Procédé universel de codage de signaux d'images pour la transmission ou la mémorisation numérique d'informations relatives à une image fixe ou mobile, dit VIDEOCODEC UNIVERSEL, caractérisé en ce que : - l'information d'image est organisée par le contrôleur de mémoire d'image - les coefficients transformés sont traités par un processeur flexible (FXP) - les coefficients transformés et traités sont ...

A durable heavy duty pallet having a flat load deck is made by placing a pre-cut plastic sheet under the load-bearing surface of an invented frame or skeleton. A second plastic sheet is thermoformed over the lower surface of the skeleton, brought down into tight conformity with the contours thereof and into contact with the first plastic sheet. The perimeters of the plastic sheets are bonded toget...

The plastic container and pallet system includes stackable plastic containers which interlock one with the other when stacked and which similarly interlock with the pallet when stacked thereon. Each container includes a pair of molded end wall structures which incorporate stacking tabs along their upper edge and stacking recess along their lower edge. Thus, when one container is stacked upon anoth...

A living hard tissue replacement is prepared by subjecting a calcium phosphate base ceramic material to superplastic forming. Also provided is a method for preparing a composite body comprising the step of joining a cover of a calcium phosphate base ceramic material to a substrate of a heterogeneous material by superplastic forming. Superplastic forming is often performed by hot isostatic pressing...

An improved surgical implant, formed of cobalt-chromium and its alloys in contact with a bearing surface formed by UHMWPE, and a process of its manufacture are disclosed. The improved surgical implant is designed to reduce the wear of the UHMPE component of the surgical implant, enhancing its useful life. The process essentially includes the ion implantation of the cobalt-chromium component, with ...

An induction-hardening machine for the contour hardening of cross-axis, intersecting-axis and nonintersecting-axis gears such as hypoid gears includes a programmable logic control unit, a source of quench liquid and a high-frequency induction generator which are operably connected to a high-frequency induction coil which is disposed at an inclined angle above the horizontally disposed workpiece (h...

An electrically conductive work-piece is rapidly heated by establishing a current flow in the work-piece that is the highest it can be without damaging circuit components. Such components include at least a transformer having a high-voltage, low-current primary winding and a low-voltage, high-current secondary winding and insulated cables connected to the secondary winding and terminated in one or...

A magnetic head slider suspension assembly for loading a head slider having air bearing surface onto the surface of a magnetic rotating disc is shown. The magnetic head slider suspension assembly includes an elongated slider arm adapted to be attached to an arm mounting support. The elongated slider arm includes a deflectable central arm section or load beam having a support end at one end thereof...

An electronic part mounting board (1) is provided comprising a substrate (10) having an electronic part mounting opening (13) formed in an upper surface thereof and a recess provided on a rear surface thereof and larger in size than the electronic part mounting opening; a heat radiating plate (2) fixed to the recess by means of a bond (3) with a position of an upper surface of the heat radiating p...

A method and system for recording debug commands as they are executed on a program is disclosed. The line number in the program reached after executing the debug command is also stored on the tape. The debug history tape is a sequential record of the debug commands. A user may reexecute one or more of the debug commands on the program by running the debug history tape. The user may stop the reexec...

A casket construction includes a metal container for a body having a bottom and side walls of metal material which is susceptible to corrosion. A non-corrosive liner pan is located in the bottom of the container to shield the bottom and the side walls from corrosion. The liner pan is a unitary member including a base and integral side walls which interlock with the side walls of the metal containe...

PURPOSE:To immediately input next data by transferring the address of input data registered in an input data storage file from an input data register means to an input data check means and transferring the control to a data input means. CONSTITUTION:An input data register means 2 outputs input data, which is inputted from a data input means 1, to an input data storage file 3 and transfers the addr...

PURPOSE:To apply this system to various online processings by preliminarily setting editing information of online data peculiar to each picture in the editing information data base of a terminal machine with respect to online processing between a host computer and terminal machine pictures. CONSTITUTION:This system is placed under a communication utility 2 and consists of an editing information ma...

PURPOSE:To eliminate a failure for input and to shorten the operation time by selecting a menu by the menu discrimination code inputted from a terminal equipment and automatically setting input information of a command program started from the menu. CONSTITUTION:The menu discrimination code inputted from a terminal equipment 1 is transferred to a menu display control processing part 4 through a co...

PURPOSE:To quickly cope with the check change for emergency without stopping the work by disconnecting a check pattern from an application program to manage the check pattern. CONSTITUTION:This system consists of a check pattern filing means 1, a check pattern maintenance means 2, and a check pattern substituting means 3. The check pattern to input data is encoded and generated on a file at the ti...

PURPOSE:To receive sent information by a personal computer communication and to specify and select information on a screen at a real position on the screen by sending the sent information stored corresponding to a position indicated by an indicating means according to a table selected by a selecting means. CONSTITUTION:A personal communication terminal is equipped with a CPU 1, a graphic display 2...

PURPOSE:To operate an unfamiliar computer with known commands by translating the commands that a user inputs into commands of the computer to be executed by using a command conversion table. CONSTITUTION:A central processing unit 24 is equipped with a storage device 25 stored with a command translation part, a storage device 26 for storing an OS command table, a storage device 27 for a table for r...

PURPOSE:To shorten the process time from the input to the start of a transaction by referring to the address of a last inputted transaction in a control table when an inputted transaction has the same name with the last inputted transaction, and then starting the transaction. CONSTITUTION:The control table 21 for the input transaction consists of the name 22 of the transaction which is inputted le...

: A pallet A disposable pallet comprises a base plate (1) of corrugated cardboard and a plurality of block-shaped feet (2) situated on the bottom side of the base plate (1). Each block-shaped foot (2) is made of a strong corrugated cardboard and is substantially solid, said foot comprising a substantially planar laminate including at least ten layers (3a, 3b, 3c, ..) of corrugated cardboard situat...

The novel bacterial strains Bacillus coagulans ATCC 53595, Arthrobacter globiformis ATCC 53596 and Pseudomonas stutzeri ATCC 53602 are able to catabolize tertiary butyl alcohol and therefore useful in treating wastewater to remove the compound prior to discharge.