Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090327353 | METHOD FOR MEASURING WEB SITE PERFORMANCE - An approach for systematically and objectively assessing the health of a web site, or other complex system, using two layers of information. A scoring method is used to provide an objective qualitative judgment, together with detailed areas of analysis if desired. A set of metrics is identified, and a health score for each metric is calculated based upon assessment parameters or angles, based upon the actual data and upon the expectations. The overall health score of the system is then calculated as a composite metric based upon the individual metric health scores. A total score, together with a visual representation of the individual metric scores, is presented to the end user. The two layers of information utilized in the general framework include the domain (which determines the set of metrics and assessment parameters, e.g., web site analysis) and the model (or processing desired, e.g., a scoring model or alert model). | 12-31-2009 |
20100153890 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing a Predictive Model for Drawing Using Touch Screen Devices - An apparatus for providing a predictive model for use with touch screen devices may include a processor. The processor may be configured to identify a stroke event received at a touch screen display, evaluate an environmental parameter corresponding to the touch screen display to determine a scenario based on the environmental parameter, and generate a graphic output corresponding to the identified stroke event for the scenario determined. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 06-17-2010 |
20130054572 | ACCURATE SEARCH RESULTS WHILE HONORING CONTENT LIMITATIONS - Accurate search results are provided while still honoring content limitations. Content responsive to search, whose presentation is prevented by content limitations is presented in an obscured manner, notifying the user of the existence of the content, while not enabling discerning of details, thereby honoring the content limitations. Attempted user interaction with obscured content acts as an entry point to changing the content limitations, including presenting user notifications of the content limitations and presenting an option to change the content limitations to allow for the unobscured presentation of the obscured content. Graphical content can be obscured by applying graphical modifications to generate new, obscured content that provides only a vague resemblance to the original, including jittering pixels, or other subcomponents, the applying of Gaussian blurs, and pixelization. | 02-28-2013 |
20140020135 | Novel Use of a Dense and Erect Panicle 1 Gene in Improving Nitrogen Utilization Efficiency - The present invention provides methods of increasing nitrogen utilization efficiency (NUE) in a transgenic plant comprising the introduction of a nucleic acid encoding a dep1 polypeptide into a plant to produce a transgenic plant that expresses the nucleic acid to produce the dep1 polypeptide, thereby resulting in an increased NUE as compared with a control plant. Also provided are methods of increasing NUE in a plant comprising reducing the amount and/or activity of a DEP1 polypeptide. | 01-16-2014 |
20140118822 | PARALLAX BARRIER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a parallax barrier, a manufacturing method thereof and a display system, the parallax barrier including: a first substrate and a second substrate cell-assembled; a peripheral cavity wall, used to form a closed cavity; a transparent hydrophilic fluid and an opaque hydrophobic fluid, filled in the closed cavity; a first electrode and a second electrode; a hydrophobic-hydrophilic switching layer, on the second electrode; and barrier walls, disposed on the hydrophobic-hydrophilic switching layer parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other, wherein at least a part of each barrier wall is transparent, and when not being powered on, a thickness of the hydrophobic fluid is not larger than a height of the barrier wall, and when being powered on, a highest place of each accumulation region of the hydrophobic fluid is not higher than a highest place of the corresponding barrier wall. | 05-01-2014 |
20140237685 | SPL16 compositions and methods to increase agronomic performance of plants - Methods and compositions that affect grain shape, width, and yield in rice are disclosed. Methods of transgenic modulation and marker-assisted breeding methods improve grain length to width ratio and grain yield in rice. Down-regulation of OsSPL16 in rice resulted in increased grain quality. | 08-21-2014 |
20150077669 | ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS, DISPLAY DEVICE AND 3D LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY METHOD - An embodiment of the present invention relates to an electrically-driven liquid crystal (LC) lens, which comprises: first electrodes, an electrode group arranged corresponding to each sub-pixel, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first electrodes and the electrode groups. Each electrode group includes a plurality of second electrodes; and where the voltages of the second electrodes in each electrode group are progressively increased or decreased from left to right sequentially, light passing through the sub-pixels is deflected to different directions. The electrically-driven LC lens can improve the resolution of 3D liquid crystal display. The embodiment of the present invention further discloses a display device and a 3D display method. | 03-19-2015 |
20150301232 | RETARDATION FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The invention provides a retardation film, a method for producing the same and a display apparatus comprising the same. The retardation film comprises a phase retardation layer and a cured material layer formed by curing a curable material applied on the phase retardation layer, wherein the cured material layer is disposed on the light-emitting side of the phase retardation layer. In the retardation film of this invention, since the cured material layer is formed by curing the curable material applied on the phase retardation layer, the laminating equipment can be omitted and the equipment investment can thus be decreased, thereby lowering the production cost. | 10-22-2015 |