Abstract: Inclination measurement apparatus includes an indexable clinometer bearing turntable rotatable in a single plane between a pair of precisely reproducible diametrically opposite orientations with respect to the desired measurement axis for respectively issuing inclination measurements V0 and V180 responsive to the inclination of a surface with respect to a desired measurement axis, and a reference clinometer for enabling uninterrupted accurate bias corrected inclination measurements of the inclination of the surface with respect to the desired measurement axis by virtue of its inclination measurements being employed for calculating bias corrected inclination measurements.

Abstract: A spatula for taking cell samples for histological examination formed with a body portion and a head portion, in which the spatula is formed from a non-absorbent plastics material and includes a frangible zone between the body and the neck portions whereby the head portion can be broken away from the body portion by relative bending about a lateral axis in the frangible zone. The frangible zone preferably has sufficient strength to resist fracture under rotational forces about the longitudinal axis of the spatula during use.

Abstract: A light guide mount for use with a Shucman™ type ISO 7376/1 compatible laryngoscope blade, the light guide mount including a housing with a throughbore, and an L-shaped fiber optic light pipe with a short leg securely fastened into the housing and a long leg for extending along the blade, the throughbore accommodating a floating contact pin, a portion of the short leg, and a miniature bulb interdisposed between the contact pin and the short leg. A removable light guide mount for use with a laryngoscope blade, the light guide mount being removably slidingly insertable into a suitably shaped and dimensioned slot formed in a base portion of the blade, and secured therein by an inter-engagement means, and preferably a snap-fit inter-engagement means.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a tube-enclosed optical cable containing ribbon units, and more specifically to a tube-enclosed optical cable containing ribbon units which can improve the economical efficiency of the process by simplifying the manufacturing process of optical cable and at the same time can improve the water blocking capability and compression characteristics of optical cable, providing optical cable characterized by coating particularly the central member of the cable with an absorptive substance and optical cable characterized by inserting interstices coated with an absorptive substance into the empty spaces between one more tubes encircling the central member and the sheath enclosing the tubes.

Abstract: A method and a system for building an Integrated Call Detail Records data base in a telecommunications network in real time, by collecting call related events concerning a particular call from two or more data sources by at least one suitable probe, merging the call related events and recording the merged events with respect to each particular call in real time using computerized means associated with the probe(s). The data sources may be mixed, i.e. comprising at least one bearer data source and at least one signaling data source; however, they may be sources of signaling data only. The sources of information may be situated at different interface points of the communication network.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for fluid-based cooling of heat-generating devices are disclosed. A heat-generating device is mounted on a carrier. The heat-generating device is spatially displaced from the surface of the carrier, thereby forming a channel. The heat-generating device and the carrier are enclosed in an enclosure having an inlet and an outlet. A substantially electrically non-conductive cooling fluid for introduction into the enclosure and into the channel and expulsion from the enclosure and for extracting heat from and thereby cooling the heat-generating device and the carrier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable height apparatus applied to a horizontal projector and comprises a shield assembly, a supporting means, a compression link and a lever. When adjusting the projection elevation, an external force is applied on an adjusting button of the top wall of the projector. The compression link, connecting with the button, makes a vertical movement according to the external force and pushes the detent of the lever to depart from contact with the axial height-positioning component. The sleeve extends toward the outside of said shell by the elasticity of a first elastic component for adjusting a suitable height of the bottom base of the supporting means of the projector.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for forming a non-salicide p+ polysilicon resistor used to replace a N-well resistor. In the low power SRAM process whose window is lower than 0.15 &mgr;m, it is found that non-salicide p+ polysilicon resistor has minor temperature dependence and also has layout benefit. In addition, the non-salicide p+ polysilicon resistor is decreased at high temperature. Therefore, it is good benefit to reduce the RC timing delay, which would compensate the inherent MOS mobility deceleration at high temperature, when the non-salicide p+ polysilicon resistor of the present invention is used to replace the N-well resistor.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a colored flame candle and manufacture thereof. The colored flame candle according to the present invention comprises a candle body and a candle combustion wick, wherein the candle body comprises a primary combustion agent, a higher fatty acid amide and a higher fatty acid triglyceride as the strengt- and flexibility-modifier, a color-forming agent and conventional adjuvant such perfumes and pigments. The colored flame candle according to the present invention has high strength and flexibility, and thus is not easy to be crushed during its manufacture and marketing. Furthermore, the colored flame candle according to the present invention has high flame stability and thus has enhanced quality.

Abstract: A lighting normalisation method, apparatus and computer program product are disclosed. First, lighting parameters are estimated (110) optimally based on a shading model. After applying segmentation (120), each generated region is assigned are liability based on the stochastic model of that object. This reliability is used to distinguish (130) shadow from object detail. Regions are then further split and merged (140) according to these reliabilities. Finally, the lighting parameters of these regions are calculated and the object is reconstructed (150) to a normalised lighting condition. This technique can be used for an object recognition system, i.e., face recognition applications, as well as for image enhancement, image retrieval, machine vision and related regions.

Abstract: A converter operative in a digital telecommunication system to receive signals coded at a first compression mode and convert them into a second compression mode. The conversion provided, leads to substantially less impairments in the decompressed form of the signals converted into the second compression mode, had the signals received been decompressed from the first compression mode into their decompressed form followed by compressing these decompressed signals into the second compression mode, and decompressing the signals thus obtained.

Abstract: A method of exchanging data streams between a local exchange and a number of access devices for serving a plurality of destination users, the method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a local exchange capable of generating at least one output data stream and of receiving at least one corresponding input data stream for carrying data blocks respectively relevant to one or more of the access devices; (b) providing two or more said access devices, each permitting passage there-through of at least one data stream carrying data blocks, being capable of extracting, from said at least one data stream, data blocks relevant to this particular device and of introducing there-into data blocks to be transmitted from this particular device to the local exchange; and (c) arranging one or more close loop data streams, each being intended for serving said two or more access devices using one of said output data streams and the corresponding input data stream of the local exchange, by causing the output data stream leaving

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward head-up display based safety devices for use in motor vehicles. The first aspect of the present invention is directed towards facilitating accurate driver operation of a driver operable device deployable in a motor vehicle without the need for a driver to turn his eyes downwards toward its control panel. This can be achieved by either providing an icon representative of the position of a driver's fingertip positioned for operating the driver operable device for superimposition on a head-up display image of the layout of its control panel, or employing a speech recognition module to issue output control signals in accordance with spoken commands. The second aspect of the present invention is directed toward projecting a head-up display image of a driver's rear field of vision including wireframe images of objects located therein.

Abstract: Disclosed is an optical fiber having a desired dispersion value to sufficiently suppress a non-linearity phenomenon, that is, a four-wave mixing phenomenon, occurring at a channel spacing of 50 GHz while minimizing the expense consumed for a compensation for dispersion. The optical fiber satisfies optical characteristics defined by a dispersion value of 7 to 10 ps/nm-km at a wavelength of 1,550 nm, a zero dispersion wavelength of 1,450 nm or less, and a cut-off wavelength of 1,250 nm or less. The optical fiber includes a core having a desired diameter (d1) and a desired refractive index (n1), the cladding surrounding the core and having a refractive index (ncl) less than the (n1), of the core (ncl<n1) or (n2) less than the outer cladding (n2<ncl). The (n2) of the inner cladding may also be less than the (n1) of the core and more than the (ncl) of the outer cladding.

Abstract: A ceramic filter assembly having improved exhaust gas processing efficiency. The ceramic filter assembly (9) is produced by adhering with a ceramic seal layer (15) outer surfaces of a plurality of filters (F1), each of which is formed from a sintered porous ceramic body. The seal layer (15) has a thickness of 0.3 mm to 3 mm and a thermal conductance of 0.1 W/mK to 10 W/mk.

Abstract: An image-sensor emulating device establishing a link with a host system via the internal bus of the host system. The image-sensor emulating device emulates the functions of image-sensors by programmably generating the relevant image-sensor and timing signals. Alternatively, the timing signals can also be generated from the timing signals outputted by an outside image-sensor. Therefore, the emulating device can generate predetermined image-sensor signals and timing signals such that the debugging process is simplified and the developing efficiency is improved. Moreover, the emulating device according to the present invention can also generate a timing signal serving as a reference timing signal for emulating an image-sensor. The reference timing signal can be used to compare with the actual timing signals of an image-sensor.

Abstract: A device for remote line powering in a telecommunication network in which electric power is supplied via a plurality of line pairs and aggregated to provide electric power suitable for powering an appliance. The electric power supplied via each of the line pairs is adapted not to exceed a pre-defined threshold.

Abstract: A printing control apparatus for controlling a stencil printing machine (50, 100), wherein a stencil sheet, which is made on the basis of image data, is wound around a printing drum (25; 125, 126) with which a print sheet (34; 141) is held in pressured contact to perform a stencil printing operation, provides the stencil printing machine with image data representative of an image to be reproduced as an object, and printing order information representative of a page order in which the printing operation is performed using image data, an ink color for the printing drum to be used, and a timing in which one printing drum is replaced with another one. In accordance with the printing order information, the ink color contained in image data is detected and an order for each page to be printed is determined on the basis of a user's print request to execute the printing operation according to the page order and to reduce the number of times the printing drum is replaced with.

Abstract: A measuring device having a tape for taking angle and length measurements, tnd capable of providing a user discernible indication of the angular orientation of its tape relative in any given extended measuring state relative to a predetermined orientation, for example, the horizontal. The measuring device preferably is capable of reading out one or more measurements associated with any given extended measuring state, and transmitting them to a remote device. The measuring device preferably has one or more finger depressible soft feature keys each programmable with a user specified function downloaded from a host computer.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program for rehosting a legacy application computer program written in one computer program dialect to a target dialect, for porting a control computer program, such as a Test Program, from one hardware platform to another, and for analyzing a computer program and creating a report. The rehost computer program is used to create a translation module in a first dialect which is comprised of a plurality of processed statements that are parsed, formatted and generalized and to store the statements in a searchable tree format. An existing translation module is enhanced by processing a number of programs and adding only unique statements. Each statement in the existing translation module has as a nested array an equivalence in the target language.