Abstract: The invention relates to a device (23) for actuating the locking mechanism of a lock, more particularly a furniture lock, said device comprised of a fixing unit (1) by means of which the device (23) can be fastened to a component, more particularly a door and/or window sash, at which the lock is also arranged, and comprised of a handle (27) which is pivoting mounted about a rotary axis at the fixing unit (1) and through the rotation of which the locking mechanism can be manually actuated, and comprised of a power transmission unit (8) which can be torque-proof coupled to the handle (27) to transmit the power applied on rotating the handle (27) to the locking mechanism, wherein the power transmission unit (8) is not coupled torque-proof to the handle (27) until a release code is entered and authenticated, and wherein the entry of the release code is effected by way of electronically picking-up at least one position of the handle (27) relative to the power transmission unit (8), and wherein the entry of the rel

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for securing a closed position of a closing element (12) arranged movably on a frame, the device comprising at least a bolt (14), which is arranged movably in the direction of action thereof along a bolt axis, and at least one groove (16), and having an actuating means (32) and a closing body (42). The invention proposes that the device (10) comprises an elongate securing element (26) which is arranged on the bolt (14), is movable along the bolt axis relative to the bolt (14) and has a cam (28), wherein the cam (28) at least partially engages in the groove (16). Furthermore, the device (10) according to the invention has a blocking device (48) which engages in the groove (16) in a locking position, as a result of which the freedom of movement of the bolt (14) is blocked.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for generating a currently valid one-time release code (1) for an electronic lock (9), which can be transitioned from the locked state thereof to the released state thereof by entering the currently valid one-time release code (1). In order to provide an electronic lock (9) having very high security against unauthorized actuation, according to the invention the currently valid one-time release code (1) is generated by encrypting the immediately previously valid one-time release code (5) by means of an encrypting algorithm (6), wherein the encryption takes place in consideration of an encrypting code (4) generated from an individual master code (2) that is entered and a key code (3) that is stored in the electronics of the lock (9).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device (23) for actuating the locking mechanism of a lock, more particularly a furniture lock, said device comprised of a fixing unit (1) by means of which the device (23) can be fastened to a component, more particularly a door and/or window sash, at which the lock is also arranged, and comprised of a handle (27) which is pivoting mounted about a rotary axis at the fixing unit (1) and through the rotation of which the locking mechanism can be manually actuated, and comprised of a power transmission unit (8) which can be torque-proof coupled to the handle (27) to transmit the power applied on rotating the handle (27) to the locking mechanism, wherein the power transmission unit (8) is not coupled torque-proof to the handle (27) until a release code is entered and authenticated, and wherein the entry of the release code is effected by way of electronically picking-up at least one position of the handle (27) relative to the power transmission unit (8), and wherein the entry of the rel

Abstract: Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are used for processing data having multiple possible values, for example, gray-scale values of pixels of an image. This is useful in scanning of digitally-coded image data to detect anomalies, for example defects in some of a series of manufactured products. The preferred processing apparatus has either one processing channel or multiple parallel processing channels. The apparatus samples or scans incoming signals to produce a matrix of scan values, selects subsets of the scan values to define samples, extracts at least one feature, such as mean image brightness (MM), activity (MA), gradient absolute value (MG) and/or gradient direction (MD) from each sample, uses the at least one feature as an address to retrieve, from a table, a corresponding probability-of-occurrence value, derives, from the probability-of-occurrence values of a plurality of the samples, a decision value, and compares the decision value with a predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: Disclosed is an alumina porcelain composition, suitable for use after firing to form electric insulators, comprising from about 40 to 65% by weight of calcined alumina, from about 15 to 40% by weight of plastic kaolinite-montmorillonite constituents, and from about 20 to 26% by weight of a flux combination which contains alkali-aluminum silicates and from about 0.1 to 5% by weight of one or more alkaline earth oxides, preferably in the form of alkaline earth compounds. The flux combination preferably comprises about 22 to 24% by weight of potassium-aluminum silicates and from about 0.2 to 2.5% by weight of barium oxide in the form of barium compounds, thus avoiding the disadvantages associated with the use of TiO.sub.2 and MnO.sub.2.