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| 20120224039 | Methods and Apparatus for 3D Shutter Glasses Synchronization - Methods and apparatus for signaling timing of refreshes of stereographic displays are provided. In some embodiments, light emitting elements are used to signal the start of a display refresh and to signal when the light emitting elements of the display have attained a stable optical state following the display refresh. In some embodiments, light emitting elements used to signal timing of display refreshes include light emitting elements defining a display area of the display. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120320014 | System and Method for Adjusting Display Based on Detected Environment - In one embodiment the present invention includes a method that adjusts a display device according to a display environment. The method includes sensing the display environment of the display device and generating environment data that corresponds to the display environment. The environment data includes color data. The method further includes adjusting a color appearance model according to the color data, generating a control signal according to the color appearance model having been adjusted, and controlling a backlight of the display device according to the control signal. In this manner, a viewer perceives the images displayed by the display device in the manner intended by the content creator, because the adjustments to the color appearance model compensate for the viewer's physiological response to the display environment. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130016142 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MANAGING METAMERIC EFFECTS IN NARROWBAND PRIMARY DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Several embodiments of display systems that use narrowband emitters are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a display system comprises, for at least one primary color, a plurality of narrowband emitters distributed around the primary color point. The plurality of narrowband emitters provides a more regular power vs. spectral distribution in a desired band of frequencies. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130071034 | Method and System for Black Bar Identification - Black bars are determined by lines of pixels. Steps include: for each line (or subset), determining standard deviation (or product value) and a difference value, product value being proportional to M·σ, where M is pixel values mean for the line, σ standard deviation of pixel values for the line, and the difference value a difference between the standard deviation (or product) value for the line and the standard deviation (or product) value for one of the lines adjacent to the line, and determining whether any of the lines satisfies the criterion that the difference value for the line exceeds a threshold but the difference value for each other one of the lines to be displayed nearer to a first edge of the image than is the line does not exceed the threshold. Other aspects are a system or device configured (e.g., programmed) to perform any embodiment of the method. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130258073 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ADJUSTMENT FOR DISPLAYS HAVING 2D AND 3D DISPLAY MODES - Embodiments of the invention relate to a display operable in 2D and 3D display modes. Methods and apparatus are provided for adjusting the colors and brightness of the image data and/or intensity of the display backlight based on the current display mode and/or color-grading of the image data. For example, when switching to a 3D display mode a color mapping may be performed on left and right eye image data to increase color saturation in particular regions, and/or the backlight intensity may be increased in particular regions to compensate for lower light levels in 3D display mode. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20150066923 | REFERENCE CARD FOR SCENE REFERRED METADATA CAPTURE - Scene-referred metadata comprising correspondence relationships between coded values used in generated images and reference values defined independent of any specific image may be provided as a part of image metadata for the generated images. Downstream image processing devices or image rendering devices may use the scene-referred metadata to perform image processing or rendering operations. When coded values of input images are altered in corresponding output images, the scene-referred metadata may be updated with new coded values used in the output images. Reference values refer to reference color values or reference gray levels. Coded values refer to color values or gray levels coded in pixels or sub-pixels of one or more images. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150178981 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ADJUSTMENT FOR DISPLAYS HAVING 2D AND 3D DISPLAY MODES - Embodiments of the invention relate to a display operable in 2D and 3D display modes. Methods and apparatus are provided for adjusting the colors and brightness of the image data and/or intensity of the display backlight based on the current display mode and/or color-grading of the image data. For example, when switching to a 3D display mode a color mapping may be performed on left and right eye image data to increase color saturation in particular regions, and/or the backlight intensity may be increased in particular regions to compensate for lower light levels in 3D display mode. | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150339990 | Systems and Methods of Managing Metameric Effects in Narrowband Primary Display Systems - Several embodiments of display systems that use narrowband emitters are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a display system comprises, for at least one primary color, a plurality of narrowband emitters distributed around the primary color point. The plurality of narrowband emitters provides a more regular power vs. spectral distribution in a desired band of frequencies. | 11-26-2015 |
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| 20090101158 | Method and apparatus for determining the frontal plane of the pelvic bone - In a method for determining the pelvic inlet plane of the pelvic bone, which is defined by the following three points of the pelvic bone: | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090105714 | Method and apparatus for determining the angular position of an acetabulum in a pelvic bone - In a method for determining the angle of anteversion and/or the angle of inclination of an acetabulum in a pelvic bone, in order to achieve a simplification, a method is proposed, wherein prominent points on the pelvic bone are non-invasively determined, these prominent points are joined by an individual plane, and this individual plane is respectively rotated through predetermined, specific angular magnitudes for the angle of inclination and the angle of anteversion, respectively, and the angle between the rotated individual plane and a main plane of the pelvic bone is determined in order to determine the angle of inclination and the angle of anteversion. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090312641 | Method for determining the propagation speed of ultrasonic radiation in a layer of tissue and ultrasound system for performing this method - In a method for determining the propagation speed of ultrasonic radiation in a layer of tissue located in front of a structure reflecting ultrasonic radiation, wherein ultrasonic radiation is transmitted from a transmitter arranged immediately outside the layer of tissue through the layer of tissue onto the structure, and the ultrasonic radiation reflected at the structure is received with a receiver arranged immediately outside the layer of tissue, in order to improve the accuracy of the determination of the speed of propagation, it is proposed that the ultrasonic radiation be transmitted in the form of ultrasonic pulses, and the transit times t | 12-17-2009 |
| 20130066387 | ORTHOPAEDIC FIXATION SYSTEM, TARGETING DEVICE FOR SUCH A FIXATION SYSTEM AND ORTHOPAEDIC FIXATION METHOD - An orthopaedic fixation system includes an anchoring element, which can be anchored to a bone and can be connected to a further anchoring element by means of a stabilisation element. The anchoring element may include a stabilisation element seating, into which the stabilisation element can be guided. The orthopaedic fixation system may also include an extension device for the anchoring element having a longitudinal extent with a proximal section and a distal section. The distal section can be detachably fixed to the anchoring element. The fixation system may further include a holding device with a probe seating for an extracorporeal ultrasound probe and a coupling device for coupling the holding device to the proximal section of the extension device. A targeting device for a fixation system and an orthopaedic fixation method are also described. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130190624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN ULTRASOUND IMAGE - A method for displaying an ultrasound image on a display device is provided. Image signals are generated with an ultrasound probe during examination of an item under examination with ultrasound and are transferred to a data processing device. The image signals are displayed by the data processing device as an ultrasound image on a display device. In order to make it easier for an operator to observe the ultrasound image, by means of an orientation detection device, a change in orientation of the display device in space is detected and an associated change in orientation signal is provided to the data processing device and the orientation of the ultrasound image on the display device is changed by the data processing device as a function of the change in orientation of the display device in space. An apparatus for carrying out the method is also provided. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20150305786 | MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION AND METHOD - Medical instrumentation includes two or, in particular, more anchoring elements for anchoring on body tissue, and a stabilization element via which the two or more anchoring elements are connectable. The instrumentation includes a sensor unit, a coupling unit for percutaneous selective coupling of the sensor unit to at least one anchoring element or to the stabilization element, and a data processing unit which determines from sensor signals of the sensor unit the position of the anchoring elements relative to one another and/or the position of at least one anchoring element relative to the stabilization element. | 10-29-2015 |
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| 20110296965 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR STRIPPING FIBERS OF A FIBER BUNDLE - The invention relates to a method for stripping fibers of a fiber bundle, wherein each fiber comprises a core and a cladding, wherein the fibers are disposed next to each other on an underlayment such that they extend along a first direction, a cutter extending transverse to the first direction cuts into the claddings and simultaneously all fibers are rolled about the longitudinal axis thereof on the underlayment, so that the cutter generates a cut running in the circumferential direction in each cladding, the fiber bundle is then immersed in a chemical solvent for a prescribed period of time, in order to pre-weaken the bond between the cladding and the core, and the pre-weakened cladding segments are mechanically pulled off of the fiber cores. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110317966 | SPLICED JOINT BETWEEN TWO OPTICAL FIBERS, AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUCH A SPLICED JOINT - Disclosed is a spliced joint between two fibers, in which at least one of the fibers includes a fiber core comprising at least one inner signaling core and a pumping core that surrounds the signaling core, and a fiber cladding which rests against the pumping core and is used for guiding light within the pumping core. The fiber cladding of the at least one fiber is removed at least in part in a radial direction in a connection zone extending from the spliced end of the fiber along a predetermined length in the longitudinal direction of the fiber. Furthermore, a supporting jacket may be provided, inside which the spliced ends of the two fibers are arranged and which extends along the entire connection zone and therebeyond. The supporting jacket may be mechanically connected to both fibers next to the connection zone while not being mechanically connected to and being at a distance from the respective fiber along the entire connection zone. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110317967 | SPLICED CONNECTION BETWEEN TWO OPTICAL FIBERS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SPLICED CONNECTION OF THIS TYPE - The invention in certain embodiments relates to a spliced connection between first and second optical fibres, each of which has a fibre core and fibre cladding resting against said core. In said connection, the fibre cladding of at least one of the two fibres is completely removed in a connection region that extends for a predetermined length from the spliced end of the respective fibre in the longitudinal direction of the fibre and said connection is provided with a support sleeve, in which the spliced ends of the two fibres are located and which extends at least along the entire connection region of the first fibre and beyond, over the fibre cladding of the first fibre. The section of the support sleeve that extends over the fibre cladding of the first fibre does not rest against the fibre cladding of the first fibre and said sleeve is mechanically connected to the fibre core of the first fibre in the connection region of said first fibre, either directly or by means of an intermediate sleeve. | 12-29-2011 |
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| 20080311631 | Biosynthetic Production of 4-Amino 4-Deoxychorismate (Adc) and [3R,4R]-4-Amino-3-Hydroxycyclohexa-1,5-Diene-1-Carboxylic Acid (3,4-Cha) - The invention relates to a process for the biosynthetic production of 4-amino-4-deoxychorismate (ADC) performed fermentatively in vivo with a 4-amino-4-deoxychorismate synthase, preferably a PabAB bipartite protein (which may be a fusion protein), at an increased level of activity, thereby obtaining a broth comprising ADC and 4-amino-4-deoxyprephenate (ADP), that are recovered. The invention also relates to a further process of converting the ADP into p-aminophenylalanine. The invention, moreover relates to biosynthetic production of [3R,4R]-4-amino-3-hydroxycyclohexa-1,5-diene-1-carboxylic acid (3,4-CHA), by concerted action of such 4-amino-4-deoxychorismate synthase and of an enzyme capable of converting isochorismate into [5S,6S]-5,6 dihydroxycyclohexa-1,3-diene-1-carboxylic acid (2,3-CHD), preferably a phenazine biosynthesis protein PhzD, including recovery of 3,4-CHA. The invention also relates to expression vectors and host cells for use in any of such processes. The invention further relates to the use of 3,4-CHA as a catalytically active product, in particular as a chiral catalyst. And the invention finally relates to synthesis of oseltamivir phosphate from 3,4-CHA. | 12-18-2008 |
