The present invention refers to the use of a meter completely integrated on a single piece, totally covered and without contact with the exterior that incorporates a prepayment system and a more efficient method to control the electric energy supply and obtains excellent information from the meter by means of contactless intelligent cards.

A system and method for objective measurement and correction of focusing optical systems comprising optics disposed in the path of the beam (18) which directs the beam through the focusing optical system, e.g., and eye (120) and focuses the beam at its rear portion (122). The beam is diffusely reflected back and a wavefront analyzer (26) is disposed in the path of the wavefront projected from the ...

A digital television receiver includes a tuner receiving a digital television signal including a DCCT, a demodulator demodulating the digital television signal, and a demultiplexer demultiplexing the DCCT from the demodulated signal. The receiver further includes a decoder parsing channel ID information and a priority code from the DCCT, where the channel ID information specifies an emergency aler...

A multimedia signal receiving apparatus and a control method thereof are provided for easily storing and/or transmitting an encrypted AV signal together with a decryption key without decrypting the encrypted AV signal. The multimedia signal receiving apparatus includes: an interface (10) which receives a multimedia signal containing an encrypted AV signal and packet data, and a decryption key used...

The invention relates to a cable connector including a housing and ferrule receiving structures for receiving ferrule systems of at least two cables. Each of said ferrule receiving structures is adapted to accommodate a flange of at least one of said ferrule systems and said ferrule receiving structures are arranged such that adjacent flanges of said ferrule systems substantially abut each other o...

The invention relates to a connector including an insulating housing module and at least one shielding plate. The housing module contains a plurality of signal leads and at least one ground lead extending between a mating end (M) and a contact end (C) of said connector. The shielding plate includes one or more fastening elements contacting said ground lead each having a distal portion and an inter...

A radio base station related to the present invention includes: a signal storing unit configured to store baseband signals received and over-sampled; a format determining unit configured to determine transport formats of the baseband signals; and a despreader unit configured to despread the baseband signals stored in the signal storing unit, in accordance with the transport formats determined by t...

A method of operating a ticketing system comprises generating data representing ticket information and transmitting the same for reception by a mobile station over a mobile communications network link. Data from the mobile station can then be used to verify a transaction.

SE REFIERE A UNA SAL DE LISINA DE UN COMPUESTO DE FORMULA (I), SIENDO SELECCIONADO LA SAL DE L-LISINA CRISTALINA DEL COMPUESTO (Ia) O ACIDO (R)-{4-[2-ETOXI-3-(4-TRIFLUOROMETIL-FENOXI)-PROPILSULFANIL]-2-METIL-FENOXI}-ACETICO, QUE COMPRENDE PICOS DE DIFRACCION DE RAYOS X EXPRESADOS EN 2 DE 5,270; 7,882; 9,683; 10,370; 11,611; ENTRE OTROS. TAMBIEN SE REFIERE A UNA SAL L-LISINA NO HIDRATADA, DI-HIDRAT...

SE REFIERE A UNA COMPOSICION FARMACEUTICA QUE COMPRENDE: A) (S)-N-[2-(1,6,7,8-TETRAHIDRO-2H-INDENO[5,4-b]FURAN-8-IL)ETIL]PROPIONAMIDA (RAMELTEON) CON UNA DOSIS DIARIA DE 0,05MG A 50MG; EN COMBINACION CON B) UN ANTIDEPRESIVO SEDATIVO TAL COMO DOXEPINA CON UNA DOSIS DIARIA DE 1MG A 10MG, Y/O UN ANTIHISTAMINICO TAL COMO DIFENHIDRAMINA, DOXILAMINA, CLORFENIRAMINA, ENTRE OTROS. LA PROPORCION DE COMBINA...

SE REFIERE A COMPUESTOS DE FORMULA (I) DONDE R1 ES CN O CONH2; A ES UN COMPUESTO DE FORMULA (i), (ii) O (iii); R2 Y R3 SON METILO O FORMAN UN CICLOPENTANO JUNTO CON EL ATOMO DE CARBONO AL QUE ESTAN UNIDOS; p ES 0 O 1; A1 ES FENILO OPCIONALMENTE SUSTITUIDO CON HALO, CN, CF3, ENTRE OTROS SUSTITUYENTES, NAFTILO OPCIONALMENTE SUSTITUIDO CON HALO, OCF3, ALQUILO(C1-C4), ENTRE OTROS SUSTITUYENTES, O UN H...

QUE CONSISTE EN: a) ANALIZAR AUTOMATICAMENTE DATOS DIGITALES QUE REPRESENTAN UNA IMAGEN A FIN DE GENERAR, POR LO MENOS, UNA ESTADISTICA QUE CARACTERICE LA ESTACIONARIDAD DE LA IMAGEN; b) DERIVAR, POR LO MENOS, UN PUNTAJE BASADO EN DICHA ESTADISTICA; c) DETERMINAR SI EL PUNTAJE SATISFACE EL CRITERIO DE ESTACIONARIDAD; Y d) ALMACENAR O PRODUCIR DICHA IMAGEN, EN CASO CUMPLA CON EL CRITERIO DE ESTACIO...

A Golf shoe which has an air pad including a plurality of supports and an inclined angle and thereby, enables a golfer to naturally take a stable address pose and to make an appropriate swing when the golfer wears the golf shoes is provided.

An electromagnetic susceptor for chemical processing that is made from a matrix material that surrounds a non-matrix material that is made from a material that is different from the matrix material, the matrix material is constructed of material having lower dielectric losses compared to the non-matrix material, the non-matrix material initially absorbs electromagnetic energy applied to the electr...

A method of locally concentrating an applied electric field to promote chemical reaction having a dispersion of individual field concentrators on the surface of a substrate, embedded on a substrate, and embedded on the surface of a substrate, in which the individual field concentrators consists of shaped material and the shape and material are capable of producing a locally concentrated electric f...

The invention relates to a wood treatment solution which does not contain heavy metals and which contains an impregnation agent that is an alkali metal salt or alkaline-earth metal salt of formic acid or propionic acid. The invention also relates to a process for treating wood in order to improve its preservation, in which process wood is treated with the said wood treatment solution.

Embodiments of the present invention include a conductive particle that includes a conductive nickel/gold (Ni/Au) complex metal layer having a phosphorous content of less than about 1.5 weight percent formed on the surface of a polymer resin particle. Methods of forming the same are also included. A conductive particle with a Ni/Au complex metal layer having less than about 1.5 weight percent of p...

A surface-mounted power semiconductor module (1) comprises many part modules (10) on a base (20) with a housing and load and auxiliary connections. Within each housing is an isolating substrate (5) having mutually isolated though leads to the semiconductor elements and a cover fixes the part modules to one another.