PURPOSE:To enable an image processing concerning a moving object or the pre-processing of the recognition, etc., of the moving object by extracting the edge of the moving object by the real time and with a high accuracy from a moving image to move in the plane vertical to an optical axis. CONSTITUTION:A signal 1a of an image pickup element 101 is stored 102, the synchronization between frames of a...

PURPOSE:To prevent the function of an integrated circuit from being deteriorated by forming a shield film of double layer structure wherein a shielding film made of heavy element of an inner layer and a shielding film made of light element of an outer layer are arranged on an integrated circuit chip, and selecting the thickness of the shield film in response to a flying stroke of type or radioacti...

PURPOSE:To prevent varnish from separating by interposing a resin having larger bonding strength with leads than the varnish and high hardness between the leads and the varnish to seal the ends of the leads at a semiconductor element side, and separating the leads from the varnish. CONSTITUTION:A dielectric device 1 made of BeO is composed of leads 2 made of metal, a semiconductor element 3 bonded...

PURPOSE:To extremely reduce an increase in a chip area of a bipolar ECL RAM by adding a programmable element to bases or emitters of at least one or more of first to N-th transistors. CONSTITUTION:In a current converter having a transistor Q1 to which a reference voltage VBB is applied to its base, transistors Q2, Q3 to which input signals VIN2, VIN3 having a level higher or lower than the voltage...

A process for converting into lighter viscosity products the heavy fractions of petroleum or other hydrocarbon containing components comprises the use of steam and catalysts, at least one of which is prepared by treating an alcoholic solution of alkali metal hydroxide with hydrogen sulphide. The bottom and top fractions from the catalytic treatment may be each subjected to catalytic treatment.

The fumigation of soils, enclosed spaces, agricultural products and other commodities, etc., using compositions which decompose to form carbon disulfide and certain other biocidal materials. Such fumigation can be used to control bacteria, fungi, insects, nematodes, rodents, and weeds. Fumigant compositions are described herein as "thiocarbonates" including, without limitation, salts of trithiocar...

An apparatus and method for managing obsolescence of replicas of data objects in a distributed processing system having a network of nodes connected by communication links, at least one node (6,7,8) operating as a source location having access to source data objects and at least one other node (1) operating as a replica location having a means for storing replicas of source data objects received f...

Apparatus and method for sterilizing the interiors of paperboard containers 58, wherein such apparatus and method are operative prior to the container being mounted on a mandrel assembly 24 on which the container bottom closures are formed, closed and sealed. This is accomplished by providing nebulizing means 12 for communicating a suitable sterilant fog through and onto the inside surfaces of the...

PURPOSE:To prevent a trouble of a signal transmission, which is caused by a contamination of the end face, by forming the end face of an optical fiber to a state that it has been provided with a cover for cutting it off from the outside, in case an optical connector has been disassembled. CONSTITUTION:The end face for executing a signal transmission, of optical fiber cables 1, 11 of a connector co...

PURPOSE:To inexpensively manufacture a resin vessel whose visual confirmation effect of contents is high, by a method wherein after a vessel body and lid body having a flange part at least on one side of each of them are molded separately on each of an opaque resin sheet material and transparent resin sheet, both the flange parts are heated and fused under a state they are piled up each other. CON...

An apparatus for use with a lathe to support a workpiece (28) away from the driven lathe chuck (289) comprises a yoke (35) for attachment to the lathe bed (16) and having an opening for receiving a rotating assembly (36) including a plurality of radially adjustable jaw members (40-43) arranged to be clamped onto the outer surface of an elongate workpiece (28). Bearing means (52, 53) couple the rot...

PURPOSE:To judge the abrasion or breakage of a tool by detecting the abnormality of the tool with two signals obtained from a means detecting the cutting load force and a means detecting the contact between the tool and a work. CONSTITUTION:Signals of a detecting circuit section 101 of the cutting load force are converted into root mean square values by an RMS circuit section 103. The output signa...

Pivoting a beam of light in one axis about a remote point by providing means for laterally translating the beam and a pivotal reflector and providing control means responsive to the pivotal position of the reflector to cause the means for laterally translating to translate the beam the amount necessary to cause the light beam from the reflector to be reflected to the remote point.

The subject of the invention is a disc brake with automatic adjustment of the type incorporating a caliper (10) mounted to slide on a fixed support by way of at least one axial pin, a brake motor (34) acting directly on a first friction element (26) and as a result of reaction via the caliper (10) on a second friction element (30). The brake motor (34) incorporates a mechanical control (48, 50, 54...

A synthetic, non-naturally occurring molecule having the structure: [NA1-S-NA2]n wherein NA1 and NA2 are noncomplementary nucleic acid sequences; wherein -S- is a scissile linkage; and wherein n is an integer from 1 to 4. Variations of this molecule and methods for using the molecules for detecting nucleic acid sequences are provided.