Electronic filing system wherein the automatic updating of retrieval data is voluntarily inhibited
It is accordingly the object of the present invention to provide an electronic filing system in which the retrieval data items recorded on one recording medium can either be automatically updated or n... Read More
Inventors: Hirose, Kenji;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Device for detecting displacement between patterns
The primary object of the present invention is therefore to provide a device for detecting the displacement between a pattern just picked up and the pattern picked up immediately prior thereto so that... Read More
Inventors: Kadota, Shozo; Fujimoto, Yoshiji;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (JP) |
Educational book with interactive elements
It is the general object of the present invention to disclose a new type of educational booklet utilizing apertured leaves to allow interaction between information contained on a reference page with i... Read More
Inventors: Thorsheim, Howard I.; Roberts, Bruce B.;, Assignee: |
Static dataflow computer with a plurality of control structures simultaneously and continuously monitoring first and second communication channels
Before describing in detail the particular improved computer architecture in accordance with the present invention, it should be observed that the present invention resides primarily in a novel struc... Read More
Inventors: Sterling, Thomas L.; Chan, Ellery Y.;, Assignee: Harris Corporation (Melbourne, FL) |
Method and apparatus for trimming B-spline descriptions of patches in a high performance three dimensional graphics system
A typical high performance three dimensional graphics system will describe a surface to be rendered as surface patches defined by functions for each patch. Such functions might be, for example, nonuni... Read More
Inventors: Fiasconaro, James G.;, Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA) |
System and method for generating a trimmed parametric surface for display on a graphic display device
What is claimed is: 1. A computer implemented method for generating for display a trimmed parametric surface as a single quadrilateral mesh in a computer graphics system, said parametric surface compr... Read More
Inventors: Scheibl, Frederick J.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Vertex and spherical normalization circuit
A normalization circuit suitable for use in a graphics adapter is disclosed. The circuit is configured to receive vertex data and includes a set of multiplexer circuits, a set of functional units, and... Read More
Inventors: Rodriguez, Javier A.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Method and apparatus for displaying one or more measurement values of arbitrary measurement variables on a screen
I claim: 1. A method for displaying one or more measurement values of arbitrary measurement variables on the screen of a video display terminal (VDT) operating by the line-scanning process, in particu... Read More
Inventors: Herweg, Arnulf;, Assignee: |
Electrolytic apparatus having a stable reference electrode and method of operating such apparatus
Before describing the detailed arrangement and control of reference electrodes in an electrochromic display according to the invention, a basic method for writing and erasing such displays will first... Read More
Inventors: Martin, David H.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Image processing apparatus, image output device, image processing method and record medium on which image processing program is recorded
The present invention is made to solve the above problem and the object is to reduce processing time without requiring a bulk memory by executing smoothing processing if necessary when code image data... Read More
Inventors: Sekine, Hiroshi; Tsukimura, Shigeru; Kawano, Hiroyuki;, Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Color image processing apparatus and method and color image output apparatus each using a color matching/processing method based on the color imput
An object of the present invention is to solve all or some of the drawbacks mentioned above. Another object of the present invention is to provide a color image processing apparatus, a color image pro... Read More
Inventors: Nishikawa, Naoyuki; Nakajima, Nobuyuki;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) |
Color image formation method and color image formation apparatus
It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a color image formation method and a color image formation apparatus for executing appropriate color gamut compression depending on the amounts an... Read More
Inventors: Murai, Kazumasa; Ogatsu, Hitoshi;, Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Liquid flow detecting device
What is claimed is: 1. A liquid flow detecting device incorporating a static member arranged to be fixed within a passage through which flow of an operating liquid is to take place and an active membe... Read More
Inventors: Fairlie-Clarke, Anthony C.;, Assignee: Vickers Limited (London, GB2) |
Phototypesetting system and method
Briefly, the present invention is directed to a method and system for use in phototypesetting. According to one aspect of the invention, a type font is scanned and character, or symbol, data represent... Read More
Inventors: Brown, Kenneth W.;, Assignee: Compugraphic Corporation (Wilmington, MA) |
Mechanical protractor
An object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved device for measuring the angle between two lines. Another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved device fo... Read More
Inventors: Spentzas, Nick E.;, Assignee: |
Apparatus for displaying characters
Accordingly, an object of the invention is to provide a display system with a single character generator for both sections or stations of a divided CRT screen. To achieve the above object, there is pr... Read More
Inventors: Enokizono, Takatoshi;, Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Kawasaki, JP) |
Adaptive environment control system
The adaptive environment control system of the present invention is illustrated in block diagram form in FIG. 1. This system is located in a building 110 and consists of a number of control elements ... Read More
Inventors: Cler, Lawrence J.;, Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company (New York, NY); AT&T Information Systems Inc. (Morristown, NJ) |
System for numerically controlling a machine tool
It is the main object of the invention to realize a numerical control of a machine tool of the direct numerical control (DNC) system with an electronic computer of the general use type in the form of ... Read More
Inventors: Nozawa, Ryoichiro; Kiya, Nobuyuki;, Assignee: Fujitsu Fanuc Limited (Tokyo, JP) |
Wear particle disintegrator monitor
The subject invention is intended to enhance the utility of ferrous debris detectors used in hydraulic and lubrication systems such as are used in helicopter engines and rotor gear boxes. In particula... Read More
Inventors: Magee, James H.; Tauber, Thomas E.;, Assignee: Technical Development Co. (Glenolden, PA) |
Complex analog waveform generator
In FIG. 1, a signal generator 10 is connected via a transmission channel 21 to a signal receiver 22. Signal generator 10 comprises a clock 11 connected to a divider chain 12 which produces a 9-bit si... Read More
Inventors: Fabricius, Wayne Nixon;, Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Second difference function generator
The above objections of the prior art as well as others may be overcome by providing the combination of means for storing second or higher order differences of a function and means for providing value... Read More
Inventors: Richards, Gerald P.;, Assignee: Raytheon Company (Lexington, MA) |
Display advance system for a word processor
The present invention provides a display advance system for a word processor having a video screen that displays only a section, typically one-third, of a full page of text stored in a memory. When a ... Read More
Inventors: Vaughn, Jr., Louis E.;, Assignee: Lexitron Corporation (Chatsworth, CA) |
Table tennis bat blade
The present invention relates to a new table tennis bat blade which, in basic form, is composed of a layer of rigid, lightweight, low modulus of elasticity material positioned centrally with respect t... Read More
Inventors: Tse, Jackson;, Assignee: EST Industries, Inc. (WA) |
Systems for supplying unmodulated baseband signals to television receivers
OF THE INVENTION INCLUDING THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to the drawing, a conventional television receiver, only a part of which is shown, includes a video detector 10 and a buffer amplifier 11... Read More
Inventors: Anthony, Patrick R.;, Assignee: Electrohome Limited (Kitchener, CA) |
In line testing device for a circuit calculating the discrete Fourier transform and a circuit comprising such a device
The circuit of the present invention is connected to a circuit effecting, for a succession of numbers, the digital calculation called a discrete Fourier transform, or DFT in the rest of this patent. F... Read More
Inventors: du Chene, Arnaud; Delalande, Brigitte; Mariaux, Thierry;, Assignee: Thomson-CSF (Paris, FR) |
Method for producing planar geometric projection images
Accordingly, it is an important object of the present invention to provide an improved method in which changes in the number of objects represented in a planar geometric projection can be accomplished... Read More
Inventors: Fitzgerald, William J.; Gracer, Franklin; Wolfe, Robert N.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Financial calculator capable of displaying graphic representation
The present invention has been made in an attempt to solve the conventional problems, and therefore an object is to provide a novel financial calculator having a graphic representative function by whi... Read More
Inventors: Yoshino, Hiroyuki; Tomidokoro, Yoshinori;, Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Fuzzy logic controller
OF THE INVENTION THE COGNITIVE MODEL OF FUZZY CONTROL The functionality, design and operational principles of the Clearness Transformation Fuzzy Logic Controller (CTFLC) are based on the cognitive mo... Read More
Inventors: Al Janabi, Talib H.; Sultan, Labib;, Assignee: |
Graphical display of engine cylinder parameters
We claim: 1. Apparatus for measurement of cylinder performance in an internal combustion (IC) engine, comprising: sensor means for providing sensed signals of the actual values of selected parameters ... Read More
Inventors: Higgs, Raymond J.; Palmer, Leslie W.;, Assignee: United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, CT) |
Display control device for reducing power consumption of display units
The present invention has been made to solve such problems. It is an object of the invention to provide a display device capable of reducing a power consumption of a display control device, by adding ... Read More
Inventors: Ishikawa, Yasuo;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Graphic Cards 
