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Fork With Timer

A fork with timer for providing a cue to a user after an elapsed period of time for indicating that another bite of food using the fork may be taken.

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Assignee: INSTITUT FRANCO-ALLEMAND DE RECHERCHES DE SAINT-LOUIS


Location: Saint-Louis, FR
No. of patents: 6

NumberTitleIssue Date
8175125Laser device
A laser device includes an outcoupling mirror, a laser medium, a phase-conjugate mirror based on stimulated Brillouin scattering, and an end mirror all arranged along an optical axis of the laser device. A controllable modulator is positioned between the phase-conju...
05/08/2012
7957899Method for determining the attitude, position, and velocity of a mobile device
A method is provided for determining the attitude, position, and velocity of a mobile device from knowledge of the direction of the earth's magnetic field in an absolute reference frame. Signals are supplied to a processing means for the signals by gyroscopic measur...
06/07/2011
7792168Heat capacity laser and associated lasing medium
A heat capacity laser having a solid lasing medium, at least one pumping source that is able to emit a pumping radiation, and an optical cavity that can be characterized by having: at least one device able to homogenize the pumping radiation, a doped lasing medium h...
09/07/2010
7645969Low voltage device for the generation of plasma discharge to operate a supersonic or hypersonic apparatus
A method, device, and projectile having a device for guiding or piloting projectiles or missiles (self-propelled or non-self-propelled), to deflect, in a direction Y, a hypervelocity projectile operating in a gas, such as a shell, a bullet, or a missile, having a no...
01/12/2010
7602821Device for generating laser radiation in the infrared
The invention is in the field of laser radiation generation in bands II and III, and relates to a device for generating laser radiation in the infrared having means for modifying the amplified-radiation frequency and using the Raman effect, characterized by addition...
10/13/2009
7552157Broad-dynamic filtering procedure for a recursive digital filter installed in a signal processor (DSP) operating with integers
The present invention relates to a filtering procedure for recursive digital filters installed in signal processors (DSP) operating with integers. It comprises two calculation procedures coupled with the classical calculation procedure of a recursive filter, the fir...
06/23/2009
 
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