Author: claimsbot

1. A display method comprising:
detecting stress in a flexible display;
transforming color mapping data via a controller based at least in part on the elected stress; and
providing display data for display, wherein the display data is based on the adjusted color mapping data.
2. The display method of claim 1, further comprising:
detecting a viewing angle; and
transforming color mapping data based on the detected viewing angle.
3. The display method of claim 1, wherein detecting stress in the flexible display comprises detecting a magnitude and a location of stress in the flexible display.
4. The display method of claim 1, wherein detecting stress in the flexible display comprises using gyroscope data to estimate an angle between a first display panel and second display panel.
5. The display method of claim 1, further comprising:
creating a stress map for the detected stress in the flexible display.
6. The display method of claim 1, wherein transforming color mapping data includes adjusting brightness based on a detected amount of stress.
7. A display comprising:
a flexed region;
a flex detector for providing flex data; and
a controller for transforming color mapping data for the flexed region based at least in part on the flex data.
8. The display of claim 7, further comprising:
a first display panel; and
a second display panel, wherein the flex data is based at least in part on an angle between the first display panel and the second display panel.
9. The display of claim 7, wherein the flexed region comprises an active matrix organic light emitting diode panel.
10. The display of claim 7, further comprising:
a graphics subsystem comprising the controller; and
a display pipe for providing the transformed color mapping data.
11. The display of claim 7, wherein the flex detector is selected from an accelerometer and a gyroscope.
12. The display of claim 7, wherein the flex detector comprises a bimetallic strip.
13. The display of claim 7, further comprising:
a depth camera, wherein the controller transforms the color map data based on a viewing position measured by the depth camera.
14. A flexible display panel comprising:
a light emitting diode layer emitting colored light based on color map data;
a flex detector for determining a flex amount of a flexible region; and
a graphics subsystem:
providing a first portion of the color map data for the flexible region, wherein the first portion of the color map data is based at least in part on the flex amount; and
providing data for a second portion of the color map data for display on a non-flexed region.
15. The flexible display panel of claim 14, wherein the light emitting diode layer is an active matrix light emitting diode layer.
16. The flexible display panel of claim 14, wherein providing the first portion of the color map data is at least in part for affecting a brightness of the flexible region based at least in part on the flex amount.
17. The flexible display panel of claim 14, wherein the flex detector is selected from an accelerometer and a gyroscope.
18. The flexible display panel of claim 14, wherein the flex detector comprises a stress gauge.
19. The flexible display panel of claim 14, further comprising:
a depth camera for detecting viewpoint data.
20. The flexible display panel of claim 14, wherein the graphics subsystem further:
creating a stress map to index the flex amount to the flexible region; and
apply a color offset to the first portion of the color map data based at least in part on the stress map.

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 polyester polymer production process comprising:
(a) transporting a slurry comprising polyester polymer particles and a quench liquid through a slurry conduit coupled to a centrifugal particle dryer, wherein said dryer comprises a housing, a generally cylindrical screen located inside said housing, and a generally upright rotor configured to rotate inside said screen;
(b) discharging said slurry through an inlet opening of said screen in a discharge direction offset from the axis of rotation of said rotor, wherein said discharge direction is generally in the direction of rotation of said rotor at said inlet opening; and
(c) removing said quench liquid from said polyester polymer particles in said particle dryer to thereby produce dried particles
wherein said polyester polymer particles comprise a carboxylic acid component and a hydroxyl component, wherein said carboxylic acid component comprises at least 80 mole percent of the residues of terephthalic acid, wherein said hydroxyl component comprises at least 80 mole percent of residues of ethylene glycol.
2. The process of claim 1, wherein said discharge direction is generally tangential to said screen.
3. The process of claim 2, wherein said slurry is discharged into said dryer at a slurry discharge speed, wherein said slurry discharge speed is less than 75 percent of the tip speed of said upright rotor, and wherein the rotational speed of said upright rotor is at least 850 revolutions per minute.
4. The process of claim 1, wherein the flow velocity of said slurry in said slurry conduit is greater than 10 feet per second, and wherein said slurry conduit defines an overall flow path that is less than 50 feet long.
5. The process of claim 1, wherein said slurry has a solids content in the range of from about 2 to about 50 weight percent.
6. The process of claim 1, wherein said slurry conduit further comprises a liquid removal device, wherein said liquid removal device is operable to separate at least 50 weight percent of the total liquid from said slurry to thereby provide a concentrated slurry, and wherein said concentrated slurry has a solids content in the range of from about 25 to about 99 weight percent solids.
7. The process of claim 1, wherein said quench liquid comprises water.
8. The process of claim 1, wherein said polyester polymer particles have an average size in the range of from about 1 to about 8 millimeters.
9. The process of claim 1, wherein said quench liquid has an average temperature in the range of from about 80\xb0 C. to about 110\xb0 C.
10. The process of claim 1, wherein said dryer defines a maximum horizontal dimension (D) and a maximum vertical dimension (H), wherein said dryer has an H:D ratio in the range of from about 1.5:1 to about 20:1.
11. The process of claim 1, wherein said dryer has a liquid removal efficiency greater than about 75 percent.
12. The process of claim 1, wherein said polyester polymer particles travel generally upwardly through said dryer during said removing of step (c).
13. The process of claim 1, further comprising crystallizing at least a portion of said dried particles in a latent heat crystallizer to thereby provide crystallized particles, wherein said dried particles entering said latent heat crystallizer have an average bulk temperature in the range of from about 170\xb0 C. to about 210\xb0 C., wherein said particles have an average residence time in said crystallizer of less than 30 minutes.
14. The process of claim 13, further comprising annealing at least a portion of said crystallized particles to thereby provide annealed particles, and wherein said annealing causes the onset-of-melting temperature (Tom) of said crystallized particles to increase by at least 5\xb0 C., and wherein the average bulk temperature of said annealed particles is at least 5\xb0 C. cooler than the average bulk temperature of said crystallized particles.
15. The process of claim 14, wherein said annealed particles, when measured on a first heating DSC scan, have a low melting peak temperature greater than 190\xb0 C., and a melting endotherm area greater than the absolute value of 4 Jg.
16. An apparatus for producing polyester polymer particles from a polyester melt, said apparatus comprising:
a cutter for cutting said polyester melt into particles;
a quench zone for contacting said particles with a quench liquid;
a dryer for removing said quench liquid from said particles; and
a slurry conduit providing fluid flow communication between said quench zone and said dryer,
wherein said dryer is a centrifugal particle dryer comprising a housing, a generally cylindrical screen located in said housing, and a generally upright rotor configured to rotate inside said screen,
wherein said screen defines an inlet opening,
wherein said slurry conduit comprises a discharge section configured to discharge said slurry through said inlet opening in a discharge direction offset from the axis of rotation of said rotor, wherein said discharge direction is generally in the direction of rotation of said rotor at said inlet opening.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said dryer further comprises a removed liquid conduit operable to withdraw at least a portion of said quench liquid removed from said particles, wherein said removed liquid conduit provides fluid flow communication between said dryer and said quench zone.
18. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a particle filter located upstream of said dryer and fluidly disposed in said slurry conduit, wherein said particle filter is operable to trap agglomerated chunks of said particles, and wherein said particle filter defines a slurry inlet and a slurry outlet, wherein said slurry outlet is located at a higher vertical elevation than said slurry inlet.
19. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a quench liquid removal device fluidly disposed in said slurry conduit upstream of said dryer, wherein said quench liquid removal device comprises a liquid outlet, and wherein said quench liquid removal device comprises an angularly oriented screen.
20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said dryer further comprises a dried particle outlet, wherein said dried particle outlet is positioned at a higher vertical elevation than said inlet opening of said screen.
21. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising a latent heat crystallizer defining a dried particle inlet and a crystallized particle outlet, wherein said dried particle outlet of said dryer is in fluid flow communication with said dried particle inlet of said crystallizer.
22. The apparatus of claim 21 wherein said crystallizer comprises a shaker deck crystallizer.
23. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising an annealer defining a crystallized particle inlet and an annealed particle outlet, wherein said crystallized particle outlet of said crystallizer is in fluid flow communication with said crystallized particle inlet of said annealer.
24. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said dryer defines a maximum horizontal dimension (D) and a maximum vertical dimension (H), wherein said dryer has an H:D ratio in the range of from about 1.5:1 to about 20:1.
25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein H is in the range of from about 0.5 feet to about 100 feet, wherein D is in the range of from about 0.25 feet to about 80 feet.

1: A method of producing \u03b1 crystal structure-based alumina films, comprising:
in forming alumina films on substrates by sputtering of an aluminum metal target in an oxidizing gas-containing atmosphere, carrying out film formation intermittently in a plurality of substeps while restricting a thickness of the film formed in each substep to at most 5 nm.
2: A production method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the thickness of the film formed in each substep is not greater than 2 nm in an early stage of film formation and then is increased in middle and later stages of film formation as compared with the film thickness per substep in an early stage of film formation.
3: A method of producing \u03b1 crystal structure-based alumina films, comprising:
in forming alumina films on substrates by sputtering of an aluminum metal target in an oxidizing gas-containing atmosphere, a turntable is disposed to face a direction of sputtering of the aluminum metal target, substrates are fixed to said turntable and the alumina film formation on the substrates is carried out intermittently in a plurality of substeps while said turntable is rotated, a thickness of the film formed in each substep being restricted to at most 5 nm.
4: A method of producing \u03b1 crystal structure-based alumina films comprising:
in forming alumina films on substrates by sputtering of an aluminum metal target in an oxidizing gas-containing atmosphere, a turntable is disposed to face a direction of sputtering of the aluminum metal target, satellite rotary members are disposed on said turntable, substrates are fixed to said satellite rotary members, and the alumina film formation on the substrates is carried out intermittently in a plurality of substeps while said turntable and satellite rotary members are rotated, a thickness of the film formed in each substep being restricted to at most 5 nm.
5: A method of producing \u03b1 crystal structure-based alumina films, comprising:
in forming alumina films on substrates by sputtering of an aluminum metal target in an oxidizing gas-containing atmosphere, a turntable is disposed to face a direction of sputtering of the aluminum metal target, satellite rotary members are disposed on said turntable, further rotary members, are fitted to said satellite rotary members, substrates are fixed to said further rotary members and the alumina film formation on the substrates is carried out intermittently in a plurality of substeps while said turntable, satellite rotary members and further rotary members are rotated, a thickness of the film formed in each substep being restricted to at most 5 nm.
6: A production method as set forth in claim 3, wherein the intermittent film formation cycles are controlled by adjusting a revolution speed of said turntable, satellite rotary members, or further rotary members.
7: A production method as set forth claim 3, wherein a revolution speed of said turntable is not smaller than 3 rpm.
8: A production method asset forth in claim 4, wherein a revolution speed of said satellite rotary members is not smaller than 20 rpm.
9: A production method as set forth in claim 1, wherein an alumina film is formed intermittently on the substrate disposed to face a direction of sputtering of the aluminum metal target while reciprocally moving said substrate to cross the direction of sputtering.
10: A production method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the substrate is disposed to face a direction of sputtering of the aluminum metal target, a shutter is disposed between the aluminum metal target and the substrate, and an alumina film is formed on the substrate intermittently while opening and closing said shutter.
11: A production method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the aluminum metal target is sputtered intermittently against the substrate disposed to face a direction of sputtering of said aluminum metal target to thereby cause intermittent alumina film formation on said substrate.

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 feed supplement comprising:
(i) a culture obtainable by inoculating and cultivating Lactobacillus gasseri OLL 2716 (FERM BP-6999) in a medium containing a whey protein derivative, wherein the whey protein derivative is selected from the group consisting of a whey protein concentrate (WPC), a whey protein isolate (WPI), a hydrolysate of the whey protein concentrate, and a hydrolysate of the whey protein isolate;
(ii) Lactobacillus gasseri OLL 2716 (FERM BP-6999) bodies isolated from the culture (i); and
(iii) a supernatant of the culture (i), wherein the supernatant is obtained by removing solid matters from the culture (i);
wherein feed supplement has one or more of intestinal flora-balancing activity, anti-diarrhea activity, antioxidant activity, weight increasing activity and growth promoting activity when fed to the calves.
2. The feed supplement according to claim 1, wherein the culture, the Lactobacillus gasseri OLL 2716 (FERM BP-6999) bodies isolated from the culture, and the supernatant of the culture are in the form of at least one of a concentrated product, a pasted product, a dried product, a liquid product, a diluted product and a sterilized product.
3. The feed supplement according to claim 2, wherein the dried product is at least one of a spray-dried product, a freeze-dried product, a vacuum-dried product and a drum-dried product.
4. The feed supplement according to claim 1, which further comprises an excipient.
5. The feed supplement according to claim 4, wherein the excipient is at least one of a starch, a dextrin, a milk component, and a silicic acid.
6. The feed supplement according to claim 1, wherein the Lactobacillus gasseri OLL 2716 (FERM BP-6999) bodies are crushed after isolation from the culture.
7. A method of improving an intestinal flora, which comprises administering an effective amount of the feed supplement according to claim 1 to calves during a period from after birth to a weaning stage.
8. A method for improving intestinal flora-balancing activity, antidiarrhea activity, antioxidant activity, weight-increasing activity, and growth-promoting activity of calves by administering to the calves the feed supplement of claim 1.