Angle sensor with CCD
The present invention provides a wheel alignment system for measuring the angular relationship between the four wheels of an automotive vehicle. Angle measurements are taken using four head units whic... Read More
Inventors: Hechel, Dennis L.; Niemetschek, Raymond H.; Slocum, Tobin; Kercheck, Gary R.; Crawford, Michael C.;, Assignee: Bear Automotive Service Equipment Company (New Berlin, WI) |
Joint treatment
What is claimed: 1. The treatment of a bone joint having defective cartilage between the bone ends, which treatment is characterized by the insertion between the bone ends of a cushioning gel of harde... Read More
Inventors: Perkins, Ezra C.; Connolly, Ronald G.;, Assignee: |
Solder bump measuring method and apparatus
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus capable of measuring bumps on a work correctly at high speed. The measuring method of this invention comprises the steps of: ... Read More
Inventors: Hashimoto, Yutaka; Sasaki, Hideaki; Kobayashi, Mamoru; Kazui, Shinichi;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Consumer-document inking monitor and control
I claim: 1. Printing apparatus comprising: a. a computer processor having a communications port; b. a printer connected to said computer processor; c. a network; and d. an ink density detector connect... Read More
Inventors: Tognazzini, Bruce;, Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) |
Radiological imaging method
X-Ray radiological imaging takes advantage of the fact that certain structures within a body attenuate or absorb X-Rays to a greater degree than do other structures enabling an X-Ray image to show ce... Read More
Inventors: Fishman, Royce S.;, Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc. (Danbury, CT) |
Shockwave reflector
What I claim is: 1. In a reflector for focusing, shockwaves in a coupling liquid in order to contactlessly comminute concretions in living bodies, the improvement comprising interior reflecting surfac... Read More
Inventors: Wess, Othmar;, Assignee: Dornier System GmbH (Friedrichshafen, DE) |
Apparatus for producing time-staggered shock waves
OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In the FIGURE, 1 generally indicates a shock wave tube of known type. At the exit window 3 of the tube 1, a shock wave 5 issues after activation. As a result of the design of... Read More
Inventors: Reichenberger, Helmut;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin and Munich, DE) |
Ultrasound generator
The object of the present invention is to provide an ultrasound generator having an acoustical lens and a dampening member of a structure wherein the piezo-electric transducer can be equipped with ele... Read More
Inventors: Rohwedder, Arnim; Wessels, Gerd;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin and Munich, DE) |
Cable guide for a nuclear magnetic resonance tomography apparatus
We claim as our invention: 1. In a nuclear magnetic resonance tomography apparatus having a magnet with a central opening defining an examination space and having a patient support movable into said e... Read More
Inventors: Krause, Norbert; Hanke, Wilhelm; Ruhl, Juergen;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, DE) |
Method for improving the signal-to-noise ratio in a nuclear magnetic resonance tomography apparatus
We claim as our invention 1. A method for improving the signal-to-noise ratio in a nuclear magnetic resonance tomography apparatus comprising the steps of: generating an RF excitation pulse for exciti... Read More
Inventors: Reinfelder, Hans-Erich; Fischer, Hubertus;, Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Munich, DE) |
Ultra-fast multi-section MRI using gradient and spin echo (grase) imaging
Although the earlier limited attempts by Feinberg et al (Supra. Soc. Magn. Res. in Med., p950, (1986)) to combine gradient echoes and spin echoes in each TR interval were flawed, we have continued to ... Read More
Inventors: Feinberg, David A.; Oshio, Koichi;, Assignee: |
Method and apparatus for high speed magnetic resonance imaging with improved image quality
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for magnetic resonance imaging, capable of obtaining the images with high spatial resolution and S/N ratio. It i... Read More
Inventors: Kanayama, Shoichi; Kuhara, Shigehide; Sato, Kozo;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Ambulatory clearance function monitor
OF THE INVENTION A clearance function monitor according to the invention includes a detector, positionable on the body surface or positionable noninvasively in a body cavity, that is capable of detec... Read More
Inventors: Rabito, Carlos A.; Moore, Richard H.;, Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation (Boston, MA) |
Localization and therapy system for treatment of spatially oriented focal disease
A visualization and treatment transducer for producing lesions in diseased tissue sites according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises a transducer housing having a main section and a ... Read More
Inventors: Fry, Francis J.; Sanghvi, Narendra T.;, Assignee: Laboratory Equipment, Corp. (Mooresville, IN) |
Ultrasonic treatment transducer with pressurized acoustic coupling
An apparatus for treatment of brain tumors or other selected brain tissues according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a skull fixation apparatus which incorporates a plurality of al... Read More
Inventors: Fry, Francis J.; Sanghvi, Narendra T.;, Assignee: Laboratory Equipment, Corp. (Mooresville, IN) |
Remote temperature monitoring apparatus and technique
The present invention seeks to provide a relatively low cost, easy to use, wireless thermometry system which is useful, inter alia, in clinical hyperthermia. There is thus provided in accordance with ... Read More
Inventors: Taicher, Zvi; Shporer, Mordechai;, Assignee: Taicher; Zvi (Rehovot, IL) |
Monitoring body functions using fast NMR pulse sequences
The present invention relates to a method for acquiring a series of NMR images with good time resolution and with good T*.sub.2 contrast. More specifically, each image in the series is generated by ac... Read More
Inventors: Foo, Thomas K.; Bernstein, Matthew A.;, Assignee: General Electric Company (Milwaukee, WI) |
Fault isolation device
It is an object of this invention to provide a novel fault isolation device capable of isolating telephone system problems. It is another object of this invention to provide a fault isolation device w... Read More
Inventors: De Vries, Paul; Gewitz, Steven; Heyman, Roald G.;, Assignee: |
Flow control system for the precipitation of silver halide emulsions
The apparatus includes a first valve assembly for introducing silver salt into the precipitation vessel, a second valve assembly for introducing a halide salt into the precipitation vessel, a flow pro... Read More
Inventors: Parthemore, Keith Gordon;, Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company (Wilmington, DE) |
Recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing a carrier chrominance signal with pre-emphasis and de-emphasis
Accordingly, it is a general object of the present invention to provide a novel and useful recording and reproducing apparatus for recording and reproducing a carrier chrominance signal, in which the ... Read More
Inventors: Hirota, Akira; Tsushima, Takuya; Suzuki, Nobuyoshi;, Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (Yokohama, JP) |
Reproducing device for video signal
An object of the present invention is to provide a recording and reproducing for a video signal which can satisfactorily cope with both the random noise and the impulse noise even when the emphasis qu... Read More
Inventors: Matsuo, Yasutoshi;, Assignee: Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (Yokohama, JP) |
DC restoration of sampled imagery signals
In accordance with the present invention, this problem is solved by controllably clocking the A-D converter to which the sampled pixel signals from the matrix of pixels of the solid state imager are a... Read More
Inventors: Schrock, Anthony W.;, Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company (Rochester, NY) |
Software-based resolver-to-digital converter
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a software-based resolver-to-digital converter (RDC) is provided for use in computing the angle of rotation between gimbaled instruments in a... Read More
Inventors: Anagnost, John J.;, Assignee: Hughes Electronics (Los Angeles, CA) |
Pyramid processor integrated circuit
The invention is described below with reference to an exemplary pyramid IC and to FIGS. 1-11. While this description is in the context of an image processing system, the circuitry may be used for oth... Read More
Inventors: van der Wal, Gooitzen S.;, Assignee: David Sarnoff Research Center, Inc. (Princeton, NJ) |
Method for generating non-visible window edges in image compositing systems
The invention is a method used with a system for compositing a foreground scene including a subject before a nonuniformly illuminated colored backing, and a background scene, and where the nonuniformi... Read More
Inventors: Vlahos, Petro; Vlahos, Paul;, Assignee: Ultimatte Corporation (Chatsworth, CA) |
Luminance signal/color signal separating circuit and noise reduction circuit using a comb filter
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to prevent the degradation in vertical resolution of the VCR's reproduced image. Another object of the invention is to prevent the decrease of small ... Read More
Inventors: Miki, Shigeru; Shirai, Mitsuzou; Ichikawa, Yuuichi;, Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (Moriguchi, JP) |
Modulator circuit for use with a plurality of operating standards
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring firstly to FIG. 1, a modulator 2 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises an oscillator section 10 and 4, a modulator section... Read More
Inventors: Ligertwood, Peter J.;, Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Circuit arrangement for demodulating an intermediate-frequency video signal
It is an object of the invention to improve the circuit arrangement of the type described in the opening paragraph to such an extent that a phase modulation in the output signal of the phase-locked lo... Read More
Inventors: Hafemeister, Thomas;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY) |
Sealed end cap mounting for laminated insulator core
The present invention provides an insulator comprising a pair of fixing caps and an elongate core made of organic material and which includes a rod made of agglomerated fibres, one of said caps being ... Read More
Inventors: Kaczerginski, Alexandre; Willem, Michel;, Assignee: Societe Anonyme dite: CERAVER (Paris, FR) |
Image processing apparatus
What is claimed is: 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: A/D converter means for converting a video signal representing an image including at least one edge line into digital image data; first... Read More
Inventors: Kaneko, Makoto;, Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Kawasaki, JP) |
Image Analysis 
