A method for determining the characteristics of a subterranean formation penetrated by an existing or drilled well is disclosed. The method uses a mathematical model to estimate formation parameters as fluid exits the formation through a hole and into the wellbore or tool. The model may be adapted to wells having a perforation extending from the wellbore into the formation by mathematically adjust...

Two plates ( 2, 3) are arranged under a forefoot and a heel and comprisies longitudinal edges ( 2 a, 2 b, 3 a, 3 b) inclined with respect to the transversal axis of a sole and the lateral edges ( 2 c, 2 d: 3 c, 3 d) which are not parallel and have different lengths. Winglets bonded to the lateral edges are fixed to the sides ( 7, 8 ) of the sole by pins or claws. Said invention can be used for tra...

La présente invention concerne un actionneur électromagnétique constitué d'un ensemble mobile, d'un ensemble statorique ferromagnétique fixe comportant au moins une bobine d'excitation électrique et au moins un aimant permanent, possédant deux positions d'équilibre stables sans courant à ses extrémités de course, caractérisé en ce que l'ensemble mobile présente deux armatures ferromagnétiques dist...

L'invention concerne un procédé pour inspecter, à l'aide d'au moins un capteur (6) sensible au rayonnement infrarouge, des objets creux (2) transparents ou translucides à haute température sortant de différentes cavités de formage (4). Selon l'invention, pour inspecter un objet, on supprime du rayonnement infrarouge pris en compte pour le capteur sensible, le rayonnement infrarouge réfléchi par le...

The device has a wireless communication terminal (32) having a selected perimeter (36) to cover a determined zone near an automatic bill distributor (2). A connecting protocol permits initial exchange of a service identifier sent by a mobile terminal against a transaction identifier to permit transaction preparation based on the service identifier. The distributor validates the transaction based o...

The gyrometer has an excitation resonator (20) with seismic masses (12, 12`) connected to each other by connecting arms (14, 14`) and flexible units (16, 16`). Excitation combs (18, 18`) put the masses into movement in a direction (X) of a plane. A detection electrode (26) and an excitation electrode (28) excite a detection resonator (22), connected to the resonator (20), and measure the frequency...

- Procédé et système de commande de décollage d'un véhicule automobile par dialogue du calculateur de contrôle moteur avec la boîte de vitesses mécanique pilotée, pendant un redémarrage du véhicule en mode « Stop and Start ».- Une « autorisation de décollage » est transmise à la boîte de vitesses à un instant t dès que sont vérifiées les trois conditions suivantes :a) vérification de la position d...

The architecture has a group of sensors delivering control signals to a local unit associated to a corresponding equipment and having a black box function. The local unit has a unit for inputting information relative to the maintenance tasks in a memory, a unit for identifying an operator and a unit inputting descriptors of interventions. A supervision server has a unit for comparing digital infor...

The present invention relates to a method for handling recoverable material in a logistic chain having a provider (1a) , a first intermediary (1b) and an end user (1c) , wherein a product (2) as well as recoverable material (4, 4b) for which a deposit is set is conveyed from the provider (1a) to the end user (1c) that returns the recoverable material. A first (A) and second step (B) of the logisti...

The method involves selecting parts of a garment and computing material costs based on the lengths and widths of the garment through the selection of the components. Manufacturing cost for different countries and materials is simulated based on price and mass of the material. The garment is priced at the end of the simulation and the price is print by an electronic data processing printer. Length ...

The present invention provides an electrostatic bonding type macromolecular micell drug carrier comprising a block copolymer having a non-chargeable segment and a chargeable segment, for stably carrying a chargeable drug tending to be easily decomposedin vivo such as protein and DNA.

A surface of a work to be inspected is irradiated with a first illumination unit for a coaxial incident illumination and a second illumination unit for an oblique incident illumination driven to take its image by a camera at the same time. Each of the illumination units and comprises light sources emitting color lights R, G and B, respectively. One of the three kinds of light sources is lighted in...

The subject-matter of the present application refers to a method of automatically controlling vehicle headlamps in a system comprising an image sensor generating a plurality of pixel levels from a scene being imaged and a controller to generate headlamp control signals, the method comprising the steps of: receiving pixel levels from the image sensor; analyzing the image input from the image sens...

An automatic segmentation of the left or right cavities of the heart muscle is carried out. Once it is decided which cavities have to be isolated, three steps are implemented. A first step is performed to determine which is the volume comprising the cardiac cavities in a volume image resulting from an examination. This first step comprises a thresholding operation and an erosion, and then the dete...

The apparatus has a contour detection processor to detect two subcontours that are based on edges of object, based on points selected by an interface device within an object of an image. The edges represent non-uniformities in the image, and the processor combines the subcontours into a contour. A point defined by using the device is selected by the user, and the pointer of the device is dragged a...

The device has a male unit (15) having a centering pin (45) and a female unit (14) having a main ring (13), where the pin and the ring engage coaxially. The pin has a body (51) that is formed with helical ramps (58) distributed on the periphery of the body to cooperate with the teeth (37). A peripheral surface of the body is formed with nicks (59) in which the ramps emerge. The unit (15) has a blo...

Un dispositif (D) est dédié au traitement de données constituant des images de tenseurs initiales, chaque tenseur étant une matrice réelle symétrique et définie positive représentant une partie élémentaire d'une image de tenseurs reçue. Ce dispositif (D) comprend, d'une part, un premier module de calcul (MC1), capable de mettre en oeuvre une première fonction choisie, bijective, définie de R <*+> ...

L'invention concerne selon un premier aspect un procédé de traitement d'une image radiologique destinée à être utilisée comme image masque en angiographie soustraite, caractérisé en ce qu'il comporte un traitement de réduction du bruit présent dans l'image masque adapté pour préserver l'aspect dudit bruit dans l'image masque.Selon un deuxième aspect, l'invention concerne un procédé de traitement d...

The method involves determining a predicted image of an object at an instant according to images acquired at other instants and movements of each of several layers constituting the image acquired at the former instant. The number of layers and the movement of each of the layers are predetermined. A visualized image is generated corresponding to weighted sum of the predicted image and the image acq...

A honeycomb structure comprises a plurality of porous ceramic members (20) which are bonded through an adhesive layer. Each of the porous ceramic members (20) has a plurality of cells (21), which are arranged in parallel while being separated by cell walls (23), and the cells extends in a longitudinal direction of the honeycomb structure, wherein a relation expressed by an expression (1) is satisf...