Abstract:
The invention concerns a device for the synchronizing, at the receiving end, of a sequence of bits used for identifying the instant at which a telegraphic transition appears in intervals of time having a uniform length, that synchronizing being based on a counting of intervals not comprising a transition.
Abstract:
Self-adapting anti-jamming device having (n + 1) sensors and enabling the restituting of the signal emitted by a source in the presence of n punctiform noise sources, comprising a combination assembly having an adder and n subtractors, an orthonormalization assembly comprising n AGC circuits, n (n - 1)/2! subtractors each combined with a correlation module, an intercorrelation set comprising n correlation modules, an adder and a subtractor.
Abstract:
The samples tapped from a telephone channel are weighted according to the amplitude of each of them and the rhythm of the changes in polarity, the device deducing a ''''note'''' therefrom for each sample, positive or negative, calculating the sum of all the cumulated notes and deciding ''''conversation activity'''' if the cumulated note exceeds a certain threshold, and ''''non-activity'''' if the note passes below a second threshold lower than the previous one.
Abstract:
In a visual display unit including a color cathode ray tube, a vector generator for controlling the tracing of vectors on the cathode ray tube, a color control unit for changing the color of the trace by varying the voltage applied to the tube and a light pen to be placed in proximity to the screen of the tube for detecting the vectors traced on the tube, a color selection circuit is provided including a switching arrangement for actuating the light pen only in connection with control by said color control unit to produce a trace of a selected color.
Abstract:
Device for controlling the brightness of the trace of vectors on the screen of a cathode tube, which is more particularly polychromatic, comprising a clock, a vector generator and means for making the brightness of the trace vary. These means consist of frequency dividers connected to the output of the clock and supplying, to the vector generator, adjustable frequency pulses.
Abstract:
Device for improving the signal/noise ratio of a common signal received on three aerials utilizing correlation between the sum and difference values of combinations of the signals from the three aerials to eliminate or substantially suppress the noise received with the common signal.
Abstract:
A sealing device for an electrified particle accelerator consisting of a flexible ring-shaped membrane surrounding the output of the tube and joining this output to the wall of the pressurized chamber in which the tube is arranged vertically. The membrane having a U-shaped meridian cross section with vertical branches. One figure.
Abstract:
A time connection network comprises a structure consisting of several stages comprising at least an input stage, an intermediate stage and an output stage, connections existing between the input stage and the intermediate stage, and between the intermediate stage and the output stage, each stage being formed by a certain number of time switches each comprising a certain number of incoming lines and a certain number of outgoing lines, each incoming or outgoing line comprising several time channels and each time channel comprising several binary elements.
Abstract:
An optical scanning assembly employs a reflector constructed in the form of a cylindrical helix which is rotatable about the axis of the helix. A light source is arranged to direct a collimated beam of light parallel to the helix axis, so that the light beam strikes a first reflective surface of the reflector. Depending upon the angle of the reflective surface of the reflector with respect to a radial line of the cylinder, the beam of light from the light source will be deflected away from the axis of the cylinder in a predetermined direction. The light then strikes a desired surface and may be reflected therefrom into the photosensitive element for further processing. Because of the rotation of the helix-shaped reflector, the light beam from the light source is scanned back and forth along the line parallel to the helix axis.
Abstract:
Capstan drive arrangement for high speed intermittent tape drive, including a motor driven capstan, an idler roller carried on a lever arm, and an electromagnet selectively operable to pivot the level about its axis to urge the idler roller towards the capstan to produce a tape driving pinch. The level arm is arranged so that when the electromagnet is not operated, the idler roller contacts the tape with substantially negligible pressure. The drive arrangement also includes a damping system having an elastically deformable connection between the lever arm and a rod having a side surface held in contact with a fixed abutment by a pusher.