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20090276840 | UNIFIED ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPOSED SERVICES IN A DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENT - A system, a computer device implemented method, and a computer readable article of manufacture for executing a computer implemented method for a unified access control for a plurality of composed services in a distributed computing environment without requiring repeated input of security certification. The method includes the steps of: acquiring a first role of a user in a first composed service; sending an invoking request by a processing unit of the first composed service to a second composed service; receiving the first role of the user in the first composed service and predefined role-role mapping relationships, and determining a second role of the user in the second composed service by a role determining component; and then sending the determined role in the second composed service by a role sending component to the second composed service, thereby providing unified access without requiring repeated input of security certification. | 11-05-2009 |
20100250740 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING CONTEXT INFORMATION ON WEB SERVER - A method for transferring context information on a web server that contains a context pool. The method includes: in response to the web server receiving a message, obtaining context information from the message, generating a unique identifier according to a thread for processing the message, associating the context information with the generated unique identifier, and storing the context information and the associated unique identifier in context pool of web server correlatively. In response to a web server obtaining the context information, generating an identifier according to a thread that is executed currently in the web server, and extracting context information for which an associated unique identifier is matched with the generated identifier from the context pool. | 09-30-2010 |
20110246596 | LOAD-AWARE METHOD OF OPTIMIZING COMMAND EXECUTION IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT - A command controlling method and a command controller for controlling execution of a plurality of commands on a remote machine are provided. The command controlling method includes determining a priority of each of the plurality of commands according to predetermined properties of the command, determining command package maximum total execution time according to a current workload of the remote machine, packaging the plurality of commands into one or more command packages in a descending order of priority according to the maximum total execution time, and sending the one or more command packages to the remote machine. By means of the command controlling method and the command controller, execution of commands in a cloud environment may be optimized to improve performance of the cloud environment. | 10-06-2011 |
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20120296909 | Method and Apparatus for Characterizing User Behavior Patterns from User Interaction History - An approach is provided for characterizing user behavior patterns. The behavior pattern platform receives a plurality of context records from a device. Next, the behavior pattern platform places one or more contexts from the context records. Then, the behavior pattern platform places the contexts into one or more context groups. Then, the behavior pattern platform receives interaction data from the device, associates the context groups with the interaction data, and determines a behavior pattern based, at least in part, on the association of the context groups and the interaction data. | 11-22-2012 |
20120296941 | Method and Apparatus for Modelling Personalized Contexts - Various methods for modeling personalized contexts are provided. One example method includes accessing a context data set comprised of a plurality of context records. The context records may include a number of contextual feature-value pairs. The example method may also include generating at least one grouping of contextual feature-value pairs based on a co-occurrence of the contextual feature-value pairs in context records, and defining at least one user context based on the at least one grouping of contextual feature-value pairs. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 11-22-2012 |
20130132566 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING USER CONTEXT - An approach is provided for training a device to associate user, object or device context information with a user defined context. The context information platform receives recorded context information from a device. The associated recorded context information is then associated with the context to enable training of a context model associated with the context. | 05-23-2013 |
20130145024 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFER OF RADIO RESOURCE ALLOCATION - An approach is provided for initiating a device action in response to determining context information associated with a device, a user of the device, or a combination thereof. Activity information on at least one of the device and one or more other devices is monitored by a context processing platform. The context processing platform defines a context based on the activity information. An action is then executed by the device or the one or more other devices based on the determined context. | 06-06-2013 |
20130218974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLABORATIVE CONTEXT RECOGNITION - Techniques for collaborative context recognition include determining a plurality of groups of user types. Each different group is associated with a corresponding different range of values for an attribute of a user. First data is received, which indicates context data for a device and a value of the attribute for a user of the device. A particular group of user types to which the user belongs is determined based on the value of the attribute for the user. A context label based on the context data and the particular group is determined to be sent. Some techniques include determining a value of an attribute and context data based on context measurements. First data that indicates the context data and the value of the attribute is determined to be sent. A context label based on the context data and the value of the attribute is received. | 08-22-2013 |
20140074639 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HOLISTIC MODELING OF USER ITEM RATING WITH TAG INFORMATION IN A RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - An approach is provided for a holistic framework to model user item rating with user generated tag information. A tagging manager determines one or more tags associated with one or more items, wherein the one or more tags are generated by one or more users. The tagging manager processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more tags to cause, at least in part, a generation of one or more semantic spaces. The one or more semantic spaces and/or one or more semantic concepts within the one or more semantic spaces represent one or more groupings of the one or more tags. The tagging manager determines one or more probability parameters that the one or more tags, the one or more users, the one or more items, or a combination thereof are associated with respective ones of the one or more semantic concepts in the semantic spaces. The tagging manager then processes and/or facilitates a processing of the one or more probability parameters to cause, at least in part, a calculation of predicted rating information with respect to the one or more tags, the one or more users, the one or more items, or a combination thereof. | 03-13-2014 |
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20120072381 | Method and Apparatus for Segmenting Context Information - An approach is provided for segmenting context information. A context segmenting platform determines context information associated with a device. The context segmenting platform determines context information associated with a device. The context segmenting platform then determines one or more context patterns based, at least in part, on the context information and determines one or more transition points between the one or more context patterns. Based, at least in part, on the one or more transition points, the context segmenting platform determines to segment the context information. | 03-22-2012 |
20130103348 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONTROLLING INVOCATION OF A SENSOR - Methods and apparatuses are provided for controlling invocation of a sensor. A method may include accessing a context probability model generated based at least in part on historical context data. The method may further include using the context probability model to determine a probability that a context indicated by an output of a sensor will differ from a context indicated by a previous output of the sensor. The determination may be made based at least in part on observed context information. The method may additionally include controlling invocation of the sensor based at least in part on the determined probability. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 04-25-2013 |
20130268485 | Methods, Apparatus and Computer Program Products for Providing Automatic and Incremental Mobile Application Recognition - An apparatus for automatically recognizing the semantics of one or more mobile applications may include a processor and a memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including receiving an indication of a selection of at least one mobile application. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to enable provision of a request, to a device, requesting the device to search indicia associated with the selected mobile application in an instance in which a determination indicates that the selected mobile application is not identified in an application mapping list. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to assign a semantic tag to the selected mobile application based in part on data associated with a description generated based in part by extracting content from one or more results of the search. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided, | 10-10-2013 |
20140122507 | Method and Apparatus for Content-Aware Role Modeling and Recommendation - An approach is provided for providing recommendations to a user based on user's role derived from the context information and an advanced user profile. A recommendation platform processes context information to determine one or more roles associated with a user. Next, the recommendation platform calculates at least one level of similarity between the one or more roles and one or more other roles associated with one or more other users. Then, the recommendation platform determines recommendation information associated with the one or more other users based, at least in part, on the at least one level of similarity. Next, the recommendation platform processes the recommendation information to generate one or more recommendations for the user. | 05-01-2014 |
20140289850 | AUTOMATIC APPROACH FOR THE PERSONALIZED PRIVACY RECOMMENDATION RELATED TO THE LOCATION - A method for personalized location privacy recommendation comprises: obtaining information of one or more locations for a user; collecting features of the one or more locations; and recommending respective privacy levels of the one or more locations automatically based at least in part on the information and the features. | 09-25-2014 |
20140297248 | Method and Apparatus for Context Sensing Inference - The exemplary embodiments of the invention provide at least a method, apparatus and system to perform operations including receiving context data from an electronic device, causing, at least in part based on the received context data, an identification of at least one context model compatible with the electronic device, and causing, at least in part, provision of the electronic device with the at least one compatible context model. In addition, the exemplary embodiments of the invention further provide at least a method, apparatus and system to perform operations including causing, at least in part, a provision of context data associated with an electronic device to a context inference service, in response, receiving a context model from the context inference service, and causing adaptation of the received context model as a current context model of the electronic device. | 10-02-2014 |
20140308980 | CONTEXT ENABLED SURVEYS FOR TARGETED SURVEYS - Example approach is provided for surveys. An example method may include monitoring a location of a user equipment of a public land mobile network to determine when the monitored location corresponds to a survey trigger corresponding to a survey served by a server; sending to the server a request for content of the survey, when the monitored location corresponds to the survey trigger; and receiving, in response to the request, the content of the survey selected in accordance with a context derived from at least the monitored location. Furthermore, the location may include the user's general situation as a survey trigger condition to enable survey selection. | 10-16-2014 |
20140337945 | CONTEXT-AWARE ADAPTIVE AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A context-aware adaptive authentication method may comprise: determining a context for a user; adjusting automatically an authentication configuration for the user based at least in part on the context, wherein different matching accuracies of an authentication algorithm for the same authentication input data are associated with respective authentication configurations; and performing an authentication of the user with the authentication configuration, wherein for the user under a safe context, the authentication is performed by decreasing a matching accuracy of the authentication algorithm. | 11-13-2014 |
20150017967 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A PREDICTED DURATION OF A CONTEXT - An approach is provided for determining a predicted duration of a context. A context duration platform causes, at least in part, a determination, a prediction, or a combination thereof of one or more contexts associated with at least one device. The context duration platform further processes and/or facilitates a processing of context information associated with the at least one device, other context information associated with one or more other devices, or a combination thereof to determine one or more predicted durations of the one or more contexts. | 01-15-2015 |
20150031400 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HUB-BASED INDEXING AND SERVICES - An approach is provided for providing hub-based indexing and services. The hub-based platform causes, at least in part, an indexing of location-based content according to one or more location hubs of one or more transportation lines, Next, the hub-based platform determines a current proximity, a predicted proximity, or a combination thereof of one or more devices to the one or more location hubs, wherein the one or more devices are (a) traveling on the one or more transportation lines, (b) predicted to travel on the one or more transportation lines, or (c) a combination thereof. Then, the hub-based platform causes, at least in part, a presentation of at least a portion of the location-based content based, at least in part, on the current proximity, the predicted proximity, or a combination thereof. | 01-29-2015 |
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20110032961 | MONOLITHIC FOLDED F-P CAVITY AND SEMICONDUCTOR LASER USING THE SAME - This invention relates to a monolithic folded F-P cavity used for semiconductor laser, which is composed of a monolithic optical element. The monolithic optical element is made of the material having low propagation loss for a certain spectrum range. Light entering through an input/output coupling surface of the monolithic optical element is reflected several times between the input/output coupling surface and at least two high reflection surfaces within the monolithic optical element, and then at least one part of the light exits through the input/output coupling surface along the path which is collinear with the incident light but in an opposite direction. By means of integrating reflecting and coupling parts of the folded F-P cavity within a single monolithic optical material, this invention greatly improves the reliability of the F-P cavity, and has other advantages, such as insensitive to outside interferences, smaller size, simpler structure and easy usage. A semiconductor laser using the monolithic folded F-P cavity is also provided. | 02-10-2011 |
20110261843 | GRATING EXTERNAL-CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND QUASI-SYNCHRONOUS TUNING METHOD THEREOF - A method for quasi-synchronous tuning of wavelength or frequency of grating external-cavity semiconductor laser and a corresponding semiconductor laser are provided. A grating or mirror is rotated around a quasi-synchronous tuning point (Pq) as rotation center, so as to achieve the frequency selections by grating and resonance cavity in quasi-synchronous tuning, wherein the angle of the line between the quasi-synchronous tuning point (Pq) and a conventional synchronous tuning point (P0) with respect to the direction of light incident on the grating is determined according to the angle difference between the incidence angle and diffraction angle of light on the grating. According to present invention, approximately synchronous tuning of laser is achieved with a simple and flexible design. | 10-27-2011 |
20110280271 | F-P CAVITY AND LASER USING SAID F-P CAVITY - The disclosure discloses a fabry-Perot (F-P) cavity, which is a folded confocal cavity integrally formed by a monolithic optical element, the folded confocal cavity having three reflection surfaces, wherein a first reflection surface is a plane and at the same time serves as an input/output coupling surface, a second reflection surface is a plane, and a third surface is a spherical surface, curvature radius of which is equal to half of a round trip geometric length of light in the folded confocal cavity. The invention further discloses a laser based on the F-P cavity. The solution of the disclosure solves the problems in existing folded F-P cavity, such as unsatisfactory stability, sensitive to outside inferences, bulky and complicated construction. | 11-17-2011 |
20120014399 | Grating External-Cavity Laser and Quasi-Synchronous Tuning Method Thereof - A method for quasi-synchronous tuning of laser wavelength or frequency of grating external-cavity laser and a corresponding laser are provided. A grating or mirror is rotated around a quasi-synchronous tuning point (P | 01-19-2012 |
20140126589 | GRATING EXTERNAL-CAVITY SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND QUASI-SYNCHRONOUS METHOD THEREOF - A method for quasi-synchronous tuning of wavelength or frequency of grating external-cavity semiconductor laser and a corresponding semiconductor laser are provided. A grating or mirror is rotated around a quasi-synchronous tuning point (Pq) as rotation center, so as to achieve the frequency selections by grating and resonance cavity in quasi-synchronous tuning, wherein the angle of the line between the quasi-synchronous tuning point (Pq) and a conventional synchronous tuning point (P0) with respect to the direction of light incident on the grating is determined according to the angle difference between the incidence angle and diffraction angle of light on the grating. According to present invention, approximately synchronous tuning of laser is achieved with a simple and flexible design. | 05-08-2014 |
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20120179691 | DEVICE DISCOVERY IN A UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Technologies are generally described for methods, instructions, and client applications for device discovery in a ubiquitous computing environment. In some examples, the methods, instructions, and client applications may facilitate the organization of features of devices in a ubiquitous computing environment into a series of hierarchical hash numbers, the ordering of the hierarchical hash numbers corresponding to the respective devices, and the searching for a particular one of the devices by attempting to match hashed search criteria to the ordered hierarchical hash numbers at one of the devices in the ubiquitous computing environment. | 07-12-2012 |
20130149993 | DATA USAGE FORECAST OF MOBILE NETWORK - Embodiments of the present disclosure set forth a method for forecasting data usage in a region covered by a cellular network. The method includes defining a first subregion surrounding a first point of interest in the region; and calculating a forecasted usage amount of the cellular network in the first subregion in a second time slot based on a first usage amount of the first subregion in a first time slot, a second usage amount of a second subregion geographically adjacent to the first subregion in the first time slot, a first probability associated with mobile devices in the first subregion migrating to the second subregion, and a second probability associated with mobile devices in the second subregion migrating to the first subregion. | 06-13-2013 |
20130238929 | TRIPLE PARITY ENCODING TO FACILITATE DATA RECOVERY - Examples are disclosed for facilitating recovery from failures associated with a storage array having a plurality of storage devices. | 09-12-2013 |
20130275470 | LOCAL ACCESS TO CLOUD-BASED STORAGE - In one example of local access to cloud-based storage, a computer-readable medium stores one or more executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to subscribe to a cloud service provider, store a digital catalog to the cloud service provider, register a point of access for at least a portion of the digital catalog with the cloud service provider, and receive expedited access to at least the portion of the digital catalog at the registered point of access. | 10-17-2013 |
20140019387 | MACHINE LEARNING FOR DATABASE MIGRATION SOURCE - Technologies are generally provided for maintaining performance level of a database being migrated between different cloud-based service providers employing machine learning. In some examples, data requests submitted to an original data store/database may be submitted to a machine learning-based filter for recording and analysis. Based on the results of the data requests and the filter analyses, new key value structures for a new data store/database may be created. The filter may assign performance scores to the original data requests (made to the original data store) and data requests made to the newly-created key value structures. The filter may then compare the performance scores associated with the created key value structures to each other and to performance scores associated with the original data requests and may select the created key value structures with performance scores that are at least substantially equal to those of the original data requests for the new data store. | 01-16-2014 |
20140040999 | HYBRID MULTI-TENANCY CLOUD PLATFORM - Technologies are presented for a hybrid cloud-based service model combining separate database/separate schema, shared database/separate schema, and shared database/shared schema architectures suitable for serving multiple tenants while addressing varying security needs. Roles and security level needs of different tenants may be determined based on tenant declaration or inference from tenant attributes. Tenants may then be assigned to suitable clouds or sub-clouds based on their security level needs. In some examples, a claims-based access control authorization model such as federation may be employed to support interactions between the three different types of clouds or sub-clouds under the umbrella of a single cloud-based service provider while maintaining application and data security. | 02-06-2014 |
20140115426 | TRIPLE PARITY ENCODING TO FACILITATE DATA RECOVERY - Examples are disclosed for facilitating recovery from failures associated with a storage array having a plurality of storage devices. | 04-24-2014 |
20140244843 | RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Technologies and implementations for managing cloud resources. | 08-28-2014 |
20140297491 | FLEXIBLY PRICING CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES - Technology is described for flexibly pricing cloud computing services. In some examples, the technology may receive at a cloud service provider a first set of information from an Internet service provider that provides an Internet service. The first set of information may relate to expected user behavior of a representative user of the Internet service provider. The technology may identify one or more computing resources employed by the Internet service provided by the Internet service provider and analyze the first set of information to determine a cycle. The cycle is a function of the computing resources expected to be employed by the representative user of the Internet service provider. The technology may compute a service fee for each instance of the cycle and allocates the service fee to the Internet service provider. | 10-02-2014 |
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20110051056 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND SUBSTRATE THEREOF - A liquid crystal display, comprising an array substrate and a color filter substrate, wherein a combination type mark is disposed on both of the array substrate and the color filter substrate, and the combination type mark comprises a rough mark and a fine mark that is located around the rough mark; and wherein the rough mark on the array substrate corresponds to the rough mark on the color filter substrate, and the fine mark on the array substrate corresponds to the fine mark on the color filter substrate. | 03-03-2011 |
20110069048 | TFT-LCD ARRAY SUBSTRATE, MANUFACTURING METHOD, DETECTING METHOD AND DRIVING METHOD - An array substrate is provided. The array substrate comprises: a first gate line and a second gate line parallel to each other; a data line, and a detecting line. The first gate line and the second gate line intersect with the data line to define a pixel region, a pixel electrode, a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor are provided in the pixel region. The first thin film transistor is respectively connected with the first gate line, the data line and the pixel electrode, and the data line can be electrically connected with the pixel electrode by controlling the first gate line. The second thin film transistor is respectively connected with the second gate line, the detecting line and the pixel electrode, and the pixel electrode can be electrically connected with the detecting line by controlling the second gate line. | 03-24-2011 |
20120104398 | TFT-LCD, DRIVING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An embodiment of the disclosed technology provides a driving device for a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) and a method for manufacturing the same. The driving device comprises at least one first TFT and at least one second TFT formed a base substrate, wherein load of the first TFT is larger than load of the second TFT, the first TFT is of a top-gate configuration, and the second TFT is of a bottom-gate configuration. | 05-03-2012 |
20140050294 | GATE LINE DRIVING METHOD AND APPARATUS, SHIFTING REGISTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to the field of a liquid crystal display, and discloses a gate line driving method, a shifting register, and a gate line driving apparatus, for improving the stability of the shifting register in operation. The gate line driving method comprises the steps of: decreasing the threshold voltage shifting of a thin film transistor in a shifting register corresponding to a gate line; applying a voltage to a gate of the thin film transistor in the shifting register to turn on the thin film transistor, so that the gate line corresponding to the shifting register is provided with a line scan signal to drive the row of the gate lines to be switched on or off. The shifting register includes a first TFT, a second TFT, a third TFT, a capacitor, a resetting module, and a feedback receiving module. The disclosure can be used for driving the gate lines. | 02-20-2014 |
20140062846 | SHIFT REGISTER, GATE DRIVER ON ARRAY PANEL AND GATE DRIVING METHOD - The embodiment of the present invention discloses a shift register for reducing the power consumption during driving. The shift register includes a protection circuit, a retaining circuit, an output circuit, a first driving circuit, a second driving circuit, a resetting circuit, a timing control terminal, a first power supply terminal, a second power supply terminal, a third power supply terminal and a fourth power supply terminal. The embodiment of the present invention further discloses a Gate driver On Array (GOA) panel and a method for gate driving. | 03-06-2014 |
20140079173 | SHIFTING REGISTER UNIT, SHIFTING REGISTER, DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The embodiments of the present invention provide a shifting register unit, a shifting register, a display apparatus and a driving method thereof, which can solve the problem that the displaying lines close to the bottom of a display panel can not operate normally due to the accumulation of the delays present in the existing shifting register unit and the problem that the lifespan of the third thin-film transistor is affected by the frequent switching-on thereof. The technical solutions allows the trigger signal of the (n+1)th shifting register unit stage to be provided by the first clock signal transmitted from the INPUT_NEXT terminal of the nth shifting register stage, and it can avoid the delay due to the trigger signal of the (n+1)th shifting register unit stage being provided by an output signal of the nth shifting register unit stage, and it can solve the technical problem that the display lines close to the bottom of the display panel can not operate normally due to the accumulation of the delays. Further, after the nth shifting register unit stage outputs the output signal and before the next input signal arrives, the pull-down node remains at high-level under the alternating control of the two clock signals. Thereby, it can be ensured that the pull-up node PU and the output terminal continue to be discharged, and thus the problem that the lifespan of the third thin-film transistor is affected by the frequent switching-on thereof can be solved. | 03-20-2014 |
20140160416 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR TFT-LED, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An array substrate, a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device are provided to effectively eliminate the afterimage phenomenon and improve the display quality of display device. A pixel electrode, a common electrode, a first TFT and a second TFT are provided in a sub-pixel region defined by Nth and (N+1)th gate lines of a plurality of gate lines and two data lines of the plurality of data lines, and a multi-dimensional electric field is formed when the pixel electrode and the common electrode are powered. A first gate electrode of the first TFT is connected to the (N+1)th gate line, a first source electrode of a first TFT is connected to one of the two data lines, a first drain electrode of the first TFT is connected to the pixel electrode; a second gate electrode of a second TFT is connected to the Nth gate line, a second drain electrode of the second TFT is connected to the pixel electrode, a second source electrode of the second TFT is connected to the common electrode; and the Nth gate line comprises any one of the plurality of gate lines except the last one, and during a gate line scanning process for one frame in the array substrate, the Nth gate line is always scanned in advance of the (N+1)th gate line. | 06-12-2014 |
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20100063973 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING SIMILAR SUB-GRAPHS IN A NETWORK - A method and an apparatus for identifying sub-graphs similar to a sample sub-graph from a network, in particular for identifying similar community structures from a network, are disclosed. Specifically, when a sample sub-graph is a community structure, it usually contains a plurality of nodes densely associated with each other. The method proposes first screening the network via key nodes of community structures so as to find sub-graph candidates that are potentially similar to the sample sub-graph, then strictly comparing the sub-graph candidates with the sample sub-graph to find similar sub-graphs of the sample sub-graph. | 03-11-2010 |
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20100277481 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ANIMATION PLANNING FOR A DYNAMIC GRAPH - A method and apparatus of animation planning for a dynamic graph is provided. A first method includes grouping changed nodes into atomic partitions according to the relationships between the changed nodes and existing nodes. The next step is clustering the atomic partitions according to clustering distances between the atomic partitions to generate a running list for planning animation of node changes in the dynamic graph. The running list includes elements selected from the group consisting of clusters of atomic partitions and atomic partitions. The present invention is able to plan a multi-stage animation demonstration of changes of a dynamic graph and has a improved readability and animation speed. | 11-04-2010 |
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20090283694 | DOUBLE-FACED ION SOURCE - Disclosed is an ion source comprising a plate-shaped source body which has radioactivity on its both sides and allows positive and negative ions to penetrate through the source body. The present invention gives beneficial effects. First, the ion source structure can improve the ionization efficiency of sample molecules, and the generated sample ions have a centralized distribution within a flat space on both sides of the source body. Such distribution of ion cloud facilitates to improve the IMS sensitivity. Meanwhile, the source body of the present invention has a transmittance in itself. Thus, positive and negative ions generated on both sides of the source body can penetrate through the source body and be separated to the both sides of the source body. In this way, it is possible to improve the utilization efficiency of ions. | 11-19-2009 |
20090309013 | Electrode structure for drift tube in ion mobility spectrometer - Disclosed is an electrode structure for a drift tube in IMS comprising a ring electrode, for each of two surfaces of the ring electrode, at least a part adjacent to the inner radius is formed into a cone, and the angles formed between the cones and the axis of the ring electrode are different from each other. The electrode structure of the present invention can alleviate, even eliminate, the accumulation of space charges in the drift tube. Such structure is particularly suitable when the electric field in the drift tube is low in strength or a great number of ions pass through. Meanwhile, the structure allows a significant decrease in the size of the outer radius of the electrode, while the inner radius remains constant. In this way, it is possible to effectively reduce the outline size of the drift tube and thus make the IMS compact. | 12-17-2009 |
20100102219 | ION GATE FOR DUAL ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an ion gate for a dual IMS and method. The ion gate includes an ion source, a first gate electrode placed on one side of the ion source, a second gate electrode placed on the other side of the ion source, a third gate electrode placed on the side of the first gate electrode away from the ion source, a fourth gate electrode placed on the side of the second gate electrode away from the ion source, wherein during the ion storage, the potential at the position on the tube axis of the ion gate corresponding to the first gate electrode is different from the potentials at the positions on the tube axis corresponding to the ion source and the third gate electrode, and the potential at the position on the tube axis corresponding to the second gate electrode is different from the potentials at the positions on the tube axis corresponding to the ion source and the fourth gate electrode. According to the present invention, after sample gas enters the ion gates, charge exchange with reaction ions occurs between the first gate electrode and the second electrode, and positive and negative ions are continuously stored into the storage regions for the positive and negative ions. This leads to an improvement of utility rate of ions. Then, the ions are educed in a step-wise manner from the storage regions for the positive and negative ions by a simple control of a combination of the electrodes. | 04-29-2010 |
20110133072 | ION MOBILITY SPECTOMETER AND DETECTING METHOD USING THE SAME - An ion mobility spectrometer comprises an electrode and two storage electrodes disposed at the two opposite sides of the electrode respectively. Ions from an intermediate part between the two storage electrodes are stored and the stored ions are released from the storage electrodes by changing electric potentials of the two storage electrodes. The present invention further discloses a detecting method using an ion mobility spectrometer. | 06-09-2011 |
20120168616 | SAMPLE FEEDING DEVICE FOR ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER, METHOD OF USING THE SAME AND ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER - The present invention discloses a sample feeding device for an ion mobility spectrometer, which is adapted to guide a sample to be detected into an inlet of a drift tube of the ion mobility spectrometer. The sample feeding device comprises a solid sample feeding component; a sample inlet component; a attachment component, wherein the solid sample feeding component has an internal cavity defined therein, one end of the solid sample feeding component is communicated with the sample inlet component through the internal cavity, while the other end is communicated with the inlet of the ion drift tube through the attachment component; and a gaseous sample feeding component, comprising a body and an external attachment component, the body has a gas channel therein, and the external attachment component includes an inlet hole which is communicated with the gas channel, wherein when the external attachment component is fitted with the sample inlet component, the body is inserted into the internal cavity, so that a channel of the solid sample feeding component is closed, and only the gas channel of the gaseous sample feeding component is communicated with the inlet of the drift tube of the ion mobility spectrometer. | 07-05-2012 |
20120168620 | SAMPLE FEEDING DEVICE FOR TRACE DETECTOR AND TRACE DETECTOR WITH SAMPLE FEEDING DEVICE - A sample feeding device for a trace detector is disclosed. The sample feeding device comprises: a sample feeding chamber disposed in the sample feeding device to desorb a sample from a sample feeding member; and a valve assembly configured to fluidly communicate the sample feeding chamber with a drift tube of the trace detector during feeding sample. With the above configuration of the present invention, for example, the sensitivity of the detector can be increased by improving the permeation ratio of the sample. In addition, interior environment of the drift tube is isolated from exterior environment to avoid a drift region of the drift tube from being polluted. The important parameters, such as sensitivity, a position of a peak of a substance, a resolution, of the detector can be kept constant. As a result, operation reliability and consistency of the detector can be achieved. | 07-05-2012 |
20130313426 | SIGNAL EXTRACTION CIRCUITS AND METHODS FOR ION MOBILITY TUBE, AND ION MOBILITY DETECTORS - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to substance detection technology, and to signal extraction circuits and methods for ion mobility tubes, and ion mobility detectors, which can solve the problem with the conventional technologies that it is difficult to design and manufacture the leadout circuit for the pulsed voltage on the Faraday plates. A signal extraction circuit for an ion mobility tube includes an DC-blocking module configured to remove a DC voltage contained in a voltage extracted, by a signal leadin terminal, from the Faraday plate, and to output, by a signal leadout terminal, a pulsed voltage contained in the voltage extracted from the Faraday plate. An ion mobility detector includes the signal extraction circuit for an ion mobility tube according to the present invention. A signal extraction method for an ion mobility tube includes extracting a voltage on a Faraday plate in the ion mobility tube, removing a DC voltage contained in the voltage extracted from the Faraday plate, and outputting a pulsed voltage contained in the voltage extracted from the Faraday plate. The present invention is used to extract a pulsed voltage from the Faraday plate. | 11-28-2013 |
20140319337 | ASYMMETRIC FIELD ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER - The present invention discloses an asymmetric field ion mobility spectrometer. It comprises an ionization source, for generating ions; an electrode plate; a plurality of electrode filaments, arranged in opposite to and spaced apart from the electrode plate by an analysis gap, wherein a high voltage of electrical field is applied between the electrode plate and the electrode filaments to form an ion migration area, the electrode filaments used to collect the ions that do not pass through the ion migration area; and a collection electrode, disposed at a rear end of the ion migration area, and collecting the ions that have passed through the ion migration area. The present asymmetric field ion mobility spectrometer is capable of improving accuracy of identifying peak positions of the ions, reducing scanning time of DC voltage and types of compensation voltage, thereby increasing ion detection efficiency. | 10-30-2014 |
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20080232541 | CT SCAN SECURITY CHECK DEVICE AND METHOD - A check process may be performed without rotation of a radiation source or detector. A CT scan security check device may include a radiation source and a detector forming a radiation detection area, a conveyer mechanism conveying an article along a path, and a multidimensional movement mechanism causing a relative displacement between the article and the radiation detection area in a vertical direction and causing the article to rotate about a vertical axis. A CT scan security check method may include: 1) displacing the article relative to the radiation detection area in the vertical direction; 2) rotating the article; 3) during the checked article passing through the radiation detection area, obtaining data regarding a radiation ray that passes through the article; and 4) transmitting the data for a CT arithmetic reconstruction. | 09-25-2008 |
20090168948 | Detector device and CT inspection system having the same - Disclosed is a detector device, comprising: an adjustable positioning base and a detector module. The adjustable positioning base includes: a horizontal plate being able to fixedly connect onto an annular rotation table or disk; and a vertical plate extending from the horizontal plate and generally perpendicular to the horizontal plate. A horizontal through long groove is provided at one side of the vertical plate, and the detector module is able to fixedly installed in said horizontal through long groove of the adjustable positioning base. By employing the technical solution defined in the present invention, the detector device has a compact structure, and precision adjustment and positioning for the detector device can be achieved. In addition, the present invention also provides a CT inspection system having the above detector device. | 07-02-2009 |
20090310751 | ADJUSTING POSITIONER FOR RADIATION DEVICE - The present invention relates to an adjusting positioner for a radiation device, comprising: a clamping device detachably connected to the radiation device to clamp said radiation device; a supporter to which said clamping device is connected and a slide path is defined therebetween, wherein the clamping device clamping said radiation device is movable along said slide path in a predetermined direction; and an adjusting device coupled with said clamping device so as to drive said clamping device to move along said slide path. Since the present invention employs above technical solution, it is easy to adjust the position of the radiation device for example, X-ray device, so that the precisely positioning for the radiation device is achieved and a satisfying positioning accuracy is able to obtain. | 12-17-2009 |
20120011947 | MILLIMETER-WAVE RECEIVING DEVICE - Disclosed is a millimeter-wave receiving device. The device includes at least one radiometer; and a positioning assembly for holding the radiometer, wherein the positioning assembly comprises: a first positioning member having a first surface; a second positioning member having a second surface, the first surface of the first positioning member and the second surface of the second positioning member holding the radiometer in opposite to each other. With the configuration according to the present invention, the at least one radiometer in the millimeter-wave receiving device can be located in all of freedoms on basis of various design requirements of the radiation path to ensure that the radiometer can be arranged in desired receiving positions. | 01-19-2012 |
20120170716 | SCANNING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BACK-SCATTER IMAGING WITH A RADIATION BEAM - The present invention discloses a scanning device of back-scatter imaging with a radiation beam, comprising: a radiation source; a fixed shield plate and a rotatable shield body disposed between the radiation source and a object to be scanned respectively, wherein the fixed shield plate is stationary with respect to the radiation source and the rotatable shield body is rotatable with respect to the fixed shield plate. The fixed shield plate is provided with a ray passing-through region thereon, which allows for a radiation beam from the radiation source to pass through the fixed shield plate, a ray incidence region and a ray emergence region are arranged on the rotatable shield body respectively, during the rotatable scanning of the rotatable shield body, the ray passing-through region of the fixed shield plate continuously intersects with the ray incidence region and the ray emergence region of the rotatable shield body to generate collimated holes for scanning. The ray passing-through region of the fixed shield plate is a rectilinear slit, the rotatable shield body is a cylinder, and the ray incidence and emergence regions are configured to be a series of small discrete holes disposed along a spiral line respectively. In addition, the present invention discloses a scanning method for back-scatter imaging with a radiation beam. | 07-05-2012 |
20120288066 | SCANNING DEVICE USING RADIATION BEAM FOR BACKSCATTER IMAGING AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a scanning device using radiation beam for backscatter imaging. The scanning device includes a radiation source; a stationary shield plate and a rotary shield body positioned respectively between the radiation source and the subject to be scanned, wherein the stationary shield plate is fixed relative to the radiation source, and the rotary shield body is rotatable relative to the stationary shield plate. The ray passing area permitting the rays from the radiation source to pass through the stationary shield plate is provided on the stationary shield plate, and ray incidence area and ray exit area are respectively provided on the rotary shield body. During the process of the rotating and scanning of the rotary shield body, the ray passing area of the stationary shield plate intersects consecutively with the ray incidence area and the ray exit area of the rotary shield body to form scanning collimation holes. Further, a scanning method using radiation beam for backscatter imaging is also provided. | 11-15-2012 |
20140056410 | BACK-SCATTER HUMAN BODY SECURITY INSPECTION SYSTEM AND SCANNING METHOD THEREOF TO DETECT RADIOACTIVE MATTER - The present invention discloses a back-scatter human body security inspection system, capable of detecting a radioactive matter carried by the human body, comprising: a radiation source configured to generate radiation rays, a flying spot forming device, configured to modulate the radiation rays from the radiation source, so as to form flying spot scanning beams for scanning the human body to be detected, a detector configured to detect radiation rays from the human body to be detected and output a signal characterizing a dose of the radiation rays, a control and data processing device, configured to process the signal outputted from the detector to obtain a radiation image of the human body to be detected. The detector detects the radiation rays from the radiation source scattered by the human body to be detected, separately at different times, and the radiation rays from the radioactive matter carried by the human body to be detected. In the present invention, the application ranges of the back-scatter human body scanning apparatus can be effectively expanded, without adding and modifying the hardware therein, thereby increasing the monitoring function to the radioactive matter carried by the human body and further improving the effects of the human body security inspection. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056412 | INTEGRATED FLYING-SPOT X-RAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is an integrated flying-spot X-ray apparatus comprising a ray generator configured to generate the X-ray, a revolving collimator device provided thereon with at least one aperture and arranged to be rotatable about the ray generator, a frameless torque motor configured to drive the revolving collimator device to rotate about the ray generator, and a cooling device configured to cool the ray generator, wherein the ray generator, the revolving collimator device, the frameless torque motor and the cooling device are mounted on an integrated mounting frame. Compared with the prior art, the integrated flying-spot X-ray apparatus according to the present disclosure has a simple and compact structure and is used as a kernel apparatus for fields of safety inspection and medical treatment. | 02-27-2014 |
20140185763 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHOD - An inspection system included a ray source to emit a ray, a detector to receive the ray, a detection region for placing an object under inspection, and a moving device to move the ray source and the detector around the detection region. Conventional scanning blind zones such as both sides of a human body, both sides of arms and both sides of legs can be completely eliminated. In addition, it is not necessary for a human body under inspection to carry out an action such as turning around to change his or her posture. Therefore, ineffective time can be minimized in the entire detection and a passing rate of persons under inspection can be improved. Furthermore, an inspected person's mental feeling of being controlled due to change of posture can be greatly improved, and his or her mental discomfort and conflicted moods can be reduced. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185772 | HUMAN BODY INSPECTION SYSTEM - The invention discloses a human body inspection system comprising: an X-rays source for emitting X-rays to a human body to be inspected; a modulation and collimation device for modulating and collimating the X-rays from the X-rays source; a detector that receives X-rays scattered from the human body to be inspected; a guiding rail forming an enclosed detection region, wherein the human body to be inspected is in the detection region, and the X-rays source, the modulation and collimation device and the detector are positioned in a same side relative to the human body, and the X-rays source, the modulation and collimation device and the detector together move along the guiding rail in whole so that the X-rays can scan all over the human body. | 07-03-2014 |
20140185773 | HUMAN BODY SECURITY INSPECTION SYSTEM - A human body security inspection system including a plurality of ray emitting-detecting modules, which are configured to emit X-rays to the object to be inspected and to receive X-rays scattered from the object to be inspected, wherein the ray emitting-detecting modules form an enclosed region with respect to the object to be inspected and security inspection is implemented on the object in the enclosed region. | 07-03-2014 |
20140341431 | PASSABLE SECURITY INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR PERSON - The present invention discloses a through-type of millimetre wave person body security inspection system, wherein a person to be inspected passes through an inspect passage therein for performing a security inspection. The through-type of millimetre wave person body security inspection system provided in accordance with the present invention can make a total body dynamic scanning to the person to be inspected, and obtain millimetre wave images and optical images with respect to the person body, thereby achieving the inspection of prohibited articles hidden within clothing of the person body and an automatic alarm thereof. | 11-20-2014 |
20150030205 | HUMAN BODY SECURITY INSPECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - The present invention provides a human body security inspection method and system. The method comprises: retrieving in real-time scanning row or column image data of a personal to be inspected; transmitting in real-time the image data to an algorithm processing module and processing these image data by the module; automatically recognizing a suspicious matter by a suspicious matter automatic target recognition technique, after retrieving an image data of an entire scanning image of the personal; any of the following three inspection modes is selected, so as to perform a further processing on basis of the recognition result of the suspicious matter, (1) in a manner of automatic target recognition technique, (2) in a combination manner of the automatic target recognition technique and a privacy protection image; and (3) a combination manner of the automatic target recognition technique, a privacy protection image and human intervention. | 01-29-2015 |
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20120206330 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DEVICE WITH ORIENTATION SENSING - A multi-touch orientation sensing input device may enhance task performance efficiency. The multi-touch orientation sensing input device may include a device body that is partially enclosed or completely enclosed by a multi-touch sensor. The multi-touch orientation sensing input device may further include an inertia measurement unit that is disposed on the device body, The inertia measurement unit may measures a tilt angle of the device body with respect to a horizontal surface, as well as a roll angle of the device body along a length-wise axis of the device body with respect to an initial point on the device body. | 08-16-2012 |
20130104054 | Techniques to Facilitate Asynchronous Communication - Users may communicate an idea asynchronously by including contextual information. The contextual information may be presented in multimodal annotations, suggestions of logical idea progression, and a chronological history of the project creation. The contextual information may include content captured from the real-world including from the user's immediate environment or elsewhere. | 04-25-2013 |
20130139071 | PROXY FOR ASYNCHRONOUS MEETING PARTICIPATION - Embodiments described herein relate to enabling a lightweight way of recording and sharing video messages intended to provide input to a future meeting that cannot be personally attended. A person who cannot attend the meeting pre-records their thoughts and remarks for the meeting as video clips for presentation at the meeting. A physical device with at least a display is presented at the meeting. The physically present participants can play the pre-recorded clips on the device. Video of participants' responses to the clips is recorded and made available so that the represented attendee can view the participants' responses. | 05-30-2013 |
20130162653 | Creating Animations - Animation creation is described, for example, to enable children to create, record and play back stories. In an embodiment, one or more children are able to create animation components such as characters and backgrounds using a multi-touch panel display together with an image capture device. For example, a graphical user interface is provided at the multi-touch panel display to enable the animation components to be edited. In an example, children narrate a story whilst manipulating animation components using the multi-touch display panel and the sound and visual display is recorded. In embodiments image analysis is carried out automatically and used to autonomously modify story components during a narration. In examples, various types of handheld view-finding frames are provided for use with the image capture device. In embodiments saved stories can be restored from memory and retold from any point with different manipulations and narration. | 06-27-2013 |
20130179911 | CONSUMPTION OF CONTENT WITH REACTIONS OF AN INDIVIDUAL - Techniques for obtaining a reaction of an individual to content and outputting the reaction of the individual with the content are described herein. The techniques may include obtaining the reaction of the individual as the content is displayed to the individual. The reaction may be obtained by capturing a video of the individual. The reaction of the individual and the content may be output at a same time to another individual. These techniques may also include obtaining the reaction of another individual as the content and the reaction of the individual are output to another individual. | 07-11-2013 |
20130249811 | CONTROLLING A DEVICE WITH VISIBLE LIGHT - A user may control a user device utilizing visible light transmitted from a handheld control device. Upon a user actuation associated with the control device, the control device may transmit control information to one or more sensors associated with the user device. The control device may project a visual user interface on a display surface, whereby the visual user interface may represent commands and/or operations that may be performed by the user device. The user may also overlay the visual user interface, or components within the visual user interface, on the one or more sensors of the user device for transmitting a particular command to the user device. By virtue of the handheld device and the projected user interface, the user may both view operations that may be performed with respect to the user device and may also cause the user device to perform those operations. | 09-26-2013 |
20130293531 | USER PERCEPTION OF VISUAL EFFECTS - At least two images that differ in some respect may be presented to a user. In response to viewing the at least two images, the user may perceive a certain visual effect that may or may not be present if the user viewed the at least two images individually. As a result, by presenting a different image to each eye of the user, the user may perceive a unique, a different, and/or an enhanced visual experience. | 11-07-2013 |
20140327694 | Simultaneous Display of Multiple Content Items - Techniques for presenting multiple content items on a display without hardware modification. These techniques determine a first angle relative to the display at which a first content item is to be shown and a second content item is to be hidden. The techniques also determine a second angle at which the first content item is to be hidden and the second content item shown. The techniques then compute a first pair of pixel values having a contrast that is less than a threshold at the first angle and a second pair of pixel values having a contrast that is less than the threshold at the second angle. The techniques then render the content items such that the first content item is perceivable at the first angle and hidden at the second angle, while the second content item is hidden at the first angle and perceivable at the second angle. | 11-06-2014 |
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20110033023 | TILT IMAGE SCAN METHOD AND RECONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A tilt image scan method includes acquiring reconstruction parameters of a target tilt image, determining on the basis of the reconstruction parameters the minimum beam widths of the rays that should be emitted from the tube at each angle, and controlling the collimator at each angle where the tube locates so that the beam width after the beam passes through the collimator is equal to the corresponding minimum beam width thereby scanning the subject. | 02-10-2011 |
20140211911 | CT APPARATUS AND AN IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD USED BY THE SAME - A method for automatically determining the best effective reconstruction gap, the method including scanning a phantom to collect image data of the phantom, using a plurality of different gap values to reconstruct image of the phantom respectively, based on the image data, thus obtaining a plurality of images respectively associated with different gap values, selecting the best image from the plurality of images, and automatically determining the gap value associated with the best image, and save it as the best effective reconstruction gap. | 07-31-2014 |
20140211912 | COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) METHOD AND CT SYSTEM - A computerized tomography (CT) method and CT system. The method comprises projecting a beam from a radiation source within a display field of view (DFOV) toward a subject to be imaged; receiving, at a detector, the projected beam to collect projection data; determining whether in the projection a truncation occurs in which the subject exceeds the DFOV; and recording a truncated location of the projection if truncation occurs. | 07-31-2014 |
20140211925 | GEOMETRY CALIBRATION ALGORITHM FOR LARGE FLAT MODULE DETECTOR CT SCANNER - A method for geometric calibration of a CT scanner, including, for each row of at least one row of detector cells, establishing a complete geometric description of the CT scanner, including at least one unknown geometric parameter, establishing a description of a forward projection function using the complete geometric description, acquiring actual projection coordinates of a calibration phantom placed in a scanning field of view (SFOV) on a current row of detector cells and corresponding to a plurality of angles, acquiring calculated projection coordinates of the calibration phantom on the current row of detector cells and corresponding to the plurality of angles using the description of the forward projection function, and acquiring a calibrated value for the at least one unknown geometric parameter by evaluating the at least one unknown geometric parameter based on the acquired actual projection coordinates and calculated projection coordinates via a nonlinear least square fitting algorithm. | 07-31-2014 |
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20080205590 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BINOCULAR STEROSCOPIC SCANNING RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING - In a binocular steroscopic scanning radiographic imaging method, X-rays emitted by the same radiation source are used. The X-rays pass through a double-slit collimator to form two X-ray beam sectors, which are symmetric or asymmetric and have an angle between them. The X-ray beam sectors, after penetrating through an object under detection, are received by the left and right detector array, respectively, then converted into electric signals to be inputted to the respective image acquisition systems, and received by a computer processing system for image processing and displaying. A system corresponding to the method comprises a radiation source, a beam controller, two mutually connected arms of detector arrays, image acquisition systems connected respectively to each of the detector arrays and a computer processing system. The present invention can display the transmission images detected by each of the detector arrays as well as tomograms with different depth reconstructed from the transmission images according to the principle of parallax. The present invention is convenient, fast in detection and realizes with low cost the recognition of objects of different depths. | 08-28-2008 |
20090087026 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION USING BINOCULAR STEROSCOPIC AND MULTI-ENERGY TRANSMISSION IMAGES - The present invention provides a method and system of material identification using binocular steroscopic and multi-energy transmission image. With the method, any obstacle that dominates the ray absorption can be peeled off from the objects that overlap in the direction of a ray beam. The object that is unobvious due to a relatively small amount of ray absorption will thus stand out, and the material property of the object, such as organic, mixture, metal and the like can be identified. This method lays a fundament for automatic identification of harmful objects, such as explosive, drugs, etc., concealed in a freight container. | 04-02-2009 |
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20100220371 | Security Functional Thin Film and Security Product Containing the Functional Thin Film - The present invention provides a security functional thin film and a security product containing such a thin film. The security functional thin film is of an amorphous structure, and possesses soft magnetic characteristics. Large Barkhausen effect can be detected along the in-plane preferred direction of magnetization; and the Large Barkhausen effect significantly attenuates, or no such signal can be detected, in a direction perpendicular to the in-plane preferred direction of magnetization. The thin film has a thickness of 20-300 nm, and the thin film also possesses element encoding characteristics that can be authenticated by experts. The security functional thin film of the present invention can be fabricated by magnetron sputtering web coating process. The security product provided by the present invention has a security information layer formed of the security functional thin film, and can be combined with other security characteristics for use in fabricating security materials such as security threads, security tapes, paper security strip-like inserts, or security labels, and others. Compared with conventional anti-counterfeiting technologies, the instant security functional thin film has more hidden security information, and facilitates enhancement of safety performance of security products. | 09-02-2010 |
20140055331 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) Q-PANEL, LCD PANEL AND LCD APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a LCD Q-Panel, a LCD panel and a LCD apparatus, for solving the technical problem that there is a large loss of a signal over the resistance of the signal transmission line when the signal is loaded into a general signal connection port of the LCD Q-Panel in the prior art. The LCD Q-Panel provided in embodiments of the present invention comprises: a general signal connection port, at least one LCD panel comprising a signal connection point, and at least one voltage follower; the signal input from the general signal connection port is transmitted via the at least one voltage follower to the signal connection point connected to an output terminal of the at least one voltage follower and the LCD panel comprising the signal connection point. | 02-27-2014 |
20140114910 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARTITIONING DATABASE - The present invention relates to a method and system for partitioning a database. The method for partitioning a database comprises: grouping a plurality of entries in the database into one or more entry groups, so that entries in the same entry group are always accessed together by one or more transactions; and dividing the one or more entry groups into a set number of partitions, so that a total number of transactions that access across more than one partition is minimized. By means of the present invention, it is possible to obtain an efficient, flexible and convenient method for partitioning a database, thereby greatly improving the system performance. | 04-24-2014 |
20140258987 | DETERMINING CORRECTNESS OF AN APPLICATION - The present invention provides a method for determining correctness of an application, comprising: obtaining a dataset and a reference running result for the application; and determining correctness of the application based on a comparison between the reference running result and an actual running result of the dataset on the application. Through the method, the users can connect to a standard task tool repository, thereby using a data-driven testing method as a complement to the existing quality assurance framework. | 09-11-2014 |
20140259025 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARALLEL COMPUTING - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for parallel computing. According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a job parallel processing method, the job processing at least comprising executing an upstream task in a first phase and executing a downstream task in a second phase. The method comprises: quantitatively determining data dependence between the upstream task and the downstream task; and selecting time for initiating the downstream task at least partially based on the data dependence. There is further disclosed a corresponding apparatus. According to embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to more accurately and quantitatively determine data dependence between tasks during different phases and thus select the right time to initiate a downstream task. | 09-11-2014 |
20140280159 | DATABASE SEARCH - The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus for database search, by grouping data entries based on join conditions between the data entries as set in search conditions; and executing the search based on the grouping of the data entries, and can efficiently and effectively resolve the issues that are common to the existing MapReduce query processing systems, thereby being particularly suitable for big dataset analytics in a large cluster system. | 09-18-2014 |
20140379618 | DOCUMENT RECOMMENDATION - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for document recommendation by obtaining a plurality of first data for a source recommendation task from activities related to a source user using a plurality of first documents; obtaining a plurality of second data for a target recommendation task from activities related to a target user using a plurality of second documents; performing the target recommendation task based on the plurality of first data, the plurality of second data, and knowledge transferred from the source recommendation task to obtain a target recommendation model; and conducting document recommendation to the target user using the target recommendation model. | 12-25-2014 |
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20120094472 | METHODS FOR FABRICATING THIN FILM PATTERN AND ARRAY SUBSTRATE - A method for fabricating a thin film pattern and a method for fabricating an array substrate are provided. The method for fabricating a thin film pattern comprises: forming a first film and a second film sequentially; applying a layer of photoresist on the second film; forming a photoresist pattern comprising a totally left region, a partially left region and a totally removed region; performing a first wet etching on the second film in the totally removed region; performing a first dry etching on the first film in the totally removed region to form a first pattern, and etching the photoresist layer to remove the photoresist in the partially left region to expose the second film in the partially left region; performing a second wet etching on the second film in the partially left region; performing a second dry etching to form a second pattern; and removing the residual photoresist. | 04-19-2012 |
20120276697 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ARRAY SUBSTRATE - A manufacturing method of an array substrate, comprising the following steps: S1 forming a gate signal line and a gate electrode on a base substrate, successively depositing a gate insulating layer, an active layer, and a metal layer, faulting a mask formed of photoresist on the metal layer, and removing the metal layer outside a region for forming a data line and source/drain electrodes through the mask; S2. simultaneously etching the active layer and ashing the photoresist so as to expose the metal layer within a channel region; S3. etching the active layer exposed by the photoresist after being ashed after the step S2; S4. removing the metal layer within the channel region. | 11-01-2012 |
20120287506 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE CAPABLE OF POLARIZING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a field of liquid crystal display. A color filter substrate capable of polarizing and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The manufacturing method of a color filter substrate comprises: step 1, forming an intermediate layer containing conductor on a substrate; step 2, forming a photoresist layer on the intermediate layer; step 3, forming the photoresist layer into a photoresist pattern with a grating pattern of nanometer size; and step 4, using this photoresist pattern with a grating pattern of nanometer size to etch the underlying intermediate layer to form the intermediate layer into a black matrix and a polarizing structure having grating patterns. | 11-15-2012 |
20130141775 | ELECTROWETTING DISPLAY PANEL AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electrowetting display panel and the manufacturing method thereof The electrowetting display panel comprises: a first glass substrate; a second glass substrate provided opposite to the first glass substrate; a cavity provided between the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate; a colored conductive liquid filled into the cavity; and a reflecting conductive element provided on the surface of the first glass substrate facing away from the second glass substrate, and corresponding to the cavity, wherein the reflecting conductive element is used for controlling the light transmissivity of the colored conductive liquid within the cavity according to the voltage applied to the reflecting conductive element and reflecting the light passing through the colored conductive liquid toward the second glass substrate. | 06-06-2013 |
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20140054620 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide an array substrate, a method for manufacturing the same and a display device. The method for manufacturing a thin film transistor array substrate comprises: forming a passivation layer and a resin layer on a substrate in sequence; removing a part of the resin layer through a patterning process, so as to form a resin-layer via hole passing through the resin layer; etching the passivation layer under the resin-layer via hole, so as to form a via hole passing through the resin layer and the passivation layer; treating the via hole with an etching process, so that a sidewall at the resin layer and a sidewall at the passivation layer for the via hole smoothly adjoin. | 02-27-2014 |
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20140070206 | Array Substrate, Method For Manufacturing The Same And Display Device - A manufacturing method of an array substrate, comprising the following steps: S1: forming a pattern comprising a semiconductor layer ( | 03-13-2014 |
20140084282 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR, ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention provide a thin film transistor, an array substrate and a display device. The thin film transistor comprises a gate layer, a first insulating layer, an active layer, an etch stop layer and a source/drain electrode layer, wherein the active layer is made of a metal oxide material, the first insulating layer, the active layer, the etch stop layer and the source/drain electrode layer are sequentially stacked from bottom to top, the source/drain electrode layer contains an interval separating a source electrode and a drain electrode therein, the etch stop layer is located below the interval, and the etch stop layer has a width greater than that of the interval, and the first insulating layer comprises a laminate of a first sub-insulation layer and a second sub-insulation layer, the second sub-insulation layer is in contact with the active layer and made of an oxygen-rich insulating material. | 03-27-2014 |
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