Author: claimsbot

1. A media processor, comprising:
a controller; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the controller, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
receiving, over a network, two-dimensional image content comprising a stream of moving images;
receiving an identification of an item to be provided with depth as a selected item;
searching for a plurality of objects in the stream of moving images using image recognition;
identifying the selected item of the plurality of objects in a first image of the stream of moving images as a first object;
identifying the first object in a second image of the stream of moving images using image recognition;
identifying a second object in the first image and the second image, wherein the second object comprises a non-moving feature of the first image and the second image;
determining a perspective angle difference between the first image and the second image based on a calculation of camera angles at which the first object has been captured in each of the first image and the second image based on a translational movement of the first object with respect to a second object in the first image and the second image;
generating a third image using the first image and the second image when the perspective angle difference satisfies a three-dimensional angle threshold;
generating three-dimensional image content using the first image and the third image based on the perspective angle difference; and
providing the three-dimensional image content to a display device operably coupled with the media processor.
2. The media processor of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional angle threshold is adjustable based on criteria that does not include a presentation parameter of the display device, wherein the criteria includes one of a user selected preference, monitored viewing behavior, a type of content, or combinations thereof.
3. The media processor of claim 1, wherein the three-dimensional angle threshold is adjusted based on a presentation parameter of the display device.
4. The media processor of claim 3, wherein the operations further comprise detecting the presentation parameter of the display device without user intervention.
5. The media processor of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise detecting a viewing apparatus that is configured for viewing of the three-dimensional image content, wherein the controller presents an option for adjusting the three-dimensional image content, and wherein the three-dimensional angle threshold is adjusted based on a selection of the option.
6. The media processor of claim 1, wherein the two-dimensional image content is moving images, and wherein the controller is operable to identify the object from a character depicted in the moving images without user intervention, and wherein the two-dimensional image content is broadcast content.
7. The media processor of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise generating the three-dimensional image content by using the first and third images in alternating-frame sequencing.
8. The media processor of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise generating the three-dimensional image content by using the first and third images in polarization imaging.
9. The media processor of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise accessing selection information provided based on user input, wherein the selection information indicates types of objects to be provided with depth, and wherein the identifying of the object in the first and second images is based on the types of objects.
10. The media processor of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise superimposing the first and third images to generate the three-dimensional image content,
wherein the first image comprises a first eye image and the third image comprises a second eye image of the three dimensional image content, and
wherein the generating of the three-dimensional image content using the first image and the third image is performed without using any metadata provided with the two-dimensional image content.
11. A machine-readable storage device, comprising instructions, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, a processor performs operations comprising:
receiving over, a network, two-dimensional image content comprising a stream of moving images, wherein the two-dimensional image content is received from a single camera capturing video, and wherein the two-dimensional image content comprises a scene of related images containing a plurality of objects, wherein the plurality of objects comprise separate objects occurring in the related images;
receiving an identification of a first object to be provided with depth;
identifying the first object among the plurality of objects in a first image of the stream of moving images and in a second image of the stream of moving images;
determining that the first object undergoes a translational movement between the first and second images;
responsive to determining that the first object undergoes a translational movement between the first and second images:
identifying a second object of the plurality of objects, wherein the second object does not move in the first and second images;
determining a perspective angle difference between the first and second images based on a calculation of camera angles at which the object has been captured in each of the first and second images;
generating three-dimensional image content using the first and second images of the stream of moving images utilizing an image analysis of the object found in each of the first and second images when the perspective angle difference satisfies a three-dimensional angle threshold, wherein the three-dimensional image content is generated based on a comparison of the translational movement of the first object with respect to the second object;
adjusting a depth perspective of the three-dimensional image content as a depth adjusted image; and
providing the three-dimensional image content having the depth adjusted image to a display device operably coupled with the processor.
12. The machine-readable storage device of claim 11, wherein the three-dimensional image content comprises the first image and a third image, wherein the third image comprises the depth adjusted image of the first object,
wherein the operations further comprise superimposing the first and third images to generate the three-dimensional image content, and
wherein the first image comprises a first eye image and the third image comprises a second eye image of the three dimensional image content.
13. The machine-readable storage device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise
adjusting the depth perspective based on a presentation parameter of the display device; and
detecting the presentation parameter of the display device without user intervention.
14. The machine-readable storage device of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise:
presenting an option for adjusting the depth perspective; and
adjusting the depth perspective based on a selection of the option.
15. The machine-readable storage device of claim 11, wherein the calculation of the camera angles is determined from the image analysis of the object in each of the first and second images, wherein the image analysis includes a comparison of the object with a non-moving feature in the first and second images.
16. The machine-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the processor is one of a media processor or a gaming console and wherein the operations further comprise accessing selection information provided based on user input, wherein the selection information indicates types of objects to be provided with depth, and wherein the identifying of the object in the first and second images is based on the types of objects.
17. The machine-readable storage device of claim 15, wherein the operations comprise determining the perspective difference based on a type of camera shot.
18. A method, comprising:
receiving, over a network by a processor, two-dimensional image content comprising a stream of moving images, wherein the two-dimensional image content comprises a scene of related images containing a plurality of objects;
receiving, by the processor, a selection of an object to which a depth adjustment is to be applied as a selected object;
identifying, by the processor, the selected object as a first object of the plurality of objects found in a first image of the stream of moving images and a second image of the stream of moving images, wherein the first object undergoes a translational movement;
responsive to identifying the first object:
identifying, by the processor, a second object in the first image and the second image, wherein the second object does not move between the first image and the second image;
determining, by the processor, a perspective difference between the first object and the second object based on a calculation of camera angles at which the object has been captured in each of the first and second images, wherein the calculation of the camera angles is determined from an image analysis of the first object in each of the first and second images, wherein the image analysis comprises a comparison of the translational movement of the first object with respect to the second object in the first image and the second image;
generating three-dimensional image content using the first and second images when the perspective difference satisfies a three-dimensional perspective threshold based on the perspective difference; and
providing the three-dimensional image content to a display device.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the identifying the selected object comprises selecting a type of objects to which depth is to be added as the selected object.
20. The method of claim 18, wherein the three-dimensional image content comprises the first image and a third image, wherein the third image comprises the depth adjusted image of the first object,
wherein the method further comprises superimposing the first and third images to generate the three-dimensional image content,
wherein the first image comprises a first eye image and the third image comprises a second eye image of the three dimensional image content.

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 electrode lead of a pacemaker comprising at least one lead wire, wherein the at least one lead wire comprises:
at least one conductive core;
a first insulating layer coated on an outer surface of the at least one conductive core;
at least one carbon nanotube yarn spirally wound on an outer surface of the first insulating layer to form a carbon nanotube layer; and
a second insulating layer coated on a surface of the carbon nanotube layer;
wherein one end of the at least one conductive core protrudes from the first insulating layer to form a naked portion, and the at least one carbon nanotube yarn comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes joined end to end by van der Waals attractive forces.
2. The electrode lead of claim 1, wherein the lead wire further comprises at least one exposed portion along an extending direction of the lead wire, the at least one exposed portion is spaced from the naked portion, and at least a part of the carbon nanotube layer is exposed through the at least one exposed portion.
3. The electrode lead of claim 1, wherein the naked portion is helical.
4. The electrode lead of claim 1, wherein a screw pitch of the spirally wound carbon nanotube yarn is in a range from about 0 microns to about 5 microns.
5. The electrode lead of claim 1, wherein the at least one carbon nanotube yarn is combined with the first insulating layer by van der Waals attractive forces.
6. The electrode lead of claim 1, wherein a distance between the at least one exposed portion and the naked portion is in a range from about 2 centimeters to about 10 centimeters.
7. The electrode lead of claim 2, wherein the at least one exposed portion is a plurality of exposed portions spaced from each other along the extending direction of the lead wire.
8. The electrode lead of claim 2, wherein the lead wire further comprises a third insulating layer and a shielding layer disposed between the carbon nanotube layer and the first insulating layer, the shielding layer is disposed on the outer surface of the first insulating layer, and the third insulating layer is coated on an outer surface of the shielding layer.
9. The electrode lead of claim 2, wherein the lead wire further comprises a shielding layer disposed on an outer surface of the second insulating layer and a third insulating layer disposed on an outer surface of the shielding layer.
10. A pacemaker comprising:
a pulse generator, and
a electrode lead electrically connected with the pulse generator, the electrode lead comprising at least one lead wire, wherein the at least one lead wire comprises:
at least one conductive core;
a first insulating layer coated on an outer surface of the at least one conductive core;
at least one carbon nanotube yarn spirally wound on an outer surface of the first insulating layer to form a carbon nanotube layer; and
a second insulating layer coated on a surface of the carbon nanotube layer;
wherein one end of the at least one conductive core protrudes from the first insulating layer to form a naked portion, and the at least one carbon nanotube yarn comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes joined end to end by van der Waals attractive forces.
11. The pacemaker of claim 10, wherein the pulse generator comprises:
a power source comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode; and
a control circuit, wherein the power source, the control circuit, and the lead wire are electrically connected in series, the lead wire comprises a proximal end and a distal end opposite to the proximal end, the naked portion is located in the distal end and used to directly contact and stimulate an organ, the conductive core at the proximal end is electrically connected with the negative electrode via the control circuit, and the at least carbon nanotube yarn at the proximal end is electrically connected with the positive electrode via the control circuit.
12. The pacemaker of claim 10 further comprising:
a connector to connect the pulse generator to the electrode lead; and
a fixture to fix the electrode lead to an organ.
13. The pacemaker of the claim 12, wherein the fixture comprises a fixing ring and a plurality of fixing wings disposed on an outer surface of the fixing ring.
14. The pacemaker of the claim 11, wherein the electrode lead further comprises an electrode tip electrically connected with the distal end of the lead wire.

1. A conveying unit with a baffle, with a fuel pump arranged therein and with a filter which is arranged at the bottom of the baffle and which precedes an inlet orifice arranged in the bottom of the baffle, characterized in that, on that side of the baffle (5) which faces a tank bottom (9), ducts (11) are arranged, which are designed in such a way that fuel can flow from a circumference of the baffle (5) to the inlet orifice (8), and in that shaped elements (13) forming filters (14) are arranged in the ducts (11).
2. The conveying unit as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that those regions of the bottom (7) of the baffle (5) which form the ducts (11) are designed to be offset inwardly with respect to the remaining regions (12) of the bottom (7).
3. The conveying unit as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the bottom (7) of the baffle (5) possesses a virtually uniform wall thickness.
4. The conveying unit as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the bottom (7) of the baffle (5) has a planar design on its inside.
5. The conveying unit as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the fuel pump (6) is arranged in such a way that it sucks in fuel from a pocket (16) of the bottom (7) of the baffle (5), the pocket (16) corresponding to a region (12) having a greater axial extent.
6. The conveying unit as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the ducts are delimited laterally by upstand elements (15) arranged at the bottom (7) of the baffle (5).
7. The conveying unit as defined in claim 1, characterized in that at least two ducts (11) are arranged at the bottom (7) of the baffle (5).
8. The conveying unit as defined in claim 1, characterized in that the ducts (11) are designed, commencing at the circumference of the baffle (5), with an initially narrowing run.
9. The conveying unit as defined in claim 1, characterized in that shaped elements (13) are spaced apart from one another and are arranged in the radially outer region of the ducts (11) in such a way that the gaps occurring between the shaped elements (13) form the throughflow cross section of a filter (14).
10. The conveying unit as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that at least one shaped element (13) is not in contact with the tank bottom and the region thereby produced between the end face of the shaped element (13) and the tank bottom (9) is part of the throughflow cross section of the filter (14).
11. The conveying unit as claimed in claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the shaped elements (13) are arranged in at least two rows lying one behind the other along the radial extent.

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 gas turbine combustor assembly, comprising:
a primary combustion chamber in fluid communication with a primary fuel injector and a primary air inlet; and
a torch igniter carried by the primary combustion chamber, comprising:
an auxiliary combustion chamber housing comprising a mixing chamber and a throat region converging downstream of the mixing chamber;
an air swirler comprising a plurality of swirl openings surrounding an outlet of an auxiliary fuel injector coupled to the auxiliary combustion chamber proximate the mixing chamber; and
an ignition source projecting into the mixing chamber of the auxiliary combustion chamber.
2. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 1, wherein the auxiliary combustion chamber housing is configured to create a recirculating flow in its interior in a generally toroidal shape around an outlet of the auxiliary fuel injector, flowing away from the auxiliary fuel injector through the center of the auxiliary combustion chamber housing and toward the auxiliary fuel injector along the sidewalls of the auxiliary combustion chamber housing.
3. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 2, wherein the auxiliary combustion chamber housing is configured to create the recirculating flow in the mixing chamber.
4. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 1, wherein the plurality of swirl openings comprises a circumferential pattern of air openings oriented radially relative to the outlet of the auxiliary fuel injector.
5. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 1, wherein the plurality of swirl openings comprises a circumferential pattern of air openings oriented axially relative to the outlet of the auxiliary fuel injector.
6. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 1, wherein the outlet of the auxiliary fuel injector and the plurality of swirl openings are located upstream of the ignition source.
7. The gas turbine combustion assembly of claim 1, comprising a housing surrounding an auxiliary fuel injector associated with the auxiliary combustion chamber and an annular space between the auxiliary fuel injector and the housing, the annular space coupled to a source of air.
8. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 1, wherein:
the torch igniter comprises an outer torch igniter housing coupled to the primary combustion chamber and internally receiving the auxiliary combustion chamber housing, the outer torch igniter housing and the auxiliary combustion chamber housing defining an annular air passage therebetween having an air inlet open to the primary combustion chamber; and
wherein the swirl openings fluidly connect the annular air passage and the mixing chamber.
9. The gas turbine combustor assembly of claim 1, further comprising a purge air system, comprising:
an inlet in fluid communication with purge air source;
an outlet in fluid communication with the fuel passage of the fuel injector; and
a purge valve located between the inlet and the outlet, the purge valve comprising an actuator adjustable between a closed condition and an open condition in response to a pressure difference between the purge air source and the fuel passage of the fuel injector.
10. A method, comprising:
receiving fuel into an auxiliary combustion chamber of a gas turbine combustor assembly;
swirling air incoming into the auxiliary combustion chamber to mix with the fuel;
igniting the air and fuel mixture in the auxiliary combustion chamber; and
igniting an air and fuel mixture in a primary combustion chamber of the gas turbine combustor assembly with combusting air and fuel mixture from the auxiliary combustion chamber.
11. The method of claim 10, comprising creating a recirculating flow of air and fuel mixture in the auxiliary combustion chamber.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the auxiliary combustion chamber is generally cylindrical and comprising swirling air incoming into the auxiliary combustion chamber using a plurality of generally radially oriented air openings residing around an outlet of an auxiliary fuel injector in the auxiliary combustion chamber.
13. The method of claim 10, wherein the auxiliary combustion chamber is generally cylindrical and comprising swirling air incoming into the auxiliary combustion chamber using a plurality of generally axially oriented air openings residing around an outlet of an auxiliary fuel injector in the auxiliary combustion chamber.
14. The method of claim 10, comprising swirling air incoming into the auxiliary combustion chamber prior to igniting the air and fuel mixture in the auxiliary combustion chamber.
15. The method of claim 10, comprising supplying air into an annulus between an auxiliary fuel injector associated with the auxiliary combustion chamber and a housing around the auxiliary fuel injector.
16. The method of claim 10, comprising supplying purge air into a bore of an auxiliary fuel injector associated with the auxiliary combustion chamber when fuel pressure in the injector drops below a specified pressure.
17. A gas turbine engine, comprising:
a compressor configured to compress incoming air;
a combustor coupled to the compressor to receive the incoming air and comprising a primary combustion chamber with a primary fuel injector and a torch igniter, the torch igniter comprising:
a torch igniter fuel injector;
a torch igniter combustion chamber around the torch igniter fuel injector, the torch igniter combustion chamber tapering downstream of the torch igniter fuel injector;
an air swirler configured to swirl air incoming into the torch igniter combustion chamber; and
an igniter;
a turbine coupled to the combustor to receive combusting air and fuel from the combustor and extract energy from the combusting air and fuel.
18. The gas turbine engine of claim 17, where the torch igniter combustion chamber is configured to recirculate flow of air incoming into the torch igniter combustion chamber.
19. The gas turbine engine of claim 17, where the air swirler comprises an axial air swirler.
20. The gas turbine engine of claim 17, where the air swirler comprises a radial air swirler.