Abstract: A microswitch comprises a deformable membrane including two substantially parallel flexure arms, attached to a substrate via at least one end thereof and comprising thermal actuating means. An elongated contact arm, substantially parallel with the flexure arms, is arranged therebetween and attached thereto at the high deformation areas thereof. The contact arm moves in a direction substantially parallel to the substrate upon actuation of the microswitch, and comprises electrostatic holding electrodes and a conducting pad.

Abstract: The invention involves a surface type MEMS sensor, characterized by that fact that it has: a) a first zone in semi-conductor material, called thick zone, which has a first thickness forming at least one mobile mass, b) a second zone in semi-conductor material, forming at least a pivot link for the mobile mass in relation to a substrate, with the axis of the pivot link running parallel to the substrate plane, c) a third one, called thin zone, with a lesser thickness than that of the second zone forming at least a suspended type strain gauge for the detection of the movement of the mobile mass around the axis of the pivot link and with this third area: extending in a plane parallel to the substrate plane which does not contain the axis of the pivot link, extending in a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis of the pivot link, being linked to the mobile mass on one side and to the substrate on the other.

Abstract: The invention concerns a gyrometer-type device, comprised in a substrate (2, 50), and characterized in that it includes: at least one mass (3, 3?, 31, 32, 33) defining, idle, a plane, arranged at a distance from an axis (Z, H, H?) of rotation contained in this plane, this mass being able to be caused to vibrate in this plane, perpendicular to the axis of rotation (Z), at least two connecting arms to connect said mass to said axis of rotation; means forming, for at least one of the arms, at least one connection with the substrate for a rotation around said axis of rotation, at least one strain gauge, for detecting the rotational movement.

Abstract: To produce a structure of a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) in a hermetic cavity (38) of a microelectronic device (50), a prepared cover (30) and substrate (10) are bonded by means of silicon direct bonding (SDB). To optimise the preparation of surfaces by means of wet cleaning without impairing the properties of the MEMS (22), i.e. without causing adhesions, the MEMS structure (22) is not released during bonding, but attached to the base (12) by means of a sacrificial intermediate layer (16). Said layer is removed once bonding has been carried out by injecting HF vapour via a vent (40) opening into the cavity (38).

Abstract: A force measuring device has a rigid stem joined to an essentially flat deformable membrane. The membrane includes detectors for detecting a deformation of the membrane. A portion of the stem comes in contact with an element capable of being subjected to the action of a force. The stem has slots forming anchoring means for interacting with the element. The force measuring device is for use, in particular, in improving the transmission of loads to the deformable membrane.

Abstract: Processes for the preparation of 4-[[4-[[4-(2-cyanoethenyl)-2,6-dimethylphenyl]-amino]-2-pyrimidinyl]amino]benzonitrile of formula (I), a N-oxide, a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, a quaternary amine or a stereochemically isomeric form thereof are provided, said processes comprise: a) reacting 4-(2-cyanoethenyl)-2,6-dimethylbenzenamine with an intermediate of formula (III) in the presence of a suitable solvent; b) reacting an intermediate of formula (IV) with acrylonitrile in the presence of a suitable palladium catalyst, a suitable base and a suitable solvent; c) dehydrating the corresponding amide of the compound of formula (I).

Abstract: A visual summary of the image sequences is generated, displaying at least one image from a plurality of the image sequences. Colour correction is applied to a feature in one of the displayed images and images comprising at least one feature being close to the colour corrected feature according to a distance criterion are selected, displayed, and colour correction, based on the colour correction to the feature, is applied to the features in the selected images. An apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a processing method of a sequence of images comprising image points each of which is associated with a colour component. The method comprises a processing step of at least one image of the sequence from reference images, the processing step being adapted to reduce the flicker effects. According to the invention, the reference images are selected according to the following stages: calculate, for at least one image part of each of the images of the sequence, the mean value of the colour component, the mean value being associated with the image, and a first selection step to select from the mean values a first series of reference images forming a subset of the sequence.

Abstract: The microcavity is delineated by a cover, comprising a first layer, in which at least one hole is formed. A second layer hermetically seals the microcavity. A third layer is arranged between the first and the second layer. An additional microcavity, communicating with the hole, is arranged between the first and the third layer. At least one additional hole, adjacent to the additional microcavity, formed in the third layer and offset with respect to the hole, is sealed by the second layer, after sacrificial layers have been removed through the additional hole. The microcomponent includes at least one mechanically stressed layer arranged above the first layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a MEMS/NEMS structure from a substrate made in a monocrystalline semiconductor material, the structure comprising a flexible mechanical element connected to the substrate by at least one anchoring zone, the method comprising the following steps: the formation of a protection layer on one face of the substrate, the protection layer being made in a monocrystalline material different from the material of the substrate, etching of the protection layer and the substrate in order to produce at least one cavity, the etching being done so as to leave an overhang made in the material of the protection layer on the edges of the cavity, filling in of the cavity with an electrically insulating material in order to obtain an insulating anchoring portion, epitaxy of a semiconductor material from the protection layer and the electrically insulating material in order to obtain a layer designed to produce the flexible mechanical element, liberation of the flexible mechanical

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of fabricating an electromechanical structure presenting a first substrate (1) including at least one layer (1?) of monocrystalline material covered in a sacrificial layer (2) that presents a free surface, the structure presenting at least one mechanical reinforcing pillar received in said sacrificial layer, the method being characterized in that it comprises: a) making at least one well region (51, 52) in the sacrificial layer (2) by etching, at least in the entire thickness of the sacrificial layer (2), the well region defining at least one said mechanical pillar; b) depositing a first functionalization layer (4, 31) of a first material, relative to which the sacrificial layer is suitable for being etched selectively, the functionalization layer (4) filling at least one well region (51) at least partially and covering the free surface of the sacrificial layer (2) at least around the well region(s); and b?) depositing a filler layer (6, 32) of a second material different

Abstract: The microcavity is delineated by a cover which is formed on a sacrificial layer and in which at least one hole is formed for removal of the sacrificial layer. A plug covers the hole and part of the cover along the periphery of the hole. The plug is made from a material that can undergo creep deformation and can be a polymerized material, in particular selected from photoresists and polyimide, or glass, in particular selected from phosphosilicate glasses. A sealing layer is deposited on the plug and the cover such as to seal the microcavity hermetically. The hole has, for example, a dimension of less than 5 micrometers and is preferably arranged on the highest part of the microcavity. The plug can have a thickness of between 2 and 6 micrometers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of water diffusion imaging in magnetic resonance imaging in an area of diagnostic interest, characterized in that it comprises, in combination, the administration of a contrast product capable of generating a signal specifically in its specific location area, said location area being included in said area of interest, the application of a water diffusion imaging sequence to the whole area of interest, and the reading of the images in the area of interest, the specific signal due to the contrast product significantly and specifically modifying the signal in the specific location area relative to the signal of the whole area of interest.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I): to the process for preparing them, and to the use thereof as a therapeutic agent.

Abstract: The present patent application concerns new compounds of formula (I): displaying agonistic activity at sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) receptors, their process of preparation and their use as immunosuppressive agents.

Abstract: The invention relates to accelerometer structures micro-machined according to micro-electronics technologies. The accelerometer according to the invention comprises a substrate, an elastically deformable thin-layer membrane suspended above the substrate and secured to the substrate at its periphery, a proof mass suspended above the membrane and linked to the latter by a central stud, and capacitive interdigitated combs distributed about the mass, having movable plates secured to the mass and fixed plates secured to the substrate. The fixed plates and movable plates of the various combs are of differentiated heights to help in the discrimination of the upward and downward vertical accelerations.

Abstract: A colour quality control device adapted for use in a system for colour correction of an image to be reproduced on at least one reproduction device that is calibrated by a reproduction forward transform. The system also comprises a colour correction device adapted to correct at least one colour in the image. The colour quality control device comprises a false contour detection unit that uses information from the reproduction forward transform to decide if a contour in the image is a false contour introduced by the transform. This facilitates the operator's work during colour correction. A system and a method are also provided.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved process for preparing the glycine transport 1 (GlyT1) inhibitor (Z)-N-(1-(4-(2-furyl)phenyl)-1-(3-thienyl-prop-1-en-3-yl) sarcosine via the novel intermediate (Z)-3-(4-(2-furyl)phenyl)-3-(3-thienyl)-prop-2-en-1-ol and the preparation of the latter.

Abstract: A suspended film bulk acoustic micro-resonator that includes a beam made of a piezoelectric material fixed to a support and sandwiched between excitation electrodes. The resonator also includes a mechanism modifying limiting conditions of the resonator composed of the excited beam to modify the micro-resonator resonant frequency.

Abstract: An example method for coordinate system identification that includes obtaining an attribute and a spatial entity of a region and identifying a number of information repositories using a business rule, the business rule identified using the attribute. The method further includes accessing the number of information repositories to identify a number of coordinate systems, each of the number of coordinate systems defined for the spatial entity. The method further includes selecting one of the number of coordinate systems, transforming spatial data for the region based on the one of the number of coordinate systems to generate a map, and displaying the map including the spatial data.