A method for staggercasting, includes encoding a first signal representing content using encoding having successive independent decoding segments and encoding a second signal representing the content using encoding having successive independent decoding segments respectively corresponding to the independent decoding segments of the first encoded signal. A composite signal including the first and s...

An electronic device test apparatus comprising: a test apparatus body for testing IC devices formed on a wafer for electrical characteristics; a probe card for electrically connecting the IC devices and the test apparatus body; a prober for pushing the wafer against the probe card so as to electrically connect the IC devices and the probe card; an abutting mechanism extending toward the back surfa...

An apparatus for synchronizing the reception of a spread-spectrum signal includes a synchronization apparatus having a code-matched filter, a running average unit coupled to the filter, a peak detector coupled to the running average unit, and a synchronizer coupled to the peak detector for providing an index of a peak. A corresponding method includes receiving a spread-spectrum signal having a per...

The invention concerns a method ( 200 ) and system ( 100 ) for encoding a video signal. The method includes the steps of receiving ( 212 ) a progressive video signal and encoding ( 214 ) the progressive video signal into at least one group of pictures having at least one prediction source picture and at least one non-prediction source picture. All the non-prediction source pictures are predicted f...

A system for removing a thin metal film comprising an inclining metal plate electrode (21) for guiding a downward electrolyte flow, an auxiliary electrode (22) placed on the upstream or downstream side of the metal plate electrode (21) such that a part of the auxiliary electrode is immersed into the electrolyte, and a power supply (23) for applying a DC voltage to the both electrodes. The system i...

A cover glass for semiconductor packages (10) is a glass sheet comprising a first transparent face (10a) and a second transparent face (10b) which are opposite to each other in the thickness direction and a lateral surface (10c) constituting the sides of the glass sheet. The cover glass (10) has dimensions of 14 x 16 x 0.5 mm. The first transparent face (10a) and the second transparent face (10b) ...

The present invention provides a data processing apparatus and method for controlling access to a memory. The data processing apparatus has a secure domain and a non-secure domain, in the secure domain the data processing apparatus having access to secure data which is not accessible in the non-secure domain. The data processing apparatus comprises a device coupled to a memory via a device bus, an...

The present invention is directed to solving the problems associated with the detection of surface defects on metal bars as well as the problems associated with applying metal flat inspection systems to metal bars for non-destructive surface defects detection. A specially designed imaging system, which is comprised of a computing unit, line lights and high data rate line scan cameras, is developed...

The electrooptical converter comprises sequentially located on the optical axis: at least one optical lighter, a transparent support or M transparent supports, each in the form of at least one plane-parallel plate or at least one prism of total internal reflection, at least one line modulator, at least one visualizer, a perception device, and at least one control device. Each line modulator compri...

A solid pigment preparation contains by wt. (a) a pigment (60-95%); (b) a water-soluble anionic surfactant (5-40%) which is a polymer of an ethylenically unsaturated mono- and/or di-carboxylic acid optionally copolymerized with an acid function-free vinyl monomer, the alkoxylation product of such a (co)polymer or a salt of the (co)polymer or its alkoxylation product; and (c) a polyether-based n...

Solid pigment preparations containing the following ingredients as substantial components: (A) 60-85 wt. % of at least one organic pigment, (B) 0.1-15 wt. % of at least one pigment derivative of general formula I wherein the variables have the following meanings: P is the radical of the parent substance of an organic pigment; T¹, T² independently represent a chemical bond, -C...

The membrane producible by shaping a polymer blend or a block copolymer comprising blocks of monomer units, loading the polymer blend or block copolymer with a blowing gas concentration within the polymer blend or block copolymer above a critical concentration at a temperature below a critical temperature, but above the glass transition temperature of the polymer blend/gas or block copolymer/gas m...

A method for the production of aromatic di-isocyanates (I) by gas-phase reaction of phosgene with diamines involves carrying out the reaction in a reaction zone under a pressure of more than 3 bar and less than 20 bar. An Independent claim is also included for a production unit for this process, in which the ratio of production capacity to phosgene hold-up is more than 3200 tonnes di-isocyanate p...

The motor control apparatus includes a memory that stores a correction data group for suppressing a fluctuation of an output of a motor, and a calculating unit that generates, by using a correction value calculated on the basis of a first output command value input thereto and the correction data group, a second output command value for controlling the output of the motor, the correction value bei...

A patch comprising a backing layer and a adhesive layer formed on the back face of the backing layer wherein a woven fabric or a nonwoven fabric made of a rayon and pulp fiber mixture is employed as the backing layer and the mixing ratio thereof is from 3:7 to 7:3. When employed in taping a finger, a wrist, an ankle, neck, an elbow, a knee or the like, the patch would not soon curl up or peel off ...

The load switch has the 2 fixed main contact pairs (3,4) for each current phase and a single movable main contact (16), pivoted into 2 different end positions for briding one or other of the fixed main contact pairs. Each of the latter has a lower fixed main contact (8,12), provided by a number of contact lamella (8.1,12.1) coupled to one of other side of the load switch and a relatively insulated...

Monoclonal antibodies which can bind to the ClfA protein and which are generated from binding subdomains or active fragments of the ClfA protein from Staphylococcus aureus, including the active fragments proteins from its fibrinogen binding domain such as Clf40 protein, the Clf33 protein, or ClfA N3, are provided which can be useful in the treatment and protection against infection from staphyloco...

Method, apparatus and system for self-aligning components, sub-assemblies and/or assemblies wherein actuators are used to physically move the components, sub-assemblies and/or assemblies such that an appropriate alignment is provided. The efficiency of the alignment may be determined with respect to a qualitative measurement (e.g., bit error rate, optical intensity and the like) of an output signa...

A coloring matter absorbing a near-infrared ray which comprises a diimonium salt containing a sulfonimide as an anion moiety, represented by the general formula (1): wherein R may be the same or different and represents a moiety selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group, a halogenated alkyl group, a cyanoalkyl group, an aryl group, a hydroxyl group, a phenyl group, and a phenylal...

A substantially transparent antistatic, impact resistant, molding composition comprises a miscible mixture of a polycarbonate resin and a cycloaliphatic polyester resin, and an antistatic polymeric material wherein the mixture of the polycarbonate and the cycloaliphatic polyester resin is present in suitable proportions for substantially matching the index of refraction of the antistatic polymeric...