Rauchfuss
Brian Rauchfuss, Shingle Springs, CA US
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20090168871 | Video motion estimation - In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, distortion may be calculated using hardware for purposes of motion estimation. The distortion may be determined in the frequency domain. In some embodiments, a modified Haar wavelet transform may be utilized. The penalty in terms of the number of motion vectors may be determined for each location to achieve better distortion in some embodiments. A look up table may be utilized to determine an acceptable penalty. In some cases, the user can input information about an acceptable penalty. | 07-02-2009 |
Brian D. Rauchfuss, Shingle Springs, CA US
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20080307261 | ACTIVATING A DESIGN TEST MODE IN A GRAPHICS CARD HAVING MULTIPLE EXECUTION UNITS - Provided are a method and system for activating a design test mode in a graphics card having multiple execution units. A design test mode is activated in a graphics module comprising multiple execution units coupled to a cache on a bus. The bus is configured to return test instructions from the cache to the execution units in response to a request from one execution unit for the test instructions from the cache in the design test mode. The execution units execute the test instructions during the design test mode. Interrupts are prevented during the design test mode. | 12-11-2008 |
20130266080 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR INTEGRATED POST-PROCESSING AND PRE-PROCESSING IN VIDEO TRANSCODING - Methods, systems and computer program products to increase the efficiency of a trancoding system by providing additional data from a video processor to an encoder, and by providing control signals from the encoder back to the video processor. The video processor may provide variances to the encoder, where these values would not otherwise be available to the encoder or would be computationally intensive for the encoder to generate on its own. The encoder may then use these variances to generate encoded, compressed video data more efficiently. The encoder may also generate control signals for use by the video processor, enabling the video processor to adapt to reconfigurations of the encoder, thereby improving the efficiency of the transcoding operation. | 10-10-2013 |
20130307860 | Preempting Fixed Function Media Devices - In accordance with some embodiments, a fixed function media accelerator may be preempted in the middle of processing one frame of data and still be able to resume operation later without the need to save an internal state. This ability to be preempted, without saving an internal state, may be important for supporting page fault and increasing the responsiveness of fixed function engines. Enabling preemption without the need to save the entire state reduces the complexity of the implementation in some embodiments. | 11-21-2013 |
Brian D. Rauchfuss, Folsom, CA US
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20110314479 | THREAD QUEUING METHOD AND APPARATUS - In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a request to generate a thread and supplying a request to a queue in response at least to the received request. The method may further include fetching a plurality of instructions in response at least in part to the request supplied to the queue and executing at least one of the plurality of instructions. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a storage medium having stored therein instructions that when executed by a machine result in the method. In some embodiments, an apparatus includes circuitry to receive a request to generate a thread and to queue a request to generate a thread in response at least to the received request. In some embodiments, a system includes circuitry to receive a request to generate a thread and to queue a request to generate a thread in response at least to the received request, and a memory unit to store at least one instruction for the thread. | 12-22-2011 |
Hardy Rauchfuss, Aargau CH
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20140208782 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION IN CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE SYSTEMS IN POWER PLANTS - Disclosed herein is a system comprising an absorber; the absorber permitting contact between a flue gas stream that comprises carbon dioxide and a solvent to produce a carbon dioxide rich solvent; a regenerator disposed downstream of the absorber; the regenerator being operative to dissociate the carbon dioxide from the solvent; and a compression system disposed downstream of the regenerator comprising a plurality of compression stages; where each compression stage comprises a compressor that is operative to pressurize the carbon dioxide that is dissociated from the solvent; and where at least some of the compression stages comprise a knockout tank disposed upstream of the compressor and an intercooling heat exchanger disposed downstream of the compressor; where the knockout tank is operative to remove liquid present in the carbon dioxide and where the intercooling heat exchanger is operative to remove heat generated during the pressurizing of the carbon. | 07-31-2014 |
Hardy Rauchfuss, Birrhard CH
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20130319303 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MILLING A FUEL FOR AN OXY-FUEL COMBUSTION BURNER - The present disclosure relates to a method of milling a fuel for an oxy-fuel combustion burner, the method includes: separating air into a hot nitrogen gas stream, having a temperature of at least 150° C. and a purity of at least 98 mol-% nitrogen, and an oxygen gas stream; leading at least a part of the nitrogen gas stream to a fuel mill; milling the fuel by means of the fuel mill in a nitrogen rich atmosphere formed by means of the nitrogen gas stream; leading the at least a part of the nitrogen gas stream away from the milled fuel; leading the oxygen gas stream to the oxy-fuel combustion burner; conveying the milled fuel to the oxy-fuel combustion burner; and burning the fuel, by means of the oxy-fuel combustion burner, in an oxygen rich atmosphere formed by means of the oxygen gas stream. The present disclosure further relates to a system for milling a fuel for an oxy-fuel combustion burner as well as to a power plant comprising such a system. | 12-05-2013 |
Hardy Rauchfuss, Chemnitz DE
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20100088959 | Method and Device for the Entrained-Flow Gasification of Solid Fuels under Pressure - The invention relates to a gasification reactor ( | 04-15-2010 |
Lutz Rauchfuss, Mittweida DE
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20120125285 | LATENT HEAT STORAGE AND METHOD FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A latent heat storage for an internal combustion engine is described having a crystallizable storage medium for storing heat while utilizing the enthalpy of a melting procedure. The storage medium has a state of supercooled molten mass at ambient temperature. Furthermore, the latent heat storage includes a crystallization nucleus provider for providing a crystallization nucleus in the storage medium, in order to trigger a crystallization of the storage medium to release stored heat in the state of supercooled molten mass. Additionally, an internal combustion engine is provided having such a latent heat storage and a method for temperature control of an internal combustion engine. In a first step of the method, a crystallized storage medium is melted in order to store heat while utilizing the enthalpy of the melting procedure. The storage medium then cools down at most to the ambient temperature and forms a supercooled molten mass in the process. A crystallization nucleus in the storage medium is provided in order to trigger a crystallization of the storage medium to release stored heat in a defined way. | 05-24-2012 |
20120148886 | BATTERY SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST ONE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND AT LEAST ONE LATENT HEAT ACCUMULATOR - A battery system for a motor vehicle is described having at least one electrochemical cell and at least one latent heat accumulator, in which the latent heat accumulator has a phase-change material as the storage medium. A crystallization initiation device is provided for triggering an exothermic phase transition of the phase-change material, the crystallization initiation device being triggered with the aid of a control unit. | 06-14-2012 |
20120174598 | METHOD FOR THE COMMENCEMENT DIAGNOSIS OF A HEAT STORAGE MATERIAL - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for detecting the point in time of commencement of crystallization of a heat storage material ( | 07-12-2012 |
Lutz Rauchfuss, Vaihingen DE
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20100058759 | Device and method for operating an internal combustion engine, computer program, computer program product - For operating an internal combustion engine having a throttle situated in an exhaust line or exhaust return line, in which a heat engine is driven by a quantity of heat produced by the internal combustion engine, in a first non-heating operating mode of the internal combustion engine, a first setpoint value is preset, a first operating parameter that characterizes a temperature of the internal combustion engine is detected, a first triggering value is determined for the triggering of the at least one throttle as a function of the first setpoint value and the first operating parameter, the at least one throttle is triggered in accordance with the first triggering value, and the at least one heat engine is driven by the resulting quantity of heat. | 03-11-2010 |
Thomas B. Rauchfuss, Urbana, IL US
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20090139903 | Desulfurization of petroleum streams utilizing a multi-ring aromatic alkali metal complex - The present invention relates to a process for removing sulfur from sulfur-containing hydrocarbon streams utilizing a multi-ring aromatic hydrocarbon complex containing an alkali metal ion. Preferably, the sulfur-containing hydrocarbon stream is comprised of high molecular weight hydrocarbons, such as a low API gravity, high viscosity crude, tar sands bitumen, an oil derived from shale, or heavy refinery intermediate stocks such as atmospheric resids or vacuum resids which are typically difficult to desulfurize and contain relatively high amounts of sulfur. However, intermediate refinery streams and refinery product streams may also be treated by the process of the current invention to achieve very low sulfur concentrations to meet environmental specification for fuels sulfur content. | 06-04-2009 |
20110263880 | EFFICIENT METHOD FOR PREPARING 2,5-DIMETHYLFURAN - The present disclosure provides methods to make liquid fuels from renewable, carbon neutral precursors. Specifically, methods to prepare 2,5-dimethylfuran from a source of fructose or other carbohydrates using a one-pot synthesis are provided. In some embodiments, the disclosed methods avoid the isolation of intermediates, and employ “green” reagents like formic acid and acetic acid. | 10-27-2011 |