476 results about "Component separation" patented technology

Methods and apparatus for genome analysis are provided. A microfabricated structure including a microfluidic distribution channel is configured to distribute microreactor elements having copies of a sequencing template into a plurality of microfabricated thermal cycling chambers. A microreactor element may include a microcarrier element carrying the multiple copies of the sequencing template. The microcarrier element may comprise a microsphere. An autovalve at an exit port of a thermal cycling chamber, an optical scanner, or a timing arrangement may be used to ensure that only one microsphere will flow into one thermal cycling chamber wherein thermal cycling extension fragments are produced. The extension products are captured, purified, and concentrated in an integrated oligonucleotide gel capture chamber. A microfabricated component separation apparatus is used to analyze the purified extension fragments. The microfabricated structure may be used in a process for performing sequencing and other genetic analysis of DNA or RNA.

An encoding device includes a color component separating unit for separating an input bit stream for the respective color components, a block dividing unit for dividing an input color component signal into blocks to generate a signal of an encoding unit area, a predicted image generating unit for generating a predicted image for the signal, a determining unit for determining a prediction mode used for encoding according to a prediction efficiency of the predicted image, a prediction error encoding unit for encoding a difference between the predicted image corresponding to the prediction mode determined by the determining unit and the input color component signal, and an encoding unit for variable length-coding the prediction mode, an output from the prediction error encoding unit, and a color component identification flag indicating the color component to which the input bit stream belongs as a result of the color component separation.

An encoding device includes a color component separating unit for separating an input bit stream for the respective color components, a block dividing unit for dividing an input color component signal into blocks to generate a signal of an encoding unit area, a predicted image generating unit for generating a predicted image for the signal, a determining unit for determining a prediction mode used for encoding according to a prediction efficiency of the predicted image, a prediction error encoding unit for encoding a difference between the predicted image corresponding to the prediction mode determined by the determining unit and the input color component signal, and an encoding unit for variable length-coding the prediction mode, an output from the prediction error encoding unit, and a color component identification flag indicating the color component to which the input bit stream belongs as a result of the color component separation.

A vacuum cleaner operable on upright mode and canister mode is provided. The vacuum cleaner includes a suction port assembly comprising a suction port and a suction passage to draw in dust-laden air, a cleaner body housing a dust separating unit and a motor connected with the dust separating unit, an operating handle assembly in fluid communication with the cleaner body through a hose and in fluid communication with an extension pipe, and a carrying handle assembly sliding along the cleaner body to increase in length. If the vacuum cleaner is in the upright mode, the extension pipe is in fluid communication with the suction port assembly, is used as a passage for air to pass toward the cleaner body, and supports the cleaner body, while if the vacuum cleaner is in the canister mode, the extension pipe is separated from the cleaner body.

The invention belongs to the field of power converter control and relates to a model prediction control method of a voltage source type rectifier when a network voltage is unbalanced. The model prediction control method of the voltage source type rectifier when the network voltage is unbalanced comprises the steps of converting three-phase network voltage and a three-phase current into network voltage and a current which are under a two-phase static coordinate system through an abc / alpha beta coordinate, obtaining network positive sequence voltage and negative sequence voltage by carrying positive and negative sequence component separation of the network voltage under the two-phase static coordinate system, calculating reference values of active power, calculating current reference values of the rectifier under the two-phase static coordinate system, and carrying out model prediction current control and selecting an optimal on-off state. The model prediction control method of the voltage source type rectifier when the network voltage is unbalanced is capable of quickly and precisely tracing the current under the two-phase static coordinate and effectively eliminating fluctuation of direct current side voltage at the same time, power quality of the system is improved, a reliable network-connected operation of the rectifier when transient state network voltage is unbalance is achieved, and dynamics and stability of the whole system are improved.

The invention discloses a straw component separation and straw component full utilization method, and relates to the technical field of straw comprehensive utilization. According to the method, straws are subjected to a steam explosion treatment, such that hemicellulose is first separated; and the rest of the material after hemicellulose extraction is subjected to steam explosion treatment again, such that the separation of cellulose and lignin is realized. The method has the advantages of simple process, environment-friendliness, low cost, and thorough separation of hemicellulose, cellulose and lignin. With the method provided by the invention, an environment-friendly separation technology of cellulose and lignin is realized for the first time internationally, and a basis is provided for full-element, high-added-value and comprehensive utilization of straws. On the basis, products with higher added values can be derived or generated. With the production process provided by the invention, all wastewater is treated and is completely recycled, and all waste residue is used for producing organic fertilizers, such that straws are thoroughly utilized, and straw component full utilization is realized. Also, zero emission and zero pollution are realized, such that the difficulty of straw comprehensive utilization is solved.

An image processing device includes: a motion vector receiving unit configured to receive, from frame image data made up of frame images, motion vectors representing motion of the frame images; a modeling unit configured to model the motion vector, received from the motion vector receiving unit, to a component separation expression in which a camera motion component and a focal plane distortion component are separated, using component parameters respectively representing camera motion which is motion of a camera, and the amount in change in focal plane distortion; and a component calculation unit configured to calculate the component parameters used in the component separation expression, thereby calculating the focal plane distortion component in the motion vector.

An image processing device, comprising:a motion vector detection unit configured to detect, from frame image data made up of frame images, motion vectors representing motion of the frame images;a modeling unit configured to model the motion vector, detected by the motion vector detection unit, to a component separation expression in which a camera motion component and a focal plane distortion component are separated, using unknown component parameters respectively representing camera motion which is motion of a camera, and the amount in change in focal plane distortion; anda component calculation unit configured to calculate the component parameters used in the component separation expression, thereby calculating the camera motion component in the motion vector.

The invention relates to the field of electronic health detection, and discloses a non-contact type automatic heart rate measurement system and a measurement method. The non-contact type automatic heart rate measurement system adopts a non-contact mode to remotely collect video data of a measured person and performs data conversion to realize automatic heart rate measurement, and is characterized by comprising a video collection module, a framing extraction ROI (region of interest) module, a primary color component separation module, a time-domain signal generation module, a blind source separation module, a signal screening module and a heart rate analysis module. Compared with the prior art, the non-contact type automatic heart rate measurement system and the measurement method are based on an automatic face track and blind source separation technology, adopt a noninvasive and non-contact type remote physiological signal detection method, overcome influence of motion artifact in video record, has motion tolerance, is high in measurement accuracy, and can perform heart rate measurement automatically and simultaneously.

A polarized image acquisition section shoots a subject through a polarizing element operable to set principal axes of which directions are different from each other. An incident plane specifying section specifies an incident plane of each pixel, and an incident angle computation section computes an incident angle of each pixel. A classifying section clusters pixels similar to each other in both incident plane and incident angel. A reflection component separation section performs reflection component separation on each clustered pixel set on the assumption of probabilistic independence between the diffuse reflection component and the specular reflection component.

Provided is a blood processing system having a stationary component separation chamber. Individual blood components as well as other particles and contaminates are separated from blood flowing through the separation chamber by optical traps configured to manipulate specific components are projected into the flow field of the chamber. Cells or particles of the selected components that are manipulated by the optical traps then may be directed from the flow field to individual reservoirs to collect quantities of the selected components.

An encoding device includes a color component separating unit for separating an input bit stream for the respective color components, a block dividing unit for dividing an input color component signal into blocks to generate a signal of an encoding unit area, a predicted image generating unit for generating a predicted image for the signal, a determining unit for determining a prediction mode used for encoding according to a prediction efficiency of the predicted image, a prediction error encoding unit for encoding a difference between the predicted image corresponding to the prediction mode determined by the determining unit and the input color component signal, and an encoding unit for variable length-coding the prediction mode, an output from the prediction error encoding unit, and a color component identification flag indicating the color component to which the input bit stream belongs as a result of the color component separation.

A rotor is provided for the centrifugal separation of a composite fluid, such as animal or human blood, into components. An inner surface of the rotor includes at least one hydrophobic area having a first surface energy sufficiently low to provide a flow path for a lower density fluid component to flow to the bottom of a central collection chamber after centrifugal separation. A method of separating a composite fluid into components using such a rotor is also provided. Additionally, a method of manufacturing such a rotor is provided.

The invention relates to a lignocellulose acid / alkali coupling pretreatment method. Lignocellulose is separated into cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin by acid / alkali coupling pretreatment; and simultaneously, lignocellulose components are separated and subjected to high-efficiency enzymolysis and saccharification. The method comprises the steps of lignocellulose pretreatment, component separation, cellulose enzymolysis, solvent recovery and the like. The lignocellulose material is pretreated by formic acid or dilute sulphuric acid and is then subjected to solid-liquid separation, wherein the liquid component is used for recovering hemicellulose hydrolyzed sugar and part of lignin; and the solid component is further treated by ammonia water or a sodium hydroxide solution and is then subjected to solid-liquid separation, the liquid component is used for recovering lignin, and the solid component (cellulose) is subjected to enzymolysis and saccharification. By converting the lignocellulose into cellulose hydrolyzed sugar (glucose), hemicellulose hydrolyzed sugar (xylose and xylooligosaccharide) and lignin, the invention provides a basis for full-biomass utilization and develops a green process route for recovering the pretreatment solvent.

An image processing apparatus comprises a color matching processing unit for performing color matching processing according to color reproduction characteristics of input and output devices, a color separation unit for separating image data subjected to the color matching processing, into color components corresponding to recording agents used by the output device, and a control means for controlling a method of the color matching processing and a method of the image data separation, according to a kind of input image. Thus, it is possible to perform the color matching processing and the color component separation according to the kind of input image, thereby realizing the color matching in consideration of how to use the recording agents and the satisfactory color matching according to a human's sight characteristic.

A computer component cooling apparatus is described. The cooling apparatus may include a fan assembly. The fan assembly may be coupled to a computer chassis. A duct may be slidably coupled to the fan assembly. The duct may be positioned in at least two positions on the fan assembly without being uncoupled from the fan assembly. In a first position, the duct may direct a flow of air over one or more computer components. In a second position, the duct may allow access to the one or more of the computer components.

Methods and apparatus for genome analysis are provided. A microfabricated structure including a microfluidic distribution channel is configured to distribute microreactor elements having copies of a sequencing template into a plurality of microfabricated thermal cycling chambers. A microreactor element may include a microcarrier element carrying the multiple copies of the sequencing template. The microcarrier element may comprise a microsphere. An autovalve at an exit port of a thermal cycling chamber, an optical scanner, or a timing arrangement may be used to ensure that only one microsphere will flow into one thermal cycling chamber wherein thermal cycling extension fragments are produced. The extension products are captured, purified, and concentrated in an integrated oligonucleotide gel capture chamber. A microfabricated component separation apparatus is used to analyze the purified extension fragments. The microfabricated structure may be used in a process for performing sequencing and other genetic analysis of DNA or RNA.

A signal processing apparatus including: a first noise reduction processing means that performs first noise reduction processing on an image, in which each of multitudes of pixels has one of a plurality of color components and the color components are distributed regularly, based only on pixel arrangement to obtain a first processed image; a color component separation means that separates the first processed image into each of the color components to obtain a plurality of color component images; and a signal classification means that compares a signal value of a target pixel for processing with a signal value of each pixel included in a predetermined range of area around the target pixel and classifies each pixel within the predetermined range of area into one of a plurality of groups based on the comparison result.

The invention discloses an improved positive-negative sequence component separation method. By adopting the method, bigger errors which are caused by a 'one-quarter cycle delay' method used in a one-quarter cycle after the happening and the ending of unsymmetrical faults are avoided, and the advantages of simplicity, high detection performance and the like of the 'one-quarter cycle delay' method are well used. The invention also discloses a method realizing low voltage ride through of a single-stage photovoltaic grid-connected inverter by using the improved positive-negative sequence component separation method. By adopting the methods, low voltage sag of an electric network can be quickly detected, the influence caused by unsymmetrical sag negative sequence components is inhibited, reactive power is provided, the voltage of a support grid connection point is recovered, and the requirement on the low voltage ride through of a high-power grid-connected inverter is met.

A method of separating one or more light components, such as helium, from a carbon dioxide containing stream. A two-phase stream is obtained, at least in part, by cooling a pressurized feed stream to at least partially condense such stream. The stream that is subsequently degassed to produce a first vapor stream enriched in the light component(s) and a first liquid stream containing an entrained fraction of the light component(s). The first liquid stream is expanded to create another two-phase stream that is degasified to produce a second vapor stream that is also enriched in the light component(s) and a second liquid stream having an enriched carbon dioxide content. The second liquid stream is repressurized and vaporized. In case of a supercritical feed, the pressurized feed stream is expanded after having been cooled. Thereafter, the feed is degassed to produce the light component enriched vapor stream and a liquid stream enriched in the carbon dioxide. The resultant vapor streams, enriched in the light component(s) may then be further processed to isolate the light components.

In this invention, for example, in order to realize conversion to “smooth skin” and “wrinkle enhancement” with a natural look while preserving the grain and texture of the skin, a specific amplitude band variation component separation type digital filter (β-filter), which comprises a specific amplitude band variation component calculation section 4, is newly provided. Further, the calculation section 4 selectively separates only a specific amplitude band variation component U (m, n) from an input image signal X (m, n) applied to the filter. An image signal y (m, n), which is provided by subtracting the component from the input image signal (conversion to “smooth skin”) or by adding the component to the input image signal (“wrinkle enhancement”), is outputted in response to an external correction instruction.

A component separating device includes a flow channel, an acoustic wave generator for generating an acoustic wave in the flow channel, a first inlet channel for introducing a fist solution containing solid particles into the flow channel, a second inlet channel for introducing a second solution, and outlet channels for discharging a solution from the flow channel. A density grade generator is provided at the first inlet channel for forming a density grade of the solid particles. This component separating device extracts the solid particles into a high-purity solution at a high collecting rate.

The invention relates to an alternative current electric crosstalk and insulation fault monitoring line selection method of a direct current system. The direct current system is formed by an upper computer, a monitoring device, a sampling system and a current sensor. The alternative current electric crosstalk and insulation fault monitoring line selection method includes the steps of extracting a ripple crest value in the direct current system through extracting of an alternating component effective value, adopting the alternative current and direct current component separation digital filtering technology, the direct current leakage current detection technology, the recommend standard 485 (RS485) isolation communication technology and the fast fourier transform algorithm (FFT) conversion technology to monitor system bus over-the-ground alternative and direct current voltage and a ripple voltage peak value in real time to give an alarm, receiving loop leakage current information uploaded by a data collector, carrying out intelligent analysis through mode matching technology, calculating grounding resistance, carrying out artificial intelligence mode matching on feature status information of each loop and configured feature rules in the system, enabling the alternative current electric crosstalk faults, ripple voltage peak value monitoring data, grounding fault and insulation fault loop status information, loop information and the like which to be displayed on a liquid crystal display, assisting operation and maintenance workers to accurately know the current status to rapidly remove the faults.

A liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility that employs a system to remove incondensable material from one or more refrigeration cycles within the facility. One or more embodiments of the present invention can be advantageously employed in an open-loop refrigeration cycle to remove at least a portion of one or more high vapor pressure components that have accumulated in the refrigerant cycle over time. In addition, several embodiments can be advantageously employed to stabilize facility operation in the event of drastic changes to the concentration of the natural gas feed stream introduced into the facility.

The present invention includes dispensers, containers, methods of making and using dispensers with a fitting to attach to a second container and position a reservoir about the second container. The reservoir includes a diaphragm positioned opposite an orifice and a hollow perforator slidably positioned in the orifice. The hollow perforator includes a perforator portion and an access port portion that forms a chamber to hold one or more components. The one or more components may be released from the chamber without the removal of the dispenser from a container.