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20090306246 | CROSSLINKED COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CORE/SHELL COPOLYMER, METHOD OF OBTAINING SAME AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to is a crosslinked composition containing in parts by weight: 20 to 100 parts of at least one elastomer (I), 2 to 50 parts of at least one core/shell copolymer (II), and 0 to 100 parts of at least one thermoplastic polymer (III). The invention also relates to a method of producing one such crosslinked composition, which is characterized in that it consists in: mixing an elastomer and a core/shell copolymer optionally in the presence of: a grafted polyolefin, a plasticizer, fillers and/or additives, and a suitably-selected crosslinking system, and subsequently crosslinking said mixture at a suitable temperature. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the mixture is crosslinked at a temperature of between 150 and 320° C. The invention method be carried out in an internal mixer, or, alternately, in a twin-screw extruder or a Buss®-type co-kneader. Depending on the case, the resulting mass is calendared or extruded, cooled and subsequently granulated. The granules thus obtained are then ready to be transformed, by means of heating, into sheets, plates, extrusions, tubes or other desired products. The invention further relates to the use of one such composition in the production of ducts, pipes, tubing, couplers or similar for conveying fluids, such as the fluid transfer conduits, pipes and other elements which are used in the automobile industry in braking, cooling, steering and air-conditioning systems. The inventive crosslinked composition can also be used in the production of belts, tires, electrical cable sheaths, and shoe soles.” | 12-10-2009 |
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20080288169 | Terrain Avoidance System for Transport Aircraft - This system accompanies the “Avoid terrain” type alarms indicating to the pilot that he has passed the limit-point of success of a standard vertical avoidance maneuver either with complementary indications such as the azimuth sectors suitable for a disengagement maneuver or a predefined disengagement path, or an automatic engagement of a predefined avoidance path. To determine the limit-point, it monitors a penetration of a model of the terrain being flown over into a first protection volume ( | 11-20-2008 |
20090138145 | METHOD OF PROTECTING AN AIRCRAFT BY SIGNALLING AGAINST THE RISKS OF COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN IN PROCEDURES WITH REDUCED PROTECTION CORRIDOR WITH SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS - The present invention relates to a method of protecting an aircraft in approach by signalling against the risks of collision with the terrain in steep-sided environments, in order to avoid unwanted warnings emanating from the clearance sensors of the onboard TAWS system while protecting the aircraft when it fails to observe the published procedure, and this equally in a landing procedure and in a take-off procedure. The method includes conferring an additional function on the conventional TAWS functions, specific to the detection of the potential risks of collision of the aircraft with the terrain when following procedures of reduced protection corridor type, and this without modifying either the logics or the characteristics of the clearance sensor or sensors as currently defined in the TAWSs of the state of the art. | 05-28-2009 |
20090157241 | METHOD OF PROTECTING AN AIRCRAFT BY SIGNALLING AGAINST THE RISKS OF COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN IN PROCEDURES WITH REDUCED PROTECTION CORRIDOR - The present invention relates to a method of protecting an aircraft in approach by signalling against the risks of collision with the terrain in steep-sided environments, in order to avoid unwanted warnings emanating from the clearance sensors of the onboard TAWS system while protecting the aircraft when it fails to observe the published procedure, and this equally in a landing procedure and in a take-off procedure, and it is characterized in that it consists in modifying the characteristics of the clearance sensors according to the position deviation of the aircraft relative to the imposed RNP trajectory. | 06-18-2009 |
20100042273 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT, FOR AVOIDING COLLISION WITH THE TERRAIN - This system accompanies the alarms of TAWS type and in particular the alarms of “Avoid terrain” type indicating to the pilot that he has passed the limit point of success of a standard vertical avoidance maneuver, indications ( | 02-18-2010 |
20100042312 | SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVE DISPLAY OF AIRPORT TRAFFIC INFORMATION - This system for displaying, on the flight deck of an aircraft travelling on the surface of an airport, an airport map mentioning the surface traffic, for the purpose of a taxiing aid and protection of the ground movements of the aircraft, shows on the airport map only the traffic occupying the airport thoroughfares close to the aircraft, this closeness being defined by the existence of a joining path comprising a number of thoroughfare sections that is less than an arbitrary limit of the order of 1 or 2. | 02-18-2010 |
20100052973 | Device and Method for Monitoring the Location of Aircraft on the Ground - The invention relates to a monitoring device and method allowing surveillance of the location and the displacement of an aircraft in relation to aircraft and/or craft on an airport displacement zone. | 03-04-2010 |
20100057276 | Method of Monitoring Atmospheric Areas for an Aircraft - The invention relates to a method and a device for monitoring risky atmospheric areas. | 03-04-2010 |
20110291861 | Device for Communication with an Aircraft - A device for assisting in understanding the traffic surrounding an aircraft during communications between aircraft with one or more ground control organizations performed via a digital data link set up on a frequency, each of the control organizations communicating and exchanging digital messages with a plurality of aircraft on said frequency, includes: reception means for the aircraft to receive the messages exchanged between the aircraft and the ground control organization on said frequency, means for storing the messages received by the aircraft and means for displaying all or some of the received messages. | 12-01-2011 |
20140249737 | Unknown - Extended and integrated aeronautical safety and surveillance system comprising first means adapted for preventing in-flight collisions between aircraft (“TCAS”) second means for carrying out a function from among the surveillance and air traffic control functions (“ADS-B”). The system also comprises third means for carrying out at least one function from among a set of ground movements assistance functions comprising in particular a function for displaying a map during the movement of an aircraft in an airport. Finally the system is characterized in that the first, second and third means are embedded on one and the same hardware platform. | 09-04-2014 |
20140375504 | SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A MISSING AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a system ( | 12-25-2014 |
20150307207 | Device for monitoring the stabilisation of the approach phase of an aircraft to a landing runway, associated method and computer program - This monitoring device for monitoring the stabilisation of the final approach phase of an aircraft to a landing runway includes:
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20090110268 | TABLE OF CONTENTS EXTRACTION BASED ON TEXTUAL SIMILARITY AND FORMAL ASPECTS - An initial organizational table for a document is determined based on textual similarity between entries of the organizational table and target text fragments and not taking into account text formatting. A classifier is trained to identify text fragment pairs consisting of entries of the organizational table and corresponding target text fragments based at least in part on text formatting features. The training employs a training set of examples annotated based on the initial organizational table. The initial organizational table is updated using the trained classifier. | 04-30-2009 |
20090322522 | SERENDIPITOUS REPAIR OF SHARED DEVICE - A system and method for soliciting repairs to an electromechanical device are disclosed. The system includes a signaling device for signaling a need for a repair of an associated electromechanical device. A repair mediator receives information related to an addressable fault with the electromechanical device and causes the signaling device to provide a signal indicating, to a candidate repairer passing by the device, a need for a repair to the device for which a reward is available for performing the repair. The repair mediator provides the reward for a completed repair. | 12-31-2009 |
20100241950 | XPATH-BASED DISPLAY OF A PAGINATED XML DOCUMENT - A computer-implemented method, device, and computer readable medium transform a markup language document from a digital form to a user-specified form on a display device. Based on a configuration file, a digital markup language document is processed. For a current navigated-to page in the markup language document, context is set to a page node, and a page transformation is performed by the computer. A selection language expression is evaluated, and a node transformation is performed. The node transformation may include setting context, determining the type of decoration associated with the current context, reading the selection language expressions, computing a decoration parameter value for each of the decoration parameters associated with each declaration, and creating and displaying a decoration based on the computed decoration parameter values. The steps may be repeated for remaining markup language node and for each remaining decoration declaration. | 09-23-2010 |
20110075191 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF DEVICE-CENTRIC DISTRIBUTION LISTS - A method and system for managing distribution lists rely on the collection of job log data from shared devices, such as networked printers. For each printer, a usage community comprising users of the shared device, can be determined, based at least in part on the job log data. At least one distribution list of users is generated, based on the usage community. The distribution list can be linked with a mailer program, whereby users in the usage community are grouped together under a common contact address. Updating the distribution list at intervals to reflect changes in the usage community allows a static email address to be used for a varying group of users. | 03-31-2011 |
20110145701 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PAGINATION CONSTRUCTS INCLUDING A HEADER AND A FOOTER IN LEGACY DOCUMENTS - A method for identifying header/footer content of a document, in order to sequence text fragments comprising recognizable text blocks as derived from the document. The textual variability of lines comprised of text blocks, including the different kinds of text blocks within the line is analyzed for assessment of textual variability. Header/footer zones are defined by textual content having a low textual variability. An alternative embodiment identifies pagination constructs by comparing selected text-boxes for similarity and proximity and clustering the text boxes satisfying a predetermined similarity value, wherein the clustered text boxes are deemed to comprise pagination constructs. | 06-16-2011 |
20110175901 | DETACHABLE SCREEN FOR MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE SHOWING 3D DYNAMIC VIEWS - A detachable display unit, an electromechanical device utilizing the display unit, and a method of use are disclosed. The display unit includes a communication link whereby data can be communicated between the display unit and the associated electromechanical device. The display unit includes a position sensor which provides position information for determining a current position of the display unit when detached from the associated electromechanical device. A graphical user interface displays a dynamic virtual representation of the associated electromechanical device based on the determined current position. | 07-21-2011 |
20110225490 | DOCUMENT ORGANIZING BASED ON PAGE NUMBERS - A digital processing device is configured to perform a method comprising: identifying logical page numbers of a document, the identifying constrained to identify either zero or one logical page number per page of the document, the logical page numbers and an ordering of the pages of the document defining an ordered sequence of logical page numbers; identifying a sequence of logical page number references in the document, each logical page number reference matching one of the logical page numbers of the document; and selecting a sub-sequence of the sequence of logical page number references for which corresponding logical page numbers are in a nondecreasing order in the ordered sequence of logical page numbers. The sub-sequence is used in organizing the document, for example by generating hyperlinks linking the logical page number references of the selected sub-sequence with corresponding pages indicated by the logical page numbers. | 09-15-2011 |
20110302251 | DETECTING CONFLICTS IN EMAIL MESSAGES - A computer implemented electronic out-of-office message analysis system and method are disclosed. The method includes, for each of a plurality of users, receiving a user-generated electronic out-of-office message in a natural language in which a time window of absence and at least one alternate named contact are expressed and, based on the out-of-office message, generating a structured representation of the out-of-office message which links the alternate contact to a normalized representation of the time window. The structured representation of the out-of-office message is stored in a database. From the database it can be determined whether a current user's out-of-office message conflicts with another user's out-of-office message. If a conflict is detected, the current user can be notified. | 12-08-2011 |
20120039536 | OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION WITH TWO-PASS ZONING - An image of a paginated document is zoned to identify text zones. First-pass character recognition is performed on the text zones to generate textual content corresponding to the paginated document. The image of the paginated document is re-zoned based on the textual content to identify one or more new text zones. Second-pass character recognition is performed on at least the new text zones to generate updated textual content corresponding to the paginated document. | 02-16-2012 |
20120192077 | MOBILE SCREEN METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COLLABORATIVE TROUBLESHOOTING OF A DEVICE - This disclosure provides collaborative communication systems and methods to facilitate troubleshooting of a device. Specifically, the disclosed systems and methods include a dynamic virtual representation of a device from the perspective of a user of the device which is shared with a remote troubleshooter. The dynamic virtual representation is based on the position of the user. | 07-26-2012 |
20130073662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UPDATING AN ELECTRONIC CALENDAR - A computer implemented system and method are disclosed for updating an electronic calendar. The method includes receiving an electronic message in a natural language in which a change in role is expressed and, with a natural language processor implemented by a computer processor, automatically detecting the change in role within the email message, optionally storing the change in role in a contacts database, and proposing updates for entries in an electronic calendar based on the detected change in role. | 03-21-2013 |
20130294695 | POST OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION DETERMINATION OF FONT SIZE - A method and system are disclosed for post optical character recognition font size determination. Optical character recognition output from an optical character recognition engine that includes character and bounding box information is aggregated into character strings. Measurements are then collected from each character in each character string that correspond to alignment heights of the top or bottom of the character with an ascender-line, a cap-line, a digit-line, a mean-line, a base-line, or a descender-line. Histograms are formed for each of these heights for each character string from the collected measurements. Based on the histograms, a pivot height is selected and used to determine the relative font size of the character string. The relative font size is normalized using a preselected factor associated with the selected pivot height. The normalized font size is then output as the font size of characters in the optical character recognition output. | 11-07-2013 |
20140101203 | ENFORCING POLICIES OVER LINKED XML RESOURCES - A system and method generate an ontology of linked resources. The method includes providing a policy comprising at least one logical rule which is to hold across an ontology of linked resources and initializing a set of resources with an initial subset of the set of resources, each resource in the initial subset being identified by a respective link. Each of the resources in the subset is processed, which includes populating the ontology with a corresponding member of a resource class, for a resource that is valid against a schema, asserting the member's class as a class specific to the schema of the validated resource in the ontology and providing a dependency specification for extracting links within the resource, each extracted link identifying one of the set of resources. A link property is asserted in the ontology for a link between the resource of the subset containing an extracted link and the resource identified by the extracted link and the ontology populated with a member of the resource class for each newly identified resource. A verification that the at least one logical rule holds across the set of resources in the ontology is performed. | 04-10-2014 |
20140101456 | CONFIDENTIALITY PRESERVING DOCUMENT ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for document processing allow a service provider to process a document without having access the textual content of the document. The system includes memory which receives an encoded source document from an associated client system. The encoded source document includes structural information and encoded content information. The encoded content information includes a plurality of encoded tokens generated by individually encoding each of a plurality of text tokens of the source document. The structural information includes location information for each of the plurality of text tokens. A processing module processes the encoded document to generate a modified document, without decoding the encoded tokens. A transmission module transmits the modified document to an associated client system whereby the client system is able to generate a transformed document based on the modified document and the plurality of text tokens. | 04-10-2014 |
20140201066 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING TRANSACTIONS ON AN ASSOCIATED NETWORK - A method and system are disclosed for wireless payment and information collection. A central system generates a personalized application including unique application and transaction identifiers, security keys, and signatures for a user device. The user device implements the personalized application in order to access the services of the associated network. Tags, capable of short-range communication with the user devices, are deployed to service access points of the associated network. The tags and user device mutually authenticate and share identifiers. Validation of the user device results in the tag updating an irreversible counter, generating transaction certificate, and logging this transaction information. The transaction certificate and a portion of the log are communicated to the user device, and service is granted. The user device transmits the transaction information and log to the central system for billing when a network connection is available. | 07-17-2014 |
20140212038 | DETECTION OF NUMBERED CAPTIONS - A method of detection of numbered captions in a document includes receiving a document including a sequence of document pages and identifying illustrations on pages of the document. For each identified illustration, associated text is identified. An imitation page is generated for each of the identified illustrations, each imitation page comprising a single illustration and its associated text. For a sequence of the imitation pages, a sequence of terms is identified. Each term is derived from a text fragment of the associate text of a respective imitation page. The terms of a sequence complying with at least one predefined numbering scheme which defines a form and an incremental state of the terms in a sequence. The terms of the identified sequence of terms are construed as being at least a part of a numbered caption for a respective illustration in the document. | 07-31-2014 |
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20090135671 | Process and System for the Acquistion of Seismic Data - The invention relates to a method for the acquisition of seismic data that uses sources operable to produce, when they are in a shooting station, seismic vibrations according to a sweep type shooting sequence, of predetermined duration and variable frequency. According to this method, the source and recording device clocks are synchronized, shooting is authorized for each of the sources at a series of predetermined shooting times tk,n, with k being an order number for a given source and n a source order number, between 1 and the number of sources Ns, and carried out on condition that the source is in a state to produce vibrations at such time tk,n, and the signals produced by the receivers are continuously recorded. The invention also relates to a system for seismic acquisition that implements this method. | 05-28-2009 |
20100302905 | METHOD FOR MONITORING A SUBSOIL ZONE, PARTICULARLY DURING SIMULATED FRACTURING OPERATIONS - A method and device for monitoring a subsoil zone, wherein a plurality of receivers are arranged on a surface of the soil or near said surface, straight above a geological zone to be monitored, comprising the following steps: generating a set of reference seismic data; recording seismic data by means of said receivers; correlating the seismic data recorded with the reference seismic data; comparing each trace of the correlated data, with correlated traces located in a vicinity of said trace, in order to evaluate a similarity of each correlated trace with the adjacent correlated traces; and, detecting a microseismic event occurring in the subsoil zone by analysing said similarity. The method and device enables real-time monitoring. | 12-02-2010 |
20110272207 | METHOD OF ACQUIRING VIBROSEISMIC DATA CONCERNING A ZONE OF THE SUBSOIL, AND SEISMIC EXPLORATION METHOD INCLUDING SUCH A METHOD - The invention concerns a method of acquiring vibroseismic data concerning a zone of the subsoil. This method comprises the following steps: —operating a vibroseismic source so that it transmits a first vibroseismic signal having a first amplitude ( | 11-10-2011 |
20130158878 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOCATING MICROSEISMIC EVENTS USING ARRAY OF RECEIVERS - Device and method for locating a microseismic event taking place in a subsurface of the earth. The method includes receiving recorded seismic data S(t, Rc) acquired by a plurality of receivers as a function of time t and a position Rc; receiving a reference signal model SiMo(t, Rc) that corresponds to seismic data recorded by the plurality of receivers if an explosion occurs at an injection point in the subsurface; time correlating the recorded seismic data S(t, Rc) with the signal model SiMo(t, Rc) to determine correlated seismic data DMSS; calculating a detection curve for each of plural cells in a given volume in the subsurface of the earth based on the correlated seismic data DMSS; and determining a seismic location in the volume of the microseismic event based on a largest value of maximums of the detection curves calculated for various points of the given volume in the subsurface. | 06-20-2013 |
20130201799 | SWEEP DESIGN FOR SEISMIC SOURCES - A system and method are described herein for generating a frequency sweep signal set for use in seismic data gathering. Low frequency sweep rate modifications are combined to compensate for vibrator limitations and vibrator far-field responses with high frequency sweep rate modifications to compensate for absorption, and then the frequency sweep signal set is generated based on the combination of high and low frequency sweep rate modifications. | 08-08-2013 |
20130215714 | METHOD, DEVICE AND NODE FOR SEABED SEISMIC ACQUISITION - The invention concerns a method for seabed seismic acquisition. According to the invention, a pair of geophones ( | 08-22-2013 |
20130250724 | RETRIEVABLE VERTICAL HYDROPHONE CABLE AND METHOD - Method and retrievable vertical hydrophone cable for collecting seismic data underground. The retrievable vertical hydrophone cable includes an envelope having a first end at which a connector mechanism is provided to close the envelope; plural hydrophones distributed inside the envelope at predetermined positions; and a fluid provided inside the envelope and around the plural hydrophones. The envelope increases its volume when the fluid is pressurized through the connector mechanism. | 09-26-2013 |
20130250725 | RETRIEVABLE VERTICAL GEOPHONE CABLE AND METHOD - A method and a retrievable vertical geophone cable for collecting seismic data underground. The retrievable vertical geophone cable includes an envelope having a first end at which a connector mechanism is provided to close the envelope; plural geophones distributed inside the envelope at predetermined positions; and a first expansion mechanism attached to a geophone of the plural geophones and configured to expand the envelope when actuated with a first fluid under pressure. | 09-26-2013 |
20130251458 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MECHANIZED GEOPHONE DEPLOYMENT - A method and a mechanized system for deploying plural geophones underground for collecting seismic data. The mechanized system includes a vehicle configured to travel above ground and having a storage area that stores the plural geophones; a digging mechanism attached to the vehicle and configured to dig a trench when in contact with the ground; and a damping mechanism attached to the vehicle and configured to hold a geophone behind the digging mechanism relative to a traveling direction (X)) of the vehicle. | 09-26-2013 |
20140056102 | PATCH MICROSEISMIC ARRAY AND METHOD - Device and method for locating a microseismic event taking place in a subsurface of the earth. The method includes receiving a location of a well; identifying inaccessible locations for seismic receivers on a surface next to the well; distributing patches of the seismic receivers on the surface above the well, and around the inaccessible locations; and recording seismic data with the seismic receivers. | 02-27-2014 |
20150120198 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING MICROSEISMIC EVENTS USING CLUSTERS - According to an embodiment, a method for analyzing microseismic events associated with hydraulic fracturing detects a new microseismic event and assigns it to a cluster of other events having similar characteristics. Cluster characteristic(s), e.g., average event(s), average source mechanisms, and/or average locations, are updated and used to characterize a future microseismic events. | 04-30-2015 |
20160070013 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VELOCITY FUNCTION EXTRACTION FROM THE PHASE OF AMBIENT NOISE - Methods and systems for deriving S-wave velocity information from the low-frequency content of ambient noise are described. The ambient noise can be collected on a dedicated record or on a production record associated with the receivers of a three-dimensional seismic survey. The methods and systems use one of a plurality of analysis models selected based on quality factors of the ambient noise data. The methods and systems analyze the data at a plurality of single frequencies then transform the velocity versus frequency data into velocity versus depth data. | 03-10-2016 |
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20130237615 | PROCESS OF PREPARING A CROSSLINKED GEL - The subject of the present invention is a process of preparing a crosslinked gel of at least one polysaccharide or one of its salts, including at least the steps consisting in: a) providing, at a temperature below 35° C., an aqueous gel including at least one polysaccharide in an uncrosslinked form together with at least one difunctional or multifunctional epoxy crosslinking agent; b) maintaining the mixture of step a) at a temperature below 35° C. for at least one hour; c) stimulating the crosslinking reaction of the mixture obtained after step b), and if need be; d) recovering said crosslinked gel formed. | 09-12-2013 |
20150038457 | COMPOSITION COMPRISING HYALURONIC ACID AND MEPIVACAINE - Compositions and methods for the surface appearance of the skin a subject are provided. An injectable composition comprising at least hyaluronic acid or a salt thereof; and an effective amount of at least mepivacaine or a salt thereof are provided. The hyaluronic acid optionally has an average molecular weight ranging from 50,000 to 10,000,000 Daltons, and may be crosslinked hyaluronic acids, non-crosslinked hyaluronic acids, or a combination, in some embodiments. The compositions and methods of the present invention are useful for treating and preventing the cutaneous signs of chronological aging and/or induced by external factors such as stress, air pollution, tobacco or prolonged exposure to ultraviolet (UV) exposure, impaired surface appearance of the skin, impaired viscoelastic or biomechanical properties of the skin, and/or the long-lasting filling of volume defects of the skin. | 02-05-2015 |
20150272851 | DERMAL INJECTABLE STERILE COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a crosslinked hyaluronic acid gel which derives from the crosslinking of hyaluronic acid or of a salt thereof in the presence of at least an effective amount of at least one endogenous polyamine as a crosslinking agent, said crosslinking being carried out under conditions favourable to the coupling of said hyaluronic acid and of said endogenous polyamine(s). | 10-01-2015 |