PCT No. PCT/AU96/00178 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 26, 1997 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 26, 1997 PCT Filed Mar. 28, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/31098 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 3, 1990A method of obtaining an image of a boundary of an object, the boundary representing a refractive index variation, the method including irradiating the boundary with penetrating radiation having high lateral spatial coherence and a propagation ...

A polytrimethylene terephthalate preoriented package, formed of wound layers and weighing 2 kilograms or more, of a poly (trimethylene terephthalate), in which the yarn package satisfies the following conditions (1), (2) and (3): (1) a difference in diameters between the edge portions and middle portion of the package is in a range from 0 to 5 mm; (2) a difference in dry thermal shrinking stress...

Each of target braking forces for front and rear wheels of a vehicle is calculated based on an amount of braking performed by a driver and a predetermined braking force distribution ratio between the front wheels and the rear wheels. Each of the target regenerative braking forces for the front and rear wheels, respectively, is calculated based on a corresponding one of the target braking forces su...

A braking system for a motor vehicle is provided, which has an attitude control function. The system includes: a first attitude control circuit for stabilizing the behavior of the motor vehicle by controlling the operation of a steering mechanism of the motor vehicle; a second attitude control circuit for stabilizing the behavior of the motor vehicle by controlling a braking mechanism for applying...

Procédé pour déterminer une pression de formation, dans une région de profondeur de formations entourant un trou de sonde, consistant à garder un suivi du temps depuis la fin du forage de la région de profondeur ; déduire une perméabilité de formation dans la région de profondeur ; amener la pression de puits à varier périodiquement au cours du temps et déterminer, dans la région de profondeur,...

The method involves pinching a flat object (1) between a fixed plate (2) and an elastically deformable wheel (3) rotatably mounted around a fixed axle (4). The wheel has a tread (4a) contacting the object and radially deformed under the pressure exerted by the object while the object is pinched. A laser beam is guided on a reflective strip (4b) of the wheel to measure thickness of the object, wher...

A robot cleaner, robot cleaning system, and a method for controlling the same, the robot cleaner cleaning by wirelessly communicating with an external apparatus having a driving unit for driving a plurality of wheels; an upper camera disposed on a main body for photographing an upper image perpendicular to a direction of driving the robot cleaner; and a controller for controlling the driving unit ...

The cleaning robot system has a cleaning robot (100) moving freely under digital word transmission command from a mobile communications signal. The mobile communication is relayed from an apparatus (200) and controlled from a remote unit (300). Operating commands are set by a mobile communications telephone (400).

The invention relates to a seafood product processing installation which is intended, in particular, for the processing of prawn- or lobster-type shellfish using at least one suitable processing liquid. The inventive installation comprises: at least one processing post which is equipped with means (2) for applying the processing liquid to the seafood products, and means (3) for transferring said p...

The mold has a tapered body (1) with a base (2) on its smaller diameter side and an opening (8) at its larger diameter side. The base has a filling opening (3) being closed by a cap and a support (5) holding an end of a spit (6) having a support (7) for food materials used for cooking kebab. The opening (8) used for taking out pre-cooked food product is closed by a convex cover (9) having a suppor...

Le procédé de génération d'un document récapitulatif d'une communication entre un terminal utilisateur et un système électronique distant, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte :- une étape de détection (205) d'un événement prédéterminé survenant au cours de ladite communication,- et en cas de survenance d'un événement prédéterminé :. une étape de collecte (203, 210) d'information d'identification d...

The system has a station control room including a transferring unit that transfers vectorial form of cartographic data to a RAM (14) of a server embedded in a motor vehicle (12). The RAM is wirelessly controlled by the room. The vehicle has a computer including a measuring unit (24) to measure gap between a route card (16) and position of the vehicle. An alarm activating unit is activated by the m...

The system has a station control room including a transferring unit that transfers vectorial form of cartographic data to a storing unit embedded in a vehicle (12). The storing unit is wirelessly controlled by the station control room. The vehicle has a computer including a measuring unit (24) to measure gap between a route card (16) and position of the vehicle. An alarm activating unit is activat...

The system has alert units, in combination with measuring, calculating and notification units of a vehicle and route card stored in a random access memory (RAM) (14), producing alerts based on notifications of the notification units. The RAM placed on board the vehicle is controlled remotely by a surveillance center (32), such that, irrespective of its capacity, the saturation of storage space is ...

The transmission has two paths between engine and wheels, comprising epicyclic gear trains, electric machines and a reduction gear. A third epicyclic gear train (47) in series with one of the epicyclic gears (45,46) in the transmission paths cooperates with the controller (48,50) to ensure that all the elements (c,p,s) of the third train turn at the same speed.

A process for producing a two-layer coat on a motor vehicle body in an automatic motor vehicle series lacquering unit. The process comprises the steps of applying an aqueous base lacquer coating composition to the motor vehicle body, exposing the aqueous base lacquer coating to a circulating air at 25 to 45° C. having an air throughout of 0.10 to 0.70 m/s for 30 to 180 seconds, applying a transpar...

A running tool for deployment from a base such as a vessel for installing a component at an underwater facility such as a hydrocarbon extraction well includes a carriage which is lowered from the base. The carriage releasably retains the component. A compensator is located between the carriage and the base for compensating for relative motion between the underwater facility and the base.

A chip card includes a body of electrically insulating layers, one of which carries an open loop antenna having two ends. The body is equipped with a cavity for housing a micromodule adapted for connection to the antenna by two terminals. The micromodule includes an insulating substrate carrying, on a first side, a semiconductor component, and on a second side, several electrical contact pads. Two...

Method for encapsulation of an electronic microcircuit (1) for production of an electronic module which may be fixed by simple gluing or soldering. Said microcircuit has a geometrical form that matches a card (19) housing that is provided to enclose it and has masking means (7) corresponding to the card. The mask prevents bleeding of a coating resin (14) used to protect a chip on such a module. Th...

Valorization of silico-aluminous ash consists of: - (a) measuring the water content (W) of the ash and, when required, treating the ash to provide a water content in a range defined by a first value limit (W1) corresponding to an optimal water content (WOPN) allowing the obtention by mechanical compacting a maximum degree of compaction and a second value limit (W2) equal to the first value limit a...