Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080220979 | Rapid Method To Detect Nucleic Acid Molecules - This invention relates to the field of detecting nucleic acid molecules using microarrays. The invention provides a method for detecting a target nucleic acid molecule in a biological sample by hybridizing a cell lysate directly probes immobilized on microarrays without any nucleic acid purification. | 09-11-2008 |
20080267828 | Micro-Volume Liquid Ejection System - The present invention relates to a micro-volume liquid ejection system, including an air pressure module, a micro-ejection unit which is connected with the air pressure module by means of pipes, and a control circuit which is connected with the air pressure module and the micro-ejection unit respectively. In the present invention, due to air is used as the pressure medium, on one hand, as the sample does not contact with the pressure regulating module, the efficiency of cleaning process is improved, on the other hand, the volume of the sample needed in the sample ejecting process is only equal to the cavity-dimension of the micro-ejection unit by not need to fill the whole pipe with liquid. During the sample ejecting process, it is not need to regulate the pressure. After the sample ejecting is finished, the sample can be put into its original place, so as to greatly save the sample. The present invention is connected with the manipulator, so as to sample from the sample plate, eject sample and clean the pipes automatically, and it can also dispense a multiplicity of samples to micro-array substrate conveniently. The present invention can be used for transferring or dispensing the micro volume liquid of nL grade and L grade widely, and all kinds of the micro-volume liquid including biological liquid. | 10-30-2008 |
20090094213 | COMPOSITE DISPLAY METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCH ENGINE OF SAME RESOURCE INFORMATION BASED ON DEGREE OF ATTENTION - A composite display method and system for a search engine of same resource information based on the degree of attention. The search engine finds all the target stations that correspond to some conditions as original results. The original results are combined to a title search result depending on the content, quality, and information of a user, etc. The title search result is displayed on the browser of the user as a search result, and can be expanded when being viewed. The system uses a statistic server and network browser, and all operations of user are converted into the degree of attention for the web pages. The grade value for the degree of attention is sent to the statistic server as the standard of arrangement for the presentation of content and quality. Another method capable of judging the status of the user automatically and providing the suitable web page is also disclosed. | 04-09-2009 |
20090143245 | MICROARRAYS FOR GENOTYPING AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention provides a microarray for detecting a genotype at a polymorphic site in a plurality of nucleic acid samples, comprising a first set of nucleic acid fragments derived from the samples and a second set of nucleic acid fragments derived from a plurality of references immobilized thereon. The invention also provides a microarray comprising a set of nucleic acid fragments immobilized on the surface of the microarray, wherein the nucleic acid fragments are derived from the samples by amplifying a region in the sample containing the polymorphism through asymmetric PCR amplification. Methods of using and making the microarrays are also provided. | 06-04-2009 |
20090156419 | HYBRIDIZATION METHODS USING NATURAL BASE MISMATCHES - The present invention provides an improved nucleic acid hybridization process employing a modified oligonucleotide probe comprising naturally occurring nucleotide bases. At least one nucleotide in the modified oligonucleotide is artificially mismatched relative to the control nucleic acid in addition to any mismatches arising from a variant nucleic acid target containing a sequence variation. The artificial mismatch and the sequence variation positions are separated from one another on the oligonucleotide by six to nine nucleotide positions. | 06-18-2009 |
20090257682 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DIGITAL IMAGE ORIENTATION DETECTION - Described is a system for automatic digital photo orientation detection. We leverage online public photos with great content variation to extract effective features with layout information. Classification proceeds using an approximate nearest neighbors approach which scales well to massive training sets, hardly compromising efficiency. We have tested the method successfully on the largest data set to date of nearly 30,000 Flickr photos as well as both difficult and typical consumer usage scenarios. Though limited data are available for comparison across different systems, the proposed system significantly outperforms a state of the art system on a common data set. | 10-15-2009 |
20090301231 | Microvalve Controlled Precision Fluid Dispensing Apparatus with a Self-Purging Feature and Method for use - An apparatus and methods for the precise, repeatable dispensing of small, sample fluid volumes, especially as related to the printing of microarrays for biological and/or chemical testing. A pressure tuning module meters fluid volumes for aspiration and dispensation and builds pressure for fluid dispensation, in conjunction with a microvalve that precisely controls the volume of the fluid dispensed under the built pressure. A pressure source can be switched in line to efficiently purge the apparatus of residual sample fluid. A working fluid can be optionally aspirated into the system, prior to aspirating the sample fluid, in order to maximize sample fluid recovery. | 12-10-2009 |
20100177956 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALABLE MEDIA CATEGORIZATION - Systems and methods for automating digital file classification are described. The systems and methods include generating a plurality of classifiers from a plurality of first features of a plurality of first digital files, each of the plurality of first digital files having one or more associated annotations. A plurality of second features extracted from a plurality of second digital files is sorted according to the plurality of classifiers. A distance vector is determined between the second features and respective first features for the corresponding ones of the classifiers and the determined distances are ranked. A subset of matched files is selected based on the ranking. The subset of matched files correspond to respective one or more associated annotations. One or more annotations associated with the subset of matched files are associated to subsequently received digital files using the corresponding ones of the classifiers. | 07-15-2010 |
20100214870 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC EXTRACTION OF EXTREMA-BASED GEOMETRIC PRIMITIVES IN 3D VOXEL VOLUMES - Methods and systems for investigating subterranean formations are disclosed. A method for extracting geological horizon on-demand from a 3D seismic data set, comprises collecting 3D seismic data and generating 3D seismic extrema cubes; obtaining a user-defined seed point in the 3D seismic data set; determining a starting extrema point for extracting the geological horizon, wherein the starting extrema point is associated with the seed point; growing an extrema patch consisting of multiple extrema points from multiple traces, wherein the growth begins from the starting extrema point; capturing statistics of the growing extrema patch; and outputting the extrema patch as the geological horizon, including spatial and attribute statistics. The geological horizon is incorporated into a collection with other geological horizons for subsequent analysis and interpretation for areal extent through combining geological horizon segments and geochronologic ordering based on positional overlapping of geological horizon segments. | 08-26-2010 |
20100228486 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING - The present invention relates to methods for data processing, particularly seismic data represented in three dimensions (3D). A method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes identifying extrema points from the 3D seismic data set; removing artificial distortion from 3D seismic data set; generating extrema cubes and derivatives along extrema points; estimating a class number associated with the extrema points; and determining number of classes and dynamically classifying extrema points. | 09-09-2010 |
20110106805 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING MULTILINGUAL DOCUMENTS - A method, system and computer program product for searching multilingual documents. The method includes the steps of: receiving a search request based on at least one language; searching a first relevant document using the search request where the first relevant document (1) is written in a first language and (2) has a first image; finding a second relevant document having a second image which is similar to the first image and is written in a second language; and searching a second relevant document using the search request. | 05-05-2011 |
20120005573 | AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING A WEBPAGE - A solution for automatically adjusting a webpage. According to the method of the present invention it can be automatically learned what the user's historical browsing behaviors is and thereby predict which block in the webpage would concerned the user more so that it would be the one to be browsed and then adjust display of the block accordingly. Thus, with the present invention, limited screen sources can be utilized to more efficiently display the content that would concern a user when the user browses a webpage. A system for automatically adjusting a webpage and a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying non-transitory computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of a method for automatically adjusting a webpage are also provided. | 01-05-2012 |
20120059946 | BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION WITH MODIFIED SEEK FUNCTION - A computer-implemented method, apparatus, system, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provide the ability to stream media content to multiple users. A first stream of/for the media content is streamed from a first location in the media content to a first user. A request is received from the first user to seek to a seek location (e.g., forward or backward) in the media content. A second location in the media content compatible with the seek location is determined. The second location is based on a second stream being streamed to one or more second users. The second stream is then streamed to the first user and the second user. | 03-08-2012 |
20120191692 | SEMANTIC MATCHING BY CONTENT ANALYSIS - A method, apparatus, system, article of manufacture, and computer readable storage medium provide media content. A web page context for a web page is determined and stored in a database. One or more media content files are analyzed to extract information that is stored in the database. The information is compared to the web page context. A matching media content file is determined from the one of the one or more media content files that matches the web page context based on the comparison. The matching media content file is then provided (e.g., to an internet portal web site). | 07-26-2012 |
20120195380 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING AND ENCODING VIDEO, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING DIRECT CURRENT COEFFICIENT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for decoding and encoding a video, and a method and an apparatus for predicting a direct current coefficient. The video decoding method includes: receiving current frame image information sent by an encoding end, where the current frame image information includes prediction value information, and the prediction value information includes at least one intra-frame direct current DC prediction value; selecting a prediction value from the at least one intra-frame DC prediction value in the prediction value information as an intra-frame DC prediction value of the current image. Through the embodiments of the present invention, flexibility of encoding and decoding a video can be improved. | 08-02-2012 |
20120201303 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEOS - The embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for encoding and decoding videos, and relate to the communication field, and an efficient transformation matrix corresponding to features of each residual block is selected for transformation, which therefore improves encoding efficiency. The solution provided in an embodiment of the present invention is: generating a prediction residual according to input video data; selecting a set of best transformation matrixes among multiple candidate transformation matrixes according to an intra-frame prediction mode and rate-distortion criteria to perform transform-coding on the prediction residual and obtain a transformation result; and generating an encoded stream according to the transformation result and selected transformation matrix index information. | 08-09-2012 |
20120243608 | VIDEO CODING AND DECODING METHOD, AND CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a video coding and decoding method, and coding and decoding apparatus. The coding method includes: generating a second order prediction flag for a coding block; when the coding block needs second order prediction, generating a second order prediction flag for at least one sub-block of the coding block, where the second order prediction flag of the sub-block is used to indicate whether second order prediction is performed on the sub-block; performing prediction according to the second order prediction flag of the coding block and the second order prediction flag of the at least one sub-block of the coding block to obtain a prediction image; and obtaining a prediction residual according to the prediction image, and coding the prediction residual. | 09-27-2012 |
20120281170 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND PRODUCING PROCESS AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The embodiments of the disclosed technology disclose a color filter substrate and the producing process and device for the same. The producing process of the color filter substrate according to the embodiments of the disclosed technology comprises: forming a transparent conductive layer on a side of a base substrate; forming a black matrix on the other side of the base substrate; forming a color filer layer within the black matrix; and forming an insulated material layer comprising both post spacers and a protection film formed integrally on the color filer layer. | 11-08-2012 |
20130060596 | Easy Process Modeling Platform - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for generic process modeling. One method includes identifying a business process for execution, the business process defined by one or more process steps, identifying a process routing table associated with the identified business process, at least a portion of the process routing table including one or more entries defining a set of business process rules for the identified business process, identifying a particular entry in the process routing table associated with a current state of the identified business process; and performing at least one action defined by the identified particular entry in the process routing table. In some instances, at least one entry in the process routing table is associated with one of a plurality of process patterns, with each process pattern comprising a reusable, predefined operation. | 03-07-2013 |
20130085690 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHECKING PIPELINE LEAKAGE - A method for checking pipeline leakage comprises: receiving detecting parameters collected by at least one sensor with respect to pipelines in its corresponding region; gathering detecting parameters collected by the at least one sensor; analyzing the gathered detecting parameters to obtain an evolutionary tendency of detecting parameters in the corresponding region of the at least one sensor; judging if the evolutionary tendency of the detecting parameters satisfies predefined features of leakage; determining that pipeline leakage exists in the corresponding region if the evolutionary tendency of the detecting parameters satisfies the predefined features of leakage. The present invention may help to determine leak regions with a leakage having small flow quantity, and provide a user with regions with pipeline leakage to be detected based on a resource constraint. | 04-04-2013 |
20130138350 | ENHANCED TERMINATION IDENTIFICATION FUNCTION BASED ON DIP FIELD GENERATED FROM SURFACE DATA - A method for determining stratigraphic termination points from a seismic dataset, includes: deriving extremal surfaces from the seismic dataset, wherein the extremal surfaces include points that are each associated with at least one of a dip magnitude and a dip azimuth; selecting a subset of points on the extremal surfaces that meet a predetermined criterion; identifying, using a processor, a set of dip deflection points from the subset of points; defining a termination zone from the dip deflection points; defining extremal surfaces that are associated with the termination zone as associated surfaces; and determining the stratigraphic termination points based on the associated surfaces. | 05-30-2013 |
20130203611 | AUTOMATIC SLIDE LOADING DEVICE FOR MICRO ARRAY SCANNER AND ITS METHODS OF USE - An automatic slide loading device for microarray scanner comprises slide holders ( | 08-08-2013 |
20130294197 | AUTOMATIC EXTRACTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FAULT AND FRACTURE POPULATIONS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for modeling a fracture network are provided. The method includes mapping a sub-seismic data set to a portion of a seismic-resolution data set, and defining a fractal region of the seismic-resolution data set containing the portion thereof to which the sub-seismic data is mapped. The method also includes generating a training image for sub-seismic scale characteristics of the one or more fracture networks of the seismic-resolution data set using the portion of the seismic-resolution data, and modeling the sub-seismic scale characteristics of the one or more fracture networks of the fractal region of the seismic-resolution data set outside of the portion, using the training image. | 11-07-2013 |
20130294642 | AUGMENTING VIDEO WITH FACIAL RECOGNITION - A video segment including interactive links to information about an actor appearing in the segment may be prepared in an automatic or semi-automatic process. A computer may detect an actor's face appearing in a frame of digital video data by processing the video file with a facial detection algorithm. A user-selectable link may be generated and activated along a track of the face through multiple frames of the video data. The user-selectable link may include a data address for obtaining additional information about an actor identified with the face. The video data may be associated with the user-selectable link and stored in a computer memory. When later viewing the video segment via a media player, a user may select the link to obtain further information about the actor. | 11-07-2013 |
20140010312 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING TRANSFORM COEFFICIENTS - An encoding method includes: encoding transform coefficients of a transform coefficient block according to a predetermined scan order, and encoding a set number of transform coefficients in each group until a last group of the transform coefficient block is encoded; storing an obtained map of non-zero transform coefficients, absolute values of transform coefficients, and positive and negative signs of non-zero transform coefficients; when the last group is being encoded, encoding the stored map of non-zero transform coefficients and the map of non-zero transform coefficients encoded in the last group into a bit stream; and encoding the stored absolute values of transform coefficients and positive and negative signs of non-zero transform coefficients and the absolute values of transform coefficients and positive and negative signs of non-zero transform coefficients encoded in the last group into the bit stream. | 01-09-2014 |
20140023341 | Annotating General Objects in Video - A method for annotating general objects contained in video content is provided. The method sends video data to a client device and receives a first annotation from the client device defining a boundary around a portion of a first frame of the video data. Then, the first annotation is tracked through multiple frames of the video content. Other annotations determined to be associated with annotation that match the first annotation within a threshold are determined where the other annotations are received from other client devices and located in the first frame or other frames from the first frame. The method combines the other annotations and the first annotation into an object track and associates a tag with the object track. The tag is input by at least one of the client devices. | 01-23-2014 |
20140058713 | SEISMIC MODELING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure describes a system, method and computer readable medium capable of extracting, characterizing and modeling fracture networks in a subterranean formation. In one embodiment, seismic data points indicating one or more discontinuities in the subterranean formation may be identified using processed seismic data and arranged according to a tree structure. In one embodiment, connection criteria and/or one or more user parameters may be utilized to identify and connect discontinuity points. In one embodiment, the connected discontinuity points may be utilized to generate discontinuity planes. In one embodiment, one or more of the extracted discontinuity planes may be characterized according to their directional characteristics, intersectional characteristics, shape, dipping characteristics, length/distribution, fracture density, and/or fault type. The extracted discontinuity planes may be converted from a seismic scale model into a sub-seismic scale model. | 02-27-2014 |
20140108605 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Video Stream - Disclosure of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for processing a video stream. The method includes: acquiring a request message from a terminal, where the request message carries address information of multiple sub video screens, according to the address information, acquiring multiple substreams corresponding to the multiple sub video screens in a one-to-one manner, merging the multiple substreams into a single stream, and generating an indication message used to indicate a picture parameter of the single stream, and sending the single stream and the indication message to the terminal, so that the terminal decodes the single stream and displays decoded multiple sub video screens according to the indication message. | 04-17-2014 |
20140126353 | BUILDING BASEBAND UNIT, BASEBAND PROCESSING PANEL, AND FAILURE PROCESSING METHOD FOR BASEBAND PROCESSING PANEL - Disclosed are a building baseband unit, a baseband processing panel, and a failure processing method for the baseband processing panel. A direct path is introduced respectively for a baseband processing module and a power supply module in a baseband processing panel; when the baseband processing module has failed, the baseband processing module is directly bypassed, and a part of the baseband processing resources of a baseband processing panel in normal operation is allocated to an RRU corresponding to the failed baseband processing panel via a back panel and the direct path; and when both the baseband processing module and the power supply module have failed, both of them are directly bypassed, and a part of the baseband processing resources of a baseband processing panel in normal operation is allocated to the RRU corresponding to the failed baseband processing panel via the back panel and the direct path, and at the same time the power required for working is provided to an optical module via the back panel and another direct path. Applying the solution of the present invention can reduce implementation costs. | 05-08-2014 |
20140192212 | Image Processing Method and Apparatus - Embodiments of the present invention disclose an image processing method and an apparatus. The image processing method includes: receiving information of starting a first camera and a second camera simultaneously to perform photographing; using the first camera to photograph and obtain a first image, and using the second camera to photograph and obtain a second image; and displaying the first image and the second image simultaneously. In the embodiments of the present invention, two cameras are started simultaneously to perform bidirectional photographing, and the images taken by both cameras are displayed simultaneously, so that front and back scene images are captured simultaneously and a panoramic image is obtained. | 07-10-2014 |
20140317494 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPDATING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - A method for a device to update an electronic document includes obtaining data update information and use record information of the electronic document, the data update information including a first position in the electronic document where an updating is to be performed, the use record information including a second position; determining whether the first position in the data update information is before the second position in the use record information; adjusting the use record information according to the data update information, if it is determined that the first position in the data update information is before the second position in the use record information; and updating the electronic document according to the data update information and the adjusted use record information. | 10-23-2014 |
20150031037 | MICRO-REACTOR DEVICE - In some aspects, the present disclosure provides a magnetic rack comprising a lateral movement structure and/or a longitudinal movement structure. In particular embodiments, the lateral movement structure and/or longitudinal movement structure move one or more magnets to or away from a reaction tube, in order to control the magnetic forces exerted on microbeads in the reaction tube. The microbeads are attracted onto the reaction tube wall, thereby facilitating separation of the microbeads from a solution in the tube. In particular embodiments, the magnetic rack is used to extract or purify nucleic acid from a sample. | 01-29-2015 |