A process of producing a plastic heat exchanger where a multiplicity of tubes (6) are welded to tube headers (1) having raised collars (4) surrounding each of the tubes (6), using an infrared energy source such as a laser to melt-bond the tubes (6) to the collars (4).; L'invention concerne un procédé permettant de produire un échangeur thermique en plastique, dans lequel plusieurs tubes (6) sont s...

Es werden zwei Verfahren zur Bestimmung einer Verschiebung (15) von Bildern einer Bildsequenz und einer Vorrichtung zur Bestimmung einer Verschiebung (15) von Bildern einer Bildsequenz vorgeschlagen, die insbesondere zur Kompensation einer Kamerabewegung dienen. Zur Bestimmung der Verschiebung (15) stehen eine Mehrzahl von Bildbereichen (6, 7, 8) von Bildern zur Verfügung, wobei die Bereichsversch...

A packetization method and packet structure improve the robustness of a bitstream generated when a still image is decomposed with a wavelet transform. The wavelet coefficients of one "texture unit" are scanned and coded in accordance with a chosen scanning method to produce a bitstream. The bitstreams for an integral number of texture units are assembled into a packet, each of which includes a pac...

The present invention is a stabilized resonant tag circuit for use as an electronic article surveillance tag. The tag has a flexible substantially planar dielectric substrate having conductors positioned on either side, at least one of the conductors including an inductor. The tag is stabilized by a flexible, substantially planar, tear-resistant, substantially vapor impermeable polymeric film adhe...

The invention relates to a window (glazing, pane) equipped with at least one electrical connection element comprising conducting parts intended to be connected and a casing, the casing being moulded directly onto the window. The invention also relates to the method and the implementation device.

A primary object of the invention is to provide a method and system for detecting humans present in a restricted space, particularly, in a commuter train, a building, etc., by using an infrared sensor capable of detecting the presence of humans, and for judging the ratio of human occupancy in that space. To accomplish this object, according to the invention, the infrared sensor is installed, for e...

Video signal encoding apparatus, suitably for multiple video channels (A,B) has respective encoder stages (10,12) which encode a received video signal according to a predetermined coding scheme, such as MPEG standard, and output a variable bit-rate data stream to encoder channel buffering (16) which is combined in a single buffer (16) having a fixed physical size with separate portions assigned to...

Eine integrierte Instrumentencluster-Baugruppe zur Verwendung in einem Instrumentenbrett bzw. Armaturenbrett weist ein im wesentlichen flach ausgebildetes Instrumentencluster-Applikationselement mit einer ersten Oberfläche, einer dieser gegenüberliegend angeordneten zweiten Oberfläche und einem darum umlaufenden Umfang auf, einen im wesentlichen flach ausgebildeten Lichtleiter/-diffusor, der sandw...

III-V compound semiconductor comprises two indium-gallium-aluminum nitride based semiconductor layers with an interposed pattern of different material for low angle grain boundary suppression. A III-V compound semiconductor comprises: (a) a layer of a first III-V compound semiconductor of formula InuGavAlwN (u = 0 to 1, v = 0 to 1, w = 0 to 1 and u + v + w = 1); (b) a pattern of a material which ...

The method is carried out using an image identification and evaluation system, consisting of a video camera, computer hard and software and an indicating unit. Photographic images of at least one measuring field per printed image of a sequence of printed images are evaluated in the form so that the place for each measurement field and the color for each part measuring element are determined on the...

A dental material (I) comprises (A) 3-80 wt.% polymerizable and/or setting compounds, (B) 0-25 wt.% initiators, accelerators and/or retardants, (C) 0-50 wt. % auxiliaries, (D) 0-90 wt.% fillers and (E) 0.01-90 wt.% monodisperse organopolysiloxane (OPS) particles. An Independent claim is included for the use of monodisperse OPS particles; Die Erfindung betrifft einen Dentalwerkstoff, enthaltend: D...

Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Unterstützung eines Benutzers eines Kraftfahrzeugs bei der Bedienung von Komponenten des Kraftfahrzeugs, wobei die Betriebszustände der Komponenten abhängig von der Betätigung von Betätigungselementen der Komponenten geschaltet werden, wobei ein Unterstüzungsabfrageelement vorgesehen ist, abhängig von dessen Betätigung zu wenigstens einer nachfo...

An operating unit's parts (2,3) are fastened on a motor vehicle steering wheel (1) but can be detached. One or more of these parts has a track ball (4), a triggering element (5,6) and a twist-grip causing a cursor to move on a display matching twists made by the grip.; Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Bedieneinheit eines Computers zur Verwendung in einem Kraftfahrzeug, wobei mittels der Bed...

The cylinder drum (7) of the axial piston engine (5) has an external bearing and is connected to the gearbox (6) by a centrally mounted torsion rod (17) which projects at one end into the cylinder drum and at the other into the gearbox. The torsion rod has torque transfer means at both ends for connecting the drum to the gearbox. the gearbox can be a planetary gearing and the toothed wheel at the...

The electric hair cutter has an electronic measuring arrangement near a cutting element (1). The measuring arrangement continuously measures the hair length from a hair root area until the cutting place. The measuring arrangement consists of two parallel rollers (3), which are rotated to determine the length of the hair, and compares the measured and desired lengths.; Bei herkömmlichen elektrische...

A process of producing a plastic heat exchanger where a multiplicity of tube s (6) are welded to tube headers (1) having raised collars (4) surrounding eac h of the tubes (6), using an infrared energy source such as a laser to melt-bo nd the tubes (6) to the collars (4).

Dry film lubricant coatings are provided by using a silicone resin binder, either as an aqueous emulsion or in a solvent-based system, to fix an alkali ne earth metal fluoride to a substrate. The compositions used to apply the coatings may also include relatively minor amounts of xylene, ammonium benzoate, a wetting agent, and/or a porosity-inducing agent - although none of those additives remains...

Disclosed is a device and method in which the on-line activities of an on-line user are monitored and stored. Information regarding the user's activities are used as a basis for targeting advertisements to the user. Monitoring is performed by a client monitoring application, which performs monitoring without intruding on the user's activities. According to one aspect of the invention, URLs in the ...

A system to detect epithelial dysplasia is disclosed by examining cells obtained by a non-lacerational trans-epithelial device. The system selects suspect cells based on abnormal morphology, cytometry and/or using molecular diagnostic techniques. In a preferred embodiment, the results of the computer analysis are displayed as a histogram and the images of the suspect cells are reviewed for DNA plo...

A process for oxidizing cellulose, in which a nitroxyl compound such as TEMPO is oxidized using an oxidizing agent in the presence of a complex of a transition metal such as Mn, Fe, Cu, and a complexing agent such as a polyamine, or an oxidative enzyme, and the resulting nitrosonium ion is used to selectively oxidize cellulose 6-hydroxy-methylene groups to carbaldehyde groups and carboxylic acid g...