Abstract: Certain aspects of a method and system for inverse telecine and scene change detection of progressive video may include determining a cadence, for example, 3:2 or 2:2 pulldown, and phase of received progressive input pictures. A difference between two or more consecutive received progressive input pictures may be determined. The motion compensation of a plurality of output pictures may be controlled based on the determined cadence, phase and difference between two or more consecutive received progressive input pictures. The system may be enabled to determine repeated pictures and scene changes. The motion compensation of output pictures may be stopped during detected scene changes.

Abstract: Herein described is a system and method of detecting 2:2 and/or 3:2 pull-down video. In addition, aspects of the present invention provide a system and method to identify and lock onto a field phase of a received 2:2 or 3:2 pull-down video signal. The system for detecting a field phase in 2:2 pull-down video comprises a first circuitry that computes unexpected motion values, a second circuitry that implements an alternating straight through or crossover function, a third circuitry that performs processing and generates one or more control signals, a pair of counters, and a phase selection circuitry. The method comprises computing luminance approximations of pixels associated with an output video frame, computing one or more first differences, and computing a second difference for each absent pixel of the output video frame based on one of five field phases.

Abstract: Herein described are at least a system and a method of more effectively detecting and correcting irregularities when performing an inverse telecine deinterlacing of pull-down video. These irregularities may be caused by editing of the video, which when left undetected, may result in displaying video of unacceptable quality. In a representative embodiment, the method determines a first pixel luminance of an absent pixel using a luminance generated from one or more first present pixels, determines a second pixel luminance of the absent pixel using a luminance generated from one or more second present pixels, and determines a first luminance approximation for the absent pixel. In a representative embodiment, the system comprises a memory, a software resident in the memory, and a processor used to execute the software, such that executing the software performs the inverse telecine deinterlacing to result in an improve displayed video image quality.

Abstract: Herein described is at least a method and system for deinterlacing an interactive or non-interactive video. The method comprises receiving a control signal by a user that indicates whether the video is an interactive video or a non-interactive video. The method further comprises deinterlacing the video such that an amount of delay to the video is incurred through a deinterlacer, wherein the amount of delay is based on the control signal. In a representative embodiment, the system comprises one or more first inputs for providing interactive video to a deinterlacer, one or more second inputs for providing non-interactive video to the deinterlacer, and a circuitry for selecting one input of the one or more first or the one or more second inputs based on a control signal.

Abstract: Herein described is a method and system for generating an improved video output when deinterlacing pull-down video. The improvement results from reducing cross-chroma artifacts. In a representative embodiment, the method comprises first computing an adjusted chroma of a present pixel from a present top field or present bottom field of film sourced video as a function of an execution stage field phase. The method further comprises second computing a chroma of an absent pixel vertically adjacent to the present pixel, wherein the second computing is performed as a function of the execution stage field phase. In a representative embodiment, a deinterlacer video engine and a local storage circuitry process the 3:2 pull-down video by applying various equations for performing the first computing and the second computing. An adjusted chroma and an absent pixel chroma is computed for each present pixel at each execution stage field phase.

Abstract: A method is provided for reducing the chemical conversion of oxidizable or disproportionable compounds contained in liquid or gaseous process media which contact carbonaceous chars. In this method the carbonaceous char contacting the oxidizable or disproportionable compounds is first treated with a non-nitrogen-containing Bronsted acid. The acid-treated char is then heated to temperatures greater than 750° C. In this manner the inherent catalytic reactivity of the carbon in the char is reduced effectively and largely irreversibly.

Abstract: A carbonaceous char is disclosed for the removal of metals from aqueous and other non-organic media. Carbonaceous chars having a normalized contact pH of less than 3 and preferably less than or equal to 2.5 provide enhanced metal removal from such media.

Abstract: A carbonaceous char is provided having a reduced inherent carbon catalytic activity. The char is derived from one or more of the following: wood, nutshell, fruitstone, peat, lignite, sub-bituminous coal, bituminous coal, semi-anthracite coal, anthracite coal and organic polymers, and has an inherent or “MOD 12” t-¾ time equal to or greater than 125 minutes or a maximum delta T less than or equal to 20° C. The MOD 12 t-¾ time is equal to the elapsed time required for 0.250 grams of said carbonaceous char, pulverized, to decompose from ambient temperature and under adiabatic conditions three-fourths of 0.42 moles of hydrogen peroxide contained in 150 mL of an aqueous solution containing a buffer having a pH of about 12. The maximum delta T is the absolute temperature difference between ambient temperature and the maximum temperature achieved by the hydrogen peroxide decomposition wherein the carbonaceous char has been inertly calcined at temperatures above 700° C.

Abstract: A process is provided for the manufacture of a carbonaceous char capable of catalyzing the rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide in aqueous solutions. This carbonaceous char is produced from a bituminous coal or a bituminous material that has been carbonized and extensively oxidized at low (less than 700° C.) temperatures. The resultant carbonized and oxidized bituminous coal or bituminous material is then contacted with a nitrogen-containing compound in combination with at least one of sucrose or fructose as the temperature of the low-temperature char is increased to greater than 700° C. This treatment results in a high-temperature char which may then be activated as desired. These activated chars show the aforementioned ability to rapidly decompose aqueous solutions of hydrogen peroxide and are also useful for the catalytic decomposition of H2S, SOx, NOx, chloramines, and/or peroxides in liquid and/or gaseous streams.

Abstract: A process is provided for reducing the inherent carbon catalytic reactivity of carbonaceous chars. In this process a carbonaceous char is contacted first with a Bronsted acid. The acid-treated char is then heated to temperatures greater than 750° C. By this method the inherent catalytic reactivity of the carbon in the char is reduced effectively and largely irreversibly.

Abstract: An improved process is provided for the removal of sulfur oxides from gas or vapor media containing oxygen and H.sub.2 O by contacting the media with a catalytically-active carbonaceous char. The improvement is provided by the use of a catalytically-active carbonaceous char prepared by low-temperature carbonization and oxidation of a bituminous coal or bituminous material at temperatures below 700.degree. C., followed by contact of the carbonized, oxidized char with one or more nitrogen-containing compounds at a temperature which is stable at, or is increasing to, temperatures less than 700.degree. C., and then increasing the temperature of the resultant material to or above 700.degree. C.

Abstract: An improved process is provided for the manufacture of N-phosphonomethylglycine from N-phophonomethyliminodiacetic acid in the presence of a molecular-oxygen containing gas utilizing a catalytically active carbonaceous char. The improvement is provided by the use of a carbonaceous char capable of rapidly decomposing hydrogen peroxide in an aqueous solution.

Abstract: A process is provided for the manufacture of a carbonaceous char capable of catalyzing the rapid decomposition of hydrogen peroxide in aqueous solutions. This carbonaceous char is produced from a bituminous coal or a bituminous material that has been carbonized and extensively oxidized at low temperatures (less than 700.degree. C.). The resultant carbonized and oxidized bituminous coal or bituminous material is then contacted with a nitrogen-containing compound in combination with an aliphatic organic compound containing both ether and alcohol functionalities as the temperature of the low-temperature char is increased to minimally 700.degree. C. This treatment results in a high-temperature char which may then be activated as desired. These activated chars show the aforementioned ability to rapidly decompose aqueous solutions of hydrogen peroxide and are also useful for the catalytic chemical conversion of H.sub.2 S, SO.sub.x, NO.sub.x, chloramines, and/or peroxides in liquid and/or gaseous streams.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved method for filtration of air within enclosed spaces. Improvement is achieved by the use of a high-temperature carbonaceous char that is catalytically active for the removal of certain undesirable constituents from contaminated air under ambient temperature conditions. This carbonaceous char is used as an air filtration medium and incorporated into an air filtration device by any of a number of technologies. Such devices may be used for removal of contaminants such as NO.sub.x, NO.sub.2, SO.sub.x, SO.sub.2, H.sub.2 S, mercaptans, light aliphatic gases such as butane and propane and other compounds such as benzene, hexane, toluene, xylene, amines and the like from enclosed or confined structures such as buildings or vehicles including automobiles, aircraft, trucks, farm equipment, and the like.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved method for filtration of air within enclosed spaces. Improvement is achieved by the use of a high-temperature carbonaceous char that is catalytically active for the removal of certain undesirable constituents from contaminated air under ambient temperature conditions. This carbonaceous char is used as an air filtration medium and incorporated into an air filtration device by any of a number of technologies. Such devices may be used for removal of contaminants such as NO.sub.x, NO.sub.2, SO.sub.x, SO.sub.2, H.sub.2 S, mercaptans, light aliphatic gases such as butane and propane and other compounds such as benzene, hexane, toluene, xylene, amines and the like from enclosed or confined structures such as buildings or vehicles including automobiles, aircraft, trucks, farm equipment, and the like.

Abstract: A method is provided for the removal of metalloid and non-metal hydrides from gas or liquid media. The improvement is provided by the use of a high-temperature carbonaceous char derived from a carbonaceous feedstock which has been exposed to nitrogen-containing compounds at temperatures above 700.degree. C. In the preferred embodiment of the method, the high-temperature carbonaceous char is prepared by carbonizing and oxidizing a bituminous coal at temperatures less than 700.degree. C followed by exposure to urea, ammonia, or nitrogen-containing compound as the temperature is raised to above 700.degree. C.

Abstract: A improved process is provided for the catalytic oxidation of ferrous iron in liquid media in the presence of oxygen. The improvement is provided by the use of a carbonaceous char catalytically active for said oxidation which is prepared by the carbonization and oxidation of a bituminous coal or a bituminous material at temperatures below 700.degree. C. followed by exposure of the carbonized, oxidized char to a nitrogen-containing compound and, during or after said exposure, increasing the temperature to at least 700.degree. C.

Abstract: A device for holding an object within a dryer comprises a thin magnetic sheet having an inner surface and an outer surface. The magnetic sheet is flexible to substantially conform to the inner surface of a generally cylindrical dryer drum mounted for rotation in a dryer. The outer surface of the magnetic sheet everywhere engages the inner surface of the drum over substantially the entire area of the outer surface. A connector releasably mounts the object to the magnetic sheet for holding the object on the sheet as the dryer drum rotates.

Abstract: A process is provided for the manufacture of a catalytically-active carbonaceous char capable of rapidly decomposing hydrogen peroxide in aqueous solutions. The process of the invention uses a low-temperature carbonization and extensive oxidation of a bituminous coal or material having bituminous properties followed by exposure to a nitrogen-containing compound as the temperature of the carbonized and extensively oxidized char is increased to minimally 700.degree. C. The resultant char may then be activated as desired. These catalytically-active chars have the ability to rapidly decompose aqueous solutions of hydrogen peroxide and are useful for catalytic conversion of H.sub.2 S, SO.sub.2, NO, chloramines, and/or peroxides in liquid and/or gaseous streams.

Abstract: A process is provided for the restoration of hydrogen sulfide removal capacity in nitrogen-treated carbonaceous chars which have become exhausted for hydrogen sulfide capacity when used for the removal of hydrogen sulfide from gas streams containing oxygen and water. This process entails washing the spent carbonaceous char with water of sufficient quantity to remove the majority of the hydrogen sulfide reaction products. By the use of this process a significant proportion of the original hydrogen sulfide capacity of the nitrogen-treated carbonaceous char is recovered.