1. A portable DVD player comprising:
a generally thin prismatic enclosure having a first major surface, a second major surface separated from said first major surface, and side surfaces connecting said first major surface to said second major surface, wherein at least a portion of said first major surface includes a video display, and wherein said enclosure includes a DVD entry port such that a DVD can be inserted;
a video processor receptive to an interlaced video stream, from a DVD inserted into said enclosure, and providing a deinterlaced video stream comprising:
a first deinterlacer operative to analyze progressive frames of said interlaced video stream in an attempt to determine an original source type and sequencing used for the interlaced video stream and further operative to convert said interlaced video stream into a deinterlaced video stream using a conversion process that is dependent upon said detection of said original source type and sequencing; and
a second deinterlacer operative to reduce motion artifacts detected by a frequency analysis of said interlaced video stream; and
an output processor receptive to said deinterlaced video stream and operative to provide a scaled, deinterlaced video stream on said video display.
2. A portable DVD player as recited in claim 1, wherein said second deinterlacer is operative to detect diagonal features and to smooth said detected diagonal features.
3. A portable DVD player as recited in claim 1 wherein said video processor processes said deinterlaced video stream in vertical slices.
4. A portable DVD player as recited in claim 1 wherein said output processor is operative to scale said deinterlaced video stream to modify a video display output format of a video output stream.
5. A portable DVD player as recited in claim 1 wherein said output processor includes a data rate synchronizer between a first data rate of said deinterlaced video stream and a second data rate of a video output stream.
6. A portable DVD player comprising:
a generally thin prismatic enclosure having a first major surface, a second major surface separated from said first major surface, and side surfaces connecting said first major surface to said second major surface, wherein at least a portion of said first major surface includes a video display, and wherein said enclosure includes a DVD entry port such that a DVD can be inserted;
a deinterlacing processor receptive to an interlaced video stream, from a DVD inserted into said enclosure, and operative to provide a deinterlaced video stream; and
a video output processor receptive to the output of said deinterlacing processor, wherein said deinterlacing processor processes said interlaced video stream in vertical slices to provide a scaled, deinterlaced video stream on said video display.
7. A portable DVD player comprising:
a generally thin prismatic enclosure having a first major surface, a second major surface separated from said first major surface, and side surfaces connecting said first major surface to said second major surface, wherein at least a portion of said first major surface includes a video display, and wherein said enclosure includes a DVD entry port such that a DVD can be inserted;
a deinterlacing processor receptive to an interlaced video stream, from a DVD inserted into said enclosure, and operative to provide a deinterlaced video stream and is operative to analyze progressive frames of said interlaced video stream in an attempt to determine an original source type and sequencing used for the interlaced video stream; and
a video output processor receptive to the output of said deinterlacing processor, wherein said deinterlacing processor processes said interlaced video stream in vertical slices to provide a scaled, deinterlaced video stream on said video display.
8. A portable DVD player as recited in claim 7 wherein said deinterlacing processor is further operative to convert said interlaced video stream into a deintertaced video stream using a conversion process that is dependent upon said detection of said original source type and sequencing.
9. A portable DVD player as recited in claim 7 wherein said deinterlacing processor is operative to reduce motion artifacts detected by a frequency analysis of said interlaced video stream.
10. A portable DVD player as recited in claim 7 wherein said deinterlacing processor is operative to detect diagonal features and to smooth said detected diagonal features.
11. A portable DVD player as recited in claim 7 wherein said video output processor is operative to scale said deinterlaced video stream to modify a video display output format of a video output stream.
12. A portable DVD player as recited in claim 7 wherein said video output processor includes a data rate synchronizer between a first data rate of said deinterlaced video stream and a second data rate of a video output stream.
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 heating element comprising:
at least two electrodes, and
at least two bundles of heating sections, each bundle being electrically connected between two of said electrodes,
wherein adjacent bundles are arranged at a distance from each other so as to avoid electrical contact,
wherein each bundle comprises a plurality of heating sections arranged on at least a portion of a base surface to be heated;
wherein at least two heating sections of at least one bundle are spaced apart from one another for substantially a majority of their course, and at least one heating section forms a plurality of junction points with at least one other heating section.
2. A heating element comprising: at least two electrodes, and at least two bundles of heating sections, each bundle being electrically connected between two of said electrodes, wherein adjacent bundles are arranged at a distance from each other so as to avoid electrical contact, wherein each bundle comprises a plurality of heating sections arranged on at least a portion of a base surface to be heated;
wherein at least one bundle comprises at least three heating sections.
3. A heating element according to claim 1 wherein at least one bundle comprises at least one of copper, carbon particles, carbon fibers, carbonized synthetic filaments, silver, gold, polyamide.
4. A heating element comprising:
at least two electrodes, and
at least two bundles of heating sections, each bundle being electrically connected between two of said electrodes,
wherein adjacent bundles are arranged at a distance from each other so as to avoid electrical contact,
wherein each bundle comprises a plurality of heating sections arranged on at least a portion of a base surface to be heated;
wherein at least one heating section comprises at least one of a plurality of monofilament heating conductors, an insulating layer, and a mechanical reinforcing device.
5. A heating element according to claim 1 wherein the heating sections are arranged in parallel, concentric, zig-zag-meandering or spiral shapes in the direction in which the heating sections run.
6. A heating element according to claim 4 wherein the heating sections are arranged in parallel, concentric, zig-zag-meandering or spiral shapes in the direction in which the heating sections run.
7. A heating element according to claim 1 wherein at least one heating section includes a plurality of bends forming said plurality of junction points.
8. A heating element according to claim 7 wherein the junction points are distributed over substantially an entire length of the bundle, and at least in front of and behind a stitching seam crossing the heating bundle.
9. A heating element according to claim 1 wherein each bundle has a height equal to an overall height of three heating sections.
10. A heating element according to claim 1 wherein at least two heating sections of each bundle comprise a different material.
11. A heating element according to claim 1 comprising a carrier layer with at least one of said bundles attached to the carrier layer.
12. A heating element according to claim 11 wherein at least one electrode is attached to said carrier layer.
13. A heating element according to claim 1 wherein at least one of said bundles is disposed between a carrier layer and a cover layer.
14. A heating element comprising:
at least two electrodes, and
at least two bundles of heating sections, each bundle being electrically connected between two of said electrodes,
wherein adjacent bundles are arranged at a distance from each other so as to avoid electrical contact,
wherein each bundle comprises a plurality of heating sections arranged on at least a portion of a base surface to be heated;
wherein the heating element is at least partially overstitched by a stitching seam, the stitching seam crossing at least one bundle of heating sections at an angle (\u03b1), wherein through-points of the stitches of the stitching seam define an opening size (d) and gaps (x) from adjacent through-points, the bundles having a width (b) crossways to its longitudinal extension and in the plane of the base surface to be heated, and at least one heating section of the bundle having a width (f) crossways to its longitudinal extension and in the plane of the base surface to be heated, wherein the opening size (d) is less than the bundle width (b).
15. A heating element according to claim 14 wherein the opening size (d) is smaller than the bundle width (b) by at least the heating section width (f).
16. A heating element according to claim 15 wherein the gaps (x) are at least as great as the bundle width (b).
17. A vehicle seat cushion comprising:
a core pad;
a flexible heating element comprising: at least two electrodes, and at least two bundles of heating sections, each bundle being electrically connected between two of said electrodes, wherein adjacent bundles are arranged at a distance from each other so as to avoid electrical contact, wherein each bundle comprises a plurality of heating sections arranged on at least a portion of the core pad; and
a seat cover overlaying the heating element and coupling the heating element to the core pad
wherein at least two heating sections of at least one bundle are spaced apart from one another for substantially a majority of their course, and at least one heating section forms a plurality of junction points with at least one other heating section.
18. A vehicle seat cushion according to claim 17 wherein each bundle comprises at least three heating sections, the heating sections being arranged in parallel, concentric, zig-zag-meandering or spiral shapes in the direction in which the heating sections run.
19. A vehicle seat cushion according to claim 18 wherein at least one heating section includes a plurality of bends.
20. A vehicle seat cushion according to claim 19 wherein the junction points are distributed over substantially an entire length of the bundle, and at least in front of and behind a stitching seam crossing the heating bundle.
21. A heating element comprising:
at least two electrodes, and
at least two bundles of heating sections, each bundle being electrically connected between two of said electrodes,
wherein adjacent bundles are arranged at a distance from each other so as to avoid electrical contact,
wherein each bundle comprises a plurality of heating sections arranged on at least a portion of a base surface to be heated;
wherein the heating element is at least partially overstitched by a stitching seam, the stitching seam crossing at least one bundle of heating sections at an angle (\u03b1), wherein through-points of the stitches of the stitching seam define an opening size (d) and gaps (x) from adjacent through-points, the bundles having a width (b) crossways to its longitudinal extension and in the plane of the base surface to be heated, and at least one heating section of the bundle having a width (f) crossways to its longitudinal extension and in the plane of the base surface to be heated, wherein the gaps (x) are greater than or equal to the heating section width (f).