Abstract: The present invention relates to the computing method and Huffman computing circuits for improving the correctness and efficiency of the nonlinear inverse quantization when the MPEG-2 AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) or MPEG-4 AAC algorithm which is used as an audio compression algorithm in multi-channel high-quality audio systems is implemented on programmable processors. In accordance with the present invention, while the architecture of the existing digital signal processor is reused, the performance can be improved by means of the addition of Huffman decoder and bit processing architecture. Accordingly, to design and change the programmable processor can be facilitated.

Abstract: A spoked wheel for a bicycle is described herein, comprising a hub, a rim and a plurality of spokes that connect the hub to the rim. The spokes comprise a first set of spokes arranged on one side of the wheel, made up of spokes connected to a first portion of the hub, and a second set of spokes arranged on the other side of the wheel, made up of spokes connected to a second portion of the hub. The second hub portion is set at an axial distance from said first portion. The spokes of the first set are grouped together into pairs set at angular distances apart from one another with the spokes of each pair that have their outer ends set close to one another.

Abstract: A bed assembly convertible from a crib to a toddler bed to a full size headboard or vice versa. Components of the bed assembly perform multiple, different functions in each of the bed arrangements. For example, the component which functions as a sidewall in the crib structure is utilized as part of the toddler bed and full size headboard, together with tubular elements forming part of the crib mattress support which serve as components of the headboard for the full size bed.

Abstract: A VGA is provided that is designed to reduce or even eliminate entirely variations in phase response/shift with changes in gain. Compensation is made for parasitic capacitances of elements in the VGA that would otherwise cause variation in phase with changes in gain. An additional capacitance is introduced to the VGA to compensate for the sources of the parasitic capacitance. The technique for introducing the additional capacitance depends on the source of the parasitic capacitance being treated. The additional capacitance is introduced to one or more of transistor amplifier circuits in the VGA, wherein each transistor amplifier circuit has a different gain and one of the transistor amplifier circuits is selected depending on the desired gain of the VGA. These compensation techniques equalize the phase response of the transistor amplifier circuits (each having a different gain) so that regardless of which transistor amplifier circuit is selected, the phase shift will be substantially the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and device for detecting the type of physical exercise, in which method the accelerations caused by the exercise of a person are measured by an exercise type detector (10) in three dimensions and in which characteristics describing the acceleration, so-called membership degree functions, are calculated from the measurement results, by means of which characteristics the type of exercise is detected. In the method according to the invention, only an identifier indicating the type of exercise is saved in the memory of the exercise type detector, for which reason the memory capacity required in the device is small.

Abstract: A device (1) which includes a dispersing and/or homogenizing tool (2) and a pump (7) located on the same shaft (10), wherein a pumpable material can be fed from a receptacle, especially a container (3) or a pipe, to the dispersing and/or homogenizing tool (2). This material can be mixed in the dispersing and homogenizing tool (2) with an additive, which is led through a feeding line (5) and a region (5a) arranged concentric to the supply line (4) to an opening (6) before the dispersing and homogenizing tool (2). The pump (7) arranged at a distance before the opening (6) and before the dispersing and homogenizing tool (2), and has a pumping pressure in the flow direction, which, in the region of this opening (6), is less than the suctioning pressure of the tool (2).

Abstract: A tunable optical add-drop multiplexer (OADM) based on an SOI (silicon-on-insulator) wafer is disclosed. The tunable OADM includes a multimode interference region, at least a grating formed on the multimode interference region, and at least two electrodes formed on two sides of the multimode interference region and having carriers induced thereinto, thereby a variation of an optical waveguide in the grating is controlled through controlling the carriers induced into the electrodes so as to further control different propagation of wavelength signals.

Abstract: A power efficient startup circuit for activating a bandgap reference circuit is disclosed. The startup circuit uses a voltage supply having a voltage level to initiate the flow of a startup current used to activate the bandgap reference circuit. When the bandgap reference circuit starts, the startup circuit slowly charges a capacitor using the voltage supply when the startup current is flowing. The startup circuit disables quiescent current when the bandgap reference circuit is activated and a voltage of the capacitor exceeds a value equal to the difference between the voltage of the voltage supply when powered on and a voltage threshold of a switching device which disables the quiescent current. The capacitor is discharged when the voltage supply is turned off.

Abstract: In a continuous data protection system having a primary volume and a secondary volume, a method for data recovery begins by selecting a snapshot of the primary volume to be recovered and a location on which the snapshot is to be loaded. A point in time (PIT) map is created for the selected snapshot, and the selected snapshot is loaded at the selected location. A data block from the PIT map is resolved to determine which block on the secondary volume is presented as being part of the snapshot. The snapshot is accessed via a host computer as if the snapshot was the primary volume at an earlier point in time, corresponding to the time of the selected snapshot.

Abstract: A readout pixel of an input display is provided. The readout pixel includes the fundamental elements as the normal pixel, and further includes a photo sensing element with a second switching element and a third switching element for generating a photo signal. The second switching element includes a second gate electrode connecting to a gate line, a second drain electrode, and a second source electrode connecting to a readout line. The third switching element includes a third gate electrode and a third drain electrode both connecting to a reference voltage, and a third source electrode connecting to the second drain electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wake-up system with passive correlators, adopted to wireless transmission/reception devices such as remote controllers, mobile communication terminals, etc. The wake-up system includes a transmitter and receiver. In the transmitter wake-up signals and delayed wake-up signals delayed by a predetermined delay time are correlated and coded, respectively, for transmission. In the receiver, signals transmitted from the transmitter and signals delayed by the predetermined delay time are correlated and decoded, respectively. The decoded signals are converted into DC switching voltage VSW for a switching operation of power, thereby performing a wake-up operation. The wake-up system with passive correlators can reduce consumption power for wake-up operations in a receiver such that correlation operations of a correlator including passive electrical elements such as a matched filter, etc.

Abstract: An information modeling method receives various kinds of data; analyzes the data into semantic elements, that is, temporal information data including temporal information, spatial information data including spatial information indicating locations, object information data including object information which is an object of the function of data other than the temporal information data and the spatial information data and which interacts with the other data, and thing information data including the remaining thing information other than the temporal information, the spatial information and the object information; and establishes a database which is composed of an action including at least one among the temporal information data, spatial information data, object information data and thing information data, a module which is a higher group of the action, and a situation which is a higher group of the module, using the analyzed data.

Abstract: A pitting machine comprises a punching head that performs a curvilinear oscillatory movement in synchronization with the translation movement of fruits to be pitted, in particular for use in industries that process food such as pitted dried or dehydrated plums and which are currently performing manual operations or using rudimentary equipment.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for preventing the transfer of unauthorized data among a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), an external network, and at least one access point in a wireless communication system includes the WTRU recording a subject and storing the recording as data in a memory of the WTRU. The WTRU transmits the data to the access point. The access point examines the data to determine if the data is allowed for transfer to the external network.

Abstract: A camera having a lens barrel housed therein includes a reflection optical member for reflecting a light beam incident along a first optical axis (O1) from a subject so as to reflect the light beam toward a second optical axis (O2) intersecting the first optical axis; a light-quantity adjusting member for adjusting the quantity of incident light from the subject; and a drive source for displacing the light-quantity adjusting member, in which by displacing the light-quantity adjusting member, the quantity of the incident light from the subject can be adjusted, and the light-quantity adjusting member is displaced in a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axial plane inclusive of the first optical axis and the second optical axis so as to adjust the light-quantity.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode is provided. The organic light emitting diode includes a substrate, an electrode structure formed on said substrate, an organic layer formed on said electrode structure and a transparent electrode structure having at least one transparent dielectric layer with a relatively higher refraction index and deposited on said organic layer by thermal evaporation.

Abstract: A novel surface acoustic wave device with a decreased velocity dispersion and a low insertion loss as well as the fabrication method therefor is provided. The surface acoustic wave device includes a substrate, an insulating layer with an indentation on the substrate, a silicon layer with a first portion on the insulating layer and a second portion suspended above the indentation, a piezoelectric layer on the first and the second portions of the silicon layer, and at least an electrode on the piezoelectric layer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for deinterleaving expanded interleaved data blocks, particularly for use in a wireless telecommunications system such as provided by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3G) standard. The data is processed on a sequential element basis where each element has a pre-determined number of bits M which bits are contained in a block of sequential data words W?. The elements are extracted from the block of words W? in sequential order, each element being extracted from either a single or two sequential interleaved words within the set of words W?. The elements are stored in selective location within a set of words W of a deinterleaver memory such that upon completion of the extraction and writing of all the elements, the words W from the deinterleaver memory can be sequentially read out to correspond to an original data block of bits from which the block of interleaved elements was created.

Abstract: The invention relates to an adjusting device for adjusting two parts (2,3) with respect to one another that is used as a cam shaft adjuster. The objective of the invention is, with an easy and smooth operability, to ensure a self-locking and an at least extensive play-free, continuous adjustment of the two parts with a high degree of efficiency. To this end, the adjusting device comprises a first part (2) with webs (2.3, 22.3), which are interspaced in the peripheral direction and between which chambers (2.4) are formed, and includes a second part (3) with an internal gearing (3.2, 13.2), and a number of teeth (7, 27) that are arranged inside the chambers (2.4) while being interspaced in the peripheral direction. The adjusting device also includes an inner contact surface (7.4) for resting against an eccentric drive element (6), and includes an outer contact surface (7.5) for engaging inside the internal gearing (3.2, 13.2).