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20100071796 | Polyolefin multilayer pipe - Polyolefin multilayer pipes consisting at least one of the layers of a β-nucleated propylene homopolymer and/or β-nucleated copolymers from 90.0 to 99.9% by weight of propylene and 0.1 to 10.0% by weight of α-olefins. The pipes are to be classified in ring stiffness class ≧4. The pipes are suitable for non pressure pipe applications, preferably for outdoor use, for above as well as underground drainage and sewerage pipe systems, surface water pipes, pipes for cable protection, pipes for cold climate conditions and for indoor use, soil and waste water pipes. | 03-25-2010 |
20110123751 | PROPYLENE POLYMER PIPES FOR PIPELINES - Single- or multilayer propylene polymer pipes and pipe components for pipelines with improved resistance to rapid crack propagation made from a propylene homopolymer with a melt index of 0.05 to 10 g/10 min at 230° C./2.16 kg or propylene block copolymer from 90.0 to 99.9 wt % of propylene and 0.1 to 10.0 wt % of a α-olefins with 2 or 4 to 18 carbon atoms with a melt index of 0.05 to 8 g/10 min at 230° C./2.16 kg or mixtures thereof, wherein the propylene homopolymers or propylene block copolymers are β-nucleated propylene polymers, and the propylene polymer pipes for pipelines made from the β-nucleated propylene homopolymers have a rapid crack propagation characterized by a critical temperature of −5 to +40° C. and a critical pressure≧3 bar below the critical temperature and the propylene polymer pipes made from β-nucleated propylene block copolymers have a rapid crack propagation characterized by a critical temperature of −25 to 0° C. and a critical pressure≧3 bar below the critical temperature. The propylene polymer pipes with improved resistance to rapid crack propagation are suitable for the transportation of fluids and pressurized fluids such as natural gas, water and the like. | 05-26-2011 |
20110132478 | INDUSTRIAL POLYOLEFIN PIPING SYSTEM - Industrial polyolefin piping system with improved stiffness, impact strength for use at high service temperature, comprising single or multilayer pipes, fitting, chambers, valves and vessels, consisting of β-nucleated propylene homopolymers with an IRτ≧0.98 having a tensile modulus ≧1500 MPa, a Charpy impact strength, notched, at +23° C.≧30 kJ/m | 06-09-2011 |
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20090239840 | AMINO SUBSTITUTED DIARYL[a,d]CYCLOHEPTENE ANALOGS AS MUSCARINIC AGONISTS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS - Disclosed herein are analogs of clozapine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, amides, or prodrugs thereof; methods of synthesizing the analogs; and methods of using the analogs for treating neuorpsychiatric disorders. In some embodiments, the analogs are amino substituted diaryl[a,d]cycloheptenes. | 09-24-2009 |
20100129473 | AMINO SUBSTITUTED DIARYL[a,d]CYCLOHEPTENE ANALOGS AS MUSCARINIC AGONISTS AND METHODS OF TREATMENT OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS - Disclosed herein are analogs of clozapine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, amides, or prodrugs thereof; methods of synthesizing the analogs; and methods of using the analogs for treating neuropsychiatric disorders. In some embodiments, the analogs are amino substituted diaryl[a,d]cycloheptenes. | 05-27-2010 |
20120123318 | MICROELECTRODE AND MULTIPLE MICROELECTRODES - A medical microelectrode includes an elongate electrode body including a tip section, a main body section and, optionally, a coupling section. The tip section, the main body section and, optionally, the coupling section are embedded in a first electrode matrix element, which is substantially rigid, biocompatible and soluble or biodegradable in a body fluid. Additionally the microelectrode includes a dissolution retarding layer on the first electrode matrix element and/or a second electrode matrix element disposed between the first electrode matrix element and the electrode. Upon dissolution or biodegradation of the first electrode matrix element a drug comprised by the first electrode matrix element or the second electrode matrix element is released into the tissue. Also disclosed are bundles and arrays of the electrodes and their use. | 05-17-2012 |
20130022669 | BRANCHED, COMPACT POLYETHYLENEGLYCOL DERIVATIVES - The present invention relates to branched polyethyleneglycol (PEG) derivatives consisting of a molecule with a quaternary carbon connected to three PEG chains, wherein all three PEG chains are of equal length and each comprises 1-30 —OCH | 01-24-2013 |
20140323948 | MICROELECTRODE AND MULTIPLE MICROELECTRODES - A medical microelectrode includes an elongate electrode body including a tip section, a main body section and, optionally, a coupling section. The tip section, the main body section and, optionally, the coupling section are embedded in a first electrode matrix element, which is substantially rigid, biocompatible and soluble or biodegradable in a body fluid. Additionally the microelectrode includes a dissolution retarding layer on the first electrode matrix element and/or a second electrode matrix element disposed between the first electrode matrix element and the electrode. Upon dissolution or biodegradation of the first electrode matrix element a drug comprised by the first electrode matrix element or the second electrode matrix element is released into the tissue. Also disclosed are bundles and arrays of the electrodes and their use. | 10-30-2014 |
20140350193 | NOVEL MANGANESE COMPRISING NANOSTRUCTURES - Disclosed herein are nanostructures comprising a polymeric framework comprising at least five geminal bisphosphonate groups, wherein the geminal bisphosphonate groups independently of each other are incorporated as —R | 11-27-2014 |
20150151109 | MICROELECTRODE AND MULTIPLE MICROELECTRODES - A medical microelectrode includes an elongate electrode body including a tip section, a main body section and, optionally, a coupling section. The tip section, the main body section and, optionally, the coupling section are embedded in a first electrode matrix element, which is substantially rigid, biocompatible and soluble or biodegradable in a body fluid. Additionally the microelectrode includes a dissolution retarding layer on the first electrode matrix element and/or a second electrode matrix element disposed between the first electrode matrix element and the electrode. Upon dissolution or biodegradation of the first electrode matrix element a drug comprised by the first electrode matrix element or the second electrode matrix element is released into the tissue. Also disclosed are bundles and arrays of the electrodes and their use. | 06-04-2015 |
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20100327790 | CONTROL METHOD AND MOTORSTARTER DEVICE - A method for controlling an electric motor with a softstarter. A softstarter device for control of electric motors. Motor torque is controlled in dependence of a torque error signal, based on a calculated difference between the motor torque and a reference torque value, so that the motor torque displays a rate of change with respect to time, during a stopping or starting time interval, that is adapted to follow a rate of change of the reference torque value, with respect to time, that varies between at least a first part of the time interval and a second part of the time interval, and thereby changing the speed of the motor. A system includes an electric motor, a device driven by the electric motor and a softstarter device for controlling the electric motor. A computer program product includes a computer readable medium and a computer program recorded thereon. | 12-30-2010 |
20120262103 | Softstarter For Controlling An Asynchronous Three-Phase Motor - A softstarter for starting and stopping an asynchronous motor having three phases, including two pairs of semiconductor devices of the type turning off at zero-crossing of the current therethrough, wherein each of the two pairs of semiconductor devices is connected in anti-parallel, and the first pair of the semiconductor devices is adapted to control the voltage of one of the phases of the motor and the second pair of the semiconductor devices being adapted to control the voltage of another of the phases of the motor, a DC reducing unit associated with the two pairs of semiconductor devices, a first voltage measuring unit for measuring voltages across the two pairs of semiconductor devices, and a first zero-crossing detecting unit configured for detecting zero-crossings of the measured voltages across the two pairs of semiconductor devices and providing zero-crossing signals to the DC reducing unit. | 10-18-2012 |
20150340972 | Automatic Cleaning Method For A Pump System Comprising A Softstarter Arrangement - A method for controlling circuitry of a softstarter arrangement to operate an electric motor for driving a pump is provided, wherein the softstarter circuitry electrically connects the motor to electric mains. The method includes: (i) controlling the circuitry of the softstarter arrangement to accelerate the motor up to full speed in a forward direction; (ii) controlling the circuitry of the softstarter arrangement to decelerate the motor when the motor has run at full speed in the forward direction for a first period of time; (iii) controlling the circuitry of the softstarter arrangement to accelerate the motor up a specified speed in a reverse direction; (iv) controlling the circuitry of the softstarter arrangement to decelerate the motor when the motor has run at the specified speed in the reverse direction for a second period of time; and (v) repeating the steps (i)-(iv) one or more times. | 11-26-2015 |
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20080231959 | Visibility Display Device Using an Index-Matching Scheme - Display module ( | 09-25-2008 |
20090033675 | DISPLAY FOR A MOBILE TERMINAL FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - The invention relates to a display for a mobile terminal for wireless communication comprising a first display area ( | 02-05-2009 |
20090128530 | AMBIENT LIGHT DEPENDENT THEMES - A portable electronic device may include a display for displaying an image having different color or grey scale fields. Neighboring fields in the image may have different luminance. The portable electronic device may also include an ambient light detecting unit and a control unit. The control unit receives a luminance value corresponding to detected ambient light from the ambient light detecting unit, compares the luminance value with an ambient light level threshold and increases the difference in luminance between neighboring fields of an image being displayed by the display when the luminance exceeds the ambient light level threshold. | 05-21-2009 |
20100124363 | DISPLAY PRIVACY SYSTEM - A system for controlling a display privacy filter on a display of an electronic device may include an image capturing unit to capture an image of an object situated in front of the display, detecting the number of human faces on the captured image, and activating the privacy filter on the display if more than one face is detected on the captured image. | 05-20-2010 |
20110007023 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE COMPRISING THE DISPLAY DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSING A FORCE ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a display device, touch screen device comprising a display device, mobile device and method for sensing a force on a display device. The display device provides a user interface for controlling different functions allowing additional and more flexible input operations. The display device comprises a first layer made at least partly of a transparent material, a second layer arranged at one side of the first layer, the first and second layers forming faces of a cavity including a fluid, and pressure sensing device for sensing a pressure in said fluid. | 01-13-2011 |
20110254829 | Wearable electronic device, viewing system and display device as well as method for operating a wearable electronic device and method for operating a viewing system - The present invention relates to a wearable electronic device, a viewing system comprising the wearable electronic device, a display device and methods for operating a wearable electronic device and a viewing system, respectively, wherein the wearable electronic device comprises a pair of glasses which can be controlled to change their optical state in a way to allow other and more flexible use of the equipment. The wearable electronic device for watching images comprises a left glass and a right glass which are adapted to change between a dark state and a transparent state of the glass and a controller operable to control the state of the glasses synchronous with a display of a plurality of images per second by a display device so that said left glass and said right glass are both in a dark state at the same time for a specific displayed image. | 10-20-2011 |
20110279483 | CONTROLLING SINGLE-PICTURE ELEMENT (PIXEL) DISPLAYS - A method may include scanning, by a portable device, information from a storage unit of the portable device to change a color gradient on a surface of a single-pixel display attached to a housing of the portable device. In addition, the method may include detecting, by the portable device, a change in state of the portable device and sending a square wave signal or sine wave signal to the single-pixel display when the information provides for sending the slow-changing square wave or sine wave in response to the detected change in state of the portable device. Further, the method may include changing the illumination, color, or color gradient in accordance with the square wave signal or the sine wave signal. | 11-17-2011 |
20120140096 | Timing Solution for Projector Camera Devices and Systems - An imaging system includes an integrated projector that projects images on to an external display surface and a digital camera that records gestures and/or other objects that are in or illuminated by the projected images. The camera and/or the projector generate a timing signal to synchronize a refresh rate of the projector with an exposure time of the digital camera. The synchronization reduces or eliminates interference patterns that may be caused by gestures in or illuminated by the projected image, and allows the digital camera to more accurately detect the gestures. | 06-07-2012 |
20120257036 | DIRECTIONAL SOUND CAPTURING - This disclosure is directed to a sound recording arrangement comprising a sound recording arrangement and a method in the sound recording arrangement for amplifying sounds in a primary gaze direction of the user of the sound recording arrangement. The method comprises the actions of recording sounds arriving at a sound recording unit from objects in the field of view of the user, and recording a first set of images of the head and/or the eyes of the user, and determining a primary gaze direction of the user based on the first set of images, and amplifying sounds arriving in the primary gaze direction compared to sounds arriving from other directions. | 10-11-2012 |
20120317594 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AN IMPROVED AUDIO EXPERIENCE FOR VIEWERS OF VIDEO - A method and system for enhancing audio for a viewer watching digital video with sound, such as a movie or video game. The method and system determine where in the scene ( | 12-13-2012 |
20130169529 | ADJUSTING AN OPTICAL GUIDE OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY TO REDUCE PSEUDO-STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT - A device may include sensors, a display, an optical guide, and one or more processors. The sensors may obtaining tracking information associated with a user. The display may include pixels for displaying images. The optical guide may include optical elements, each of the optical elements directing light rays from one or more of the pixels. In addition, the one or more processors may be configured determine a relative location of the user based on the tracking information obtained by the sensors, obtain values for control variables that are associated with the optical elements based on the relative location of the user, display a stereoscopic image via the display, and control the optical elements based on the values to direct the stereoscopic image to the relative location and to prevent a pseudo-stereoscopic image from forming at the relative location. | 07-04-2013 |
20130176303 | REARRANGING PIXELS OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY TO REDUCE PSEUDO-STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT - A device may include sensors for obtaining tracking information associated with a user, a display including pixels for displaying images, and an optical guide including optical elements, each of the optical elements blocking or directing light rays from one or more of the pixels. Additionally, the device may include one or more processors to select first right-eye image pixels and first left-eye image pixels from the pixels, send a right-eye image and a left-eye image via the first right-eye image pixels and the first left-eye image pixels, respectively, determine a relative location of the user based on the tracking information obtained by the sensors, select second right-eye image pixels and second-left-eye image pixels from the pixels based on the tracking information, display the right-eye image via the second right-eye image pixels, and display the left-eye image via the second left-eye image pixels. | 07-11-2013 |
20130176406 | MULTI-LAYER OPTICAL ELEMENTS OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY FOR REDUCING PSEUDO-STEREOSCOPIC EFFECT - A device may include sensors for obtaining tracking information associated with a user, a display including pixels for displaying images, and an optical guide including two layers of optical elements, each of the optical elements blocking or directing light rays from one or more of the pixels. In addition, the device may include one or more processors to determine a relative location of the user based on the tracking information obtained by the sensors, control optical characteristics of each of the two layers of optical elements based on the relative location of the user, and display a stereoscopic image via the display. | 07-11-2013 |
20130258213 | Electronic Display Projection Assembly Having Substantially White Off State - One or more embodiments of a method and apparatus taught herein provide an electronic display projection assembly that comprises an electronic display configured to display an image, and a transparent glass layer positioned on one side of the electronic display on which the image is displayed. A projection layer is located on a surface of the glass layer. A projecting layer is positioned between the electronic display and the glass layer, and comprises a plurality of microlenses for projecting the displayed image onto the projection layer. The projecting and projection layers may be located on either opposing sides of the transparent glass layer, or on the same side beneath the glass layer. A corresponding method of providing an image from an electronic display is also disclosed. | 10-03-2013 |
20140010391 | AMPLIFYING AUDIO-VISIUAL DATA BASED ON USER'S HEAD ORIENTATION - One or more devices may receive, from a media presentation device worn by a user, sensory data comprising at least information describing orientation of the media presentation device. The one or more devices may also determine an approximate direction of a gaze of the user in a three dimensional audio space based on the information describing the orientation of the media presentation device, identify a sound source at which the user gazes based on the approximate direction of the gaze of the user in the three dimensional audio space, obtain audio data associated with the sound source based on an identity of the identified sound source, determine an action to perform on the audio data associated with the sound source, and perform the determined action. | 01-09-2014 |
20140085422 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - Methods and devices ( | 03-27-2014 |
20140293186 | HIGH POWER EFFICIENCY LCD - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for increasing the power efficiency of a display. An exemplary system includes a transflective display that is operable in either a transmissive mode or a reflective mode, and an illumination source with one or more distinct peaks in the illumination source's transmission spectrum, wherein light from the illumination source is directed towards the transflective display during the transmissive mode of operation. For the transmissive mode of operation, the transflective display's transmission spectrum is configured to substantially match the illumination source's transmission spectrum such that one or more narrow passbands in the transflective display's transmission spectrum substantially overlap with the one or more distinct peaks in the illumination source's transmission spectrum. For the reflective mode of operation, the transflective display's reflection spectrum is substantially inversely related to the transflective display's transmission spectrum. | 10-02-2014 |
20150009304 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY - A portable electronic equipment ( | 01-08-2015 |
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20130027512 | PRESENTING THREE DIMENSIONAL DEPTH - An apparatus and method generate a three-dimensional image by determining, using a light-field camera, a depth map corresponding to an environment. The depth map represents how light falls in the environment. The method also includes determining a parallax occlusion map of the environment and creating, using the depth map and the parallax occlusion map, a three-dimensional image representing the environment. In some embodiments, the method includes taking a first picture of the environment with a first flash intensity and a second picture of the environment with a greater second flash, determining differences between the first picture of the environment and the second picture of the environment, determining one or more properties of the environment based at least in part on the determined differences and dynamically re-lighting the three-dimensional image using the depth map, the parallax occlusion map, and one or more of the determined properties of the environment. | 01-31-2013 |
20140198016 | LOW-POWER MODE FOR DISPLAY - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for a low-power mode (or low-transmission state) associated with a display. An exemplary system comprises: a first display positioned on top of a second display, the first display at least partially covering the second display; the second display; a processor configured to: determine whether the first display is in low-transmission state or a high-transmission state; in response to determining the first display is in a low-transmission state, enable display of an image on the first display. Additionally, the system also updates an image on the display based on determining a frequency of updating an image on the display in the low-transmission state, and based on determining an amount of data to be updated on the display in the low-transmission state. | 07-17-2014 |
20140198189 | GAZE CONTROLLED FOCUSING OF STEREOSCOPIC CONTENT - An apparatus and method generate a three-dimensional image by presenting, using a stereoscopic display, a representation of a scene comprising one or more objects, tracking a gaze of the user to determine a direction of gaze within the scene, determining depths associated with one or more objects in the scene, and determining which of the objects in the scene are inside and which are outside a comfort zone based at least in part on the direction of gaze of the user and the depths associated with the one or more objects in the scene. In some embodiments, the method includes identifying one or more objects proximate the direction of gaze of the user, determining depths associated with the one or more identified objects, determining a range of depths based at least in part on the depths associated with the one or more identified objects, and establishing the comfort zone based at least in part on the range of depths. In some embodiments, the method includes modifying the presented representation of the scene based on which of the objects are outside the comfort zone. | 07-17-2014 |
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20110217238 | Method of Diagnosing or Prognosing Epithelial Ovarian Cancer - The present invention provides a binding moiety which selectively binds to Sox11 protein and/or mRNA for imaging, diagnosis or prognosis of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Optionally, the moiety is an antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof. Advantageously, moiety comprises a further, readily detectable moiety. The invention also provides methods of imaging EOC cells as well as methods of diagnosing or prognosing EOC in an individual. A further aspect of the present invention provides a method of identifying cells associated with EOC, the method comprising analysing the pattern of gene expression in a sample of cells to be tested and comparing it to the pattern of gene expression in a sample of known lymphomas cells. Preferably, the cells to be tested are identified as EOC cells if the expression of Sox11 is up-regulated compared to normal B-cells. Preferably EOC cells are identified as improved recurrence-free survival-associated if expression of Sox11 is up-regulated compared with non-cancerous epithelial ovarian cells. Preferably, EOC cells are identified as diminished recurrence-free survival-associated if expression of Sox11 is similar to, or down-regulated, compared with non-cancerous epithelial ovarian cells. | 09-08-2011 |
20120178698 | Agents and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides agents capable of activating Sox11 for use in medicine. In particular, the agents of the invention are useful in the treatment of cancers, such as lymphomas (e.g. mantel cell lymphoma). The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions of the agents of the invention, as well as methods and uses of the same. | 07-12-2012 |
20160047815 | METHOD OF DIAGNOSING OR PROGNOSING EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER - The present invention provides a binding moiety which selectively binds to Sox11 protein and/or mRNA for imaging, diagnosis or prognosis of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). Optionally, the moiety is an antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof. Advantageously, moiety comprises a further, readily detectable moiety. The invention also provides methods of imaging EOC cells as well as methods of diagnosing or prognosing EOC in an individual. A further aspect of the present invention provides a method of identifying cells associated with EOC, the method comprising analysing the pattern of gene expression in a sample of cells to be tested and comparing it to the pattern of gene expression in a sample of known lymphomas cells. | 02-18-2016 |