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20140223344 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SLIDER INTERFACE ELEMENT - A method comprising determining to provide for adjustment of a first setting, causing display of a first curvilinear slider interface element that relates to a value of the first setting, receiving an indication of a drag input associated with the first curvilinear slider interface element, causing adjustment movement of the selection point relative to the curvilinear slider interface element in proportion to the drag input, and determining a value of the first setting is based, at least in part, on a position of the first selection point relative to curvilinear slider interface element is disclosed. | 08-07-2014 |
20140223375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SLIDER INTERFACE ELEMENT - A method comprising determining to provide for adjustment of a first setting, causing display of a first curvilinear slider interface element that relates to a value of the first setting, receiving an indication of a drag input associated with the first curvilinear slider interface element, causing adjustment movement of the selection point relative to the curvilinear slider interface element in proportion to the drag input, and determining a value of the first setting is based, at least in part, on a position of the first selection point relative to curvilinear slider interface element is disclosed. | 08-07-2014 |
20140223376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SLIDER INTERFACE ELEMENT - A method comprising determining to provide for adjustment of a first setting, causing display of a first curvilinear slider interface element that relates to a value of the first setting, receiving an indication of a drag input associated with the first curvilinear slider interface element, causing adjustment movement of the selection point relative to the curvilinear slider interface element in proportion to the drag input, and determining a value of the first setting is based, at least in part, on a position of the first selection point relative to curvilinear slider interface element is disclosed. | 08-07-2014 |
20150347824 | NAME BUBBLE HANDLING - Apparatus has at least one processor and at least one memory having computer-readable code stored therein which when executed controls the at least one processor: to determine a name relating to a face in an image; to calculate a first maximum length attribute for a name bubble for the face at a first zoom level; to select a part of the name for inclusion in the name bubble having regard to the first maximum length attribute; to calculate a second maximum length attribute for the name bubble for the face at a second zoom level, the first and second zoom levels being different and the first and second maximum length attributes being different; and to select a part of the name for inclusion in the name bubble for the face at the second zoom level having regard to the second maximum length attribute. | 12-03-2015 |
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20090131700 | Production of fatty acid and fatty acid ester - The present invention concerns a process for forming a fatty acid, a fatty acid ester or a mixture thereof from a soap-comprising starting material, in which process a metal-ion forming agent is added to the starting material, whereby a mixture is formed, which contains an insoluble phase and a liquid phase, the insoluble phase is separated from the liquid phase, and an acid is added into the insoluble phase to form a fatty acid, or a monohydric alcohol and an acid catalyst are added to form a fatty acid ester, whereby two phases are formed, an aqueous phase and an organic phase, or, first, an acid is added and then a monohydric alcohol and an acid catalyst are added into at least a portion of the formed fatty acid to esterify the fatty acid. | 05-21-2009 |
20090197312 | Production of fat from alcohol - The present invention concerns a process for forming a lipid or a mixture of lipids from a starting material, which comprises at least one alcohol and a soap or a soap precursor, the process comprising adding a metal-ion forming agent to the starting material, whereby a mixture is formed, which contains an insoluble phase and a liquid phase, separating the insoluble phase from the liquid phase, contacting the lipid-producing microorganism with the liquid phase on a culturing substrate, whereby the microorganism cells begin producing lipid, and collecting the lipids. The present invention also concerns a process for forming a lipid or a mixture of lipids from an alcohol-containing liquid phase, which comprises at least one alcohol. | 08-06-2009 |
20090217569 | Method for Lipid production - The invention relates to a method for forming a lipid or a lipid mixture from an organic source material comprising cellulose, hemicellulose, starch, non-starch polysaccharide, any mixture thereof or degradation products thereof. According to the method, the source material is treated one or more times with water, an aqueous solution of acid or alkali, and the precipitate and the filtrate are separated. The precipitate obtained from the treatments mentioned above can be subjected to mechanical or thermo-mechanical grinding, or the precipitate can be treated with a strong acid, or the precipitate can be acidified and ground mechanically or thermo-mechanically. After the treatments, the precipitate and the filtrate are separated. A lipid-producing microorganism is contacted with the source material or the obtained filtrate(s) in a culture medium, whereby the microorganism cells begin to produce lipid, and the lipids are recovered. | 09-03-2009 |
20110065940 | Method for the production of fat - The present invention relates to a method for the production of fat with a principal application as transportation biofuel or a component or raw material therefor. According to the method, cell masses, cell suspensions and/or liquid phases formed in the production of single cell oil, and/or biomass-containing side streams or microorganism cell masses for another purpose and/or originating from other sources, are contacted with a fat-production capable microorganism and the organism is allowed to produce fat. The resulting fat is recovered or the microorganism mass is passed to a single-cell oil production process. By means of the invention, the organic matter present in the cell mass and side streams of single-cell oil can be re-utilized for the production of the single-cell oil, thereby improving a total fat yield, as well as reducing an organic load of the side streams. | 03-17-2011 |
20120159838 | Process for Producing Enzymes - The present invention relates to a process for producing enzymes and single cell oil. The process comprises that microorganisms capable of producing both single cell oil and enzymes are cultivated under conditions suitable for single cell oil production and enzyme production in a single cell oil production process. A microorganism culture comprising single cell oil and enzymes is obtained and at least part of the microorganism culture, of the supernatant and/or microorganism cells separated from the microorganism culture, of protein fraction enriched from the supernatant, and/or of protein fraction obtained from the cells is used as an enzyme preparation or as a source of enzymes. Single cell oil is recovered from the microorganism cells and used as biofuel, component of biofuel or as a starting material for biofuel production. Enzymes produced according to the process are used in the same or in another industrial process. | 06-28-2012 |
20120220509 | Oil Recovery Method - The invention relates to a method for the recovery of oil from an aqueous solution containing oil and solids, as well as to the use of products obtained by this method. The method of the invention comprises at least the following steps of: Adjusting the oil- and solids-containing aqueous solution to a pH which is acidic, separating an oil- and solids-containing fraction from the acidic aqueous solution with an separation agent which is hydrophilic or assumes a hydrophilic character in response to water, recovering the oil- and solids-containing fraction separated by means of said separation agent, extracting oil away from the solids with a water-insoluble extraction agent, and recovering the oil-containing water-insoluble extraction agent. | 08-30-2012 |
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20090150353 | Method and arrangement for handling of information search results - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for handling of information search results. The method includes at least: entering a search query; sending the query to a search engine; and receiving a search result having a list of data files matching to the search query. And the method comprises at least: paginating the content of the data files retrieved; rendering page previews of the data files; selecting the pages to be previewed; and previewing the matching pages associated with the data files retrieved. | 06-11-2009 |
20090150769 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR PAGINATING AND PREVIEWING XHTML/HTML FORMATTED INFORMATION CONTENT - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for paginating and previewing essentially continuously-flowing non-paginated search results, such as XHTML/HTML formatted information content. The method includes at least: entering a search query; sending the query to a search engine; and receiving a search result having a list of data files matching to the search query. The method comprises at least: paginating the essentially continuously-flowing content of the data files retrieved; rendering preview pages from the data files; selecting the preview pages to be previewed; and previewing the matching preview pages associated with the data files retrieved. | 06-11-2009 |
20090150792 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR SHARING INFORMATION SEARCH RESULTS - The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for bookmarking information search results on page level and sharing these results between other users. The method includes at least: entering a search query; sending the query to a search engine; and receiving a search result having a list of data files matching to the search query. The method comprises at least: paginating the content of the data files retrieved; rendering page previews of the data files; selecting the pages to be previewed; and previewing the matching pages associated with the data files retrieved; then bookmarking selected preview pages and selecting one or multiple of these pages to be shared; and finally sharing selected preview pages. | 06-11-2009 |
20140212057 | METHODS FOR VISUAL CONTENT PROCESSING , AND SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM CODES THERETO - Computer implemented methods, systems and computer program codes for creating visual content to be output. The methods and systems are applicable in content visualizations wherein the content to be output is to be formed in a layered manner. According to the method image content item or items are received and are categorized on a basis of content type to one or more categories. The image content item or items in the category or categories are rendered into one or more raster canvases, which represent image content data in the category. The image content data from the raster canvases are compressed, wherein the compression method for image content data in each of the raster canvases is selected on a basis of the categorization of image content items rendered in the raster canvas. The compressed image content data from the raster canvas is stored in a memory for further actions. | 07-31-2014 |
20140368528 | COLOR OPTIMIZATION FOR VISUAL REPRESENTATION - A method for optimizing an amount of colors used in content data is described. At least one content object is received and it is analyzed if any of the received content objects is a predetermined type. At least one color used within the at least one content object of the predetermined type is determined and the received content objects are rendered to a raster canvas so that the at least one color is protected. Information on the at least one color is stored and at least one characteristic of the rendered content is compared to at least one predetermined criteria. In case of mismatch the amount of colors used in the content of the raster canvas is optimized so that the at least one color used in at least one rendered content object of the predetermined type is protected. Finally, the content is compressed and output. | 12-18-2014 |
20150154152 | EFFICIENT CREATION OF WEB FONTS - A computer implemented method for preparing font information related to textual content of a received document includes determining a font data complying a font format relating to a textual content of the received document file. The font format is compared to a predetermined common font data format and the font format is converted to the predetermined common font data format if the comparison indicates a mismatch of the compared font data formats. A font file in the predetermined common font data format is created from the converted font data and also at least one web font file is created from the created font file. Finally, at least the font file complying with the predetermined common font data format and the at least one predetermined web font file are stored in a memory. A system and a non-transitory computer readable medium for storing computer program code are also described. | 06-04-2015 |
20150178248 | DELAYED RENDERING OF CONTENT - The invention relates to a computer implemented method for preparing content of a document, wherein a document file is received as an input, the content of the document file is parsed, the parsed content data items forming the content of the document file are classified into at least two separate categories. Further, within the method at least one of the following is performed for the classified parsed content data items: rendering the content data items classified in a first category into a raster canvas and storing the rendered content of the raster canvas into a raster image file, generating and storing a meta file comprising at least one preprocessed rendering instruction for at least one content data item classified in a second category. The invention also relates to a system configured to perform the method and a non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program code. | 06-25-2015 |