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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5751845 | Method for generating smooth color corrections in a color space, particularly a CIELAB color space Method for generating harmonic color corrections in a color image. The color image is deposited in an image store and is displayed on a monitor. Color samples of the colors that are to be subjected to a selective color correction are taken from the image ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5751843 | Method for detecting the spatial position and rotational position of suitably marked objects in digital image sequences The images of an image sequence are put into binary form by applying a threshold value operation. The moments of the individual segments of each individual binary image of the binary image sequence are determined up to a prescribed order. Parameters which... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5751574 | Method for loading software in communication systems with non-redundant, decentralized equipment In a method for loading software in communication systems with non-redundant, decentralized equipment so that the availability of a communication system for the connected subscribers remains assured during the loading process of programs and data, there i... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5750209 | Method for producing magnetic recording medium and apparatus therefor There are disclosed method and apparatus for producing a magnetic recording medium including a non-magnetic substrate, a magnetic layer formed on one surface of said non-magnetic substrate and a back coat layer formed on an opposite surface of said non-ma... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5750261 | Magnetic recording medium comprising magnetic particles, binder, and a cure agent of isocyanurate trimers, pentamers and heptamers A magnetic recording medium comprising a non-magnetic base layer and an magnetic layer provided thereon which comprises a magnetic powder and a binder cured with a curing agent, wherein said binder has the hydroxyl group and said curing agent is a mixed p... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5750904 | Force a displacement sensor with a capacitive transducer The force or extension sensor has a measuring capacitor (Mk) whose electrode structures (Es1, Es2), of comb-like design and interengaging, can be moved parallel to one another via two securing points (Bp1, Bp2) as a function of the force (F) to be measure... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5751476 | Display device A display device to be worn by the user on his or her head comprising a pair of left and right image display members which are arranged on a frame to be put on a head of a user in a manner enabling them to be moved in a direction toward or away from each ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5749269 | Dual-mode, viscous crankshaft vibration damper A viscous torsional vibration damper having an annular chamber surrounding a central hub and first and second annular inertia masses located within the annular chamber. The innermost first inertia mass is closely coupled with an inner surface of the worki... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5748026 | Circuit for converting level of low-amplitude input A level converting circuit for an input clock signal having a relatively low amplitude comprising a level converting circuit for converting the input clock signal to an output clock signal having a relatively high amplitude, the level converting circuit h... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745961 | Surface fastener In a surface fastener, a multiplicity of hook-shape male engaging elements each formed of monofilament, a multiplicity of pile-like female engaging elements each formed of a multifilament, and a multiplicity of cut piles each formed of a set of fibers of ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5746450 | Integral special service mailing assembly with a cut out portion and a method for using same An assembly for mailing an article requiring special services and a method for mailing same are provided. The assembly includes a single sheet constructed in such a way that one portion of the sheet provides a label and the other portion provides a return... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5747867 | Integrated circuit structure with interconnect formed along walls of silicon island Insulating trenches (2) in the silicon layer of an SOI substrate that extend onto the insulating layer of the SOI substrate define silicon islands (3). At least one of the silicon islands (3) is an interconnect segment (3a) by a diffusion zone that is arr... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5746880 | Tape cassette and automatic attaching apparatus for heat-fusible tape pieces In an automatic heat-fusible tape pieces attaching apparatus, a plurality of tape cassettes, each including a reel support part rotatably supporting a tape reel and a tape guide part defining a tape guide path extending from the reel support part in a dir... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5747878 | Ohmic electrode, its fabrication method and semiconductor device An ohmic electrode for III-V compound semiconductors such as GaAs semiconductors is provided to have satisfactory practical characteristics. Provided on an n+ -type GaAs substrate is an ohmic electrode in which an n++ -type regrown G... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5745964 | Push-button closure part A push-button closure part including a contoured button, a metallic rivet part having a rivet shank projecting from the underside of the button and an approximately radially extending, round rivet flange. The closure part includes a push button eyelet for... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5748848 | Learning method for a neural network In a learning method for training a recurrent neural network having a number of inputs and a number of outputs with at least one output being connected via a return line to an input, the return line is separated during training of the neural network, ther... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5748803 | Method and apparatus for image value correction in optoelectronic transducers A method and apparatus for the correction of the image values of faulty sensors of an optoelectronic transducer comprising a plurality of sensor elements. In order to avoid errors at light/dark transitions in the scanned original, the erroneous image valu... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5748615 | Method and circuit arrangement for forwarding message cells transmitted via an ATM communication equipment to a serving trunk During the course of virtual connections, message cells are transmitted via the ATM communication equipment (KE) working according to an asynchronous transfer mode and are forwarded to a serving trunk (A1, . . . , An) coming into consideration for the res... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5748614 | Method for scheduling message cells leaving an ATM node A method for scheduling message cells leaving an ATM node and belonging to virtual connections by means of an output controller allocated to each of the outputs of the ATM node is provided. Message cells to be transmitted via the respective output are sto... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5748331 | Process control strip and method for recording A process control strip for visual monitoring of an exposure process for a recording material as course signal elements and fine signal elements. A first stripe extending in a direction of a greatest expanse of the process control strip has a tonal value ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5744393 | Method for production of a read-only-memory cell arrangement having vertical MOS transistors A method for production of a read-only-memory cell arrangement having vertical MOS transistors is provided. In order to produce a read-only-memory cell arrangement which has first memory cells having a vertical MOS transistor and second memory cells which... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5745622 | Hybrid plug-type connector with modular electrical and light waveguide connections A hybrid plug connector with modular electrical and light waveguide plug connections includes a tub-shaped pin connector housing and a socket connector housing, which can be plugged into one another in overlapping fashion. At least one socket module havin... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5745443 | Magneto-optical disc having a protective film with minimal projections and method of production of same A magneto-optic disc comprised of a substrate on which are formed a recording layer and a protective film and on which information is recorded by a magnetic head floating above the magneto-optic disc by a predetermined floating distance at least at the ti... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5743883 | Thoracentesis catheter instruments having self-sealing valves The present invention provides thoracentesis catheter instruments having self-sealing valves utilized in invasive medical procedures. The thoracentesis instruments provide automatic sealing of a flow path by the self-sealing valve upon removal of a needle... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5741593 | Magnetic recording medium Disclosed herein is a magnetic recording medium comprising a nonmagnetic substrate, a magnetic thin film layer on said substrate, and a lubricant layer on said magnetic layer, wherein said lubricant layer contains a compound having the formula: RN+ | 04/21/1998 |
| 5741541 | Method for producing magneto-optical recording medium In a magneto-optical recording medium having a substrate, a recording layer having at least a rare earth-transition metal alloy film formed on the substrate, and a dielectric layer formed on the recording layer, a depth of penetration in the recording lay... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5742059 | Readout system for a solid state image converter An x-ray image-generating system having an a-Si:H detector matrix is constructed so that different enlargements are possible with a small number of terminal conductors. Two groups of pixels of the detector matrix can be read out together by means of volta... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5741733 | Method for the production of a three-dimensional circuit arrangement To produce a three-dimensional circuit arrangement, a first substrate (1) is thinned, stacked onto a second substrate (2) and fixedly connected to the latter. The first substrate (1) and the second substrate (2) in this case each comprise circuit structur... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5741603 | Optical disc An optical disc comprising transparent substrate, a phase-changing material layer disposed on the transparent substrate and made of a material which is phase-changeable by radiation of a light beam, a reflecting film layer disposed on the phase-changing m... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5741595 | Ultraviolet optical part having coat of ultraviolet optical thin film, and wavelength-changing device and ultraviolet light source unit having coat of ultraviolet optical thin film The present invention provides an ultraviolet optical part having an ultraviolet optical thin film having a high durability against ultraviolet rays. The ultraviolet optical part is used in connection with ultraviolet rays continuously generated in a wave... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5740193 | Semiconductor light-emitting device A II-VI group compound semiconductor light-emitting device can emit light of a short wavelength at room temperature. Operation characteristics, such as current--voltage characteristics and current--light output characteristics can be stabilized and a life... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5740227 | X-ray apparatus with a ceiling suspension X-ray apparatus with a ceiling suspension has a motor for displacing and positioning the X-ray apparatus and a motion control circuit which superimposes a dynamic motion factor on the motor output so that pendulum motions during an acceleration of the app... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5739419 | Apparatus for monitoring the vacuum of a vacuum switch An apparatus for monitoring the vacuum of a vacuum switch having at least one vacuum switch tube with a switch chamber and switch contacts is provided. The apparatus has a remotely interrogatable pressure measurement sensor in the form of a piezocrystal o... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5738067 | Cosmetics container A cosmetics container is provided having a housing (1) which is coverable by a cap (2). The housing protectively contains a cosmetic or medicinal preparation such as a lipstick or ointment which can be extruded for application to the skin. In solid lipsti... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5739688 | Magnetic resonance imaging method and apparatus employing a static magnetic field having a predetermined inhomogeneity in one spatial direction In a magnetic resonance tomography pulse sequence, a slice perpendicular to the spatial direction of an inhomogeneity in the static field is first excited. The nuclear spins are re-phased and spin echo signals are readout under a gradient in a second dire... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5735796 | Therapy apparatus with a source of acoustic waves A therapy apparatus with a source of therapeutic acoustic waves, an ultrasound locating system with a diagnostic ultrasound transducer that emits a diagnostic ultrasound beam whose central ray is displaceable such in a scanning surface so that it scans a ... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735021 | Snap stud assembly A snap stud assembly is provided for pivotally connecting two hardware members together. A stud is disposed within a tubular sleeve. A lower or bottom end of the stud is attached to a lower hardware member by pressing or deforming the bottom end of the st... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5735189 | Water dipper for a brewing machine A water supply dipper for a beverage brewer with the dipper mounted for pivotal movement in the hot water tank and is moved by the brewer motor upwardly and forwardly in the tank to discharge hot water into the brewer. One-way valves in the bottom of the ... | 04/07/1998 |
