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An optical detection system and method detects movement of an optical pointing device in a data processing environment. The system works with any surface than can diffusely scatter a collimated beam from a coherent light source. Specifically, the system comprises a coherent light source and an optical sensing assembly. The optical sensing assembly comprises a plurality of photosensor arrays and a plurality of optical elements. Each photosensor array includes pixels of a particular size and shape. Each optical element has an artificially limited aperture and is associated, through optical matching, with a respective photosensor array. The coherent light source generates a collimated beam that is diffusely reflected off of the surface. The optical sensing assembly receives the diffusely reflected, or scattered, collimated beam and passes it through the artificially limited apertures of the optical elements to the associated corresponding photosensor array. Passing the scattered light through the optical elements generates speckle images that appear on the pixels, of the photosensor arrays. Based on the pixel shape, a pixel value associated with the speckle image provides a speckle image data signal. When there is translation of the pointing device, a new set of speckle images, each reassembling to a translated version of the previous speckle image, are generated and another speckle image data signal is generated. The new and the previous speckle image data signals are then used in a motion detection analysis to determine the points of the two data signals that give a displacement value.

Process and a device for producing metal powders from molten metal. The process includes the provision of molten metal in a metallurgical vessel having a nozzle element, the nozzle element being directed into an atomization chamber associated with the metallurgical vessel. The molten metal is allowed to flow through the nozzle element of the metallurgical vessel into the atomization chamber whereby a molten metal stream is fed into the atomization chamber. At least three successive gas beams are directed at the molten metal stream inside the atomization chamber, the at least three gas beams being oriented in different directions. Thereby the molten metal stream is broken down into droplets which subsequently freeze into grains that are collected. The device includes a metallurgical vessel for holding molten metal provided with a nozzle element for discharging molten metal from the metallurgical vessel in the form of a molten metal stream and an atomization chamber in association with the metallurgical vessel for receiving the molten metal stream discharged from the nozzle element. It also includes at least three gas nozzle elements for providing at least three gas beams of different orientation and directed at different points of the molten metal stream inside the atomization chamber, at least one of the at least three gas nozzle elements being capable of providing a gas beam which deflects and widens and / or divides the molten metal stream entering the atomization chamber; and at least one other gas nozzle element being capable of providing a gas beam which breaks down a widened and thinned and / or divided molten metal stream into droplets.

An impeller for an axial fan of the type adapted to be pressed onto a rotating rotor comprising a number of blades. The blades protrude radially outward from a substantially tubular hub, which carries the blades and is adapted to be pressed onto the rotating rotor. A substantially cylindrical blank is arranged inside the hub where the blank forms alternately arranged first and second portions. The first portions have a greater inside diameter than the inside diameter of the second portions.

A conveyor belt with a reinforcement support layer consisting of steel cords running in parallel has, at each end, the hinge-like configuration for coupling to another belt end. In order also to provide a hinge connection for steel cord conveyor belts having relatively large cord diameters, each belt end (1, 2) has a part hinge (6, 7). Each part hinge (6 and 7) has a hinge bar (12 and 13) on which an integrated clamping plate (14 and 15) is integrally formed. The integrated clamping plate (14 and 15) is seated in the one belt outer surface (18) of the conveyor belt. On the opposite belt outer surface (22), a corresponding, separate clamping plate (24 and 27) is seated in each case in the rubber cover layer there. The clamping plate of each part hinge securely clamps the corresponding thickness-reduced belt end therebetween.

A method of manufacturing an electronic component comprising at least one n- or p-doped portion, comprising the steps of: co-depositing inorganic semi-conducting nanoparticles and dopant on a substrate, the nanoparticles being a group four element such as silicon or germanium; fusing the nanoparticles by heating to form a continuous layer; and subsequently; and, recrystallising the layer.

The present invention is directed to a floor covering for a powered vehicle having a base covering 44 and a least one affixing arrangement 56'' for the affixing of the supplemental mat 42 to the base covering wherein the affixing arrangement 56'' comprises a first affixing element 20 which may be connected releaseably with a complementary second affixing element 60 provided to the supplemental mat 42. In accordance with the present invention the first affixing element 20 is embedded in the base covering 44 wherein the upwardly extending distal end of the first affixing element 20 is provided no higher than the level of the nap side of the base covering 44. A further embodiment of the floor covering of the present invention comprises the supplemental mat 42 wherein a second affixing element 60 is invisibly provided to its underside. The driving comfort is also increased thereby, that the affixing arrangement 46 does not intrude into the foot space and a secure attachment of the supplemental mat 12 is obtained by the covering of the attaching arrangement 56.

A well testing system and well testing method is described which can be operated as a closed system with no production of hydrocarbons outside the well or gas can be separated and flared at surface giving minimal environmental impact with the liquid hydrocarbon being re-injected. This is achieved by providing a string with at least two well conduits which may be arranged in a concentric or non-concentric parallel configuration. One conduit is used to produce formation fluids to surface or to produce / store unrepresentative initial flow products and the other conduit is used to store formation fluid. The storage conduit can be filled from the top (surface) or the bottom of the well. In a preferred arrangement a valve is provided between the storage conduit and the well annulus for well pressure control, and a shut-in or test valve, which is controllable from surface, is disposed in the non-storage production conduit. A flow control valve is provided at the lower end of the string or at surface and the size of the valve opening is controllable to allow formation fluid to enter the storage string at a controlled rate, so that the formation fluid flowing time is increased to maximise the radius of investigation into the formation to a similar order of magnitude of existing production tests and extended well tests, which are typically two to three times the order of magnitude of the radius of investigation of a wireline formation test. Other aspects and embodiments of the invention are described.

The invention relates to synthesis of nanoparticles, in particular to methods for producing nanoparticles with networks consisting of Z sulphate (Z=magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba) or the binary mixtures thereof). The inventive method consists in synthesising the nanoparticles by crystal growth from an ion Z source and a sulphate ion source in a liquid phase mixture. The invention produces Z sulphate nanoparticles having a small diameter and uniformly dispersible in water or other solvents in a simple way. Co-ordinating solvents like glycerine, glycol ethylene and other polyethylene glycols, polyalcohols or dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) are used for the synthesis mixture.

This invention is a food preparation device used for imparting the flavor of smoke to foods by saturating the food with smoke in minutes, using very small amounts of wood or other smoke producing material, and upon completion of the process the food can be refrigerated, re-refrigerated, or cooked in any manner desired by the user. Efficiency of time and material is achieved by a unique design that allows a minute amount of smoke producing material to be ignited in a small ignition chamber before being transferred to a chamber containing the food in a partial vacuum created by a vacuum / compression pump, and through the unique design of valves and connector pipes the smoke filled chamber containing the food is subsequently subjected to compression by the vacuum / compression pump, thus leaving the food in the chamber smoke saturated within a few minutes of operation with little or no change in temperature.

The invention relates to a deposit amount estimation device for estimating a deposit amount by calculating an amount of a deposit on an injection hole wall face of a fuel injector (22). An increment judgment of whether an actual fuel injection amount is larger than the required fuel injection amount corresponding thereto when a fuel injection command value corresponding to a required fuel injection amount smaller than a predetermined amount is given to the fuel injector, is performed, and when it is judged that the actual fuel injection amount is larger than the required fuel injection amount corresponding thereto by the increment judgment, the deposit amount is estimated on the basis of the difference between the actual fuel injection amount and the required fuel injection amount corresponding thereto.