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20110078127 | Searching for information based on generic attributes of the query - Searching information includes: receiving current query data from a client; extracting generic attribute features of the current query data, wherein the generic attribute features are used for calculating a plurality of confidence degrees of the current query data that correspond to a plurality of categories, each of the confidence degrees indicating a degree of confidence that the current query data belongs to a respective one of the plurality of categories; determining the plurality of confidence degrees of the current query data based at least in part on the generic attribute features; searching in a chosen category for a search result that corresponds to the current query data, the chosen category being one of the plurality of categories and being chosen based at least in part on the plurality of confidence degrees; and returning the search result. | 03-31-2011 |
20110225180 | Guided search based on query model - Providing guided search includes: receiving a new query; processing the new query to obtain a plurality of models, wherein a model indicates a mapping relationship of a previously stored query and corresponding guidance information; determining a corresponding plurality of similarities of the plurality of models relative to the new query; obtaining guidance information in a database comprising a plurality of mapping relationships of previously stored query and corresponding guidance information, including selecting at least some of the plurality of models based at least in part on the similarities and using the selected models as index to search the database; and sending the obtained guidance information to be displayed to a user. | 09-15-2011 |
20110295650 | Analyzing merchandise information for messiness - Analyzing merchandise information includes: receiving merchandise information input by a user; analyzing the merchandise information, including at least obtaining values corresponding to one or more characteristic attributes from the merchandise information, wherein the values corresponding to one or more characteristic attributes are used to determine whether the merchandise information is messy; determining a messiness confidence level associated with the merchandise information based at least in part on the obtained values corresponding to one or more characteristic attributes; and determining whether the messiness confidence level associated with the merchandise information exceeds a preset threshold value; in the event that the messiness confidence level exceeds the preset threshold value, sending an indication to stop publication of the merchandise information and in the event that the messiness confidence level does not exceed the preset threshold value, not sending an indication to stop publication of the merchandise information. | 12-01-2011 |
20110307839 | Implementing website navigation - Implementing website navigation includes deriving a confidence level for at least one leaf node of a website navigation category diagram using historical user operation data; generating one or more navigation hierarchical structure diagrams based on the website navigation category diagram; determining a searching cost associated with each of the one or more navigation hierarchical structure diagrams; determining the navigation hierarchical structure diagram associated with the lowest searching cost; and implementing at least in part a website navigation mode using the navigation hierarchical structure diagram associated with the lowest searching cost. | 12-15-2011 |
20120330962 | Method and Apparatus of Providing Suggested Terms - The present disclosure discloses a method of providing suggested terms. The method includes: receiving an initial query input from a user, and obtaining corresponding suggested queries based on the initial query; determining at least two categories corresponding to the suggested queries and at least two clickable regions usable for looking up the suggested queries; separately determining a category weight associated with each obtained category in each clickable region for the suggested queries, and a click attribute weight associated with each clickable region; computing a degree of confidence of each category for the suggested queries; and separately determining target categories for the suggested queries based on the degree of confidence of each category for the suggested queries. As such, the user may quickly identify his/her search intention based on the target categories corresponding to the suggested queries, thereby effectively improving the speed of information searching. | 12-27-2012 |
20130191381 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ORDERING SEARCH RESULTS - Ordering search results may include obtaining an exposed log file from a log system, computing a Bayesian posterior probability for relevancy between the log file and a search request, computing an expected value of the relevancy between the log file and the search request based on the Bayesian posterior probability, storing the search request and an identifier of the log file as a key and the expected value of the relevancy between the log file and the search request as a value into a search data structure, in response to receiving a search request submitted by a user, finding expected values of relevancy between the submitted search request and log files that are relevant to the submitted search request from the search data structure, and ordering the found log files in a descending order of the expected values. | 07-25-2013 |
20130246456 | Publishing Product Information - The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for publishing product information. The present disclosure provides a method for publishing product information. Based on a stored search click log of buyers, correlation information between inquiry words and categories in the search click log is calculated. A keyword input by the seller is matched to the inquiry words. The keyword may be a word or a phrase that includes one or more words. If the keyword is matched to at least one inquiry word, at least one category corresponding to the matched inquiry word is obtained based on the correlation information. The product information is stored under one or more categories of the obtained categories. The present techniques improve the accuracy rate of recommended categories to the seller and the return rate of the published product information. | 09-19-2013 |
20130325857 | Method and Apparatus of Ordering Search Results - Ordering search results may include obtaining an exposed log file from a log system, computing a Bayesian posterior probability for relevancy between the log file and a search request, computing an expected value of the relevancy between the log file and the search request based on the Bayesian posterior probability, storing the search request and an identifier of the log file as a key and the expected value of the relevancy between the log file and the search request as a value into a search data structure, in response to receiving a search request submitted by a user, finding expected values of relevancy between the submitted search request and log files that are relevant to the submitted search request from the search data structure, and ordering the found log files in a descending order of the expected values. | 12-05-2013 |
20130339369 | Search Method and Apparatus - The present disclosure provides techniques to solve problems (e.g., the low efficiency and a waste of resources) derived from conventional methods. These techniques may include extracting, by a computing device, the first N keywords appearing the most in target information published by target users as target words, and creating an inverted index based on information on a page of the target users and the target words, wherein the inverted index includes a target field and a page information field, and N is an integer. The computing device may receive an inquiry phrase and determine target users matching the inquiry phrase in the inverted index based on the inquiry phrase. The computing device may calculate a relevance between the matched target users and the inquiry phrase through the target field and the page information field, and return a certain result based on the relevance. | 12-19-2013 |
20130339378 | MULTILINGUAL MIXED SEARCH METHOD AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present application relate to a multilingual mixed search method, a system for multilingual mixed searching, and a computer program product for multilingual mixed searching. A multilingual mixed searching method is provided. The method includes receiving a query word entered by a user and identifying source language of the query word, translating the query word from the source language to query words of a plurality of target languages, the plurality of target languages being different than the source language, using the query word in a corresponding target language as a basis for searching an index of web page information corresponding to the corresponding target language and obtaining web page information in the corresponding target language, from the web page information obtained from the index corresponding to the corresponding target language, and translating the obtained web page information from the corresponding target language to the source language. | 12-19-2013 |
20140025668 | Method and System of Ranking Search Results, and Method and System of Optimizing Search Result Ranking - The present disclosure provides techniques to rank search results. The techniques may include acquiring a set of primitive characteristics and extracting effective characteristics from the set of primitive characteristics based on historical transaction data. The effective characteristics include characteristics that can have an influence on ranking of search results. The techniques may also include determining an initial weight of each of the effective characteristics based on the historical transaction data, and training the initial weight using the historical transaction data and a predetermined training model to obtain a final weight. Based on the final weight, the search results may be ranked. In some aspects, the techniques may also optimize the ranking to ensure the objectivity and accuracy of ranking results. | 01-23-2014 |
20140032207 | Information Classification Based on Product Recognition - The present disclosure provides an example information classification method and system based on product recognition. When a request for product recognition is received, one or more candidate product words of product profile information for recognition are determined. One or more characteristics of the product profile information are extracted based on the determined candidate product words respectively. Based on the candidate product words and their corresponding characteristics, the learning sub-model and the comprehensive learning model determine a product word corresponding to the product profile information. The product profile information is classified based on the product word. The present techniques implement automatic classification of the product profile information and improve an efficiency of information classification. | 01-30-2014 |
20140040229 | SEARCHING FOR INFORMATION BASED ON GENERIC ATTRIBUTES OF THE QUERY - Searching information includes: receiving current query data from a client; extracting generic attribute features of the current query data, wherein the generic attribute features are used for calculating a plurality of confidence degrees of the current query data that correspond to a plurality of categories, each of the confidence degrees indicating a degree of confidence that the current query data belongs to a respective one of the plurality of categories; determining the plurality of confidence degrees of the current query data based at least in part on the generic attribute features; selecting a category based at least in part on the plurality of confidence degrees, the selected category being one of the plurality of categories and having a confidence degree higher than a confidence degree of another category; searching in the selected category for a search result that corresponds to the current query data; and returning the search result. | 02-06-2014 |
20140258844 | SELECTING A NAVIGATION HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE DIAGRAM FOR WEBSITE NAVIGATION - Implementing website navigation includes deriving a confidence level for at least one leaf node of a website navigation category diagram using historical user operation data; generating one or more navigation hierarchical structure diagrams based on the website navigation category diagram; determining a searching cost associated with each of the one or more navigation hierarchical structure diagrams; determining the navigation hierarchical structure diagram associated with the lowest searching cost; and implementing at least in part a website navigation mode using the navigation hierarchical structure diagram associated with the lowest searching cost. | 09-11-2014 |
20140379329 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR MINING SYNONYMOUS PHRASES, AND FOR SEARCHING RELATED CONTENT - The present disclosure is related to a method and an apparatus of mining synonymous phrases. The method comprises: obtaining, according to a parallel text corpus, a first phrase-alignment relationship from phrases of a current language to phrases of an intermediate language, and a second phrase-alignment relationship from the phrases of the intermediate language to the phrases of the current language; obtaining, for a target phrase of current language, a first set of aligned phrases of the intermediate language that are aligned with the target phrase of the current language based on the first phrase-alignment relationship; obtaining a second set of aligned phrases of the current language that are aligned with selected phrase(s) in the first set of aligned phrases based on the second phrase-alignment relationship; and obtaining synonymous phrases for the target phrase from the second set of aligned phrases. | 12-25-2014 |
20150039604 | Method and Apparatus of Ordering Search Results - Ordering search results may include obtaining an exposed log file from a log system, computing a Bayesian posterior probability for relevancy between the log file and a search request, computing an expected value of the relevancy between the log file and the search request based on the Bayesian posterior probability, storing the search request and an identifier of the log file as a key and the expected value of the relevancy between the log file and the search request as a value into a search data structure, in response to receiving a search request submitted by a user, finding expected values of relevancy between the submitted search request and log files that are relevant to the submitted search request from the search data structure, and ordering the found log files in a descending order of the expected values. | 02-05-2015 |
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20100069751 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING REGIONS OF ALTERED STIFFNESS - An ultrasound imaging method for detecting a target region of altered stiffness is provided. The method comprises delivering at least one reference pulse to the target region to detect an initial position of the target region, delivering a first pushing pulse having a first value of a variable parameter to a target region to displace the target region to a first displaced position, delivering a first tracking pulse to detect the first displaced position of the target region, delivering a second pushing pulse having a second value of the variable parameter to the target region to displace the target region to a second displaced position, and delivering a second tracking pulse to detect the second displaced position of the target region. An ultrasound imaging system for detecting a region of altered stiffness is also provided. | 03-18-2010 |
20100191113 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING WITH REDUCED THERMAL DOSE - An ultrasound imaging method is provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of locations within a region of interest, delivering a pulse sequence to two or more of the plurality of locations in a determined order, wherein the pulse sequence comprises a pushing pulse, and a tracking pulse, and applying a motion correction sequence to each of the plurality of locations where the pulse sequence is delivered. | 07-29-2010 |
20100305441 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ULTRASOUND IMAGE OPTIMIZATION - A method for automatic image optimization in ultrasound imaging of an object is provided. The method includes transmitting a first ultrasound signal into the object, wherein the signal has a plurality of first signal parameters. The method also includes receiving a first set of electrical signals representing reflections of the first ultrasound signals from the object and processing the first set of electrical signals into a first image. The method evaluates an image quality cost function for the first image to produce a first image quality metric and determines a second plurality of signal parameters based upon the first image quality metric. Similarly, the method includes transmitting a second ultrasound signal into the object, wherein the signal has the second plurality of signal parameters and receiving a second set of electrical signals representing reflections of the second ultrasound signal from the object and processing the second set of electrical signals into a second image. The method also includes evaluating an image quality cost function for the second image to produce a second image quality metric. The method further includes comparing the first image quality metric and the second image quality metric to determine whether a maximized image quality metric has been reached and assigning multiple signal parameters that produced the maximized image quality metric as optimum parameters. The method further includes imaging and displaying the object using an ultrasound signal having the optimum parameters. | 12-02-2010 |
20110054317 | TRACKING AND OPTIMIZING GAIN AND CONTRAST IN REAL-TIME FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGING - A system for dynamic optimization of gain and contrast in ultrasound imaging includes an image processor module programmed to dynamically estimate a correction profile in real-time and apply the correction profile to adjust a gain and contrast of image frame data sets. The image processor module is programmed to identify tissue and background regions in an image frame data set, determine an image intensity for each of the tissue and background regions, and formulate a gain profile based on the image intensity of the tissue region to compensate the gain variation of an image. The image processor module is further programmed to calculate an image contrast metric based on the image intensity of the tissue and background regions, and modify a gray map of the image frame data set based on the image contrast metric to adjust the contrast of an image displayed on the display system. | 03-03-2011 |
20110245676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ULTRASOUND SIGNAL ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING - The present disclosure relates to the measurement of acoustic noise during ultrasound imaging. In one embodiment, a receive beam is directed in a different direction from a transmit beam when an acoustic noise signal is being measured. When a tissue signal is being measured, the receive beam is directed in substantially the same direction as the transmit beam. | 10-06-2011 |
20120134233 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACOUSTIC RADIATION FORCE IMAGING WITH ENHANCED PERFORMANCE - Methods and systems for ultrasound imaging are presented. The method includes configuring a plurality of apertures in a transducer array of an ultrasound imaging device, where the apertures include one or more transducer elements. Further, one or more reference pulses are delivered to a plurality of target regions to detect corresponding initial positions. Additionally, a pushing pulse is delivered to at least two of the plurality of target regions through at least two of the plurality of apertures. To that end, the plurality of apertures is focused at specific target regions in the plurality of target regions using a compound delay profile. Subsequently, one or more tracking pulses are delivered to the plurality of target regions for detecting corresponding displacements of at least the specific target regions in the plurality of target regions. Further, ultrasound imaging methods that deliver a plurality of short pushing pulse segments and/or tracking pulses to corresponding target regions in an interleaving manner are also described. | 05-31-2012 |
20120150040 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVELY CONTROLLING A FRAME INTERVAL BETWEEN ULTRASOUND SCANNING FRAMES FOR AN ULTRASOUND ELASTICITY IMAGING SCAN - An apparatus, system and method for adaptively controlling a frame interval between ultrasound scanning frames of an ultrasound elasticity imaging scan. The system includes a transmitter for transmitting ultrasound beams to a subject during an ultrasound elasticity imaging scan, and a receiver for receiving ultrasound beam echoes from the subject responsive to transmitted ultrasound beams. The system also includes a processor for processing a plurality of the ultrasound beam echoes to determine a strain variation of the tissue undergoing strain, calculating a value for an ultrasound scanning frame interval adapted for imaging the tissue undergoing the determined strain variation, and setting the value of the ultrasound scanning frame interval for acquiring ultrasound elasticity images of the tissue undergoing the determined strain variation. | 06-14-2012 |
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20100285040 | Methods of enhancing immune response using electroporation-assisted vaccination and boosting - Disclosed are methods of enhancing immune responses. Such methods involve the administration of vaccine compositions to different tissues to elicit an enhanced immune response. The enhanced response arises from the vaccination and boosting route of administration in two separate patient tissues, for example, by first administering a priming vaccination into skin and later administering a boost vaccination in muscle. In each case, priming and boosting, the administration of the vaccine composition is preferably carried out using contemporaneous electroporation-assisted delivery of the antigenic agent. | 11-11-2010 |
20110009807 | VARIABLE CURRENT DENSITY SINGLE NEEDLE ELECTROPORATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - This invention comprises an improved electroporation electrode system comprising a single needle and a ring or donut shaped electrode wherein the difference in surface area of the electrodes provide for a substantial reduction of current density near the surface of the treated tissue and a more concentrated current density sufficient for electroporation only in tissues adjacent to the terminal portion of the single needle electrode. Thus, this invention provides for targeting specific tissue for electroporation and also should provide for lessening the sensation of electric current in the treated tissue. | 01-13-2011 |
20120323165 | MULTIPLE TISSUE LAYER ELECTROPORATION APPLICATOR AND DEVICE - The present invention relates to dual depth electroporation devices capable of electorporating both muscle tissue and skin tissue in a single application in order to generate a broad immune response in a subject, and uses of the same. | 12-20-2012 |
20130066296 | TOLERABLE AND MINIMALLY INVASIVE SKIN ELECTROPORATION DEVICE - A novel electroporation device for the delivery of vaccines that is both effective in generating a protective immune response and tolerable delivery to a subject (or near painless); and also methods of using same device to vaccinate a subject against a variety of infectious diseases and types of cancer in a near painless. | 03-14-2013 |
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20110133661 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS WITH CONTROLLABLE POWER - A power supply system includes a power converter, a switch, and a controller. The power converter is operable for providing power to a load. The switch is coupled to the power converter and is operable for adjusting the power to the load. The switch has a gate, a source and a drain. The controller is coupled to the switch and is operable for controlling a state of the switch. The controller has a first control terminal for providing a gate voltage to the gate of the switch, a second control terminal for providing a source voltage to the source of the switch, and an input terminal for receiving a supply voltage via the source of the switch. The controller is also operable for limiting the supply voltage within a predetermined maximum level by regulating the gate voltage to a preset level. | 06-09-2011 |
20110133662 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING LIGHT SOURCES - A driving circuit includes a first inductor coupled in series with a light source for providing power to the light source. A controller coupled to the first inductor can control a switch coupled to the first inductor, thereby controlling a current flowing through the first inductor. A current sensor coupled to the first inductor can provide a first signal indicative of the current flowing through the first inductor, regardless of whether the switch is on or off. The switch is controlled according to the first signal. A second inductor magnetically coupled to the first inductor is also electrically coupled to the first inductor via a common node between the switch and the first inductor for providing a reference ground for the controller. The reference ground is different from the ground of the driving circuit. | 06-09-2011 |
20120139433 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING LIGHT SOURCES - A circuit for driving a light-emitting diode (LED) light source includes a converter, a saw-tooth signal generator, and a controller. The converter includes a switch which is controlled by a driving signal. The converter provides a sense signal indicating the current through said LED light source. The saw-tooth signal generator generates a saw-tooth signal based on the driving signal. The controller generates the driving signal based on signals including the saw-tooth signal and the first sense signal to adjust the current through the LED light source to a target level and to correct a power factor of the driving circuit by controlling an average current of the input current to be substantially in phase with said input voltage. | 06-07-2012 |
20120299502 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING LIGHT SOURCES - A controller for controlling power to a light source includes a first sensing pin, a second sensing pin, a third sensing pin, and a driving pin. The first sensing pin receives a first signal indicating an instant current flowing through an energy storage element. The second sensing pin receives a second signal indicating an average current flowing through the energy storage element. The third sensing pin receives a third signal indicating whether the instant current decreases to a predetermined current level. The driving pin provides a driving signal to a switch to control an average current flowing through the light source to a target current level. The driving signal is generated based on one or more signals selected from the first signal, the second signal and the third signal. | 11-29-2012 |
20130038227 | CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING LED LIGHT SOURCES - A driving circuit for controlling power of a light-emitting diode (LED) light source includes a transformer, a switch controller, and a dimming controller. The transformer has a primary winding that receives input power from an AC/DC converter and a secondary winding that provides output power to the LED light source. The switch controller coupled between an optical coupler and the primary winding receives a feedback signal indicative of a target level of a current flowing through the LED light source from the optical coupler, and controls input power to the primary winding according to the feedback signal. The dimming controller coupled to the secondary winding receives a switch monitoring signal indicative of an operation of a power switch coupled between an AC power source and the AC/DC converter, and regulates the output power by adjusting the feedback signal according to the switch monitoring signal. | 02-14-2013 |
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20130252877 | METHOD FOR PREPARING ACTIVE PEPTIDES FROM CORN GERM PROTEINS - The present invention discloses a method for producing antihypertensive active peptides with corn germ protein as the material. The method comprises an alkali-heat treatment and continuous enzymolysis of the corn germ protein. The components with molecular weight less than 1000 Da in the active peptides obtained according to the present method account for more than 92%, and alanine-tyrosine (Ala-Tyr, AY) as the characteristic peptide fragments in the antihypertensive peptides accounts for more than 0.6%, so that the active peptides have a good ACE inhibitory activity in vitro as well as stability against temperature, pH and major gastrointestinal digestive enzymes, and have a significant effect of lowering blood pressure on spontaneous hypertension rats in vivo. The active peptides can be applied as a new functional nutrient to development and production of food, health food and pharmaceutical. | 09-26-2013 |
20140147554 | ENZYME BEVERAGE OF NATURAL GARDEN STUFF AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME - The present invention discloses an enzyme beverage of natural garden stuff and a method for preparing the same. The enzyme beverage is prepared from a fresh juice extracted from fresh garden stuffs and added with marine fish-skin collagen peptide, as a fermentation substrate, by dilution, blending and sterilization followed by stepwise fermentation with | 05-29-2014 |
20140301858 | ROTOR DEVICE, TURBINE ROTOR DEVICE, AND GAS TURBINE AND TURBINE ENGINE HAVING SAME - Disclosed is a turbine rotor device for a gas turbine, the turbine rotor device comprising a turbine rotor body, and a pre-stressed fiber-wound layer, wherein the pre-stressed fiber-wound layer is wound on the periphery of the turbine rotor body to exert a predetermined pre-loading force on the turbine rotor body. Additionally, a rotor, and a gas turbine and a turbine engine having the turbine rotor device are also provided. | 10-09-2014 |
20150037492 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING WHEAT GLUTAMINE PEPTIDE - The present invention discloses a method for producing wheat glutamine peptide using wheat gluten powder as raw material, belonging to the fields of food and biotechnology. The method includes the steps of: performing enzymolysis in two steps using Alcalase and papain with the wheat gluten powder as raw material, to obtain the wheat glutamine peptide with components with molecular weight of less than 1000 Da being more than 90%, characteristic glutamine peptide segment glutamine-arginine-glutamine (Gln-Arg-Gln, QRQ) content being more than 2.0% and glutamine content being up to 23.54% by treating the enzymatic hydrolysate by centrifugation, ultrafiltration, concentration, spray drying, etc. The produced glutamine peptide can be used as functional nutrition composition ingredient in the development and production of ordinary foods, health foods and medicines. | 02-05-2015 |