Abstract: The invention relates to the use of measurement system for evaluating a swallowing process, preferably a closure of the airway during the swallowing process and/or an aspiration. The measurement system can be used for supporting therapy in case of swallowing disorders and/or for diagnosing changes in swallowing sequence.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for picking up particles from the surface of a water system, in particular particles of dirt, with a float (1), in which a particle separation chamber (8) is formed, into which particle-containing water can flow via an inflow opening (7), and out of which water at least partially freed from the particles can flow via an outflow opening (9), wherein the inflow opening (7) is provided with an inflow flap means and the outflow opening (9) is provided with an outflow flap means for opening and closing of the opening (9).

Abstract: A method and system of analyzing a network to identify a network defect allows user selection of traffic subset to be recorded. After recording the selected traffic subset of the network traffic during network operation, the recorded traffic is then replayed at least in part to the network to replicate, and thus assist in identifying, the network defect.

Abstract: A method is provided for making an electrical connection with a microelectronic component arranged on or embedded within a surface of a circuit board layer or a substrate. The microelectronic component has an electrical contact face that is accessible on a surface of the microelectronic component. An electrically conducting bump is applied to the electrical contact face of the microelectronic component. A metal foil or metal coat is applied via a coating of an insulating binder to the surface of the circuit board under an action of pressure and/or heat so that the electrically conducting bump penetrates the coating of the insulating binder to make the electrical connection between the metal foil or metal coat and the electrical contact face.

Abstract: A method for generating a wire bond between a wire and an electrical contact member is provided. The method comprising the steps of: pressing a first surface of a portion of the wire against a second surface of the electrical contact member with a first force while vibrating the portion of the wire along the second surface in order to generate a bond; measuring the time dependent vibration amplitude of the portion of the wire at a number of discrete time steps during the generation of the bond; measuring the time dependent deformation of said portion of the wire due to said applied first force and said vibration at a number of discrete time steps during the generation of the bond; and generating a time dependent first signal from at least said vibration amplitude and said deformation at a number of discrete time steps during the generation of the bond that is a direct measure of the stability of the bond at the respective time step.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an around device interaction module configured to interact with a user of the electronic device. The around device interaction module includes a magnetic sensor operable to measure a magnetic field strength of a magnetic element and a control unit configured to control the electronic device based on a movement of the magnetic element while the magnetic sensor measures the magnetic field strength of the magnetic element.

Abstract: A method of processing at least one multimedia document includes determining at least one segment of the document. At least one type of permission is assigned to the at least one segment. The at least one type of permission is made available for a later use when processing the document.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for influencing a selecting a “type and form of a circuit implementation” in at least one layer (L1,L2) in a given integration task for an integrated circuit or many thereof aggregated in a wafer composite, a module on a 2-dimensional carrier substrate, or a compact module. A plurality of electric or electronic components is spatially arranged and electrically conductively to be connected. To this end a plurality of completed solutions x (5;5a,5b) are stored and available in a database (10), and each of the completed solutions includes a set of properties, wherein each set includes at least one of the following properties for the given integration task: a technology for integration, a package or installation size, a number of layers (physical layers) for conductors or line in a vertical direction and a line length or conductor length.

Abstract: The invention relates to a methods for producing an autostereoscopic display, that shows at least one object. An illustrative method in accordance with the invention comprises, with the help of a radiation image design in a virtual optical imaging system, comprising at least one object, an imaging lens that is disposed opposite the at least one object and images said object as an object image in an image plane, and a recording device recording the object image in the image plane, producing image data for a parallax panoramagram of the object image in the recording device, producing an image corresponding to the image data for the parallax panoramagram and producing an autostereoscopic display by disposing a transparent planar arrangement of imaging elements that corresponds to the imaging lens upstream of the parallax panoramagram.

Abstract: A method for organizing an architecture of access points in a distributed wireless network includes measuring interference between the access points, assigning radiofrequency channels to the access points based on the measured interference and creating distributed antenna groups of multiple access points operating on a same radio frequency channel. A distributed wireless network includes a plurality of access points and a central controller connected to the access points via a common backbone, the central controller being configured to assign radio frequency channels to the access points according to the method.

Abstract: A method for detecting airplane flight events using at least one acceleration sensor associated with a mobile communication device includes obtaining at least one acceleration signal from the at least one acceleration sensor; pre-processing the obtained at least one acceleration signal to remove redundant information present in the at least one acceleration signal; performing a feature extraction on the pre-processed at least one acceleration signal; and classifying airplane flight events based on an acceleration pattern represented by the extracted acceleration features.

Abstract: A method for the decentralized distribution of digital content via a network includes providing content with a tag configured to allow at least one of an operator of a download portal and a content provider to track distribution of the content so as to collect data about a number of downloads of the content and about distributors of the content. A distributor downloads the content via the download portal and selects a content consumer for further distribution of the content. The content consumer receives the content and, at least in the case of a first-time utilization of the content by the content consumer, transmits information from the tag about utilization of the content to a server specified by the tag. At least one of the operator of the download portal and the content provider receives the information from the tag about the utilization of the content from the server.

Abstract: The invention relates, among other things, to a memory cell for storing at least one piece of bit data. Said memory cell comprises at least two electrical terminals and a semiconductor structure with a band curve (EL) that has at least one potential well. The charged state of the potential well with charge carries can be increased by applying a supply voltage (Us=Uspeis) to the two terminals, can be reduced by applying a discharge voltage (Us=Usperr), and can be maintained by applying a maintaining voltage (Us=Ubei), the respective charged state of the potential well defining the piece of bit data of the memory cell. According to the invention, the semiconductor structure has a space charge region (Wn) while the potential well is formed by a semiconductor heterostructure.

Abstract: In a method for the production of a single photon source with a given operational performance, the given operational performance for the individual photon source may be fixed by a directed setting of the fine structure gap of the excitonic energy level for at least one quantum dot. The at least one quantum dot is produced with a quantum dot size corresponding to the fine structure gap for setting.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for producing a hologram in an optical medium, particularly for storing data in the optical medium. In the method, the hologram is produced in the optical medium using laser beams, wherein the laser beams are formed from a laser beam emitted by a free-running semiconductor laser, are directed onto the optical medium, optionally contradirectionally, and at least partially spatially overlap in the optical medium. For producing holograms using inexpensive components with a high contrast, the invention provides for arranging the reflection unit (15) such that the optical path length (?x) between the focus of the laser beam in the storage medium (10) and the reflecting surface of the reflection unit (15) satisfies the condition ?x=0.5*?s*a in the region of the optical axis, wherein a is a natural number greater than or equal to 1 and ?s is a distance between neighboring coherence centers of the laser beam produced by the semiconductor laser (16).

Abstract: A method for generating a wire bond between a wire and an electrical contact member is provided. The method comprising the steps of: pressing a first surface of a portion of the wire against a second surface of the electrical contact member with a first force while vibrating the portion of the wire along the second surface in order to generate a bond; measuring the time dependent vibration amplitude of the portion of the wire at a number of discrete time steps during the generation of the bond; measuring the time dependent deformation of said portion of the wire due to said applied first force and said vibration at a number of discrete time steps during the generation of the bond; and generating a time dependent first signal from at least said vibration amplitude and said deformation at a number of discrete time steps during the generation of the bond that is a direct measure of the stability of the bond at the respective time step.

Abstract: An information device for voice-operated support of a user includes a storage medium, a knowledge database, a processing unit, an input device, a recording component, a transcription component, and an ontological analysis component. A signal is detected by the input device and stored by the recording component via the processing unit in the storage medium. The signal is transformed into a corresponding text by the transcription component via the processing unit and stored in the storage medium. The ontological analysis component categorizes the text via the processing unit using the knowledge database and processes the text using the categorization and the knowledge database via the processing unit.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for estimating a quality of an audio-video signal includes calculating audio and video quality factors from audio and video technical characteristics. An audio-video quality factors interaction is computed from an interaction between the audio and video quality factors. At least one of an audio quality, a video quality and an audio-visual quality is computed using the audio and video quality factors and the audio-video quality factors interaction.

Abstract: An optoelectronic data transmission device has an active section with an active element that generates an optical gain if a forward bias is applied, and an absorption section. A waveguide incorporates the active section and the absorption section. Mirrors providing feedback for light are placed to frame the waveguide. The device can be operated in a pulsed regime emitting pulsed laser light. An additional modulator allows modulating its refractive index due to the electrooptic effect. A device providing for the modulation of the refractive index of the modulator. The refractive index of the additional modulator can be varied such that the repetition frequency of the output pulsed laser light is varied. The waveguide further incorporates the additional modulator.

Abstract: A method for controlling Internet access of a mobile device by using a communication system having a number of access points includes the steps of performing a certificate-based authentication between an authentication access point and a mobile device seeking access to the Internet; transmitting a certificate from the mobile device to the authentication access point; verifying the certificate by the authentication access point; determining whether the authenticating mobile device's certificate has been revoked prior to the expiration of its lifetime; and granting the authenticating mobile device access to the Internet, if the certificate has been verified successfully and not revoked prior to the expiration of its lifetime.