Author: claimsbot

1. A method for automatically combining layers in a multi-layer bitstream using computer hardware having a processing device and operably connected to a transmission medium, said method comprising:
a) receiving with said processing device a bitstream comprising encoded image coefficients and encoded block pattern (Cbp) information wherein said Cbp information identifies regions in said bitstream that comprise transform coefficients;
b) decoding with said processing device said Cbp information;
c) parsing with said processing device said bitstream by using said Cbp information to identify bitstream regions comprising transform coefficients;
d) scaling with said processing device first-layer transform coefficients in said bitstream to match a characteristic of a second-layer in said bitstream;
e) adding with said processing device said scaled, first-layer transform coefficients to second-layer transform coefficients to form combined coefficients in a combined layer; and
f) calculating with said processing device combined Cbp information for said combined layer wherein said combined Cbp information identifies regions in said combined layer that comprise transform coefficients.
2. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said calculating is performed only when coefficients in said second layer are predicted from said first layer.
3. A method as described in claim 1 further comprising inverse transforming said combined coefficients thereby creating spatial domain values.
4. A method as described in claim 2 further comprising selectively filtering regions of said spatial domain values based on said combined Cbp information.
5. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said first layer and said second layer have different spatial resolutions.
6. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said first layer and said second layer have different bit-depths.
7. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said first layer is a base layer.
8. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said second layer is an enhancement layer.
9. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said calculating combined Cbp information comprises testing said combined coefficients.
10. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said calculating combined Cbp information comprises computing the binary-OR of said first layer and said second layer.
11. A method as described in claim 1 wherein said calculating combined Cbp information comprises scanning coefficient lists to identify regions with residual information.
12. At least one device operably connected to a transmission medium transmitting data in a multi-layer bitstream, said at least one computing device capable of combining layers of said bitstream, said at least one computing device comprising:
a) a receiver for receiving a bitstream comprising encoded image coefficients and encoded block pattern (Cbp) information wherein said Cbp information identifies regions in said bitstream that comprise transform coefficients;
b) a decoder for decoding said Cbp information;
c) a parser for parsing said bitstream by using said Cbp information to identify bitstream regions comprising transform coefficients;
d) a scaler for scaling first-layer transform coefficients in said bitstream to match a characteristic of a second-layer in said bitstream;
e) an adder for adding said scaled, first-layer transform coefficients to second-layer transform coefficients to form combined coefficients in a combined layer; and
f) a calculator for calculating combined Cbp information for said combined layer wherein said combined Cbp information identifies regions in said combined layer that comprise transform coefficients.
13. The at least one device as described in claim 12 wherein said calculating is performed only when coefficients in said second layer are predicted from said first layer.
14. The at least one device as described in claim 12 further comprising an inverse transformer for inverse transforming said combined coefficients thereby creating spatial domain values.
15. The at least one device as described in claim 12 further comprising a filter for selectively filtering regions of said spatial domain values based on said combined Cbp information.
16. The at least one device as described in claim 12 wherein said first layer and said second layer have different spatial resolutions.
17. The at least one device as described in claim 12 wherein said first layer and said second layer have different bit-depths.
18. The at least one device as described in claim 12 wherein said first layer is a base layer.
19. The at least one device as described in claim 12 wherein said second layer is an enhancement layer.
20. The at least one device as described in claim 12 wherein said calculating combined Cbp information comprises testing said combined coefficients.
21. The at least one device as described in claim 12 wherein said calculating combined Cbp information comprises computing the binary-OR of said first layer and said second layer.
22. The at least one device as described in claim 12 wherein said calculating combined Cbp information comprises scanning coefficient lists to identify regions with residual information.

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 arrangement for damping and retarding (10) a movable part, comprising:
a damper housing (20) with a pressure member (50) guided in the damper housing (20) and a cylinder-piston unit (40) arranged in the damper housing (20) and in the pressure member (50), and
an anchoring piece (70) supported for sliding movement in the damper housing (20) and in engagement with the pressure member (50),
the anchoring piece (70) is connectable to the damper housing (20) and has elastically deformable engagement arms (74, 75) and elastically deformable transition areas, the engagement arms having two outwardly projecting gripping elements (81, 82) and also having outwardly facing engagement elements (83,84) for engagement of the anchoring piece with an engagement structure (35, 36) on the inside of the damper housing (20) for locking the anchoring piece (70) in at least two different positions, the anchoring piece (70) further including a carrier plate (73) which extends along the pressure member (50) and is provided with an anchoring lug (71) and the pressure member (50) is provided with an elongated opening (55) into which the anchoring lug (71) extends to stop movement of the pressure member (50).
2. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the damper housing (20) includes a mounting flange (11).
3. The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein the damper housing (20) includes at least one centering pin (12).
4. A hinge (1) including an arrangement for damping and retarding (10) a movable part, comprising:
a damper housing (20) with a pressure member (50) guided in the damper housing (20) and a cylinder-piston unit (40) arranged in the damper housing (20) and in the pressure member (50), and
an anchoring piece (70) supported for sliding movement in the darner housing (20) and in engagement with the pressure member (50),
the anchoring piece (70) is connectable to the damper housing (20) and has elastically deformable engagement arms (74, 75) and elastically deformable transition areas, the engagement arms having two outwardly projecting gripping elements (81, 82) and also having outwardly facing engagement elements (83,84) for engagement of the anchoring piece with an engagement structure (35, 36) on the inside of the damper housing (20) for locking the anchoring piece (70) in at least two different positions, the anchoring piece (70) further including a carrier plate (73) which extends along the pressure member (50) and is provided with an anchoring lug (71) and the pressure member (50) is provided with an elongated opening (55) into which the anchoring lug (71) extends to stop movement of the pressure member (50).
5. The hinge (1) according to claim 4, wherein the hinge is a pot hinge (1) including a hinge pot (6).
6. The hinge according to claim 5, wherein the housing (20) includes a centering pin (12) which extends into the hinge pot (6).

1. A hybrid working machine comprising:
an engine serving as a power source;
a hydraulic pump serving as a hydraulic power source of a hydraulic actuator, the hydraulic pump being driven by the engine;
a generator driven by the engine;
an electric storage device that is charged with electric power generated by the generator;
a rotation motor serving as a driving source of a rotating structure, the rotation motor being driven by the generator and the electric storage device;
electric-storage-device breakdown detecting means for detecting that the electric storage device is unusable; and
control means for controlling the generator and the rotation motor, wherein, when it is detected by the electric-storage-device breakdown detecting means that the electric storage device is unusable, the control means is configured to perform emergency evacuation control that suppresses the power consumption of the rotation motor to be less than or equal to the power generation of the generator while maintaining voltage of a direct current bus greater than or equal to a normal operation voltage of a control system of the hybrid working machine.
2. The hybrid working machine according to claim 1, further comprising:
a regenerative resistor that consumes regenerative power when the rotation motor is performing a regenerative operation; and
regenerative-resistor controlling means for controlling the regenerative resistor.
3. The hybrid working machine according to claim 1, further comprising bus voltage detecting means for detecting the voltage of the direct current bus,
wherein the electric-storage-device breakdown detecting means detects that the electric storage device is unusable when the bus voltage detected by the bus voltage detecting means at start-up in a state in which the electric storage device is connected to the direct current bus is less than a set value.

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 fluorene compound comprising:
a first 9-phenylfluoren-9-yl group which is bonded to any one of a pyridine skeleton and a pyrimidine skeleton through a first arylene group; and
a second 9-phenylfluoren-9-yl group which is bonded to the any one of the pyridine skeleton and the pyrimidine skeleton through a second arylene group,
wherein:
the first arylene group comprises one to three phenylene groups, and
the second arylene group comprises one to three phenylene groups.
2. The fluorene compound according to claim 1,
wherein:
the first 9-phenylfluoren-9-yl group comprises at least one of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, hydrogen, and an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms,
the second 9-phenylfluoren-9-yl group comprises at least one of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, hydrogen, and an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms,

the pyridine skeleton and the pyrimidine skeleton comprise at least one of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, hydrogen, and an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and
each of the first and the second arylene groups comprises at least one of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, hydrogen, and an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
3. The fluorene compound according to claim 1, represented by a formula (G1)
wherein:
R1 to R28 are separately any of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, hydrogen, and an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and
m and n are separately 1, 2, or 3.
4. The fluorene compound according to claim 3,
wherein:
m is 2 or 3, and
n is 2 or 3.
5. The fluorene compound according to claim 1, represented by a formula (G2)
wherein:
R1 to R26 are separately any of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, hydrogen, and an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and
m and n are separately 1, 2, or 3.
6. The fluorene compound according to claim 5,
wherein:
m is 2 or 3,
n is 2 or 3, and
the pyridine skeleton comprises at least one of a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl group, hydrogen, and an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
7. The fluorene compound according to claim 5,
wherein:
m is 1, and
n is 1.
8. The fluorene compound according to claim 5,
wherein:
m is 2, and
n is 2.
9. A light-emitting element comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode; and
a light emitting layer comprising the fluorene compound according to claim 1.
10. A light-emitting element comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode; and
an electron-transport layer comprising the fluorene compound according to claim 1.
11. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 9.
12. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 11.
13. A fluorene compound represented by a formula (100)
14. A light-emitting element comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode; and
a light emitting layer comprising the fluorene compound according to claim 13.
15. A light-emitting element comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode; and
an electron-transport layer comprising the fluorene compound according to claim 13.
16. A light-emitting device comprising the light-emitting element according to claim 14.
17. A lighting device comprising the light-emitting device according to claim 16.