Abstract: A calibration method for determining angles between an image acquisition module reference frame and an accelerometer reference frame of a portable electronic device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for extracting carbonylated compounds from a drink by liquid-solid extraction with a functionalized inert support containing nitrogenous nucleophilic functional groups. Advantageously, according to the present invention, the drink is wine or fruit juice. The process according to the present invention is advantageously applied to the reduction of the sulphur dioxide combination capacity of a drink such as wine.

Abstract: The concentrator couples a plurality of digital and analog sources to an audio/video reader system suitable for reading one of the sources. Each available source is associated with a source identifier and an activated or deactivated state flag, as a result of the user taking action on a source. A register (42) contains an identifier of the current source being read, and a multiple-level LIFO stack (44) stores an ordered list of identifiers of other sources on standby waiting to be read. When a new source is activated, automatic means replace the content of the register with the identifier of the new source so as to substitute the new source for the current source in order to enable it to be read by the system, and concurrently said automatic means add the identifier of the current source to the stack. The inverse operation is performed when the current source is deactivated, with the most recent source contained in the stack being substituted for the current source so as to enable it to be read by the system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to coating compositions for metallic devices, especially for aircrafts, to provide protection against corrosion. The coating composition comprises ceramic particles having at least one active material substantially homogeneously distributed throughout each particle. The active material being releasable in the presence of a liquid by solubilization into the liquid.

Abstract: The system comprises a master device (10) and at least one slave device (20). Each device has wireless transceiver and interface means (12, 22), a digital signal processor (14, 24), and a clock (16, 26). The master device transmits signals at a rate defined by its clock (16). The slave device has means for determining the frequency offset between the clocks and for correcting accordingly the rate at which signals are delivered internally to its processor. At the slave end, the frequency of the external clock(s) (26) is controllable about its nominal value, and means are provided for extracting a frequency offset value from a register (50) and for responding thereto by adjusting the frequency of the second clock in the direction tending to minimize the offset.

Abstract: The concentrator couples a plurality of digital and analog sources to an audio/video reader system suitable for reading one of the sources. Each available source is associated with a source identifier and an activated or deactivated state flag, as a result of the user taking action on a source. A register (42) contains an identifier of the current source being read, and a multiple-level LIFO stack (44) stores an ordered list of identifiers of other sources on standby waiting to be read. When a new source is activated, automatic means replace the content of the register with the identifier of the new source so as to substitute the new source for the current source in order to enable it to be read by the system, and concurrently said automatic means add the identifier of the current source to the stack. The inverse operation is performed when the current source is deactivated, with the most recent source contained in the stack being substituted for the current source so as to enable it to be read by the system.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for extracting carbonylated compounds from a drink by liquid-solid extraction with a functionalized inert support containing nitrogenous nucleophilic functional groups. Advantageously, according to the present invention, the drink is wine or fruit juice. The process according to the present invention is advantageously applied to the reduction of the sulphur dioxide combination capacity of a drink such as wine.

Abstract: Controlled release ceramic particles, processes for their preparation, controlled release ceramic particles prepared by such processes, compositions comprising such controlled release ceramic particles and methods of using controlled release ceramic particles are described. In one form each of the controlled release ceramic particles has an active material(s) substantially homogeneously dispersed throughout the particles, wherein the active material(s) is capable of being released from said particles, and the active material(s) in said particles is substantially protected from degradation until release of the active material(s) from the particles.

Abstract: Controlled release ceramic particles, processes for their preparation, controlled release ceramic particles prepared by such processes, compositions comprising such controlled release ceramic particles and methods of using controlled release ceramic particles are described. In one form each of the controlled release ceramic particles has an active material(s) substantially homogeneously dispersed throughout the particles, wherein the active material(s) is capable of being released from said particles, and the active material(s) in said particles is substantially protected from degradation until release of the active material(s) from the particles.

Abstract: Controlled release ceramic particles, processes for their preparation, controlled release ceramic particles prepared by such processes, compositions comprising such controlled release ceramic particles and methods of using controlled release ceramic particles are described. In one form each of the controlled release ceramic particles has an active material(s) substantially homogeneously dispersed throughout the particles, wherein the active material(s) is capable of being released from said particles, and the active material(s) in said particles is substantially protected from degradation until release of the active material(s) from the particles.

Abstract: Controlled release ceramic particles, processes for their preparation, controlled release ceramic particles prepared by such processes, compositions comprising such controlled release ceramic particles and methods of using controlled release ceramic particles are described. In one form each of the controlled release ceramic particles has an active material(s) substantially homogeneously dispersed throughout the particles, wherein the active material(s) is capable of being released from said particles, and the active material(s) in said particles is substantially protected from degradation until release of the active material(s) from the particles.