Abstract: A method and an apparatus for preparing an alimentary granular soft caviar similar to black (granular) caviar. The method involves the preparation of a mixture containing an albuminous colloid, water, and alimentary gelatin to form the grains, exposing the grains to tea water, dye-stuff, salt solution and gustatory components. The grains of caviar are obtained by supplying the mixture under pressure through gauged channels to a cavity with heated vegetable oil in its upper section, separating and washing the grains, tanning the grains in a tea extract, water washing, washing with salt solution, introducing to the product of a gustatory component in an amount not less than 10% of the total weight of the product and mixing the grains with vegetable oil. The albuminous colloidal solution is soymilk, foremilk of mammals, or a mixture of these components, a mixture of cow/soy milk, or whey of soy or cow milk. The grains are dyed by immersion in an extract from the rind of green walnuts.

Abstract: An interactive apparatus which includes (a) a processing unit automatically implementing a cardiac treatment algorithm, by using detected signals from a patient and the cardiac treatment algorithm, to output a recommended treatment on an output device; and (b) an input device inputting a selection comprising an acceptance or a rejection of the recommended treatment, wherein if the selection comprises an acceptance, then the processing unit outputs instructions and further implements the treatment algorithm using the recommended treatment, wherein if the selection comprises a rejection, then the processing unit outputs an alternative recommended treatment on the output device, subject to acceptance or rejection by the input device.

Abstract: The invention relates to an encoding method for the compression of a video sequence which is organized in groups of frames decomposed by means of a wavelet transform. The method is based on the hierarchical subband encoding process SPIHT that transforms the original set of picture elements (pixels) into coefficients ordered by means of three ordered lists called list of insignificant sets (LIS), list of insignificant pixels (LIP) and list of significant pixels (LSP).

Abstract: A round off mechanism maintains a mean value of the operand while rounding twos complement binary data. Positive data values are incremented at the first discard bit prior to truncation of the discard bits, as are negative data values having a one within the most significant discard bit and at least one other discard bit. The discard bits are simply truncated for all other negative data values.

Abstract: An optical reproducing apparatus in which reproduction of information is carried out by using an optical record carrier. In order to compensate a radial tilt between the surface of the record carrier and the objective lens, the objective lens is tilted. In the optical apparatus of the invention, the actuator of the radial displacement of the objective lens is used to also tilt the objective lens at the same time. A displacement of the objective lens in the radial direction by the actuator has a direct effect of tilting the objective lens. This is accomplished by a mechanical link between the radial displacement and the radial tilting. This has the advantage that there is no need for an extra tilt actuator to tilt the objective lens.

Abstract: A method for preventing net update oscillation of a bus bridge by competing net update messages is presented.

Abstract: An active matrix display device includes a plurality of pixels (10) arranged as rows and columns and column electrodes (16) extending along corresponding columns of pixels (10). The pixels include a capacitance (18,70) for storing image data and a read circuit for reading the charge stored on the capacitance (18,70) and driving the column electrode with the read charge.

Abstract: In the matrix display drive circuit with an energy recovery inductor (L1), a switch circuit (S3, D3, S6, d9) is connected in parallel with the inductor (L1) to keep the inductor current (TL1) in a loop which is as small as possible, and to keep the voltage (VL1) across the inductor (L1) as low as possible. Consequently, the energy stored in the inductor is lower, and the EM1 caused by the parasitic resonance of the inductor (L1) with parasitic capacitances Cj will be significantly lower.

Abstract: A digital image projector includes an illumination-light source lamp and illumination beam forming optics for forming a white-spectrum illumination beam and color-band-separation optics to divide the illumination beam into color-component subbeams. The digital image projector also includes a reflective digital-image-encoding polarization modulator mechanism such as a reflective liquid crystal display polarization modulator to reflectively modulate the linearly polarized subbeams to form color-component image encoded-polarization subbeams and projection lens optics for projecting a color image divided from the image encoded-polarization subbeams.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a communication system in which a transmitter transmits cyclically a plurality of mutually related objects to a terminal. If said objects are used in the terminal there is no mechanism to establish whether said objects are consistent, e.g. that they are originated at the same time. To ensure that the objects are consistent, they are combined in a common transport entity. The receiver is arranged to extract only the complete set of mutually related objects from the common transport entity. Consequently, the consistency is always ensured.

Abstract: A control circuit for use in a video processor utilizes combined automatic kinescope bias (AKB) control, and average individual beam current sensing and limiting in at least one CRT. The control circuit includes automatic kinescope bias (AKB) control circuitry for detecting a magnitude of individual red (R), green (G) and blue (B) cathode currents driving corresponding R, G and B CRTs, generating R, G and B average cathode current control signals therefrom, and using the R, G and B average cathode current control signals as feedback to the video processor to reduce the R, G and B cathode currents approximately equal current amounts.

Abstract: In an electroluminescent display device comprising layers of anode electrodes (102), cathode electrodes (104), and an electroluminescent layer (105), a dummy electrode (103) is arranged along the edge of te anode electrode layer. The dummy electrode is unconnected to the electrical control means (106,107) that control the voltage of the electrodes of the active area of the display. The unconnected state of the dummy electrode results in a situation where the dummy electrode attains a floating electric potential owing to the lateral electric field produced by neighboring electrodes. This leads to a reduction in the strength of the lateral electric field between the dummy electrode and the adjacent electrodes, thus alleviating the negative effects of electrochemical oxidation of the electrodes at the edge of the active area.

Abstract: In a video-processing unit comprising a processing means, memory means and a memory manager, an output of the processing means is coupled to the memory manager for storing of the processed data from the processing means in the memory means to allow execution of different processes in video-processing unit by a single processing means.

Abstract: A system and method for providing cross media error protection for multimedia data. The cross media error protection comprises: a packaging system for packaging the multimedia data into discrete packets, wherein each packet includes a plurality of fields, and wherein data segments from each of the media streams are placed into different ones of the plurality of fields; and an insertion system for inserting error protection data into one of the plurality of fields in each packet. In addition, a size of each of the plurality of fields may be made proportional to the size of each of the plurality of media streams over a time interval.

Abstract: A circuit arrangement is disclosed with a regulating circuit which is particularly used for regulating a resonant converter having a plurality of outputs. The arrangement includes a protective circuit that can be constructed with the least possible circuitry and cost. The regulating circuit is used for generating a pulse-width modulated regulation signal (20) in dependence on measuring signals (Va, Vb) present on inputs of the regulating circuit (20). The arrangement further includes a comparator circuit (212) for comparing the duty cycle (?) of the regulation signal (20) with a predefinable maximum duty cycle value (?max) and minimum duty cycle value (?min), in which in case of a duty cycle (?) situated outside the range between the maximum duty cycle value (?max) and the minimum duty cycle value (?min) the circuit arrangement delivers control information that corresponds to this exceeding of the range.

Abstract: The invention relates to a receiver which forms part of a communication system and receives data frames through a communication channel which is subject to disturbances, said receiver carrying out an estimation of the maximum error rate and minimum error rate caused by the communication channel. The receiver in a first time period verifies the validity of the received data frames so as to detect and identify the received erroneous data frames and the received correct data frames. Subsequently, the receiver proceeds to correct those received erroneous data frames which can be corrected, so as to generate corrected data frames. The erroneous bits are detected through a bit-by-bit comparison of the erroneous data frames 302 and the corresponding corrected data frames 303, which are added together and then averaged over the total number of bits nb_total_bits received by the receiver so as to obtain a minimum error rate for the transmission.

Abstract: A brush tufting machine includes a machine tool table having a slide that is displaceably guided on the machine tool table in at least two mutually orthogonal directions. A first drive is provided for reciprocating the slide in a first one of the two directions, and a second drive is provided for reciprocating the slide in a second one of the two directions. Two drums are mounted at the slide for rotation about parallel, spaced axes. Two tufting tools are arranged at the machine tool table at a distance from each other and each in opposition to a peripheral surface of one of the drums. The peripheral surface of each drum has brush body holders arranged thereon.

Abstract: A video encoder/decoder with spatial scalable compression schemes using spatial sharpness enhancement techniques is disclosed. The video compression scheme introduces a number of various video enhancement techniques on the base layer. A picture analyzer is used to determine the best or the best mix of various video enhancement techniques. The picture analyzer compares the selected mix of video enhancement techniques with the original full resolution input signal to determine for which of the pixels or groups of pixels a residual enhancement layer is required. Parameters defining the selected mix of video enhancement techniques are transmitted to the decoder layer so the same mix of video enhancement techniques can be used in the decoder layer.