Combined mounting for through-the-wall viewer and intercom
A pair of relatively small substantially panel-like hollow housings are disposed in aligned opposition on opposing vertical surfaces of a door, or the like. Each of the housings in provided with a fla... Read More
Inventors: Grauel, Stephen L.;, Assignee: |
Crime preventive door viewer
The door viewer of the present invention comprises substantially one optical assembly consisting of first and second objectives, an eyepiece having the same diameter as said first and second objective... Read More
Inventors: Kamimura, Yasushi;, Assignee: |
Spread spectrum communication system and transmission power control method therefor
An object of the present invention is to provide a spread spectrum communication system and a power control method whereby each terminal can communicate with the base station with a high signal-to-noi... Read More
Inventors: Yano, Takashi; Doi, Nobukazu;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
System and method for processing and analyzing telephone calls in a telephone exchange
In one aspect, the present invention provides a system for processing telephone calls comprising at least one telephone exchange. According to this aspect of the present invention, the telephone excha... Read More
Inventors: Norell, Lennart B.;, Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Stockholm, SE) |
Method and apparatus for teleworking from remote terminals
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of teleworking in association with a call centre having an automatic call distribution (ACD) suite comprising a switchi... Read More
Inventors: Booton, Laurence J.;, Assignee: British Telecommunications public limited company (London, GB) |
Tuner apparatus
Briefly described, the inventive tuner apparatus comprises a voltage controlled variable reactance device provided in common to a plurality of receiving bands and being supplied with a tuning voltage ... Read More
Inventors: Fujimoto, Isao;, Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Reciprocating mirror device
OF THE INVENTION Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a dental mirror 10 is disclosed which comprises a housing 11, a reflector assembly 12 and a motor assembly 13. The housing 11 is typically formed from a n... Read More
Inventors: King, Bernard G.;, Assignee: |
Interferometer gyroscope formed on a single plane optical waveguide
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The interferometer in accordance with the invention is formed with at least the optical processing and generating portions carried upon or formed as part of a single subs... Read More
Inventors: Thompson, David E.; Yao, Shi-Kay; August, Rudolf R.; Anderson, Dean B.;, Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation (El Segundo, CA) |
Ellipsoidal optical coupling device
What is claimed is: 1. An optical coupling device for at least two light conductors, comprising a solid body at least a part of which consists of a half-ellipsoid of revolution made of a material tran... Read More
Inventors: Benoit, Pierre; Pellaux, Jean-Paul; Widmer, Gilbert; Kerllenevich, Betty; Coche, Andre;, Assignee: Cables Cortaillod S.A. (CH) |
Security mailbox
What is claimed is: 1. A security mailbox attachable to a wall of a dwelling, comprising a mail receptacle, door means mounted thereon for the deposit of mail into the receptacle and withdrawal theref... Read More
Inventors: Darvishian, Arthur;, Assignee: |
Hearing aids of the type intended to be fitted in the external auditory meatus of the user
I claim: 1. A hearing aid of the type intended to be completely received in the external auditory meatus of the user and comprising a housing of frustroconical shape having an opening; a closure plate... Read More
Inventors: Giannetti, Vittorio;, Assignee: |
Apparatus for automatic inverting of cassettes
I claim as my invention: 1. Apparatus for inverting a cassette for use in connection with a recorder/playback device, the inverting apparatus comprising: (a) a rotatable magazine for receiving the cas... Read More
Inventors: Schatteman, Etienne A. M.;, Assignee: Staar S. A. (BE) |
Process for transmitting data between entities capable of emitting and/or receiving data
In such a system, the invention proposes a protocol for exchanging information between data processing equipment of programmable automaton or industrial computer type, instrumentation equipment of mor... Read More
Inventors: Doucet, Rene;, Assignee: Telemecanique (FR) |
Selective call receiver using typeface-based source identification
An object of the present invention is to provide a selective call receiver which enable its user to easily recognize a plurality of callers. According to the present invention, a selective call receiv... Read More
Inventors: Nishiyama, Toshiro;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Food processor
An object of the present invention is to mitigate that drawback, and to enable bowls of different sizes to be mounted on the same base. The present invention provides a food processor including a base... Read More
Inventors: Gonneaud, Patrick;, Assignee: Robot-Coupe SNC (FR) |
Broadband adaptation processing
Embodiments of the present invention enable one or more packets (e.g., CDMA packets, CDPD packets, etc.) to be encapsulated in cells (e.g., ATM cells, B-ISDN cells) to be transported over a broadband ... Read More
Inventors: Baldwin, John H.; Dravida, Subrahmanyam;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Electronic demand register
Accordingly, it is an object of the invention to provide an electronic demand register for an electric meter which overcomes the drawbacks of the prior art. It is a further object of the invention to ... Read More
Inventors: Germer, Warren R.;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Somersworth, NH) |
Electronic watthour meter
What is claimed is: 1. A meter, comprising: (a) means for processing current and voltage values proportional to current and voltage samples from conductor means; (b) converter means for providing, to ... Read More
Inventors: Germer, Warren R.; Ouellette, Maurice J.; Hagh, Mehrdad N.; White, Bertram;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Somersworth, NH) |
Digital processing of sensor signals for reading binary storage media
The invention provides a method of processing an electrical signal produced by one or more sensors in a device for reading binary storage media, which signal represents a set of successive stored bina... Read More
Inventors: Hudson, Geoffrey M.; Allen, Kingsley J. F.;, Assignee: Hudson-Allen Limited (Box Hill, AU) |
Method and apparatus for allowing an interrupt controller on an adapter to control a computer system
What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for allowing devices operable in a first computer system to operate in a second computer system, said second computer system having an in-system interrupt controlle... Read More
Inventors: Capps, Jr., Louis Bennie; Lam, Son Hung; Tra, An Xuan;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Image forming apparatus provided with self-diagnosis and self-repair system
An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus having a system capable of developing inference admitting ambiguity from the point of view of maintenance, making self-diagn... Read More
Inventors: Umeda, Yasushi; Motegi, Yasuo; Tomiyama, Tetsuo; Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki; Shimomura, Yoshiki;, Assignee: Mita Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Method of, and apparatus for, transmitting data in a manufacturing machine comprising a plurality of production stations
Therefore with the foregoing in mind it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a new and improved method and apparatus for transmitting data in a manufacturing machine and which metho... Read More
Inventors: Meyer, Urs;, Assignee: Rieter Machine Works Limited (Winterthur, CH) |
Unified trellis encoder
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A unified trellis encoder for transmission systems encoding is disclosed. The transmitter includes a general procedure to produce a data signal, based on parameters specif... Read More
Inventors: Olafsson, Sverrir;, Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation (Newport Beach, CA) |
Touch overlay for improved touch sensitivity
It is an object of this invention to increase the speed at which the presence of a finger can be detected in a transparent overlay disposed over a viewing surface which is also capable of determining ... Read More
Inventors: Greanias, Evon C.; Verrier, Guy F.; Donaldson, Robert L.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corp. (Armonk, NY) |
Suture demonstration portfolio
The present invention provides a novel suture and needle-suture demonstration portfolio which is easy to carry and use during marketing procedures. The portfolio comprises at least two relatively flat... Read More
Inventors: Miller, Eric;, Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation (Norwalk, CT) |
Common-pass decentered annular ring resonator with improved polarization control
The objects and advantages of the present invention are achieved by forming the front waxicon of a CPDARR with five reflecting surfaces. The feedback beam is directed upon the front waxicon and reflec... Read More
Inventors: Holmes, Dale A.;, Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation (El Segundo, CA) |
Method and apparatus for evaluating noise level on a telephone channel
The present invention provides a method of evaluating the noise level on a telephone channel on the basis of the signal present on the channel during successive time intervals of substantially equal d... Read More
Inventors: de Bergh, Guy;, Assignee: Compagnie Industrielle des Telecommunications (Paris, FR) |
System and method for registering wireless telephones to selected wirelines of the public switched telephone network
What is claimed is: 1. For use in cooperation with a Broadband Network, for carrying video signals to a television, a system for registering a wireless telephone which is normally operative in its cor... Read More
Inventors: Blumhardt, Mark S.;, Assignee: U S West, Inc. (Denver, CO) |
Method for making output/input coupler for multi-mode glass fibers
The present invention is directed to providing output and/or input couplers which are simple to produce and which coupler also makes it possible to output couple a very small portion of the optical po... Read More
Inventors: Auracher, Franz; Kersten, Ralf;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin & Munich, DE) |
Orientation detection system for thin-line towed sonar arrays
The present invention provides an thin-line heading sensor having an outside diameter of less than an inch which is accurate to within 1.degree. of arc. The invention includes a magnetic wheel having ... Read More
Inventors: Harrington, William A.;, Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company (El Segundo, CA) |
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