A device and method to estimate the resistance of a stator winding of an AC induction motor is provided. The device includes an AC induction circuit connecting one phase of the AC induction motor to an AC source. The circuit includes a resistor and a switch connected in parallel. The switch is alternatively closed during the half cycles of the AC current supplied to the motor so as to inject a DC ...

Edge detection methods and apparatus which utilize the dc dct differential data included in encoded images, e.g., an MPEG-2 encoded video stream, are described. Use of the dc dct differential data allows efficient methods for detecting the presence of edges within encoded images. The edge detection methods and apparatus of the present invention can be used where differential coding of the DC DCT c...

The present invention disclosed a method and system inspecting cotton web homogeneity by a digital image processing technique, in particular, for an on-line cotton web homogeneity test. It uses optical principles in conjunction with a charge coupled device type camera to find a theoretical equation indicating the correlation between the transmittance of cotton webs and basic weights (weights per u...

There is provided a contour extraction apparatus and a method thereof by which candidate data of a plurality of subjectively evaluable contour curves can be presented to a user by obtaining an accurate color projection axis and the user can be invited to make selection. An update sector extract section 31 obtains an update sector of a closed contour curve from representative points specified by a ...

An inspection system which includes a memory for storing image data provided by picking up an image of a workpiece, a monitor for displaying the image data stored in the memory on a display screen with pixels arranged in an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction perpendicular to the X-axis direction, a control panel for setting a window with four sides along the X- or Y-axis direction on the disp...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dielectric/electrostrictive type element which has excellent vibration transmissibility between a substrate and a dielectric/electrostrictive layer, can obtain a high displacement quantity, and further has reduced failures such as dielectric breakdown and short circuits.

SOLUTION: In the dielectric/electrostrictive type element, the surface of a substrate ...

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To use a dental material which has nonsensibility to water, consequently makes a filler content accurately correspond to demand.

SOLUTION: This dental material comprises an iminooxadiazindione derivative containing at least two free isocyanate groups and at least one hydroxy compound containing at least two OH groups. In one exemplified form, the dental material contai...

When a transport packet of an MPEG2 signal is recorded, a tape speed is reduced to 1/2 or 1/4 of that used to record standard data in accordance with the bit rate of the program. Two heads (A and B) having different azimuths are provided in close proximity with each other at the same height on a drum. If the 1/2 tape speed mode is selected, the recording is performed by head A during the first sca...

A multi-system interconnect facility in which each central processor complex in the system has an assigned storage space for each other central processor complex in the system for use in communicating with each other central processor complex. The allegiance or association of systems to particular storage spaces is established when each system is initialized and enables a simple consisting primari...

A luminance value of a reference image reference image data and a predetermined allowance difference data are fetched S1 and a luminance value of an updating image is fetched S5. Check is made to determine whether luminance values of respective pixels of the updating image are within an allowable range and pixels exceeding the allowable range are extracted S7. The reference image data value and th...

A connection managing method of a digital interface is provided. The connection managing method of a digital interface for performing a connection management on a plurality of devices which are point-to-point connected by a digital interface includes the steps of (a) a second device, which establishes a point-to-point connection between an arbitrary first device and another device, receiving a con...

A pattern inspection apparatus determines a difference of the measured dislocation of respective alignment marks of an opaque pattern and a phase shifting pattern (measurement difference), in addition to a difference between the both alignment mark positions in design (design difference). A difference between the measurement difference and the design difference is set as a difference in alignment ...

Dispositivo para reconstruir medicamentos generando una unión entre un recipiente de medicamentos con un punto de acceso perforable y un recipiente de líquido (9) con pared flexible y un punto de inyección (44) perforable, que lleva antepuesta una membrana perforable (46) formando un espacio intermedio (48), incluyendo un elemento de perforación (18) para perforar el lugar de acceso por un lado y ...

Acido silícico producido por vía pirogénica, contaminado con plata u óxido de plata por medio de un aerosol, caracterizado porque el componente de base es un ácido silícico pirogénico producido según el procedimiento de la oxidación a la llama o, preferentemente, de la hidrólisis a la llama, el cual se contaminó con un componente contaminante de 0, 0001 % en peso (=1x10-4 % en peso) y hasta el 20 ...

Enchufe múltiple para una conexión multipolar a la red, en especial de dos o de tres polos, para aparatos eléctricos consumidores, en especial aparatos manuales como ordenadores portátiles y aparatos de telecomunicaciones, aparatos eléctricos de afeitar o secadores para el cabello, para sistemas de conexión internacionales diferentes, comprendiendo una carcasa (1, 1¿) del enchufe con superficies l...

Formulaciones acrílicas de curado en frío con activadores derivados de diaminodifenilcarbinol de baja toxicidad. La presente invención está relacionada con el desarrollo de formulaciones acrílicas de curado en frío para su uso como composiciones precursoras de cementos óseos de baja toxicidad y buena biocompatibilidad. Los cementos óseos poliméricos se vienen empleando durante las últimas décadas ...

An improvement in a light emitting device having an image display array consisting of a plurality of light emitting pixels arranged in intersecting columns and rows. The pixels are each located on a common electrically insulative light transmissive support with pixels in the same column including a common light transmissive first electrode element located on the support. An organic electroluminesc...

"SEGMENTAçãO DE IMAGEM BASEADA EM FUNDO". Método para segmentação de uma imagem usando um processo de segmentação baseado em fundo é proporcionado. Uma imagem de documento (102) é filtrada em passo baixo e decimada. A imagem decimada é processada em baixa resolução por um estágio de segmentação de baixa resolução (104). Os resultados da segmentação incluem identificação de um fundo principal e um ...

"MéTODOS PARA INTENSIFICAR A PRODUçãO DE UM PRODUTO DE REAçãO OXIDATIVA DE UM HIDROCARBONETO E PARA ALTERAR O PRODUTO DE REAçãO OXIDATIVA DE UMA OXIDAçãO CATALìTICA EM FASE VAPOR". A aplicação de uma corrente elétrica aos catalisadores úteis para a oxidação em fase vapor de hidrocarbonetos permite que o processo obtenha processamento catalítico intensificado de um dado material de alimentação com ...

The invention provides a process for producing optically active 2, 2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid by reacting an optical isomer mixture of 2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid with an optically inactive amine to form (precipitate, crystallize or the like) an ammonium salt of optically active 2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylic acid, for example, optically active (S)-(+)-2,2-dimethylcyclop...