Peace officer's equipment bag
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The bag of the instant invention has a central body portion or pouch 10 which is formed of tough but light-weight nylon cloth or similar synthetic fabric. The body define... Read More
Inventors: Plough, Stephan E.; Swartzendruber, David L.;, Assignee: |
Boot assembly
I claim: 1. A piston and cylinder assembly comprising a housing provided with a bore, a piston working in said bore and having a first end projecting from one end of said bore, and a boot assembly for... Read More
Inventors: Innocent, David B.;, Assignee: Lucas Industries public limited company (Birmingham, GB2) |
Thresholding technique for graphics images using histogram analysis
The present invention involves a method and apparatus for thresholding image data by determining three threshold levels in the image histogram that are used for producing four intensity levels of the ... Read More
Inventors: Pennebaker, William B.;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Process control system
That which is claimed is: 1. Apparatus comprising: compressor means; an expander means; a secondary driving means; a shaft connecting said expander means, said secondary driving means and said compres... Read More
Inventors: Stewart, William S.; Funk, Gary L.;, Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Company (Bartlesville, OK) |
Automatic impedance matching with potential monitoring means
In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, a method of impedance matching a transmitter to a transmission medium of a communication system during normal operation of the system comprises ... Read More
Inventors: Claridge, Philip G.; Pearce, David A.;, Assignee: Madge Networks Limited (Buckinghamshire, GB) |
Magnetic environment stabilization for effective operation of magnetically sensitive instruments
The present invention overcomes the problems in the prior art by providing systems and methods for controlling the magnetic environment around a magnetically sensitive instrument including magneticall... Read More
Inventors: Luzzi, David E.;, Assignee: The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA) |
Wireless neural network and a wireless neural processing element
It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication apparatus that allows a large number of neural processing elements to communicate simultaneously with each other. It is another obje... Read More
Inventors: Murphy, John H.;, Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp. (Pittsburgh, PA) |
Heterojunction semiconductor device
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows the thermal expansion coefficient .alpha. of an alloy of formula: Ga.sub.x In.sub.1-x As.sub.6 P.sub.1-y as a function of x, with x varying between 0 and 0.4... Read More
Inventors: Pearsall, Thomas;, Assignee: Thomson-CSF (Paris, FR) |
Data and signaling time slot transfer and processing system for a set of multiplex lines
The invention consists in a data and signaling time slot transfer and processing system for a set of n first 2.048 Mbit/s multiplex lines with the information in each data or signaling time slot havin... Read More
Inventors: Boulard, Pierre; Gouriou, Roger;, Assignee: Compagnie Industrielle des Telecommunications Cit-Alcatel (Paris, FR) |
Data transmitting-receiving system
It is an object of the present invention to provide, in view of the above, a data transmitting-receiving system in which many coded points can easily be transmitted from technical and economic viewpoi... Read More
Inventors: Toyonaga, Noriyasu;, Assignee: Fujitsu Limited (Kawasaki, JP) |
Automatic focusing device having a settable focus detection area
This invention is directed to the solution of the above stated problems of the prior art. It is also a first object of the invention to provide an improvement over the methods disclosed in the prior a... Read More
Inventors: Suda, Hirofumi; Toyama, Masamichi; Fujiwara, Akihiro; Yamada, Kunihiko;, Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Image pick-up device with auto lens control for freely selecting photometric area
An object of the present invention is to provide a video camera which can optionally set a photometric area to optimize an amount of light, thus preventing a subject from being so dark that it cannot ... Read More
Inventors: Mimura, Hidetoshi; Kogane, Haruo; Sube, Makoto;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Video camera and camera system having an electronic viewfinder portraying image information
According to one aspect of this invention, there is provided a video camera having a zoom function and including an electronic viewfinder, which comprises image frame signal generating means for gener... Read More
Inventors: Hashimoto, Hiroyuki; Saito, Haruo;, Assignee: Aiwa Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Still video device in which image signals corresponding to one frame can be divided and recorded on a plurality of tracks
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a still video device, by which an image signal corresponding to one frame can be recorded on a plurality of recording areas even if a plural... Read More
Inventors: Sato, Koichi;, Assignee: Asahi Kogaku Kabushiki Kaisha (JP) |
Image forming apparatus
An object of the present invention is attained from a viewpoint that while characters, etc. are mostly represented by only black component (namely, black and white), graphics, photo images, etc. are m... Read More
Inventors: Eki, Koji; Nishi, Akihiro;, Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Osaka, JP) |
Fast access charge coupled device memory organizations for a semiconductor chip
What is claimed is: 1. A charge coupled device memory organization including a plurality of storage loops, said organization comprising: a read/write station; a plurality of pairs of read and write sw... Read More
Inventors: Rege, Satish L.; Woo, Beng-Yu;, Assignee: Burroughs Corporation (Detroit, MI) |
Method for providing for automatic topology discovery in an ATM network or the like
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for providing for automatic topology discovery in an ATM network or the like. Importantly, as demand for ATM networks grow, the number of switches... Read More
Inventors: Chatwani, Dilip; Subramanian, Rajan; Chiang, Winnis; Davar, Jonathan; Opher, Ayal; Sawant, Shiva;, Assignee: Bay Networks, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) |
Method for managing programs with attribute information and developing loaded programs
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for developing programs in a distributed processing system, which can check consistency among developed programs, and generate information ... Read More
Inventors: Orimo, Masayuki; Mori, Kinji; Suzuki, Yasuo; Kawano, Katsumi; Koizumi, Minoru; Nakai, Kozo; Kasashima, Hirokazu;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Apparatus for checking patterns on printed circuit boards
An object of this invention is to provide an apparatus for checking patterns formed on printed circuit boards which can accurately match an image of a pattern on a printed circuit board with an image ... Read More
Inventors: Sase, Akira; Nagata, Takeo; Fukunaga, Masao; Sakurai, Yutaka; Satomi, deceased, Yoshikatsu;, Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Method and arrangement for controlling the electrical relationships of a current-intensive glow discharge
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method and an arrangement of this particular art which makes possible short circuit detection. Subject matter of the invention is theref... Read More
Inventors: Oppel, Werner;, Assignee: Klockner Ionon GmbH (Cologne, DE) |
Combination copy machine and microfilm camera
What I claim is: 1. A device for providing a microfilm copy of each document copied on a conventional copy machine and attachable thereto, comprising: a conventional copy machine including a housing; ... Read More
Inventors: Lewis, Bernard;, Assignee: |
Method and apparatus for eliminating exposure strobing effects in a document reproduction machine
What is claimed is: 1. In a document scanning system wherein a plurality of optical components illuminates a document on an object plane and projects an image thereof along an optical path onto a phot... Read More
Inventors: Lama, William L.; Loce, Robert P.;, Assignee: Xerox Corporation (Stamford, CT) |
Control signal generator for processing a video signal
OF THE INVENTION The control signal generator of FIG. 1 is synchronised with a video signal comprising the information of a video frame in two successive video fields. In this respect the word video ... Read More
Inventors: Riegel, Maximilian;, Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation (New York, NY) |
Multiplex conference bridge
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a conferencing circuit for use with a time-division multiplex loop communications system in which each subscriber station is assigned a time... Read More
Inventors: Betts, William L.; Blackman, L. Ray;, Assignee: E-Systems, Inc. (Dallas, TX) |
Composite data transmission system
An object of this invention is to use one transmission line on the time-shared basis for the two transmission modes (i.e. the circuit switching mode and the packet switching mode) and thereby enable a... Read More
Inventors: Miyao, Fumio;, Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
Video imaging system with image processing optimized for small-diameter endoscopes
It is an object of the present invention to provide a video-based fibre-optic imaging system in which an image of the imaging bundle is formed on on less than the total area of the image sensor, and i... Read More
Inventors: Buchin, Michael P.;, Assignee: Origin Medsystems, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA) |
Traffic control method and system for ATM switching apparatus
It is an object of the present invention to provide a traffic control method and system for an ATM switching apparatus, which greatly decreases the amount of loss cells. In order to achieve the above ... Read More
Inventors: Kobayashi, Akira;, Assignee: NEC Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Method of power control and cell site selection
In accordance with the present invention, one or more operating parameters of a communication device in a cellular communications system are selected based on an interference level measurement at a ba... Read More
Inventors: Hanly, Stephen Vaughan;, Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc. (Murray Hill, NJ) |
Regulated video display terminal power supply
We claim: 1. A DC power supply for use in a video display terminal in which said terminal is energized by a plurality of level DC voltages, said terminal having a monitor including a high voltage tran... Read More
Inventors: Alvord, Robert J.; Beaumont, Gregory J.; Steinmetz, Richard J.;, Assignee: Zenith Radio Corporation (Glenview, IL) |
Luminance control circuit for a television receiver
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a novel luminance control circuit for a television receiver. It is another object of the present invention to provide a luminance contr... Read More
Inventors: Okada, Takashi;, Assignee: Sony Corporation (Tokyo, JP) |
Television 
