Abstract: A system for sensing a position of a first member relative to a second member based on a radio frequency characteristic of a bias member is disclosed. The bias member may be configured to bias the second member relative to the first member. Radio frequency circuitry may be configured to apply a radio frequency signal to the bias member and provide one or more signals indicative of a position of the first member relative to the second member based on a radio frequency characteristic of the bias member.

Abstract: A liquid level sensor system can include a container configured to hold a volume of a liquid and a monopole antenna arranged proximate the volume of the liquid. A radiofrequency circuit may be configured to apply a radio frequency signal to the monopole antenna and provide one or more signals indicative of a level of the volume of the liquid within the container based on a radio frequency characteristic of the monopole antenna.

Abstract: A system for sensing a position of a first member relative to a second member based on a radio frequency characteristic of a bias member is disclosed. The bias member may be configured to bias the second member relative to the first member. Radio frequency circuitry may be configured to apply a radio frequency signal to the bias member and provide one or more signals indicative of a position of the first member relative to the second member based on a radio frequency characteristic of the bias member.

Abstract: A liquid level sensor system can include a container configured to hold a volume of a liquid and a monopole antenna arranged proximate the volume of the liquid. A radiofrequency circuit may be configured to apply a radio frequency signal to the monopole antenna and provide one or more signals indicative of a level of the volume of the liquid within the container based on a radio frequency characteristic of the monopole antenna.

Abstract: A system for sensing a position of a first member relative to a second member based on a radio frequency characteristic of a bias member is disclosed. The bias member may be configured to bias the second member relative to the first member. Radio frequency circuitry may be configured to apply a radio frequency signal to the bias member and provide one or more signals indicative of a position of the first member relative to the second member based on a radio frequency characteristic of the bias member.

Abstract: The decoder receives a bit stream representative of an audio signal, with a flag indicating any missing frames. For each frame, an excitation signal is formed from excitation parameters recovered in the bit stream if the frame is valid and estimated otherwise if the frame is missing, and the excitation signal is filtered by means of a synthesis filter to obtain a decoded audio signal. A linear prediction analysis is performed on the basis of the decoded audio signal obtained up to the preceding frame to estimate at least in part a synthesis filter relating to the current frame, whereby the successive synthesis filters used to filter the excitation signal, as long as there is no missing frame, conform to the estimated synthesis filters.

Abstract: A method and device for encoding a digital audio-signal divided into a succession of blocks according to a LPC “forward” and “backward” analysis respectively under a choice criterion. For coding each current block, the choice criterion is established by defining the degree of stationarity of the digital audio-signal according to a stationarity parameter belonging to a maximum and a minimum stationarity range value. An analysis choice value is established from a decision function and this stationarity parameter and thus applied to the digital audio-signal to have this audio digital signal encoded by “backward” LPC filtering for stationary zones. The “forward” and “backward” filtering mode are thus performed in relation to the degree of stationarity of the audio digital signal, the amount of switching from one to the other filtering modes being thus limited.

Abstract: In an analysis-by-synthesis speech coder employing a short-term perceptual weighting filter with transfer function W(z)=A(z/.gamma..sub.1)/A(z/.gamma..sub.2), the values of the spectral expansion coefficients .gamma..sub.1 and .gamma..sub.2 are adapted dynamically on the basis of spectral parameters obtained during short-term linear prediction analysis. The spectral parameters serving in this adaptation may in particular comprise parameters representative of the overall slope of the spectrum of the speech signal, and parameters representative of the resonant character of the short-term synthesis filter.

Abstract: A hitch for a horse-drawn vehicle, which includes a single shaft (2) passing over a horse's back and connected at its front end to a harness (5, 6, 7) via a traction cradle (4) on which the single shaft (2) is rotatably mounted, and at its rear end to a horse-drawn vehicle (3). The cradle (4) comprises two arcuate frame members (9, 10) interconnected at their bottom ends for connection with a collar (5) to the harness and diverging progressively from each other to reach a maximum separation vertically above the horse's withers. An element (11) integral with the single shaft (2) is rotatably mounted on a member (12) interconnecting the two frame members (9, 10) at their point of maximum separation. The cradle rests on the horse's back via two pads (15, 16) swivel-mounted on the rear frame member (10) and situated on either side of the midline of the horse's back. The single shaft (2) carried by the cradle (4) is connected to a wheeled vehicle (3) via a shock absorber suspension.