 Patent Application Title |
Patent App Num. |
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| Assisted adaptive region editing tool | 20110012922 | 20110120 |
| Properties of pixels of a digital image are sampled within different subdivisions of an editing tool impression to produce different pixel property distributions. The property distributions from each region may be automatically classified to identify different edit classes within the property space, which are then used to apply an edit effect to the digital image within the tool impression. The edit classes are represented by an edit profile, the generation of which may be completely automated based on selection of a tool impression, or partially automated using the selection of the tool impression and receipt of classification guidance input, such as one or more parameters received from user input or a configuration file. The edit classes may also be generated without reference to the pixel property... |
| Assisted adaptive region editing tool | 20110012909 | 20110120 |
| Properties of pixels of a digital image are sampled within different subdivisions of an editing tool impression to produce different pixel property distributions. The property distributions from each region may be automatically classified to identify different edit classes within the property space, which are then used to apply an edit effect to the digital image within the tool impression. The edit classes are represented by an edit profile, the generation of which may be completely automated based on selection of a tool impression, or partially automated using the selection of the tool impression and receipt of classification guidance input, such as one or more parameters received from user input or a configuration file. The edit classes may also be generated without reference to the pixel property... |
| Hierarchical control path with constraints for audio dynamics processing | 20110009987 | 20110113 |
| Information useful for modifying the dynamics of an audio signal is derived from one or more devices or processes operating at one or more respective nodes of each of a plurality of hierarchy levels, each hierarchical level having one or more nodes, in which the one or more devices or processes operating at each hierarchical level takes a measure of one or more characteristics of the audio signal such that the one or more devices or processes operating at each successively lower hierarchical level takes a measure of one or more characteristics of progressively smaller subdivisions of the audio signal.
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| Method and apparatus for retrieving nearby data | 20100332547 | 20101230 |
| An approach is provided for retrieving nearby data from two-dimensional datasets. A two-dimensional data retrieving platform receives data objects of a two-dimensional dataset, and recursively divides the two-dimensional dataset into S×S number of subdivisions until reaching a data object level and an initial data object. S is a positive integer that is equal to or greater than 2. The two-dimensional data retrieving platform then selects and stores the initial data object into a memory, and sequentially fetches data objects which are near-by the initial data object on a two-dimensional plane in a spiral order in an initial subdivision, and stores the fetched data objects in a linear order into the memory.
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| Integrated rfid sensor method and system | 20100332245 | 20101230 |
| A healthcare system is provided with RF sensor modules that can be integrated into various components and subsystems or that can be retrofit. Sensors modules include a sensor adapted to detect operational data. The modules may process and store the data, and perform aggregation functions to simplify or reduce the data. The data is then collected from the modules by an RF transceiver and conveyed to downstream processing layers. The processing layers may evaluate the operation of the components or subsystems, or the overall health or functioning of the component, subsystem, or any other useful subdivision of the healthcare system.
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| Printing of position-coded documents | 20100315660 | 20101216 |
| A digital pen and paper system allows for printing of a document page superimposed on a pattern unit which is a unique part of a position-coding pattern. The system allows a user to change the format of the document page at the time of printing. To this end, the position-coding pattern is subdivided into predetermined pattern units, which are associated with a respective predetermined format. Knowledge about the pattern subdivision and its association with different formats is shared between a document generating part and a position processing part of the system. Thus, a method and apparatus in the document generating part enables the document page to be printed together with a pattern unit that is associated with a format selected by the user. Thereby, positions encoded... |
| Method and system for transaction based profiling of customers within a merchant network | 20100301114 | 20101202 |
| A computer-based method for managing a profile for a cardholder is provided. The cardholder having an account associated with a payment card. The method includes electronically receiving, at the computer, transaction information for a cardholder for transactions with at least a first business entity and a second business entity, the transaction information including data representing each transaction initiated by the cardholder using the payment card and at least one subdivision within the first business entity, the transaction information further including data representing each transaction initiated by the cardholder using the payment card and the second business entity. The method also includes electronically storing the transaction information within the database, generating a profile of the stored transaction information for the cardholder, the profile including a type, a... |
| Electronic commerce transaction method and electronic commerce transaction system for enterprise network marketing and purchase outsourcing | 20100299216 | 20101125 |
| The invention discloses an electronic business method and system for enterprise cyber marketing and procurement outsourcing. The electronic business system includes: an enterprise information publishing system; a professional information publishing system; an authorizing, sending, receiving and managing system for email, network telephone, network fax and instant messaging tool; a bidding system; a B2B information flow subdivision charging system; a mutual evaluation system; and a complaint management system. In particular, the invention can be applied to a B2B electronic business method to overcome limitations of the existing B2B method. The invention is a people-oriented electronic business method and system, a multi-lingual professional online support method that is based on demands and with a low cost. The invention allows an enterprise to outsource its cyber marketing and procurement... |
| Body surface imaging | 20100277571 | 20101104 |
| An embodiment of the invention may provide a portable, inexpensive two-view 3D stereo vision imaging system, which acquires a 3D surface model and dimensions of an object. The system may comprise front-side and back-side stereo imagers which each have a projector and at least two digital cameras to image the object from different perspectives. An embodiment may include a method for reconstructing an image of a human body from the data of a two-view body scanner by obtaining a front scan image data point set and a back scan image data point set. A smooth body image may be gained by processing the data point sets using the following steps: (1) data resampling; (2) initial mesh generation; (3) mesh simplification; and (4) mesh subdivision and optimization.
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| Methods for assaying gene imprinting and methylated cpg islands | 20100273658 | 20101028 |
| Genomic imprinting is a parent of origin-dependent gene silencing that involves marking of alleles in the germline and differential expression in somatic cells of the offspring. Imprinted genes and abnormal imprinting have been implicated in development, human disease, and embryonic stem cell transplantation. We have established a model system for genomic imprinting using pluripotent 8.5 d.p.c. mouse embryonic germ (EG) cell lines derived from an interspecific cross. We find that allele-specific imprinted gene expression has been lost in these cells. However, partial restoration of allele-specific silencing can occur for some imprinted genes after in vitro differentiation of EG cells into somatic cell lineages, indicating the presence of a gametic memory that is separable from allele-specific gene silencing. We have also generated a library containing most methylated... |
| Process for increasing purity of solid brominated flame retardants during preparation | 20100268003 | 20101021 |
| Processes for preparing brominated aromatic flame retardant having a reduced content of occluded free bromine are described. The processes comprise subdividing, during bromination of an aromatic compound, solid particles that form in a bromination reaction mixture in which an excess of liquid bromine and a Lewis acid bromination catalyst are present, said subdividing taking place within the confines of said reaction mixture. Subdivision is effected by grinding, milling, or sonication.
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| Cooling device for high pressure homogenizing apparatus | 20100260006 | 20101014 |
| A suspension contains a base material including a fine solid matter. The base material may be in the form of a semifluid matter. The base material is compressed with a high pressure. The compressed base material is passed through an orifice at a high speed. The orifice includes a small clearance defined between (a) the end of the movable valve provided slidably and rotatably in the length direction inside of the cylinder case and (b) the opposing wall surface of the cylinder case. For dispersion, to emulsification, crushing, and subdivision of the base material, there is provided a heat exchange unit including continuous conduits through which a cooling medium can flow, the conduits extending over a desired length in the length direction about the orifice as... |
| View-dependent rendering of parametric surfaces | 20100259540 | 20101014 |
| Views of parametric surfaces are rendered. A set of parametric surface patches representing a parametric surface being rendered is projected onto a scene, producing a set of view-projected surface patches. Each view-projected surface patch is identified for either culling, subdivision or rendering. For patches which are identified for subdivision, the patches are recursively subdivided into sub-patches until for each sub-patch a prescribed screen-space projection of the sub-patch satisfies a prescribed screen-space error metric. Once the error metric is satisfied, the sub-patch is identified for rendering. Patches and sub-patches which have been identified for rendering are prepared and rendered.
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| Systems and/or methods for paging control including selective paging element display according to a binary subdivision and/or a serial progressive display approach | 20100257486 | 20101007 |
| Certain exemplary embodiments disclosed herein relate to paging systems and methods that help users navigate through large or small datasets. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, paging control elements are provided according to either a binary subdivision approach or a serial progressive approach. Paging control elements are displayed according to either the binary subdivision approach or the serial progressive approach in dependence on a determination as to which approach is more advantageous based at least in part on factors such as, for example, total number of pages, current page location, distance to end points, screen size, etc.
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| Integrated circuit device and method for forming the same | 20100244102 | 20100930 |
| In an integrated circuit device, element power supply lines connected to a circuit containing a plurality of cells, element ground lines connected thereto, a trunk power supply line connected to each of the element power supply lines, and a trunk ground line connected to each of the element ground lines are provided in a first wiring layer. A branch power supply line connected to the trunk power supply line and a branch ground line connected to the trunk ground line are provided in an upper wiring layer located above the first wiring layer. A wiring structure is determined based on a wiring structure equation expressing the relations among a voltage drop in the lines, the area occupied thereby, and a current consumed thereby and on a... |
| Method and apparatus for increasing yield in a memory device | 20100238751 | 20100923 |
| An electronic circuit includes multiple circuit elements arranged into multiple distinct subdivisions, each subdivision having a separate voltage supply connection for conveying power to the subdivision. The electronic circuit further includes a controller including multiple outputs, each of the outputs being connected to a corresponding one of the voltage supply connections. When a given one of the subdivisions does not include a weak circuit element, the controller supplies a first voltage level to the given subdivision via the corresponding voltage supply connection. When the given subdivision includes at least one weak circuit element, the controller is operative to supply at least a second voltage level to the given subdivision via the corresponding voltage supply connection, the second voltage level being greater than the first voltage level.
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| System and method for spatial partitioning of cad models | 20100235146 | 20100916 |
| A method and related CAD system and computer readable medium. A method includes loading an object model in a CAD system, the object model including a plurality of parts each of which may contain one or more shapes which in turn are composed of multiple polygons. The method includes adding the shapes to a spatial tree, the shapes each corresponding to at least one cell, each cell corresponding to a spatial region of the object model. The method also includes, for each cell that is too complex to process within a memory space of the CAD system, subdividing the cell into a plurality of subcells using a first subdivision process. The method also includes subdividing each cell into a plurality of subcells using a multi-threaded subdivision... |
| Pressure bulkhead and method for subdivision of an aircraft or spacecraft | 20100230539 | 20100916 |
| The present invention provides a pressure bulkhead for subdivision of an aircraft or spacecraft into an internal and an external pressure region. The pressure bulkhead comprises a pressure plate having an edge shaped so as to correspond to an inner contour of the aircraft or spacecraft, a supporting means which tiltably supports the edge on the inner contour, and a seal which seals the edge with the inner contour. A further aspect of the invention provides a method for subdivision of an aircraft or spacecraft into an internal and an external pressure region. Firstly, a pressure plate is provided that has an edge shaped so as to correspond to an inner contour of the aircraft or spacecraft. In further steps, the edge is tiltably supported on... |
| Interpolation processing method and interpolation processor | 20100220099 | 20100902 |
| When an interpolation point is interpolated using a curve/curved surface, represented by control points, such as a B-Spline curve/curved surface or a subdivision surface, interpolation processing is performed in such a way that a moving vector for moving each control point is calculated using position information on interpolation points constituting the point group, as well as vector information on the unit direction vector that is set for each interpolation point, and the control point is moved in the movement direction and for the movement amount of this moving vector. By, repeating the generation step of a curve/curved surface that interpolates the interpolation point and the movement step of the control point, the position of a new control point is found that fits the curve/curved surface to... |
| Receipting and dispensing banknote module for equipments of automatic deposit and withdrawl of banknotes | 20100218707 | 20100902 |
| Receipting and dispensing module (32-1) for equipments of automatic deposit and withdrawal of banknotes including a banknote seat (234) for storing banknotes (32) with arrangement in superimposition and subdivision in two banknote stacks (238f and 238r) and a couple of insertion and extraction devices (241f and 241r) for the insertion and the extraction of the banknotes. The banknote seat (234) is usable by each banknote stack and the insertion and extraction devices are arranged at the ends of the banknote seat. The module (32-i) comprises an input-output passage (82) and a diverting member (246) controllable for causing the banknotes to transit between the input-output passage (82) and one or the other insertion and extraction device. Guiding and moving elements (247) are provided for guiding and moving... |
| Subdivision weighting for robust object model fitting | 20100214289 | 20100826 |
| Aspects of the present invention include systems and methods for forming generative models, for utilizing those models, or both. In embodiments, an object model fitting system can be developed comprising a 3D active appearance model (AAM) model. The 3D AAM comprises an appearance model comprising a set of subcomponent appearance models that is constrained by a 3D shape model. In embodiments, the 3D AAM may be generated using a balanced set of training images. The object model fitting system may further comprise one or more manifold constraints, one or more weighting factors, or both. Applications of the present invention include, but are not limited to, modeling and/or fitting face images, although the teachings of the present invention can be applied to modeling/fitting other objects.
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| Generating three-dimensional fadeÇade models from images | 20100201682 | 20100812 |
| The subject disclosure relates to generating three-dimensional façade models from images. In one aspect, a systematic decomposition schema is disclosed for a façade structured into a Direct Acyclic Graph and implemented as a top-down recursive subdivision and bottom-up merging. In a further aspect, optimization of façade depth operating in a façade surface and in the super-pixel level of a whole subdivision region is described.
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| Apparatus and method for timing synchronization in a communication system | 20100195565 | 20100805 |
| An apparatus is capable of restoring a clock of a second node in a communication system with a symmetric network construction of a first node that is capable of receiving a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal, and the second node that is not capable of receiving a GPS signal. The method includes identifying synchronization information received from the first node, determining a delay with the first node, generating a clock using the synchronization information and delay, removing a clock phase being out of a reference range in a phase identification interval, dividing the phase identification interval into at least two subdivision intervals, and removing a clock phase being out of a normal operation range of a phase in each subdivision interval.
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| System and method for visualizing connected temporal and spatial information as an integrated visual representation on a user interface | 20100185984 | 20100722 |
| A system and method for configuring the presentation of a plurality of presentation elements in a visual representation on a user interface, the presentation elements having both temporal and spatial parameters, the method comprising the steps of: defining a time bar with a time scale having time indicators as subdivisions of the time scale and having a first global temporal limit and a second temporal global limit of the time scale for defining a temporal domain of the presentation elements, defining a focus range of the time bar such that the focus range has a first local temporal limit and a second local temporal limit wherein the first local temporal limit is greater than or equal to the first global temporal limit and the second local... |
| Representation system | 20100182221 | 20100722 |
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| Representation system | 20100177094 | 20100715 |
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| Non-volatile memory with dynamic multi-mode operation | 20100174854 | 20100708 |
| A method and system for extending the life span of a flash memory device. The flash memory device is dynamically configurable to store data in the single bit per cell (SBC) storage mode or the multiple bit per cell (MBC) mode, such that both SBC data and MBC data co-exist within the same memory array. One or more tag bits stored in each page of the memory is used to indicate the type of storage mode used for storing the data in the corresponding subdivision, where a subdivision can be a bank, block or page. A controller monitors the number of program-erase cycles corresponding to each page for selectively changing the storage mode in order to maximize lifespan of any subdivision of the multi-mode flash memory... |
| Multiple-sensor tracking processing method with reduced latency time | 20100156698 | 20100624 |
| A multiple-sensor tracking method, notably implemented in an air traffic control system, making it possible to reduce the latency time introduced by the tracking system, characterized in that the correlation (302) and association (303) functions work on the basis of membership of the detections (502) and of the tracks (503, 504) to cells (510, 511) defining a subdivision into a grid (501) of the surveillance area represented on a stereographic projection plane.
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| Silhouette image acquisition | 20100141682 | 20100610 |
| Systems and techniques to acquire image data. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: acquiring image data for a plurality of areas of a scan region. The technique may further include processing the image data to determine whether an area includes one or more desired features. The technique may further include designating an area as “interesting” if it includes a desired feature, and designating an area as non-interesting if it does not include the desired feature. The areas may be sub-divided one or more times, and subdivisions may be analyzed to determine if they include a desired feature.
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| Set mode passive location in toa/tdoa modes | 20100141529 | 20100610 |
| The present invention addresses the resolving of the problems associated with the passive location of targets in TOA (Time of Arrival) or TDOA (Time Difference of Arrivals) mode. The method of passively locating a target in TOA or TDOA mode implements a meshing (subdivision) into blocks of the space in which the location area is situated. The set of the blocks that form this mesh is analyzed iteratively. On each iteration, each block of interest is subdivided into smaller identical subblocks. A block of interest is, according to the invention, a block including at least one point belonging to the location area being sought for which the shape is to be determined. The iterative process is stopped when the size of the subblocks obtained on the... |
| Assisted adaptive region editing tool | 20110012922 | 20110120 |
| Properties of pixels of a digital image are sampled within different subdivisions of an editing tool impression to produce different pixel property distributions. The property distributions from each region may be automatically classified to identify different edit classes within the property space, which are then used to apply an edit effect to the digital image within the tool impression. The edit classes are represented by an edit profile, the generation of which may be completely automated based on selection of a tool impression, or partially automated using the selection of the tool impression and receipt of classification guidance input, such as one or more parameters received from user input or a configuration file. The edit classes may also be generated without reference to the pixel property... |
| Assisted adaptive region editing tool | 20110012909 | 20110120 |
| Properties of pixels of a digital image are sampled within different subdivisions of an editing tool impression to produce different pixel property distributions. The property distributions from each region may be automatically classified to identify different edit classes within the property space, which are then used to apply an edit effect to the digital image within the tool impression. The edit classes are represented by an edit profile, the generation of which may be completely automated based on selection of a tool impression, or partially automated using the selection of the tool impression and receipt of classification guidance input, such as one or more parameters received from user input or a configuration file. The edit classes may also be generated without reference to the pixel property... |
| Hierarchical control path with constraints for audio dynamics processing | 20110009987 | 20110113 |
| Information useful for modifying the dynamics of an audio signal is derived from one or more devices or processes operating at one or more respective nodes of each of a plurality of hierarchy levels, each hierarchical level having one or more nodes, in which the one or more devices or processes operating at each hierarchical level takes a measure of one or more characteristics of the audio signal such that the one or more devices or processes operating at each successively lower hierarchical level takes a measure of one or more characteristics of progressively smaller subdivisions of the audio signal.
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| Method and apparatus for retrieving nearby data | 20100332547 | 20101230 |
| An approach is provided for retrieving nearby data from two-dimensional datasets. A two-dimensional data retrieving platform receives data objects of a two-dimensional dataset, and recursively divides the two-dimensional dataset into S×S number of subdivisions until reaching a data object level and an initial data object. S is a positive integer that is equal to or greater than 2. The two-dimensional data retrieving platform then selects and stores the initial data object into a memory, and sequentially fetches data objects which are near-by the initial data object on a two-dimensional plane in a spiral order in an initial subdivision, and stores the fetched data objects in a linear order into the memory.
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| Integrated rfid sensor method and system | 20100332245 | 20101230 |
| A healthcare system is provided with RF sensor modules that can be integrated into various components and subsystems or that can be retrofit. Sensors modules include a sensor adapted to detect operational data. The modules may process and store the data, and perform aggregation functions to simplify or reduce the data. The data is then collected from the modules by an RF transceiver and conveyed to downstream processing layers. The processing layers may evaluate the operation of the components or subsystems, or the overall health or functioning of the component, subsystem, or any other useful subdivision of the healthcare system.
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| Printing of position-coded documents | 20100315660 | 20101216 |
| A digital pen and paper system allows for printing of a document page superimposed on a pattern unit which is a unique part of a position-coding pattern. The system allows a user to change the format of the document page at the time of printing. To this end, the position-coding pattern is subdivided into predetermined pattern units, which are associated with a respective predetermined format. Knowledge about the pattern subdivision and its association with different formats is shared between a document generating part and a position processing part of the system. Thus, a method and apparatus in the document generating part enables the document page to be printed together with a pattern unit that is associated with a format selected by the user. Thereby, positions encoded... |
| Method and system for transaction based profiling of customers within a merchant network | 20100301114 | 20101202 |
| A computer-based method for managing a profile for a cardholder is provided. The cardholder having an account associated with a payment card. The method includes electronically receiving, at the computer, transaction information for a cardholder for transactions with at least a first business entity and a second business entity, the transaction information including data representing each transaction initiated by the cardholder using the payment card and at least one subdivision within the first business entity, the transaction information further including data representing each transaction initiated by the cardholder using the payment card and the second business entity. The method also includes electronically storing the transaction information within the database, generating a profile of the stored transaction information for the cardholder, the profile including a type, a... |
| Electronic commerce transaction method and electronic commerce transaction system for enterprise network marketing and purchase outsourcing | 20100299216 | 20101125 |
| The invention discloses an electronic business method and system for enterprise cyber marketing and procurement outsourcing. The electronic business system includes: an enterprise information publishing system; a professional information publishing system; an authorizing, sending, receiving and managing system for email, network telephone, network fax and instant messaging tool; a bidding system; a B2B information flow subdivision charging system; a mutual evaluation system; and a complaint management system. In particular, the invention can be applied to a B2B electronic business method to overcome limitations of the existing B2B method. The invention is a people-oriented electronic business method and system, a multi-lingual professional online support method that is based on demands and with a low cost. The invention allows an enterprise to outsource its cyber marketing and procurement... |
| Body surface imaging | 20100277571 | 20101104 |
| An embodiment of the invention may provide a portable, inexpensive two-view 3D stereo vision imaging system, which acquires a 3D surface model and dimensions of an object. The system may comprise front-side and back-side stereo imagers which each have a projector and at least two digital cameras to image the object from different perspectives. An embodiment may include a method for reconstructing an image of a human body from the data of a two-view body scanner by obtaining a front scan image data point set and a back scan image data point set. A smooth body image may be gained by processing the data point sets using the following steps: (1) data resampling; (2) initial mesh generation; (3) mesh simplification; and (4) mesh subdivision and optimization.
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| Methods for assaying gene imprinting and methylated cpg islands | 20100273658 | 20101028 |
| Genomic imprinting is a parent of origin-dependent gene silencing that involves marking of alleles in the germline and differential expression in somatic cells of the offspring. Imprinted genes and abnormal imprinting have been implicated in development, human disease, and embryonic stem cell transplantation. We have established a model system for genomic imprinting using pluripotent 8.5 d.p.c. mouse embryonic germ (EG) cell lines derived from an interspecific cross. We find that allele-specific imprinted gene expression has been lost in these cells. However, partial restoration of allele-specific silencing can occur for some imprinted genes after in vitro differentiation of EG cells into somatic cell lineages, indicating the presence of a gametic memory that is separable from allele-specific gene silencing. We have also generated a library containing most methylated... |
| Process for increasing purity of solid brominated flame retardants during preparation | 20100268003 | 20101021 |
| Processes for preparing brominated aromatic flame retardant having a reduced content of occluded free bromine are described. The processes comprise subdividing, during bromination of an aromatic compound, solid particles that form in a bromination reaction mixture in which an excess of liquid bromine and a Lewis acid bromination catalyst are present, said subdividing taking place within the confines of said reaction mixture. Subdivision is effected by grinding, milling, or sonication.
... |
| Cooling device for high pressure homogenizing apparatus | 20100260006 | 20101014 |
| A suspension contains a base material including a fine solid matter. The base material may be in the form of a semifluid matter. The base material is compressed with a high pressure. The compressed base material is passed through an orifice at a high speed. The orifice includes a small clearance defined between (a) the end of the movable valve provided slidably and rotatably in the length direction inside of the cylinder case and (b) the opposing wall surface of the cylinder case. For dispersion, to emulsification, crushing, and subdivision of the base material, there is provided a heat exchange unit including continuous conduits through which a cooling medium can flow, the conduits extending over a desired length in the length direction about the orifice as... |
| View-dependent rendering of parametric surfaces | 20100259540 | 20101014 |
| Views of parametric surfaces are rendered. A set of parametric surface patches representing a parametric surface being rendered is projected onto a scene, producing a set of view-projected surface patches. Each view-projected surface patch is identified for either culling, subdivision or rendering. For patches which are identified for subdivision, the patches are recursively subdivided into sub-patches until for each sub-patch a prescribed screen-space projection of the sub-patch satisfies a prescribed screen-space error metric. Once the error metric is satisfied, the sub-patch is identified for rendering. Patches and sub-patches which have been identified for rendering are prepared and rendered.
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| Systems and/or methods for paging control including selective paging element display according to a binary subdivision and/or a serial progressive display approach | 20100257486 | 20101007 |
| Certain exemplary embodiments disclosed herein relate to paging systems and methods that help users navigate through large or small datasets. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, paging control elements are provided according to either a binary subdivision approach or a serial progressive approach. Paging control elements are displayed according to either the binary subdivision approach or the serial progressive approach in dependence on a determination as to which approach is more advantageous based at least in part on factors such as, for example, total number of pages, current page location, distance to end points, screen size, etc.
... |
| Integrated circuit device and method for forming the same | 20100244102 | 20100930 |
| In an integrated circuit device, element power supply lines connected to a circuit containing a plurality of cells, element ground lines connected thereto, a trunk power supply line connected to each of the element power supply lines, and a trunk ground line connected to each of the element ground lines are provided in a first wiring layer. A branch power supply line connected to the trunk power supply line and a branch ground line connected to the trunk ground line are provided in an upper wiring layer located above the first wiring layer. A wiring structure is determined based on a wiring structure equation expressing the relations among a voltage drop in the lines, the area occupied thereby, and a current consumed thereby and on a... |
| Method and apparatus for increasing yield in a memory device | 20100238751 | 20100923 |
| An electronic circuit includes multiple circuit elements arranged into multiple distinct subdivisions, each subdivision having a separate voltage supply connection for conveying power to the subdivision. The electronic circuit further includes a controller including multiple outputs, each of the outputs being connected to a corresponding one of the voltage supply connections. When a given one of the subdivisions does not include a weak circuit element, the controller supplies a first voltage level to the given subdivision via the corresponding voltage supply connection. When the given subdivision includes at least one weak circuit element, the controller is operative to supply at least a second voltage level to the given subdivision via the corresponding voltage supply connection, the second voltage level being greater than the first voltage level.
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| System and method for spatial partitioning of cad models | 20100235146 | 20100916 |
| A method and related CAD system and computer readable medium. A method includes loading an object model in a CAD system, the object model including a plurality of parts each of which may contain one or more shapes which in turn are composed of multiple polygons. The method includes adding the shapes to a spatial tree, the shapes each corresponding to at least one cell, each cell corresponding to a spatial region of the object model. The method also includes, for each cell that is too complex to process within a memory space of the CAD system, subdividing the cell into a plurality of subcells using a first subdivision process. The method also includes subdividing each cell into a plurality of subcells using a multi-threaded subdivision... |
| Pressure bulkhead and method for subdivision of an aircraft or spacecraft | 20100230539 | 20100916 |
| The present invention provides a pressure bulkhead for subdivision of an aircraft or spacecraft into an internal and an external pressure region. The pressure bulkhead comprises a pressure plate having an edge shaped so as to correspond to an inner contour of the aircraft or spacecraft, a supporting means which tiltably supports the edge on the inner contour, and a seal which seals the edge with the inner contour. A further aspect of the invention provides a method for subdivision of an aircraft or spacecraft into an internal and an external pressure region. Firstly, a pressure plate is provided that has an edge shaped so as to correspond to an inner contour of the aircraft or spacecraft. In further steps, the edge is tiltably supported on... |
| Interpolation processing method and interpolation processor | 20100220099 | 20100902 |
| When an interpolation point is interpolated using a curve/curved surface, represented by control points, such as a B-Spline curve/curved surface or a subdivision surface, interpolation processing is performed in such a way that a moving vector for moving each control point is calculated using position information on interpolation points constituting the point group, as well as vector information on the unit direction vector that is set for each interpolation point, and the control point is moved in the movement direction and for the movement amount of this moving vector. By, repeating the generation step of a curve/curved surface that interpolates the interpolation point and the movement step of the control point, the position of a new control point is found that fits the curve/curved surface to... |
| Receipting and dispensing banknote module for equipments of automatic deposit and withdrawl of banknotes | 20100218707 | 20100902 |
| Receipting and dispensing module (32-1) for equipments of automatic deposit and withdrawal of banknotes including a banknote seat (234) for storing banknotes (32) with arrangement in superimposition and subdivision in two banknote stacks (238f and 238r) and a couple of insertion and extraction devices (241f and 241r) for the insertion and the extraction of the banknotes. The banknote seat (234) is usable by each banknote stack and the insertion and extraction devices are arranged at the ends of the banknote seat. The module (32-i) comprises an input-output passage (82) and a diverting member (246) controllable for causing the banknotes to transit between the input-output passage (82) and one or the other insertion and extraction device. Guiding and moving elements (247) are provided for guiding and moving... |
| Subdivision weighting for robust object model fitting | 20100214289 | 20100826 |
| Aspects of the present invention include systems and methods for forming generative models, for utilizing those models, or both. In embodiments, an object model fitting system can be developed comprising a 3D active appearance model (AAM) model. The 3D AAM comprises an appearance model comprising a set of subcomponent appearance models that is constrained by a 3D shape model. In embodiments, the 3D AAM may be generated using a balanced set of training images. The object model fitting system may further comprise one or more manifold constraints, one or more weighting factors, or both. Applications of the present invention include, but are not limited to, modeling and/or fitting face images, although the teachings of the present invention can be applied to modeling/fitting other objects.
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| Generating three-dimensional fadeÇade models from images | 20100201682 | 20100812 |
| The subject disclosure relates to generating three-dimensional façade models from images. In one aspect, a systematic decomposition schema is disclosed for a façade structured into a Direct Acyclic Graph and implemented as a top-down recursive subdivision and bottom-up merging. In a further aspect, optimization of façade depth operating in a façade surface and in the super-pixel level of a whole subdivision region is described.
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| Apparatus and method for timing synchronization in a communication system | 20100195565 | 20100805 |
| An apparatus is capable of restoring a clock of a second node in a communication system with a symmetric network construction of a first node that is capable of receiving a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal, and the second node that is not capable of receiving a GPS signal. The method includes identifying synchronization information received from the first node, determining a delay with the first node, generating a clock using the synchronization information and delay, removing a clock phase being out of a reference range in a phase identification interval, dividing the phase identification interval into at least two subdivision intervals, and removing a clock phase being out of a normal operation range of a phase in each subdivision interval.
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| System and method for visualizing connected temporal and spatial information as an integrated visual representation on a user interface | 20100185984 | 20100722 |
| A system and method for configuring the presentation of a plurality of presentation elements in a visual representation on a user interface, the presentation elements having both temporal and spatial parameters, the method comprising the steps of: defining a time bar with a time scale having time indicators as subdivisions of the time scale and having a first global temporal limit and a second temporal global limit of the time scale for defining a temporal domain of the presentation elements, defining a focus range of the time bar such that the focus range has a first local temporal limit and a second local temporal limit wherein the first local temporal limit is greater than or equal to the first global temporal limit and the second local... |
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| Non-volatile memory with dynamic multi-mode operation | 20100174854 | 20100708 |
| A method and system for extending the life span of a flash memory device. The flash memory device is dynamically configurable to store data in the single bit per cell (SBC) storage mode or the multiple bit per cell (MBC) mode, such that both SBC data and MBC data co-exist within the same memory array. One or more tag bits stored in each page of the memory is used to indicate the type of storage mode used for storing the data in the corresponding subdivision, where a subdivision can be a bank, block or page. A controller monitors the number of program-erase cycles corresponding to each page for selectively changing the storage mode in order to maximize lifespan of any subdivision of the multi-mode flash memory... |
| Multiple-sensor tracking processing method with reduced latency time | 20100156698 | 20100624 |
| A multiple-sensor tracking method, notably implemented in an air traffic control system, making it possible to reduce the latency time introduced by the tracking system, characterized in that the correlation (302) and association (303) functions work on the basis of membership of the detections (502) and of the tracks (503, 504) to cells (510, 511) defining a subdivision into a grid (501) of the surveillance area represented on a stereographic projection plane.
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| Silhouette image acquisition | 20100141682 | 20100610 |
| Systems and techniques to acquire image data. In general, in one implementation, the technique includes: acquiring image data for a plurality of areas of a scan region. The technique may further include processing the image data to determine whether an area includes one or more desired features. The technique may further include designating an area as “interesting” if it includes a desired feature, and designating an area as non-interesting if it does not include the desired feature. The areas may be sub-divided one or more times, and subdivisions may be analyzed to determine if they include a desired feature.
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| Set mode passive location in toa/tdoa modes | 20100141529 | 20100610 |
| The present invention addresses the resolving of the problems associated with the passive location of targets in TOA (Time of Arrival) or TDOA (Time Difference of Arrivals) mode. The method of passively locating a target in TOA or TDOA mode implements a meshing (subdivision) into blocks of the space in which the location area is situated. The set of the blocks that form this mesh is analyzed iteratively. On each iteration, each block of interest is subdivided into smaller identical subblocks. A block of interest is, according to the invention, a block including at least one point belonging to the location area being sought for which the shape is to be determined. The iterative process is stopped when the size of the subblocks obtained on the... |
| An automated method for human face modeling and relighting with application to face recognition | 20090310828 | 20091217 |
| A novel method and system for 3d-aided-2D face recognition under large pose and illumination variations is disclosed. The method and system includes enrolling a face of a subject into a gallery database using raw 3D data. The method also includes verifying and/or identifying a target face form data produced by a 2D imagining or scanning device. A statistically derived annotated face model is fitted using a subdivision-based deformable model framework to the raw 3D data. The annotated face model is capable of being smoothly deformed into any face so it acts as a universal facial template. During authentication or identification, only a single 2D image is required. The subject specific fitted annotated face model from the gallery is used to lift a texture of a face... |
| Interpolation processing method, interpolation processing device, shape evaluation method, and shape evaluation device | 20090303235 | 20091210 |
| An initial polygon obtained from a point group is used as a control polygon, and a control point of the control polygon is offset in a normal direction by the shortest distance from a limit surface generated by the control polygon, so that the position of new control point is determined to allow a subdivision surface to interpolate the initial polygon, thereby generating the subdivision surface which interpolates the point group. A first process to determine the point on the subdivision surface at the shortest distance from each control point, and a second process to move and offset the control point in the normal direction from the surface by the distance between the point on the surface and the initial control point, are iterated until the... |
| Clock generation circuit | 20090284297 | 20091119 |
| A multiphase clock generation circuit (111) for generating a multiphase cock signal, a phase subdivision unit (113) for shifting a phase of the multiphase clock signal output from the multiphase clock generation circuit (111), and a clock selection unit (114) for selecting one of clock signals output from the phase subdivision unit (113) are provided. A PLL circuit (120) for receiving an output from a frequency division circuit (115) is further provided. The phase shift carried out by the phase subdivision unit (113) and the selection of the clock signal carried out by the clock selection unit (114) are controlled by a frequency control unit (112) to switch SSC ON/OFF and to change the bandwidth of the PLL circuit (120).
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| Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine | 20090281709 | 20091112 |
| In a method for operating an internal combustion engine, a setpoint fuel quantity to be injected is subdivided into a first fuel quantity which is to be injected into an intake manifold of the internal combustion engine, and a second fuel quantity to be injected directly into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. The subdivision of the fuel quantity is performed as a function of a temperature that is characteristic for the operation of the internal combustion engine, e.g., in a start of the internal combustion engine, and the ratio between the first fuel quantity and the second fuel quantity is continually modified as a function of the temperature.
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| Sensor arrangement for the precise detection of relative movements between an encoder and a sensor | 20090278711 | 20091112 |
| A sensor arrangement and a method for the precise detection of relative movements between an encoder and a sensor, including an encoder, which has an incremental scale having a plurality of scale subdivisions (λ), and a sensor which is magnetically coupled to the encoder via an air gap and includes at least two magnetic field sensor elements (SE1, SE2) which are arranged offset with respect to one another by a defined distance (Δx) in the direction of the relative movement, the magnetic field sensor element output signals (V1, V2) having been shifted relative to one another by a relative-speed-dependent time difference with regard to the detection of a scale subdivision (λ) or a defined part of a scale subdivision (N,S), the sensor having a signal processing... |
| Method and device for operating an internal combustion engine | 20090281709 | 20091112 |
| In a method for operating an internal combustion engine, a setpoint fuel quantity to be injected is subdivided into a first fuel quantity which is to be injected into an intake manifold of the internal combustion engine, and a second fuel quantity to be injected directly into a combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine. The subdivision of the fuel quantity is performed as a function of a temperature that is characteristic for the operation of the internal combustion engine, e.g., in a start of the internal combustion engine, and the ratio between the first fuel quantity and the second fuel quantity is continually modified as a function of the temperature.
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| Sensor arrangement for the precise detection of relative movements between an encoder and a sensor | 20090278711 | 20091112 |
| A sensor arrangement and a method for the precise detection of relative movements between an encoder and a sensor, including an encoder, which has an incremental scale having a plurality of scale subdivisions (λ), and a sensor which is magnetically coupled to the encoder via an air gap and includes at least two magnetic field sensor elements (SE1, SE2) which are arranged offset with respect to one another by a defined distance (Δx) in the direction of the relative movement, the magnetic field sensor element output signals (V1, V2) having been shifted relative to one another by a relative-speed-dependent time difference with regard to the detection of a scale subdivision (λ) or a defined part of a scale subdivision (N,S), the sensor having a signal processing... |
| Method and apparatus for washing articles | 20090235464 | 20090924 |
| This invention relates to a method and apparatus for washing articles. Said method and apparatus enabling efficient cleaning and drying of garments and other items within a receptacle (29) having no rotational components. In a preferred embodiment, this is achieved by providing at least one receptacle (29) for containing the washing articles, the receptacle (29) having a plurality of subdivisions for accommodating separate articles. The present invention also includes a plurality of spray distribution nozzles (15, 16) to direct a suitable quantity of water and detergent onto the separate washing articles and then controlling a pre-determined cycle of washing and rinsing. As the washing articles are washed and dried separately, the creases that are associated with prior art washing machines are significantly reduced, and the garments... |
| Dividable galenical form allowing modified release of the active ingredient | 20090238870 | 20090924 |
| Dividable galenical form for the modified release of active ingredient, wherein the non-subdivided galenical form and a portion of said form obtained by subdivision have identical dissolution profiles. Medicaments.
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| Low power memory architecture | 20090231931 | 20090917 |
| A memory architecture and circuits for minimizing current leakage in the memory array. Subdivisions of the memory array each have local power grids that can be selectively connected to power supplies, such that only an accessed subdivision will receive power to execute the memory access operation. The memory array can further include databuses which are precharged to one voltage during idle times and a second voltage during active read cycles, which reduces leakage current in datapath circuitry connected to the databuses within the memory array blocks.
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| Low power memory architecture | 20090231931 | 20090917 |
| A memory architecture and circuits for minimizing current leakage in the memory array. Subdivisions of the memory array each have local power grids that can be selectively connected to power supplies, such that only an accessed subdivision will receive power to execute the memory access operation. The memory array can further include databuses which are precharged to one voltage during idle times and a second voltage during active read cycles, which reduces leakage current in datapath circuitry connected to the databuses within the memory array blocks.
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| Rendering curves through iterative refinement | 20090225078 | 20090910 |
| Systems and methods of rendering curves through iterative refinement are disclosed. One such method of rendering a curve from a polygonal control loop 0P comprises iteratively applying k subdivisions described by Js to a series of polygons starting with 0P, where each subdivision is applied to the previous polygon.
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| Self test apparatus for identifying partially defective memory | 20090204762 | 20090813 |
| A computing system is provided which includes a processor having a cache memory. The cache memory includes a plurality of independently configurable subdivisions, each subdivision including a memory array. A service element (SE) of the computing system is operable to cause a built-in-self-test (BIST) to be executed to test the cache memory, the BIST being operable to determine whether any of the subdivisions is defective. When it is determined that one of the subdivisions of the cache memory determined defective by the BIST is non-repairable, the SE logically deletes the defective subdivision from the system configuration, and the SE is operable to permit the processor to operate without the logically deleted subdivision. The SE is further operable to determine that the processor is defective when a... |
| Scheduling the transmission of messages on a broadcast channel of an ad-hoc network dependent on the usage of this channel | 20090185489 | 20090723 |
| In order to provide a communication system (100) as well as a method of communication between and among mobile nodes (10, 12, 14, 16), in particular between and among vehicles, with each node (10, 12, 14, 16) sending at least one message (24, 26) via at least one broadcast channel (18) and receiving at least one arriving message (34, 36) being sent by at least one neighboring node (12, 14, 16) via the broadcast channel (18), wherein the access to the broadcast channel (18) is regulated, a certain equity in the bandwidth subdivision is guaranteed and network overloading is prevented, it is proposed that the transmission of the messages (24, 26) is scheduled dependent on the usage of the broadcast channel (18), in particular dependent on... |
| Method and system for interactive region segmentation | 20090180692 | 20090716 |
| A method and computer graphics program executed by a processor for interactively subdividing a region in a computer controlled graphics display system is described. The user directly manipulates a control object (or “handle”) using a pointing device such as a computer mouse with the result that the region exposing the control object is evenly divided into an array or volume of smaller regions. The distance from the position of the start of interaction with the control object (the “click”) is continuously monitored to interactively update the number of divisions in the horizontal and vertical directions. Example displays during this interaction phase include overlaid grids representing the actual position of pending subdivisions, or a matrix of abstract subregions representing the count of subregions that will be created... |
| Liquid crystal display and method of fabricating the same to have tft's with pixel electrodes integrally extending from one of the source/drain electrodes | 20090174835 | 20090709 |
| A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes thin film transistors (TFTs) each having spaced apart source/drain electrodes and an oxide-type semiconductive film disposed over and between the source/drain electrodes to define an active layer. Each of the source/drain electrodes includes a portion of a subdivided transparent conductive layer where one subdivision of the transparent conductive layer continues from within its one of the source/drain electrodes to define an optically exposed pixel-electrode that is reliably connected integrally to the one source/drain electrode. Mass production costs can be reduced and production reliability increased because a fewer number of photolithographic masks can be used to form the TFTs.
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| Method for non-disruptively associating applications and middleware components with information technology infrastructure | 20090150472 | 20090611 |
| A methodology is presented for discovering and storing end-to-end associations between different types of entities in a system configuration model of a distributed middleware system. First associations are determined, at each distributed system tier, between instances of data and data-container configuration elements. Those first associations point to logical subdivision of a data service that is directly responsible for implementing an instance of data. Second associations are determined, at said each distributed system tier, between said data-container configuration elements and a server infrastructure. Said second associations point to a server infrastructure that hosts said data-container configuration elements. Third associations are composed, within said each distributed system tier, between said instances of data and said server infrastructure, using said first associations and said second associations. Fourth associations are... |
| Management system for operation items used in manufacturing | 20090149967 | 20090611 |
| A management system for operation items used in manufacturing on a production line includes a module on which one of several production based operation items is storable as a header of a group list in relation to a manufacturing sub-system. For each production based operation item, at least one non-production based operation item is storable as a content of the corresponding group list, so that a hierarchical subdivision of production/non-production operation items in a plurality of group lists is provided in order to input them on a processing unit in a standard form. Since a hierarchical subdivision of production/non-production operation items in a plurality of group lists is permanently provided for each subsystem and their processes to be managed, a very simple and uniform/universal structure for... |
| System and method for investigating and/or determining the condition or state of a ship's hull | 20090147270 | 20090611 |
| A system and a method for investigating and/or determining the condition or the state of a ship's hull, in particular its outer skin, for making it possible to select, in particular to lengthen, the docking time interval for ships depending on the condition or the state of the ship's hull. The outer skin is provided with a subdivision, in particular by means of at least one grid or network, which subdivision cooperates functionally with at least floating/submersible investigation/determination unit for investigating and/or for determining the condition or the state of the ship's hull.
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| Computer graphics systems and methods generating smooth feature lines for subdivision surfaces | 20090147000 | 20090611 |
| Computer graphics systems and methods are provided for generating a representation of a feature in a surface defined by a mesh representation, the mesh comprising at a selected level a plurality of points including at least one point connected to a plurality of neighboring points by respective edges, the feature being defined in connection with the vertex and at least one of the neighboring points and the edge interconnecting the vertex and the at least one of the neighboring points in the mesh representation. The feature generating arrangement comprises a weight vector generator module and a feature representation generator module.
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| Computer graphics using coarse level meshes | 20090146998 | 20090611 |
| Computer graphics systems, devices and methods adapted to enable display and/or storage of human-perceptible images on a display device include an arrangement for generating a coarse level mesh representing a surface, from a finer level mesh surface representation. The arrangement includes an indicator value generator and a coarse level mesh generator. The indicator value generator, for respective ones of the points in the finer level mesh surface representation, evaluates an indicator function, the value indicating whether a subdivision-inverse filter methodology or a least-squares optimization methodology is to be used to determine a position for the corresponding point in the coarse level mesh representation. The coarse level mesh generator determines, for each of the points that is to be provided in the coarse level mesh representation, a... |
| Method to reduce the transmission latency in gsm/edge delay-sensitive applications | 20090137252 | 20090528 |
| Real-time media or multimedia services in 3GPP GSM/EDGE-compliant mobile radio networks call for reducing the actual latency of transmissions. Resources are assigned by the network to set up or reconfigure a TBF associated to the uplink/downlink transmission of radio blocks from/to an MS. A 5-bit “Coding” field is configured in the header of the involved RLC/MAC messages to select the transmitting/receiving window size. An additional signaling bit, also called scaling bit, is asserted/negated according to two opportunities offered by the new MAC protocol to properly select the window size. Thanks to the introduction of the scaling bit a subdivision of the time windows for type of services is made possible. Non real-time services, e.g. file transfer, all of standard window sizes for MSs with multistat capability,... |
| System, method, and program product for re-parameterizing three dimensional models represented as catmull-clark subdivision surfaces | 20090102833 | 20090423 |
| A system, method, and program product for re-parameterizing one or more three-dimensional Catmull-Clark models is disclosed. Each of the models has one or more surfaces and one or more extraordinary vertices. One or more adjacent iso-parameter lines of the model have a spacing between them that increases as the iso-parameter lines approach the extraordinary vertex. A re-parameterization process that re-parameterizes the model so that one or more of the extraordinary vertices have adjacent iso-parameter lines with spacing that does not increase as the lines approach the extraordinary vertex.
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| Methods and systems for reducing finite element simulation time for acoustic response analysis | 20090105996 | 20090423 |
| Methods and systems for reducing finite element simulation time for acoustic response analysis are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes analytically creating a finite element model, the finite element model including a plurality of subdivisions. A plurality of cross-correlations between respective pairings of the subdivisions is then specified. A portion of the cross-correlations are then eliminated to provide a reduced set of cross-correlations between respective pairings of the subdivisions. The elimination includes determining a spatial distance value between at least two subdivisions, and discarding at least one of the cross-correlations for which the spatial distance value is greater than a specified threshold value. The finite element simulation is then performed using the reduced set of cross-correlations.
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| Computer graphics systems and methods for encoding subdivision triangular surfaces | 20090096784 | 20090416 |
| A system is described for generating a plurality of identifiers, each associated with one of a like plurality of subdivision surfaces of a surface element, and for generating, using an identifier for a subdivision surface, coordinates for the subdivision surface. Each identifier includes one or more position codes. Each position code indicates the position of a subdivision surface at a respective level relative to the next higher level, so that successive position codes in the identifier indicate the positions of subdivision surfaces through successive subdivision levels. To generate coordinates for a subdivision surface from the identifier associated with the subdivision surface, the system sequences through successive position codes in the identifier to determine locations of the subdivision surfaces through the successive levels.
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| Process for manufacturing silicon wafers for solar cell | 20090098715 | 20090416 |
| A process for manufacturing silicon wafers for solar cell is disclosed wherein one first breaks the refined metallurgical silicon, then remove visible impurities, then performs chemical cleaning and then places the silicon into a crystal growing furnace. Gallium or gallium phosphide is added to the silicon, where the concentration of gallium atoms should be in the range from 5 ppma to 14 ppma. Crystal growth is initiated, followed by subdivision and inspection after the crystal rods or crystal bars have grown, yielding the desired silicon wafers. With this solution, the refined metallurgical silicon can be used for manufacturing of solar cells, so as to reduce the cost of materials, and it is conducive to the universal application of silicon solar cells.
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| Integrated circuit device and method for forming the same | 20090078968 | 20090326 |
| In an integrated circuit device, element power supply lines connected to a circuit containing a plurality of cells, element ground lines connected thereto, a trunk power supply line connected to each of the element power supply lines, and a trunk ground line connected to each of the element ground lines are provided in a first wiring layer. A branch power supply line connected to the trunk power supply line and a branch ground line connected to the trunk ground line are provided in an upper wiring layer located above the first wiring layer. A wiring structure is determined based on a wiring structure equation expressing the relations among a voltage drop in the lines, the area occupied thereby, and a current consumed thereby and on a... |
| System and method for neighborhood information and local shopping offers | 20090083365 | 20090326 |
| A system for retrieval and display of proximity shopping and restaurant listings, advertising and local information to a plurality of users is disclosed. The users are provided with a portal display page which includes a plurality of independently functioning display modules. Each display module may be populated with a different type of information. The information provided in each module can be customized to the neighborhood or subdivision in which the user resides.
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| Apparatus and method of encoding and decoding audio signal | 20090048851 | 20090219 |
| In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an audio data frame having at least one channel. The channel is subdivided into a plurality of blocks, and at least two of the blocks are capable of different lengths. The embodiment further includes obtaining information from the audio signal indicating the subdivision of the channel into the blocks, and decoding the channel based on the obtained information. In one embodiment, the channel is subdivided into the plurality of blocks according to a subdivision hierarchy, the subdivision hierarchy has more than one level, and each level is associated with a different block length.
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| Vector image drawing device, method for vector image drawing, and computer readable recording medium | 20090040230 | 20090212 |
| Where each of m and n are any natural number: a drawing region subdivider 5 for subdividing a drawing region into an m×n matrix of drawing subregions having m rows and n columns,; a target vector data selector 6 for discriminating, for each of the drawing subregions, vector data necessary for drawing the drawing subregion from vector data of an image; and a subdivisional drawer 7 for drawing, for each of the drawing subregions after the subdivision by the drawing region subdivider 5, an image based on a drawing subregion target vector data 23 discriminated by the target vector data selector 6 are provided as necessary for drawing the drawing subregion. Preferably, a curve vector data replacer 71 of the subdivisional drawer 7, for each of... |
| High voltage switch configuration | 20080314724 | 20081225 |
| A high-voltage switch configuration having a subdivision housing, which is supported on a frame by an insulating supporting housing, and having a switch which is fitted to this subdivision housing and has an insulator, a switching chamber surrounded by the insulator, and disconnectible contacts which are accommodated in the switching chamber. The switch can be switched via a switching linkage that can be operated by a drive and is arranged within the supporting housing and the subdivision housing. At least three switches are attached to the subdivision housing, and each switch has a separate associated switching linkage with a separate drive.
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| Direct manipulation of subdivision surfaces using a graphics processing unit | 20080316202 | 20081225 |
| A graphics system allows for manipulation of a detail mesh for a subdivision surface. To deform the subdivision surface, the graphics system generates a corresponding deformed control mesh by attempting to satisfy both position constraints of the manipulation and Laplacian constraints for the detail mesh. After the deformed control mesh is generated, the deformed detail mesh can be generated by applying a subdivision function to the deformed control mesh to generate a deformed smooth mesh and then applying detail information to the deformed smooth mesh.
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| Pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy | 20080319356 | 20081225 |
| Therapy methods using pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy can include the subprocesses of initiation, maintenance, therapy, and feedback of the histotripsy process, which involves the creation and maintenance of ensembles of microbubbles and the use of feedback in order to optimize the process based on observed spatial-temporal bubble cloud dynamics. The methods provide for the subdivision or erosion of tissue, liquification of tissue, and/or the enhanced delivery of therapeutic agents. Various feedback mechanisms allow variation of ultrasound parameters and provide control over the pulsed cavitational process, permitting the process to be tuned for a number of applications. Such applications can include specific tissue erosion, bulk tissue homogenization, and delivery of therapeutic agents across barriers.
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| Device for tightening a tubular casing filled with a stuffed product | 20080307758 | 20081218 |
| The invention relates to a device for tightening a tubular casing filled with a product by means of several pairs of displacers, wherein the mutually overlapping displacers of each pair encompass an opening, both displacers adjoining to the encompassed opening in two overlapping points per pair. The displacers are configured for a linear tightening movement depending on the varying size of the openings, the openings being located one behind the other in the axial direction of the tubular casing encompassing a passage. The openings are not congruent with the passage, the overlapping points being at a distance from the passage during the predominant part of the tightening movement. The invention allows the subdivision of the filled tubular casing into packaging units, thereby preventing or reducing the... |
| Distributed calculation of images of volumetric objects | 20080297508 | 20081204 |
| A method for calculating an image in the context of a volume visualization by ray casting using a plurality of computing nodes is provided. The method includes subdividing a volume that is to be visualized into subvolumes assigned to the plurality of computing nodes; assigning a subdivision of data to volume points and storing the subdivision of data in a memory associated with the plurality of computing nodes, the subdivision corresponding to the assignment of subvolumes to nodes; and computing at least one pixel by generating a ray leading through the volume, wherein computing includes taking into account points lying on the ray one after another.
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| Device and method for processing data by modulating sets of spreading pseudocodes as a function of data destination cells for a multi-beam communication satellite | 20080298439 | 20081204 |
| A device (D) is dedicated to the processing of data by spread spectrum coding for a multi-beam communication satellite (S), each beam (B1-B6) of which is associated with a terrestrial cell (C1-C6) contained in a satellite coverage zone (ZC). This device (D) comprises coding means (MC) charged i) with associating, on the one hand, sets of pseudo-spreading codes (J1-J4), differing pairwise, with adjacent cells of the zone (ZC) and with signalling channels common to the collection of cells (C1-C6) of this zone (ZC), and on the other hand, identical sets of pseudo-spreading codes with non-adjacent cells of the zone, the sets (J1-J4) being chosen from among sets resulting from the subdivision of a collection of pseudo-spreading codes, and ii) when data have to be broadcast in... |
| Intelligent targeting of tags in a broadcast network | 20080301727 | 20081204 |
| A system and associated methodology are disclosed for targeting tags in a broadcast network. The tags may be associated with an ad or programming. In one implementation, the tags to be delivered at a user equipment device are selected at the user equipment device, for example, based on location or other user classification parameters. In this manner, different user equipment devices that are on the same bandwidth segment in the same network subdivision can receive different tags.
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| Self-calibrated integration method of light intensity control in led backlighting | 20080272276 | 20081106 |
| This invention is an LED lighting intensity control by subdivision of PWM intervals to resolve the wavelength and luminance shifting problems that are caused by increasing heat and junction temperatures.
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| Interface and method of interfacing between a parametric modelling unit and a polygon based rendering system | 20080273034 | 20081106 |
| An interface for use in a 3-d graphics system comprising a parametric modelling unit for modelling objects as high order surfaces, and a polygon based rendering system for rendering polygon modelled objects for display. The interface comprises an input for receiving data and a subdivision unit coupled to the input for processing the data. The interface includes a converter coupled to the subdivision unit for determining from leaf patch data a first plurality of values representing vertices of tessellating polygons describing the leaf patch, and for determining from sub-leaf patch data a second plurality of values representing the vertices of tessellating polygons describing the sub-leaf patch. The interface also has a combiner, coupled to the converter, for combining the values to form leaf polygon data defining... |
| Method, system and optical network terminal for mapping a service flow into a service transmission channel | 20080273878 | 20081106 |
| A method for mapping a service flow to a service transmission channel includes: configuring determined configuration parameters for a message characteristic into an Optical Network Terminal (ONT); the ONT ensures that the received service flow matches the configured message characteristic; mapping the service flow to a specified service transmission channel. A system and an ONT for mapping the service flow to the service transmission channel are also provided, and the system sets a general service flow mapping module in the ONT. Service flows may be mapped to different service transmission channels based on any predetermined message characteristic by the method, system, and ONT of this invention and it meets the demand of the subdivision service QoS.
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| Memory request/grant daemons in virtual nodes for moving subdivided local memory space from vn to vn in nodes of a massively parallel computer system | 20080270731 | 20081030 |
| A memory management mechanism a nodal having multiple processors in a massively parallel computer system dynamically configures nodal memory on demand. A respective variable-sized subdivision of nodal memory is associated with each processor in the node. A processor may request additional memory, and the other processor(s) may grant or veto the request. If granted, the requested memory is added to the subdivision of the requesting processor. A processor can only access memory within its own subdivision. Preferably, each subdivision contains a daemon which monitors memory usage and generates requests for additional memory.
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| Method and apparatus for constraint-based texture generation | 20080246765 | 20081009 |
| A method and apparatus for texture mapping a surface. The method is applicable to texture mapping either a two-dimensional representation (image) of a three-dimensional surface as well as a three-dimensional computer model of a three-dimensional surface, such as a triangular wire mesh model. In one embodiment, the texture mapping process involves user-specification of a plurality of constraints, including texture flow constraints, texture discontinuities, and surface underfolds. A triangular wire mesh model of the surface to be textured is generated. The mesh allows a continuous texture distribution to be specified as a linear interpolation of texture values at the triangular vertices. User-specified constraints are preserved as edges within the triangular mesh. The triangular mesh is used to compute a weighted energy functional expressed in terms of nodal... |
| Method for limiting total colorant coverage using multidimensional simplicial subdivision and barycentric interpolation | 20080239340 | 20081002 |
| Systems and methods for limiting total colorant in a color rendering system are disclosed. Implementation of the present invention provides for transformation of a specified colorant in which the sum of the colorant components exceeds a total area coverage (TAC) limit to create a second or resultant colorant in which the sum of the colorant components is within the limit. Using a bijective transformation, colorant sampling and other manipulations can be performed using a nominal hypercube space and the results can be compressed from the nominal space back to the actual colorant-limited space, simplifying manipulation of the colorant-limited polytope space. The unlimited colorant hypercube may be divided into simplexes. For each simplex, intersection points may be found between the TAC limit and the edges of the... |
| Dynamic frequency selection based on spectrum etiquette | 20080214199 | 20080904 |
| The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for dynamic frequency selection based on spectrum etiquette. In one example, the method includes identifying multiple frequencies usable by a central subdivision in a wireless communication system that are not in use by neighboring subdivisions. The method may determine whether the frequencies include a frequency that cannot be used by the neighboring subdivisions and, if the frequency exists, may select the frequency for use by the central subdivision. If such a frequency does not exist, the method may identify a frequency that can be used by fewer of the neighboring subdivisions than other frequencies and select the identified frequency for use by the central subdivision. The frequency selection can be performed periodically, or can be triggered by... |
| Color image displays | 20080204607 | 20080828 |
| A method of producing an image, comprises the steps of providing a beam of light comprising at least three colours in sequence during a frame period, the beam comprising a pure colour period for each colour and two or more transition periods when the beam of light changes from one colour to the next colour, and of using a modulating device so that temporal subdivisions of the beam of light are either directed to form the image or not used, accepting a image signal input including intensity values ranging from a minimum value to a maximum value for each colour, determining the total intensity of each colour from the summation of the whole of the pure colour period and the respective component from the summation of... |
| Method of processing topographic data in real time in an aircraft, in order to display said data | 20080198041 | 20080821 |
| The field of the invention is that of the display in map form of an operating zone of an aircraft on a screen, and more particularly a method of processing topographic data of this operating zone of an aircraft in real time, based on a calculation of radials (R) centred on a reference point (O) defining an angular segment of topographic data. According to the invention, the method includes a subdivision of the operating zone to be mapped into a plurality of angular segment sections, each forming an individual zone (3), and an assignment of a processing priority and a refresh frequency specific to each individual zone defined according to a criterion of operational interest of the element to the aircraft.
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| Non-volatile memory with dynamic multi-mode operation | 20080198651 | 20080821 |
| A method and system for extending the life span of a flash memory device. The flash memory device is dynamically configurable to store data in the single bit per cell (SBC) storage mode or the multiple bit per cell (MBC) mode, such that both SBC data and MBC data co-exist within the same memory array. One or more tag bits stored in each page of the memory is used to indicate the type of storage mode used for storing the data in the corresponding subdivision, where a subdivision can be a bank, block or page. A controller monitors the number of program-erase cycles corresponding to each page for selectively changing the storage mode in order to maximize lifespan of any subdivision of the multi-mode flash memory... |
| Method for setting a building on a subdivision lot | 20080184658 | 20080807 |
| A method for placing a building on a subdivision lot includes the steps of providing a planned community subdivision having a plurality of lots, preparing at least one of the lots to accept at least one building, and assembling at least one substantially complete building in a factory. The method also includes transporting the substantially complete building from the factory to the planned community subdivision, moving the substantially complete building to a position within the subdivision that is adjacent to a first lot, traversing the substantially complete building over the first lot to a second lot, and installing the substantially complete building onto the second lot.
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| Method and apparatus for digital audio generation and manipulation | 20080184868 | 20080807 |
| A method and apparatus creates “micro edits” or alterations and manipulation of sounds, per track or per portion of a track in a “drum machine,” thereby creating unique subdivisions of sound as well as providng means for panning sound within a two dimensional sound space.
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| Home owner's association (hoa) summary & comparison reports | 20080189121 | 20080807 |
| Real estate related software that aggregates data from home owner's associations for residential properties. It reports the data in a summarized one page report online. Simply enter an address and you can review—Hoa fees, locate how many hoas' are within a subdivision, assessment information, inclusions, amenities, summary of guidelines, FHA approved project status, taxes, owner occupancy information, number of lots, insurance provider, and management company contact information. You can email, fax, or save the reports.
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| Method for encoding an xml-based document | 20080189310 | 20080807 |
| The root element of an encoded fragment is stored in a table by name and the name of a parent element, i.e., according to their paths. The path is an absolute path which starts at the root node of the document tree and leads to an element of the document tree which is exclusively contained in a fragment, i.e., which is the root element of an encoded fragment. This table, the so-called context path table, is transmitted in advance to initialize a decoder. The encoder and decoder associate every entry of the context path table with a context code of a defined length. Before an encoded fragment is transmitted, the absolute path to the root element of the fragment is signaled as the context information by... |
| Method and computer based system for performance management | 20080183743 | 20080731 |
| A method for managing a performance of an organization, comprising a data input step (11) for gathering strategic data concerning the organization, an analysis step (12) for based on the gathered strategic data analyzing strengths and weaknesses of the organization, a strategic planning step (13) for based on the strengths and weaknesses defining at least one strategic objective for the organization, an organization planning step (14) for division of the at least one strategic objective into multiple partial objectives, and a personal planning step (15) for subdivision of the multiple partial objectives into personal objectives for the persons in the organization.
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| System and method for managing a chaotic event by optimizing decision subdivisions subject to multidimensional constraints | 20080172352 | 20080717 |
| A method for optimally selecting a subset of decisions from a first plurality of decisions related to management of a chaotic event. The first plurality of decisions related to the chaotic event is received. A heuristic algorithm is used to eliminate a first subset of decisions. The first subset of decisions is in the first plurality of decisions. A second plurality of decisions is formed. The second plurality of decisions comprises the first plurality of decisions less the first subset of decisions. A mathematical optimization algorithm is then used to select a second subset of decisions. The second subset of decisions is within the second plurality of decisions. The mathematical optimization algorithm takes as input at least one constraint and chaotic event information. The second subset... |
| Apparatus and method of ray-triangle collision detection for ray-tracing | 20080129734 | 20080605 |
| Provided are an apparatus and method for detecting ray-triangle collision for ray-tracing. The apparatus includes a ray bundle memory for storing ray bundle, a geometry data memory for storing geometry triangle data, a hierarchy structure memory for storing space subdivision and bounding volume hierarchy structure information, a virtual pager for receiving the geometry triangle data, the space subdivision and bounding volume hierarchy structure information, and the bounding hierarchical structure information by rearranging geometry triangle data by final end nodes, a virtual paged memory for receiving the rearranged data, forming page memories, and storing triangle data by pages, a virtual page cache for processing the page data in a pipe line manner, and previously storing a page memory for collision detection, a ray-triangle collision detection pipe for... |
| System and method for project management of land development | 20080126114 | 20080529 |
| A project management system for development of land is provided. An embodiment includes a project management engine interconnecting a plurality of workstations. Users at each workstation can select lots on a subdivision proposal. When the project management engine determines a sufficient number of lots are selected, provision of services for those lots commences in conjunction with a second project management engine.
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| Methods and devices for rapid and specific detection of multiple proteins | 20080118983 | 20080522 |
| A method is provided for detecting multiple analytes via their interactions with reagents. The analytes are immobilized on an analyte support and are divided into subdivisions by a blotting apparatus. Reagents are applied, each to a specific subdivision of the analyte support and binds to the analytes there.
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| System and method for optimizing project subdivision using data and requirements focuses subject to multidimensional constraints | 20080114779 | 20080515 |
| A computer-implemented method for creating optimized sub-projects for a project. Boundary conditions, input regarding output objects, and input regarding “as-is” data sources are received. The output objects are decomposed into data objects and logical processes used to create the output objects. Value clusters are determined. The data objects are organized into “to be” data structures and the “to be” which are mapped to the “as-is” data sources. Additional processes are determined for moving data from a source to a target. An affinity matrix is created based on the value clusters. Finally, an optimization operation is executed with an optimization engine to produce the optimized sub-projects. The optimization engine takes as inputs the above information.
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| Housing manufacturing system and method | 20080086976 | 20080417 |
| A system for manufacturing homes is provided. An embodiment includes a sub-assembly plant for assembling planar sections of a home according to production schedule for custom homes. The embodiment also includes at least one final assembly facility located proximal to a subdivision where a plurality of the custom homes are to be situated. The final assembly facility is for receiving the planar sections from the sub-assembly plant and for constructing the homes from planar portions according to the production schedule.
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| Housing manufacturing system and method | 20080086978 | 20080417 |
| A system for manufacturing homes is provided. An embodiment includes a final assembly facility located proximal to a subdivision where a plurality of the custom homes is to be situated. The final assembly facility is for receiving the planar sections from the sub-assembly plant and for constructing the homes from planar portions according to the production schedule.
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| Digital scaling | 20080080614 | 20080403 |
| Computer program products and arrangements to process digital data are contemplated. The digital data may contain values, representing quantities of a wave form over regions. Embodiments include transformations, code, state machines or other logic to process digital data by dividing one of the regions, where one of the values represents a quantity of a wave form over the region. The embodiments may include assigning a value to each of the subregions. The average of the values of the subregions, weighted by the measures of the subregions, may approximately equal the value of the region. The regions may comprise pixels and the values of the pixels may represent the intensity of light waves over the pixels. The embodiments may include the processing of digital data in cameras,... |
| System for generating a distributed image processing application | 20070285429 | 20071213 |
| The present invention relates to a system for distributing an image processing application over a set of processors. Said system comprises reading means for reading an input document, compiling means for detecting inconsistencies in said input document, and building means for building an executable code from said compiled document for programming said set of processors. The input document specifies modules for applying entire or steps of image processing functions to an input image. Such a module comprises input/output ports for receiving or transmitting image strips via input/output links. Said input/output ports are specified by a geometry and a law, said geometry defining a subdivision of said input image into a set of image strips and said law defining a subset of said set of image strips... |
| Method for transmitting channel quality indicators in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system, a base station, a user terminal and a network therefor | 20070281693 | 20071206 |
| The invention concerns a method for transmitting channel quality indicators in reports of channel quality of a group of subcarriers that is subdivided into at least one subgroup of subcarriers in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system from a user terminal (T1-T4) to a base station (BS1-BS8), whereby a channel quality indicator comprises information (RI, RD) that defines the subdivision of the group of subcarriers into subgroups in the next report of channel quality, and channel quality information (QI) for said subgroups in the next report of channel quality is comprised in a channel quality indicator in the next report of channel quality, a base station (BS1-BS8), a user terminal (T1-T4) and a network (CN) therefor.
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| Methods and apparatus for network joining using a multiple message per tdma control slot methodology | 20070274346 | 20071129 |
| A method for transmitting network joining message packets during control slots of a time division multiple access (TDMA) frame sequence is described. The method includes determining a size of the network joining packet to be processed for transmission, recognizing which slots of the TDMA frame sequence are control slots, subdividing the control slots based on at least one of the size of the network joining packet and a data rate of a control slot queue, and transmitting a number of the network joining message packets during the control slot of the TDMA frame sequence, the number of transmitted based on the subdivision of the control slots.
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| Adaptive computation of subdivision surfaces | 20070247458 | 20071025 |
| A method for the computation of a subdivision surface from a base mesh of coarse faces which requires no dynamic allocations is performed as follows. First, a static data structure is allocated. The static data structure includes a hierarchy of data arrays, where each of the data arrays is for storing control mesh data for a single coarse face at a respective subdivision level. The size of each of the data arrays is determined by the respective subdivision level. A subdivision algorithm is then applied to each of the base mesh coarse faces in turn. During the subdivision of a single coarse face, the resulting data for each subdivision level is stored in the respective data array. The static data structure may store further data for... |
| Method and apparatus for determining relative relevance between portions of large electronic documents | 20070234140 | 20071004 |
| A technique for determining the relative relevance of electronic documents based on metadata/content associated with the document as a whole and/or metadata/content associated with one or more subdivisions of the electronic document. Metadata is associated with the document and various subdivision markers in the code of the document. A comparison of electronic documents may be made by comparing the metadata/content associated with the document and/or the subdivisions of the document to determine which documents contains subject matter that is relevant to the subject matter of another document or search criteria. The metadata/content may be weighted and these weights may be modified based on a rank profile A relevance score may be determined based on the comparison of the metadata/content for the documents and/or subdivisions of the... |
| Coordinate transformations system and method thereof | 20070222794 | 20070927 |
| A two-dimensional coordinate transformations software program and method thereof is described. In one aspect, the present invention solves problems of accurately and efficiently placing data from Records of Surveys, subdivision plats, deeds, highway right of way plats, and other map data onto the State Plane Coordinate Systems or other projection systems. The users of the software include engineers, especially those involved in right-of-way engineering, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Land Information Systems (LIS) specialists. In one aspect, a utility program is intended to supplement the coordinate geometry and GIS/LIS software currently used by surveyors and GIS/LIS specialists. In one embodiment, there is an efficient and speedy method to surveying, offering a preferred point and click approach using a unique graphical user interface of the two-dimensional... |
| Method of subdividing a plot of land for housing and a housing subdivision so formed | 20070219759 | 20070920 |
| A method for sub-division of a plot of land comprises the steps of forming, on a polygonal basic tile shape, a layout of a basic precinct unit comprising an array of occupiable spaces of predetermined shape, at least one access way communicating with each occupiable space and tessellating the polygonal basic tile shapes over an area to be sub-divided whereby respective said at least one access way of each basic precinct unit connects with an access way of an adjacent basic precinct unit to form a network of connecting access ways, said basic precinct unit, together with an adjacent basic precinct unit forming an inter-tile unit of predetermined shape from two or more adjacent occupiable spaces, said inter-tile unit linking adjacent basic precinct units. The tessellation... |
| Housing positioning system and method | 20070209298 | 20070913 |
| The housing positioning system and method encompasses a residential subdivision having rectangular adjacent building lots including adjacent driveway areas perpendicular to a street and separated by a fence having a partial gradient. Dwelling units are placed on the lots so that a front wall of each dwelling unit faces the driveway area at approximately a 45° angle. A structure having an exterior wall disposed perpendicular to a centerline of the driveway areas includes a common internal wall to form separate garages servicing each of the respective dwelling units. Additionally, the structure may have a rear wall that is essentially parallel and proximate to a rear lot line. Alternatively, each dwelling unit may have an attached garage. For each property, a storage shed may be disposed adjacent... |
| Audio bitstream format in which the bitstream syntax is described by an ordered transversal of a tree hierarchy data structure | 20070208571 | 20070906 |
| A bitstream format for representing audio information in which the bitstream syntax is described by an ordered transversal of a tree hierarchy data structure, has a tree hierarchy comprising a plurality of tree hierarchy levels, each having one or more nodes, in which at least some progressively smaller subdivisions of the audio information are represented in progressively lower levels of the tree hierarchy, wherein the audio information is included among nodes in one or more of said levels.
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| Low power memory architecture | 20070201295 | 20070830 |
| A memory architecture and circuits for minimizing current leakage in the memory array. Subdivisions of the memory array each have local power grids that can be selectively connected to power supplies, such that only an accessed subdivision will receive power to execute the memory access operation. The memory array can further include databuses which are precharged to one voltage during idle times and a second voltage during active read cycles, which reduces leakage current in datapath circuitry connected to the databuses within the memory array blocks.
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| Computer graphics systems and methods for encoding subdivision triangular surfaces | 20070182737 | 20070809 |
| A system is described for generating a plurality of identifiers, each associated with one of a like plurality of subdivision surfaces of a surface element, and for generating, using an identifier for a subdivision surface, coordinates for the subdivision surface. Each identifier includes one or more position codes. Each position code indicates the position of a subdivision surface at a respective level relative to the next higher level, so that successive position codes in the identifier indicate the positions of subdivision surfaces through successive subdivision levels. To generate coordinates for a subdivision surface from the identifier associated with the subdivision surface, the system sequences through successive position codes in the identifier to determine locations of the subdivision surfaces through the successive levels.
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| Computer graphics systems and methods generating smooth feature lines for subdivision surfaces | 20070176925 | 20070802 |
| Computer graphics systems and methods are provided for generating a representation of a feature in a surface defined by a mesh representation, the mesh comprising at a selected level a plurality of points including at least one point connected to a plurality of neighboring points by respective edges, the feature being defined in connection with the vertex and at least one of the neighboring points and the edge interconnection the vertex and the at least one of the neighboring points in the mesh representation. The feature generating arrangement comprises a weight vector generator module and a feature representation generator module.
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| Computer graphics using coarse level meshes | 20070176930 | 20070802 |
| Computer graphics systems, devices and methods adapted to enable display and/or storage of human-perceptible images on a display, device include an arrangement for generating a coarse level mesh representing a surface, from a finer level mesh surface representation. The arrangement includes an indicator value generator and a coarse level mesh generator. The indicator value generator, for respective ones of the points in the finer level mesh surface representation, evaluates an indicator function, the value indicating whether a subdivision-inverse filter methodology or a least-squares optimization methodology is to be used to determine a position for the corresponding point in the coarse level mesh representation. The coarse level mesh generator determines, for each of the points that is to be provided in the coarse level mesh representation, a... |
| Design of arbitrary linear and non-linear maps | 20070176932 | 20070802 |
| Various software mapping aspects are provided. They include, but are not limited to, providing linear map to non-linear map conversion or transformation (and vice versa) in a symmetric fashion, so that data in one map upon conversion is symmetric in another map with respect to the former map. One way this is accomplished is by the use of dual-triangles that are mapped into the former and latter map, by having, in one exemplary aspect, the same vertices in both maps. Additional features, such as selection regions for regions to be converted or not converted are used. Furthermore, dual-triangle subdivision or aggregation techniques can be used to provide a desired mapping scenario. Finally, APIs are presented that allow developers and users of such mapping technology to implement... |
| Object discretization to particles for computer simulation and analysis | 20070174028 | 20070726 |
| A computer-implemented method is provided for generating data representing an object involved in a computer-implemented simulation of a physical experiment. Data describing geometric dimensions and material for the object is received as input. The data may be broken down into data representing distinct components of the object. Data is generated that describes a base parent volume region that extends at least beyond extents of the geometric dimensions of a portion of the object. Next, data is generated that describes child volume regions produced by subdividing the base parent volume region into the child volume regions each having dimensions that are a fraction of the dimensions of the base parent volume region. The data describing each child volume region is examined to determine whether vertices of each... |
| Lateral maneuverability map for a moving object and method for generation thereof | 20070150117 | 20070628 |
| This lateral maneuverability map shows the area of movement of a vehicle with the contours of the regions of complete freedom of lateral movement. It is generated from a distance map listing the distances of the points of its regions that can be negotiated by the vehicle to the regions to be circumvented. It may show the area of movement of the vehicle in the form of a subdivision into at least three types of region, namely a first type corresponding to regions to be circumvented, a second type corresponding to bands surrounding the regions to be circumvented and having the width of a maneuvering space arbitrarily considered as necessary for free lateral movement of the vehicle, and a third type of region corresponding to regions... |
| Subdivisional fixed amount distributing device for aerosol containers | 20070137649 | 20070621 |
| The frequency which allows continuous injection of a fixed amount in the use of one cycle is controlled so as to prevent the use of aerosol contents in excess of a control amount. Further, it is made possible to inject all amount to the outside each time by a fixed-amount injection valve, thereby simplifying the mechanism and preventing damage to the distributing device due to the influence of outside air temperature. A lower receiving blade 31 is disposed in an outer sleeve 14 fixed to the upper end of an aerosol container 1 through vertical insertion intervals 32, 27 and is inserted in the lower insertion interval 32 by positional shift, thereby a fitting piece 22 which allows pressing by a stem 7 is projectingly formed... |
| Automated valuation of a plurality of properties | 20070143132 | 20070621 |
| Disclosed are various embodiments of a system and method for valuing a plurality of properties. Assessor data is obtained that indicates a designated subdivision and various criteria for each of the properties. Assessor data is placed into a standard format to create a master data file. Modeling techniques are then used to separate and aggregate properties into modeling areas. Modeling areas are then used to calculate a predicted value for the properties. The predicted values are compared with actual sales values to create sales ratio data. If the deviation of the sales ratio data exceeds a certain amount, the master data file data is analyzed and modified until sales ratio data is achieved that falls within an acceptable deviation.
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| System and method for dynamic frequency selection based on spectrum etiquette | 20070105562 | 20070510 |
| The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods for dynamic frequency selection based on spectrum etiquette. In one example, the method includes identifying multiple frequencies usable by a central subdivision in a wireless communication system that are not in use by neighboring subdivisions. The method may determine whether the frequencies include a frequency that cannot be used by the neighboring subdivisions and, if the frequency exists, may select the frequency for use by the central subdivision. If such a frequency does not exist, the method may identify a frequency that can be used by fewer of the neighboring subdivisions than other frequencies and select the identified frequency for use by the central subdivision.
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| Holder for books, newspapers, magazines, notebooks, laptops, e-books and folder | 20070090638 | 20070426 |
| The present Patent of Invention and its subdivisions refer to a state-of-the-art and innovative device that consists in a fastener of books, newspapers, magazines, paper pads, laptops, e-books and binders which structures possess a special design that provides the user an unlimited number of characteristics and functions highlighting among them the portability, maneuverability, functionality and easy reading of books, newspapers, magazines, paper pads, laptops and e-books. Since the structure is manufactured with light and aesthetic materials, it will be available in different thickness and many sizes as small, standard, medium, large and extra-large. This state-of-the-art fastener of books, newspapers, magazines, paper pads, laptops, e-books and binders was conceived to satisfy the needs in the market of accessories for the reader and user of portable computers (laptops)... |
| Interface and method of interfacing between a parametric modelling unit and a polygon based rendering system | 20070091086 | 20070426 |
| An interface for use in a 3-d graphics system comprising a parametric modelling unit for modelling objects as high order surfaces, and a polygon based rendering system for rendering polygon modelled objects for display. The interface comprises an input for receiving data and a subdivision unit coupled to the input for processing the data. The interface includes a converter coupled to the subdivision unit for determining from leaf patch data a first plurality of values representing vertices of tessellating polygons describing the leaf patch, and for determining from sub-leaf patch data a second plurality of values representing the vertices of tessellating polygons describing the sub-leaf patch. The interface also has a combiner, coupled to the converter, for combining the values to form leaf polygon data defining... |
| Pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy | 20070083120 | 20070412 |
| Therapy methods using pulsed cavitational ultrasound therapy can include the subprocesses of initiation, maintenance, therapy, and feedback of the histotripsy process, which involves the creation and maintenance of ensembles of microbubbles and the use of feedback in order to optimize the process based on observed spatial-temporal bubble cloud dynamics. The methods provide for the subdivision or erosion of tissue, liquification of tissue, and the enhanced delivery of therapeutic agents. Various feedback mechanisms allow variation of ultrasound parameters and provide control over the pulsed cavitational process, permitting the process to be tuned for a number of applications. Such applications can include specific tissue erosion, bulk tissue homogenization, and delivery of therapeutic agents across barriers.
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| Integrated circuit device and method for forming the same | 20070079261 | 20070405 |
| In an integrated circuit device, element power supply lines connected to a circuit containing a plurality of cells, element ground lines connected thereto, a trunk power supply line connected to each of the element power supply lines, and a trunk ground line connected to each of the element ground lines are provided in a first wiring layer. A branch power supply line connected to the trunk power supply line and a branch ground line connected to the trunk ground line are provided in an upper wiring layer located above the first wiring layer. A wiring structure is determined based on a wiring structure equation expressing the relations among a voltage drop in the lines, the area occupied thereby, and a current consumed thereby and on a... |
| Virtual machine based network carriers | 20070079307 | 20070405 |
| A system and method is disclosed for the secure transfer of data by carrier virtual machines between participating physical hosts through a virtual network (VNET) implemented on one or more internal and/or external networks. The method of the invention can provide additional security controls, comprising parameters that may include, but are not limited to, time-to-live (TTL), access control lists (ACLs), usage policies, directory roles, etc. Additionally, access to one or more of a plurality of carrier virtual machine payloads by security groups, individual access, subdivided individual access, and MIME-like subdivision of a VM-encapsulated payload may be controlled, thereby providing the carrier VM the ability to carry many secured payloads. In addition, VM packets, a group of packets, a single VM, or subpackets within a VM between... |
| Refinement of block motion estimate using texture mapping | 20070070059 | 20070329 |
| A process for successive refinement to arbitrary precision of a supplied interframe motion estimate for a block of pixels, making use of texture mapping. A bounding box which constrains the limits of the motion estimate must be externally provided, typically one square pixel in size, centered on the original motion estimate. The invention recursively subdivides the supplied bounding box into subregions using a quadtree-like subdivision. A pixel-wise metric comparing the difference between the original block and a prediction for the motion estimate corresponding to each subregion is used to select a particular sub-region from the subdivision for further refinement. The prediction is obtained by texture mapping from the target image using the motion estimate corresponding to the center of the subregion. The precision of the refined... |
| Method and apparatus for processing of diagnostic image data | 20070070068 | 20070329 |
| A method is disclosed for processing of diagnostic image data. In one embodiment, the method includes determination of three-dimensional image information using an imaging medico-technical method, in which an examined volume is subdivided into a plurality of voxels and each voxel is allocated one measurement value, and selection of a subset of the voxels, with the measurement values which are associated with the selected voxels satisfying a specific relationship with a limit value. The method further includes identification of at least one cohesive volume area within the selected subset of the voxels, determination of a surface of the identified cohesive volume area, and determination of the distance between voxels within the cohesive volume area and the surface. Additionally, the method includes identification of volume elements within... |
| Method and device for providing defined fluid flow, especially for use in liquid chromatography | 20070056357 | 20070315 |
| The invention relates to a method for providing a defined fluid flow, especially for use in liquid chromatography. According to the method, a constant total flow (f0) is subdivided into an internal excess flow (fie) in an excess branch and into an internal working flow (fiw) in a working branch. The ratio of subdivision of the internal working flow (fiw) and the internal excess flow (fie) depends on the reverse ratio of a fluidic resistance provided in the working branch and a fluidic resistance in the excess branch. The excess branch and the working branch are interlinked at the respective outputs of the two fluidic outputs of the fluidic resistances by a cross-branch. The equalizing flow occurring between the outputs of the fluidic resistances is measured... |
| System and method for performing domain decomposition for multiresolution surface analysis | 20070052706 | 20070308 |
| A computer-implemented method to process a model of an object includes mapping a mesh representation of the model onto a plane to form a planarized mesh; generating a shape image by associating a shape descriptor with each vertex of the planarized mesh; forming a color image of the planarized mesh by using the shape descriptor to encode a color of each mesh vertex; creating a region map of the color image corresponding to areas of small shape variation; fitting a coarse two dimensional mesh to the region map and computing a target representation from the coarse two dimensional mesh. In the presently preferred embodiment the target representation is expressed as a multiresolution subdivision surface representation. The shape descriptors can include surface normals obtained from the mesh... |
| Semiconductor circuit arrangement with trench isolation and fabrication method | 20070037339 | 20070215 |
| An explanation is given of, inter alia, a circuit arrangement containing a trench which penetrates through a charge-storing layer (18) and a doped semiconductor layer (14). The trench simultaneously fulfils a multiplicity of functions, namely an insulating function between adjacent components, the patterning of the charge-storing layer and also the subdivision of doping layers of the semiconductor layer (14).
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| Architectural model of a radio base station | 20070037593 | 20070215 |
| The present invention relates to an architectural model of a radio network unit, e.g. a Radio Base Station, that separates functionality in such a way that it is possible to easily adapt the unit to various requirements and conditions. The radio network unit comprises an internal RBS-interface that subdivides the its functionality into a first part, which solely relates to the functionality of the radio network, and a second part, which solely relates to the radio part, i.e. the airborne part of the transmission. The internal interface comprises at least a link that handles the necessary additional communication that arises due to the subdivision and a link that handles the user data that is to be processed, i.e. transmitted or received, by said unit.
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| Method and system for the detection of shadows in noisy images | 20060280369 | 20061214 |
| A method for the extraction of shadows in noisy images includes capture of an image, subdivision of the image into a plurality of pixels, definition of a square odd matrix for every pixel having said pixel in the center, application of an algorithm to the matrixes of every pixel, and displaying of an error map of the image. The algorithm is a contour algorithm that includes the operaitons of = computation of the averages for each corner of the matrix, computation of the averages for the top, bottom, left and right sides, computation of the maximum variance between these eight averages, and comparison with a present value (max variance).
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| Method for generating documents using layer-specific inheritance rules | 20060271523 | 20061130 |
| Audience specific document targeted at a particular media type are generated by accessing data from an audience hierarchy. When obtaining a data value for a particular audience, if that value does not exist for that audience then the audience hierarchy may be utilized to find the data value for an inherited audience. By adding regional, cultural or regulatory subdivisions within the audience hierarchy and inheriting large portions of existing audience specific data entries, a large number of audience specific documents may be generated with a minimal amount of data entry required. Audiences may be specified in a given order for traversal within the hierarchy and displayed in a data entry and editing application utilizing visual characteristics to inform a user if the value for a particular... |
| Method for utilizing a multi-layered data model to generate audience specific documents | 20060271572 | 20061130 |
| Audience specific documents targeted at a plurality of media types are generated by accessing data from a multi-layered data model comprising an audience hierarchy. When obtaining a data value for a particular audience, if that value does not exist for that audience then the audience hierarchy may be utilized to find the data value for an inherited audience. By adding regional, cultural or regulatory subdivisions within the audience hierarchy and inheriting large portions of existing audience specific data entries, a large number of audience specific documents may be generated with a minimal amount of data entry required. Audiences may be specified in a given order for traversal within the hierarchy and displayed in a data entry and editing application utilizing visual characteristics to inform a user... |
| Method for the multiple-antennae emission of a signal by unitary space-time codes, receiving method, and corresponding signal | 20060233274 | 20061019 |
| An embodiment of the invention relates to a method for sending a signal formed by successive vectors each comprising N symbols to be sent, and implementing at least two transmitter antennas. A distinct sub-matrix is associated with each of said antennas, said sub-matrices being obtained by subdivision of a unitary square matrix, and each of said antennas sends sub-vectors, obtained by subdivision of said vectors, respectively multiplied by said sub-matrices so as to form, as seen from a receiver, a single combined signal representing the multiplication of said vectors by said unitary matrix.
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| System and method for representing and processing and modeling subterranean surfaces | 20060235666 | 20061019 |
| Methods and systems are disclosed for processing data used for hydrocarbon extraction from the earth. Symmetry transformation groups are identified from sampled earth structure data. A set of critical points is identified from the sampled data. Using the symmetry groups and the critical points, a plurality of subdivisions of shapes is generated, which together represent the original earth structures. The symmetry groups correspond to a plurality of shape families, each of which includes a set of predicted critical points. The subdivisions are preferably generated such that a shape family is selected according to a best fit between the critical points from the sampled data and the predicted critical points of the selected shape family.
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| Display device, product holder element and dividing member | 20060225325 | 20061012 |
| A display device comprises at least a first and a second revolving product stand (11,12) which are both rotatable about a vertical shaft (13). The first and second revolving product stands both comprise a product column, constructed in a further aspect of the invention from separate product holder elements (30), with an at least substantially polygonal cross-section transversely of the shaft, which are mounted rotatably about an axis of the shaft of the revolving product stand. The revolving product stands are placed on a shared base (10), wherein a coupling (17) exists between the shafts of the revolving product stands so that the rotations of the revolving product stands about an individual axis correspond to each other. A dividing member (40) can be arranged in the... |
| Methods and systems for reducing finite element simulation time for acoustic response analysis | 20060217943 | 20060928 |
| Methods and systems for reducing finite element simulation time for acoustic response analysis are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes analytically creating a finite element model, the finite element model including a plurality of subdivisions. A plurality of cross-correlations between respective pairings of the subdivisions is then specified. A portion of the cross-correlations are then eliminated to provide a reduced set of cross-correlations between respective pairings of the subdivisions. The elimination includes determining a spatial distance value between at least two subdivisions, and discarding at least one of the cross-correlations for which the spatial distance value is greater than a specified threshold value. The finite element simulation is then performed using the reduced set of cross-correlations.
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| Method of marketing real estate having observable activity enclosure | 20060206441 | 20060914 |
| A method of marketing real estate, wherein homes are sold to home purchasers who have, or plan to have, children. The homes are in a subdivision that has a commonly usable activity area for children and the activity area has a central location for supervising adults to observe their children while the adults are sitting, cooking, eating and/or communicating with other adults and/or children. Each family is provided with sets of activity equipment that is marked for the home purchasing owner for use on the activity area. The activity area comprises a central location with benches/tables and charcoal grills, and has game segments radiating outward from the central location.
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| Mesh compression | 20060206509 | 20060914 |
| A method and apparatus for transmission and reception of three dimensional image data is disclosed where vertex data, together with information on the displacement of vertices is sent for reception and reconstruction of a three dimensional object using a surface subdivision process. The method employed is characterised by all displacements for vertices of a greater magnitude being sent, received and applied before all displacements for vertices of a lesser magnitude, so that premature termination of the process results in varying degrees of surface precision, but with image integrity. The transmission and reception process employs a SPHIT Tree applied to a three dimensional object rather than to a two dimensional surface (for which SPHIT Trees were created). The SPHIT Tree also eliminates the need for a sign... |
| Methods for printing booklets and booklets printed thereby | 20060200762 | 20060907 |
| The invention provides a method for preparing a portable booklet of multi-column textual material, comprising reformatting the textual layout of the material in order to create substantial alignment between the lines of text in all of the columns in an area predetermined for horizontal subdivision of the sheet containing the same, creating at least one space horizontally extending across the predetermined area of the sheet, thereby subdividing each of the respective columns to form at least two distinct areas of printed matter, and utilizing the subdivided sheets to form a booklet having pages of reduced height in the direction of its columns, while substantially maintaining the original font size of the letters of the multi-column textual material.
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| Optical reflector | 20060193135 | 20060831 |
| Disclosed is a reflector for a lighting assembly comprised of a series of discrete facets connected to form an optical reflector. Each facet includes subdivisions that extend uninterrupted along substantially the length of the facet and serve to multiply the image of the light source for increased illumination. Further, the curvature of the facets are selected to maximize the length of the reflected image of the light source to further enhance optical output.
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| Map data product and map data processor | 20060167934 | 20060727 |
| A data product that can be read into a computer or a map data processing apparatus contains map data that includes map-related information related to a map. The map data includes: a structure achieved by dividing the map into a plurality of mesh-like subdivisions and dividing the map-related information into units corresponding to the individual subdivisions; and a structure in which the map-related information is managed in units of subdivision sets each containing a plurality of adjacent subdivisions and the map-related information is used in the map data processing apparatus in units of the individual subdivision sets.
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| Function portions of animation program | 20060158450 | 20060720 |
| The present invention consists of an evaluation engine, which is a system for evaluating the state of an animation at a specific time where secondary animation may be derived from the state of the animation at another time. Unlike DAG-based systems where time is another variable, time is external to the evaluation engine so that it can easily evaluate alternate times and even entire simulations. It also comprises meshes which support instancing and edge weights, and which employ and extensible system of polygon types to support subdivision surface approximation using a set of bi-quadratic patches which solve quickly. The meshes can also be animated by the evaluation engine using a mesh stack, which has multiple evaluation paths for quickly computing mesh attributes without performing a full... |
| Laboratory equipment having drain grooves on a worktop | 20060150317 | 20060713 |
| Laboratory equipment comprises at least one worktop having at least one drain channel, the at least one worktop having a plurality of drain grooves provided on its surface which grooves are linked with a liquid container and at least a refuse tank via the at least one drain channel. The drain grooves are preferably distributed across the surface and arranged in a manner as to give a segmented subdivision for the at least one worktop.
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| Apparatus, method and article for direct slicing of step based nurbs models for solid freeform fabrication | 20060155418 | 20060713 |
| Direct slicing of CAD models to generate process planning instructions for solid freeform fabrication may overcome inherent disadvantages of using STL format in terms of the process accuracy, ease of file management, and incorporation of multiple materials. This paper will present the results of our development of a direct slicing algorithm for layered freeform fabrication. The direct slicing algorithm was based on a neutral, international standard (ISO 10303) STEP-formatted NURBS geometric representation and is intended to be independent of any commercial CAD software. The following aspects of the development effort will be presented: 1) Determination of optimal build direction based upon STEP-based NURBS models; 2) Adaptive subdivision of NURBS data for geometric refinement; and 3) Ray-casting slice generation into sets of raster patterns. Feasibility studies applying... |
| Self test method and apparatus for identifying partially defective memory | 20060156130 | 20060713 |
| A computing system is provided which includes a processor having a cache memory. The cache memory includes a plurality of independently configurable subdivisions, each subdivision including a memory array. A service element (SE) of the computing system is operable to cause a built-in-self-test (BIST) to be executed to test the cache memory, the BIST being operable to determine whether any of the subdivisions is defective. When it is determined that one of the subdivisions of the cache memory determined defective by the BIST is non-repairable, the SE logically deletes the defective subdivision from the system configuration, and the SE is operable to permit the processor to operate without the logically deleted subdivision. The SE is further operable to determine that the processor is defective when a... |
| An automated dicing tool for semiconductor substrate materials | 20060143908 | 20060706 |
| A method and an apparatus for subdividing a sheet of brittle insulating material (a silicon wafer substrate) with a plurality of semiconductor chips disposed thereon and electrically bonded to respective underlying circuit blocks printed on the sheet to provide each chip with its own substrate. The chips are arranged in rows and columns separated by row and column kerfs each of which contains a respective scribed line. The subdivision of the sheet is accomplished by placing the substrate in a flexible conformable carrier having a solid bottom and a top having an open grid, formed of ribs, with each rib positioned over a respective scribe line on the surface of the sheet; positioning a rigid convex, arched anvil parallel to the scribe lines in the row... |
| System for ad hoc sharing of content items between portable devices and interaction methods therefor | 20060146765 | 20060706 |
| A user interface concept for wireless ad hoc content sharing between portable devices referred to as portable content containers (PCCs). A user-centered design approach is provided enabling users to share content such as music and photos. A variety of physical ways of establishing a secure connections between the PCC devices is provided. In addition, a clear view on the location of the content stored on the devices, and a drag & drop interface is provided. Use is made of separate spaces, each containing the corresponding content and includes a “shared” space such that all connected users may transfer content to and from to their own personal devices. The use of a drag & drop interface in combination with the subdivision of the screen into several spaces,... |
| Digital phase modulator for a fiber-optic device | 20060147146 | 20060706 |
| A method and arrangement of electrodes for increasing the resolution of a digital phase modulator for a fiber-optic signal transmission or measuring device. A predetermined total number m of electrodes of different lengths are arranged parallel and on both sides with respect to a light guiding path in or on an optical substrate. The electrodes are divided into two groups. A first group n of electrodes represents a coarse modulator with binary and more significant weighted electrodes of length ratio bn+0:bn=2, the longest electrode of which corresponds to the sum of lengths of all the remaining electrodes of the overall modulator. A second, smaller group of n0 non-binary and less significant weighted electrodes represents a fine modulator. The smallest output values are not formed by driving... |
| Differential front-end continuous-time sigma-delta adc using chopper stabilisation | 20060139192 | 20060629 |
| A multi-bit continuous-time sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter (ADC) has a differential input stage which receives an analog input signal current. A multi-bit feedback current digital-to-analog converter (IDAC) generates a multi-level feedback current depending on a digital feedback signal from a flash ADC. An integrator has a differential input that integrates the difference of the generated current by the multi-bit IDAC and the input signal current on a continuous-time basis. The input stage further comprises a first biasing current source and a second biasing current source which bias the input stage in a mid-scale condition. A first summing node connects to the first differential input line, a first differential input of the integrator and the first output branch. A second summing node connects to the second differential input... |
| Efficient data structure | 20060143202 | 20060629 |
| In one embodiment, the present invention is directed to a data structure for representing a spatial region. The data structure comprises a hierarchical arrangement of nodes associated with a plurality of refinement levels, wherein each node of the hierarchical arrangement of nodes is a regular spatial subdivision of the spatial region or another node that is associated with a preceding refinement level. The hierarchical arrangement of nodes forms a directed acyclic graph. The hierarchical arrangement of nodes comprises at least two nodes that have respective edges that are traversed to a common child node such that the hierarchical arrangement of nodes does not comprise a repeated pattern from any two nodes of a common refinement level of the data structure.
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| Rapid zippering for real time tesselation of bicubic surfaces | 20060125824 | 20060615 |
| A method and system is provided for rendering bicubic surfaces of an object on a computer system. Each bicubic surface is defined by sixteen control points and bounded by four boundary curves, each corresponding to an edge, and each boundary curve is formed by boundary box of line segments formed between four of the control points. The method and system of include transforming only the control points of the surface given a view of the object, rather than points across the entire bicubic surface, and using the four boundary edges for purposes of subdivision. Next, a pair of orthogonal boundary curves to process is selected. After the boundary curves have been selected, each of the curves is iteratively subdivided and the pair of orthogonal internal curves,... |
| Communication performance calculation method and communication performance calculation apparatus in mobile communication system, and blocking probability calculation method and blocking probability calculation apparatus in communication system, and record | 20060111121 | 20060525 |
| A subdivision data holding unit holds data of transmission power Pi and traffic intensity Ai of each subdivision. A propagation associated data holding unit holds data used for calculating received power, such as the height above the ground of antennas of the base stations and mobile stations. A received power calculating unit reads necessary data from the subdivision data holding unit and propagation associated data holding unit, and calculates the received power. A traffic calculating unit calculates the means Sm and variances Sv of the traffic at the base stations from the data calculated by the received power calculating unit. A performance calculating unit calculates the performance such as the blocking probability from the means Sm and variances Sv calculated by the traffic calculating unit and... |
| Compositions and methods for enhancing structural and functional nervous system reorganization and recovery | 20060104969 | 20060518 |
| The present invention provides methods and compositions for enhancing recovery in a subject suffering from damage to the nervous system. In particular, the invention includes a method for promoting recovery and/or reorganization in the nervous system of a subject in need of enhancement of recovery and/or reorganization of the nervous system as a result of ischemic, hemorrhagic, neoplastic, degenerative, or traumatic damage by focally administering a composition comprising a proteolysis-enhancing agent such as tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), plasmin, or a PAI inhibitor to the nervous system of the subject. In some embodiments an additional active agent is also administered. The composition can be delivered using a variety of techniques including injection, via infusion pump, from an implantable microchip, or using a polymeric delivery vehicle. The composition... |
| Internet-based method for construction bid and contract management | 20060085322 | 20060420 |
| Method of topologically subdividing and unambiguously defining the scope of work and for inter-linking construction plans/specifications to construction contracts to eliminates errors and uncertainty in contractor performance. Electronic overlays are applied onto the digitized construction plans corresponding to different categories of work. Each overlay is divided into a series of optimized topological subdivision boxes which uniquely identify/locate on the plans work to be performed. Overlays and boxes are linked to the subcontracts so the scope of work to be bid is accurately mapped to corresponding regions and overlay category on the architectural drawings. The Internet-based method provides bi-directional flow of information from various entities involved in the bid process permitting more efficient and effective management of bidding. A central-server remote or distributed host provides transmittal of... |
| Tetrahedralization of non-conformal three-dimensional mixed element meshes | 20060071931 | 20060406 |
| A dynamic directory and tetrahedralization method. The dynamic directory of degree of freedom data for elements in a non-conformal mixed-element mesh includes elements subdividable into tetrahedral, in which a respective degree of freedom value is stored for each element, wherein the degree of freedom value is current as element subdivision proceeds. The tetrahedralization method includes providing a non-conformal mixed element mesh comprising elements subdividable into tetrahedra, identifying respective degree of freedom values for the elements in the mesh, and performing element subdivision based on the degree of freedom values of elements in the mesh.
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| Color interpolation method of an image acquired by a digital sensor by directional filtering | 20060072814 | 20060406 |
| Subdivision per basic color channels of grey level data generated by a color sensor is no longer required according to a novel color interpolation method of an image acquired by a digital color sensor generating grey levels for each image pixel as a function of the filter applied to the sensor by interpolating the values of missing colors of each image pixel for generating triplets or pairs of values of primary colors or complementary base hues for each image pixel. The method may include calculating spatial variation gradients of primary colors or complementary base hues for each image pixel and storing the information of directional variation of primary color or complementary base hue in look-up tables pertaining to each pixel. The method may further include interpolating... |
