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US-4,700,402 Input method for graphic pattern data
Method of inputting digitalized, two value graphic pattern data of a character or a symbol into a memory device wherein, for the purpose of compressing the data...
US-4,700,401 Method and apparatus for character recognition employing a dead-band correlator
A character recognition system is disclosed utilizing a dead-band correlator for providing recognition of printed typestyles having horizontal and vertical...
US-4,700,400 Feature extraction technique for use in a pattern recognition system
A method is provided for forming feature vectors representing the pixels contained in a pattern desired to be recognized, and reference patterns. One part of the...
US-4,700,399 Color image processing apparatus
A color image processing apparatus comprises a detector for detecting an edge of an image and a control unit for controlling a black reproduction quantity for...
US-4,700,398 Method of and apparatus for detecting heights of points on surface of object
Several properties are assigned to the regions of an image having light and shade and obtained by photographing a surface of an object. Several properties are...
US-4,700,397 Surveillance microphone holder
A microphone holder for surveillance work and adapted to support a microphone in a concealed position when the holder is taped to the upper torso of a...
US-4,700,396 Sound-wave receiving appliance
A sound-wave receiving applicance comprises a resonance panel and a crystal type piezoelectric microphone responsive to oscillations generated by the soundwaves,...
US-4,700,395 Recreational cooler and speaker system
A recreational cooler and speaker system includes an audio signal input terminal, such as an audio jack, on an outer wall of the cooler for driving speaker...
US-4,700,394 Method of recognizing speech pauses
Method of recognizing pauses in a speech signal when a slowly varying noise signal is superposed on the speech signal. For the purpose of pause recognition...
US-4,700,393 Speech synthesizer with variable speed of speech
In a speech synthesizer, speech speed is selectable by a switch which selects the number of repetitions of a basic waveform or equivalent parameters thereof.
US-4,700,392 Speech signal detector having adaptive threshold values
Speech presence is detected by first comparing input signal absolute value versus a first threshold which is proportional to input signal RMS noise power,...
US-4,700,391 Method and apparatus for pitch controlled voice signal processing
Digital processing of speech signals for compression/expansion pitch change is provided by writing and reading a ROM at different rates and controlling the...
US-4,700,390 Signal synthesizer
To enhance low and high frequency components in a sound signal, low frequency components are used to generate new yet lower frequencies (subharmonics), and high...
US-4,700,389 Stereo sound field enlarging circuit
In a stereo sound field enlarging circuit, signals A and B applied to left and right input terminals are suitably processed so that signals A' and B' represented...
US-4,700,388 Apparatus for scrambling a television signal
An apparatus for scrambling or encoding a television signal by inverting the latter signal in accordance with a control signal having a predetermined code...
US-4,700,387 Broadcast system for scrambled programming signals
A pay program signal is scrambled in an exclusive OR circuiit by a scrambling signal (Ks) derived from a random number generator. The pay program signal is...
US-4,700,386 Technique for promoting CATV pay-per-view events and acknowledging subscriber orders
In CATV systems employing one-way addressable converters in a subscriber's premise, a computer at the system head-end develops tagged messages for display on the...
US-4,700,385 Remote telephone control apparatus
A control apparatus for remotely controlling the operation of a telephone hand set when a hand set is remotely located from its associated base. The apparatus...
US-4,700,384 Indoor telephone line demarcation box having several compartments
A telephone line demarcation unit separates the telephone company's property and wiring from those of the user and provides security for the telephone line...
US-4,700,383 Lock-releasing mechanism for telephone set with muting function
A lock-releasing apparatus for use in a telepone set, having a lock-releasing button (61) for a locking mechanism which locks a handset (41) stationarily to a...
US-4,700,382 Voice-switched telephone circuit with center idle state
A voice-switched telephone circuit with center idle state improves bi-dirional gain control in loudspeaking telephones and thereby enhances the natural quality...
US-4,700,381 Circuit arrangement for centrally-controlled telecommunications exchange systems, comprising central control...
Two parallel-operated control units each communicate via a respective discrete bus with a respective assigned group of switch devices, and given an alternate...
US-4,700,380 Solid state remote actuable switch
A solid state remotely actuable switch includes at least one solid state bilateral switch having a first and a second terminal connected in series with the...
US-4,700,379 Aircraft communications apparatus
Aircraft communications apparatus includes a permanent communications system, a temporary communications system and an interface coupler connecting the permanent...
US-4,700,378 Data base accessing system
Inexpensive communication is provided between a data base and a plurality of subscribers each equipped with only a telephone and a TV set by using only tone...
US-4,700,377 Selectively actuable electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of selectively actuable selection devices for causing the apparatus to perform a plurality of distinct operations. A...
US-4,700,376 Automatic telephone answering apparatus with remote control signal muting
An automatic telephone answering apparatus includes tape recorder sections for outputting a speech message through a telephone line, and for recording and...
US-4,700,375 Battery charging, reset, and data transfer system
A vehicle mounted mobile transceiver (11) communicates via a secondary mobile unit (51) with a short range portable unit (10). The portable unit (10) can be...
US-4,700,374 Mobile telephone location system
A mobile telephone location system is provided wherein a plurality of mobile telephone exchanges, each of which controls an area and is in a position to monitor...
US-4,700,373 Platforms for X-ray examination of knee joints
Platforms are described for positioning a patient's knee for X-ray evaluation. The basic platform comprises upper and lower leg supports which are angled...
US-4,700,372 X-ray generating apparatus
An X-ray generating apparatus is adapted to obtain an X-ray tube voltage by rectifying an incoming AC voltage to obtain a DC voltage, supplying the DC voltage,...
US-4,700,371 Long life x-ray source target
Disclosed herein is an X-ray lithography system having a long life target. The life of the conventional target in X-ray generating systems for use in X-ray...
US-4,700,370 High speed, low power, multi-bit, single edge-triggered, wraparound, binary counter
A high speed, low power, multi-bit, single edge triggered, wraparound binary counter is provided which is resettable and loadable from a user-supplied address....
US-4,700,369 Athletic activities counter
This invention provides a highly portable device for counting athletic activities of a repetitive nature, e.g., pool laps swum, track laps run, pushups, situps,...
US-4,700,368 Method and apparatus for sensing sheets
Apparatus for sensing the passage of sheets (1) through a nip formed by rollers (5 and 6), includes means for sensing the deflection of one roller relative to...
US-4,700,367 Pulse width control circuit
A pulse width control circuit for providing a control signal to adjust variations of electrical characteristics among a plurality of printing elements has an...
US-4,700,366 Method for the reception and detection of digital signals
A method for the reception and the detection of digital signals wherein at least two signals (s.sub.1, s.sub.2, . . . s.sub.M) having at least approximately the...
US-4,700,365 Digital threshold detector with hysteresis
As the 8-bit input signal applied to a threshold device reaches a first threshold level, the 1-bit output signal changes from a logical zero to a logical one....
US-4,700,364 FSK with continuous phase and continuous slope at bit transitions
A FSK code with reduced high frequency content is generated. First through fourth waveforms are provided to a selector which selects one of the four waveforms in...
US-4,700,363 Data communication method and apparatus
A data stream is impressed on a carrier by forming from the data stream a succession of binary symbol words which control the modulation level of the carrier...
US-4,700,362 A-D encoder and D-A decoder system
An encoder converts an analog input signal to a digital signal. The encoder comprises a circuit for generating a control signal with a predetermined bandwidth...
US-4,700,361 Spectral emphasis and de-emphasis
The complementary pre-processing and post-processing circuits of this inventiona re advantageous for reducing noise introduced into a signal by a process or...
US-4,700,360 Extrema coding digitizing signal processing method and apparatus
A system for converting analog input waveforms into digital signals is disclosed. The system reduces the bit rate required for the transmission of signals over a...
US-4,700,359 Circuit arrangement for sampling a ternary signal
In a circuit arrangement for sampling a ternary signal, this ternary signal is divided by amplitude decision circuits into two binary signals and the binary...
US-4,700,358 Synchronous/asynchronous modem
An improved modem is described which can selectably operate in a synchronous communications mode, an asynchronous data mode, and an asynchronous command mode. A...
US-4,700,357 Synchronizing stage for the acquisition of a synchronizing signal having low jitter from a biternary data sequence
A synchronizing stage is provided in a regenerative repeater at the receiving side of a transmission circuit for acquiring a synchronizing signal from a...
US-4,700,356 Contact jaw for an electrode mount
A copper contact jaw is insulated from and releasably fastened to an electrode mount (4) of an electric furnace to transfer current from input leads to an...
US-4,700,355 Electrical melting furnace exchangeable electrode assembly a method for changing a contact electrode assembly
A direct current arc or resistance melting furnace includes a contact electrode produced as an exchangeable assembly outside the furnace and introduced into an...
US-4,700,354 High-energy TE laser system
A high-energy TE laser system, includes an excitation circuit having supply lines, a laser head having an optical axis, a laser chamber with a gas space formed...
US-4,700,353 Active modulation of quantum well lasers by energy shifts in gain spectra with applied electric field
Modulation of a semiconductor laser device is achieved at microwave frequencies by the application of transverse fields which produce energy shifts in the gain...
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