1. A process for producing a self-cleaning surface on a coated textile sheet, said process comprising:
i) applying a plurality of hydrophobic particles having a nanostructured surface to a surface of a transfer-medium sheet,
ii) applying a coating composition and a textile sheet to said surface of said transfer-medium sheet to which said plurality of hydrophobic particles having a nanostructured surface were applied to obtain a composite,
iii) heat treating said composite, and
iv) removing said transfer-medium sheet from the composite and transferring the hydrophobic particles to the textile sheet to form the coated textile sheet having a self-cleaning surface comprising the hydrophobic particles having a nanostructured surface, wherein the process for producing a self-cleaning surface on a coated textile sheet is carried out without the use of any adhesive, binder, or adhesion promoter.
2. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said transfer-medium sheet has a hydrophobic surface.
3. The process as claimed in claim 2, wherein said transfer-medium sheet is a lamination paper.
4. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said particles have an average diameter of from 0.01 to 100 \u03bcm.
5. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said particles have an average diameter of from 0.02 to 50 \u03bcm.
6. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said particles are selected from the group consisting of minerals, aluminum oxide, silicates, hydrophobically modified silicas, metal oxides, mixed oxides, metal powders, pigments, polymers, and mixtures thereof.
7. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said particles have hydrophobic properties after treatment with at least one compound selected from the group consisting of alkylsilanes, fluoroalkylsilanes, and disilazanes.
8. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein
said coating composition has hydrophilic properties.
9. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein said coating composition comprises polyvinyl chloride, acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer (ABS), polychloroprene, or polyurethane.
10. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein in said applying, said coating composition is first applied to said surface of said transfer-medium sheet to which said hydrophobic particles were applied, and then said textile sheet is applied to said coating composition.
11. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein in said applying, said coating composition is first applied to said surface of said textile sheet, and then said composite is applied to said surface of said transfer-medium sheet to which said hydrophobic particles were applied the location of said coating composition being between said transfer medium sheet, with said particles, and said textile sheet.
12. A method for the production of a clothing, a technical textile, or a fabric for a textile building, said method comprising:
producing said clothing, said technical textile or said fabric for a textile building with a coated textile sheet having a self-cleaning surface produced by said process as claimed in claim 1.
13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said clothing is produced and said clothing is a rainwear or a safety clothing with high visibility.
14. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said technical textile is produced and said technical textile is a sun-screening cover.
15. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said fabric for textile building is produced and said fabric is a protective tarpaulin, a tenting, a truck tarpaulin, or another protective covering.
16. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic particles have an irregular fine nanostructured surface in the nanometer range.
17. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic particles have an irregular fine nanostructured surface with features in the range of from 1 to 1,000 nm.
18. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic particles have an irregular fine nanostructured surface with features in the range of from 10 to 100 nm.
19. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the process is carried out without an embossing technique.
20. The process as claimed in claim 1, which is carried out without any solvation of the surface of the coated textile sheet.
21. The process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic particles have an average diameter of from 30 to 100 \u03bcm.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1-34. (canceled)
35. A method for detecting false peaks in a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) having a power control circuit, a measurement engine, and position engine, said method comprising:
filtering an estimated pseudorange error over time; and
declaring a false peak if the filtered pseudorange error is greater than a threshold.
36. A method of 35, said method further comprising:
communicating the false peak declaration to said measurement engine.
37. A method of 35, said method further comprising:
communicating the false peak declaration to said measurement engine and communicating a level of the filtered pseudorange error to said measurement engine.
38. A method of 35, said method further comprising:
communicating a level of the filtered pseudorange error to said measurement engine and said measurement engine makes the determination when to check for the false peak.
39. A method of 35, said method further comprising:
processing an incoming signal to obtain a plurality of measurements.
40. A method of 35, said method further comprising:
signaling to said measurement engine that said system may have locked onto a false peak.