71 results about "Pitch interval" patented technology

A new machine control method and system for registering pro-produced webs into a converting line producing disposable absorbent articles such as diapers, pants, feminine hygiene articles or a component thereof. The pre-produced web can include a multiplicity of pre-produced objects spaced on the web at a pitch interval in the web direction. The pre-produced web being manipulated in order for the pre-produced object of the web to be registered in relation to a target position constant. The present invention includes three embodiments, where the first embodiment is expressed as a generic claim. The first embodiment includes a closed-loop feedback registration system; the second and third embodiments, in addition, include an open-loop feedforward phasing system. In addition, the third embodiment uses a machine vision system to recognize any element of a complex pre-produced object (e.g., colorful graphics).

A song-matching system, which provides real-time, dynamic recognition of a song being sung and providing an audio accompaniment signal in synchronism therewith, includes a song database having a repertoire of songs, each song of the database being stored as a relative pitch template, an audio processing module operative in response to the song being sung to convert the song being sung into a digital signal, an analyzing module operative in response to the digital signal to determine a definition pattern representing a sequence of pitch intervals of the song being sung that have been captured by the audio processing module, a matching module operative to compare the definition pattern of the song being sung with the relative pitch template of each song stored in the song database to recognize one song in the song database as the song being sung, the matching module being further operative to cause the song database to download the unmatched portion of the relative pitch template of the recognized song as a digital accompaniment signal; and a synthesizer module operative to convert the digital accompaniment signal to the audio accompaniment signal that is transmitted in synchronism with the song being sung.

To provide a luminescent light source that can increase the number of divisions of a reflecting mirror without reducing pitch interval of reflection areas. A luminescent light source comprises a reflecting mirror for reflecting light, a mold unit arranged on a light reflection surface of the reflecting mirror, and light emitting devices of three luminescent devices of red, blue and green that are placed in the central part and output light to the mold unit. In the reflecting mirror, rectangular reflection areas are arranged vertically and horizontally in a grid.

A new machine control method and system for registering pre-produced webs into a converting line producing disposable absorbent articles such as diapers, pull-ups, feminine hygiene articles or a component thereof. The pre-produced webs can include a multiplicity of pre-produced objects spaced on the web at a pitch interval in the web direction. The pre-produced web being manipulated in order for the pre-produced object of the web to be registered in relation to a target position. The present invention includes five embodiments, where the first embodiment is expressed as a generic claim. The first embodiment includes a closed-loop feedback registration system; the second and third embodiments, in addition, include an open-loop feedforward control system; the fourth and fifth embodiments, in addition, include an automatic phasing system. In addition, the third embodiment uses a machine vision system to recognize any element of a complex pre-produced object (e.g., colorful graphics).

A broadband internal antenna includes a first radiator having a radiation part with one or more coils having different pitch intervals connected in series to each other, and a second radiator having at least one conductive strip line arranged parallel to a longitudinal direction of the first radiator. The antenna further includes a connection part to which an end of the at least one conductive strip line is connected, to which a first end of the first radiator is attached and in which a part for supplying current to the antenna and a part for grounding the antenna are formed, and an attachment pad to which a second end of the first radiator is attached and from which current is drawn. Current flowing through the first radiator and current flowing through the strip lines form current paths in different directions to set a certain broadband using mutual Electromagnetic (EM) coupling.

A method of processing objects using a bilateral architecture. The method comprises the steps of: arranging a plurality of instruments around a bi-directional conveyance device, the instruments spaced at fixed pitch intervals along the conveyor device; assigning dedicated movers to each of the instruments, the dedicated movers for loading and unloading of the objects to and from the instruments and the conveyance device; and controlling the operation of the conveyance device to have an interrupted motion, the interrupted motion for co-ordinating the loading and unloading of the objects; wherein the dedicated movers are positioned such that adjacent movers operate independently of one another. The method can be operated on an automated robotic system having a modular architecture. The system comprises; a backbone having a plurality of backbone connectors; a module having a module connector for releasably coupling with a respective one of the backbone connectors; a bi-directional motion device connected to the backbone, the motion device for presenting an object adjacent to the module when the module is coupled to the backbone; a connection interface formable by coupling the backbone and module connectors, the connection interface for providing an operation coupling between the backbone and the module when adjacent thereto; wherein the connection interface provides a repeatable connection and disconnection capability between the backbone and the module for ready reconfiguration of the modular architecture.

A new machine control method and system for registering pre-produced webs into a converting line producing disposable absorbent articles such as diapers, pull-ups, feminine hygiene articles or a component thereof. The pre-produced webs can include a multiplicity of pre-produced objects spaced on the web at a pitch interval in the web direction. The pre-produced web being manipulated in order for the pre-produced object of the web to be registered in relation to a target position. The present invention includes five embodiments, where the first embodiment is expressed as a generic claim. The first embodiment includes a closed-loop feedback registration system; the second and third embodiments, in addition, include an open-loop feedforward control system; the fourth and fifth embodiments, in addition, include an automatic phasing system. In addition, the third embodiment uses a machine vision system to recognize any element of a complex pre-produced object (e.g., colorful graphics).

A system, method, and computer readable storage medium generates an audio fingerprint for an input audio clip that is robust to differences in key, instrumentation, and other performance variations. The audio fingerprint comprises a sequence of intervalgrams that represent a melody in an audio clip according pitch intervals between different time points in the audio clip. The fingerprint for an input audio clip can be compared to a set of reference fingerprints in a reference database to determine a matching reference audio clip.

In a vocoder system, the receiver is arranged to emphasize at least the fundamental or lowest-frequency sinusoidal signal in response to the pitch, in a manner which provides more emphasis at lower pitch values, corresponding to larger pitch intervals. The emphasis provides a subjectively improved speech synthesis. In a preferred embodiment, the enhancement takes place at fundamental component frequencies below 400 Hz. According to another aspect of the invention, the second and third harmonics are also emphasized, but generally not as much as the fundamental component. Below certain frequencies, the enhancement is limited for the fundamental and the harmonics.

A musical notation system is provided wherein equal sized pitch intervals are represented by equal sized vertical displacements on a musical staff irrespective of the key or transportation of a musical sequence. A clef symbol and diatonic scale indicators are used to indicate the positions of diatonic pitches on the staff. A moveable Do solfa system is preferred so that musical sequences remain unchanged under transposition. The staff is easily adaptable to display various equal tempered (ET) subdivisions of the octave including 12-ET, 17-ET and 19-ET tuning systems. A system of chord notation and an isomorphic transposing keyboard is also described and claimed.

The invention relates to a method for automatic generation of melodies where from one step to a following a new parameter value is generated that is sent to a unit emitting sound. The parameters comprise a new note pitch, a new window width, a life span for the window width, a window offset and a life span for the window offset. The new note pitch is selected according to a given probability distribution within the interval of note pitches given by the note pitch in a previous step, the window width and the window offset.

A system, method, and computer readable storage medium generates an audio fingerprint for an input audio clip that is robust to differences in key, instrumentation, and other performance variations. The audio fingerprint includes a sequence of intervalgrams that represent a melody in an audio clip according pitch intervals between different time points in the audio clip. The fingerprint for an input audio clip can be compared to a set of reference fingerprints in a reference database to determine a matching reference audio clip.

An object of the present invention is to economically produce a resin composition pellet with the degradation of resin suppressed, by using an ordinary extruder, the resin composition pellet being filled with a desired filling amount of a uniformly compounded fibrous filler, and having a required weight average fiber length, in particular, to produce a resin composition pellet used for a socket of a planar socket pin in which the pitch interval of a lattice area of a semiconductor device is 2.0 mm or less, the thickness of the lattice area is 0.5 mm or less, and the height of the socket is 5.0 mm or less. To achieve the object, in supplying 80 to 55% by weight of resin and 20 to 45% by weight of the fibrous filler with a weight average fiber length of 1 mm or more to an extruder to produce a resin composition pellet in which a weight average fiber length of a fibrous filler is 180 to 360 μm, a part of an amount (x) of the resin is supplied through a main feed port of the extruder, and the fibrous filler and a remaining amount (1−x) of the resin are supplied through a side-feed port so that x / (1−x) becomes 50 / 50 to 10 / 90% by weight.

A method of processing objects using a bilateral architecture. The method comprises the steps of: arranging a plurality of instruments around a bi-directional conveyance device, the instruments spaced at fixed pitch intervals along the conveyor device; assigning dedicated movers to each of the instruments, the dedicated movers for loading and unloading of the objects to and from the instruments and the conveyance device; and controlling the operation of the conveyance device to have an interrupted motion, the interrupted motion for co-ordinating the loading and unloading of the objects; wherein the dedicated movers are positioned such that adjacent movers operate independently of one another. The method can be operated on an automated robotic system having a modular architecture. The system comprises; a backbone having a plurality of backbone connectors; a module having a module connector for releasably coupling with a respective one of the backbone connectors; a bi-directional motion device connected to the backbone, the motion device for presenting an object adjacent to the module when the module is coupled to the backbone; a connection interface formable by coupling the backbone and module connectors, the connection interface for providing an operation coupling between the backbone and the module when adjacent thereto; wherein the connection interface provides a repeatable connection and disconnection capability between the backbone and the module for ready reconfiguration of the modular architecture.

A lead tone is generated on the basis of an input tone signal. Meanwhile, a specific pitch of the input tone signal is sequentially detected, from which is detected a normalized pitch corresponding to any one of the musical pitch names. Then, difference information is obtained which pertains to a difference between the specific pitch and the normalized pitch, and a pitch having a given pitch interval from the normalized pitch is determined as a target pitch of a tone signal to be generated. Then, a harmony tone is generated which has a pitch obtained by modulating the target pitch in accordance with the difference information.

The invention aims to provide a motor coil winding structure. After being led in a slot, a coil (C) from each segment of a commutator (2) to an iron core (3) side is led out to a slot with a 2-pitch interval from the slot and is wound on two teeth; in a motor, the coil is wound on the segments of the commutator (2) and the teeth and the slots of the iron core (3), the number of the segments of the commutator (2) of the motor is 13, the number of the teeth and the number of the slots of the iron core are 13, and the number of poles of a magnet (4) which is counterpoised to the outside of the iron core (3) is six; and thus, compared with a winding structure in the prior art which is wound with an interval of more than 3 pitches, the overall winding length and winding amount can be reduced, copper loss generated when a current flows through the coil (C) can be remarkably reduced, even if a coil (C) is wound with the amount less than that of a coil (C) of a motor in the prior art which is wound with an interval of more than 3 pitches set in the iron core (3), efficiency or more than the identity can be achieved, manufacturing cost is remarkably saved while motor efficiency is improved, and the size and the weight of the motor can be miniaturized.

To provide a diffraction element having no wavelength dependency without using a special liquid crystal. In the diffraction element 1 for diffracting incident light, a plurality of first and second phase difference regions 10 and 20 for diffracting incident light are alternately arranged to form a diffraction pattern on a transparent substrate 30. A plurality of fine projecting and recessed structures are arranged in the first and the second phase difference regions 10 and 20 in nano order at a pitch interval shorter than the shortest wavelength of a plurality of wavelength regions for making phase differences of a plurality of wavelengths of incident light even. The fine projecting and recessed structures of the first phase difference region 10 and the fine projecting and recessed structures of the second phase difference region 20 are orthogonal to each other. Phase differences are made even by the fine projecting and recessed structures in the nano order and a diffraction function having diffraction efficiency nearly free from wavelength dependency can be exhibited by the diffraction pattern.

An antenna device for a vehicle and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The antenna device includes an antenna coil disposed in a helical antenna shape having a substantially constant pitch interval and a connector disposed on a first end of the antenna coil. A cylinder member, electrically connected to the antenna coil, is disposed on a second end of the antenna coil. A first fixing member covers a portion of the connector and the first end of the antenna coil to fix the antenna coil to the connector. A second fixing member is filled into a hollow portion and a gap within the substantially constant pitch interval and a third fixing member covers the second end of the antenna coil. A cover member covers the antenna coil, a portion of the connector, the cylinder member, the first fixing member, the second fixing member and the third fixing member.

A holder manufacturing method for loading a substrate of a semiconductor manufacturing device, a batch type boat having the holder, a loading / unloading method of a semiconductor substrate using the same, and a semiconductor manufacturing device having the same are disclosed. For example, the manufacturing method of the holder of the boat for loading a semiconductor substrate includes the steps of molding a holder substrate of a pipe shape having inner and outer circumference of a predetermined size in such a manner that a lower portion of the semiconductor substrate is seated thereon; and forming a plurality of holder rings by cutting the holder rings from the holder substrate in such a manner that each holder ring is matched to a disposal interval of the semiconductor substrates in the boat. The manufacture of the holder and the batch type boat are simple by means of the holder ring supported on the supporting rods and the end-effector escapes the supporting rods, so that the pitch interval can be minimized, whereby it can load the compact semiconductor substrate to the boat, the amount of the substrate treatment can be improved and thus the productivity thereof can be improved.

The present invention provides a planar connector having excellent performances including flatness, warp-deformation resistance, and heat resistance, being capable of responding to shape changes in recent planar connectors. Specifically, the planar connector is composed of a composite resin composition comprises (A) a liquid crystalline polymer containing 55% by mole or less of p-hydroxy benzoic acid residue and having a melting point of 330° C. or higher, (B) a plate-like inorganic filler, and (C) a fibrous filler having a weight average fiber length within a range of 250 to 600 μm, the amount of (B) component being 25 to 35% by weight to the total composition, the amount of (C) component being 10 to 25% by weight to the total composition, the sum in total of (B) component and (C) component being 40 to 50% by weight to the total composition, wherein the connector has a lattice structure inside an outer frame, and has an opening inside the lattice area, and wherein the pitch interval of the lattice area is 1.5 mm or less, and the ratio of the thickness of the thickness of the lattice area to the outer frame area is 0.8 or less.

The invention discloses a vernier caliper of the pitch interval of bars with internal spline, which comprises spherical measuring heads, a secondary ruler and a main ruler. The main ruler is a right-angled component, scales are arranged on a transverse rod of the main ruler, and a lower vertical rod of the main ruler is a left measuring jaw. The secondary ruler is a right-angled component, a lower vertical rod of the secondary ruler is a right measuring jaw, scales are arranged on the surface of a transverse rod of the secondary ruler, and the secondary ruler body is sheathed on the transverse rod of the main ruler and can move in left and right direction. The spherical measuring head is respectively assembled on the outer lateral surfaces of the left measuring jaw and the right measuring jaw, and two spherical measuring heads are positioned at the same shaft line and parallel to the transverse rod of the main ruler. When in actual measurement, the spherical measuring head is correspondingly selected according to the size of the internal spline measured, zero-calibration is implemented according to the size of the pitch interval of design bars of the internal spline measured, and the size that deviates from a zero position in actual measurement is a deviation value. The vernier caliper of the pitch interval of bars with the internal spline has convenient measurement, accuracy, high efficiency and no special environmental requirements in measurement, and is particularly suitable for being used as a measuring tool for detecting the pitch interval of the bars with internal spline in batch in a production spot.

Disclosed herein is a dental rescue implant implanted into an alveolar bone for forming a root of an artificial tooth. The dental rescue implant includes: a wide sectional body part having a sectional diameter of 6.5 mm to 8 mm, greater than a sectional diameter of 6 mm of a typical implant body part, whereby the wide sectional body part can be implanted directly into the corresponding alveolar bone without refilling a damaged part with a bone substitutive material when implant surgery ends in failure; and a wide screw thread formed on the outer periphery of the wide sectional body part, the wide screw thread being formed at 1˜1.75 pitch intervals, whereby the wide sectional body part is implanted into the alveolar bone with relatively small resistance. The implant can be directly implanted into the alveolar bone without refilling a damaged part with a substitutive material even though a molar teeth part is lost or implant surgery ends in a failure by complex factors.

An antenna pattern having a broad band characteristic as to frequencies and having a wide directivity, and an electromagnetic wave energy processing device having the antenna pattern, particularly a sheet-like antenna or electromagnetic wave shielding filter. A conductor wire forming the antenna pattern comprises an aggregated wire consisting of mesh or continuously polygonal micro-image element lines or parallel element lines. The element lines are 5-300 mum in line width and 5-1, 000 mum in line pitch interval, or the most preferably 5-30 mum in line width and 5-150 mum in line pitch interval. The element lines are printed with printing ink or paste material mixed with conductive powder. In accordance with necessity, pressure treatment or polishing treatment and / or conductive plating with aid of eletroless plating or directly without aid of eletroless plating are performed on the printed surface.

An antenna pattern having a broad band characteristic as to frequencies and having a wide directivity, and an electromagnetic wave energy processing device having the antenna pattern, particularly a sheet-like antenna or electromagnetic wave shielding filter. A conductor wire forming the antenna pattern comprises an aggregated wire consisting of mesh or continuously polygonal micro-image element lines or parallel element lines. The element lines are 5-300 μm in line width and 5-1,000 μm in line pitch interval, or the most preferably 5-30 μm in line width and 5-150 μm in line pitch interval. The element lines are printed with printing ink or paste material mixed with conductive powder. In accordance with necessity, pressure treatment or polishing treatment and / or conductive plating with aid of eletroless plating or directly without aid of eletroless plating are performed on the printed surface.

The invention provides a multi-channel parallel light path compression assembly. The compression assembly comprises multiple prisms which sequentially overlap, the prisms are provided with first working surfaces used for light input, second working surfaces used for light output, first reflection surfaces which are used for receiving and reflecting input lights of the first working surfaces and second reflection surfaces which are used for receiving and reflecting output lights of the second working surfaces, the first and second working surfaces of the two adjacent prisms fit and overlap, andthe distance between the first reflection surfaces of the two adjacent prisms is greater than the distance between the second reflection surfaces of the two adjacent prisms. The compression assemblyhas the advantages that a light path is effectively compressed in the horizontal direction through a manner in which the prisms of corresponding multi-channel light waves are mutually staggeredly or equidistantly arranged, and therefore the compatibility of a large pitch interval of an optical filter assembly and a small pitch interval of a detector chip is achieved.

A floating bacteria counting device capable of trapping floating bacteria in air continuously for a long time without decreasing trapping efficiency even if the time before a trapping carrier being replaced is prolonged and a floating bacteria counting method and a floating bacteria counting system using the floating bacteria trapping device are provided. A nozzle (16) is formed of a plurality of pinholes (16a) arranged at equal intervals. If a pitch interval between the pinholes (16a) is d, a driving mechanism (22) causes a support container (20) supporting a trapping carrier (30) to move in a horizontal direction so that the support container (20) draws a circle of less than d in diameter.

A mounting structure includes a printed circuit board and a dual-element chip resistor fixed to the circuit board. The chip resistor includes a rectangular insulating substrate and two resistor elements arranged in parallel to each other on the circuit board. Each resistor element includes an elongated resistor film formed on the substrate and two terminal electrodes at respective ends of the resistor film. The circuit board has a surface provided with at least four land patterns disposed with a predetermined pitch. The chip resistor is soldered to adjacent two of these four land patterns. The substrate of the chip resistor includes an edge extending in a direction in which the two resistor elements are spaced away from each other, and the edge of the substrate has a length which is smaller than double the pitch interval of the land patterns.