An acquisition game is played on a concave playing field defining a nadir with a plurality of movable game pieces removably disposed on the field for movement thereabout. Each player has an acquisition tool for removing at least one of the game pieces at a time from the field, the acquisition tool also being for moving the game pieces and an interposing member about the field. An interposing member (preferably in the form of an animal such as a crab) is removably disposed on the field for moveme...

In a system in which a continuous, periodically repeated, pulse duration type signal is utilized to transmit information to a computer, the pulse duration type signal is converted into a series of clock pulses. The clock pulses are then counted for a period of time equal to the repetition period of the pulse duration type signal. This count is then latched and transferred to the computer to thereby accomplish the transfer of information to a computer by means of a continuous, periodically repeat...

A first transceiver can position itself by forming an ad hoc network of transceivers which assist the first transceiver in acquiring its position. A dedicated infrastructure such as GPS satellites is not required. The first transceiver, once it has acquired its position, can be involved in a network by another transceiver to assist in the positioning of that transceiver. The acquisition of the position may involve factors such as the trustworthiness of the transceivers in the network and/or the ...

A method for a mobile station to acquire a IP network address from a gateway in GPRS system. First the mobile station generates a link identifier. Next the mobile requests a network address by sending a link identifier over a wireless to a gateway along with a request for the gateway to check to see if the link identifier is unique. Upon receiving the network address request the gateway checks to see if the link identifier is unique. The gateway responses by either confirming that the network li...

A first transceiver (4, 30) can position itself by forming an ad hoc network (20) of transceivers which assist the first transceiver in acquiring its position. A dedicated infrastructure such as GPS satellites is not required. The first transceiver (4, 30), once it has acquired its position, can be involved in a network (20) by another transceiver (32, 34, 36, 38, 40) to assist in the positioning of that transceiver. The acquisition of the position may involve factors such as the trustworthiness...

A logic circuit for generating an acquiring and locking signal for locking he missile antenna to the main beam of an airborne missile control system antenna. The logic circuit detects and measures the peak automatic gain control voltage of the missile receiver as the missile antenna scans in one direction. After the target illuminating signal from the launching aircraft has been detected, the missile antenna scans in the other direction until the automatic gain control voltage of the missile rec...

This abstract describes a system for acquisition of analog signals at a plurality of sensors, carrying these signals in goups of M channels to each of N spaced-apart array terminals, processing each signal in the array terminals by separately amplifying, adding to a shifting function of selected amplitude, axis-crossing-coding these sum signals and storing as single bit pulses, one for each channel, in a parallel-to-serial converter. Each of the converters in each of the array terminals are oper...

In antibiotic testing, inhibition zone data are electromechanically transmitted from a zone reader to accumulating and totalizing means, and to off-line recording means. Rapid and error-free acquisition of data is insured by automatic sequencing means which provides for temporary storage and display of a standard value, temporary storage and display of an unknown value, visual verification of both values, and simultaneous transmission of both values.

The invention relates to analog multiplexing systems used in an industrial environment to derive small signals from remote locations. Since the signals received might mask a failure of the sensing devices a bias source is used to generate an anomalous signal when sensing is defective. The bias source is common to all points of measurement. It has a small time constant so that it can be switched at the multiplexing frequency, and it is operative only at the inception of the time interval for sign...

A data acquisition system for obtaining detailed information on fast, transient electrical signals. The signal to be recorded is applied as a traveling wave to a longitudinally extending electro-optical modulator. Light pulses are applied to a pluralilty of locations along one side of the modulator and modulated pulses representative of the intensity of the electrical signal at those locations received on the opposite side and further processed such as by conversion to digital.