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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6395974 | Protective pipe element for sheathed cable for controlling the integrity of the sheath The duct element intended to accommodate, on its internal wall (14), a sheathed electrical or optical cable (4) in order to protect it has its internal wall (14) and external wall (13) electrically connected in order thereby to make an element for checkin... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6052501 | Cable comprising optical fibres enclosed in an outer sheath The cable includes optical fibers (1) enclosed in an outer sheath (2) having elongate reinforcing members (4) embedded therein, disposed in two diametrically opposite groups (3) each comprising a plurality of mutually tangential reinforcing members (4).... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5483556 | Data compression-decompression method and apparatus for synchronous terminal means A first frame produced by a first terminal is compressed after suppressing certain of the data fields forming it, then transmitted via a safe link through a transmission network into a second frame. This second frame received by a second terminal via the ... | 01/09/1996 |
| 5438593 | Adaptive threshold decision device for multistate modulation An adaptive threshold decision device for multistate modulation produces, at a symbol frequency, symbols dependent on the levels of a received demodulated baseband signal. It comprises a voltage divider, an adder for adding the baseband signal to a midpoi... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5422964 | Method and device for spatial filtering of digital images decoded by transformation of block Coding and decoding of digital images by transformation of pixel blocks reduce the data bit rate. Transformation of blocks leads to discontinuities in brightness level for pixels bordering on block boundaries. These discontinuities are detected for each g... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5297173 | Phase/frequency comparator for timing recovering circuit The phase/frequency comparator comprises a known phase comparator for comparing the phases of an digital input signal with a clock signal of which the period varies to within one time interval with respect to the period of the input signal. Such a phase c... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5229609 | Detection assembly for an infrared monitoring system A detection assembly is disclosed for an infrared monitoring system, comprising a strip of elementary infrared detectors for analyzing the background of a scene. The elementary detectors are image formation detectors having sensitive areas smaller than th... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5151815 | Scanning device and application thereof to analysis devices The present invention relates to scanning devices, for example those used in image scanning, observation and watching systems or else those used for example in aerial reconnaissance. The invention consists essentially in causing the mirror M to rotate abo... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5041890 | Pre-processing wafer for the output currents of detection diodes subjected to thermal radiation A wafer is provided for pre-processing the output currents of detection diodes subjected to thermal radiation, comprising an input stage for integrating the output currents of the diodes and an output stage delivering a signal related the incident radiati... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5035506 | Coherent detection with increased sensitivity using four-wave amplification A coherent optical detector has increased sensitivity for detecting a coherent optical signal by applying the coherent optical signal to be detected to a solid non linear medium pumped by two optical signals of opposite directions and coming from an auxil... | 07/30/1991 |
| 5014270 | Device for synchronizing a pseudo-binary signal with a regenerated clock signal having phase jumps A synchronizing device synchronizes a pseudo-binary signal particularly affected by high jitter with a regenerated clock signal into a synchronized signal. The device can be included between an output of a bipolar-to-binary converter receiving a plesiochr... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4999502 | Device for generating an infrared image A device is divulged for generating an infrared image, in which an electron beam having a section substantially equal to the area of a pixel formed from a material having high emissive power in the infrared, directly bombards this material. The energy of ... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4773607 | Apparatus for accumulating a filiform element such as an optical fiber, at different speeds An apparatus accumulating a filiform element in order to absorb differences in input and output travel speeds of the element, without tangling and damaging the element. Mechanical means located above an accumulation container draw the filiform element at ... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4771175 | Parallel scan thermal camera The camera includes a chip of infrared detectors disposed in lines and a processing chip. The latter comprises integrators for integrating the output currents of the detectors, controlled by an automatic gain control loop for reducing the dynamic of the s... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4716742 | Cryogenic system for radiation detectors A cryogenic device for radiation detectors is provided comprising an enclosure situated between a cryogenic cold finger supporting a detector and an external wall. After a brief degasification under vacuum of said enclosure, at least one gas is therein in... | 01/05/1988 |
