Abstract: A new and distinct variety of rose with long lasting, novel light pink flowers, and attractive foliage with good disease resistance. It exhibits compact and uniform growth with abundant flowers. The new variety propagates well from cuttings and by grafting. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation.

Abstract: Rosa L. rose plant that is bushy, disease resistant, with medium size, flat-shaped yellow flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct variety of cherry tree is described and which bears fruit which is ripe for harvesting and shipment under the ecological conditions prevailing in central Washington during the third week of August.

Abstract: A new and distinct Fragaria×ananasa Duch. plant is provided that is the product of a controlled breeding program that was carried out in Italy. Non-remontant bearing late in the season is exhibited. The new Strawberry plant abundantly forms attractive fruit that commonly is larger in size than that of the ‘Idea’ cultivar (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,982). Also, when compared to the ‘Idea’ cultivar, the new cultivar displays a more erect growth habit, is commonly more vigorous and more productive, forms larger flowers that commonly are borne in a more upright position, forms smaller achenes that are positioned below the fruit surface, and commonly forms longer fruiting trusts. The new cultivar is particularly well suited for the summer planting of cold storage frigo plants.

Abstract: A new and distinct Dischidia hybrida cultivar named ‘SUPHA08’ is disclosed, characterized by strong, durable green leaves, forming interesting, strongly convex shapes, appearing hollow. The new variety is a Dischidia hybrida, and naturally blooms continuously from Spring through Fall.

Abstract: A new and distinct Clematis cultivar named ‘RobloM’ is disclosed, characterized by having distinctive flower coloration, with an unusual white bar on a background of purple/pink. Additionally, the new variety characteristically blooms very early and has a very rapid growth habit. The new variety is a Clematis, normally produced as an outdoor garden or container plant.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Hydrangea macrophylla named ‘Lolly Pop’ that is characterized by its free-flowering habit and suitability as a cut flower, its well-developed mop-head type inflorescences with sterile flowers that are pink in color, held on sturdy pedicels, and resistant to sun scorch, high winds and rain and its very strong stems with sturdy leaves.

Abstract: A chrysanthemum plant named ‘Zanmuspen’ characterized by its medium sized blooms with white ray florets with a cream center and prolific branching; natural season flower date August 25–30 (week 35); blooming for a period of 5 weeks.

Abstract: A new and distinct lily plant substantially as shown and described, characterized by 1) stem thickness supported by flower crown (8 to 10 mm in diameter); (2) straight stems with even leaf distribution from bottom to top (more than 50 leaves per plant); (3) flower crown compact (around 36 cm); and flat with pericel lengths variable in length (1 to 8 cm); (4) flower sizes large (9-16 cm long 20-25 cm wide at open stage); (5) continuous blooms for two to four weeks; (6) coloration of leaves uniform from bottom to top; (7) height of plant around 40 cm; and (8) orange flowers.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Oglger9247’, characterized by its compact, upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely flowering habit; dark green-colored leaves; white-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Oglger11142’, characterized by its upright, outwardly spreading and mounded plant habit; freely branching habit; freely and early flowering habit; red purple-colored flowers with a red-colored central splash; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Tropical Dancer’, characterized by its broadly spreading foliage with upright flower scapes, widely-margined light yellow and green variegated foliage, violet-colored flowers that are positioned above the foliage on strong scapes, and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Hosta plant named ‘Little Treasure’, characterized by its broadly spreading foliage with upright flower scapes, widely-margined green and light yellow variegated foliage, violet-colored flowers that are positioned above the foliage on strong scapes, and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new distinct cultivar of Aster plant named ‘DASDEBI’, characterized by its upright and inverted conical plant habit; yellow-green and gray-green foliage; decorative, composite-type inflorescence with about 250 to 300 violet-blue-colored ray florets; and only about 10 to 20 disc florets per inflorescence which are white in color with yellow-orange tips (almost 100% filled capitulae).

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Osteospermum plant named ‘Dueticaberry’, characterized by its compact, upright and mounded plant habit; freely branching growth habit; freely flowering habit; and daisy-type inflorescences with elongated oblong-shaped ray florets that are greyed red and purple violet in color.

Abstract: A new and distinct Spathiphyllum cultivar named ‘MICKEY’ is disclosed, characterized by prolific spathe production, very compact plant growth, and bright white and white/green spathe color, without cream coloration. The new variety is commercially suitable for indoor plant production.

Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania×Vriesea hybrid cultivar named ‘Duraode’ is disclosed, characterized by a unique inflorescence shape and color.

Abstract: A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid plant named ‘ALTO’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 42 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, yellow-green color foliage, measuring about 25 to 40 cm in length and about 3.0 cm to 4.0 cm in width; superior floral bract production; bracts have a unique greyed-purple inflorescence (RHS 187B); head inflorescence, measuring from about 8 cm in height when flowering commences to about 15 cm in height at maturity, and about 8 cm in diameter; and long-lasting habit.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Caladium plant named ‘White Delight’, characterized by its intermediate plant habit; vigorous and dense growth habit; rapid growth rate; and strap-type leaves that are white to grey-green in color with white-colored main veins and dark green-colored borders.

Abstract: A new Epipremnum plant particularly distinguished by having small variegated leaves with three different colors, irregularly undulated rather than smooth leaf surfaces, and compact and dense growth habit, is disclosed.

Abstract: A new and distinct Nephrolepis cultivar named ‘Ariane’ is disclosed, characterized by distinctive dark green foliage, hard, persistent foliage with thick main veins, strong leaf stems, resistant to breakage, and an overall strong plant habit, making for a sturdy plant for shipping and indoor ornamental usage.

Abstract: A new and distinct cultivar of Zonal Geranium plant named ‘Fipelsumhotp’, characterized by its upright and somewhat outwardly spreading growth habit; rounded plant habit; freely basal branching habit; medium green-colored leaves with distinct zonation pattern; early and freely flowering habit; semi-double dark pink-colored flowers; and good garden performance.

Abstract: A new cultivar of Cordyline australis, ‘NORFIRE’, characterized by its plant habit that is dense and rounded and its numerous leaves that are short in length, narrow in width, and brown-purple in color.

Abstract: A device for closing an opening formed through the bodywork of a vehicle, the device comprising a fixed panel and a panel that constitutes a moving panel relative to the fixed panel, the moving panel being connected to the fixed panel by functional elements providing the required mobility, the functional elements being fitted to the face of the fixed panel that is directed towards the inside of the vehicle.

Abstract: The first object of the present invention is to provide a PDP with improved panel brightness which is achieved by improving the efficiency in conversion from discharge energy to visible rays. The second object of the present invention is to provide a PDP with improved panel life which is achieved by improving the protecting layer protecting the dielectrics glass layer. To achieve the first object, the present invention sets the amount of xenon in the discharge gas to the range of 10% by volume to less than 100% by volume, and sets the charging pressure for the discharge gas to the range of 500 to 760 Torr which is higher than conventional charging pressures. With such construction, the panel brightness increases. Also, to achieve the second object, the present invention has, on the surface of the dielectric glass layer, a protecting layer consisting of an alkaline earth oxide with (100)-face or (110)-face orientation.

Abstract: A CF8C type stainless steel alloy and articles formed therefrom containing about 18.0 weight percent to about 22.0 weight percent chromium and 11.0 weight percent to about 14.0 weight percent nickel; from about 0.05 weight percent to about 0.15 weight percent carbon; from about 2.0 weight percent to about 10.0 weight percent manganese; and from about 0.3 weight percent to about 1.5 weight percent niobium. The present alloys further include less than 0.15 weight percent sulfur which provides high temperature strength both in the matrix and at the grain boundaries without reducing ductility due to cracking along boundaries with continuous or nearly-continuous carbides. The disclosed alloys also have increased nitrogen solubility thereby enhancing strength at all temperatures because nitride precipitates or nitrogen porosity during casting are not observed.

Abstract: A tape gun is provided having a pistol-grip type handle supporting a tape dispensing roller upon which a roller of tape is mounted for rotatable dispensing. A tape pressure plate guides the dispensed tape into a package, with a guide roller mounted in the tape path between the dispensing roller and the pressure plate. The roller is made of or incorporates a magnetic material, such as a neodymium magnet or equivalent. The packaging tape itself incorporates a magnetically attractive material, such as iron dust or wires or other magnetic metal within or on the tape backing in a manner that comes in contact with the magnetic guide roller.

Abstract: An offset measuring mechanism and method used in a bonding apparatus, in which the object plane of a position detection camera is set on a hypothetical bonding working plane, and the image of imaging elements within the imaging plane is projected onto a bonding working plane. Furthermore, the tip end of a bonding tool is aligned with the bonding working plane. The object plane of the offset measuring camera is set on the bonding working plane, and the image on the bonding working plane is projected onto the imaging elements of the imaging plane of the offset measuring camera. The imaging elements detect the projected image of the imaging elements of the position detection camera or the image of the tip end of the bonding tool and output this data to the image position measuring part or tool position measuring section of the control block.

Abstract: An air filter for a well is installed within a well casing of the well. The air filter forming an airtight seal around the well casing of the well, such that all the air that enters and exits the well must pass through the air filter. The air filter preferably includes a filter housing, at least one removable gasket and a removable filter cartridge installed within an opening extending through the filter housing. The air filter prevents dirt, dust, bacteria, gaseous chemicals, volatile organic compounds, (VOCs), insects and other air born airborne contaminants from entering and possibly contaminating the well. An air filter may also be installed within a vent pipe extending through a well seal attached to the top of a well casing of a well.

Abstract: A cementing plug having a universal construction and improved wiping and extended wear characteristics. The cementing plug has a plug subassembly with a body member and an elastomeric jacket on the body member. The body member defines a central opening therethrough with a shoulder therein. To configure the plug as a bottom cementing plug, a shearable insert is positioned on the shoulder, and to configure the plug as a top cementing plug, a non-shearable insert is positioned on the shoulder. The shearable insert is one of a plurality of such inserts designed to shear at correspondingly different shear pressures. In a first embodiment, the shearable insert is a substantially flat disk having a uniform thickness, and in a second embodiment, the shearable insert has an outer ring portion and a relatively thin inner domed portion.

Abstract: A high voltage vertical conduction semiconductor device has a plurality of deep trenches or holes in a lightly doped body of one conductivity type. A diffusion of the other conductivity type is formed in the trench walls to a depth and a concentration which matches that of the body so that, under reverse blocking, both regions fully deplete. The elongated trench or hole is filled with a dielectric which may be a composite of nitride and oxide layers having a lateral dimension change matched to that of the silicon. The filler may also be a highly resistive SIPOS which permits leakage current flow from source to drain to ensure a uniform electric field distribution along the length of the trench during blocking.

Abstract: A lead frame (1) has a first portion (2) adapted to have a semiconductor device (10) mounted thereon and a second portion (3) including a main member (5), a number of first contact members (6) and a number of second contact members (7). The first and second contact members (6, 7) depend from the main member (5). The second portion (3) at least partially surrounds the first portion (6). The first contact members (6) extend form the main member (5) in a direction away for the first portion (2) and the second contact members (7) extend from the main member (5) in a direction towards the first portion (2).

Abstract: In a semiconductor device, re-wiring is provided on a circuit element formation region of a semiconductor substrate. A columnar electrode for connection with a circuit board is provided on the rewiring. A first insulating film is provided over the semiconductor substrate excluding a connection pad, and a ground potential layer connected to a ground potential is provided on an upper surface of the first insulating film. A re-wiring is provided over the ground potential layer with a second insulating film interposed. The ground potential layer serves as a barrier layer for preventing crosstalk between the re-wiring and circuit element formation region. A thin-film circuit element is provided on the second insulating film, and a second ground potential layer is provided as a second barrier layer over the thin-film circuit element with an insulating film interposed. Re-wiring is provided over the second ground potential layer.

Abstract: A crucible is formed of a cylindrical body member and a disk-shaped nozzle member fitted to the bottom portion of the body member, and the nozzle member is provided with a nozzle hole for discharging out a semiconductor molten solution dropwise therethrough. The semiconductor molten solution drops discharged out of the crucible through the nozzle hole are cooled and solidified during falling to become semiconductor grains. Silicon grains having high crystal quality can be manufactured at low cost.

Abstract: A paper-separating plate is adapted for a paper-separating mechanism having a paper-separating roller. The paper-separating plate placed around a side of the paper-separating roller comprises a main body and a cushion. The main body has a surface and a plurality of grooves and the grooves are positioned on the surface. The cushion is positioned on the surface of the main body and covers the grooves. The cushion positioned over the partial grooves is elastically pressed onto the paper-separating roller. The grooves, neighboring one another or each other, linearly extend in a direction substantially parallel with the axis of the paper-separating roller. Besides, the cushion is made of flexible material and the main body is made of rigid material.

Abstract: A docking adapter for reliably inserting and removing a memory storage device from a memory storage device bay includes a rack and a removable carrier. The rack has a pair of lateral rails for holding the carrier. The carrier slidably engages the rails to enable the carrier to slide into the rack. The carrier is adapted for holding a hard disk drive. The carrier has a face with cooling fans, a cantilever mounted on the face for engaging the rack and a cover with a cam. The cover is hinged to the face. The cover rotates from a closed position where the cover parallels the face to an open position where the cover opens, pressing the cam against the cantilever against the rack to smoothly extract the carrier from the rack.

Abstract: A conventional probe card is very complex in a support structure of probe terminals and it has been difficult to change an array of the probe terminals correspondingly to various arrays of electrode pads of an object to be checked. A contactor (1) of the present invention simultaneously sets its probe terminals in contact with a plurality of electrode pads of an object to be checked and electrical checking of the object is made once or a plurality of times. It has a plurality of first electrodes (3) arranged on a first substrate (silicon substrate) (2) and probe terminals (4) respectively provided on these electrodes (3). The probe terminal (4) has a conductive support (7) provided on the first electrode, elastic support plate (8) whose one end is fixed to the upper end of the conductive support column (7), and probe terminal (bump) 9 fixed to the free end portion of the elastic support plate (8).

Abstract: An interposer card used during qualification tests on integrated circuit packages is disclosed that eliminates the need for sockets and custom boards. The interposer card includes pads for mounting the I/Os of a test package; edge card connectors for connecting the interposer card directly to a test board and for performing bias testing on the test package; and pads for replicating the test package I/Os for connecting the interposer card to an automated electrical testing (ATE) system for performing ATE tests on the test package.

Abstract: Return-to-zero (RZ) formatted data is recovered and transmitted using non-return-to-zero (NRZ) devices. A NRZ clock and data recovery device (CDR) interprets the clock rate of a RZ formatted signal as twice its actual clock rate. Due to this interpretation, extra zeroes will be inserted in the data stream. The extra zeroes introduced by the NRZ interpretation of the data are discarded, and the interpreted clock rate is divided resulting in preserving the values of the original data stream of the RZ formatted signal. A NRZ encoded data stream at a specific clock rate is processed so that when the data stream is transmitted to a recipient expecting RZ formatted data, the recipient interprets the correct data.

Abstract: A bandpass sigma-delta modulator using acoustic resonators or micro-mechanical resonators. In order to improve resolution at high frequencies, acoustic resonators or micro-mechanical resonators are utilized in a sigma-delta modulator instead of electronic resonators. The quantized output is fed back using a pair of D/A converters to an input summation device. In fourth order devices, the feed back is to two summation devices in series. Such a sigma-delta modulator is usable in a software defined radio cellular telephone system and in other applications where high-frequency and high-resolution A/D conversion is required.

Abstract: An image sensor system using offset analog to digital converters. The analog to digital converters require a plurality of clock cycles to carry out the actual conversion. These conversions are offset in time from one another, so that at each clock cycle, new data is available. A system includes a CMOS active pixel image sensor having an array for photoreceptors to convert an image into an analog signal. The CMOS image sensor converts the analog signal into a digital signal using a pipelined analog to digital converter.

Abstract: A vertical gyroscope is adapted for use as a pointing device for controlling the position of a cursor on the display of a computer. A motor at the core of the gyroscope is suspended by two pairs of orthogonal gimbals from a hand-held controller device and nominally oriented with its spin axis vertical by a pendulous device. Electro-optical shaft angle encoders sense the orientation of a hand-held controller device as it is manipulated by a user and the resulting electrical output is converted into a format usable by a computer to control the movement of a cursor on the screen of the computer display. For additional ease of use, the bottom of the controller is rounded so that the controller can be pointing while sitting on a surface. A third input is provided by providing a horizontal gyroscope within the pointing device. The third rotational signal can be used to either rotate a displayed object or to display or simulate a third dimension.

Abstract: The present invention provides a variable capacity condenser having fewer components. A variable capacity condenser according to the present invention comprises a dielectric substance, two electrodes, and a flexible electrode. The dielectric substance has two end faces. The two electrodes are disposed on one end face of the dielectric substance. The flexible electrode faces the other end face of the dielectric substance. The flexible electrode is pressible by a pressing member to vary a distance between at least a portion of the flexible electrode and the other end face of the dielectric substance.

Abstract: An input video image having an arbitrary resolution is converted to another video image having a predetermined resolution of a display device to display the video image with the converted resolution. The frequencies of the synchronizing signals of the input video signal are measured, and then a resolution of an input video signal is determined from the measured frequencies of the synchronizing signals. The video image represented by the input video signal is expanded or contracted, so as to make the resolution of the input video signal coincident with a resolution of the display device. A resulting video image with the converted resolution is displayed on the display device.

Abstract: A host writes graphics commands and data to programmable registers through a command FIFO that is read by a graphics controller or BitBlt engine. Rather than write an address and a data value for each register programmed, the host writes one address, one index, and several data values. The address points to an index register. The index is a mapping index word with several multi-bit mapping fields. Each multi-bit mapping field in the index identifies a register to be programmed with one of the data values. Since N bits are used for each mapping field, the mapping field can select one register in a bank of 2N?1 registers. The registers in the bank can be programmed in any order, and registers can be skipped. Since only one index is stored in the command FIFO for programming several registers, less memory space and fewer bus cycles are required.

Abstract: An electronic camera captures images representing a variety of subjects and categorizes the image according to subject matter. The camera comprises an image sensor for capturing an image, a converter stage for converting the image into digital image data, and a memory for storing a plurality of categories providing classification of the images by subject. A processor in the camera has the capability of assigning the plurality of categories to the images captured by the camera, with each category providing a subject classification for the images. A user selects one or more categories for a plurality of images prior to capture, and an output image signal is then generated including the digital image data corresponding to a captured image and the particular category selected by the user. The categories can be default identifiers stored in the memory, or can be names, text (i.e., account number), and/or graphics overlays (i.e.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for displaying subtitles by a multination language human-machine interface that having small memory space occupation and conveniently for program maintenance. First of all, a character database is been edited, and in accordance with the character size to edit the bitmap file for each individual character. The bitmap file is then transferred to 85c51xa assembly language and stored in the character database. Then, the “string code”, the “string combination code and position shifting code”, and the “string combination code of multination language and position shifting code” of the controlling program are established, and the content of the character database is been called. During a practical usage, the desired string is been called by the controlling program, then carried out the language judgement of the exercising nation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an image processing technique, and in particular to a method for restoring a compressed image by using a hybrid motion compensation discrete cosine transform (hybrid MC/DCT) mechanism, including: a step of defining a smoothing functional having a smoothing degree of an image and reliability for an original image by pixels having an identical property in image block units; and a step of computing a restored image by performing a gradient operation on the smoothing functional in regard to the original image, thereby preventing the blocking artifacts and the ringing effects in regard to the pixels having an identical property in image blocks.

Abstract: A method for transforming a first image defined by a first multi-dimensional color space (RGB) into second image defined by a second multi-dimensional color space (CMYK). The method computes the transformation using information derived from a previous transformation of said second image into said first image. The method then minimizes the error produced while transforming the second image back into the first image. As such, an image editing system can display on a video monitor an image that is defined in one multi-dimensional color space (RGB), print using a printer that prints images using a second multi-dimensional color space (CMYK) and edit an image using any multi-dimensional color space (either RGB or CMYK) that facilitates rapid and accurate image editing.