Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical recording apparatus with processing means (50) arranged for processing encoded data (NRZ). The processing means further has demultiplexing means (DEMUX) arranged for demultiplexing the encoded data (NRZ) into a first plurality (m) of data channels (65) using a second clock frequency signal (CLK2). The data channels are transmitted through a flexible transmission path (40) where each data channel (65) has at least one electrical conductor means (41) for each data channel. In the optical pick-up unit (OPU; 20) synchronising by retiming means (23) of the first plurality (m) of data channels (65) using the first clock frequency signal (CLK1) takes place. Thereby, the optical recording apparatus will have an increased effective bandwidth between the processing means (50) of the optical recording apparatus, and the optical pick-up unit (OPU; 20) by nature of the parallel transmission of the plurality of data channels (65).

Abstract: Skin monitoring device for application near the skin, comprising a processing circuit connecting means and at least one photosensor configured to detect at least one approximate wavelength of light reflected and/or emitted by the skin, wherein a signal receiving circuit is provided for receiving signals from the at least one photosensor.

Abstract: A record carrier, recording device, read-out device and method is provided which provides a flexible security level to protect user data during transmission over a communication bus, also when the data is recorded on a record carrier such as a recordable optical disc. In accordance with the method, management information comprising encryption indication information indicating that user data stored in an associated sector of a record carrier, such as a recordable optical disk, is to be encrypted by a read-out device before being transmitted over a communication bus.

Abstract: A beverage maker (1) comprises a water tank (20) for containing and supplying water during a beverage making process, and a pump (40) for pumping the water out of the water tank (20). In order to terminate a pumping action at a predetermined point, the beverage maker (1) comprises a switch (64) which is arranged in a pumping circuit (41) for energizing the pump (40), a float (70) which is located in the water tank (20), and a coupling arm (71) attached to the float (70). During a pumping action, when a water level (21) in the water tank (20) is above a predetermined minimum level, the coupling arm (71) couples the float (70) to the switch (64), and the switch (64) is held in a closed position. However, as soon as the water level (21) reaches the minimum level, the coupling of the float (70) to the switch (64) is lost, and the switch (64) switches back to an opened position, as a result of which the pumping action is terminated.

Abstract: A system for increasing a tamper resistance of a digital data processing unit, comprises a first unit (901) comprising processing means (906) for processing the received digital data in dependence on values looked up in at least one look-up table (916) based on values in the received digital data. The system further comprises a second unit (902) comprising means (912) for computing at least one value for inclusion in the digital data causing the first unit (901) to look up at least one predetermined value in the look-up table (916) when processing the digital data. It comprises an inserter (910) for including the at least one value in the digital data, and an output (908) for transmitting the digital data to the first unit.

Abstract: A method and system for managing a set of applications stored on a mobile terminal, comprising an access to said set of applications enabling at least one specific function to be accessed by at least one application using an application manager.

Abstract: A prefetch bit (126) is associated with cache block (125) of a cache (120), and the management (130) of cache-prefetch operations is based on the state of this bit (126). Further efficiencies are gained by allowing each application to identify memory areas (115) within which regularly repeating memory accesses are likely, such as frame memory in a video application. For each of these memory areas (115), the application also identifies a likely stride value, such as the line length of the data in the frame memory. Pre-fetching is limited to the identified areas (115), and the prefetch bit (126) is used to identify blocks (125) from these areas and to limit repeated cache hit/miss determinations.

Abstract: Body cover for application to the skin, comprising at least one temperature sensing element, wherein the body cover is substantially flexible, wherein the at least one temperature sensing element, when applied to the skin, is configured to sense the temperature of proximate skin at least locally with respect to the body cover and to convert the locally sensed temperature into a visual and/or electrical signal.

Abstract: The invention provides nanostructures, being arrays of nanosized filamentary material such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and other nanomaterials and especially to such materials connected to a substrate such as at least one top electrode and one bottom electrode, and to a method for manufacturing such nanostructures. A device according to the present invention comprises a first and a second layer (11, 13) separated from each other; and nanosized filamentary material (10) grown between said first and said second layer (11, 13). The shape and size of the nanosized filamentary material is determined by the shape and size of the second layer. A corresponding method for growing the nanosized filamentary material is also provided.

Abstract: Multi layer near-field optical recording using a moderate numerical aperture (NA) is superior to the high-NA (NA=2.0) first-surface single-layer technique. The use of very flat and thin spacer layers limits spherical aberration due to difference in layer depth. The thin spacer layers may have a high refractive index because their thickness allow for a relatively high absorption constant. This makes possible in principle an m-layer system, e.g. m=4, with NA=1.6 which may include a flat, protective cover layer. Further a medium for use in such a system is described.

Abstract: An electronic ballast with transformer interface communicating between an external control system and the electronic ballast comprises an outboard circuit (160) operably connected to the external control system and communicating with the external control system by an external signal (140); a transformer (162) being operably connected to the outboard circuit (160) and communicating with the outboard circuit (160) by an outboard signal (166); and an inboard circuit (164) being operably connected to the transformer (162), communicating with the transformer (162) by an inboard signal (168), and communicating with a micro-processor (128) by an internal signal (150). The external signal (140) can use the Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) protocol. The in board signal (168) can have a lower duty cycle and a higher duty cycle on the primary winding to generate a lower voltage and a higher voltage, respectively, for the outboard signal (166) on the secondary winding.

Abstract: Methods for permanently introducing patterns in electro-optic crystals are provided, by forming patterned variations in the composition of the electro-optic crystals [28], during the crystal growth process. These methods open a way to a family of light-controlling devices that can operate at temperatures as high as 80 degrees centigrade, and may be stored at temperatures as high as 300 degrees centigrade. Additionally, they may withstand radiation of natural light and cosmic ray. In accordance with one embodiment, an electrically [76] controlled Bragg grating is introduced into a crystal, by a permanent periodic spatial variation [60] of its composition, forming permanent periodic striations. The periodic striations induce a spatial modulation of the dielectric constant, and the application of a uniform electric field produces an induced polarization grating.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having damascene structures with air gaps is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of depositing and patterning a disposable layer, depositing a first barrier layer on top of the patterned disposable layer, depositing a metal layer, planarizing the metal layer, depositing a second barrier layer, planarizing the second barrier layer until substantially no barrier layer material is present on top of the disposable layer, depositing a permeable layer, removing the disposable layer through the permeable layer to form air gaps.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an integrated electronic-micro fluidic device an integrated electronic-micro fluidic device, comprising a semiconductor substrate (106) on a first (122) support, an electronic circuit (102, 104) on a first semiconductor-substrate side of the semiconductor substrate, and a signal interface structure to an external device. The signal interface structure is arranged on the first semiconductor-substrate side and configured to receive electrical signals from the electronic circuit. A micro fluidic structure (126) is formed in the semiconductor substrate, and is configured to confine a fluid and to allow a flow of the fluid to and from the microfluidic structure only on a second semiconductor-substrate side that is opposite to the first semiconductor-substrate side and faces away form the first support. The electronic-micro fluidic device forms a flexible platform for the formation of various System-in-Package applications.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medical diagnostic apparatus (1) and to a hose (21) suitable for guiding connections in a medical diagnostic apparatus. The medical diagnostic apparatus (1) comprises a frame (5), a rotatable support (3), at least one connection extending between the frame and the rotatable support, and a hose (21) for guiding this connection. The hose (21) is provided with a chain (29) of reinforcement elements (31). The chain (29) extends mainly in the longitudinal direction of the hose (21). In the chain (29) the reinforcement elements (31) are connected to each other. These reinforcement elements (31) can also be rotated with respect to each other about an axis which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the hose (21), while they are substantially rigidly connected in a direction along their rotation axis.

Abstract: In a receiver architecture, for example for use in receiving pulses in an Ultra Wideband system, a received signal is applied to a mixer, together with pulses which correspond to expected received pulses. The mixer output is applied to a block, which can be configured either as an integrator or as a filter. When no pulses are being received, this block is configured as a filter, allowing it to lock quickly to any new sequence of pulses, while, when the system has locked to a sequence of pulses, the block is configured as an integrator, so that an improved signal-noise ratio can be achieved.

Abstract: A method of printing a patterned layer comprises (step 31 in FIG. 4) detecting the position and alignment of clichés supported on subbeds on the bed of a printing machine (see FIG. 5) using alignment marks thereon. The positions of the subbeds are adjusted according to the detected alignment and position of the areas of the mother glass and the positions and alignment of the clichés (step 32 in FIG. 4). The clichés are then inked (step 33 in FIG. 4). Alternatively, steps 32 and 33 could be reversed. Ink is transferred (step 34 in FIG. 4) from the clichés, supported on the printer subbeds, onto a blanket 16 (see FIG. 2(b)). The material on the blanket 16 is transferred (step 35, FIG. 4) onto the mother glass (as in FIG. 2(c)). A novel printing machine bed (41, FIG. 5) comprises an array of subbeds (42-45 in FIG. 5) individually alignable in a common plane.

Abstract: Mobile devices (121, 122, . . . , 12n) are handed off in overlapping cells (181, 182, . . . , 18n) by tracking a velocity (speed and direction) of movement of any number of the mobile devices (121, 122, . . . , 12n). Access points (141, 142, . . . , 14n) are each located in an associated operational cell (181, 182, . . . , 18n) and each operates at a dedicated frequency. The initial signal strengths are measured in advance at predefined locations within a defined space (16) to define signal strengths as location map (42). A nearby initial access point (typically the nearest) and at least two nearby (typically next nearest) access points are assigned for one of the mobile devices (121, 122, . . . , 12n), and the frequencies of each access point identified. A tracking processor (50) periodically scans the frequencies of the nearby access points to determine the location velocity of the mobile device and predict when a handoff will be appropriate. E.g.

Abstract: A method for computer-aided four-dimensional (4D) modeling of an anatomical object comprises acquiring a set of three-dimensional (3D) models representing a plurality of static states of the object throughout a cycle. A 4D correspondency estimation is performed on the set of 3D models to determine which points of the 3D models most likely correspond to each other, wherein the 4D correspondency estimation includes one or more of (i) defining a reference phase, (ii) performing vessel-oriented correspondency estimation, and (iii) post-processing of 4D motion data. The method further comprises automatic 3D modeling with a front propagation algorithm.

Abstract: An AC electrically coupled FET device (301) is disclosed with a coupling capacitor (302) disposed for receiving a digital input signal having transitions and for AC coupling this input signal to the gate terminal of the FET device (301). A reference bias circuit (306) is provided for providing a first bias voltage (403b) that is above a threshold voltage of the FET device (301) and a second bias voltage (403a), where the first and second bias voltage (403b, 403a) are higher than rail to rail supply voltages. Switching circuitry (304, 305) is electrically coupled with the gate terminal of the FET device (301) for one of coupling of the first bias voltage (403b) and uncoupling of the second bias voltage (403a) and coupling of the second bias voltage (403a) and uncoupling of the first bias voltage (403b) in response to the transitions in the digital input signal.