Abstract: The invention relates to a system for manufacturing a plurality of integrated circuits, IC, mounted on a common support, the system comprising: an input station configured (adapted, arranged) to receive at least one common support; an output station configured (adapted, arranged) to receive at least one common support having a plurality of integrated circuits formed thereon; a plurality of processing modules each module being operable (configured, arranged, adapted) to perform at least one of the processing steps (e.g. deposition, patterning, etching) for forming an integrated circuit on the common support; a transfer means operable (configured, arranged, adapted) to transfer the at least one common support from the input station to the output station and to one or more of the processing modules therebetween; control means (e.g.

Abstract: A patient interface includes a plenum chamber pressurisable to a therapeutic pressure, and a seal-forming structure constructed and arranged to seal with a region of a patient's face surrounding an entrance to a patient's airways. The seal-forming structure is constructed and arranged to maintain the therapeutic pressure in the plenum chamber throughout a patient's respiratory cycle in use. The patient interface also includes a positioning and stabilizing structure configured to hold the seal-forming structure in a therapeutically effective position on a patients head. The positioning and stabilizing structure includes a rear strap arranged to contact an occiput of the patient's head. The rear strap is constructed from a first material is arranged to contact a temporal region of the patient's head, and a second material arranged to contact the occiput of the patients head. The second material is silicone.

Abstract: Raster image processing computer devices buffer pages of print-ready bitmaps waiting to be printed by a printing engine. A computer device monitors the printing speed of the printing engine and estimates the processing time for the raster image processing computer devices to produce the print-ready bitmaps, based on the complexity of the pages of the print job. The computer device compares the printing speed to the processing time to predict whether the number of pages of the print-ready bitmaps buffered by the raster image processing computer devices will increase or decrease. The computer device places one or more of the raster image processing computer devices in a reduced-power sleep mode when the number of pages of the print-ready bitmaps buffered is between a buffer minimum and a buffer maximum, and is predicted to not decrease.

Abstract: Raster image processing computer devices buffer pages of print-ready bitmaps waiting to be printed by a printing engine. A computer device monitors the printing speed of the printing engine and estimates the processing time for the raster image processing computer devices to produce the print-ready bitmaps, based on the complexity of the pages of the print job. The computer device compares the printing speed to the processing time to predict whether the number of pages of the print-ready bitmaps buffered by the raster image processing computer devices will increase or decrease. The computer device places one or more of the raster image processing computer devices in a reduced-power sleep mode when the number of pages of the print-ready bitmaps buffered is between a buffer minimum and a buffer maximum, and is predicted to not decrease.

Abstract: An object detector apparatus. The object detector apparatus comprises a receiver which is configured to receive a signal from an object having a repetitive motion, in which the signal repeats at a frequency that is dependent on the frequency of the repetitive motion of the object. The object detector apparatus further comprises an analyzer which is configured to sample a signal received by the receiver according to a first set of sampling parameters into a first sampled data set, and to produce an output based on a comparison of the first sampled data set with at least one previously sampled data set. The analyzer is also operable to sample a signal received by the receiver using a second set of sampling parameters which differs to the first set of sampling parameters into a second sampled data set, and to produce an output based on a comparison of the second sampled data set with at least one previously sampled data set.

Abstract: A device and method for detecting the presence or absence of an object which has repetitive motion are disclosed comprising, a receiver for receiving a signal from the object, and circuitry for determining the presence or absence of the object to be detected, wherein the circuitry records the signal from the receiver as a pattern of data during at least part of the repetitive motion of the object, compares the data with a previously recorded data pattern and, produces an output signal based on the comparison. The signal may be received during discrete time intervals, and may be light which can be transmitted with varying intensity. The circuitry may determine the value of signal received at a receiver and produce a binary value. The signal received at the receiver can be reflected from the object to be detected.

Abstract: An object detector apparatus. The object detector apparatus comprises a receiver which is configured to receive a signal from an object having a repetitive motion, in which the signal repeats at a frequency that is dependent on the frequency of the repetitive motion of the object. The object detector apparatus further comprises an analyser which is configured to sample a signal received by the receiver according to a first set of sampling parameters into a first sampled data set, and to produce an output based on a comparison of the first sampled data set with at least one previously sampled data set. The analyser is also operable to sample a signal received by the receiver using a second set of sampling parameters which differs to the first set of sampling parameters into a second sampled data set, and to produce an output based on a comparison of the second sampled data set with at least one previously sampled data set.

Abstract: An object detection apparatus and a method for calibrating an object detection apparatus. The apparatus comprises a housing provided with a light source and a light detector. The light source directs a beam of light towards the light detector. The housing has a base which is provided with a datum surface. The light beam has a defined distance and angle from the datum base. The method for calibrating an object detection apparatus involves setting threshold levels for light intensity received at the light detector. The apparatus has two modes of operation. The invention also includes an adapter for an object detection apparatus which detects the presence of an object by obstructing a light path.

Abstract: A method and system for participating in and controlling a non-real-time voice conference. By recording a first participant's voice for playback to a second participant that is not connected at the same time as the first participant, a new type of voice conference is created.

Abstract: Apparatus for preventing unauthorized use of a voice dialing system and, particularly, a call forwarding feature associated with the system whereby system users may forward a telephone number respectively associated therewith to a remote location in order to receive phone calls at the remote location, comprises: a database for pre-storing telephone numbers of system users and for pre-storing acoustic models respectively representative of speech associated with each system user, the acoustic models respectively corresponding to the telephone numbers; and a speaker identification module operatively coupled to the database for obtaining and decoding a speech sample from a potential system user during the potential users' attempt to make a telephone call, the speaker identification module comparing the decoded speech sample obtained with the pre-stored acoustic model associated with the telephone number dialed by the potential user; whereby if the decoded speech sample substantially matches the pre-stored ac