Abstract: A contact arrangement and method of producing the contact arrangement for electrical connection between mutually opposite contact points disposed on a surface of a first and second substrate. The contact arrangement further includes an insulating body disposed between the surfaces of the first and second substrate. The insulating body has holes extending between opposite sides of the insulating body wherein a conductive layer is disposed on a surface of the holes. A contact element mat is disposed on opposite sides of the insulating body. The contact element mat includes interconnected contact elements having projections respectively engaging depressions that surround each hole.

Abstract: Terminals for the handling of payments are connectable to a plurality of transactors with transmission procedures that are protected against manipulation via an open data network, whereby the transactor is determined from the type of transaction. Chip cards, or smart cards, are used at the terminals for the transactions.

Abstract: A module of an electrical device has a printed circuit board which may be pushed into the device and plugged onto a backplane of the device. A cuboid cage is connected to the printed circuit board of the device. The cuboid cage has a backplane arranged perpendicular to the printed circuit board of the device and is connected to the circuit board by means of connectors. The backplane of the cage has its own connectors for electrical connection to separate modular cage push-in units, in the form of cards or boards, which may be inserted into the cuboid cage of the device.

Abstract: An electronic equipment has a housing structure formed by a first housing, a supplemental housing attached on one wall surface of the first housing, a base printed circuit board being inserted in the first housing, a PC bus plug connector being mounted on the base printed circuit board, the first housing and the supplemental housing having openings aligned with the PC bus plug connector, and an additional printed circuit board, such as an adapter card, being inserted in the PC bus plug connector and extending through the apertures into the supplemental housing. This adapter card has additional plug connectors which are arranged to lie in both the first-mentioned housing and the supplemental housing to receive supplemental printed circuit boards provided in each of these housings.

Abstract: Document-printing arrangement (8) having a cutting arrangement (16) and a document collection station (22), which is designed as a drum (40) equipped with clamping elements (44). Starting from a rest position (-x.degree.), the drum (40) is accelerated in such a way that when the leading edge of a document arrives underneath the clamping elements (44), said drum has a circumferential speed which corresponds to the transport speed of a paper transport arrangement (12).

Abstract: The method is for moving hardware-proximate and subprogram-independent program code. Portable program parts (C, D) for the destination hardware are respectively recompiled and all entry points at which these program parts can be branched to proceeding from other program parts are identified. A specific bit pattern (NOP) is respectively generated at these entry points, this bit pattern representing, on the one hand, a dummy command of the destination hardware but, on the other hand, not representing a valid operation for the source hardware. Moreover, program code is generated at all potential exit points of non-local branchings, this program code checking the branch destination of the corresponding branch at the run time to see whether the specific bit pattern (NOP) is present thereat. When this is not the case, an emulator (EM) is activated that emulates the program part branched to and consequently present as non-portable code (A, B) for the source hardware on the destination hardware.

Abstract: The automatic cash dispenser has the following elements, a safe (18) for receiving at least one banknote cassette (32) and a separating device (34) for drawing off the banknotes out of the banknote cassette (32), of a banknote-dispensing compartment (50), which can be closed by a closure device (52), of a conveying device for conveying the banknotes from the separating device (34) to the dispensing compartment (50), of a control device for controlling the separating and the conveying devices. Also an operating panel (14, 16) with actuating elements for actuating the control device. The dispensing compartment (50) is arranged above the safe (18). In a central region of its top surface (22), the safe (18) has an aperture (42) for the through-passage of the conveying device.

Abstract: For three-dimensional image representation on a large-screen projection surface by means of a multimode or, respectively, monomode laser projector, in the first case it is proposed to direct the multimode laser beam onto a polygonal mirror with layers that alternatively polarize light in two different directions, from which lines of the one direction of polarization and lines of the other direction of polarization and lines of the other direction of polarization are then plotted on the large-screen projection surface in alternating fashion. In the second case, the monomade laser beam is directed by a partially transparent mirror and only then onto the polygonal mirror. A partial beam derived from the partially transparent mirror is rotated in its direction of polarization and directed onto the polygonal mirror from another direction.

Abstract: An arrangement has peripheral systems such as disc memory controllers or other device controllers used in the field of data technology. This allows a flexible design in such a manner that it is possible to match the controller designed using the arrangement to desired values in a simple manner in terms of performance, that is the throughput and the response time, failure reliability, the capability for expanding from very small to very large systems and the capability for connection to a large number of host systems (HS). The design is based on a specific combination of serial device buses to form ring circuits (RS) and high-performance buses (SPBP; SPBS), for example parallel buses, for linking relevant data transmission controllers (DS).

Abstract: A system for dispensing sheet material such as security documents from one of two sheet compartments to a collecting station is disclosed. The system includes a delivery roller and a stepping motor provided independently for each of the two sheet compartments. The delivery roller associated with each of the sheet compartments draws the foremost sheet from a sheet stack within the respective compartment. The foremost sheet drawn off from the stack is fed to a conveyor roller independently associated with each respective sheet compartment wherein the conveyor roller of each sheet compartment is driven by the stepping motor of the other sheet compartment. The sheet drawn off from the stack is fed to a dispensing conveyor which is common to both sheet compartments. The drive for the system is carried out by the two stepping motors. The motors are operated in opposite directions when dispensing is taking place from each of the sheet compartments.

Abstract: Serving to secure the securing flange (4) lying against an angled support surface (5) of the housing wall (1) and correspondingly angled is a clamp device (6). The clamp device has a bow-like spring element which is supported with the bow ends on the housing wall (1) and is capable of snapping in between the securing flange (4) of the assembly bracket (3) and a catch element (7) provided on the housing wall (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a sheet-extracting device with a cassette for receiving a stack of sheets, and to a method of controlling the pressing force of the stack of sheets against the extracting device. The latter has extracting rollers (16) which are arranged on a floating shaft (34). For its part, the floating shaft (34) is centrally connected in a rationally fixed manner to a drive shaft (18) passing through it. The drive shaft (18) is mounted, by one end (20), in a frame-mounted bearing (21) and, by its other end (62), in a displaceable bearing (64). Acting on the bearing (64) is a force sensor (70, 74, 76) which is intended for determining the pressing force of the stack of sheets (12) against the extracting rollers (16). The pressing force is controlled such that it always moves within a narrow middle range between a minimum and a maximum possible value.

Abstract: Method and arrangement for buffering between two synchronously pulsed devices which transmit and receive data packets of data words, the output being enabled as soon as the number of output clock cycles after the start of a data packet exceeds a start value which is determined in advance by measuring the output clock cycles as a function of the input clock cycles.

Abstract: Linear structures are used to identify persons. In order to be able to combine a multiplicity of such linear structures in a database, their original images are analyzed and reconstructed using orthonormal basic functions. A preferred direction of the linear structure is determined for each pixel. A quality measure is used to evaluate the reliability of the analyzed data. Singularities (SI) and minutiae (MI) are extracted and stored.

Abstract: Leading an electrical connection (40), arranged on a printed circuit board (32), in a fashion exhibiting EMC out of a screening housing (12), one wall (16) of which is provided with a slit (18) through which a part (36), bearing an electrical connection (40), of the printed circuit board (32) can project. The edges (20) of the slit (18) are provided with a contact strip (24) which makes contact with an electrically conducting coating (38) of the printed circuit board (32).

Abstract: Parallel circuit of power supplies, the output voltage of each power supply, in the event of the nominal current being exceeded during simultaneous operation of all the power supplies, becoming less by a predetermined amount which is greater than the tolerance of the output voltages at the nominal current.

Abstract: The method is for coupling segments of a bus system having data and control lines by transmission of bit packets with a predetermined number of bits per packet, which number is less than the sum of the data and control lines. The bit packets contain an indicator to distinguish between data packets and control packets, data packets transmitting the status of the data lines and control packets transmitting the status of control lines. A bus status is formed from the status changes of the status lines. The control packets contain an indicator which selects one of at least two transmission modes in a first transmission mode, the reception of data packets influencing only data lines, and in a second transmission mode, the reception of data packets also influencing control lines, which are defined by the respective bus status, in addition to the data lines.

Abstract: An arrangement of an isolating support board having conductive surfaces between busbars, the support board having a portion projecting beyond the busbars in the transverse direction, and filter capacitors connected to the conductive surfaces being fastened on the projecting portion.

Abstract: A power supply apparatus is shown that comprises several identical individual power packs connected in parallel so as to be decoupled from one another. The individual power packs produce coupled output voltages, of which one is adjusted by a pulse duty control and the others are corrected in linear fashion. By means of a correction such that a comparison of target/actual output voltage values is done without, the mean value of all the actual current values is formed, and a mistuning of a respective target/actual current comparison is carried out, a constantly uniform current distribution to the individual power packs is achieved, with a low power loss, fault tolerance via possible redundancy, and the possibility of "hot board replacement.

Abstract: A protective mutex switch is used in data processing installations for control of execution paths within processes. Library subroutines are protected by shell subroutines with the original name and thereby, establish the synchronization of processes using the libraries.