Author: claimsbot

1. A process for the preparation of controlled release (CR) granules which contain micropores and are adapted for soil-application, and which are obtained by applying an active-ingredient-comprising coating to a solid carrier in a fluidized bed with a defined heat input of from about 11,864 to 25,000 kJkg of coating polymer, wherein the CR granules comprise, as coating polymer, a dispersion selected from the group consisting of: butyl acrylatestyrene copolymers, copolymer dispersions of acrylic and methacrylic esters, polyethylene wax emulsions, polyesters composed of the following units: 50 mol % dimethyl terephthalate+approximately 50 mol % adipic acid+150 mol % 1,4-butanediol and ethylenemethacrylic acid zinc salt,
which process comprises applying to the carrier in a fluidized bed:
first at least one active ingredient, and
then the coating comprising at least one coating polymer and optionally additives,
said micropores being generated in the coating by abrasion or by the use of water-soluble additives.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein the lower heat input level is about 12,927 kJkg.
3. Controlled release (CR) granules for soil-application, obtained by applying a coating comprising
one or more systemically acting strobilurin, as active ingredient, and
a coating material selected from the group consisting of: butyl acrylatestyrene copolymers, copolymer dispersion of acrylic and methacrylic esters, polyethylene wax emulsions, polyesters composed of the following units: 50 mol % dimethyl terephthalate+approximately 50 mol % adipic acid+150 mol % 1,4-butanediol and ethylenemethacrylic acid zinc salt
to a solid carrier in a fluidized bed with a defined heat input of from about 11,864 to 25,000 kJkg of coating material.
4. The CR granules defined in claim 3, wherein the coating comprises:
(a) 0.1-25% by weight of the one or more systemically acting strobilurin, as active ingredient,
(b) 1-40% by weight of the coating material, and
(c) 0-60% by weight of one or more additives, and
wherein the total of the % by weight of the components (a) to (c) amounts to 100% by weight.
5. The CR granules defined in claim 3, comprising, as solid carrier, water-soluble, water-insoluble or biodegradable granules.
6. Soil-applied CR granules as claimed in claim 3, wherein the coating further comprises one or more salicylate, as active ingredient.
7. Soil-applied CR granules as claimed in claim 3, wherein the coating further comprises one or more azole, as active ingredient.
8. Soil-applied CR granules as claimed in claim 6, wherein the coating further comprises one or more azole, as active ingredient.
9. The CR granules defined in claim 3, which wherein the CR granules are obtained by applying the polymer coating to the solid carrier with a heat input of from about 12,927 to 25,000 kJkg of coating polymer.
10. Soil-applied CR granules as claimed in claim 3 comprising, as active ingredient, at least one fungicidal compound of the formula I from amongst the class of strobilurins
in which the substituents have the following meanings:
A is NOCH3, CHOCH3, CHCH3;
Y is O, NH;
T is oxygen or oxymethylene;
Z is a group X, N\u2550C(R1)W or N\u2550C(R1)\u2014C(R2)\u2550NOR3;
X is unsubstituted or substituted heterocyclyl, unsubstituted or substituted aryl, unsubstituted or substituted hetaryl;
W is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted alkenyl, unsubstituted or substituted alkynyl, unsubstituted or substituted cycloalkyl, hetaryl;
R1 is hydrogen, cyano, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloakyl, C1-C4-alkoxy, C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkoxy-C1-C4-alkyl, C3-C6-cycloalkyl;
R2 is hydrogen, cyano, halogen, C(Rd)\u2550NOR3 or W, OW, SW or NRcW, where
Rc is hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl;
Rd is hydrogen or alkyl;
R3 is hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted alkenyl or unsubstituted or substituted alkynyl, or a salt thereof.
11. A method for controlling phytopathogenic fungi, undesired vegetation, undesired attack by insects andor for regulating the growth of plants, which comprises applying the CR granules of claim 3 to the soil which contains or will contain seeds or plants therein.

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. An image processing device processing image data provided from outside and outputting the image data to a hold type display device, the image processing device comprising a correction processing section performing a correction process to correct a pixel value in the image data for each pixel through performing a spatial LPF (low pass filter) process on the image data in a frame to be displayed in the display device according to a magnitude of a motion vector in the image data, the LPF process allowing a slope of a changing edge portion in the image data to be more gentle.
2. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising a signal characteristics detection section which detects, from the image data and based on the magnitude of the motion vector, predetermined signal characteristics information to be used in the correction process, wherein
the signal characteristics detection section detects the changing edge portion in the image data based on the magnitude of the motion vector, and detects minimum and maximum pixel values within a predetermined correction area of the pixel data as well as positions of pixels having the minimum and maximum pixel values, as the predetermined signal characteristics information.
3. The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein
the signal characteristics detection section determines a changing direction of the changing edge portion in the correction area, based on the minimum and maximum pixel values as well as the positions of pixels having the minimum and maximum pixel values, and
the correction processing section determines whether or not to perform the correction process, based on the changing direction determined by the signal characteristics detection section.
4. The image processing device according to claim 3, wherein the correction processing section determines:
to perform the correction process, when the changing direction is directed to a rising direction from a lower gradation to a higher gradation; and
not to perform the correction process, when the edge direction is directed in a falling direction from a higher gradation to a lower gradation.
5. The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein the correction area is determined based on the magnitude of the motion vector.
6. The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein the correction processing section includes a first edge replacement section replacing pixel values in a outside region which lies outside of a pixel region between the positions of pixels having the minimum and maximum pixel values in the correction area in the image data, with the minimum pixel value or the maximum pixel value detected by the signal characteristics section, and
the correction processing section performs the correction process on the image data subjected to replacement process by the first edge replacement section, through use of the LPF process.
7. The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein
the signal characteristics detection section performs a weighting process to weight a positive coefficient onto each pixel value according to a distance from a predetermined pixel of interest in the correction area to each pixel, prior to detection of the minimum pixel value and the position of the pixel having the minimum pixel value, and
the signal characteristics detection section performs a weighting process to weight a negative coefficient onto each pixel value according to a distance from a predetermined pixel of interest in the correction area to each pixel, prior to detection of the maximum pixel value and the position of the pixel having the maximum pixel value.
8. The image processing device according to claim 7, wherein
the positive coefficient or the negative coefficient or both thereof in the weighting processes is adjusted to increase with increase of a spatial frequency in the correction area.
9. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein
a tap number in a filter used for the LPF process changes according to the magnitude of the motion vector.
10. The image processing device according to claim 9, wherein
the tap number in the filter used for the LPF process is set to an odd number, irrespective of a value of the motion vector.
11. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein
magnitude of a gain in a filter used for the LPF process changes according to the spatial frequency in the correction area.
12. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein
magnitude of gain in a filter used for the LPF process changes according to the magnitude of the motion vector.
13. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein
the correction processing section performs the correction process through use of response time information which associates a response time in the display device with a magnitude of gray-scale variation, as well as use of the motion vector.
14. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a motion vector detection section detecting the motion vector in the image data.
15. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein
the correction processing section performs the correction process through executing a spatial HPF (high pass filter) process as well as the LPF process on the image data in the frame to be displayed, according to the magnitude of the motion vector, the HPF process allowing an overshoot region and an undershoot region to be provided in a vicinity of both ends of the changing edge portion in the image data.
16. The image processing device according to claim 15, further comprising a signal characteristics detection section detecting minimum and maximum pixel values within a predetermined correction area of the pixel data as well as positions of pixels having the minimum and maximum pixel values,
wherein the correction processing section includes a second edge replacement section replacing pixel values in a outside region which lies outside of a pixel region between the positions of pixels having the minimum and maximum pixel values in the correction area in the image data, with the minimum pixel value or the maximum pixel value detected by the signal characteristics section, and replacing the pixel value in the pixel region between the positions of pixels having the minimum and maximum pixel values in the correction area in the image data, with pixel values including three values of the minimum pixel value, the maximum pixel value, and a pixel value of a median pixel lying at a middle position between the positions of pixels having the minimum and maximum pixel values, and
the correction processing section performs the correction process on the image data subjected to replacement process by the second edge replacement section, through use of the HPF process.
17. The image processing device according to claim 15, wherein
each pixel in the display device has a sub-pixel structure, and
the correction processing section adjusts a gain in the HPF process to be closed to a gain in the LPF process, resulting decrease in the gain in the HPF process, when the changing direction of the changing edge portion to be corrected is directed to a rising direction from a lower gradation to a higher gradation.
18. The image processing device according to claim 15, wherein
the correction processing section performs the HPF process through use of a predetermined signal characteristics information in the image data, as well as use of the motion vector.
19. An image display system comprising:
an image processing device processing image data provided from outside; and
a hold type display device performing an image display based on processed image data outputted from the image processing device,
wherein the image processing device includes a correction processing section performing a correction process to correct a pixel value in the image data for each pixel through performing a spatial LPF (low pass filter) process on the image data in a frame to be displayed in the display device according to a magnitude of a motion vector in the image data, the LPF process allowing a slope of a changing edge portion in the image data to be more gentle.
20. The image display system according to claim 19, wherein
the correction processing section performs the correction process through executing a spatial HPF (high pass filter) process as well as the LPF process on the image data in the frame to be displayed according to the magnitude of the motion vector, the HPF process allowing an overshoot region and an undershoot region to be provided in a vicinity of both ends of the changing edge portion in the image data.

1. A housing for an electronic system, the housing comprising:
an interface opening operable to expose an interface connector that is mounted to an interface held by the housing and coupled to circuitry disposed within the housing; and
a passage having a first opening adjacent to the interface opening, having a second opening and a third opening, wherein at least one of the openings opens to an environment outside the housing without exposing the circuitry to the outside environment, the circuitry disposed in the housing not being disposed in the passage, the passage being operable to hold a communication medium that includes a communication connector attached to the interface connector and that extends from the interface connector through the first opening and the second or third openings.
2. The housing of claim 1 wherein the housing includes:
a back comprising the interface opening, and
a top covering the passage.
3. The housing of claim 1 wherein the third opening is adjacent the second opening.
4. The housing of claim 1 wherein:
the third opening is adjacent the second opening, and
the housing includes a top covering the passage, and a cap operable to close the third opening.
5. The housing of claim 1 wherein the passage is substantially straight.
6. The housing of claim 1 wherein the passage is substantially rectangular.
7. The housing of claim 1 wherein:
the first opening has an area,
the second opening has an area, and
the area of the first opening does not equal the area of the second opening.
8. The housing of claim 1 wherein:
the first opening has an area,
the second opening has an area, and
the area of the first opening is smaller than the area of the second opening.
9. The housing of claim 1 wherein the passage tapers.
10. The housing of claim 1 wherein:
the housing further comprises a storage compartment, and
the second opening opens to the storage compartment.
11. The housing of claim 1 wherein:
the housing further comprises a storage compartment, and includes a top covering the passage, and
the third opening is located on the top, and the second opening opens to the storage compartment.
12. The housing of claim 1 wherein the communication medium extends through the interface opening.
13. The electronic system of claim 1 wherein the housing includes a top that covers the passage to form a tunnel.
14. The electronic system of claim 1 wherein the housing includes a top releasably fastened to at least one of the sidewalls to convert the passage into a tunnel.
15. The electronic system of claim 1 wherein the system is a personal computer.
16. An electronic system, comprising:
circuitry having an interface; and
a housing that holds the circuitry, the housing defining an interface opening in which the interface is mounted and defining a passage having a first opening adjacent to the interface, having a second opening and a third opening, the circuitry that the housing holds not being disposed in the passage, the passage being operable to hold a communication medium coupled to the interface and to a device external to the housing without exposing the circuitry to the outside environment, wherein the medium extends from the interface through the first opening, and the second or third openings.
17. The system of claim 16 wherein the communication medium comprises a cable.
18. A computer system, comprising:
computer circuitry having an interface; and
a housing that holds the circuitry, the housing defining an interface opening in which the interface is mounted and defining a passage having a first opening adjacent to the interface, having a second opening and a third opening, the circuitry held by the housing not being disposed in the passage, the passage being operable to hold a communication medium coupled to the interface and to a device external to the housing without exposing the circuitry to the outside environment, wherein the medium extends from the interface through the first opening, and the second or third openings.
19. A method for coupling an external device to an interface mounted to a housing of an electronic system, the housing defining a passage and holding circuitry of the electronic system, the method comprising:
connecting a communication medium to the interface;
inserting the communication medium through the passage via first and second passage openings, the first opening being adjacent to the interface and the second opening being adjacent to the external device, the circuitry that the housing holds not being disposed in the passage; and
connecting the communication medium to the external device.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein the second opening opens to an interior of a storage compartment defined by the housing.
21. The method of claim 19 wherein the second opening opens to an environment outside the housing.
22. The method of claim 19 further comprising disposing the external device on top of a storage compartment defined by the housing.
23. The method of claim 19 further comprising storing the external device in a storage compartment defined by the housing.
24. The method of claim 19 further comprising disposing the external device on top of the passage.
25. The method of claim 19 further comprising:
connecting a second communication medium to the interface;
inserting the second medium through the passage via the first passage opening and a third passage opening, the third opening being adjacent to a second external device; and
connecting the second medium to the second external device.
26. An electronic system comprising:
circuitry including an interface and a processor operable to execute a program that causes the processor to perform a function;
a housing containing the circuitry and having a back that holds the interface; and
a passage defined by a portion of the housing that has a sidewall and a bottom, the bottom disposed between the passage and the circuitry, the passage having a first opening adjacent the interface, a second opening, and a third opening, the circuitry that the housing contains not being disposed in the passage, the passage being operable to hold a communication medium coupled to the interface and to a device external to the housing without exposing the circuitry in the housing to the outside environment, wherein the medium extends from the interface through the first opening, and the second or third openings.

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. An apparatus for implementing reduced video stream bandwidth requirements when remotely rendering a complex computer graphics scene comprising:
a processor,
a controller tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine readable medium used to implement reduced video stream bandwidth requirements;
said processor using said controller, reducing complexity of a scene at a server, prior to rendering a video stream that comprises the scene and transmitting the video stream to a client by adjusting predefined scene configuration parameters and providing an order and a degree to which predefined scene configuration parameters are adjusted based upon a required stream bandwidth reduction to be made.
2. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor reducing complexity of a scene at a server includes said processor using history data of processed packets to reduce complexity.
3. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor reducing complexity of a scene at a server includes said processor determining a performance level of the transmission of the video stream for a previous packet and stores a change in performance to history data; and said processor selecting an action from a combination of performance level and background level.
4. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor reducing complexity of a scene at a server includes said processor selecting an action having a highest historical performance increase.
5. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor reducing complexity of a scene at a server includes said processor removing background objects in the scene to reduce complexity.
6. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor reducing complexity of a scene at a server includes said processor disabling water ripple and reflections in the scene to reduce complexity.
7. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor reducing complexity of a scene at a server includes said processor disabling clouds in the scene to reduce complexity.
8. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor reducing complexity of a scene at a server includes said processor adjusting anti-aliasing and texture complexity in the scene to reduce complexity.
9. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor reducing complexity of a scene at a server includes said processor receiving action data and identification of input scene data from a client, and wherein providing an order and a degree to which predefined scene configuration parameters are adjusted based upon the received action data and identification of input scene data from the client.
10. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor reducing complexity of a scene at a server includes said processor selecting an action from a combination of performance and background level based on history data.
11. The apparatus as recited in claim 1 wherein said processor reducing complexity of a scene at a server includes said processor rendering output scene data into the video stream and transmitting the video stream with no adjustments made to a compression algorithm.
12-20. (canceled)