Abstract: The portable sound recorder (1) according to the invention comprises A) a plurality of microphones (1A-F) arranged for picking up voices or sounds from an external environment; B) a protective outer shell (10) that encloses: B.1) a logic unit (2) programmed or in any case arranged for processing the electrical or opto-electronic signals emitted by the plurality of microphones improving the quality of the sounds recorded; B.2) a mass memory (4) arranged for memorising and store/conserve the sounds picked up by the plurality of microphones; B.3) an electric power supply (6) that supplies the logic unit and the mass memory; and where the plurality of microphones comprises at least two microphones of the Micro-ElectroMechanical System (MEMS) type.

Abstract: The portable sound recorder (1) according to the invention comprises A) a plurality of microphones (1A-F) arranged for picking up voices or sounds from an external environment; B) a protective outer shell (10) that encloses: B.1) a logic unit (2) programmed or in any case arranged for processing the electrical or opto-electronic signals emitted by the plurality of microphones improving the quality of the sounds recorded; B.2) a mass memory (4) arranged for memorising and store/conserve the sounds picked up by the plurality of microphones; B.3) an electric power supply (6) that supplies the logic unit and the mass memory; and where the plurality of microphones comprises at least three microphones of the Micro-ElectroMechanical System (MEMS) type.

Abstract: The portable sound recorder (1) according to the invention comprises A) a plurality of microphones (1A-F) arranged for picking up voices or sounds from an external environment; B) a protective outer shell (10) that encloses: B.1) a logic unit (2) programmed or in any case arranged for processing the electrical or opto-electronic signals emitted by the plurality of microphones improving the quality of the sounds recorded; B.2) a mass memory (4) arranged for memorising and store/conserve the sounds picked up by the plurality of microphones; B.3) an electric power supply (6) that supplies the logic unit and the mass memory; and where the plurality of microphones comprises at least three microphones of the Micro-ElectroMechanical System (MEMS) type.

Abstract: Clothes washing or drying machine comprising: means for setting and controlling the operating cycle of the machine, response and user information means, means for processing the commands received from said control and setting means. The control and setting means comprise: selection devices associated to specific control variables that can be selected independently from a plurality of different states, and said response means comprise a plurality of user-information display devices, each one of which is adapted to take a respective multiplicity of states, to each one of which there corresponds a particular combination of the states taken by said control variables. Each combination of said plurality of distinct states of said control variables is associated to a pre-determined set of instructions and programmes residing in said data storage means and adapted to act on respective operating devices of the machine.

Abstract: A device for inspecting the heat insulation of household appliances, more particularly refrigerators, includes a traditional thermographic apparatus for detecting the thermographic images of the insulation by use of the exothermic reaction produced during foaming of the insulation and a control and processing unit, known per se, connected to the thermographic apparatus, possibly to a monitor, and to an input unit. The control and processing unit contains coded data corresponding to the conditions under which the heat insulation is properly produced, such data being compared with that produced by the thermographic apparatus and corresponding to the effective condition of the heat insulation of each applicance produced. Depending on this comparison, the unit proceeds to control the forward movement of a conveyor device so as to enable the appliances to be assembled, repaired or replaced.