Abstract: Interface element used in snowboarding and intended to transmit the pressure exerted by the foot of the rider in the direction of the snowboard (1), said element having median longitudinal (5) and transverse (6) planes dividing the pressure zone (3, 4) into four quadrants (11-14), wherein two (11, 13) of the quadrants arranged diagonally have a rigidity greater than the two other quadrants (12, 14) so as to favor transmission of the pressure at the diagonal of the two quadrants of greater rigidity, said diagonal being intended to be oriented substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis of the board.

Abstract: A steering wheel airbag assembly (1) for a motor vehicle with a driver airbag module (2), in which the module snaps into an aligned engagement with the steering wheel during manufacture of the steering wheel. The assembly (1) includes an airbag supporting portion (4) with a plurality of apertures therein (21, 31, 41) and a driver airbag module (2) attached to the supporting portion (4) and having a plurality of legs (14, 15, 16), each of which extends slidingly into a corresponding aperture (21, 31, 41) being movable towards and away from the supporting portion (4). Engagement means (24,38) between each leg (14, 15, 16) and aperture (21, 31, 41) limits said movement and keeps the module (2) and supporting portion (4) attached. A spring (19) between the module (2) and the supporting portion (4) spring biases the module away from the supporting portion (4).

Abstract: A gas generator for an airbag is provided which has a reduced number of components and in which an automatic ignition material can ignite at an appropriate time.

Abstract: A dual mode stabilizer for primary use in conjunction with a backhoe loader or in conjunction with a backhoe attachment for a skid steer loader. The dual mode stabilizer includes a pair of base members rigidly fixable on opposite sides of the tractor proximate the backhoe. A stabilizer arm assembly engages the base member. The stabilizer arm assembly is piston actuated and includes an outrigger arm member, a sliding arm member pivotally connected to the outrigger arm member so as to limit movement of the outrigger arm member with respect to the sliding arm member to rotational movement about a first pivot point, a first locking mechanism for preventing rotational movement of the outrigger arm member. Movement of the sliding arm member within the base member is limited to axial movement. A second locking mechanism is provided between the base member and the sliding arm member to prevent axial movement of the sliding arm member within the base member.

Abstract: The helmet restraint system of the invention secures the helmet of a driver or passenger occupant of a vehicle, such as a race car, to the structural chassis, body, or frame of the vehicle, independent of the shoulder harness or seatbelt. The system provides a head restraint system which reduces the potentially injurious forces to the neck and head during a high-deceleration event, particularly a frontal collision. The helmet restraint belt system comprises a restraint belt assembly which spans between an anchor point on the vehicle chassis/body and a belt receiving latch mounted to the driver's helmet. The belt is preferably retractable and pre-tensioned by means of a collision or inertially-lockable belt tensioner. The helmet restraint system allows the driver to have unrestricted head movement during normal driving, but restrains the helmet and head during the impact of a collision by locking the belt against further extension.

Abstract: A security package for receiving information and keeping the information concealed until an intended recipient of the security package opens the package to gain access to the information. The security package includes a form that provides at least one area which is designated for receiving the information. The form includes at least one fold line dividing the form into at least two panels. The area designated for receiving the information is on at least one of the panels. Each of the panels is defined by the fold line, a distal edge generally parallel to the fold line and two generally parallel transverse edges extending between the fold line and the distal edge. Retackable glue is provided on at least one of the panels, and is located generally proximate to each of the generally parallel transverse edges thereof. Securing means is located generally proximate to the distal edge of at least one of the panels.

Abstract: A label (1), intended to be applied especially to a package for a cosmetic product, is formed of a substrate (2) one side (6) of which is printed, and a film (8) of nonwoven material placed on the printed side (6) of the substrate. The film (8) is transparent so that the printing on the substrate (2) can be seen through the film (8).

Abstract: A prime mover has an internal combustion engine and a motor generator. A setpoint of a torque depends on a variable representing the wish of an operator of the prime mover and on operating variables of the internal combustion engine. Actuating signals for actuators of the internal combustion engine depend on the setpoint of the indicated torque. An actuating signal for the motor generator which is arranged on the output shaft of the internal combustion engine depends on the setpoint of the torque.

Abstract: In this openable panel (1) comprising a lock (3), that includes an opening lever (8), an operating member (5) that is mounted on the openable panel (1) at a distance from the lock and can be operated manually from the outside of the openable panel, and a force transmission element (7) that connects the operating member to the lock opening lever, which lock can switch from a closed condition to an open condition in response to the operation of the opening lever with the aid of the operating member (5), the force transmission element (7) is in two parts (7a, 7b) connected to each other by an energy storage device (11), while an immobilizing means (12) immobilizes the second part (7b) of the force transmission element when the lock (3) is in the locked condition, and releases the second part of the force transmission element in response to an unlocking command.

Abstract: A car seat provided with a seat part and a backrest having lighting arranged on the rear side of the backrest whose light is aimed at least essentially downward.

Abstract: A liquid-cooled vehicle generator-motor includes a frame having a liquid passage, a stator core fixedly fitted to the inner periphery of the frame, a multi-phase stator winding accommodated in the plurality of slots of the stator core, and a rotor disposed inside the stator core. The stator winding includes a plurality of insulated U-shaped conductor segments each of which has a pair of legs. Each leg is inserted in a slot from one end of the stator core and paired to another at a portion extending from the other end of the stator.

Abstract: A magnetic gap is provided between permanent magnet of a rotor and an auxiliary magnetic pole portion which is adjacently arranged to the permanent magnet to a peripheral direction. A change in a magnetic flux density distribution of a surface of the rotor is performed moderately and a cogging torque and a torque pulsation are restrained. By obtaining a reluctance torque according to the auxiliary magnetic pole, a permanent magnet electric rotating machine in which the cogging torque and the torque pulsation are restrained can be obtained and further an electromotive vehicle having the permanent magnet electric rotating machine can be provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-phase electric rotating machine having toroidal coils that consists of a stator having the number P of stator units (P is integer, P≧2), a rotor facing the stator with a predetermined air gap. Each of stator units is formed of a pair of stator iron cores and a toroidal coil that concentrically gets caught therebetween. Each of the stator iron cores has the number Ns of stator teeth formed around an inner circumference at equal pitch Ps, the pair of stator iron cores are arranged such that the stator teeth are shifted by ½ of the pitch Ps. The stator units are arranged in the axial direction such that the stator teeth of the units are shifted by ½P of the pitch Ps. The rotor consists of rotor magnetic bodies and a permanent magnet. Rotor teeth of Nr in the total number are arranged around the outer circumference of the rotor. The rotor teeth consist of k pair of N and S polar rotor teeth groups (k is integer, k ≧1) arranged in the rotating direction.

Abstract: In a spark plug of the invention, as the top end edge of a terminal 13 is located within a middle trunk portion 2g of the insulator 2 with a longer reach of the screw portion 7, it acts as a support against fracture, more likely causing the problem of strength. Thus, the wall thickness of the middle trunk portion 2g at a position corresponding to the top end edge of the terminal 13 is sufficiently secured to be 0.42 or larger, based on the value of (D−d)/D, whereby it is possible to prevent the inconvenience such as fracture of the insulator, particularly, the middle trunk portion 2g from occurring owing to some strong force of bending, impact or torque applied on the insulator 2, when the spark plug is attached.

Abstract: In a servo control apparatus in which a machine system is driven by a servo motor, a phase compensation device is provided. The phase compensating device calculates a speed component (phase delay compensation signal) corresponding to a phase delay caused by a mechanical resonance suppressing filter which is provided so as to suppress resonance and mechanical vibrations, produced by a characteristic frequency owned by the machine system. While such a signal obtained by adding this speed component (phase delay compensation signal) to an actual motor speed is used as a speed feedback signal for a control operation, unstable conditions of a servo system, which are caused by the phase delay caused when the mechanical resonance filter is applied, are suppressed, and a high gain of the servo control apparatus is realized.

Abstract: A haptic pointing device includes a plurality of rigid, elongated proximal members, each connected to a separate rigid, elongated distal member through an articulating joint. The other end of each proximal member is coupled to an actuator such as a motor, causing that member to swing within a separate plane perpendicular to the shaft of the motor in response to a control signal. An end-effector is interconnected to the second end of each distal member through an articulating joint, such that as the actuators move the proximal members, the end-effector moves in space. In a preferred embodiment, the device includes at least three proximal members and three distal members, and the end-effector is coupled to a user-graspable element such as a stylus which retains a preferred orientation in space as the members are driven by the actuators.

Abstract: A motor driver for drive-controlling a brushless motor being provided with a delay circuit that detects the motor pulse. When a stop signal is inputted, a transistor is activated, which in turn activates an electric brake to brake the brushless motor, while at the same time, the motor pulse detected by the motor driver is inputted to the delay circuit. After the stop signal is inputted, the motor pulse declines, which is detected by the delay circuit to activate the electromagnetic brake. The delay circuit is provided on the driver substrate for the motor driver.

Abstract: A compact polarity-insensitive integrated circuit amplifier is described designed to be powered by a miniature low voltage battery of variable polarity. Low current, polarity corrected voltage sources are integrated into functional blocks to supply low current non-bidirectional elements and to provide a constant polarity bias to a substrate of CMOS circuits. Polarity corrected voltage sources are used to provide a polarity sensing function. The invention is embodied in a Class D amplifier which may comprise four n-channel MOSFET transistors arranged in an H-bridge configuration. Additional driver circuitry is described which increases the voltage of the pulse-width modulated input signal to the MOSFET transistors and also performs a pulse trimming function, which reduces parasitic crowbar currents in the amplifier output stage.

Abstract: An apparatus for disconnecting an electrical load from an input DC voltage includes first and second lines which carry the input DC voltage to the electrical load. A fuse is connected in series in the first line. The switching contact of a first relay is connected in series in the first line and is opened for a disconnection process. The switching contact of a second relay is connected in parallel between the first and the second line downstream of the first relay and, when a disconnection process takes place, is closed once the first relay has been opened. The apparatus has a high availability despite the use of commercially available relays.

Abstract: A board mountable power supply module is described. The power supply module includes a power train for converting an input voltage into a regulated output voltage and a controller operable to control the power train. The power train is connected to the input and output voltages through an input voltage pin, an output voltage pin and a common pin. The controller includes a multifunction control pin, which allows for disabling the power supply module and for trimming the output voltage. Additionally, two or more power supply modules can be connected in parallel to form a power supply that is capable of meeting increased load current requirements. Each of the multifunction control pins in the power supply is electrically connected together to improve current sharing between modules by reducing internal variances between modules.

Abstract: A reusable miniaturized detector that utilizes magneto-optic elements to detect the occurrence of an electrostatic discharge during the manufacture or handling of electrostatic discharge sensitive electronic components and circuit boards. The device may also be used to determine the polarity and magnitude of the electrostatic discharge. The device may be manually or automatically read, either by removing the device from the environment being monitored or continuously monitoring in situ. The device can also be configured to provide protection to some electrostatic discharge events which could damage sensitive components being monitored.

Abstract: An electrical discharge state detecting device for an electrical discharge machining machine which detects an electrical discharge state during an electrical discharge machining operation. The detecting device includes a high-pass filter for detecting a high-frequency component superimposed on an electrical discharge voltage or an electrical discharge current at a machining clearance between an electrode and a workpiece, a rectifying circuit for outputting a rectified component of the high-frequency component, a first integration circuit for integrating the rectified component, a reference voltage circuit, a second integrating circuit for integrating the reference voltage, a comparator for comparing the two integrated values, an electrical discharge generation detecting circuit for controlling starting and ending of the integrating circuits, a logic circuit, and a delay circuit and reset circuits.

Abstract: In a moisture sensor for monitoring the moisture content of layers, at least two parallel electrical conductors connected to a measuring apparatus are disposed adjacent the layers to be monitored. The conductors are surrounded by an insulating material and carry, at their side remote from the layer whose dielectric coefficient is to be monitored, a metal shielding layer for limiting the measurement field of the sensor.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing and testing an electronic circuit, the method comprising forming a plurality of conductive traces on a substrate and providing a gap in one of the conductive traces; attaching a circuit component to the substrate and coupling the circuit component to at least one of the conductive traces; supporting a battery on the substrate, and coupling the battery to at least one of the conductive traces, wherein a completed circuit would be defined, including the traces, circuit component, and battery, but for the gap; verifying electrical connections by performing an in circuit test, after the circuit component is attached and the battery is supported; and employing a jumper to electrically close the gap, and complete the circuit, after verifying electrical connections.

Abstract: A circuit includes a plurality of inexpensive resistors connected at one end to the open collector outputs of an output array of NPN output transistors which are connected to a wiring harness or the like for selectively powering a preselected load. The opposite ends of the resistors are connected to the base of an NPN sense transistor. The output NPN transistors, when in the on condition, are biased well into saturation for normal loads and therefore provide a very low Vce (sat) when properly connected through the harness to the intended load. In the off condition, the output NPN transistors look essentially like an open circuit. Vce (sat) is lower than the base turn-on voltage of the NPN sense transistor which has a grounded emitter. The collector of the NPN sense transistor is connected to a source of voltage through a pull-up resistor and to an input of the microprocessor which controls the signals to the output array transistors.

Abstract: A programmable logic array is provided. The programmable logic array includes first and second logic planes. The first logic plane receives a number of input signals. The first logic plane includes a plurality of vertical transistors arranged in rows and columns that are interconnected to provide a number of logical outputs. The second logic plane also includes a number of vertical transistors arranged in rows and columns that receive the outputs of the first logic plane and that are interconnected to produce a number of logical outputs such that the programmable logic array implements a logical function.

Abstract: A programmable logic array is provided. The programmable logic array includes first and second logic planes. The first logic plane receives a number of input signals. The first logic plane includes a plurality of vertical transistors arranged in rows and columns that are interconnected to provide a number of logical outputs. The second logic plane also includes a number of vertical transistors arranged in rows and columns that receive the outputs of the first logic plane and that are interconnected to produce a number of logical outputs such that the programmable logic array implements a logical function.

Abstract: Novel current sense amplifiers with hysteresis are provided which conserve scarce chip surface area yet still provide fast response times in a low power CMOS environment. A first embodiment includes a first amplifier and a second amplifier which are electrically coupled. Each amplifier includes a first transistor of a first conductivity type and a second transistor of a second conductivity type, where the first and second transistors are coupled at a drain region. A signal input node is coupled to a source region of the first transistor in each amplifier. A signal output node is coupled to the drain region of the first and the second transistor in the second amplifier. The signal output node is further coupled to a gate of a third transistor in order to introduce hysteresis into the current sense amplifier.

Abstract: In the current limiting circuit, which is provided with: the D/A converter 2A to output the voltage signal to supply the power source onto the load 11; reversal amplifier circuit to amplify the voltage signal; capacitor 10 to absorb the fluctuation of the power source supplied onto the load 11; operational amplifier 4B to set the amplification factor of the reversal amplifier circuit; transistor 5; and resistor 3E, the current detection circuit 7 detects the current value to be inputted into the load 11, and according to the detected current value, calculates the voltage at the current detection position, and the CPU 1 sets the predetermined voltage, the comparing circuit 8 compares the setting voltage value to the calculated voltage value, and according to the comparison result, by ON/OFF-controlling the switch 9, the setting of the amplification factor of the reversal amplifier is changed.

Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device including a redundant metal line for replacing a non-operational metal line for connecting to a circuit block. The invention further includes a method for decoupling a defective or otherwise non-operational conductive data line from a circuit block to which it is connected, and replacing the defective conductive data line with a redundant line by coupling it to the same circuit block. A spare conductive block is not needed. The redundant metal lines may be used in multiple levels of hierarchy within an integrated circuit device.

Abstract: The active component (400, 500) of a radio device comprises a first transistor (Q1) and a second transistor (Q2). The differential input of the active component comprises a first input line (RF+) and a second input line (RF−), of which the first input line is coupled to the base of the first transistor (Q1) and the second input line is coupled to the base of the second transistor (Q2). In order to match the input impedance there is cross-feedback (Rfb′) between the first transistor (Q1) and the second transistor (Q2).

Abstract: A feedforward amplifier is disclosed in which either the main amplifier or the auxiliary amplifier includes at least three parallel signal paths. Each of the signal paths includes a complex gain adjuster. In addition, a feedforward amplifier is disclosed in which a plurality of control linearizers compensate for nonlinearities in the response of signal adjusters to control inputs.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a variable frequency oscillator capable of operating at low power supply voltage and oscillating at high frequency as well as a phase locked loop and a clock synchronizer using thereof and having a wide oscillation frequency range.

Abstract: A chip capacitor is arranged on a microstrip conductor forming a microstrip line. The chip capacitor has a dielectric material and electrodes provided on both ends thereof. The electrodes of the chip capacitor are connected to the microstrip conductor. A resonance frequency is decided by the length of the microstrip conductor between the electrodes of the chip capacitor, the dielectric constant and the thickness of the dielectric substrate and the capacitance value of the chip capacitor.

Abstract: A radiating coaxial high frequency cable includes an inner conductor, insulation surrounding the same, and a tubular outer conductor which is concentric to the inner conductor and arranged over the insulation. The outer conductor includes openings, which are separated from each other and located in sections, which are arranged in uniform succession in the longitudinal direction of the cable. Each section has at least one first opening and the distance between the first openings of two neighboring sections is equivalent to half the wavelength of a first high frequency to be transmitted. To transmit frequencies, characterized by an integer multiple, without trouble, each section has at least a second opening in the outer conductor, whose distance from the first opening is equivalent to a fourth of the wavelength of the first high frequency to be transmitted.

Abstract: The breaker apparatus is disclosed which comprises a projecting wall standing upright from the base of a breaker body; a pair of plate-shaped fixed electrodes laid on the front and back surfaces of the projecting wall; a recessed plug to be fitted on the projecting wall; a U-shaped movable electrode to be stored in the plug for bringing the both fixed electrodes into conduction by clamping the projecting wall on the front and back surfaces thereof; a fuse storage section for storing a fuse connected to one of the fixed electrodes in the surrounding wall standing upright from the base in parallel with the projecting wall; a cover for covering the opening of the fuse storage section and being fittable to the surrounding wall; an engaging surface formed on the plug and facing in the fitting direction of the plug; and a cover motion stopper provided on the cover for engaging with the engaging surface of the plug with the plug fitted to the projecting wall.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of producing a pressure sensor component with a chip carrier which has a substantially planar chip carrier surface and a semiconductor chip with an integrated pressure sensor on the chip carrier surface.

Abstract: The invention provides apparatus and methods for detecting electromagnetic energy using an array of detectors arranged in at least one row and multiple columns. A single crystal body has multiple doped regions disposed therein. Each one of the detectors produces charge in a corresponding one of the doped regions in the body in response to electromagnetic energy impinging upon that detector. A first charge transfer device includes an output port and multiple serially coupled charge storage cells including multiple first charge transfer regions disposed in the body parallel to the row, or rows, of detectors. Multiple second charge transfer devices include multiple second charge transfer regions disposed in the body transverse to the row, or rows, of detectors and the charge storage cells. Each one of the second charge transfer regions is adapted to transfer charge produced in a corresponding one of the doped regions to a corresponding one of the charge storage cells.

Abstract: In an emergency call system with the battery switching function, an auxiliary battery is arranged in a vehicle, and an arithmetic calculation control unit always monitors a battery voltage (+B) of a main battery arranged in the vehicle, an ACC voltage supplied during a driving operation of an engine and a voltage of the auxiliary battery. In a first case where the battery voltage (+B) and the ACC voltage are equal to or more than 8 V during the driving operation of the engine in case of no emergency, the arithmetic calculation control unit switches to the battery voltage (+B) and the ACC voltage to make an emergency call system be operated. Also, in a second case where the battery voltage (+B) is equal to or more than 8 V during the operation stopping of the engine in case of no emergency, the arithmetic calculation control unit switches to the only battery voltage (+B) to make the emergency call system be operated.

Abstract: A portable handheld computing device has a notification system that alerts a user of an event regardless of whether the device is on or off. The notification system has a notification mechanism that is activated upon occurrence of the event and remains active until the user acknowledges the activated mechanism. In one implementation, the notification mechanism is a light emitting diode (LED) mounted externally on the handheld computing device. The LED is visible to the user when the lid is closed onto the base (i.e., the device is off) or when the lid is open (i.e., the device is on). The notification mechanism also has a deactivation button mounted externally of the handheld computing device. The user depresses the deactivation button to deactivate the LED. The LED and deactivation button may be integrated as a single component.

Abstract: A sampling device for sampling an input signal having intrinsic filter properties. The sampling device samples a continuous analog input signal according to a sampling signal. The sampling device includes a first sampling switch for sampling the input signal, in response to a sampling signal, to create a first set of samples. Furthermore, the sampling device incorporates a time delay device for time delaying the first set of samples. The sampling device also includes a phase shift device for phase shifting the input signal. The phase delayed input signal is then fed into a second sampling switch for sampling in response to the sampling signal to create a second set of samples. Further, a summer is incorporated to sum the first set of samples with the second set of samples to create the output samples.

Abstract: Disclosed is a processing on a host side and a panel side, thus optimizing a work load of the whole of a system including a graphics chip. Provided is an image display system which comprises a host side for executing an application and a panel side connected to the host side, and displaying an image on the panel side, the host side transferring undeveloped image data to the panel side when an image display is requested of the panel side having a panel memory for developing the image, the panel side developing the image in the panel memory based on the image data transferred from the host side and displaying the image developed in the panel memory on the panel.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing color adjustments on video being captured is described. In one embodiment, a current color adjustment request is generated in response to user input. The current color adjustment parameter value for the color adjustment request is cached. Then a message is posted to video capture hardware to stop the capture process. The color is adjusted after the capture process has been stopped using the color adjustment parameter values associated with the color adjustment request and any color adjustment requests that occur while waiting for the capture process to stop.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing force feedback to a user operating a human/computer interface device in conjunction with a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by a host computer system. A physical object, such as a joystick or a mouse, controls a graphical object, such as a cursor, within the GUI. The GUI allows the user to interface with operating system functions implemented by the computer system. A signal is output from the host computer to the interface device to apply a force sensation to the physical object using one or more actuators. This desired force sensation is associated with at least one of the graphical objects and operating system functions of the graphical user interface and is determined by a location of the cursor in the GUI with respect to targets that are associated with the graphical objects. The graphical objects include icons, windows, pull-down menus and menu items, scroll bars (“sliders”), and buttons.

Abstract: A control device, like a pointing stick, for controlling the positioning, movement and operation of a responsive electrical device, like a cursor on a computer display screen. There is a compact gimbal mounted joystick 10 that has a stick assembly 14; a gimbal assembly 12 having the stick assembly mounted thereon; a sensor 42 and 44, mounted to the gimbal assembly, for generating an output signal indicative of a position of the stick assembly; and a switch 50, positioned below the stick assembly, to be activated when the stick assembly is sufficiently displaced to close the switch. Additionally there is a biasing means 56, positioned about the switch and extending to the gimbal assembly, the biasing means forcing the gimbal assembly into a centering position when not in use.

Abstract: A regular menu item arrangement is made available to a user by providing a hierarchy menu including a layer from which an object is selected and a layer from which a predicate is selected, leading to an improvement in operability. The layer of the object menu and layer of the predicate menu may be respectively made higher and lower in a hierarchy, or vice versa. Both of the menus may be switched.

Abstract: A method and system for adding application defined properties and application defined property sheet pages are provided. The application defined properties may be added to a list of system defined properties. Once added, the application defined properties may be displayed and edited. In addition, a user may select several objects, display the properties common to all of the objects in a list, and edit the common properties. Moreover, application defined property sheet pages may be added to a set of system defined property sheet pages. A user may then display and edit the application defined property sheet pages. Also, a user may select several objects, display the properties common to all of the objects on a per-property browsing list, and edit the common properties. In addition, a user may select several objects, display the property sheet pages common to all of the objects, and edit the properties on these property sheet pages.

Abstract: A recording medium, recording and information processing apparatus and methods by which efficient processing of data and a high processing speed can be readily achieved at lower cost. A main CPU converts coordinates of a polygon in response to a manual operation of an operation unit by a user and transmits data of the polygon to a programmable packet engine via a main bus. The packet engine calculates a Z value representative of the position of the polygon in the depthwise direction from coordinate values of the apexes of the polygon supplied from the main CPU, divides the polygon into a number of sub-polygons corresponding to the Z value, converts coordinate values of the apexes of the sub-polygons in accordance with a normal vector and curved surface parameters and produces a curved surface composed of the sub-polygons. A graphical processing unit writes pixel data of the sub-polygons produced by the programmable packet engine into a frame buffer and performs rendering processing.

Abstract: Different limit surfaces are derived from the same initial arbitrary polygon mesh by sequentially combining different subdivision rules. This added freedom allows for the more efficiently modeling of objects in computer graphics including objects and characters with semi-sharp features.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multimedia search method for searching multimedia objects using color histogram.