Abstract: A scan/sustain driver for a plasma display panel. The driver integrates the scanning and sustain functions on one chip without external components for level shifting. The driver can perform both the scanning and sustaining of individual lines. External components are used for energy recovery. Control logic signals received from images can be internal or external.

Abstract: The invention relates to a high-pressure discharge lamp provided with a discharge vessel made of glass which encloses a discharge space having an ionizable filling and an electrode. The discharge vessel is provided with a seal which encloses an Mo foil having knife edges and forms a feedthrough for an electric conductor to the electrode. At the location of the foil, the seal has a gastight sealed cavity and a first antenna on the outer side of the cavity. Preferably, a second antenna is placed at the neck where the seal is connected to the discharge vessel. This reduces both hot restrike voltage and hot restrike delay.

Abstract: A data carrier (2) includes memory (16) adapted to store the information data (ID), and further includes first detection unit (28) adapted to detect first command data (CD1), and further includes initialization unit adapted to initialize, after detection of the first command data (CD1), the memory (16) for the storage of information data (ID), and further includes a second detection unit (29) adapted to detect second command data (CD2), and further includes write unit (32) adapted to write the information (ID) into the initialized memory (16) after detection of the second command data (CD2).

Abstract: The invention describes a liquid crystal color picture screen with an improved luminous efficacy and an improved viewing angle. The liquid crystal color picture screen comprises a photoluminescent layer (7) which contains a dichroically absorbing color agent and an isotropically emitting color agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of playing a set of multimedia applications (A), each multimedia application including a list of tasks (TTD). The method includes the steps of creating a common scheduler (SCH) at a start time, in order to provide a target time, registering the tasks into the scheduler, and controlling the execution of the tasks as a function of the target time. The method also includes a step of giving a priority level to the task and the scheduler is adapted to control the execution of the tasks as a function of the target time and the priority level. The method further includes a step of computing a local time for a task from the target time provided by the scheduler and timing information associated with said task. With such a mechanism, each task has its own time reference, thus ensuring a correct operation of the overall application, while a global notion of schedule is maintained.

Abstract: A positioning system (20) for positioning a cone part of or for a CRT comprises a first and a second positioning means (22, 23) at positions corresponding to two corners of a side of a rectangle, and a third positioning means (21) at a position in the middle of the opposite side. The first and second means (22, 23) have a saddle-shaped contact surface, which is convex in the direction (51) from the tapered end to the wide end and concave (radius of curvature R) towards a central part of the rectangle, a contact surface of the third positioning means (21) is convex in the direction (51) from the tapered end to the wide end and convex or flat in a plane through the contact surfaces of the positioning means.

Abstract: The invention relates to an X-ray examination apparatus which includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, absorption means arranged between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector, a control unit for adjusting the absorption degree of the absorption means, an image processing unit and a display unit. In order to perform an automatic adjustment of the absorption means, the absorption degree therein is optimized in dependence on user-specific parameters (r) and/or apparatus-specific parameters (s) and/or structure parameters (C) and/or parameters (r) classifying the subject matter of the image.

Abstract: A garment is provided comprising a fabric shell (10) hosting one or more electrical conductors (12) the or each of which is connectable to at least one of a plurality of electronic devices (14, 16, 18, 20) housed in respective pockets (P) of the fabric shell (10). The pockets (P) are detachable from the fabric shell (10), with each pocket comprising a fabric cover provided with mechanical connectors, such as patches of Velcro™, zips or press studs. The garment fabric shell (10) is provided with complementary mechanical connectors to enable the fabric cover and device to be removably attached to the garment, each pocket includes an electrical connection between a device in that pocket and one or more of said electrical conductors (12).

Abstract: The formation of the isolating region includes ion implantation in the voluminal part, followed by annealing of said implanted voluminal part (7) of the substrate (1).

Abstract: A circuit arrangement and technique are provided for passing N-bit digital data using an M-bit datapath, M being less than N. A plurality of N-bit words is arranged for transfer in two portions. A first portion of each of the plurality of words is transferred in M-bit groups. At least one other bit group is transferred, including bits from the second portions of at least two of the plurality of words. After transfer, each first portion is reassembled with a corresponding second portion into respective N-bit words. The digital data is arranged for transfer at one rate, and transferred at a second rate at least as fast as the first rate. In one embodiment, X words of data are transferred from one storage element while another X words are arranged for transfer in another storage element. In a more particular embodiment, 10-bit data is passed over a standard 8-bit digital visual interface.

Abstract: A supply assembly for an LED lighting module includes a control switch for supplying a constant current to the LED lighting module. A dual switching signal composed of low frequency bursts of high frequency pulses is applied to the control switch. By varying the low frequency component of the dual switching signal, the average current through the LED lighting module may be varied in order to vary the light intensity outputted by the LED lighting module.

Abstract: A multi-point touch pad device having a base with a top surface that defines a plane. A support layer has a top surface and a bottom surface. The top surface of the support layer contains a plurality of strain gauges that are disposed on the top surface of the support layer in a matrix configuration. A touch layer is disposed on top of the strain gauge matrix; the touch layer is joined to the top of the strain gauge matrix. Sensor wires connect the strain gauges to a processor which is programmed with an algorithm to measure the location and pressure of simultaneous, multiple touches.

Abstract: A method of constructing an active matrix pixel device uses a universal active matrix (UAM) (81) comprising a matrix array of switching elements (20) (whose spacing defines a base pitch and a pixel array comprising a matric array of pixel electrodes (19) whose spacing defines a pixel pitch. The pixel pitch is greater than the base pitch. A large proportion of the construction process can be carried out before the customisation of the device. Using a common UAM (81) enables a reduction in the time between the customer ordering the device and the completion time. The cost of meeting customer specific requirements for the fabrication of active matrix pixel devices is thus reduced.

Abstract: An advanced telecommunications system is provided for the recognizing of spoken commands over a cellular telephone, satellite telephone, or personal communications network. In the cellular application, for example, a Speech Recognition System interconnects either internally with or as an external peripheral to a cellular telecommunications switch. The Speech Recognition System includes an administrative subsystem, a call processing subsystem, a speaker-dependent recognition subsystem, a speaker-independent recognition subsystem, and a data storage subsystem. The Speech Recognition System also allows for increased efficiency in the cellular telephone network by integrating with the switch or switches as a shared resource. The administrative subsystem of the Speech Recognition System is used to keep statistical logs of pertinent call information. Pre-recorded instructional messages are stored in the memory of the call processing subsystem for instructing a user on his or her progress in using the system.

Abstract: An infinity homography for an image pair within an image sequence is transferred to other image pairs within the image sequence utilizing point matches for the subject image pairs. An image set including the image pair for which the infinity homography is known and a third image are selected. Then intermediate parameters for homography transfer for one image pair overlapping the known infinity homography image pair is computed from the known infinity homography and epipoles and fundamental matrices of the overlapping image pairs, to derive the infinity homography for the selected overlapping image pair. The process may then be repeated until infinity homographies for all image pairs of interest within the image sequence have been derived.

Abstract: A business model is provided for the sharing of the real estate of a graphical user interface for the representation of third party's applications available on a device controlled through the graphical user interface. A control user interface element is displayed on the graphical user interface in association with the application. The provider of the application is charged based on the duration of the display of the element in association with the application.

Abstract: Watermarks WM1 . . . WMk . . . WMN are applied to sections 1 . . . k . . . N of digital media content on a recording medium having an identification number (CDID) by combining numerical values representing CDID, N and i in accordance with a concatenated hashing function, to derive a numerical value for WM[1]i. The numerical value for WMl is applied to section i, where i is selectively each of 1 . . . N. The watermark of section j is checked by determining the numerical values of CDID, j and N from the read digital media content and determining the watermark WMja actually read from section j. The determined numerical values of CDID, j and N are combined by using the same hashing function that is used to derive WMl to derive a digital signal for the watermark WMjr read from section j. The digital signal for watermark WMjr that should be read from section j is compared with an indication of the numerical value for the watermark WMja actually read from section j.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a method of acquiring direct sequence spread spectrum signals and in particular, GPS signals, including the steps of obtaining an integration result by avoiding integration over bit edges, and includes the steps of splitting the received signal (A) into a plurality of signal chunks alternatively across a respective plurality of channels (B,C), each channel being arranged to carry a series of signal chunks, the division being controlled in a timed manner responsive to the signal bit period so that the signal chunks of one of the series signals do not include bit edges.

Abstract: Electronic program guide (EPG) processing techniques are disclosed which involve processing content-related information in the form of documents generated using a reference information model (RIM). The documents may be configured in an extensible mark-up language (XML) or other standard format. At least a portion of the content-related information is configured for consistency with corresponding portions of the RIM, the portion of the content-related information so configured thereby being suitable for processing by different EPG applications. The RIM preferably comprises multiple classes of information, and specifies properties of the classes utilizing attributes, relationships and states. For example, instances of the classes may be configured as objects in an object-oriented programming format, and one or more of the objects may contain structures represented as attributes.

Abstract: An arithmetic computation circuit is implemented to significantly increase throughput and thereby permit processing of relatively large binary numbers in a relatively small period of time. In one embodiment, the arithmetic computation circuit adapted to add a first binary operand of N bits and a second binary operand of M bits, where N is greater than or equal to M. The circuit includes an adder and a multiplexer circuit. The adder is adapted to combine representative sets of least-significant bits of the first and second binary operands together to produce a least-significant bits partial sum and a carryout.