1. A process for the structuring of a cheese portion comprising:
providing portions of curd or cheese in segments of a first average dimension and having a total surface area,
adding to said segments a composition comprising transglutaminase to at least five percent of said total surface area of said segments, said composition providing a bonding-sufficient amount of transglutaminase to said total surface area,
pressing said portions together, while the bonding-sufficient amount of transglutaminase to said total surface area of the curd or cheese segments is present on the surface of the curd or cheese segments, to eliminate air between said portions while forming a volume of curds or cheese that is larger than a single portion of said portions of curds or cheese,
allowing said transglutaminase to bond said portions of curds or cheese together to form a unit of cheese.
2. The process of claim 1 wherein said composition comprises transglutaminase in the presence of less than a 1:1 weight ratio of casein or caseinate to transglutaminase.
3. The process of claim 1 wherein said composition comprises transglutaminase with less than 10% by weight of said tranaglutaminase composition with respect to cheese protein.
4. The process according to claim 1 wherein said transglutaminase is provided to the curds or cheese in an amount of about 0.01\u201310.0 units per gram of cheese protein.
5. The process of claim 4 wherein the time in which said curds or cheese is allowed to bond is in the range of about 10\u201380 hours at a temperature is between 40\xb0 F. and 125\xb0 F.
6. The process according to claim 2 wherein said tranaglutaminase is provided as a solid mixture of transglutaminase and inorganic filler at a concentration in the range of about 0.02\u20135 units of transglutaminase per gram of curds or cheese protein.
7. A process for the structuring of a cheese portion comprising:
breaking a single curd portion having a weight of between 2 and 40 kilograms into smaller segments of curd;
adding a composition comprising transglutaminase to said smaller segments of curd in an amount of transglutaminase sufficient to chemically bond said smaller segments of curd together,
pressing said segments of curd together, while the amount of transglutaminase to said total surface area of the curd or cheese segments is present on the surface of the curd segments to eliminate air between said segments while forming a volume of curds that is larger than 50 kilograms, and
allowing said transglutaminase to bond said segments of curds together.
8. The process of claim 7 wherein said allowing said transglutaminase to bond said segments of curds together is performed for at least two hours at a temperature between 40\xb0F. and 125\xb0F.
9. The process of claim 8 wherein said segments of curd cure to form cheese during said allowing said transglutaminase to bond said segments of curds together.
10. The process of claim 7 wherein said transglutaminase is added as a solid composition to said smaller segments of curds.
11. The process of claim 10 wherein said solid composition of transglutaminase comprises as a mixture of transglutaminase and inorganic solid.
12. The process of claim 7 wherein transglutaminase is added to said smaller segments of curd in an amount of 0.001 to 0.5% by weight of transglutaminase to said smaller curd segments.
13. The process of claim 12 wherein said transglutaminase is added to said smaller curd segments by a physical process including at least one step selected from the group consisting of tumbling, stirring, agitation, spraying, stirring, and shaking.
14. The process of claim 7 wherein said composition comprising transglutaminase comprises transglutaminase in an aqueous carrier, and the composition is free of ingredients that will chemically bond with said transglutaminase.
15. The process of claim 12 wherein said smaller segments of curd are chemically bonded by said transglutaminase reacting solely with protein in said smaller curd segments.
16. A process for the structuring of a cheese portion comprising the following steps in sequence:
a) providing portions of curd or cheese in segments of a first average dimension and having a total surface area,
b) adding a composition comprising transglutaminase to at least five percent of said total surface area of the curd or cheese segments, said composition providing a bonding-sufficient amount of transglutaminase to said total surface area of the curd or cheese segments,
c) pressing said portions together to eliminate air between said portions while 1) a bonding-sufficient amount of transglutaminase to said total surface area of the curd or cheese segments is present on the surface of the curd or cheese segments, and 2) forming a volume of curds or cheese that is larger than a single portion of said portions of curds or cheese, and
d) allowing said transglutaminase to bond said portions of curds or cheese together to form a unit of cheese while the bonding-sufficient amount of transglutaminase to said total surface area of the curd or cheese segments is present on the surface of the curd or cheese segments.
17. The process of claim 16 wherein said allowing said transglutaminase to bond said segments of curds together is performed for at least two hours at a temperature between 40\xb0 F. and 125\xb0 F.
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 method of electronic image color correction comprising:
receiving a first frame including pixel data for a first color component for a plurality of pixels;
generating saved pixel data for the first color component;
receiving a second frame subsequent to the first frame, the second frame including pixel data for the first color component for the plurality of pixels;
generating substitute pixel data for the first color component in response to determining that, in the second frame, the pixel data for the first color component is triggered by a threshold value for a particular percentage of the plurality of pixels, the substitute pixel data generated based on the saved pixel data; and
displaying the second frame using the substitute pixel data for the first color component for the plurality of pixels.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein:
the saved pixel data for the first color component is generated by a method including:
saving pixel data for the first color component in the first frame as the saved pixel data.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein:
the saved pixel data is generated in response to determining that, in the first frame, the pixel data for the first color component is not triggered by the threshold value for the particular percentage of the plurality of pixels.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the saved pixel data for the first color component is generated at least once after a threshold number of frames have been received.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a third frame subsequent to the second frame, the third frame including pixel data for the first color component for the plurality of pixels;
displaying the third frame using the pixel data for the first color component received with the third frame in response to determining that, in the third frame, the pixel data for the first color component is not triggered by the threshold value for the particular percentage of the plurality of pixels.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein:
the first frame and second frame include pixel data for at least a first color component, a second color component, and a third color component for the plurality of pixels.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first, second, and third color components are based on an RGB color model.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the threshold value is triggered by pixel data which is less than or equal to the threshold value.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first frame and second frame include pixel data for a second color component for the plurality of pixels, and wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a third frame including pixel data for the first color component and the second color component, the third frame received subsequent to the second frame;
determining that in a first pixel of the plurality of pixels, the pixel data for the second color component in the third frame is changed, relative to the pixel data for the second color component in the second frame;
identifying a second pixel of the plurality of pixels within a range relative to the first pixel, the second pixel substantially similar to the first pixel; and
displaying, in the third frame, the first pixel using the pixel data for the first color component and the second color component of the second pixel.
10. A display apparatus communicatively connected to an image source, the display apparatus comprising:
a connector configured to receive a first frame and receive a second frame subsequent to the first frame, the first and second frames including pixel data for a first color component for a plurality of pixels;
a processor configured to:
generate saved pixel data for the first color component;
generate substitute pixel data for the first color component in response to determining that, in the second frame, the pixel data for the first color component is triggered by a threshold value for a particular percentage of the plurality of pixels, the substitute pixel data generated based on the saved pixel data; and
cause the display apparatus to display the second frame using the substitute pixel data for the first color component for the plurality of pixels; and
a memory configured to store the pixel data for the first color component and the saved pixel data.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to:
store, in the memory, the pixel data for first color component in the first frame as the saved pixel data in response to determining that the pixel data for the first color component in the first frame is not triggered by the threshold value for the particular percentage of the plurality of pixels.
12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the saved pixel data for the first color component is generated at least once after a threshold number of frames have been received.
13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the connector is further configured to:
receive a third frame subsequent to the second frame, the third frame including pixel data for the first color component for the plurality of pixels; and
wherein the processor is further configured to:
cause the display apparatus to display the third frame using the pixel data for the first color component received with the third frame in response to determining that, in the third frame, the pixel data for the first color component is not triggered by the threshold value for the particular percentage of the plurality of pixels.
14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the threshold value is triggered by pixel data which is less than or equal to the threshold value.
15. A system of electronic image color correction comprising:
a computer configured to transmit pixel data for a first color component across a first connection and pixel data for a second color component across a second connection;
a display apparatus communicatively connected to the computer, the display apparatus configured to:
receive the pixel data for the first color component from across the first connection and the pixel data for the second color component from across the second connection; and
cause the computer to transmit the pixel data for the first color component across the second connection in response to determining that the pixel data for the first color component is triggered by a threshold value for a particular percentage of a plurality of pixels.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the display apparatus includes:
a connector configured to:
receive a first frame and receive a second frame subsequent to the first frame, the first and second frames including pixel data for a first color component for a plurality of pixels;
a processor configured to:
generate saved pixel data for the first color component;
generate substitute pixel data for the first color component in response to determining that, in the second frame, the pixel data for the first color component is triggered by a threshold value for a particular percentage of the plurality of pixels, the substitute pixel data generated based on the saved pixel data; and
cause the display apparatus to display the second frame using the substitute pixel data for the first color component for the plurality of pixels; and
a memory configured to store the pixel data for the first color component and the saved pixel data.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the processor is further configured to:
store, in the memory, the pixel data for first color component in the first frame as the saved pixel data in response to determining that the pixel data for the first color component in the first frame is not triggered by the threshold value for the particular percentage of the plurality of pixels.
18. The system of claim 16, wherein the saved pixel data for the first color component is generated at least once after a threshold number of frames have been received.
19. The system of claim 16, wherein the connector is further configured to:
receive a third frame subsequent to the second frame, the third frame including pixel data for the first color component for the plurality of pixels; and
wherein the processor is further configured to:
cause the display apparatus to display the third frame using the pixel data for the first color component received with the third frame in response to determining that, in the third frame, the pixel data for the first color component is not triggered by the threshold value for the particular percentage of the plurality of pixels.
20. The system of claim 16, wherein the threshold value is triggered by pixel data which is less than or equal to the threshold value.