1. A device for multiple-quality level video processing, the device comprising:
a primary tap configured to receive prime-quality video content from a source and to provide the prime-quality video content to a primary path operable in a prime-quality mode, wherein the primary tap is coupled to a secondary tap disposed after the primary tap and coupled to a plurality of secondary paths; and
one or more dithering modules disposed after the primary tap and configured to convert the prime-quality video content provided by the primary tap to lower-bit precision video content for use in one or more of the plurality of secondary paths.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein the secondary tap is configured to feed the plurality of secondary paths, and each of the plurality of secondary paths is operable in a respective secondary-quality mode that is achievable with less processing resources than the prime-quality mode.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein the prime-quality video content comprises at least one of an ultra-high bit precision, an ultra-high resolution, or an ultra-high pixel rate video content, and wherein the prime-quality mode comprises at least one of an ultra-high bit precision, an ultra-high resolution, or an ultra-high pixel rate mode.
4. The device of claim 3, wherein the ultra-high bit precision comprises a bit precision equal to or higher than 10-bit precision.
5. The device of claim 3, wherein the ultra-high resolution comprises a resolution equal to or higher than 4k\xd72k pixels resolution.
6. The device of claim 3, wherein the ultra-high pixel rate comprises a pixel rate equal to or higher than 297 mega-pixels per second (Mpps).
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more dithering modules comprises a single dithering module disposed prior to the secondary tap, and wherein the single dithering module comprises a scaler configured to perform pixel-rate conversion.
8. The device of claim 1, wherein the one or more dithering modules comprises a plurality of dithering modules, and wherein at least some of the plurality of dithering modules are disposed within at least some of the plurality of secondary paths.
9. The device of claim 1, further comprising at least one of a scaler operable to convert video content to a lower resolution or a pixel-rate converter operable to convert a pixel rate associated with the video content to a lower pixel rate, wherein the at least one of the scaler or the pixel-rate converter is disposed in the primary path, and wherein the at least one of the scaler or the pixel-rate converter are disposed in one or more of the plurality of secondary paths.
10. A method for multiple-quality level video processing, the method comprising:
configuring a primary tap to receive prime-quality video content from a source and to provide the prime-quality video content to a primary path;
coupling the primary tap to a secondary tap disposed after the primary tap and coupled to a plurality of secondary paths;
configuring the primary path to be operable in a prime-quality mode;
disposing one or more dithering modules after the primary tap; and
configuring the one or more dithering modules to convert the prime-quality video content provided by the primary tap to lower-bit precision video content for use in one or more of the plurality of secondary paths.
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising configuring the secondary tap to feed the plurality of secondary paths, and wherein each of the plurality of secondary paths is configured to be operable in a respective secondary-quality mode that is achievable with less processing resources than the prime-quality mode.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein configuring the primary path to be operable in the prime-quality mode comprises configuring the primary path to be operable in at least one of an ultra-high bit precision, an ultra-high resolution, or an ultra-high pixel rate mode.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein configuring the primary path to be operable in the ultra-high bit precision comprises configuring the primary path to be operable in a bit precision equal to or higher than 10-bit precision.
14. The method of claim 12, wherein configuring the primary path to be operable in the ultra-high resolution comprises configuring the primary path to be operable in a resolution equal to or higher than 4k\xd72k pixels resolution.
15. The method of claim 12, wherein configuring the primary path to be operable in the ultra-high pixel rate comprises configuring the primary path to be operable in a pixel rate equal to or higher than 297 mega-pixels per second (Mpps).
16. The method of claim 12, wherein disposing the one or more dithering modules comprises disposing a single dithering module prior to the secondary tap, and wherein the single dithering module comprises a scaler configured to perform pixel-rate conversion.
17. The method of claim 10, wherein disposing the one or more dithering modules comprises disposing a plurality of dithering modules, the method further comprises disposing at least some of the plurality of dithering modules within at least some of the plurality of secondary paths.
18. The method of claim 10, further comprising configuring at least one of a scaler to be operable to convert video content to a lower resolution or a pixel-rate converter to be operable to convert a pixel rate associated with the video content to a lower pixel rate; and disposing the at least one of the scaler or the pixel-rate converter in the primary path or one or more of the plurality of secondary paths.
19. A system for multiple-quality level video processing, the system comprising:
memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to execute one or more program modules to perform:
receiving, at a primary tap, prime-quality video content from a source;
providing the prime-quality video content to a primary path operable in a prime-quality mode; and
dithering the prime-quality video by converting the prime-quality video content received at the primary tap to lower-bit precision video content for use in one or more of a plurality of secondary paths coupled to a secondary tap disposed after the primary tap and coupled to the plurality of secondary paths.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein each of the plurality of secondary paths is configured to be operable in a respective secondary-quality mode that is achievable with less processing resources than the prime-quality mode, wherein dithering the prime-quality video is performed prior to the secondary tap, and wherein dithering the prime-quality video is performed in one or more of the plurality of secondary paths.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A flue gas purification system comprising in the flue gas stream: 1) an electrostatic precipitator, 2) a solid mercury sorbent injection device and 3) a two-stage electrostatic separator having a clean flow stream and a bleed stream and wherein the solid mercury sorbent injection device is placed between the electrostatic precipitator and the two-stage electrostatic separator such that in operation a minimum part of the solid mercury sorbent is directed to the clean flow stream and maximum part is directed to the bleed stream.
2. The flue gas purification of claim 1 wherein a first portion of flue gas leaves the two-stage electrostatic separator and goes to the clean flow stream and a second bleed flow portion is divided and a first divided portion is returned to the two-stage electrostatic separator and a second divided portion is returned to the electrostatic precipitator.
3. The flue gas purification system of claim 1 wherein a first portion of gas leaving the two-stage electrostatic separator goes to the clean flow stream and the second bleed flow portion is returned to the electrostatic precipitator.