A device is described for releasably securing an elongated implement, such as a cane, to a garment surface of a user, such as a belt. The device includes an attachment member having a rear portion adapted for releasable attachment to a belt of a user, for example by way of a clip. Securing means is connected to a front portion of the attachment member and capable of swivelling with respect thereto...

The invention relates to a terminal device and a method of sending an electronic message from a terminal device to at least one recipient. The terminal device is connected to a network and comprises a display and means for entering a message. The method comprises the steps of storing (1) a predefined keyword and associating the stored keyword with a predefined activity, entering a message (2) for ...

The invention is essentially a system for use at entertainment events which allows users to selectively and/or automatically view and listen to content related to the event itself and to order goods and/or services and to make hospitality arrangements. It incorporates a data gateway at or accessible to the event a nd a plurality of interface devices for use by attendees. The devices provide the a...

A powder of a barrier material (B) is, after having been melted, applie d to a substrate of a polyolefin (A) according to flame spray coating process to give a shaped article, in which the barrier material (B) firmly adheres to t he polyolefin (A) even when the surface of the substrate is not subjected to primer treatment. The shaped article is favorable to components to fuel containers, fuel tank...

A method for establishing a connection between a circuit-switched mobile station (MS) and a packet-switched switching element (MSC). A radio network controller (RNC) receives a first initiation signal (an attach request) from the mobile station (MS) via a circuit-switched connection. The RNC opens a signaling connection for the mobile station. While the signaling connection is active, the RNC rece...

This invention relates to compounds of the formula (see formula I) and to pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and solvates thereof wherein X, Y, R1, R2, R3, R4, and R6 are as defined herein. The compounds of formula I are antibacterial and antiprotozoal agents that may be used to treat various bacterial and protozoal infections and disorders related to such infections. The invention also ...

A device and method for allocating jobs to host computers in a network are disclosed. The device and method groups the jobs into groups of jobs according to predetermined grouping criteria. One of the predetermined grouping criteria is whether or not the duration of the job is less than a predetermined duration. Jobs having similar characteristics are grouped together. One of the characteristics i...

Here is disclosed disposable pants of trunks-type 1 having a pair of lateral trunk regions 2 and a middle trunk region 3 wherein each of the lateral trunk regions 2 has an upper section 2A and a lower section 2B while the middle trunk region 3 has a front trunk section 3A, a rear trunk section 3C, a crotch section 3B and a pair of downward extensions 3D so that the front and rear trunk sections 3A...

A method for customizing corneal corrections includes superposing an imaginary reference field (grid) on the anterior surface of the cornea of an eye to divide the corneal surface into reference areas. Also, a diagnostical ly determined refractive power map for the cornea is created. An incising laser beam is then directed through an individual reference area to a focal spot. Next, movement of th...

A self-propelled, walk-behind commercial type lawn mower having a frame with a mower deck attached to a front section of the frame, an engine mounted to a rear section of the frame, and a handle bar assembly attached to and extending rearwardly and upwardly from the rear section of the frame. The mower deck includes at least one rotatable wi ng section pivotally attached to the frame of the mower...

A production method for still or motion coloured anaglyphic 3D images in RGB format. Contrasts of the full spectrum are perceived within each colour channel via red/green-blue filter gels enabling a dynamic and balanced contrast with bright register and near total extinction of the opposing eyes view including bright colours and white. In one preferred embodiment, full colour is presented to bot...

A system and method for improving the response time of text-to-speech synthesis utilizes "triphone contexts" (i.e., triplets comprising a central phoneme an d its immediate context) as the basic unit, instead of performing phoneme-by-phoneme synthesis. Prior to initiating the "real time" synthesis, a database is created of all possib le triphones (there are approximately 10000 in the English langu...

An electric shaver comprising a main body case which contains an electric motor, and a cutter head section which contains an outer cutter and an inner cutter and is attached to an upper portion of the main body case, in which the shaver further includes a supporting member that has a supporting plate body and leg portio ns and is provided on an upper portion of the main body case via the leg port...

The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement in a data communications system in Internet Protocol (IP) environments. The object of the invention is to achieve a simple way of remote and secure access of a computer to a private data communications network. The solution according to the invention is a Remote Access Login system profiled for accessing the private data communications n...

The present invention relates to a method and an arrangement in a data communications system in Internet Protocol (IP) environments. The object of the invention is to achieve a simple way of remote and secure access of a computer to a private data communications network. The solution according to the invention is a Remote Access Login system profiled for accessing the private data communications n...

A method of an extruded membrane of solidified flowable material having a desired curvature comprising extruding flowable material through a die in a curved section; measuring a characteristic of said extruded material at a plurality of positions along said die slot; comparing said plurality of measurements against a desired plurality of measurements respectively at each said position along said ...

A method and a device for optimizing the routing of data packets, in which method data packets are received, data flow is detected on the received data packets, a feedback request is transmitted in response to the detected data flow, feedback information is received, feedback information is generated and added to the received feedback information, feedback information is transmitted and the data p...

The payloads of IP packets are checked to actually determine if a packet contains MPEG-2 video rather than using predefined streams or priority levels that ar e assumed to contain such information as is done in the prior art. More specifically, the "sync" bytes of the MPEG-2 stream are searched for within the IP packet payload, and when a pattern indicative of the sync bytes is found the sync by...

A neck assembly for a recessed lighting fixture is provided that allows for the dissipation of heat from the fixture to the atmosphere and provides for the use of lamps of various sizes within the fixture. The neck assembly includes a generally annular neck portion that includes a body portion; and, a socket subassembly that includes a U-shaped socket support and lamp socket. The neck portion incl...

An apparatus for locating a talker, comprising a microphone array for receiving multiple audio signals, wherein the microphone array is characterized by a predetermined beampattern, a spectral conditioner for filtering the audio signals to optimize the beampattern for talker localization, a localization estimator f or calculating a localization estimate based on the filtered audio signals, an acti...