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Alison Beth Ternent, Midway, KY US
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20080300811 | Method For Compensating For A Contaminated Calibration Target Used In Calibrating A Scanner - A method for compensating for a contaminated calibration target used in calibrating a scanner having a plurality of sensor pixels includes (a) scanning a calibration target to generate a respective plurality of calibration data samples for each sensor pixel of the plurality of sensor pixels; (b) for calibration data samples associated with a current sensor pixel of the plurality of sensor pixels, removing any calibration data sample that corresponds to a region of calibration target contamination, leaving filtered calibration data samples; (c) determining a gain value for the current sensor pixel based on the filtered calibration data samples; (d) repeating acts (b) and (c) for a next sensor pixel until a respective gain value is determined for each of the plurality of sensor pixels; and (e) applying the determined gain values to the plurality of sensor pixels for use in subsequent image scanning by the scanner. | 12-04-2008 |
Chad Ternent, Kitchener CA
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20140046951 | AUTOMATED SUBSTITUTION OF TERMS BY COMPOUND EXPRESSIONS DURING INDEXING OF INFORMATION FOR COMPUTERIZED SEARCH - Methods, software and devices for indexing responses for later providing to users in response to queries are disclosed. For each stored response, representative queries are stored in association with that response, where each representative query represents a possible query for searching for information addressed by that response. Representative queries are selectively modified by substituting terms by corresponding chosen substitute expressions, where a substitute expression is chosen for a particular term in one of the representative queries based on past substitutions in others of said representative queries. For each response, a Boolean expression is formed from those representative queries associated with that response, as selectively modified, where the Boolean expression is satisfied by each of those representative queries. The Boolean expression is stored in association with that response for later applying to each query, that response to be provided to the user in response of those queries satisfying the Boolean expression. | 02-13-2014 |
20140081993 | DISAMBIGUATION FRAMEWORK FOR INFORMATION SEARCHING - Methods, software and devices for responding to a user query are disclosed. A user query received from a user is matched to stored responses to obtain initial matched responses. A confidence metric indicating the likelihood of the initial matched responses satisfying the user query is calculated. Upon determining the confidence metric to be below a specified threshold, the user query is supplemented with contextual data. The user query, supplemented by contextual data, is further matched to stored responses by applying disparate matching techniques to obtain further matched responses, where at least one of the disparate matching techniques differs from techniques used to obtain the initial matched responses. Degree-of-match metrics are calculated taking into account the contextual data, where each degree-of-match metric indicates a quality of match between the user query and a matched response. At least one of the matched responses is presented to the user. | 03-20-2014 |
Chad Thomas Ternent, Kitchener CA
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20110066620 | Automated Boolean Expression Generation for Computerized Search and Indexing - A computer implemented method of indexing a plurality of responses for later retrieval and presentation to a user in response to queries, includes, for each of the plurality of responses, receiving at least one representative query for that response. The representative query(s) represent text (e.g. natural language) query(s) to be input by an end user searching for information addressed by that response. Each representative query is parsed into terms. The terms are analyzed to determine which of these terms are more likely to uniquely identify queries for the particular response among terms in representative queries for all indexed responses. Boolean expression(s) satisfied by a text query containing one of the terms determined to more likely uniquely identify that response, and another one of the parsed terms are formed. | 03-17-2011 |
Gary Ternent, North Lanarkshire GB
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20080231657 | Thermal Printing With Laser Activation - Methods and apparatus for implementing thermal printing techniques onto thermally sensitive print media use one or more laser arrays to provide optical heating. Technique for alignment of multiple monolithic arrays onto a common carrier are described, the axis of the at least one laser array being disposed obliquely to a transport direction of print media. | 09-25-2008 |
20080278565 | Printing with Laser Activation - Methods and apparatus for implementing thermal printing techniques onto thermally sensitive print media use one or more laser arrays to provide optical heating. Thermal management of the laser arrays is described. Techniques for alignment of multiple monolithic arrays onto a common carrier are described. Various output optics are described. | 11-13-2008 |
20110102537 | Thermal printing with laser activation - Methods and apparatus for implementing thermal printing techniques onto thermally sensitive print media use one or more laser arrays to provide optical heating. Thermal management of the laser arrays is described. Techniques for alignment of multiple monolithic arrays onto a common carrier are described. Various output optics are described. | 05-05-2011 |