An apparatus and method for deterministically communicating data between multiple nodes in a fashion that is consistent with the Controller Area Network ("CAN") communications protocol. The system applies to multiple nodes that functional blocks within an operating system environment and to multiple nodes that are each connected to a serial bus. The system utilizes standard CAN error checking, bus...

A polyester film made from a polymer having ethylene glycol moieties, isosorbide moieties and terepthaloyl moieties, and the method of making the film is described. The polyester film is used to form articles such as films, lacquers, labels, capacitors, insulators, and the like, and has an inherent viscosity of at least 0.35 dL/g when measured as a 1% (weight/volume) solution of the polyester in o...

A flexible pipe joint apparatus for use in a fluid (e.g., water) transport pipe system for maximally absorbing an external force such as a compression or tensile force applied to a pipe of the fluid transport system due to an earthquake, differential settlement, thermal expansion or contraction of the pipe per se, thus preventing resultant damage at a weak portion of the pipe. The apparatus includ...

L'invention consiste en une housse, faite de tissu léger et imperméable ( ou imperméabilisé), qui se met sur un sac à dos et qui sert à la fois de couvre sac contre la pluie, de housse de protection durant les transports (avion, autobus, train, etc.) et de sac tout usage. En mode de protection contre la pluie, le couvre sac se fixe au sac à dos à l'aide de sangles et d'un lacet au bas du couvre sa...

The present invention relates to a method for facilitating the issue and redemption of goods/services vouchers, such as gift vouchers. In the method and system of the present invention, the gift voucher is issued and transmitted over a computer network of a beneficiary, preferably via electronic mail. A claim number associated with the gift voucher is stored in a system database. The beneficiary m...

La présente invention concerne une granule composée d'un hydrogel de chitosan séché. Selon l'invention, la granule est recouverte d'une couche d'enrobage constituée d'un polymère naturel.

La présente invention concerne un système de freinage (10) comportant un disque de frein (12) et un plateau de frein (14). Le disque de frein (12) et le plateau de frein (14) comprennent chacun trois paliers comportant des rampes (28) à chaque extrémité. Les paliers du disque de frein sont configurés de façon à concorder avec les paliers du plateau de frein (14).

The vibrating gyrometer structure is manufactured on a thin plate by micro manufacture. The gyrometer has two mobile symmetric assemblies (30,10,50) coupled by a coupling structure (20) allowing mechanical energy transfer. There are three moving sections allowing vibration in different planes with fixed anchorage zones (34,36) and connection zone (12,14).;

L'invention concerne un gyromètre à st...

L'invention concerne un gromètre à structure vibrante réalisé par micro-usinage dans une plaque mince plane. Il comporte quatre ensembles mobiles (1 a, 1 b, 1 c, 1d) disposés aux sommets d'un rectangle virtuel, chaque ensemble mobile étant couplé à deux ensembles mobiles situés sur des sommets voisins par une structure de couplage et comportant un premier élément mobile inertiel (50) relié à la...

Système de communication pour te suivi de la traçabilité entre au moins un opérateur amont (2) et au moins un opérateur aval (3), par l'intermédiaire d'un contrôleur (4), utilisant d'une multiplicité (6a, 6b, 6n) de codes uniques d'identification (6), comprenant chacun un identifiant unique (7a, 7b, 7n), associés à une multiplicité (14a, 14b, 14n) d'objets (14) par l'intermédiaire d'un support ...

The payment system commences with the user generating a single-use certificate of payment at their terminal. The user receives on a second terminal, for example a mobile telephone, a confidential password which they then enter at their main terminal. If the information returned from the terminal corresponds to the information sent, the payment is validated.

A document (D) creation system (700) in a gateway (710) between domestic (R1) and external (R2) networks to use downloaded (760) data from an address and parameters taken from a group (Groupid) profile (P) definition unit (740) with formatting (780) and transmission (790) to terminal (TC). Includes an Independent claim for the procedure used by the system.

The gyroscope has a mass (M) to vibrate along x axis and y axis at resonant frequencies of excitation Fx and detection Fy respectively under the effect of a Coriolis force produced by a rotation around z axis perpendicular to the x and y axes. A loop of exponential frequency of resonance Fy is present in which Fy is equal or almost equal to Fx during the usage of the gyroscope.

Epilation device (10) for skin epilation by use of light flashes. Said device comprises a generator (11) linked to a treatment handpiece (12) by a cable (13). Light flashes are generated by electronic switches each associated with a capacitive device. The capacitive charge is sufficiently weak that even if a switch fails and the charge is totally dissipated, the energy of the resultant flash will ...

The textile preform is made from interwoven filaments (12) or lengths of filament, employing a support of appropriate shape. The filaments are applied in intersecting layers in two or more directions, tensioned and held on the support by spikes (18), and the procedure includes a stage in which the spikes are removed and reimplanted in different positions to avoid any concentration of faults inhere...

The device has a cavity (13) defined under-ground starting from a surface of a soil (17). The cavity is equipped with a tubular unit (21,25), which conducts electricity. A cable (3) is deposited in the unit between a point at the surface and another point within the cavity for transmitting electrical signals between the points. The cable has a part of loop for conducting the signals between a tran...

The invention relates to an electronic device, which includes a calendar application (CAL), in which event (EVENT) information is arranged to be maintained and processing means (CPU, OCR), which are arranged to form event information from the image information for the calendar application, which image information is formed from an information source with a location-independent layout. In the inven...

PURPOSE: An SOC(System On Chip) including a DRAM analog device for improving a DRAM capacitance and a fabricating method thereof are provided to increase a capacitance of a capacitor per unit surface area by maximizing each surface area of a top electrode and a bottom electrode. CONSTITUTION: A lower structure(102) includes a DRAM and an analog component formed on a semiconductor substrate. A firs...

In some embodiments, the invention includes a method for locating text in digital images. The method includes scaling a digital image into images of multiple resolutions and classifying whether pixels in the multiple resolutions are part of a text region. The method also includes integrating scales to create a scale integration saliency map and using the saliency map to create initial text boundin...

Module d'entraînement autoporteur comportant un composant support (1) recevant au moins un moteur électrique (2, 3, 6).Pour faciliter la fabrication, l'invention prévoit de réaliser le moteur électrique (2, 3, 6) comme moteur enfichable préfabriqué ayant un boîtier de moteur (2a, 3a, 6a) séparé.Le composant (1) peut être réalisé comme essieu d'entraînement avec une roue d'entraînement au moins ...