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Alexis Andre, Tokyo JP
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20140142900 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an image acquisition section which acquires a series of input images projecting processes in which individual elements are removed from a real model constructed from a plurality of elements, a recognition section which recognizes an element configuration of the real model by using the input images acquired by the image acquisition section, and a determination section which determines a construction procedure for constructing the real model based on the element configuration recognized by the recognition section. | 05-22-2014 |
20150080125 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND TOY SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an attribute management unit configured to manage a variable attribute value associated with each one or more characters existing in a real space, a detection unit configured to detect an interaction event between a first character and a real object by using an image captured by a camera that captures the real space, and a setting unit configured to set a rule for changing the attribute value of the first character depending on the interaction event. In a case where the detection unit has detected the interaction event, the attribute management unit changes the attribute value of the first character in accordance with the rule set by the setting unit. | 03-19-2015 |
20150109133 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus may include a control unit to control display of at least one first mark representing a power generating unit and a second mark representing a power storage unit and change of an indication display between the first mark and the second mark according to an amount of power supplied from the power generating unit to the power storage unit. | 04-23-2015 |
20150121273 | DISPLAY CONTROLLING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, PROGRAM AND CONTROL APPARATUS - An apparatus may include a control unit to control display of a connection path and at least one indication unit between a first mark and a second mark according to a connection operation by a user connecting the first mark and the second mark. | 04-30-2015 |
Amadou André, Toulouse FR
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20110047960 | DUAL-FLOW TURBINE ENGINE FOR AIRCRAFT WITH LOW NOISE EMISSION - The invention relates to a dual-flow turbine engine for an aircraft with low noise emission, wherein the opening ( | 03-03-2011 |
Amadou André, Toulouse FR
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20110047960 | DUAL-FLOW TURBINE ENGINE FOR AIRCRAFT WITH LOW NOISE EMISSION - The invention relates to a dual-flow turbine engine for an aircraft with low noise emission, wherein the opening ( | 03-03-2011 |
Axel Guenther Andre, Victoria AU
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20090206186 | Processing Apparatus and Methods - The invention relates to processing apparatus and methods and in particular, but not exclusively, to an apparatus that may be used to process a wide variety of feed materials by one or more of milling or grinding, mixing, blending, separation, drying and sterilisation. In a preferred embodiment there is provided a feed material processing apparatus ( | 08-20-2009 |
20130081302 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODS - The invention relates to processing apparatus and methods and in particular, but not exclusively, to an apparatus that may be used to process a wide variety of feed materials by one or more of milling or grinding, mixing, blending, separation, drying and sterilisation. In a preferred embodiment there is provided a feed material processing apparatus ( | 04-04-2013 |
20140332611 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODS - The invention relates to processing apparatus and methods and in particular, but not exclusively, to an apparatus that may be used to process a wide variety of feed materials by one or more of milling or grinding, mixing, blending, separation, drying and sterilisation. In a preferred embodiment there is provided a feed material processing apparatus ( | 11-13-2014 |
Brice Andre, Couillet BE
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20140333478 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION AND/OR SPEED OF A GUIDED VEHICLE AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM - A method for selecting usable satellites from among the satellites of a localization constellation, to determine an instantaneous kinematic state of a train, is provided. The method includes determining a measured value and an estimated value of a Doppler coefficient and/or a pseudo-range, then comparing the measured and estimated values and, in case of divergence, deleting the satellite from the usable satellites. The estimated value results from a dynamic model of the train, which uses only a kinematic state at a past moment to calculate an estimated instantaneous kinematic state and that uses a mapping of the track on which the guided vehicle moves. | 11-13-2014 |
Bruno Rene Andre, Rixensart BE
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20110217330 | NOVEL METHOD - The present invention relates to a method for degrading host cell nucleic acids associated with a virus or a viral antigen thereof produced by cell culture, the method comprising at least two steps of nucleic acids degradation with a compound selected from i) an endonuclease and ii) a DNA alkylating agent. | 09-08-2011 |
20110293660 | NOVEL METHOD - The present invention relates to a method for purifying a virus, or a viral antigen thereof, comprising at least the following steps: a) obtaining a fluid comprising the virus, or a viral antigen thereof, and b) purifying the fluid by at least one density gradient ultracentrifugation step, wherein the ratio of the amount of virus, or viral antigen thereof, present in the fluid over the density gradient volume is less than 1, less than 0.8, less than 0.6 and less than 0.4. | 12-01-2011 |
20120058145 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING VIRUS FROM CELL CULTURE INVOLVING HOMOGENIZATION - A method of purifying a virus, or a viral antigen thereof, from a culture of infected cells comprising at least the steps of: (a) collecting the virus-containing cell culture medium, and (b) purifying the virus, wherein at least one homogenization step is implemented during the purification to obtain a virus homogenate. | 03-08-2012 |
20130039943 | NOVEL METHOD - A method for inactivating an orthomyxovirus propagated in cell culture and/or inactivating contaminating adventitious agents, comprising at least the following steps: | 02-14-2013 |
20140315277 | NOVEL METHOD - The present invention relates to a method for degrading host cell nucleic acids associated with a virus or a viral antigen thereof produced by cell culture, the method comprising at least two steps of nucleic acids degradation with a compound selected from i) an endonuclease and ii) a DNA alkylating agent. | 10-23-2014 |
Dave Andre, Kirchheim Unter Teck DE
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20120240887 | Device And Method Configured To Control Valve Operation In A Piston Engine - A method of operating an internal combustion engine includes moving an exhaust valve to a first open position to enable an exhaust product to flow through an exhaust port of the internal combustion engine. The method also includes maintaining the exhaust valve at the first open position for a predetermined time period. The method also includes moving an intake valve to a second open position during the predetermined time period to enable an intake product to flow through an intake port of the internal combustion engine. Additionally, the method includes preventing at least a portion of the intake product from flowing through the exhaust port during the predetermined time period with a first blocking member and a second blocking member. | 09-27-2012 |
Frederic Andre, Ulm DE
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20110266951 | MICROWAVE TUBE WITH DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING IONS PRODUCED IN THE TUBE - An electron tube includes: a microwave structure having an evacuated envelope including two ends, the microwave structure being at a reference potential, an electron gun including a cathode for providing a beam of electrons, along an axis, at one end of the evacuated envelope, an electron collector for gathering electrons of the beam at the other end of the evacuated envelope, and at least one high-voltage power supply for applying to the cathode a negative high-voltage potential with respect to the reference potential. The tube includes between the cathode and the microwave structure a device for extracting the positive ions including at least one electrode carried to a negative potential with respect to the reference potential so as to extract positive ions from the evacuated envelope, these positive ions being produced by the impacting of the electrons of the electron beam with molecules of residual gas in the evacuated envelope. The invention has application to microwave electron tubes, klystron TWT etc. using a cylindrical electron beam. | 11-03-2011 |
Gerald Andre, Erlangen DE
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20090255904 | ARC SPLITTER ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH - An arc splitter arrangement for an electrical switch comprises at least two arc splitters composed of a ferromagnetic material disposed parallel to one another, wherein each of the at least two arc splitters has a V-shaped cutout on a narrow face edge forming an inlet area for an arc, and an insulating material at least partially coating at least one side of the arc splitter, wherein the at least one side includes an area located behind the inlet area in an arc running direction, the area being free of, and surrounded by, the insulating material. A service switching device comprises at least one arc splitter arrangement. | 10-15-2009 |
Gwennan Andre, Nantes FR
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20160120872 | RAC1 Inhibitors for Inducing Bronchodilation - The invention relates to a Rac1 inhibitor for use as bronchodilator in a patient in need thereof. The invention provides a Rac1 inhibitor for use in a method for inducing bronchodilation in a patient in need thereof. The invention also relates to a Rac1 inhibitor for use in a method for reducing AHR in a patient in need thereof. | 05-05-2016 |
Helena André, Bankeryd SE
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20140109539 | FRONT BAFFLE ASSEMBLY FOR A LAWN MOWER - A front baffle assembly ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140190141 | HANDLE CONTROL ARRANGEMENT OF A WALK-BEHIND LAWN MOWER - A walk-behind lawn mower comprising a body with an engine driving a cutting blade, and a handle assembly which is pivotably connected to the body. The lawn mower furthermore comprises a handle control arrangement for controlling pivotal movement of the handle assembly relative to the bod, between a working position and a pivoted position. The handle control arrangement comprises a locking member, selectively displaceable between an open state in which the locking member allows pivotal movement of the handle assembly from the working position to the pivoted position, and a locked state in which the locking member inhibits pivotal movement of the handle assembly from the working position to the pivoted position. The handle control arrangement also comprises an actuating member operatively connected to the locking member and controlling the state of the locking member. The actuating member is also arranged to control activation and deactivation of a device arranged to inhibit rotation of the cutting blade of the walk-behind lawn mower. | 07-10-2014 |
20150150192 | Folding Arrangement for a Handle Assembly of Walk-Behind Power Tool, a Handle Assembly and a Walk-Behind Power Tool Comprising Such an Arrangement - The present invention discloses a folding arrangement ( | 06-04-2015 |
Jacques André, Saint-Jerome CA
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20160059499 | METHOD FOR PREPARING COMPOSITE STRUCTURES AND CONSUMABLE ASSEMBLY THEREFOR - Methods, a consumable assembly, and a tool for preparing a composite structure from a laminate disposed on a surface of a mold. The method involves preparing consumable materials, such as a breather sheet and a vacuum bag, and preparing an inflatable tool, outside of the mold. These prepared consumable materials and the inflatable tool are then inserted into the mold, and the inflatable tool is inserted into a folded assembly of the breather and vacuum bag. Once inserted into the mold, the inflatable tool is inflated, which deploys the consumable materials against the laminate. A vacuum can be generated, which maintains the deployed consumable materials against the laminate. This can be done for many hours. Finally, the laminate is cured inside the mold so as to form the composite structure. | 03-03-2016 |
Jean-Marie André, Marseille FR
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20110295289 | MICROSURGERY CLAMP, IN PARTICULAR MICROINCISION CAPSULORHEXIS CLAMP - Microsurgery clamp, particularly a microincision capsulorhexis clamp, having a proximal handling portion or handle including two branches or arms interconnected at one of the ends thereof, so as to be suitable for being approached or separated elastically, and a distal clamping portion having two narrow and thin clamping blades connected to the distal ends of the handling branches and oriented laterally relative thereto. The distal end of each of the clamping blades being curved in a direction opposite to that of the handle, so as to form a clamping tip. The clamping blades are oriented in a direction or plane corresponding to the approaching or separation directions of the handling branches. The clamping blades are arranged above each other, relative to a vertical position of said handle, so that the approaching or separation movement of said handling branches results in the approaching or separation movement of said clamping tips, respectively. | 12-01-2011 |
Joachim Andre, Elm-Sprengen DE
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20140116801 | SILENCER AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A silencer ( | 05-01-2014 |
Joachim Andre, Schwalbach DE
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20100116586 | MUFFLER AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING PROCESS - A muffler ( | 05-13-2010 |
Luc Andre, Lacadee FR
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20160048836 | SECURE PAYMENT TRANSACTION SYSTEM - The present invention proposes a payment transaction system, comprising: •—a merchant server; •—a client device for connecting to the merchant server and interacting with same; •—a secure customer data server, •—a secure payment server distinct from said secure customer data server, • said secure customer data server having a memory storing payment instrument data in relation with a plurality of users, and being capable of interacting with said client device by: • receiving a payment instrument data request corresponding to a given user account, • establishing a secure session between said client device and the secure payment data server, • within that session, performing a secure, challenge-response type authentication transaction, and • upon successful authentication, receiving payment instrument data at said client device for providing to said merchant server, at least part of said data being ciphered, • said client device being adapted to decipher said ciphered part of said data and to transmit to said merchant server, or to said secure payment server, payment instrument data in a form useable by said server. This allows streamlining the payment process while having a high degree of safety. Said challenge-response authentication involves a hash function applied to a combination of a user password entered on said client device and a challenge received from said secure customer data server, in order to generate a one-time password for sending to said secure customer data server | 02-18-2016 |
Marc Andre, Spiegel B. Bern CH
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20130172735 | OPTICAL COHERENT IMAGING MEDICAL DEVICE - The invention concerns an OCI medical device ( | 07-04-2013 |
20150080742 | OPTICAL COHERENT IMAGING MEDICAL DEVICE - An OCI medical device includes a coherent light source, a light sensor, a first processing unit adapted to calculate OCI Data from the light sensor, a control unit which allows taking or loading of at least one Reference OCI Value, a second processing unit adapted to calculate the Intra-Individual Relative Assessment of the OCI Data of an Imaging Zone and the at least one OCI Reference Value, and display means adapted to show at least one Relative OCI Value. Uses and a method for assessing the blood flow of a body region use OCI imaging and include an Intra-Individual Relative Assessment between OCI Data of the Imaging Zone and at least one Reference OCI Value. | 03-19-2015 |
20150198797 | PERFUSION ASSESSMENT MULTI-MODALITY OPTICAL MEDICAL DEVICE - A perfusion assessment multi-modality optical medical device comprising a white light image sensor ( | 07-16-2015 |
Marc Andre, Bern CH
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20130296715 | INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR HIGH-SPEED PERFUSION IMAGING - A high-speed laser perfusion imaging instrument including a laser source, a detector, a signal-processing unit, data memory, and a screen to display results. A section of a sample surface is illuminated with laser light; reemitted light from the irradiated surface is collected by focusing optics on a 2D array of integrating photodetectors having elements that can be accessed individually or in a pre-defined selection of pixels at high speed. This 2D array measures intensity variations at each individual pixel. Average amplitude and mean frequency of the measured signal contain information about concentration and speed of moving blood cells. For real-time imaging, exposure time is used as a parameter to measure relative perfusion changes. These data are stored and processed with the signal-processing unit to deliver 2D flow maps of the illuminated sample section, and allow a simple overlay between a conventional image and processed flow maps. | 11-07-2013 |
Markus Andre, Ludwigsburg DE
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20110233873 | Seal Arrangement - A seal arrangement includes a cylinder element, a piston which is accommodated in the cylinder element and can be driven to perform an axial reciprocating movement, and a sealing element for sealing a working space delimited by the piston and by the cylinder element, wherein the sealing element has a sealing side, a supporting side opposite the sealing side, a high-pressure side facing the working space to be sealed, and a low-pressure side facing away from the working space, and wherein the sealing side comprises at least one sealing lip formed by two converging sealing flanks of differing flank angles, wherein the sealing element is a component which is in the form of a single part, is composed of a standardized elastomer material, and has at least one marking for determining installation of the sealing element in the correct position. | 09-29-2011 |
Mindy Lee Andre, Croydon, Vic AU
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20140179909 | MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR NUCLEIC ACID EXTRACTION AND FRACTIONATION - Various embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to molecular biological protocols, equipment and reagents for the extraction and fractionation of DNA molecules, from whole or lysed samples, in a single flow-through device. | 06-26-2014 |
Mindy Lee Andre, Croydon AU
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20140206562 | FABRICATION AND USE OF A MICROFLUIDICS MULTITEMPERATURE FLEXIBLE REACTION DEVICE - Fabrication of a microfluidic multi-temperature reaction device (MMR) and the design and fabrication of the equipment to drive various molecular biological methods on the device are provided. The device can be applicable, for example, to nucleic acid (DNA, RNA, cDNA, etc) amplification, cell lysis, reverse transcription and other enzymatic temperature sensitive and also temperature cycling reactions. | 07-24-2014 |
Nicolas André, Lombise BE
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20100224006 | Internal Stress Actuated Micro- and Nanomachines for Testing Physical Properties Of Micro and Nano-Sized Material Samples. - This invention provides an internal stress actuated micro- or nano-machine for measuring mechanical and/or electrical properties, e.g. traction measurement, compression measurement or shear measurement, on micro-scale and nano-scale films or multi-layers of materials such as metallic materials, carbon-based materials and silicon-base materials. The device of the invention has applications in materials production industry, as well as in micro-electronics and for surface treatments and functionalization. | 09-09-2010 |
Nicolas André, Lombise BE
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20100224006 | Internal Stress Actuated Micro- and Nanomachines for Testing Physical Properties Of Micro and Nano-Sized Material Samples. - This invention provides an internal stress actuated micro- or nano-machine for measuring mechanical and/or electrical properties, e.g. traction measurement, compression measurement or shear measurement, on micro-scale and nano-scale films or multi-layers of materials such as metallic materials, carbon-based materials and silicon-base materials. The device of the invention has applications in materials production industry, as well as in micro-electronics and for surface treatments and functionalization. | 09-09-2010 |
Olivier Andre, Pok Fu Lam HK
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20110169219 | PUZZLE BLOCK - A puzzle block, comprising: eight sub-blocks each having a plurality of faces, the plurality of sub-blocks being stacked one upon another to constitute a cylinder or prism, a plurality of single-unit prints, each being applied on the predetermined faces of the sub-blocks, a plurality of double-unit prints, each being applied on the predetermined two abreast faces of the two adjacent sub-blocks for connecting the sub-blocks, such that the sub-blocks are foldable to change the puzzle block into different forms; wherein the prints on the predetermined faces of the sub-blocks individually or jointly constitute different patterns when the puzzle block is folded to different forms and wherein magnets of opposite polarities are embedded into surfaces of a plurality of predetermined pairs of the sub-blocks. | 07-14-2011 |
20110272308 | USB DEVICE HOLDER AND PRINTED MEDIUM SUPPORT CONTAINING THE SAME - The disclosed USB device holder includes a USB unit, a main body made of cardboard and having a receiving portion for receiving and maintaining the USB unit. | 11-10-2011 |
Olivier Andre, Hung Hom HK
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20090267298 | Information carrying device - The invention relates to an information carrying device. The information carrying device comprises a device body formed by a puzzle, which can be folded into a plurality of different shapes, wherein the information carrying device further includes a USB storage unit, which can be hidden and thus is invisible from outside when the puzzle is in a first shape, and can be revealed and is ready to interface with an information reader when the puzzle is in a second shape. | 10-29-2009 |
Olivier Andre, Hong Kong CN
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20150278672 | Ultra Slim Card Incorporating a USB Device - An ultra slim card comprising a card body formed of multiple PVC layers by lamination, a USB device storing data, and an attachment by which the USB device can slide in and out of the card body. The ultra slim card is advantageous comparing with the existing ABS USB card or the PVC card with USB function. The ultra slim card body can be made with less than 1.1 mm thickness at a high quality of surface printing. The ultra slim card can also incorporate with magnetic strip and/or smart chips and/or NFC chips; the card body can be embossed for personalization. | 10-01-2015 |
Parreira T. Andre, Odivelas PT
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20130085840 | Methods and Systems for Real-Time Audience Tracking - At least one embodiment of this invention pertains to a method for tracking activities related to a tracking object such as an advertisement section in real time. The method includes maintaining a real-time communication channel with a user device, wherein the user device renders an application or a web page including a tracking object. Messages for events that a user of the user device is paying attention to or no longer paying attention to the tracking object are received from the user device through the real-time communication channel. The events are recorded to a database. A report for the tracking object is generated, wherein the report contains a number of users who have paid attention to the tracking object and the duration of time that each of the users has been paying attention to the tracking object. | 04-04-2013 |
Paul Andre, Christchurch GB
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20100073398 | VISUAL SUMMARIZATION OF WEB PAGES - A visual summarization of a web page is generated. This generally involves identifying at least one of, an image that is exemplary of the page content, text that is exemplary of the page content, and a logo associated with the web page. The exemplary image and logo, if identified, are scaled to prescribed sizes. The exemplary image can act as a background image for the summarization, or a scaled version of the at least a portion of the web page can act as the background image. In the latter, if an exemplary image was identified, it is overlaid onto the background image at a prescribed location. In either case, if a logo was identified, it is also overlaid onto the background image at a prescribed location. If exemplary text was identified, a text area in the background image is identified and at least some of the exemplary text is inserted. | 03-25-2010 |
Paul Andre, Soignies BE
Paulo André, Aveiro PT
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20120057883 | METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING IN AN OPTICAL NETWORK COMPONENT AND OPTICAL NETWORK COMPONENT - A method for data processing in an optical network component includes filtering and optically equalizing an incoming optical signal and modulating the optically equalized signal. A corresponding optical network component is also provided. | 03-08-2012 |
Robert Andre, Amsterdam/durgerdam NL
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20140296904 | NASAL DILATOR AND USE THEREOF - A nasal dilator comprises magnets. The nasal dilator is a set comprising two bodies. Each of the two bodies has a first leg having at a distal portion thereof a magnet; and a second leg connected to the first leg via a bridge comprising flexible material. Each of the two bodies are designed so as to allow said body to be clamped to an ala nasi of a human nose between the distal portions of said first leg and said second leg. The magnets of the bodies are aligned such that with a body clamped to the ala nasi of a nose, the magnet is oriented at an angle to a plane defined by the ala nasi area clamped between said two distal portions of said first leg and second leg. Thanks to the repelling action of the magnets, the alae nasi are pushed apart, resulting in improved ease of breathing. | 10-02-2014 |
Rosa Andre, Sao Paulo BR
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20130074117 | DIGITAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROCESSING SERVICE DATA THEREOF - A digital system and a method of processing service data thereof are disclosed. The digital system includes a first device configured to transmit at least one of device information and device location information of a first device to a second device which is connected to the first device, receive service data from the second device, the service data being extracted based upon at least one of the device information and the device location information of the first device, process and output the service data on a screen, transmit a command signal which is selected from the outputted service data to the second device and receive respond data corresponding to the command signal from the second device and outputting the respond data on the screen. | 03-21-2013 |
20130150158 | METHOD OF PROVIDING GAME APPLICATION AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a method of providing a game application through an image display device and a user terminal connected over a network and a game application provision system employing the method. The method of providing the game application includes assigning a play identifier to the user terminal, executing the game application, generating game execution information, and transmitting the game execution information to the user terminal. | 06-13-2013 |
Tore Andre, Alvsjo SE
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20080212574 | Synchronization of Vodsl of Dslam Connected Only to Ethernet - A forwarding unit such as a DSLAM ( | 09-04-2008 |
Tore Mikael Andre, Alvsjo SE
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20100074349 | METHOD AND BASE STATION FOR ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (OFDM) SIGNAL PROCESSING - A method and base station for forming an OFDM signal from a baseband signal includes a partitioning unit configured to partition a block of baseband signal samples into sub-blocks. A sub-carrier mapper maps the sub-blocks onto adjacent sub-carrier blocks of an OFDM multi-carrier to form corresponding unprefixed OFDM symbols. A cyclic prefix adder adds a cyclic prefix to each mapped sub-block to form prefixed OFDM symbols. Phase compensations force the unprefixed OFDM symbol part of all subsequently up-converted prefixed OFDM symbols to start at the same phase. Up-converters up-convert the phase compensated prefixed OFDM symbols to respective radio frequency bands having center frequencies and bandwidths that preserve the OFDM multi-carrier structure. A combiner combines the up-converted phase compensated prefixed OFDM symbols into an OFDM signal. | 03-25-2010 |
20120300829 | ADAPTIVELY SWITCHING EQUALIZATION OPERATIONS IN A NODE OF A WIRELESS NETWORK - At a node of a wireless network, equalization operations performed on signals received from a transmitter are adaptively switched to be equalized by an iterative turbo receiver or a linear receiver. A theoretical expression of a post-equalization SINR of a capacity-achieving receiver is used to estimate the post-equalization SINR performance of the turbo receiver. The estimated post-equalization SINR performance is then used as a basis to determine whether the received signal is to be equalized by the turbo receiver or the linear receiver. | 11-29-2012 |
20140204991 | INTER SYMBOL INTERFERENCE REDUCTION BY APPLYING TURBO EQUALIZATION MODE - The present disclosure relates to a receiving node, and to a related method for determining when to apply a turbo equalization mode to compensate for Inter-Symbol Interference in a radio signal received over a radio channel from a transmitting node. The method comprises decoding the received radio signal into a decoded signal, determining a current error level in the decoded signal, predicting a turbo equalization gain based on instantaneous channel information of the radio channel and deciding whether to apply the turbo equalization mode depending on the predicted turbo equalization gain and the determined current error level in the decoded signal. | 07-24-2014 |
20160049995 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PHASE CALIBRATION OF TRANSMIT AND/OR RECEIVE PATHS OF AN ANTENNA ARRAY - A method of calibrating transmit and/or receive paths of an antenna comprising at least two antenna columns, each of which comprising two co-located sub-arrays of antenna elements. The method includes the steps of transmitting a measurement signal on at least one of the antenna elements, and receiving a representation of the measurement signal on at least one other of the antenna elements, the representation comprising at least a mutual coupling component dependent on the mutual coupling between the at least one antenna element and the at least one other antenna element. Further, the method includes the steps of repeating the transmitting and receiving step for at least a subset of all combinations of antenna elements of the antenna, wherein each combination of antenna elements comprises antenna elements having a same or different polarization, and subsequently comparing the received representations of the measurement signal between different combinations of antenna elements, and estimating at least a respective phase difference between antenna elements with the same polarization based on the comparison. Finally, the method includes the step of calibrating transmit and/or receive paths of antenna elements with the same polarization based on the estimated phase difference. | 02-18-2016 |
Valerie Andre, Ludwighafen DE
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20100119829 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING SURFACE-MODIFIED NANOPARTICULATE METAL OXIDES, METAL HYDROXIDES, AND/OR METAL OXIDE HYDROXIDES - The present invention relates to methods of producing surface-modified nanoparticulate particles at least of one metal oxide, metal hydroxide and/or metal oxide hydroxide, and aqueous suspensions of these particles. Furthermore, the invention relates to the surface-modified nanoparticulate particles, obtainable by these methods, at least of one metal oxide, metal hydroxide and/or metal oxide hydroxide and aqueous suspensions of these particles, and to their use for cosmetic sunscreen preparations, as stabilizer in plastics and as antimicrobial active ingredient. | 05-13-2010 |
Valérie Andre, Ludwigshafen DE
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20110052739 | Active Ingredient That Stimulates the Proliferation and/or Activity of Fibroblasts - The invention relates to a novel active ingredient that stimulates the proliferation and/or the activity of fibroblasts and also to its applications in the cosmetic or pharmaceutical, in particular dermatological, field. In particular, the active ingredient according to the invention comprises a combination of at least one | 03-03-2011 |
Vrbanic Andre, Heidenheim DE
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20130055524 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR CLEANING ARTIFICIAL FLOOR AREAS PROVIDED WITH FLOOR COVERING PARTICLES, ESPECIALLY FOR ARTIFICAL TURF - A cleaning device for cleaning artificial floor coverings provided with floor covering particles, such as artificial turf, comprising a sweeping device for gathering dirt particles from the floor covering, a separation device for separating the dirt particles from floor covering particles, a floor covering particle feedback device for gathering the floor covering particles separated from the dirt particles and feeding back the floor covering particles to the floor, a filter device for filtering dust particles, and a suction device which draws air from the area of the separation device through the filter device. First and second negative-pressure chambers in which negative pressure can be formed by the suction device suction are formed above and below the separation device, respectively, in fluid communication through the separation device. The first negative-pressure chamber is in fluid communication with the suction device only via the second negative-pressure chamber. | 03-07-2013 |
Walder André, Montreal CA
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Xavier André, Antwerpen BE
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Xavier André, Mortsel BE
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Yann Andre, Frankfurt DE
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