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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6324510 | Method and apparatus of hierarchically organizing an acoustic model for speech recognition and adaptation of the model to unseen domains A method of organizing an acoustic model for speech recognition is comprised of the steps of calculating a measure of acoustic dissimilarity of subphonetic units. A clustering technique is recursively applied to the subphonetic units based on the calculat... | 11/27/2001 |
| 5689623 | Spread spectrum digital screening A spread spectrum digital screening mask and a method and system for digital screening a continuous tone image with the spread spectrum digital screening mask. The mask is characterized in the frequency domain by a function in magnitude independent of ang... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5609980 | Radiation-sensitive materials comprising a layer having core-shell particles and a second layer with a radiation sensitive component A radiation sensitive material comprises particles including a water-insoluble heat-softenable core surrounded by a shell which is soluble or swellable in aqueous medium. The material also includes a radiation sensitive component which, on exposure to rad... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5606969 | Methods for measuring lung function using diffused light The method and device of the invention provides a measure of lung function at a preselected region of the lung by detecting and measuring light scattering following contact of the light onto lung tissue. Multiple parameters concerning the status of the lu... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5606681 | Method and device implementing software virtual disk in computer RAM that uses a cache of IRPs to increase system performance Virtual disks are created in RAM having the characteristics of either a write through unit, a write deferred unit, or a repeat save interval unit, which identifies the mode of operation the virtual disk uses in the backup of its RAM data to a backing disk... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5602426 | Automotive theft-prevention system using a key pad and a remote signaling module An anti-car-theft system incorporating solenoid locking devices and relays for disabling or locking a plurality of critical components of an automobile (such as the ignition, the steering, the brakes, the transmission and the hood), unless and until the s... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5599290 | Bone fracture prevention garment and method A garment, in one embodiment of the invention, reduces the risk of bone fracture of a human or animal subject due to impact forces on a vulnerable region having a bone part near the skin surface when the vulnerable region is proximate to a soft tissue reg... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5600751 | Fiber optic reading magnifiers A reading magnifier formed by a bundle of juxtaposed longitudinally tapered optical fibers having a viewing end and a flat base end. The flat base end is cut at a bias across the bundle of optical fibers such that a line normal to the flat base end forms ... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5597011 | Flow regulator A regulator including a movably, preferably hingedly, mounted member having a distal face, exposed to a reference pressure, and a frontal face, exposed to fluid passing through the regulator. Attached to the member is a structure that variably impedes flu... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5596483 | Silent air cooled computer having a hard disk drive with an acoustic shield and a heat sink arranged exterior to the drive A computer including an acoustically shielded hard disk drive. Exhaust vents are provided in the computer housing above a convectively cooled power supply. The power supply and, if necessary, a plurality of fans mounted inboard from the intake vents, move... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5592943 | Apparatus and method for acoustic analysis of bone using optimized functions of spectral and temporal signal components An apparatus and method for acoustic analysis of bone are disclosed which provide measurements of transient spectral or temporal characteristics using signal processing techniques, wherein ultrasonic bone index value measurements are derived so as to mini... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5594507 | Compressed digital overlay controller and method for MPEG type video signal A controller, in accordance with a preferred embodiment provides, in a specified region of first television picture generated by a first digitally compressed video signal, an overlay of a second picture embodied in a second video signal. The controller in... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5592585 | Method for electronically generating a spoken message An improved method for generating a spoken message is of the type formed by (i) first recording speech and (ii) then utilizing the recording so as to obtain at least one carrier, each carrier having at least one fixed part and at least one open slot, and ... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5589821 | Distance determination and alarm system A system generates an alarm at one unit of the system when a second unit of the system is more than a predetermined distance from the first unit. The system has a first transceiver unit with a first transmitter for transmitting a first reference signal ha... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5589591 | Endotoxin-free polysaccharides This invention is composition comprising a highly purified, substantially endotoxin-free polysaccharide preparation suitable for use as a parenterally administered pharmaceutical, and the method for producing the composition. The process produces a substa... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5587734 | User interface for selecting television information services through pseudo-channel access A cable system in which a plurality of non-interactive channels occupy a first group of carrier frequencies and a plurality of pseudo-channels, each assigned to an information service from a plurality of information services, are carried by a second group... | 12/24/1996 |
| 5584839 | Intraarticular drill guide and arthroscopic methods An intraarticular drill guide having a cannulated guide shaft and a sliding shaft mounted for both reciprocal movement and axial rotation. A hook attached to the distal end of the sliding shaft is provided for locating against a bone positioned between it... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5582203 | System for controlling flow through a process region A regulator for maintaining a constant partial vacuum in a region, such as in a piece of process equipment or a fume hood. The regulator includes a path, through which fluid passes from the region to the vacuum source, and a movably mounted piston having ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5578012 | Medical fluid pump A medical pump apparatus including an internally sterile pumping chamber having a flexible diaphragm forming a wall portion and a drive rod extending through the diaphragm in a rotating vane disposed within the pumping chamber. A motor rotates a revolving... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5579044 | Digital proofing system A system that permits the plotting of any combination of several colors in one pass. Three differently colored light sources are provided, and thus one, two or three colors may be plotted at the same time. An apparatus is provided for causing relative mov... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5579222 | Distributed license administration system using a local policy server to communicate with a license server and control execution of computer programs An improved system for administration of license terms for a software product on the network, having an arrangement, for tracking software product usage, with one of the computers acting as a license server. This arrangement permits the license server (i)... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5575310 | Flow control system with volume-measuring system using a resonatable mass A system for controlling the flow of fluid through a line 3. The system may include first and second valves (A, B; and 6, 7) in the line 3 between is located a chamber (52, 82), part of which may be filled with fluid having a variable volume (52), and ano... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5577226 | Method and system for coherently caching I/O devices across a network The cache keeps regularly accessed disk I/O data within RAM that forms part of a computer systems main memory. The cache operates across a network of computers systems, maintaining cache coherency for the disk I/O devices that are shared by the multiple c... | 11/19/1996 |
| 5574804 | Hand-held scanner A scanner for reading characters from a string of characters recorded on a substrate. The scanner includes a character scanner that is used with a stroking motion parallel to the string of characters that permits the user to view the line being scanned as... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5570716 | Inflation control system An inflation control system including a high flow valve is controlled by pilot air selectively delivered by a piezo vent valve. The high flow valve includes a pilot input, an outlet and a main air chamber fed with main supply air through a main air condui... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5565714 | Power conservation circuit A power conservation circuit having a low voltage power supply for powering a first and second switch. The first switch connects output terminals to either the low voltage power supply or a powered device. The second switch connects or disconnects power t... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5564267 | Raking and pick-up tool A tool formed by a pivotal connection between a first shaft and a second shaft. One shaft has a scooping head such as a shovel or a rake head. The other shaft has a rake head with a plurality of tines having bent distal end portions extending out in a dir... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5562669 | Cruciate ligament reconstruction with tibial drill guide A method of ligament reconstruction in which at least one ligament replacement is extended between two bone plugs and fixed within each of two bone tunnels in the bones of a joint using interference screws. The bone plugs are given two substantially paral... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5557316 | System for distributing broadcast television services identically on a first bandwidth portion of a plurality of express trunks and interactive services over a second bandwidth portion of each express trunk on a subscriber demand basis An interactive television information system having a node in television communication between a source of television information services and a plurality of home interface controllers. Each subscriber television is associated with a home interface contro... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5554386 | Delivery of therapeutic agents to receptors using polysaccharides This invention relates to a method of directing a therapeutic agent to selected cells, wherein a complex is formed between a polysaccharide capable of interacting with a cell receptor and a therapeutic agent. The resulting complex is administered to a sub... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5554601 | Methods for neuroprotection A method is provided for conferring neuroprotection on a population of cells using estrogen compounds that have insubstantial sex activity and furthermore, a method is provided that utilizes estrogen compounds in the absence of testosterone for treating n... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5551445 | Apparatus and method for movement coordination analysis Methods and devices are provided for evaluating among the limbs of a subject the distribution of impairments of the subject's ability to coordinate the muscular contractions to execute effective postural movements. The subject may be placed on two indepen... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5550578 | Interactive and conventional television information system An interactive television information system coupled to a cable television system having a headend for supplying information services and an information service distribution network for delivering information services to subscriber televisions. Each subsc... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5550029 | Method for diagnosing estrogen responsiveness A method and diagnostic kit is provided for diagnosing responsiveness to a hormone in a human subject that includes determining the amount of glucose utilized by a sample taken from the subject in the presence of the hormone. The sample taken from the sub... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5547339 | Turbulator for a fluid impelling device A turbulator for use with a fluid impelling device comprises a first side, a second side, and an apex toward which the first and second sides taper. The turbulator, circumferentially disposed about an inlet ring located adjacent the impelling device, is c... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5545128 | Bone fracture prevention method A garment, in one embodiment of the invention, reduces the risk of bone fracture of a human or animal subject due to impact forces on a vulnerable region having a bone part near the skin surface when the vulnerable region is proximate to a soft tissue reg... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5542367 | Portable boat docking device and method for using the same A boat docking device comprising a base plate, a cleat attached to the base plate, two openings disposed at opposite ends of the base plate through which two bolts extend, and two nuts. Each bolt includes an engaging end portion around which a nut engages... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5543207 | Wall coverings A composition for coating onto a substrate to form a wall covering comprises an aqueous latex of a copolymer of a diene and a copolymerisable ester such as methacrylate. The composition may include a filler and/or pigment and may include a blowing agent.... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5540808 | Energy director for ultrasonic welding and joint produced thereby A process is provided for ultrasonically welding a rigid thermoplastic, such as acrylic, and a flexible thermoplastic, such a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) doped with plasticizers. The rigid piece includes an energy director where the joint is to be located. T... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5535785 | Luer-activated check valve A Luer-activated valve constructed of a single-piece valve element with integral biasing base and ventilated riser disposed within a valve housing providing a valve seat and buttress for the biasing base.... | 07/16/1996 |
