A method and an apparatus of dynamically setting a rise-over-thermal (ROT) threshold to control user-to-user interferences in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The ROT threshold is set by determining whether an outage of communication has occurred, increasing the ROT threshold by a predetermined increment if the outage has not occurred, and decreasing the ROT threshold by a predetermi...

A microdeposition system microdeposit droplets of fluid material to define a feature pattern on a substrate. The feature pattern for the substrate is defined. A mask is created for the feature pattern that reduces a density of defects that occur due to a malfunctioning nozzle of the microdeposition head. The droplets of fluid material are microdeposited onto the substrate based on the mask to defi...

A method for processing a plurality of motion vectors is disclosed. The method includes determining a number of different block sizes in the video frame; and, performing a variable block size motion vector process if the number of different block sizes in the video frame is greater than one, the variable block size motion vector process comprising constructing a pyramid of motion vectors from the ...

The invention relates to a filament excellent in incision resistance comprising as a primary component a polyethylene filament having a weight-average molecular weight of 300,000 or less and a ratio of a weight-average molecular weight to a number-average molecular weight (Mw/Mn) of 4.0 or less as determined in the state of a filament as well as a modulus of 500 cN/dtex or more, and to a fabric ex...

Process for operating a wind park consisting of a number of wind energy plants comprises controlling the operations of each plant until the net electrical power is supplied up to a predetermined maximum value. - Independent claims are also included for the following: - (1) Wind park having a central control installation; and - (2) Wind energy plant. - Preferred Features: Electrical energy for driv...

The disclosure provides integrated circuit packages including a lead frame having multiple I/O pads positioned proximate to the lead frame perimeter around a central ground paddle, an integrated circuit die having electrically conductive die terminals positioned on the central ground paddle, and multiple ground circuit pads positioned on and in electrical connection with the central ground paddle....

A method of testing audio/video synchronization comprising calculating a frequency of a device used to encode a digital stream based on program clock references calculating first time differences between audio decoding time stamps and actual audio decoding times; calculating second time differences between audio presentation time stamps and actual audio presentation times; calculating third time d...

A waveguide-type broadband optical isolator according to the present invention, comprising: a reciprocal phase shifter which makes a phase difference 3À/2 between a first light wave propagating through a first waveguide and a second light wave propagating through a second waveguide, with a fundamental operating wavelength », and a nonreciprocal phase shifter which provides a phase difference À/2 f...

A traveling test apparatus, in which a drive wheel of a vehicle are placed thereon, a housing of a bearing portion supporting a rotating member rotated by rotation of the drive wheel is fixed to a bearing supporting member, a motor for applying a resistance to the rotation of the rotation member is fixed to the bearing supporting member, and a load sensor for measuring a force transmitted from the...

The present invention provides a method for prominently inhibiting the production in fungi of mycotoxin, which has serious effects on health of humans and other animals, and provides a mycotoxin production inhibitor. Mycotoxin content such as deoxinivalenol (DON) in harvested crops can be reduced without a correlation with the control effects against fungi by spraying a fungicide containing a benz...

A transmission of a signal through an isolation interface with a capacitive barrier is performed so that in an input circuit of the interface by integrating with an appropriate time constant the slope rates of the edges of signal replicas U1o± of the transmitted input signal Ui are adjusted and that the said signal replicas are differentiated either in an appropriate differentiating unit, whereat ...

To receive packets with interference cancellation, block transmissions for the packets are received on time-frequency blocks used by these packets. Receiver spatial processing is performed on input symbols to obtain detected symbols. Each packet is demodulated and decoded based on all detected symbols obtained for all block transmissions received for the packet. For each packet that is decoded cor...

A system and method for providing a location based service to create a social network, comprising activating a feature from a wireless terminal, registering from the wireless terminal with a location based service associated with the feature, creating a profile of a user of the feature, and displaying candidates based on the profile and based on the geographic location of the candidates. A Global ...

A system and method are provided for global transmission power control in a wireless communication device. The method comprises: measuring the received power of a receiving device; collecting the received power measurements, and accepting a received power threshold; and, generating the optimal transmit power level for a transmitting device, in response to the collected received power measurements ...

Methods and apparatus encode video at a targeted bit rate and yet permit variation of a Quantization Parameter (QP) to encode video of varying complexity with relatively consistent visual quality. Constant bit rate (CBR) encoding is desirable in many applications, such as in transmission or broadcasting environments. However, conventional CBR techniques compromise visual quality. Disclosed techniq...

A mobile communications terminal in which the user interface is assembled by assembling a number of software objects representing logical entities; querying each of the objects to receive data relating to the represented entities; applying a translation entity and a presentation entity to the received data to create a display data set; and sending the display data set to a renderer that can cause ...

Fire- and/or flame stable footwear with protective function against pollution like chemical toxic substance, comprises: a multilevel layer structure (2) comprising an external layer (3) and an internal layer (4) (where e.g. between the layers, an adsorption layer (5) with a pollution adsorption material (6) is arranged; and the external layer is equipped additionally with a fire- and/or flame reta...

Volatile organic compound or other materials are produced in the thermoplastic manufacture of thermoplastic polyester beverage containers. Such materials can be eluted into beverages such as carbonated beverages, sparkling or still water from the polyester. Such thermoplastic polyester resins can be manufactured with a material that can prevent the formation of, or react with, and absorb volatile ...

The present invention provides an imaging apparatus for converting a 24p imaging signal generated with a frame frequency of 24 Hz according to a progressive scanning system into a 60 i signal with a field frequency of 60 Hz by 2:3 pull-down processing according to an interlace scanning system which is a standard television system. The imaging apparatus prevents occurrence of a horizontal stripe an...