Abstract: Physical barriers (210) are present between neighbouring pixels (200) on a circuit substrate (100) of an active-matrix electroluminescent display device, particularly with LEDs (25) of organic semi conductor materials. The invention forms these barriers (210) with metal or other electrically-conductive material (240), that is insulated (40) from the LEDs but connected circuitry within the substrate (100). This conductive barrier material (240) backs-up or replaces at least a part of the drive supply line (140,240) to which the LEDs are connected by a drive element T1. This transfers the problem of line resistance and associated voltage drop from within the circuit substrate (100), where it is severely constrained, to the much freer environment of the pixel barriers (210) on the substrate (100) where the conductive barrier material (240) can provide much lower resistance. Very large displays can be made with low voltage drops along this composite drive supply line (140,240).

Abstract: Novel bicyclic compounds having the structural formula (I): are useful in a variety of pharmaceutical applications, whether human or veterinary, and also in cosmetics.

Abstract: PEG-LHRH analog conjugates, where a PEG moiety is covalently bound to a serine residue of a LHRH analog either directly or via a bifunctional linker molecule, such as an amino acid, and methods for producing these conjugates are provided in the present invention. Also provided are a pharmaceutical composition and a method for treating pathologies in which LHRH analog administration is beneficial.

Abstract: An external electronically controlled illumination module utilizing polarizing beam splitters to split the light beam I from a projection lamp into two polarization states, selectively altering the state of each polarized light beam to reject a controlled portion of the light where the selectively altered beams are recombined and passed to the projection system optics.

Abstract: In a method of operating a remote control system and in such a system comprising an RF transmission and receiving system and an IR transmission device the sub-carrier information of the IR signal is transmitted in the RF signal in a signal separate from the envelope information of the IR signal which is contained in a envelope signal.

Abstract: A CT-scanner having a gantry comprising a stator and a rotor, wherein an X-ray source and array of X-ray detectors are mounted to the rotor for determining absorption of X-rays along paths through the body of a patient imaged by the CT-scanner, the CT imager comprising: a processor that processes data comprised in signals generated by the X-ray detectors responsive to intensity of X-rays from the X-ray source incident on the detectors to generate an image of the patient; at least one spread spectrum transmitter that receives data comprised in the signals generated by the X-ray detectors and transmits signals encoded with the data in accordance with a spread spectrum coding; and at least one spread spectrum receiver that receives the encoded signals transmitted by the at least one spread spectrum transmitter and forwards the encoded data to the processor.

Abstract: Expanded granules or a moulded article made therefrom, based on semicrystalline propylene polymer comprising, per 100 parts by weight, less than 0.035 parts by weight of volatile compounds and processes for its preparation.

Abstract: A circuit comprises a frequency synthesizing circuit with a voltage-controlled oscillator whose frequency is preset to a preset value. The voltage-controlled oscillator generates an oscillating signal in response to an input voltage. The frequency synthesizing circuit is configured to operate in a locked loop mode under control of an error signal representative of a phase frequency differential between the divided oscillating signal and a reference signal. A digital processing unit can disable the frequency synthesizing circuit to operate in phase locked loop mode. Once the synthesizing circuit is disabled, the digital processing unit determines a first and a second frequency of the oscillating signal in response to respective first and second loop filter input voltage values. The unit further generates a control value from the two frequencies, the frequency divider dividing ratio and the reference signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a supporting device for supporting substrates in a component placement machine including a housing (1), a piston rod (5) arranged in the housing so as to be movable in its longitudinal direction in the housing (1) by pressurized fluid and having one end extending outside the housing (1) and a locking mechanism (7 to 9) by which displacement of the piston rod (5) in its longitudinal direction can be prevented. The locking mechanism (7 to 9) includes clamp (8) movable by an adjuster (7) in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the piston rod (5) between an active position for blocking the piston rod (5) and an idle position in which the piston rod (5) is movable in its longitudinal direction. The clamp (8) have been arranged in the housing (1) so that in the active position said clamping means (8) directly engage the piston rod (5).

Abstract: The invention provides substituted pyrazole compounds, and methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that utilize or comprise one or more such compounds. Compounds of the invention are useful for the treatment of mammalian infertility.

Abstract: Described here is a method of determining an eigenspace for representing a plurality of training speakers, in which first speaker-dependent sets of models are formed for the individual training speakers while training speech data of the individual training speakers are used and the models (SD) of a set of models are described each by a plurality of model parameters. For each speaker a combined model is then displayed in a high-dimensional model space by concatenation of the model parameters of the models of the individual training speakers to a respective coherent super vector. Subsequently, a transformation is carried out while the model space dimension is reduced to obtain eigenspace basis vectors (Ee), which transformation utilizes a reduction criterion based on the variability of the vectors to be transformed. Then the high-dimensional model space is first in a first step reduced to a speaker subspace by a change of basis, in which speaker subspace all the training speakers are represented.

Abstract: A device for and method of calibrating a microphone, includes a loudspeaker (3) for converting a loudspeaker input signal (5) into sound; a microphone (4) for converting received sound into a microphone output signal (16), and a calibration arrangement for calibrating an output power of the microphone relative to a desired power level. The calibration arrangement includes an impulse response estimating device (7) for estimating an acoustic impulse response of the microphone by correlating the microphone output signal (6) and the loudspeaker input signal (5) when the microphone (4) receives the sound from the loudspeaker (3), whereby the output power of the microphone (4) is estimated.

Abstract: Apparatus for identifying the four coordinates of a window on a visual display monitor, include a device for obtaining digital data corresponding to pixels of an image to be displayed on the monitor, a memory arranged to receive the digital data, a comparator arranged to compare the values of data for horizontally and vertically adjacent pixels, a generator for generating a gradient value indicative of the difference in luminance of adjacent pixels—in the horizontal and in the vertical directions, a memory for storing the gradient values, a detector for detecting a unique configuration in the gradient values to identify the three coordinates of one edge of the window, and a device for checking in the direction perpendicular to the identified edge for a corresponding unique configuration, to determine the fourth coordinate of the window.

Abstract: This invention concerns compounds of formula the pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein ?X1—X2—X3— is a trivalent radical,; >Y1—Y2— is a trivalent radical; r and s are each independently 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; t is 0, 1, 2 or 3; each R1 and R2 are independently hydroxy, halo, cyano, C1-6alkyl, trihalomethyl, trihalomethoxy, C2-6alkenyl, C1-6alkyloxy, hydroxyC1-6alkyloxy, C1-6alkylthio, C1-6alkyloxyC1-6alkyloxy, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl, aminoC1-6alkyloxy, mono- or di(C1-6alkyl)amino, mono- or di(C1-6alkylaminoC1-6alkyloxy, aryl, arylC1-6alkyl, aryloxy or arylC1-6alkyloxy, hydroxycarbonyl, C1-6alkyloxycarbonyl; or two R1 or R2 on adjacent positions form together a bivalent radical; R3 is hydrogen, halo, C1-6alkyl, cyano, haloC1-6alkyl, hydroxyC1-6alkyl, cyanoC1-6alkyl, aminoC1-6alkyl, C1-6alkyloxyC1-6alkyl, C1-6alkylthio-C1-6alkyl, aminocarbonylC1-6alkyl, hydroxycarbonyl, hydroxycarbonylC1-6alkyl, C1-6alkyoxycarbonylC1-6alkyl, C1-6alkylcarbonylC

Abstract: The invention relates to a controllable delay circuit for delaying an electrical input signal wherein the controllable delay circuit is arranged for receiving an input signal and at least one control signal, wherein, in use, the delay circuit delays the input signal by a delay for generating an output signal, wherein the delay is a function of the at least one control signal, wherein the delay circuit comprises a first module for generating a base signal and at least one support signal on the basis of the input signal and the at least one control signal, wherein, in use, the phase and/or the amplitude of the at least one support signal is controllable with respect to the phase and/or the amplitude of the base-signal by means of the at least one control signal, wherein the delay circuit also comprises a second module connected to the first module, which second module comprises a signal-conductor and at least one support conductor, wherein the signal conductor and the at least one support conductor extend, at l

Abstract: A system and method for speed the video system optimization using genetic algorithms and memory storage, whereby previously evaluated chromosomes, and their associated image quality, are stored in a memory unit for fast retrieval, such as a hash table, to create a large savings of processing time for previously evaluated chromosomes (variations of video systems) that do not have to be re-tested.

Abstract: An audio reproducing device includes an input for receiving an n-channel input signal, an output for supplying an 1-channel output signal to 1 loudspeakers, and an audio processing unit for processing the input signal. The audio processing unit a signal enhancer for enhancing an m-channel signal part of the n-channel input signal, where m<n, the signal enhancer having, for each channel signal part of said m-channel signal part, a non-linear anti-symmetric monotone transfer function. The audio reproducing device is further provided with a speech-music discriminator, which, in response to one of the channel signal parts of the m-channel signal part designated for speech, generates a control signal indicating the probability p that the one of the channel signal parts contains speech signals. This control signal is used to control the signal enhancer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit arrangement which includes a subvoltage generating unit and a voltage multiplier for generating at least one voltage Vmult, it being arranged to control the voltage multiplier by switching the voltage multiplier to a direct mode during a start time. The invention also relates to an arrangement for driving a display device, to a display device which includes such an arrangement, to an electronic apparatus which is provided with a display device for the display of image data which includes an arrangement for driving the display unit, and to a method of starting a circuit arrangement 15 which includes a subvoltage generating unit 40, a voltage multiplier 20 and a start control unit 30.

Abstract: A bus has a local section (10a,b) and a shared section (11a,b). An arbiter circuit (16) issues an arbited grant (25) to access the shared section (11a,b) in response to a request (22) to perform a bus access transaction. A bus station (12) has a request output (17a) for issuing the request to the arbiter (16), the bus station (12) having a grant input (19c) arranged to receive a local grant (24) in response to the request (22), independently of the arbited grant (25). The bus station (12) is arranged to start the transaction, applying an address to the local section (10a,b) in response to the local grant (24) in a bus cycle following the local grant (24). A bridge circuit (16) provides a coupling between the local section (10a,b) and shared section (11a,b). The bridge station receives the arbited grant (25) and enables the coupling to pass the address to the shared section (11a,b) in said bus cycle conditional on the arbited grant (25).