Author: claimsbot

1. A control facility for a burner system, the burner system having at least a burner, first and second actuators with which a supply of fuel and air to the burner is set, and an ionization electrode disposed in a flame zone, the control facility comprising:
at least a flame amplifier disposed at the ionization electrode for generating an ionization signal; and
a positioning facility, which, in control operation, positions the first actuator and regulates the second actuator by using a corresponding target value for the ionization signal, said positioning facility carrying out the control operation in a first test step, shifts the first and second actuators toward a changed supply ratio and in so doing captures the ionization signal in a second test step, and calculates a target value from the ionization signal and from stored data in a third test step, in the second test step, said positioning facility shifting the first and second actuators toward a supply ratio corresponding to an air coefficient above a stoichiometric value of \u03bb=1.
2. The control facility according to claim 1, wherein in the second test step, said positioning facility changes the air coefficient to a value of \u03bb>1.05.
3. The control facility according to claim 1, wherein in the second test step, said positioning facility reduces the air coefficient by a value of \u0394\u03bb<\u22120.06 to \u03bb>1.05.
4. The control facility according to claim 1, wherein said positioning facility repeats a test after 3,000 operating hours at a latest.
5. The control facility according to claim 1, wherein in the second test step, said positioning facility maintains a position of one of the first and second actuators and changes that of the other of the first and second actuators.
6. The control facility according to claim 1, wherein in the second test step, said positioning facility maintains a position of the second actuator for the supply of the fuel and changes that of the first actuator for the supply of the air.
7. The control facility according to claim 1, wherein said positioning facility repeats the first, second, and third test steps in a presence of a different supply of the air or the fuel.
8. The control facility according to claim 1, wherein in a fourth test step, said positioning facility replaces a stored target value characteristic for the ionization signal on a basis of at least one calculated target value and the stored data.
9. The control facility according to claim 1, wherein in a fourth test step, said positioning facility effects a fault-condition shut-down and closes the second actuator for the supply of the fuel on a basis of at least one calculated target value and the stored data.
10. The control facility according to claim 8, wherein the stored data contain at least part of the stored target value characteristic for the ionization signal as captured in a setting process.

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 acoustic signal encoding apparatus comprising:
a down-mixing section that mixes signals of a plurality of channels into a one-channel down-mixed signal at a ratio indicated by a down-mixing coefficient;
a level difference calculation section that calculates level difference information of the signals of the plurality of channels;
a quantization section that quantizes the level difference information calculated by the level difference calculation section using a quantization characteristic that resolution decreases as the magnitude of the level difference information becomes remote from 0; and
a multiplexing section that multiplexes the down-mixed signal mixed by the down-mixing section with the level difference information quantized by the quantization section and thereby forms a bit stream.
2. The acoustic signal encoding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a coefficient selection section that selects any down-mixing coefficient out of the plurality of different down-mixing coefficients,
wherein the multiplexing section multiplexes the coefficient selection information indicating the down-mixing coefficient selected by the coefficient selection section.
3. An acoustic signal decoding apparatus comprising:
a demultiplexing section that extracts a down-mixed signal and quantization level difference information from a bit stream formed with a one-channel down-mixed signal in which signals of a plurality of channels are mixed at a ratio indicated by a down-mixing coefficient and level difference information obtained by quantizing level differences of the signals of the plurality of channels;
a dequantization section that converts the quantization level difference information extracted by the demultiplexing section to level difference information before quantization;
a weighting section that assigns weights to the level difference information converted by the dequantization section according to the down-mixing coefficient used for the formation of the bit stream; and
a separation section that separates the down-mixed signal extracted by the demultiplexing section into a plurality of channels before mixing using the level difference information weighted by the weighting section.
4. An acoustic signal encoding method comprising the steps of:
mixing signals of a plurality of channels into a one-channel down-mixed signal at a ratio indicated by a down-mixing coefficient;
calculating level difference information of the signals of the plurality of channels;
quantizing the level difference information using a quantization characteristic that resolution decreases as the magnitude of the level difference information becomes remote from 0; and
multiplexing the mixed down-mixed signal with the quantized level difference information and thereby forming a bit stream.

What is claimed is:

1. A multi-domain liquid crystal display device comprising:
first and second substrates facing each other;
a liquid crystal layer between said first and second substrates;
a plurality of gate bus lines arranged in a first direction on said first substrate and a plurality of data bus lines arranged in a second direction on said first substrate to define a pixel region;
a pixel electrode electrically charged through said data bus line in said pixel region;
a color filter layer on said second substrate;
a common electrode on said color filter layer;
dielectric frames in said pixel region;
an auxiliary electrode in an area except said pixel region; and
an alignment layer on at least one substrate between said first and second substrates.
2. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said dielectric frame is patterned.
3. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein dielectric constant of said dielectric frame is lower than dielectric constant of said liquid crystal layer.
4. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said dielectric frame includes photosensitive materials.
5. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said dielectric frame includes a material selected from the group consisting of photoacrylate and BCB (BenzoCycloButene).
6. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary electrode is on a layer that said pixel electrode is formed on.
7. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary electrode is on a layer that said gate bus lines are formed on.
8. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary electrode is electrically connected to said common electrode.
9. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary electrode includes a material selected from the group consisting of ITO (indium tin oxide), aluminum, molybdenum, chromium, tantalum, titanium, and an alloy thereof.
10. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said common electrode has an electric field inducing window inside of itself.
11. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 10, wherein said common electrode is patterned.
12. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said common electrode includes ITO (indium tin oxide).
13. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said pixel electrode has an electric field inducing window inside of itself.
14. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 13, wherein said pixel electrode is patterned.
15. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said pixel electrode includes a material selected from the group consisting of ITO (indium tin oxide), aluminum, and chromium.
16. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, further comprising;
an over coat layer on said color filter layer.
17. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said pixel region is divided into at least two portions, liquid crystal molecules in said liquid crystal layer in each portion being driven differently from each other.
18. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said alignment layer is divided into at least two portions, liquid crystal molecules in said liquid crystal layer in each portion being aligned differently from each other.
19. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein at least one portion of said alignment layer is alignment-treated.
20. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein all portions of said alignment layer are non-alignment-treated.
21. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein at least one portion of said alignment layer is rubbing-treated.
22. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 21, wherein said alignment layer includes a material selected from the group consisting of polyimide and polyamide based materials, PVA (polyvinylalcohol), polyamic acid, and silicon dioxide.
23. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 18, wherein at least one portion of said alignment layer is photo-alignment-treated.
24. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 23, wherein said alignment layer includes a material selected from the group consisting of PVCN (polyvinylcinnamate), PSCN (polysiloxanecinnamate), and CelCN (cellulosecinnamate) based materials.
25. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 23, wherein said alignment layer is photo-aligned by ultraviolet light.
26. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 23, wherein said alignment layer is photo-aligned by irradiating light at least one time.
27. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules having positive dielectric anisotropy.
28. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules having negative dielectric anisotropy.
29. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein said dielectric frame is a spacer.
30. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a negative uniaxial film on at least one substrate between said first and second substrates.
31. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a negative biaxial film on at least one substrate between said first and second substrates.
32. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a light shielding layer on said first substrate.
33. A multi-domain liquid crystal display device comprising:
first and second substrates facing each other;
a liquid crystal layer between said first and second substrates;
a plurality of gate bus lines arranged in a first direction on said first substrate and a plurality of data bus lines arranged in a second direction on said first substrate to define a pixel region;
a pixel electrode electrically charged through said data bus line in said pixel region;
a light shielding layer in an area except said pixel region on said first substrate;
a color filter layer on said second substrate;
a common electrode on said color filter layer;
dielectric frames in said pixel region; and
an alignment layer on at least one substrate between said first and second substrates.
34. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 33, further comprising:
an auxiliary electrode in an area except said pixel region.
35. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 33, wherein said common electrode has an electric field inducing window inside of itself.
36. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 33, wherein said pixel electrode has an electric field inducing window inside of itself.
37. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 33, wherein said dielectric frame is a spacer.
38. A multi-domain liquid crystal display device comprising:
first and second substrates facing each other;
a liquid crystal layer between said first and second substrates;
a plurality of gate bus lines arranged in a first direction on said first substrate and a plurality of data bus lines arranged in a second direction on said first substrate to define a pixel region;
a pixel electrode electrically charged through said data bus line in said pixel region;
a color filter layer on said second substrate;
a common electrode on said color filter layer;
dielectric frames in said pixel region;
an electric field inducing window in said pixel region; and
an alignment layer on at least one substrate between said first and second substrates.
39. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 38, further comprising:
an auxiliary electrode in an area except said pixel region.
40. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 38, wherein said dielectric frame is a spacer.
41. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 38, further comprising:
a light shielding layer in an area except said pixel region on said first substrate.
42. A multi-domain liquid crystal display device comprising:
first and second substrates facing each other;
a liquid crystal layer between said first and second substrates;
a plurality of gate bus lines arranged in a first direction on said first substrate and a plurality of data bus lines arranged in a second direction on said first substrate to define a pixel region;
a pixel electrode electrically charged through said data bus line in said pixel region;
a color filter layer on said second substrate;
a common electrode on said color filter layer;
dielectric frames in said pixel region as a spacer; and
an alignment layer on at least one substrate between said first and second substrates.
43. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 42, wherein said common electrode has an electric field inducing window inside of itself.
44. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 42, wherein said pixel electrode has an electric field inducing window inside of itself.
45. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 42, further comprising:
an auxiliary electrode in an area except said pixel region.
46. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 42, further comprising:
a light shielding layer in an area except said pixel region on said first substrate.
47. A multi-domain liquid crystal display device comprising:
a plurality of data bus lines in which data signal is provided;
a plurality of gate bus lines crossed said data bus lines to define a pixel region;
a pixel electrode driving a liquid crystal layer;
dielectric frames in said pixel region; and
a light shielding layer in an area except said pixel region.
48. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 47, further comprising:
an auxiliary electrode in an area except said pixel region.
49. The multi-domain liquid crystal display device according to claim 47, further comprising:
an electric field inducing window in said pixel region.

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 remotely controllable flow control configuration comprising:
a body;
a plurality of flow restrictors disposed in series in the body; and
a selector fluidly connected with a plurality of channels each extending from the selector, the plurality of channels intersecting the plurality of flow restrictors at different locations in the body for selectively supplying or denying fluid to selected ones or selected portions of the flow restrictors.
2. A remotely controllable flow control configuration as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of channels is arranged in a plurality of channel sets in the body, each channel set intersecting the plurality of flow restrictors at the different locations.
3. A remotely controllable flow control configuration as claimed in claim 2 wherein each channel set includes three channels extending from one end of the body to three different outlet locations in the body.
4. A remotely controllable flow control configuration as claimed in claim 3 wherein the outlet locations are between respective ones of the plurality of restrictors.
5. A remotely controllable flow control configuration as claimed in claim 2 wherein the selector includes a number of ports corresponding to a number of the channel sets in the body.
6. A remotely controllable flow control configuration as claimed in claim 5 wherein the number of ports is four.
7. A remotely controllable flow control configuration as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of flow restrictors each has the same pressure drop thereacross.
8. A remotely controllable flow control configuration as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of flow restrictors each has a unique pressure drop thereacross.
9. A remotely controllable flow control configuration as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of flow restrictors each has one of the same pressure drop as the other of the plurality of flow restrictors or a different pressure drop than the others of the plurality of flow restrictors thereacross.
10. A remotely controllable flow control configuration as claimed in claim 1 wherein the selector is rotationally moveable relative to the body.
11. A remotely controllable flow control configuration as claimed in claim 1 wherein the selector is motor driven.
12. A remotely controllable flow control configuration as claimed in claim 1, wherein the locations are between respective ones of the one or more flow restrictors.
13. A method for remotely controlling flow downhole comprising:
initiating a signal at a remote location to actuate a flow control configuration as claimed in claim 1; and
modifying a flow profile in response to adjusting the configuration.
14. A remotely controllable flow control configuration comprising:
a body;
a plurality of flow restrictors disposed in the body;
a plurality of channels fluidly connected to the plurality of flow restrictors, each channel associated with a different one of the flow restrictors; and
a selector having one or more openings, the selector actuatable to align the one or more openings with selected ones of the channels for selectively supplying or denying fluid to the selected ones of the channels, each channel extending between its associated different one of the flow restrictors and the selector for selectively supplying or denying the fluid to associated ones or portions of the flow restrictors by intersecting the plurality of flow restrictors at different locations.