A theftproof tag which is effective regardless of the material of the article to which it is attached. There is neither a change in resonance of a resonance circuit nor a decrease in the Q value due to the material of the surface of a theft monitored article, thereby decreasing errors in the operation of a theft monitor. The theftproof tag has a resonance circuit resonating to an electric wave at ...

What is disclosed is a method for removing noise by distinguishing between edge and non-edge pixels and applying a first noise removal technique to pixels classified as non-edge pixels and a second noise removal technique to pixels classified as edge pixels. The methodology operates on images while in a Color Filter Array (CFA) domain prior to color interpolation, and uses techniques suited to the...

A method and an ignition interlock for preventing operation of equipment when an operator's blood-alcohol content is above a threshold value. The interlock has a blood-alcohol detector that measures intensities of wavelengths of light emerging from a finger. A microprocessor correlates these intensities with the finger's blood-alcohol content, determines whether this content is above a threshold l...

A system and method is provided for verifying the functionality of a multimedia device. In one embodiment, the system includes a device under test and a computer configured to test the device by providing test bitstreams and sequences of user actions to the device. The computer uses bitstream profiles to describe, edit, and generate multimedia bitstreams. The profiles are used to describe in human...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set a position permitting a driver to distinguish the display of a short display for a car navigation system, a portable navigation system or a portable telephone at ease only by moving a distance focus while catching the front field of vision in front by fitting the short display into a dashboard in front of the driver's view to erect the short display to a height kept be...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set a position enabling a driver to distinguish the display of a short display of a car navigation system at ease only by moving a distance focus while setting the front field of vision in front by fitting the short display into a dashboard in front of the driver's view to erect the short display to a height kept between the top part of a steering wheel and the vicinity of...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a composition capable of inducing the repair or growth of a damaged or a diseased tissue by bringing the composition into contact with a connective tissue of the damaged or diseased bone, cartilage, etc., in vivo. SOLUTION: This composition comprises a nearly pure pleiotrophin in an amount effective in promoting the repair of the connective tissue in a damaged or a ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a composition capable of promoting the repair of a connective tissue in vivo. SOLUTION: This composition is a bioactive composition capable of inducing the repair of a damaged or diseased connective tissue by bringing the bioactive composition into contact with the damaged or diseased connective tissue in vivo. The use of especially the composition comprising an eff...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a (meth)acrylate copolymer useful for a pour point depressant. SOLUTION: This copolymer comprises 5-60 wt.% of a 11-15C alkyl (meth) acrylate and a 95-40 wt.% of 16-30C alkyl (meth)acrylate. The copolymer imparts an excellent low-temperature behavior to lubricating oil.

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a thermoplastic elastomer composition for extrusion molding which has excellent tensile characteristics, weather resistance and flexibility, inhibits the generation of gum when subjected to extrusion molding and therefore yields a molded product having an excellent appearance. SOLUTION: A thermoplastic elastomer composition for extrusion molding is obtained by comp...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fuel for diesel engine heavy industrial machines, inexpensive, easily used and popularized, reduced in problems on exhaust gas during combustion, mild to the environment without impairing health and giving less load for machines and a new fuel for heavy industrial machines similar to a light oil but having priority over the light oil. SOLUTION: A-grlede fuel oil ...

A picture type identifier, indicating one of intra-picture coding (an I-picture), forward or backward predictive coding (a P-picture) and bi-directionally predictive coding (a B-picture), is included (108) with a picture signal when the signal (100) is encoded (102) and when the signal is decoded. Each of initial and subsequent encoding and decoding is a function of the included picture type.

"MONTAGEM DE TRANSPONDERES EM PNEUMáTICOS" Método e aparelho para montar um módulo de transponder (602, 602a, 702, 951, 1000, 1020, 1102, 1102', 1402) e uma antena (740, 740', 862, 940, 1140, 1140', 1200, 1300, 1320, 1360, 1360', 1440, 1460) em um pneumático (312, 630, 1204, 1350, 1350') e para acoplar ou conectar a antena ao módulo de transponder. Um remendo (600, 700, 700', 850, 950, 980, 1100, ...

"CIRCUITO PARA A ENERGIZAçãO DE DISPOSITIVO DE DESATIVAçãO DE MARCADOR EAS COM PULSOS DC DE POLARIDADE ALTERNADA" Um dispositivo para desativar marcadores EAS magnetomecânicos inclui um capacitor de armazenamento (12) e uma bobina (10) para gerar um campo de desativação. Uma disposição de ponte de quatro comutadores (SW1 a SW4) interconecta a bobina (10) com o capacitor de armazenamento (12) e co...

"DISPOSITIVO DE IDENTIFICAçãO POR RADIOFREQUêNCIA, E, PROCESSOS PARA REALIZAR UMA OPERAçãO DE MAGNETIZAçãO EM UM ELEMENTO DE SEGURANçA MAGNéTICO ASSOCIADO COM UM ITEM, PARA PROCESSAR UM CONJUNTO DE ITENS ASSOCIADOS E MúLTIPLOS ITENS E PARA USAR UM DISPOSITIVO DE IDENTIFICAçãO POR RADIOFREQUêNCIA". A presente invenção refere-se a dispositivos de identificação por radiofrequência (RFID), incluindo d...

A process is described for purifying acetone from a crude acetone-phenol mixture produced upon oxidizing cumene. In the process, an alkaline agent and an oxidizing agent are both added to the mixture to help remove aldehyde contaminants upon purification.

A radio frequency security element is provided for electronic surveillance of articles of merchandise. The security element comprises a lower strip conductor ( 1 ) and an upper strip conductor ( 5 ), which are wound in opposite directions. The upper and lower strip conductors and superimposed and connected in a common contact zone. The coil turns of the two conductor strips each have an included a...

A device for detecting arteriosclerosis comprises means for detecting an electrocardiography signal, means for recognizing a specific pattern of the electrocardiography signal, and means for detecting an eyeground image synchronized with the recognized specific pattern of the electrocardiogram signal. This device provides simple and sensitive detection of arteriosclerosis.

The present invention relates to a liquefied gas storage barge in the form of a concrete floating structure. The barge of the invention is essentially constituted by a floating structure (1) of reinforced and prestressed concrete containing tanks (2) for liquefied gas. Said tanks (2) are cylindrical tanks each having a cross-section perpendicular to its longitudinal axes that comprises a preferabl...

The present invention provides non-metallic compositions that are useful to repair, restore, adhere to, or protect, the surface of a tooth and that harden in the mouth to form substantially permanent features therein or to adhere fixtures to the surface of a tooth in a substantially permanent manner. The compositions comprise an amount of an essential oil effective to alter the sensory properties,...