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20140232574 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR COMPRESSING GENETIC INFORMATION - A method for compressing information by a computerized system, the method may include receiving a mixture of DNA data and additional information; and compressing the DNA data to provide compressed DNA data, wherein the compressing comprises encoding the DNA data by using a predefined codeword dictionary that was constructed based upon reference DNA data. | 08-21-2014 |
20140244927 | STORAGE SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR ALLOCATING DISK DRIVES TO REDUNDANCY ARRAY OF INDEPENDENT DISKS - A storage system that may include a management module; and multiple disk drives; wherein the management module is arranged to allocate disk drives of the multiple disk drives to disk drive groups, each disk drive group corresponds to at least one redundancy array of independent disks (RAID) group of data in response to at least one out of: locations of the disk drives within disk drive enclosures; and expected or actual temperatures of the disk drives. | 08-28-2014 |
20150149411 | COMPARISON OF FILE SYSTEM SNAPSHOTS STORED IN A REMOTE SORAGE SYSTEM USING A NETWORK FILE SYSTEM COMMAND - A method for performing a comparison between first and second points in time snapshots of a file system entity, the method may include: (I) receiving by a storage system a command that was sent from a host computer, the command is network file system protocol compliant, wherein the command comprises (i) an operation code, and (ii) information about a virtual path, the virtual path that comprises (ii.a) first fields that comprise snapshot comparison parameters indicative of the first and second points in time snapshots of the file system entity, and (ii.b) a second field of a content that indicates that the command is a request to compare between the first and second points in time snapshots of the file system entity; (II) identifying, by a file system application hosted by the storage system and in response to the content of the second field of the virtual path, the command as including a request to compare between the first and second points in time snapshots of the file system entity; (III) comparing by the file system application the first and second points in time snapshots of the file system entity to provide a comparison result that is network file system protocol compliant; and (IV) sending by the storage system the comparison result to the host computer. | 05-28-2015 |
20150199236 | MULTI-LEVEL DISK FAILURE PROTECTION - According to an embodiment of the invention there may be provided a method for multi-level disk failure protection, the method may include: calculating first parity information by processing a first data entity that is cached in a cache memory of a storage system thereby providing a first level of disk failure protection; destaging the first data entity and the first parity information to first physical addresses mapped to multiple disks; calculating extra parity information by processing the first data entity, wherein a combination of the first and extra parity information provides an extra level of disk failure protection that exceeds the first level of disk failure protection; and destaging the extra parity information to at least one second physical address that differ from the first physical addresses, the at least one second physical address are included in a spare physical memory space that is not allocated, at a time of the destaging of the extra parity information, for storing data. | 07-16-2015 |
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20090125056 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUNCTURE CLOSURE - Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided for use in closing punctures in vessel walls. An apparatus may have various combinations of an anchoring device, a positioning device and a heating element for closing a puncture within a vessel wall. An anchoring device may be a balloon, an expansible cage, a wire operated T-anchor, and/or a floating anchor. A positioning device may be a balloon, a sponge, and/or an expansible cage. A heating element may be flexible or rigid and preferably provides heat to target tissue through conduction and convection. A heating element may be flat-ended or dome-shaped. The heating element and anchoring device may be positioned a fixed distance apart to sandwich tissue between the heating element and the anchoring device. The heating element may operate in multiple stages. An initial stage may non-permanently adhere the heating element to the tissue and the subsequent stage may close the puncture. | 05-14-2009 |
20130126012 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUNCTURE CLOSURE - Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided for use in closing punctures in vessel walls. An apparatus may have various combinations of an anchoring device, a positioning device and a heating element for closing a puncture within a vessel wall. An anchoring device may be a balloon, an expansible cage, a wire operated T-anchor, and/or a floating anchor. A positioning device may be a balloon, a sponge, and/or an expansible cage. A heating element may be flexible or rigid and preferably provides heat to target tissue through conduction and convection. A heating element may be flat-ended or dome-shaped. The heating element and anchoring device may be positioned a fixed distance apart to sandwich tissue between the heating element and the anchoring device. The heating element may operate in multiple stages. An initial stage may non-permanently adhere the heating element to the tissue and the subsequent stage may close the puncture. | 05-23-2013 |
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20110286130 | ENERGY-SAVING OPERATION OF A STORAGE DEVICE - A computer implemented method is disclosed, for energy-saving operation of a storage device with a read/write head. The method includes monitoring workload of the storage device, calculating current mean workload and adjusting seek speed of the read/write head of the storage device to one of a plurality seek speeds depending on the calculated current mean workload. The step of adjusting the seek speed of the read/write head includes adjusting the seek speed of the read/write head to be a first seek speed if the calculated current mean workload is below a first threshold, adjusting the seek speed of the read/write head to be a second seek speed if the calculated current mean workload is between the first threshold and a second threshold, and adjusting the seek speed of the read/write head to be the first seek speed if the calculated current mean workload is greater than the second threshold. A computer program product and a data processing system are also disclosed. | 11-24-2011 |
20140195497 | REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION OF DATA CANDIDATES FOR CLASSIFICATION BASED COMPRESSION - Identification of data candidates for data processing is performed in real time by a processor device in a computing environment. Data candidates are sampled for performing a classification-based compression upon the data candidates. A heuristic is computed on a randomly selected data sample from the data candidate for determining if the data candidate may benefit from the classification-based compression. A decision is provided for approving the classification-based compression on the data candidates according to the heuristic. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195499 | REAL-TIME CLASSIFICATION OF DATA INTO DATA COMPRESSION DOMAINS - For real-time classification of data into data compression domains, a decision is made for which of the data compression domains write operations should be forwarded by reading randomly selected data of the write operations for computing a set of classifying heuristics thereby creating a fingerprint for each of the write operations. The write operations having a similar fingerprint are compressed together in a similar compression stream. | 07-10-2014 |
20140195500 | REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION OF DATA CANDIDATES FOR CLASSIFICATION BASED COMPRESSION - Identification of data candidates for data processing is performed in real time by a processor device in a computing environment. Data candidates are sampled for performing a classification-based compression upon the data candidates. A heuristic is computed on a randomly selected data sample from the data candidate for determining if the data candidate may benefit from the classification-based compression. A decision is provided for approving the classification-based compression on the data candidates according to the heuristic. | 07-10-2014 |
20150234852 | REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION OF DATA CANDIDATES FOR CLASSIFICATION BASED COMPRESSION - Identification of data candidates for data processing is performed in real time by a processor device in a computing environment. Data candidates are sampled for performing a classification-based compression upon the data candidates. A heuristic is computed on a randomly selected data sample from the data candidate for determining if the data candidate may benefit from the classification-based compression, wherein a ratio is summed between the actual number of the characters and the expected number of the characters, and then dividing the ratio by a number of the data classes that are not empty, wherein the non-classifiable data are included in the number of the data classes during the dividing, and the number of the data classes, that are not empty, have characters that belong to the class that were observed in the input; and the classification-based compression is performed on the data candidates if the ratio exceeds a threshold. | 08-20-2015 |
20150317381 | REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION OF DATA CANDIDATES FOR CLASSIFICATION BASED COMPRESSION - Identification of data candidates for data processing is performed in real time by a processor device in a distributed computing environment. Data candidates are sampled for performing a classification-based compression upon the data candidates. A heuristic is computed on a randomly selected data sample from the data candidate, the heuristic computed by, for each one of the data classes, calculating an expected number of characters to be in a data class, calculating an expected number of characters that will not belong to a predefined set of the data classes, and calculating an actual number of the characters for each of the data classes and the non-classifiable data. | 11-05-2015 |
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20140271851 | ANTIEMETIC EXTENDED RELEASE SOLID DOSAGE FORMS - A pharmaceutical formulation includes (1) a first dosage component comprising: a core comprising a non-ionic polymer matrix, a first amount of ondansetron or an equivalent amount of an ondansetron salt thereof dispersed within the matrix, and an electrolyte dispersed within the matrix; a first seal coat surrounding the core, the first seal coat comprising a non-ionic polymer matrix; and an immediate release drug layer surrounding the first seal coat, wherein the immediate release drug layer comprises a non-ionic polymer and a second amount of ondansetron or an equivalent amount of an ondansetron salt thereof dispersed therein; and (2) a second dosage component comprising: a core comprising a third amount of ondansetron or an equivalent amount of an ondansetron salt thereof, at least one filler, and a lubricant; and a coating surrounding the core, the coating comprising water and a mixture of methacrylic acid-alkyl acrylate copolymers with alkaline groups. | 09-18-2014 |
20150044283 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HELICOBACTER PYLORI - Single oral solid dosage form comprising an immediate release first dosage composition having at least two antibiotic agents and a delayed release second dosage composition having a proton pump inhibitor are provided herein. The single oral solid dosage form according to some aspects of the invention can be used for the treatment of disorders associated with infection by | 02-12-2015 |
20150258029 | ONDANSETRON EXTENDED RELEASE SOLID DOSAGE FORMS FOR TREATING EITHER NAUSEA, VOMITING OR DIARRHEA SYMPTOMS - A method of treating a patient comprises orally administering a solid oral dosage form comprising a core comprising a non-ionic polymer matrix, a first amount of ondansetron dispersed within the matrix, and a salt dispersed within the matrix, wherein the first amount of ondansetron ranges from about 9 mg to about 28 mg; a first seal coat surrounding the core, wherein the first seal coat is comprised of a non-ionic polymer matrix; and an immediate release drug layer surrounding the first seal coat and comprising a non-ionic polymer and a second amount of ondansetron dispersed therein, wherein the second amount of ondansetron ranges from about 3 mg to about 8 mg, wherein release of ondansetron from the solid oral dosage form provides exposure to ondansetron for a minimum period of 16 hours so as to result in a reduction in frequency of vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, or a combination thereof. | 09-17-2015 |
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20130179423 | COMPUTER-GENERATED SENTIMENT-BASED KNOWLEDGE BASE - A computer-automated method and system of providing a searchable knowledge base with decision-relevant attributes (including some subjective or sentiment-based attributes) for a plurality of individual items within a choice set are described. First, information (including texts) relevant to the plurality of individual items in the choice set is harvested from Internet sources. Next, normalized representations of statements are extracted from excerpts of the harvested texts that pertain to attributes of interest for the choice set, and corresponding scores for the attributes are derived from each of the normalized representations. The scores derived from the various harvested sources are aggregated for each attribute of each item. Finally, the knowledge base of the plurality of individual topics is generated. | 07-11-2013 |
20150161271 | User Retrieval Enhancement - Systems and methods are described for performing a travel search and presenting search results to a user. A computing device may retrieve multiple travel documents and analyze the travel documents to identify points of interest. The computing device may analyze the subset of the travel documents that have points of interest or significant information regarding points of interest. The computing device is configured to calculate a POI relevance score based on text associated with the identified POIs. The POI relevance score indicates how likely the text is relevant to a travel search and rank the subset of the travel documents based on the POI relevance score. | 06-11-2015 |
20150161291 | ENHANCED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STATIC QUERY GENERATION AND ENTRY - A system and method for static query generation and input, comprising a set of auto-complete and auto-suggest rules, based on a template derived from at least one of an initial user input and context, is used to elicit a more complete query from said user, said auto-complete and auto-suggest values being offered in the form of widgets that offer a visual indicia receptive for user interaction, and wherein depending on at least one of context and status and user input, more than one such widget may be offered concurrently. | 06-11-2015 |
20150379018 | COMPUTER-GENERATED SENTIMENT-BASED KNOWLEDGE BASE - A computer-automated method and system of providing a searchable knowledge base with decision-relevant attributes (including some subjective or sentiment-based attributes) for a plurality of individual items within a choice set are described. First, information (including texts) relevant to the plurality of individual items in the choice set is harvested from Internet sources. Next, normalized representations of statements are extracted from excerpts of the harvested texts that pertain to attributes of interest for the choice set, and corresponding scores for the attributes are derived from each of the normalized representations. The scores derived from the various harvested sources are aggregated for each attribute of each item. Finally, the knowledge base of the plurality of individual topics is generated. | 12-31-2015 |
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20110055499 | Managing Backup Relationships in a Data Storage System - A method for re-establishing a backup relationship between first and second volumes associated with one or more storage media in a data storage system is provided. The method comprises storing first information for preserving the backup relationship, in response to or in advance of receiving a request to terminate the backup relationship; recording changes to the first or second volumes that occur subsequent to terminating the backup relationship; and re-establishing the backup relationship between the first and second volumes according to the first information such that the first and second volumes are synchronized by merging the recorded changes with the first or second volumes. | 03-03-2011 |
20110060759 | Data De-Duplication in a Distributed Network - A computer-implemented method for efficient data storage is provided. A first storage medium associates data stored on one or more data storage media with a unique identification value (ID) for the purpose of determining de-duplication status of the data. In response to receiving a request to read the data from a logical address, the first storage medium retrieves the data from a second storage medium based on the unique ID. In response to receiving a request to write the data to a logical address, the one or more data storage media store at least one copy of the data based on the de-duplication status of the data. | 03-10-2011 |
20120060213 | Orderly Change Between New And Old Passwords - A processor stores a current password in a current password storage area, which results in committing the current password as a valid password. In turn, the processor initiates a password change interval that indicates a required point at which to change the current password. The processor also stores a future password in a future password storage area, which activates the future password. Activating the future password allows a user to login using the future password, but is independent of the password change interval (e.g., does not reset the password change interval). The processor subsequently receives a login request from a user that includes a login password, and determines that the login password matches the future password. As a result, the processor authorizes the user in response to determining that the login password matches the future password. | 03-08-2012 |
20140059018 | DATA DE-DUPLICATION IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK - A computer-implemented method for efficient data storage is provided. A first storage medium associates data stored on one or more data storage media with a unique identification value (ID) for the purpose of determining de-duplication status of the data. In response to receiving a request to read the data from a logical address, the first storage medium retrieves the data from a second storage medium based on the unique ID. In response to receiving a request to write the data to a logical address, the one or more data storage media store at least one copy of the data based on the de-duplication status of the data. | 02-27-2014 |
20140136804 | MANAGING BACKUP RELATIONSHIPS IN A DATA STORAGE SYSTEM - A method for re-establishing a backup relationship between first and second volumes associated with one or more storage media in a data storage system is provided. The method comprises storing first information for preserving the backup relationship, in response to or in advance of receiving a request to terminate the backup relationship; recording changes to the first or second volumes that occur subsequent to terminating the backup relationship; and re-establishing the backup relationship between the first and second volumes according to the first information such that the first and second volumes are synchronized by merging the recorded changes with the first or second volumes. | 05-15-2014 |
20150199147 | STORAGE THIN PROVISIONING AND SPACE RECLAMATION - A storage system includes a plurality of storage modules. Each storage module may be interconnected by a module interconnect switch and may include a memory, a central processing unit, a cache, and a plurality of storage devices. Storage space may be reclaimed in the storage system by a storage module requesting a copy of a file system bitmap, receiving a request to write data to a partition of the storage module, updating a write table to indicate the partition write, querying the copy of the file system bitmap and the write table to determine if the partition has been written to and if the partition may be reclaimed, and reclaiming the partition for subsequent reallocation and reuse. | 07-16-2015 |
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20090222292 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE SUB-SYSTEMS META SECURITY POLICY - A method for multiple sub-systems meta Security Policy (MSSMSP) including business process policies for a business organization having a meta policy server, Business-Asset-Monitors (BAM's) and security sub-systems, wherein the security sub-systems are supported by Policy Connectors and wherein the BAM's are software agents on each business asset that are responsible to monitor the organizational users' activities and report that information to the meta policy server. The method includes defining by a Chief-Security-Officer (CSO) of the organizational business assets, wherein the business assets are supported by the BAM's. The method also includes correlating by the CSO of abstract, business-oriented-parameters with technical, low-level parameters of the security sub-systems and validating the security policy relative to the user's by monitoring the users' activities against the business assets and by using the meta policy server, thereby enabling the creation, management and control of one central MSSMSP in correlation to the various security sub-system's policies. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222876 | POSITIVE MULTI-SUBSYSTEMS SECURITY MONITORING (PMS-SM) - A system for Positive Multi-Subsystems—Security Monitoring providing for the monitoring of security events of a business organization comprising business assets, wherein the events are monitored according to a positively stated policy that is created, managed and controlled by Multiple Sub-Systems Meta Security Policy. The system includes Policy Connectors, wherein each PC has a specific set of rules and relevant data and an event collector comprising centralized event collector software, wherein the event collector collects security events, and wherein each security event is created in the PMS-SM system using MSSMSP. Each event arises from an application. The system also includes security events which include Business Asset Monitor events. A BAM event represents user activity against a specific business asset and Security data that is queried from the various security sub-systems using the PC's and a Security policy of MSSMSP. The system enables positive, centralized security monitoring. | 09-03-2009 |
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20090047908 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ESTABLISHING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION LINK - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication. A method of establishing a communication link between wireless video communication modules may include, for example, establishing a wireless communication link between first and second wireless video communication modules over an uncoordinated communication channel. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-19-2009 |
20090049494 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF REGISTERING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULES - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of registering wireless video communication modules. A method of registering wireless video modules may include, for example, transmitting a first registration message from a first wireless video communication module to a second wireless video communication module, wherein the first registration message includes first information identifying the first module to the second wireless video communication module; receiving at the first module a second registration message from the second wireless video communication module, wherein the second registration message includes second information identifying the second module to the first wireless video communication module; and based on the first and second registration messages, registering the first video communication module at the second wireless video communication module and the second video communication module at the first wireless video communication module. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-19-2009 |
20090049501 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication. A local wireless video communication network may include, for example, a first group of wireless video source modules capable of transmitting wireless video transmissions; and a second group of wireless video destination modules capable of receiving the wireless video transmissions, wherein the source modules and destination modules are capable of communicating with one another according to a bipartite communication scheme such that each destination module is capable of receiving a wireless video transmission from only a single source module at a given moment, and wherein the number of modules in at least one of the first and second groups is equal to or greater than two. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-19-2009 |
20090122201 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SWITCHING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN WIRELESS VIDEO MODULES - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of switching between frequency channels in wireless communication. An apparatus may include, for example, a wireless video source module capable of automatically switching from performing wireless video communication with a first wireless video destination module to performing wireless video communication with a second wireless video destination module. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 05-14-2009 |
20090125964 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SWITCHING BETWEEN FREQUENCY CHANNELS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless communication. A method of switching between frequency channels of communication between wireless video communication modules may include, for example, transmitting over a first frequency channel at least one wireless video frame from a first wireless video communication module to a second wireless video communication module, wherein the video frame includes an indication of a second frequency channel to be used for communication between the first and second modules and an indication of a time at which the first and second modules are to switch to the second transmission channel. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 05-14-2009 |
20090256922 | DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM OF WIRELESS VIDEO COMMUNICATION - Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of wireless video communication. Some embodiments include a wireless video transmitter to transmit a wireless video transmission representing a video image, the transmitter including a digital-input interface including a plurality of video-data inputs to receive a respective plurality of digital-video bits representing a pixel of the video image, and one or more synchronization inputs to receive one or more respective synchronization signals corresponding to the video image; and a transmitter module to transmit the wireless video transmission based on the plurality of digital-video bits and the synchronization signals. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-15-2009 |
20110149164 | METHOD CIRCUIT AND SYSTEM FOR MITIGATING INTERFERENCE BETWEEN WIRELESS DATA AND WIRELESS VIDEO TRANSCEIVERS OPERATING IN PROXIMITY WITH ONE ANOTHER - Disclosed is a circuit including a wireless data communication circuit, a wireless video communication circuit, and control logic functionally associated with either of the circuits and adapted to mitigate interference between transmissions of one of the circuits with reception by the other circuit. | 06-23-2011 |
20110218697 | VEHICLE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MASS TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION - The present invention provides a vehicle, system, and method for mass transit transportation, the system according to one embodiment including a plurality of passenger vehicles configured such that each passenger vehicle includes a passenger module ( | 09-08-2011 |
20130009969 | Methods circuits & systems for wireless transmission of a video signal from a computing platform - Disclosed are methods, circuits and systems for wireless transmission of a video signal from a computing platform. There is provided a video and/or audio signal source device such as a laptop computer. The video and/or audio signal source device may include a Display Mini Card (DMC) System Connector. The video and/or audio signal source device may include a Mini Card (HMC or FMC) System Connector, and/or a Display Port (DP) connector. There may be provided a Display Mini Card (DMC) or a Mini Card (FMC or HMC) which may include electrical circuits adapted to receive video and/or audio signals from the DMC System Connector or the DP connector of the video and/or audio signal source device. Received video and/or audio signals may be transmitted to a functionally associated video/audio receiver. The electrical circuits of the Display Mini Card (DMC) or the Mini Card (FMC or HMC) may be adapted to transmit a video and/or audio signal using a video link such as WHDI, WIFI DIRECT or WIFI DISPLAY. The Display Mini Card (DMC) or the Mini Card (FMC or HMC) may include additional circuits adapted to perform additional functionality such as Wi-Fi communication. | 01-10-2013 |
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20080260279 | SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGE PROCESSING - A method for iterative derivation of a master image from sampled images of non-identical, at least partially overlapping, regions of a scene. The method includes defining a transformation operator mapping positions within the master image to corresponding positions in the sampled image; a distortion operator simulating a modulation transfer function associated with an imaging sensor from which the sampled image was generated; and a sampling operator for reducing an image from the output resolution to the resolution of the sampled image. For each sampled image the transformation operator, distortion operator and sampling operator are applied to a current master image hypothesis to generate a predicted image A difference image is calculated which has pixel values corresponding to the difference in corresponding pixel values between the sampled image and the predicted image. A back-projection of each of the difference images is performed to generate a correction image for the current master image hypothesis. Finally, the correction images are employed to perform a correction to the current master image hypothesis to generate a new master image hypothesis. The correction to the current master image hypothesis includes combining the correction images by deriving a weighted average of values of corresponding pixels in the correction images. The weight of each pixel in each correction image is calculated as a function of a distance as measured in the sampled image between: a point in the sampled image to which the pixel in the correction image is mapped by the transformation operator, and at least one pixel centroid proximal to that point. | 10-23-2008 |
20110001791 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL OF PHYSICAL OBJECTS - A system and method for generating three-dimensional models of physical objects, includes the steps of providing a plurality of two dimensional images of a physical object, wherein the two-dimensional images are captured from a plurality of viewing angles of the physical object; associating each of the two-dimensional images with a viewing zone, wherein: the viewing zone includes a range of viewing angles of the physical object; and at least one of the viewing zones having a minimum of three shared boundaries; and processing the associated two-dimensional images for each of the viewing zones to generate a three-dimensional local model of the physical object for each of the viewing zones. In another implementation, views are rendered from a visualized model. | 01-06-2011 |
20130139804 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL AND CALIBRATION OF A SOLAR POWER TOWER SYSTEM - A solar energy collection system can include a plurality of heliostats configured to reflect sunlight to a target mounted on a tower. Each of the heliostats can have a heliostat controller configured to control a respective heliostat so that the sunlight reflected therefrom is directed to at least one of a plurality of cameras. The cameras can be oriented to image the heliostat. A second controller can be configured to compute geometry data that defines a geometry of the surface of the heliostat from captured images thereof. The geometry data can designate a plurality of subsections of the surface. The computing by the second controller can include storing data indicating sections of the captured images corresponding to the plurality of subsections of the heliostat. The second controller can also calculate data indicating respective surface normals of each of said subsections of each of said heliostat. | 06-06-2013 |
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20130311599 | Updating Web Resources - Updating web resources includes extracting web resources from an application to local files in response to an initial start-up of the application, downloading updates to the web resources to the local files from an external server; and running the application using contents from the local files. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311613 | Updating Web Resources - Updating web resources includes downloading an application to a client device, extracting web resources from the application to local files, and querying an external server for web resource updates specific to at least one operating condition of the client device. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311615 | Updating Web Resources - Updating web resources includes downloading an application to a client device, extracting web resources from the application to local files, and querying an external server for web resource updates specific to at least one operating condition of the client device. | 11-21-2013 |
20130311985 | Updating Web Resources - Updating web resources includes extracting web resources from an application to local files in response to an initial start-up of the application, downloading updates to the web resources to the local files from an external server; and running the application using contents from the local files. | 11-21-2013 |