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A light-emitting device (10) using an LED is proposed. This light-emitting device (10) is provided with a packaging substrate (1), a light-emitting element (2) which is mounted on this packaging substrate (1) with its face down, a fluorescent member (3) that is arranged face to face with a light-extracting surface (S) of the light-emitting element (2) without contacting the light-emitting element (2) and an optical member (4) which receives light that has been emitted from the light-emitting element (2) and made incident thereon through the fluorescent member (3), and aligns the incident light toward the outside of the device. Light, emitted from the light-emitting element (2), is made incident on the fluorescent member (3) to excite the fluorescent material so that the fluorescent material re-emits light having a wavelength different from that of the incident light. Those light rays, emitted from the light-emitting element (2), which have not been absorbed by the fluorescent member (3) and have passed through the fluorescent member (3) and those light rays that have been emitted from the fluorescent material are made incident on the optical member (4) and are aligned. Because the fluorescent member (3) is not made in contact with the light-emitting element (2), it does not receive the heat from the light-emitting element (2) through heat conduction, and consequently becomes less susceptible to degradation due to heat. Moreover, with the face-down mounting structure, the fluorescent member (3) and the optical member (4) can be placed closer to the light-emitting element (2) as long as they dose not contact the light-emitting element (2). Consequently, the service life of the fluorescent material or the fluorescent-material-mixed resin that tends to deteriorate can be lengthened, lights can be extracted more efficiently, and light rays can be properly aligned in a predetermined direction.

A golf training club comprising optical sensors, electronics and a display to provide visual feedback related to how a golfer strikes a golf ball. The club includes a shaft having a grip end and a tip distal from the grip end. The club has a club head affixed to the shaft proximate the tip that has a face for striking a golf ball. The optical sensors are embedded in the head and generate signals representative of the contact between the face and ball. The electronics, mounted within the shaft's grip end, process the sensor signals to determine the location of the contact between the face and ball. The display is operable to show such location. The electronics also process the sensor signals to determine whether the ball is tending to slice or hook by detecting lateral movement of the ball during contact with the face.

A method of parsing natural language comprising the steps of: a) receiving a tokenised and part-of-speech tagged utterance comprising n tokens b) for the first token; i) calculating a partial parse consisting of one dependency relation by assigning a role and a head for the first token; ii) calculating the probability of the partial parse from step (i) iii) repeating steps (b)(i) and (b)(ii) for all possible heads and roles of the token and storing the A most likely resulting partial parses c) advancing to the next successive token and, for each of the A partial parses from the previous step: iv) calculating a possible next extension to the partial parse by one dependency relation v) calculating the probability of the extended partial parse from (c)(i) vi) repeating steps (c)(i) and (c)(ii) for all possible heads and roles of the token and storing the A most likely resulting partial parses d) repeating step (c) for each successive token until all n tokens have been parsed.

A closure for a tubular access port in a medical fluid flow line or other container comprises a removable cap for enclosing and sealing the tubular access port. The cap has a closed end wall. The end wall carries an extending poker to facilitate the pushing of an antiseptic-carrying material into a lumen of the access port. The poker has an outer diameter that is less than the inner diameter of the access port. A method of using the poker is also described.

This invention relates generally to synthetic procedures that include the step of ring-opening metathesis of cyclic olefins and reaction with an acyclic diene co-reactant to produce regularly repeating A,B-alternating olefin polymers. The A,B-alternating polymers are produced by varying reaction conditions and/or reactant proportions and using only two types of olefin metathesis (ring-opening and cross) to provide regularly repeating ABAB . . . etc. polymers via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP). More particularly, the invention pertains to synthesis of A,B-alternating olefin polymers via olefin metathesis reactions using a Group 8 transition metal complex as the metathesis catalyst. Polymers provided herein have utility in a variety of fields, including not only polymer chemistry per se, but also in the pharmaceutical, biomedical, and packaging industries where the structure and properties of polymers need to be tightly controlled.

A cup forming sidewall blank includes a piece of flexible sheet material having an upper edge, a lower edge, and a pair of opposite side edges with an area at or adjacent the lower edge of the sidewall blank being provided with relief formations which extend generally upwardly and perpendicularly relative to the lower edge. The relief formations preferably take the form of score lines, slits, notches or other suitable constructions which are generally spaced from one another and are of equal length relative to the sidewall blank lower edge.

Disclosed is a bag computer comprised of a bag with holder and computer with display panel and body panels hinged together. The computer body installs into the holder so the display panel pivots near the top of the bag front with its display facing outward/upward so the bag wearer can store the display against the bag front or pivot it into his line of sight. To provide access between peripherals, memory or batteries inside the bag and the computer outside the bag, the bag's front wall may have; 1) an opening with coupling matching the computer back side; 2) a pattern of holes matching a computer with inside and outside body parts which join with attachments through the pattern of holes; 3) an electrical connection in the holder which connects the computer to a connection box inside bag.

A composite product and forming system are provided. In another aspect of the present invention, multiple layers of fiber, prepreg sheets are employed with an internal air channeling sheet to create a composite or laminate product. A further aspect of the present invention uses compression molding to form composite parts made from prepreg sheets.

An encoder is provided with an additional coding feature that comprises a time-related term added to a traditional cost function that uses only distortion and byte usage for calculating cost. The time-related term comprises the time that a real decoder needs for decoding a block, and a coefficient. The use of the time-related term will often result in a decision to select a compression mode that is faster to decode than a mode obtained with the traditional cost function. Preferably each receiving terminal belongs to a certain capacity group having specific additional coding features. A single original video is encoded individually for each capacity group according to the additional features of the capacity group in question. The individual encoding relating to each group guarantees that decoding times of frames absolutely or in average remain below the time that real receiving terminals need for decoding encoded frames.

A problem to be solved by the present invention is that the temperature of a refrigerant discharged from a compression section can be detected more exactly without being influenced by variable factors existing around the compression section. In a rotary compressor 1 having a motor 6 and a compression section 3 provided in a closed container 2, and also having a discharge pipe 26 provided in an upper part of the closed container 2 to discharge a refrigerant compressed by the compression section 3 to the outside of the closed container 2, a refrigerant discharge part 462 for discharging the refrigerant compressed by the compression section 3 toward the inner peripheral surface of the closed container 2 is provided, and a discharge temperature sensor 20 for detecting the discharge temperature of compressed refrigerant is arranged in a portion opposed to the refrigerant discharge part 462 on the outer peripheral surface side of the closed container 2.

A pneumatic tire for a two-wheeled motor vehicle in which a belt layer 26 includes a spiral belt (26A) where the direction of its cords is substantially a circumferential direction of the tire, and at least one angled belt (26B) that is provided on at least an outer layer of the spiral belt (26A) and whose cords have an angle with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire. On a tread surface portion of a tread (22) of the tire, there is provided, at least in a tread center region, a main groove component having an angle in the range of 0° or more to less than 20° with respect to the circumferential direction. Thus, a pneumatic tire for a two-wheeled motor vehicle is provided that is applicable to a front or rear wheel, and that possesses improved kinematical performance including the turning capability at a corner, grip limit, overall settling of vibrations of a vehicle body, slip-control performance, capability of absorbing unevenness of a road surface, and enhanced steering stability, which are realized by making use of respective advantageous characteristics of the respective belts.

An apparatus for testing the brakes, wheel alignment, suspension, transmission, and engine of motorized wheeled vehicles, includes means such as a dynamometer for self-calibration. A platform supports a road vehicle to be tested. Two or four pairs of short high-inertia rollers are revolvably supported adjacent to said platform, and positioned to individually support either the front wheels or the back wheels of the vehicle. The rollers are drivable by a stationary vehicle resting thereon, each pair of high-inertia rollers supporting one vehicle wheel. A floating roller contacts the wheel to detect side forces. Sensor means are connected to the rollers and data processing, display and recording means are connected to the sensors. Speed of the rollers is monitored by an encoder having a resolution of at least 1000 pulses/sec. A preferred embodiment of the apparatus includes electric motors which can be connected to drive the rollers.

Exemplary embodiments are directed to a sound modification system and loud speaker system. The system may impose amplitude and frequency modulation on to a signal representing the output of an electrical musical instrument or other sound source while also imposing a sense of movement of the sound to the listener. Further, the system may simultaneously amplify sound signals without the amplitude, frequency and spatial sense of modulation or a different sense of modulation. The system combines a plurality of speaker transducers, a plurality of amplifiers and digital signal processors to provide a flexible, portable and practical sound modification and amplification system.

When updating a data record identified by a version number, the problem exists that a simple not equal to comparison or greater than comparison is often insufficient for ascertaining the up-to-date nature of the newly received data record, particularly if the data record is transmitted to a receiving station via an unsecured data link and the version number originates from a limited range which is repeatedly run through periodically. The invention solves the problem by virtue of the fact that it divides the range of values of the version number into the ranges “old” and “new”, on the basis of the current value of a version number. The periodicity with which the range of values is run through is taken into account in this case, however. That is to say that the range “old” or the range “new” may perfectly well include the jump from the highest value in the range of values to the lowest value in the range of values. If the version number of the newly received data record lies in the range “new”, the new data record is accepted as a current data record, and if not it is correspondingly rejected.

A metallurgical or chemical oxygen nozzle including an oxygen lance head (1) for pointing at a metallurgical melt. The nozzle comprises a front surface (40) and an assembly of at least two substantially concentric tubes (20, 30), said front surface (40) being made of electrolytic copper. The front surface (40) is joined (52) to said tubes (20, 30) by high-energy density welding, the head is made of a number of head elements each of which consists of a material specifically selected for the respective head element, and said head elements are all joined by high-energy density welding.

For example, a separation and purification apparatus having an extractive distillation tower 4 for separating and purifying butadiene, impurity concentration sensors 32, 34 for detecting the concentrations of specific impurities other than butadiene, a target material concentration sensor for detecting the concentration of butadiene in the extractive distillation tower, and a differential pressure sensor 30 for detecting the differential pressure between the top and bottom of the extractive distillation tower 4 and a separation and purification method. The method calculates a concentration of a specific impurity after a predetermined time, a concentration of butadiene at the top, and a forecasted value of the differential pressure between the top and bottom based on the sensors and controls operations based on the forecasted values by a concentration predictive control means 60. It controls a feedstock flow rate control valve 21a controlling the rate of feedstock fed to the extractive distillation tower 4, a load detecting means 61 for detecting the load of the extractive distillation tower, and a feedstock flow rate control valve 21a by a load control means 62 in accordance with detection values detected by the load detecting means 61.

A photodiode designed to capture incident photons includes a stack of at least three superposed layers of semiconductor materials having a first conductivity type The stack includes: an interaction layer designed to interact with incident photons so as to generate photocarriers, a collection layer to collect the photocarriers; a confinement layer designed to confine the photocarriers in the collection layer. The collection layer has a band gap less than the band gaps of the interaction layer and confinement layer. The photodiode also includes a region which extends transversely relative to the planes of the layers. The region is in contact with the collection layer and confinement layer and has a conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type so as to form a p-n junction with the stack.

The present invention relates to a sodium secondary battery comprising a first electrode comprising a carbonaceous material which can be doped and dedoped with a sodium ion, a second electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution in which an electrolyte salt is dissolved in a non-aqueous solvent, wherein the non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprises a cyclic carbonate containing an unsaturated bond, a cyclic carbonate containing fluorine, or both, in the range of 0.01% by volume or more and 10% by volume or less relative to the non-aqueous electrolytic solution.

A woven product contains luminescent yarns that are formed by fluorescent threads giving off luminescence upon receiving light, or contains luminescent yarns that are formed by luminous threads giving off luminescence at night by themselves. These two luminescent yarns can be used in a separate or mixed manner to thereby make the portions of woven products containing such yarns luminous at night or under dark circumstance by themselves. In this way, the woven product not only can present luminous beauty or serve as a warning signal, but also can be flat and smooth on the surface.

The system for receiving broadcast digital data (in particular pay television services) comprises a master digital terminal, and at least one slave digital terminal connected to the master terminal by a link and able to receive protected digital data. The slave digital terminal can access the protected data only if information necessary for accessing the data and received by the master digital terminal is sent by way of link to the slave digital terminal within a predetermined deadline. This information is in particular access entitlements to television services or keys for descrambling the services.

In an end pumped or axially pumped solid state laser using a laser diode as a pumping light source, the laser crystal comprises a plurality of individual laser crystals arranged along an axial direction that have progressive higher concentrations of rare earth irons toward the output end. By thus arranging the individual laser crystals containing varying concentrations of rare earth ions, the absorption of laser for each length can be made uniform so that the tolerance for a high power pumping light is increased, and the laser output can be maximized without damaging the laser crystal.