A control system controls the output of a power source of a vehicle having a continuously variable transmission and a gear ratio to be set by the continuously variable transmission. The control system determines a target driving force on the basis of an output demand and a vehicle speed, and determines a target output of the power source for achieving the target driving force. The control system d...

The method involves providing a display (3), a symbol body (7) with an identification device and a data processing system (1) for processing and storing sales processes, passing the symbol body to the purchaser, possibly after identifying them or providing a deposit, moving the symbol body onto at least one representation of the goods to be purchased and detecting its position, receiving a list of...

A method and apparatus which provide set price and variable price betting on events on a totalisator system and, in particular, a computerised totalisator system are described,

A quantitative system and method that employs data sources external to an insurance company to generate a statistical model that may be used to more accurately and consistently predict commercial insurance profitability (the “predictive statistical model”). The system and method are able to predict individual commercial insurance policyholder profitability on a prospective basis regardless of the ...

A method to capture data pertaining to an agricultural product commences with the capture of location data (450) indicating the location of a custodial location (48) within a chain of custody for agricultural products by capturing a location identifier associated with the location. Product data, reflecting the condition of the product, is also captured (102). The product data may include environme...

It is necessary to clean the aggregate in so called French drains in order to maintain their efficiency. Apparatus (100) in accordance with the present invention is provided whereby the aggregate (101) is removed and processed through a cleaning combination (15,219) whereby debris is removed from the aggregate (101) and cleaned aggregate returned to the French drain. The cleaning combination (15,2...

The present invention relates to methods for allowing an account holder to easily customize the terms of an account such as a loan account, an asset account, a mortgage account, an insurance account, or a brokerage account. Exemplary embodiments of the invention allow the user to specify various preferred terms such as cost (e.g., APR and annual fee), rewards programs, card design, affiliates, cre...

The present invention is directed to a method of residential emissions trading and a residential emissions trading commodity. In particular, an embodiment of the present invention is a method for identifying, quantifying, and aggregating reductions in residential emissions into a tradable commodity. The step of quantifying the emissions reduction may further comprise the steps of measuring an ener...

The present invention provides a system and method that enables user, such as institutional investors and financial institutions, to interactively engage in capital market transactions, including the trading of Over-the-Counter financial products, via the Internet (including the World Wide Web). The system includes a variety of servers, applications, and interfaces that enable users to interactive...

Coatings are provided to give polymeric structures a top coat that improves the gas barrier properties of the structure while enhancing the water resistance of the top coating and while improving the adhesion of the top coat to an underlying layer of the structure. These top coat compositions comprise an organic barrier coating material in combination with an epoxide additive which enhances the wa...

A determining unit (110) determines information on allocation of a transported raw material or fuel to a production department (170(X)) (unloading area allocation information including calling ports, alongside berths, brands to be unloaded, unloading quantity, and unloading order, and so on) using management information (information on transport management of the raw material or fuel provided from...

A road surface condition judging apparatus (40) of a vehicle includes means (2,3,4,5) for detecting wheel speeds of respective wheels, means (8) for calculating a vehicle speed (Vb) of the vehicle based on the wheel speeds, means (9) for calculating a deceleration of the vehicle (Gx), slip ratio difference calculating means (8) for calculating a difference of slip ratios between front wheels and r...

An electrical equipment (I) for a vehicle comprises a flexible cable (4) which is embedded in a wall (2) during the formation and solidification of the casing. An Independent claim is also included for a method of making (I), comprising: (i) introducing a cable into the cavity of a pressure injection mold and injecting at least one melt; (ii) hardening; and (iii) extraction.

The present invention provides a multi-layer resin film having excellent oxygen gas barrier properties, particularly even at high humidity, and further having no chlorine content. The multi-layer resin film of the present invention has a biaxially-stretched polypropylene resin film, an adhesive layer formed on at least one surface of the polypropylene resin film, and a polyvinyl alcohol resin laye...

The present invention relates to a method and means for automatically deriving from a process model of a Workflow-Management-System or a computer system with comparable functionality (WFMS) a set of underlying application services and providing a means to locate these application services by creating entries in appropriate taxonomies. The computerized method provides access to an-application s...

The present invention provides a decomposition treatment liquid for a cured unsaturated polyester resin, comprising a phosphoric acid-type compound or salt rthereof and an organic solvent as essential components. By using the treatment liquid of the invention, a cured unsaturated polyester resin can be easily decomposed or dissolved.

A method and apparatus are provided for dynamically organizing and tracking website content during its deployment (100). Organizing and tracking may be done internally to a website development system during development and externally to outside destinations such as production servers (120) that provide access to websites via the Internet or intranet (124). The method of internal deployment include...

The object (1) is illuminated by a light source. A lens system (3) focuses on at least part of the object to enable a CCD camera (4) to record an image. The process is repeated for a number of times varying the exposure times or light intensity controlled by the camera control unit (5). The image data provided by the camera is evaluated by a computer (7) to derive an average value closest to the e...

Internet-based business system and management programs therefor, and more particularly to financial investment management characterized by a unique system of attracting and identifying the Best Investors, including offering, facilitating and managing performance-based investment competitions based on model (virtual) investment portfolios (28), creating actual portfolios for the identified Best Inv...

To provide an advertisement printing system by which a consumer can unconsciously obtain an advertisement that matches himself without taking complicated steps, while an advertiser can also print out an advertisement having a high level of advertising effectiveness. When, for example, a consumer computer system 100 buys an article through a computer network such as the internet and requests to pri...