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20140335581 | LACTIC ACID EXTRACTION - A method for recovering lactic acid from an aqueous mixture including the steps of: providing an aqueous mixture including lactic acid and at least 5 wt. % dissolved magnesium chloride, based on the total weight of water and dissolved material in the aqueous mixture; extracting the lactic acid from the aqueous mixture into a first organic liquid including an organic solvent selected from the group consisting of C5+ ketones, diethylether and methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether, thereby obtaining an organic lactic acid solution and an aqueous waste liquid including magnesium chloride; and extracting the lactic acid from the organic lactic acid solution into an aqueous liquid, thereby obtaining an aqueous lactic acid solution and a second organic liquid. The method according to the invention allows a combined purification and concentration step for feed solutions of lactic acid. | 11-13-2014 |
20140343317 | EXTRACTION OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS FROM A DILUTE AQUEOUS STREAM - A process for removing free carboxylic acid from an aqueous solution including a mass fraction of less than 1% wt of the free carboxylic acid. The process includes the steps of: (a) contacting the aqueous solution with a depleted solvent including a polyamine extractant to obtain an extract enriched in free carboxylic acid and a raffinate having a reduced free carboxylic acid content; and (b) separating the raffinate from the extract, wherein the polyamine extractant is a compound containing at least two nitrogen atoms, and at least one double bond between a nitrogen atom and a carbon atom. | 11-20-2014 |
20140349355 | POLYCARBOXYLIC ACID EXTRACTION - The invention pertains to method for recovering polycarboxylic acid from an aqueous mixture including the steps of: providing an aqueous mixture including polycarboxylic acid and at least 5 wt. % dissolved halide salt, based on the total weight of water and dissolved material in the aqueous mixture; extracting the polycarboxylic acid from the aqueous mixture into a first organic liquid including an organic solvent selected from the group consisting of ketones and ethers, thereby obtaining an organic polycarboxylic acid solution and an aqueous waste liquid including the halide salt; and extracting the polycarboxylic acid from the organic carboxylic acid solution into an aqueous liquid, thereby obtaining an aqueous polycarboxylic acid solution and a second organic liquid. The method according to the invention allows a combined purification and concentration step for feed solutions of polycarboxylic acids. | 11-27-2014 |
20140357877 | ACID/SALT SEPARATION - A method for preparing a carboxylic acid, includes the steps of: providing magnesium carboxylate, wherein the carboxylic acid corresponding with the carboxylate is selected from the group made of 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid, fumaric acid, adipic acid, itaconic acid, citric acid, glutaric acid, maleic acid, malonic acid, oxalic acid and fatty acids having more than 10 carbon atoms; acidifying the magnesium carboxylate with hydrogen chloride (HCl), thereby obtaining a solution including carboxylic acid and magnesium chloride (MgCl | 12-04-2014 |
20140364632 | ACID/SALT SEPARATION - The invention provides a method for preparing a carboxylic acid, which method includes the steps of providing magnesium carboxylate, wherein the carboxylic acid corresponding with the carboxylate has a solubility in water at 20° C. of 80 g/100 g water or less; acidifying the magnesium carboxylate with HCl, thereby obtaining a solution comprising carboxylic acid and magnesium chloride (MgCl | 12-11-2014 |
20150044741 | CARBOXYLATE ACIDIFICATION - A method for preparing a carboxylic acid by acidification of a liquid feed including a carboxylate salt, which method includes the steps of providing a liquid feed including magnesium carboxylate; providing a gas feed including gaseous hydrogen chloride; and acidifying the carboxylate to carboxylic acid by bringing the liquid feed into contact with the gas feed, thereby forming a liquid effluent including carboxylic acid and magnesium chloride, wherein the gas feed including gaseous hydrogen chloride is derived from a thermal decomposition step wherein an aqueous liquid including magnesium chloride is subjected to a temperature of at least 300° C., thereby decomposing magnesium chloride into magnesium oxide and hydrogen chloride, thus obtaining a solid including magnesium oxide and a gas comprising gaseous hydrogen chloride. | 02-12-2015 |
20150079647 | FERMENTATION PROCESS - The present invention pertains to a fermentation process for the production of an organic acid salt including the steps of fermenting a microorganism in a fermentation medium in a fermentation reactor to form a fermentation broth having an organic acid salt, wherein part of the organic acid salt is present in the solid state and part of the organic acid salt is dissolved in the fermentation broth; withdrawing at least part of the fermentation broth from the fermentation reactor, providing the broth to a hydrocyclone, and withdrawing a top effluent and a bottom effluent from the hydrocyclone; providing the bottom effluent from the hydocyclone to a solid/liquid separation step, to form a solid fraction and a liquid fraction, providing at least 30 vol.% of the total of the top effluent from the hydrocyclone and the liquid fraction from the solid-liquid separation step to the fermentation reactor. | 03-19-2015 |
20150094491 | CARBOXYLIC ACID RECOVERY FROM MAGNESIUM CARBOXYLATE MIXTURE - The invention is directed to a method for recovering carboyxlic acid from an magnesium carboxylate containing aqueous mixture, including the steps of: contacting the aqueous mixture with an acidic ion exchanger, thereby forming a carboxylic acid mixture and an ion exchanger loaded with magnesium ions; contacting the ion exchanger loaded with magnesium ions with a hydrochloric acid solution, thereby forming a magnesium chloride solution; and thermally decomposing the magnesium chloride solution at a temperature of at least 300° C., thereby forming magnesium oxide (MgO) and hydrogen chloride (HCl). | 04-02-2015 |
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20090188007 | PLANTS HAVING TOMATO TORRADO VIRUS RESISTANCE - The present invention relates to a tomato plant having within its genome at least one allele of a gene that confers resistance to Tomato torrado virus (ToTV), said virus having been deposited with the Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH on 24 Nov. 2004 under depositors reference number ToTV-E01 (DSM 16999). | 07-23-2009 |
20100146656 | Parthenocarpic Genetic Elements Derived From S. Habrochaites - The present invention relates to a method of producing a parthenocarpic, and optionally male sterile, tomato plant comprising introgressing into said plant a genetic region from Chromosome 4, 5 and/or 12 of | 06-10-2010 |
20100313291 | Methods for Improving the Yield of Cucumber Plants - The present invention relates to a plant of a cucumber breeding line having an introgression from cucumber accession PI 169383, a representative sample of seed of which has been deposited with the NCIMB, Aberdeen, Scotland under accession number NCIMB 41532 and depositors reference PI169383, wherein said introgression is an introgression on linkage group 4 associated with increased yield of said plants, wherein said plant exhibits an increased yield relative a plant of said cucumber breeding line lacking said introgression, and wherein said increased yield refers to a higher total fruit weight per plant. | 12-09-2010 |
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20130170540 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED ENCODING OF IMAGES - To allow better quality rendering of video on any display, a method is proposed of encoding, in addition to video data (VID), additional data (DD) comprising at least one change time instant (TMA | 07-04-2013 |
20130271591 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM CHARACTERISTIC SIGNALS - The present invention relates to a device and a method for extracting information from detected characteristic signals. A data stream ( | 10-17-2013 |
20130272393 | VIDEO CODING AND DECODING DEVICES AND METHODS PRESERVING PPG RELEVANT INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a video encoding device ( | 10-17-2013 |
20130294505 | VIDEO CODING AND DECODING DEVICES AND METHODS PRESERVING - The present invention relates to a video encoding device ( | 11-07-2013 |
20140037166 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM CHARACTERISTIC SIGNALS - The present invention relates to a device and a method for extracting information from detected characteristic signals. A data stream ( | 02-06-2014 |
20140206965 | DISTORTION REDUCED SIGNAL DETECTION - The present invention relates to a device and a method for extracting information from detected characteristic signals. A data stream ( | 07-24-2014 |
20140236036 | DEVICE FOR OBTAINING RESPIRATORY INFORMATION OF A SUBJECT - A device and method for reliably and accurately obtaining respiratory information of a subject despite motion of the subject are disclosed. The proposed device comprises a motion signal computing unit for computing a number M of motion signals for a plurality of pixels and/or groups of pixels of at least a region of interest for a number N of image frames of a subject, a transformation unit for computing, for some or all M motion signals, a number of source signals representing independent motions within said images by applying a transformation to the respective motion signals to obtain source signals representing independent motions within said N image frames, and a selection unit for selecting a source signal from among said computed source signals representing respiration of said subject by examining one or more properties of said source signals for some or all of said computed source signals. | 08-21-2014 |
20150236740 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION - The present invention relates to a device and a method for extracting physiological information from remotely detected electromagnetic radiation ( | 08-20-2015 |
20150272489 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TUMOR DETECTION AND/OR MONITORING - A device, system and method for tumor detection and/or monitoring is proposed. The proposed device comprises a first analysis unit for analyzing the spatial distribution of the photoplethysmographic, PPG, amplitude of PPG signals obtained from a region of interest, a second analysis unit for analyzing the spatial distribution of arterial blood oxygen saturation obtained from said PPG signals, and an evaluation unit for detecting and/or monitoring a tumor in said region of interest based on said two analyses. | 10-01-2015 |
20150320363 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION - A device for extracting physiological information indicative of at least one vital sign of a subject from detected electromagnetic radiation transmitted through or reflected from a subject comprises an input interface for receiving a data stream of detection data derived from detected electromagnetic radiation transmitted through or reflected from a skin region of a subject. The detection data comprises wavelength-dependent reflection or transmission information in at least two signal channels representative of respective wavelength portions. A signal mixer dynamically mixes the at least two signal channels into at least one mixed signal. A processor derives physiological information indicative of at least one vital sign from the at least one mixed signal, and a controller controls the signal mixer to limit the relative contributions of the at least two signal channels mixed into at least one mixed signal and/or the rate-of-change at which said relative contributions are allowed to dynamically change. | 11-12-2015 |
20150366492 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE CONCENTRATION OF A SUBSTANCE IN THE BLOOD OF A SUBJECT - A device for determining the concentration of a substance in the blood of a subject, such as the oxygen saturation, which device reduces or removes the influence of specular reflection and/or subject motion, comprises an input unit for receiving detection signals reflected back or transmitted through a skin area of the subject in response to irradiation of the skin area by a radiation signal, a signal extraction unit for extracting at least three photo-plethysmography, PPG, signals at different wavelengths from said detection signals, a processing unit for normalizing said at least three PPG signals and forming a first difference signal between a first normalized PPG signal and a second normalized PPG signal and a second difference signal between a third normalized PPG signal and one other of the at least three normalized PPG signals and for forming a ratio between said first difference signal and said second difference signal, and an concentration detection unit for calculating the concentration of a substance in the blood of the subject based on said ratio. | 12-24-2015 |
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20080259207 | Motion Compensated De-Interlacing with Film Mode Adaptation - The invention relates to a method for de-interlacing a hybrid video sequence using at least one estimated motion vector for interpolating pixels. Field for petition patents, typically occurring in film originated video material, disturb the function of de-interlacing algorithm designed to convert interlaced video single into progressively scanned video. Therefore a mode decision has to be applied for local adaptation to the film/video mode, which is possible by defining values for a first motion vector and a second motion vector, calculating at least one first pixel using at least one pixel of previous image and one first motion vector, calculating at least one second pixel using at least one pixel of a next image and one second motion vector, calculating a reliability of said first and the second motion vector by comparing at least said first pixel with at least said second pixel the first and said second motion vectors being pre-defined for said calculation of reliability, and estimation an actual value for a motion vector, which turned out to be most reliable for de-interlacing said image. | 10-23-2008 |
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20110002540 | COLOR IMAGE ENHANCEMENT - A color image is enhanced in the following fashion. A saturation detector (SDT) detects a degree of color saturation (LC, CC) that occurs in an image area (SP). A filter arrangement (DE | 01-06-2011 |
20110262055 | IMAGE SCALING CURVE GENERATION - The present invention relates to a method of generating an image scaling curve, where local saliency is detected in a received image. The detected local saliency is then accumulated in the first direction. A final scaling curve is derived from the detected local saliency and the image is then possibly rescaled in a second direction by using the derived scaling curve, wherein the second direction is substantially orthogonal to the first direction. | 10-27-2011 |
20110280494 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ENHANCED IMAGES - A method and apparatus for generating an enhanced image is provided. The method includes receiving ( | 11-17-2011 |
20110298910 | MIRROR DEVICE - Mirror device ( | 12-08-2011 |
20120002107 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING AN IMAGE BY USING A SALIENCY MAP BASED ON COLOR FREQUENCY - A method for modifying an image being defined by a matrix of pixels comprises: .calculating ( | 01-05-2012 |
20120120311 | DISTRIBUTED IMAGE RETARGETING - A method for retargeting an image in a system comprising a transmitter connected to at least one receiver through a communication network, comprises: —computing ( | 05-17-2012 |
20120154636 | ILLUMINATION SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING THE APPEARANCE OF AN OBJECT AND METHOD THEREOF - A system for enhancing the appearance of an object comprises an illumination device ( | 06-21-2012 |
20120195469 | FORMATION OF A TIME-VARYING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF AT LEAST VARIATIONS IN A VALUE BASED ON PIXEL VALUES - A method of forming a time-varying signal representative of at least variations in a value based on pixel values from a sequence of images, the signal corresponding in length to the sequence of images, includes obtaining the sequence of images. A plurality of groups ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120195473 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL INCLUDING AT LEAST A COMPONENT REPRESENTATIVE OF A PERIODIC PHENOMENON IN A LIVING BEING - A method of processing a signal including at least a component representative of a periodic phenomenon in a living being includes obtaining at least one first signal having at least a component representative of a periodic phenomenon in a living being. Separate data representative of at least a periodic component of motion of the living being are obtained by obtaining a sequence of images showing the living being, synchronized with the at least one first signal, and carrying out video-based motion analysis of the sequence of images. The data are used at least to suppress a component of the first signal corresponding to the periodic component of motion of the living being. | 08-02-2012 |
20120195486 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING A FIRST SIGNAL FOR ANALYSIS TO CHARACTERIZE AT LEAST ONE PERIODIC COMPONENT THEREOF - A method of facilitating obtaining a first signal ( | 08-02-2012 |
20120216120 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RENDERING A MULTIMEDIA ITEM WITH A PLURALITY OF MODALITIES - A method and apparatus for rendering a multimedia item with a plurality of modalities is provided. Parameter settings are determined for a plurality of modalities according to a user input request (step | 08-23-2012 |
20140037163 | FORMATION OF A TIME-VARYING SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF AT LEAST VARIATIONS IN A VALUE BASED ON PIXEL VALUES - A method of forming a time-varying signal representative of at test variations in a value based on pixel values from a sequence of images, the signal corresponding in length to the sequence of images, includes obtaining the sequence of images. A plurality of groups of sub-sets of pixel values are formed by selecting a sub-set of at least one pixel value from each of at least two images defining an interval to form a group of associated sub-sets using at least one of a different aperture and a different interval length for groups defined on different intervals of the sequence. Groups of sub-sets are selected to form the signal to cover different intervals of the sequence of images by obtaining spatio-temporal volumes of pixel values from a sequence of images at least based on the received sequence of images. Each volume includes pixel values within a spatial aperture from each image within an interval of the sequence. | 02-06-2014 |
20140153800 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING A FIRST SIGNAL FOR ANALYSIS TO CHARACTERIZE AT LEAST ONE PERIODIC COMPONENT THEREOF - A method of facilitating obtaining a first signal, for analysis to characterize at least one periodic component, includes obtaining two second signals representative of intensities of electromagnetic radiation. The first signal is at least derivable from an output signal obtainable by applying a transformation to the second signals such that any value of the output signal is based on values from each respective second signal at corresponding points in time. The method further includes obtaining a value of a variable determining influences of components of respective second signals on the output signal when the signals corresponding to the second signals are captured and the transformation is applied, by (i) analyzing the first, second and/or the output signals to select a value of a parameter corresponding to a respective one of the variables; or (ii) calculating values of at least one time-varying factor corresponding to a respective one of the variables. | 06-05-2014 |
20150104088 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING A FIRST SIGNAL FOR ANALYSIS TO CHARACTERIZE AT LEAST ONE PERIODIC COMPONENT THEREOF - A method of facilitating obtaining a first signal, for analysis to characterize at least one periodic component, includes obtaining two second signals representative of intensities of electromagnetic radiation. The first signal is at least derivable from an output signal obtainable by applying a transformation to the second signals such that any value of the output signal is based on values from each respective second signal at corresponding points in time. The method further includes obtaining a value of a variable determining influences of components of respective second signals on the output signal when the signals corresponding to the second signals are captured and the transformation is applied, by (i) analyzing the first, second and/or the output signals to select a value of a parameter corresponding to a respective one of the variables; or (ii) calculating values of at least one time-varying factor corresponding to a respective one of the variables. | 04-16-2015 |
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20090203318 | HEADSET - The invention relates to a headset comprising a housing with an earphone and at least one user interface input or output function, said headset also comprising a fastening element arranged for positioning the headset close to a person's ear during use. According to the invention, said headset furthermore comprises an accelerometer arranged for detecting the orientation in at least one dimension of said housing, said accelerometer being associated with a headset control unit which is arranged for configuring a function of said user interface input or output function depending on said orientation of the housing. | 08-13-2009 |
20090235192 | USER INTERFACE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS, AND APPARATUS - A user interface is disclosed, comprising a sensor arranged to determine a spatial change, said user interface being arranged to control at least one function, wherein the function is controlled by said determined spatial change. Further, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program for controlling a function are disclosed. | 09-17-2009 |
20090296951 | TAP VOLUME CONTROL FOR BUTTONLESS HEADSET - A headset for an electronic device includes an audio output device including a left ear piece and a right ear piece, and a plurality of transducers each operable to provide a signal corresponding to at least one of motion or vibration of at least a portion of the headset. One transducer of the plurality of transducers is associated with the left ear piece and another transducer of the plurality of transducers is associated with the right ear piece. The headset further includes circuitry operatively coupled to the plurality of transducers, wherein the circuitry is configured to generate a control signal for use by the headset or the electronic device based on the respective signals. | 12-03-2009 |
20100031201 | PROJECTION OF A USER INTERFACE OF A DEVICE - A method may include projecting, by a device, content on a surface, determining an orientation of the device, detecting a movement of the device, determining an operation that corresponds to the movement and interacts with the content, and performing the operation. | 02-04-2010 |
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20110046171 | ARYLSULFONYL PYRAZOLINE CARBOXAMIDINE DERIVATIVES AS 5-HT6 ANTAGONISTS - This invention concerns arylsulfonyl pyrazoline carboxamidine derivatives as antagonists of 5-ht6 receptors, to methods for the preparation of these compounds and to novel intermediates useful for their synthesis. The invention also relates to the uses of such compounds and compositions, particularly their use in administering them to patients to achieve a therapeutic effect in parkinson's disease, huntington's chorea, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, manic depression, psychoses, epilepsy, obsessive compulsive disorders, mood disorders, migraine, alzheimer's disease, age related cognitive decline, mild cognitive impairment, sleep disorders, eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorders, panic attacks, akathisia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, attention deficit disorder, withdrawal from abuse of cocaine, ethanol, nicotine or benzodiazepines, pain, disorders associated with spinal trauma or head injury, hydrocephalus, functional bowel disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, obesity and type-2 diabetes. The compounds have the general formula (1) wherein the symbols have the meanings given in the description. | 02-24-2011 |