Abstract: An audio encoder for providing an output signal using an input audio signal includes a patch generator, a comparator and an output interface. The patch generator generates at least one bandwidth extension high-frequency signal, wherein a bandwidth extension high-frequency signal includes a high-frequency band. The high-frequency band of the bandwidth extension high-frequency signal is based on a low frequency band of the input audio signal. A comparator calculates a plurality of comparison parameters. A comparison parameter is calculated based on a comparison of the input audio signal and a generated bandwidth extension high-frequency signal. Each comparison parameter of the plurality of comparison parameters is calculated based on a different offset frequency between the input audio signal and a generated bandwidth extension high-frequency signal.

Abstract: A component, especially contrived and designed for being used in a turbomachine, includes a high-temperature coating being arranged above a base of the component. The base has at least one structural element for connecting it to the high-temperature coating, with the cross-section of the at least one structural element having at least three different widths, i.e. a base width at the lower end of the at least one structural element, a center width above it, and a tip width above that, where on average the center width is greater than or equal to the base width, but less than four times the base width, in particular less than or equal to three times the base width.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for an medical image-based information system are provided. The medical image-based information system comprises: a processing unit for providing medical image data and interactive functions for interacting with the medical image data; one or more image data display devices for displaying the medical image data provided by the processing unit; and a mobile multi-touch display device. The medical image-based information system is adapted to display the medical image data provided by the processing unit on an image data display device of the one or more image data display devices and to make the interactive functions provided by the processing unit available to a user via the mobile multi-touch display device. The medical image-based information system can be operated in a simple, flexible and space-saving manner via the mobile multi-touch display device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of internal surfaces of a hollow body, on the inner surfaces of which areas having different surface properties, for example, having hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, are produced. The invention further relates to fluid separators that are based on said hollow bodies and that have areas having different surface properties. Such fluid separators are used in medical technology and analysis, in particular biochemical analysis.

Abstract: A physically demarcated body part is recognized and located using only a relatively small amount of computation, but with a sufficient degree of recognition accuracy. For this purpose a procedure is proposed for detecting physically demarcated body parts (face, hand, leg) of a person's image (5) if a body part (2) as depicted in front of a background (3). Borderlines (5d, 5e) in the image are only evaluated along line directions (5a?, 4a?, 4b?, 5c?) to determine, by comparing with model (30), whether the body part image corresponds to a type of body part given by the model. In addition, line directions (5d?, 5e?) inside a body part image and borderline directions (5a) of a physically demarcated body part are used to locate and store its position.

Abstract: An apparatus, method and computer program for generating a wideband signal using a lowband input signal includes a processor for performing a guided bandwidth extension operation using transmitted parameters and a blind bandwidth extension operation only using derived parameters rather than transmitted parameters. To this end, the processor includes a parameter generator for generating the parameters for the blind bandwidth extension operation.

Abstract: A better rate distortion ratio is achieved by making interrelationships between coding parameters of different planes available for exploitation for the aim of redundancy reduction despite the additional overhead resulting from the need to signal the inter-plane prediction information to the decoder. In particular, the decision to use inter plane prediction or not may be performed for a plurality of planes individually. Additionally or alternatively, the decision may be done on a block basis considering one secondary plane.

Abstract: A decoder for decoding a picture is described, having: an extractor adapted to extract a first subset of syntax elements from a received data stream and a second subset of syntax elements being disjoint from the first subset of syntax elements, wherein the second subset of syntax elements has filter indication information defining a first filter for a first region of at least two different regions of the picture and a second filter for a second region of the at least two different regions of the picture; a pre-decoder adapted to pre-decode the picture based on the first subset of syntax elements to produce a reconstructed version of the picture; and a filter stage adapted to apply the first filter to the first region of the reconstructed picture to obtain a first filtered version of the reconstructed version of the picture and to apply the second filter to the second region of the first filtered version of the reconstructed version of the picture to obtain a second filtered version of the reconstructed versio