Abstract:
The so-called memory effect occurring in a device for forming X-ray images by means of an X-ray image converter which includes a photoconductor for converting the X-rays into a charge pattern can be reduced by means of a trapping layer which is provided on at least one of the two sides of the photoconductor and reduces the current of charge carriers injected into the photoconductor from this side.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for outputting direction information relating to a route planned by means of a navigation system.In order to achieve simple and economical implementation of such a navigation system and to enable simple, reliable and unambiguous indication of direction information also in partly digitized areas, a first direction indication is provided for indicating the direct direction from an instantaneous vehicle position to a remote point along the planned route, said remote point being situated a forward distance ahead of the instantaneous vehicle position and being continuously adapted in dependence on the vehicle position.
Abstract:
A rewritable optical information medium has a phase-change recording layer on the basis of an alloy of Ge--Sb--Te, which composition is situated within the pentagonal area PQRST in a triangular ternary composition diagram. These alloys show a complete erase time of 50 ns or less. CET-values below 45 ns are obtained with alloys situated on the tie-line connecting Te and the compound GeSb.sub.2 Te.sub.4 within the area PQRST. Such a medium is suitable for high speed recording (i.e. at least six times the CD-speed), such as for DVD-RAM and optical tape.
Abstract:
The invention relates to an electric component (surface mountable component) which can be mounted on the surface of a printed circuit board. Such a component includes a thin, electroconductive layer or stack of layers which is provided with end contacts and arranged on a support of an electrically insulating material. In accordance with the invention, the dimension of the layer or stack of layers in at least one direction parallel to the surface of the support is smaller than the dimension of the support in the direction, while leaving portions of the surface of the support clear on at least two sides of the layer or stack of layers, and end contacts for the layer or stack of layers are situated on the surface portions of the support which are free of this layer or stack of layers, the thickness of the end contacts being larger than the thickness of the layer or stack of layers.
Abstract:
A pipelined circuit contains a cascade of stages, each with an intial register followed by a combinatorial logic circuit. The registers are clocked. At the beginning of each clock period, data in the initial register is updated. After that, during the clock period, data propagates from the initial register, along a path through the combinatorial logic circuits, to the initial register in the next stage where it is stored at the beginning of the next cycle. In the path there are several other registers, in which the data is stored at intermdiate phases of the clock cycle, while the data is kept in the initial register. Thus differences in propagation delay along different branches of the path are eliminated without increasing the number of clock cycles needed to pass data through the pipelined circuit. This reduces the number glitches which consume energy without affecting the function of the circuit.
Abstract:
In a method of processing a video signal, including the step furnishing (11) a filtered signal in response to the video signal, the filtering is adapted (22) in dependence upon a statistical property (AC) of a modification effected by the filtering in a previous time interval of the video signal. Preferably, the filtering is adapted (22) in dependence upon an average modification (AC) effected by the filtering in a previous field or frame of the video signal.
Abstract:
A device which includes a first integrated circuit and a second IC for applying a fixed logic value to an input of the first integrated circuit. A conventional implementation uses pull-up and pull-down resistors, but these resistors necessitate an additional step and additional elements for the testing of the relevant interconnections. The device is improved in that an output of the second IC, which outputs the logic value during normal operation, is controlled via test logic during testing. As a result, the interconnections between the output of the second IC and the input of the first IC are tested in the same way and as part of the testing of the other interconnections between the first and second integrated circuits.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for forming a visual index of scenes in a video image which has been or is being recorded in a computer readable memory. A selected number of keyframes are derived from the recorded image, each being representative of a respective scene therein. The keyframes are then ordered into a selected number of levels of detail of the scenes represented thereby, each level including a predetermined number of keyframes, each subsequent level including keyframes of greater detail than those in a preceding level. A header file is then formed which is descriptive of the ordered set of keyframes, and the header file is stored together with the ordered set of keyframes in the computer readable memory. A user can thereby identify and obtain optimized retrieval in accordance with his preferences of particular segments of the video image from a relatively slow memory device. The method and apparatus are equally applicable to formation of an indexed order of binary large objects ("blobs") in a set of multimedia documents in accordance with a user's preferences.
Abstract:
Known is a telecommunications system supporting adding calling party information to a call from a calling subscriber device to a called subscriber device. The called subscriber device comprises call logging means for logging unanswered calls in a date-time-stamp order. If the logging table is full, the oldest and last table entry is dropped from the logging table. This may result in undesired dropping of urgent frequent callers if the called party is absent and many callers having one call unanswered call after the frequent and urgent caller.A telecommunications system is provided wherein per calling subscriber unanswered calls are counted. Logging table entries of frequent callers are updated, a call count value is displayed, and a previous entry is deleted. Frequent unanswered calls may be put on top of the logging table or the logging table may be sorted in a decreasing order of call count numbers.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a digital transmission system comprising a receiver, in which system a trellis-based estimation method (3) with a number of states reduced as a result of feedback (5) of at least one feedback value (.xi.) forms estimates (a) for a received signal (r) by means of an estimated impulse response (h) of a transmission system (1), a feedback value (.xi.) being determined from at least one estimate (a). With reduced-state estimation methods for the digital transmission, the problem consists of the additional noise components caused by the feedback of preliminary false symbol decisions. To achieve optimum estimates (a) for the received signal (r) despite a reduced number of states due to feedback, the receiver forms the feedback value (.xi.) from at least one intermediate value (a.sub.SDF). In digital transmission systems, the transmit symbols (a) and the estimates (a) have the values -1 or 1 in the receiver. In the receiver according to the invention, intermediate values (a.sub.SDF) having a value in the range from -1 to 1 can be fed back, so that a better feedback value (.xi.) and thus better estimates (a) for the received signal (r) may be achieved.
Abstract translation:本发明涉及一种包括接收机的数字传输系统,其中系统由于至少一个反馈值(xi)的反馈(5)而减少了多个状态的基于网格的估计方法(3)形成估计( + E,cir a + EE),通过传输系统(1)的估计脉冲响应(+ E,cir h + EE),从至少确定反馈值(xi)来确定接收信号(r) 一个估计(+ E,cir a + EE)。 利用用于数字传输的简化状态估计方法,该问题包括由初步虚假符号决定的反馈引起的附加噪声分量。 为了对于接收信号(r)实现最佳估计(+ E,cir a + EE),尽管由于反馈而导致的状态数量减少,接收器从至少一个中间值(+ E,cir)形成反馈值(xi) a + EE SDF)。 在数字传输系统中,发射符号(a)和估计(+ E,cir a + EE)在接收机中具有值-1或1。 在根据本发明的接收机中,可以反馈具有在-1到1范围内的值的中间值(+ E,cir a + EE SDF),使得更好的反馈值(xi)因此更好的估计 + E,cir a + EE)。