates the available coding bits first to the information bit with the steepest R-D slope (fig. 9), which indicates the largest distortion decrease per coding bit. The resultant RDE bitstream can be truncated at any point and still maintain an optimal R-D performance. To avoid the overhead of coding order transmission, an expected R-D slope is calculated by both the encoder and the decoder from previous RDE coded bits. A probability estimation table from a QM arithmetic coder (fig. 5, code 40) allows the R-D slope to be derived using a lookup table operation. The rate-distortion optimized embedding (RDE) coder significantly improves the coding efficiency over a wide range of bit rates.
Patent EP-0960388-A2 (EP)
Title: Verfahren und anordnung zur codierung eines digitalisierten bildes
Inventor: RIEGEL THOMAS
IPC: G06V10/46
Filed: 1998-01-23
Abstract: Es wird ein Verfahren zur Triangulierung von 3-dimensionalen Modellen von Bildobjekten vorgeschlagen, bei dem für eine ermittelte Kontur (101) eines Bildobjekts Stützstellen bestimmt werden, wobei bei der Bestimmung der Stützstellen Tiefeninformation von Bildpunkten des Bildes berücksichtigt wird (102). Unter Berücksichtigung der Stützstellen wird die Triangularisierung des Bildobjekts durchgeführt (104). Das Bildobjekt wird unter Verwendung der ermittelten Polygone, d.h. der Dreiecke, die im Rahmen der Triangularisierung gebildet wurden, codiert (106).
Patent EP-0981792-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TOPFF GUIDO E J
IPC: H04L12/24
Filed: 1998-05-13
Abstract: Dans l'un de ses aspects, l'invention concerne un procédé de gestion d'un système informatique, qui comporte l'étape consistant à recevoir des informations d'événements sur une console de type 'Tivoli Enterprise' (130), les informations d'événements étant associées au système informatique. Le procédé comprend également les étapes consistant à recevoir une commande qui sert à envoyer une partie des informations d'événements à un programme d'application de service d'assistance, et envoyer automatiquement les informations d'événements dans un format pouvant être lu par un programme d'application (230) de service d'assistance d'un centre de services, en réponse à la réception d'une commande d'envoi d'une partie des informations d'événements à un programme d'application de service d'assistance.
Patent EP-0996762-A2 (EP)
Title: Mise en oeuvre du procede de polarisation de tranche en courant continu pulse pour remplir de metal des vias ou des tranchees dans la technique de depot de vapeur physique a plasma haute densite
Inventor: YAO TSE-YONG
IPC: C23C14/35
Filed: 1998-06-22
Abstract: La présente invention se rapporte à un procédé et à un appareil permettant un meilleur remplissage de conducteur par dépôt de vapeur physique (PVD) dans une structure de circuits intégrés. Cette invention consiste à utiliser un plasma haute densité pour le dépôt par pulvérisation d'une couche conductrice sur un substrat doté de motifs, et une source pulsée d'énergie en courant continu couplée de manière capacitive au substrat de façon à générer un courant ionique à la surface du substrat. Ce courant ionique empêche que la matière déposée ne colle au niveau de zones de champ du substrat doté de motifs, ou décape la matière déposée dans les zones de champ, ce qui permet de résoudre les problèmes de formation de surface bombée ou cuspidée qui se posent lorsqu'on forme un dépôt de matière conductrice dans une tranchée, un trou ou un via formé sur le substrat.
Patent EP-1027048-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NEEDLEMAN PHILIP
IPC: A61P13/06
Filed: 1998-10-27
Abstract: Cette invention porte sur l'utilisation d'inhibiteurs de cyclooxygénase-2 ou de dérivés de celle-ci dans la prévention et le traitement du travail préterme. Cette invention porte notamment sur un procédé de prévention et de traitement du travail préterme chez une patiente, ce procédé consistant à traiter la patiente avec une quantité thérapeutiquement efficace d'un composé de la formule (I) dans laquelle R?1, R2 et R3¿ sont tels que décrits dans la demande.
Patent EP-0915421-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OKIMOTO HIROMI
IPC: G06F11/20
Filed: 1997-02-25
Abstract: A semiconductor memory device comprises a plurality of column
select lines (CSL) and a column decoder (3) for selecting the
column select lines and each of the column select lines includes
a first column select line (CSLB1) and a second column select
line (CSLB2) arranged in parallel to the first column select
line and connected to the first column select line at any point.
Patent EP-0943255-A2 (EP)
Inventor: AKASHI SHUNJI
IPC: A44B17/00
Filed: 1999-03-12
Abstract: A female member (11) of a snap fastener with tape
comprising a female button (14) made of synthetic resin which
is integrally molded on front and back faces of the tape (T)
so as to hold a peripheral edge of an attachment hole (13) of
the tape (T) having at least one attachment hole (13) and which
has an engaging opening (14a) to be engaged with a male button
(15) at a substantially center portion of the female button (14).
The female button (14) has at least one mold hole (14b) extending
in a front and back direction of the tape (T), and at least one
portion of the tape (T) extends to an inside of the female button
(14) across the mold hole (14b). At least one cut-out (14c)
recessed in a diameter direction of the female button (14) is
defined in a portion of an inner peripheral engaging face (14a')
of the engaging opening (14a), and a gate burr (18) is formed
at a bottom face (14c') of the cut-out (14c). Gate burrs (18) are
not exposed on a surface, and the snap button can be easily
manufactured without a special step for removing the gates (6),
and the button can be firmly secured to the tape (T).
Patent EP-0940228-A2 (EP)
Inventor: RANFT REINER
IPC: B25B27/18
Filed: 1999-03-04
Abstract: The screw extractor (1) has a notch to increase the torque introduced into the screw stub. This notch has a clamp flank (14) as leading flank, which is formed by a number of closely neighbouring faces with the triangular cross sections of a multi-pitch triangular thread. The notch cuts across the threads (7) non-centrally and offset, so that the angle between the clamp flank and the tangent on the circumferential edge of the clamp flank is 90 degrees plus/minus 20 degrees .