Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for predicting a failure in the rotation of the rotor of a vacuum pump, comprising the following steps: sequences of events related to the change over time of the vacuum pump functional signals are recorded (101), a match is sought between at least one sequence of events and at least one pre-established association rule precursory pattern of a vacuum pump behavior model within the recorded sequences of events, said pre-established association rule's precursory patterns involving a failure in the rotor rotation (102), and a time prediction window is deduced during which a failure in the rotor rotation will occur in a vacuum pump (103).

Abstract: The invention pertains to a method for predicting a failure in the rotation of the rotor of a vacuum pump, comprising the following steps: sequences of events related to the change over time of the vacuum pump functional signals are recorded (101), a match is sought between at least one sequence of events and at least one pre-established association rule precursory pattern of a vacuum pump behavior model within the recorded sequences of events, said pre-established association rule's precursory patterns involving a failure in the rotor rotation (102), and a time prediction window is deduced during which a failure in the rotor rotation will occur in a vacuum pump (103).

Abstract: The method for the inlaying of color video images consists on the one hand in generating a switching signal, or dividing key, applying a gain on the image points belonging to the contour of the subject to be inlaid, in proportion to the distance value (DIST) between the color of the point and that of the back-ground, and on the other hand in carrying out a mixing of the source image and a new background image which is a function of the value of the dividing key signal at the point in question and such that the values of the source signal and of the new background signal are fixed at constants over the width of the contour.