Abstract: The device makes it possible to count series of products that are not very thick, stacked side by side, in a determined direction in a retention mechanism. The device includes a lighting mechanism producing one or more light beams covering the whole length of the stack, a detection mechanism with photosensitive elements and including an optical device, making it possible to focus light rays reflected by the stack, a processing mechanism receiving signals originating from the detection circuit, extracting light levels from these signals in correlation with a dimension of stack thickness expressed in pixels, and computing the number of products by determining the repetition of a pattern representative of a product in a noise-free signal resulting from a conversion of the signals received. A Fourier transform is respectively applied to correlation and bicorrelation functions of the signal in order to find a periodic pattern representative of a product if necessary to the nearest phase shift.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a high speed machine for personalizing portable objects, incorporating an integrated circuit comprising at least one memory, the machine comprising a transfer device (3) for the portable objects to be personalized and a compact rotating drum (20) containing a plurality of interface electronic circuits, called couplers, each of these couplers being connected to at least one personalization station (22i) comprising at least one linking device with the integrated circuit of a portable object, characterized firstly in that each of these couplers is removably mounted so that it can be adapted to the type of programming used for the personalization data, and secondly in that the personalization stations (22i) are also removable for their adaptation to the type of portable objects (4) to be personalized and/or to the couplers used, the rotating drum (20) comprising grooved sections containing a plurality of grooves for latching of the personalization stations (22i).

Abstract: The invention concerns a device for counting series of thin products (2), stacked side by side, and includes a means of illuminating the stack (5) producing one or more light beams covering the whole length of the stack (5), —a detection resource with a detection circuit, including a multiplicity of photosensitive elements, an optical device, associated with the detection circuit, that can be used to focus light rays reflected by the stack (5), —storage resources a separating element (1) included in the stack (5) between two adjacent series of thin products (2), where each separating element (1) has a mark placed on one part of one of its edges where a part of the marking is illuminated by a lighting resource and visible to the detection resource; —processing resources receiving signals coming from the detection circuit and arranged so as to distinguish the visual limit of the thin products (2) as well as the mark on the separating element (1).

Abstract: A laser marking machine for objects, namely supports or cards carrying integrated circuits, has a laser chamber having two marking locations for receiving the objects to be marked on at least one face by at least one laser marker having optics for deflecting the laser beam onto one of the marking locations. A transfer device has a transfer path for transporting the objects to be marked or already marked, respectively, to or out of the laser chamber.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a high-speed personalization machine comprising a personalization station for personalizable documents and a computer system, the machine being characterized in that a personalizable document comprises information, whether visible or not corresponding to an identification, an electronic chip and contactless communication means of transmitting/receiving antenna type connected to the electronic chip, the electronic chip and the communication means being incorporated in the document, and in that the personalization machine comprises a reading device to read the document identifier, this identifier being associated with data memorized in a database of the computer system, at least some of this data to be recorded by the personalization machine into the electronic chip of the document.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an adapting element (1) for at least one programmable electronic holder (2) to be personalized, having a size larger than that of all programmable electronic holders to be personalized and meeting the size accepted by a personalization machine, the adapting element (1) being characterized in that it is provided with a housing (101) of adapted size and shape to house and maintain at least one programmable electronic holder (2), and in that it comprises first communication means (103) enabling it to receive personalization data via contact or contactless link, from a personalization device of a personalization machine, and second communication means (102, 104) enabling it to transmit said personalization data to the programmable electronic holder via contact or contactless link. The present invention also concerns the use of the adapting element (1) in a multipurpose personalization device for programmable electronic holders.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft navigation aid method. It comprises the following steps of defining an area to be sensed to the right and to the left of a first hypothetical path of the aircraft, sensing, for each of the two areas to be sensed to the right and to the left, a corresponding predefined underlying relief, in order to identify dangerous sub-zones to the right and/or to the left, computing, for each of the dangerous sub-zones to the right and/or to the left, a time ?T remaining to begin an avoidance maneuver before a point of no return, and determining for the dangerous sub-zones to the right a minimum ?T denoted ?T right and/or for the dangerous sub-zones to the left a minimum ?T denoted ?T left, establishing a navigation aid from ?T right and/or ?T left.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an adapting element (1) for at least one programmable electronic holder (2) to be personalized, having surface size larger than that of all programmable electronic holder to be personalized and meeting size accepted by the personalization machine, wherein the adapting element (1) is provided with a housing (101) of suitable size and shape to house and maintain at least one programmable electronic holder (2), so that contact or contactless communication means (203–204) of programmable electronic holder (2) are respectively positioned opposite or close to respective contact or contactless communication means of the personalization machine (3).

Abstract: A laser marking machine for objects, namely supports or cards carrying integrated circuits, has a laser chamber having two marking locations for receiving the objects to be marked on at least one face by at least one laser marker having optics for deflecting the laser beam onto one of the marking locations. A transfer device has a transfer path for transporting the objects to be marked or already marked, respectively, to or out of the laser chamber.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for counting thin products (1) that can be stacked side-by-side in a tray (2), characterized in that it comprises at least one counting station comprised of at least one CIS module (31, 32, 33), whose overall length is at least equal to the length of the tray (2) and means for performing multiple scans in a direction transverse to the tray (2), each CIS module (31, 32, 33) comprising at least means for longitudinally illuminating the products (1) and at least one CIS circuit comprised of a plurality of photosensitive elements connected to at least one printed circuit, the counting device also comprises means for detecting the positioning of the tray (2), means for moving the tray in a direction perpendicular to the light beam, means for storing the signals representative of the data of the light beam reflected by the products (1), and means for processing said data for determining the number of products.

Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft navigation aid method. It comprises the following steps of defining an area to be sensed to the right and to the left of a first hypothetical path of the aircraft, sensing, for each of the two areas to be sensed to the right and to the left, a corresponding predefined underlying relief, in order to identify dangerous sub-zones to the right and/or to the left, computing, for each of the dangerous sub-zones to the right and/or to the left, a time ?T remaining to begin an avoidance maneuver before a point of no return, and determining for the dangerous sub-zones to the right a minimum ?T denoted ?T right and/or for the dangerous sub-zones to the left a minimum ?T denoted ?T left, establishing a navigation aid from ?T right and/or ?T left.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a high-speed personalization machine comprising a personalization station (2) for personalizable documents (4) and a computer system (6), the machine being characterized in that a personalizable document comprises information, whether visible or not corresponding to an identification, an electronic chip and contactless communication means of transmitting/receiving antenna type connected to the electronic chip, the electronic chip and the communication means being incorporated in the document, and in that the personalization machine comprises a reading device (5) to read the document identifier, this identifier being associated with data memorized in a database (60) of the computer system (6), at least some of this data to be recorded by the personalization machine into the electronic chip of the document.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an adapting element (1) for at least one programmable electronic holder (2) to be personalized, having surface size larger than that of all programmable electronic holder to be personalized and meeting size accepted by the personalization machine, wherein the adapting element (1) is provided with a housing (101) of suitable size and shape to house and maintain at least one programmable electronic holder (2), so that contact or contactless communication means (203-204) of programmable electronic holder (2) are respectively positioned opposite or close to respective contact or contactless communication means of the personalization machine (3).

Abstract: The present invention concerns an adapting element (1) for at least one programmable electronic holder (2) to be personalized, having a size larger than that of all programmable electronic holders to be personalized and meeting the size accepted by a personalization machine, the adapting element (1) being characterized in that it is provided with a housing (101) of adapted size and shape to house and maintain at least one programmable electronic holder (2), and in that it comprises first communication means (103) enabling it to receive personalization data via contact or contactless link, from a personalization device of a personalization machine, and second communication means (102, 104) enabling it to transmit said personalization data to the programmable electronic holder via contact or contactless link. The present invention also concerns the use of the adapting element (1) in a multipurpose personalization device for programmable electronic holders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for counting thin products (1) that can be stacked side-by-side in a tray (2), characterized in that it comprises at least one counting station comprised of at least one CIS module (31, 32, 33), whose overall length is at least equal to the length of the tray (2) and means for performing multiple scans in a direction transverse to the tray (2), each CIS module (31, 32, 33) comprising at least means for longitudinally illuminating the products (1) and at least one CIS circuit comprised of a plurality of photosensitive elements connected to at least one printed circuit, the counting device also comprises means for detecting the positioning of the tray (2), means for moving the tray in a direction perpendicular to the light beam, means for storing the signals representative of the data of the light beam reflected by the products (1), and means for processing said data for determining the number of products.