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20130072607 | NANOCLAY (NC) HYBRIDS AND ELASTOMER-NANOCLAY COMPOSITES PRODUCED THEREOF - A nanoclay (NC) hybrid is provided as well as a method of producing the NC hybrid. The NC hybrid comprises silanized montmorillonite and an amine and is produced by mixing a silanizing agent and montmorillonite in a non-flammable solvent at elevated temperature. Also provided is a modified NC hybrid in which the montmorillonite is ammonium- or aminium-substituted. | 03-21-2013 |
20140031468 | NANOCLAY HYBRIDS AND ELASTOMERIC COMPOSITES CONTAINING SAME - Disclosed herein is a methodology for producing modified nanoclays which, when added to an elastomer, provide elastomeric nanocomposites with improved ageing, rheological and mechanical properties, and which can be devoid of, or containing low amount of, a filler such as carbon black. The modified nanoclays are made of a nanoclay, such as organomodified nanoclay, modified so as to be in association with an amine-containing antioxidant and optionally also with a silyl-containing compound, such as mercaptosiloxane. Also disclosed herein are processes of preparing the modified nanoclays, elastomeric composites containing same and articles containing the elastomeric composites. | 01-30-2014 |
20150307258 | PROPELLANT-FREE PRESSURIZED MATERIAL DISPENSER - A device for dispensing a material under pressure, including at least one elastic portion defining at least one wall of a chamber defining a volume within which said material is to be contained; and at least one non-elastic portion coupled to said at least one elastic portion and affecting a geometry of one or both of said elastic portion and of said chamber; wherein, at least when the material is contained within said chamber, said at least one elastic portion is stretched so as to urge a reduction in volume of said chamber by at least 70%. The non-elastic portion is optionally rigid. | 10-29-2015 |
20150368438 | ELASTOMERIC COMPOSITES EXHIBITING HIGH AND LONG-LASTING MECHANICAL STRENGTH AND ELASTICITY AND DEVICES CONTAINING SAME - Elastomeric composites comprising natural rubber, a filler and nanofiller, which exhibit improved performance are disclosed. The elastomeric composite comprise a filler in an amount of less than 50 parts, yet exhibit high elastic modulus, high elasticity and reduced relaxation and/or creep. Articles and devices for dispensing fluid materials and comprising elastomeric composites are also disclosed. | 12-24-2015 |
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20130336199 | VARIOUS TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT METHODS FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-HOP BACKHAULING CELLULAR NETWORK AND SYSTEMS USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH - In a mobile communication system including a network having at least one base station operative to receive information in resource allocation terminology understandable to the base station and to allocate downlink bandwidth accordingly, at least one relay operative to convey to the base station information regarding needs of mobile communicators associated with the relay, using the resource allocation terminology understandable to the base station, and when receiving uplink bandwidth, from the base station, which generates an uplink between itself and the base station, to distribute the uplink bandwidth between the mobile communicators associated with the relay. | 12-19-2013 |
20130336289 | HANDOVER INITIATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVEMENT OF CELLULAR NETWORK PERFORMANCE - A mobile communication system including at least one individual mobile communicator in a population of mobile communicators served by a plurality of nodes, including at least one base station; wherein at least one individual mobile communicator is operative to at least once associating itself with a serving node from among the plurality of nodes using a serving node selection functionality operative for selecting the serving node so as to increase use of available bandwidth to and from at least one node which provides the individual communicator with an acceptable signal to noise ratio. | 12-19-2013 |
20140036722 | ARCHITECTURE AND METHODS FOR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT BY TUNNELING IN HIERARCHICAL CELLULAR NETWORKS - A hierarchical cellular network system having a core and comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein at least one node comprises a relay; and wherein at least one relay includes: a tunneling sub-system; a backhauling link subsystem interfacing between the tunneling subsystem and a node which is closer to the core than the relay; and a base station subsystem, interfacing between the tunneling subsystem and a mobile station or a node which is further from the core than the relay, wherein the tunneling subsystem is operative to perform the following, on data arriving from a base station subsystem belonging to another node from among the plurality of nodes: collecting the data; and encapsulating the results to be sent in an individual session into packets and sending the packets to the Backhauling Link Subsystem. | 02-06-2014 |
20140080492 | VARIOUS ROUTING ARCHITECTURES FOR DYNAMIC MULTI-HOP BACKHAULING CELLULAR NETWORK AND VARIOUS METHODS USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH - A hierarchical cellular network administration system operative to administrate for a hierarchical cellular network having a core, the hierarchical cellular network administration system comprising a link establishment initiator operative to generate link establishment commands; and relay manager functionality operative to establish at least one link between at least one relay in the hierarchical cellular network and all nodes in said cellular network desired to be served by said at least one relay, as per said link establishment commands generated by the link establishment initiator; and to control operation of links thus established. | 03-20-2014 |
20140087736 | CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM UTILIZING UPGRADED MOVING RELAYS AND METHODS USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH - A moving cellular communication system comprising at least one upgraded moving relay including at least two base station functionalities and at least one mobile station functionality and a relay resource manager, all co-located, wherein each base station functionality of the upgraded moving relay is operative to communicate via antennae with at least one mobile station thereby to define a first radio link therebetween, and wherein each base station functionality has a connection to its relay resource manager, wherein each mobile station functionality of the upgraded moving relay communicates via antennae with a unit which has base station functionality thereby to define at least one second radio link, respectively, wherein the relay resource manager in each individual moving relay comprises a radio resource manager; and functionality for exchanging information with relay resource managers is included in moving relays other than the individual moving relay. | 03-27-2014 |
20140155019 | MOVING CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM OPERATIVE IN AN EMERGENCY MODE - A communication system comprising moving relay/s including base- and mobile-station functionality and a radio manager, all co-located, emergency moving relay/s further including a simulated stationary network that includes a simulated IP connectivity gateway communicating with a simulated mobility management entity and simulating the operation of a stationary network; the emergency moving relay being a root of a subtree including moving relay/s and mobile station/s, and utilizing its mobile-station functionality, base station functionality and radio manager for normal and emergency operation including communicating to a designated mobile station in the subtree each message received from a moving relay mobile in the subtree, the message having an IP address of the designated mobile station; or communicating to the simulated stationary network each message received from a moving relay/mobile station in the subtree and having an IP address not matching any mobile station in the subtree. | 06-05-2014 |
20150016330 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL RELAY ARCHITECTURE AND APPARATUS AND METHODS OF OPERATION USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH - A cellular communication system serving at least one mobile communication device, the system including at least one backhauling link provided between a mobile station functionality; and a base station functionality residing in a level below the mobile station functionality. | 01-15-2015 |
20150351116 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MOVING RELAY INTERFERENCE MITIGATION IN MOBILE E.G. CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - A system for multicarrier cellular communication in a cellular network including a multiplicity of nodes, the system comprising, at an individual moving relay from among the multiplicity of nodes, an rBS having downlink communication, according to a protocol, with UEs served thereby; and a co-located rRM (relay Resource Manager) having a controller; wherein the controller is operative to induce the rBS to generate a selective minimally interfered region in a domain and/or to coordinate between schedulers in the relay to ensure that each user has its own time and/or frequency such that channels do not overlap because time and/or frequency are shifted to prevent the overlap. | 12-03-2015 |
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20110207667 | EFFICIENT EXPRESSION OF TRUNCATED HUMAN RNASET2 IN E. COLI - An isolated, recombinant truncated human RNASET2 having anti-angiogenic properties, methods for efficient expression thereof in bacteria and therapeutic uses thereof. | 08-25-2011 |
20120100128 | METHODS OF AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING THE PROLIFERATION OF MAMMALIAN CELLS - A method of preventing, inhibiting and/or reversing cell motility, actin filament assembly or disassembly, proliferation, colonization, differentiation, accumulation and/or development of abnormal cells in a subject is disclosed. The method is effected by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a ribonuclease of the T2 family having actin binding activity. | 04-26-2012 |
20140011729 | METHODS OF AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INHIBITING THE PROLIFERATION OF MAMMALIAN CELLS - A method of preventing, inhibiting and/or reversing cell motility, actin filament assembly or disassembly, proliferation, colonization, differentiation, accumulation and/or development of abnormal cells in a subject is disclosed. The method is effected by administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a ribonuclease of the T2 family having actin binding activity. | 01-09-2014 |
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20110302173 | OBJECT IDENTIFICATION BY ELECTOR - Techniques for identifying an object are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an object identification system includes a reference to an object acted on at a first time, an elector, and a elector manager. The elector is configured to provide an appraisal, at a second time, of whether a candidate object is the objected acted on. The elector manager is configured to determine whether the candidate object is object acted on based on a value of the appraisal. | 12-08-2011 |
20110307799 | SCRIPTING APPLICATION WITH PRIVACY MODE COORDINATION - In at least some embodiments, a computer system includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor and storing a scripting application. The scripting application, when executed, is configured to coordinate use of a browser engine privacy mode with emulation of user operations on a browser-hosted application. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307868 | SCRIPTING APPLICATION WITH ROLE IDENTIFICATION - In at least some embodiments, a computer system includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor and storing a scripting application. The scripting application, when executed, is configured to selectively record user actions on user interface (UI) objects of a browser hosted application based on identification of at least one role for each UI object. | 12-15-2011 |
20110307893 | ROLE-BASED AUTOMATION SCRIPTS - A computer performs an action called for by a script. The computer determines how to perform the action based in part on a role template not included in the script and based in part on a role-template extension included in the script. | 12-15-2011 |
20120096010 | ADAPTIVE OBJECT IDENTIFICATION - A adaptive object identification mechanism provides an object description of an object of an application that is executed by a processor, where the object description is based on attributes associated with the object. When an operation on the object is detected, the attributes of the object are sampled at the time of the operation and compared with the object description to assess whether the attributes have changed. The object description is then adjusted based on the assessment. | 04-19-2012 |
20120102461 | RELATION-BASED IDENTIFICATION OF AUTOMATION OBJECTS - Relationships between a target object and other objects within a software application are identified, where the software application includes an operation to perform on the target object. The relationships are tested to determine relationships that are useful for identifying the target object when the operation is performed on the target object, and a set of useful relationships is generated. | 04-26-2012 |
20120185823 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF DEPENDENT WEB AUTOMATION - A method for web automation includes providing a self dependent automation script. The self dependent automation script includes a script model that includes instructions to be executed by a processor, and an incorporated runtime engine configured to execute the script model on the processor. The method further includes applying a runtime engine selected from a set of at least one runtime engine, the set including at least the incorporated runtime engine, so as to execute the script model. A computer program product and data processing system are also disclosed. | 07-19-2012 |
20120198476 | EVALUATING PERFORMANCE OF AN APPLICATION USING EVENT-DRIVEN TRANSACTIONS - An event-driven performance measurement technique provides a set of transaction definitions that specify transaction actions that correspond to start and end points of a transaction. Events associated with execution of an application are received by a processor-based machine. The machine uses the events to generate transactions in accordance with the set of transaction definitions. The transactions can be used to evaluate performance of the application. | 08-02-2012 |
20120239986 | SCRIPT EXECUTION WITH FALLBACK - A script specifies a script action and an expected reaction in response to the script action. When one of the script actions is executed, a failure is detected indicating that the expected reaction did not occur. In response to the failure, a fallback action is executed. | 09-20-2012 |
20130055218 | Automating Software Testing - A system and method of automating software testing is provided. The system and method may determine whether some of a plurality of anchor points within application instructions is triggered in response to input from a current operation within operation instructions. If some of the plurality of anchor points is triggered, one of the triggered anchor points may be selected. Instructions may be generated that configure a given processor to pause after the current operation until the selected one of the triggered anchor points completes. | 02-28-2013 |
20130145264 | PROVIDING AUTOMATION CODE CONTAINING A REPRESENTATION OF ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF A USER ACTION - A representation of plural alternative interpretations of a user action is provided. Automation code containing the representation is executable to replay the user action. | 06-06-2013 |
20130198604 | METHOD FOR PERSONALIZING INTERACTION WITH THE WEB - A process of producing personalized applications for a web interaction process in which interface pages are presented sequentially. Learning is applied to the interaction, to subsequently form a sequence of synthetic pages for driving the personalized application. Analysis operation is implemented for analysing the screen elements, for each respective page, which the user interacts with. This analysis operation lays the foundations for the production of personalised application screen pages. subsequently a vector of synthetic interface pages is produced for applying in the same or on different computing infrastructure. | 08-01-2013 |
20140053021 | AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION ADJUSTMENT OF RECORDED ACTIONS FOR AUTOMATION SCRIPT - A method for automatic revision of an automation script includes obtaining a sequence of at least one classified recorded action and an automation script, the automation script including a sub-sequence of the sequence of classified recorded actions, wherein each action is included in the automation script in accordance with the classification of that action. At least a portion of the automation script is executed. Upon failure of an action of the portion of the automation script to execute, an action of the sequence of classified recorded actions is reclassified, it is verified if the action that failed to execute executes successfully after the reclassifying, and the automation script is revised. Relating computer program product and data processing system are also disclosed. | 02-20-2014 |
20150178298 | PAGE MATCHING FOR RECONSTRUCTED APPLICATION PAGES - A method for reconstructing a sequence of pages operating on a user interactive software application displaying to a user on a display a sequence of graphic pages. The software application involves transitioning between the graphic pages. Some of said pages bear page identifiers and page transitioning graphic identifiers. A page is intercepted, the likelihood of which to resemble a reconstituted page is derived from both its page descriptor properties and transitioning properties. | 06-25-2015 |
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20140084700 | RF Power Amplifier Splitter - A novel and useful radio frequency (RF) front end module (FEM) circuit that provides high linearity and power efficiency and meets the requirements of modern wireless communication standards such as 802.11 WLAN, 3G and 4G cellular standards, Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc. The configuration of the FEM circuit permits the use of common, relatively low cost semiconductor fabrication techniques such as standard CMOS processes. The FEM circuit includes a power amplifier made up of one or more sub-amplifiers having high and low power circuits and whose outputs are combined to yield the total desired power gain. An integrated multi-tap transformer having primary and secondary windings arranged in a novel configuration provide efficient power combining and transfer to the antenna of the power generated by the individual sub-amplifiers. | 03-27-2014 |
20140085001 | LINEAR ROW ARRAY INTEGRATED POWER COMBINER FOR RF POWER AMPLIFIERS - A novel and useful radio frequency (RF) front end module (FEM) circuit that provides high linearity and power efficiency and meets the requirements of modern wireless communication standards such as 802.11 WLAN, 3G and 4G cellular standards, Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc. The configuration of the FEM circuit permits the use of common, relatively low cost semiconductor fabrication techniques such as standard CMOS processes. The FEM circuit includes a power amplifier made up of one or more sub-amplifiers having high and low power circuits and whose outputs are combined to yield the total desired power gain. An integrated multi-tap transformer having primary and secondary windings arranged in a novel configuration provide efficient power combining and transfer to the antenna of the power generated by the individual sub-amplifiers. | 03-27-2014 |
20150070097 | CONFIGURABLE MULTIMODE MULTIBAND INTEGRATED DISTRIBUTED POWER AMPLIFIER - A novel and useful configurable radio frequency (RF) power amplifier (PA) and related front end module (FEM) circuit that enables manipulation of the operating point of the power amplifier resulting in configurability, multimode and multiband operating capability. The configurable PA also provides high linearity and power efficiency and meets the requirements of modern wireless communication standards such as 802.11 WLAN, 3G and 4G cellular standards, Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc. The configurable power amplifier is made up of one or more configurable sub-amplifiers having each constructed to have several orders of freedom (i.e. biasing points). Each sub-amplifier and its combiner path include active and passive elements. Manipulating one or more biasing points of each sub-amplifier, and therefore of the aggregate power amplifier as well, achieves multimode and multiband operation. Biasing points include, for example, the gain and saturation point, frequency response, linearity level and EVM. An integrated multi-tap transformer having primary and secondary windings arranged in a novel configuration provides efficient power combining and transfer to the antenna of the power generated by the individual sub-amplifiers. | 03-12-2015 |
20150194942 | LINEAR ROW ARRAY INTEGRATED POWER COMBINER FOR RF POWER AMPLIFIERS - A novel and useful radio frequency (RF) front end module (FEM) circuit that provides high linearity and power efficiency and meets the requirements of modern wireless communication standards such as 802.11 WLAN, 3G and 4G cellular standards, Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc. The configuration of the FEM circuit permits the use of common, relatively low cost semiconductor fabrication techniques such as standard CMOS processes. The FEM circuit includes a power amplifier made up of one or more sub-amplifiers having high and low power circuits and whose outputs are combined to yield the total desired power gain. An integrated multi-tap transformer having primary and secondary windings arranged in a novel configuration provide efficient power combining and transfer to the antenna of the power generated by the individual sub-amplifiers. | 07-09-2015 |
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20130232686 | POWER ASSISTED TOILET SEAT - A power-assisted toilet seat including a lifting and tilting structure that facilitates movement of the toilet seat in a path with a close approximation to the movement of the hips, buttocks, thighs, knees and lower legs, occurring when a person, being supported by the toilet seat, moves between a standing position and a sitting position. Preferably, the power-assisted toilet seat further includes a mechanism for adjusting the height of the seat in the seat's upper most position, to fit the seat's height to the height of the person using the power-assisted toilet seat. The power-assisted toilet seat may further include a device for moving the legs and knees of a sitting person upwardly, thereby bringing the person proximal to a squat position, thereby assisting a person suffering, for example, from constipation. | 09-12-2013 |
20140048121 | MODULAR SOLAR SYSTEMS FACILITATING RAPID ASSEMBLY - A solar system for collecting solar energy, adapted to be rapidly assembled on site. The modular solar system includes a solar energy collector-assembly, having two wings of collectors, arranged in at least one row. The modular solar system further includes an energy-receiving-module, having a receiver unit, adapted to absorb the solar energy, a shaft, a support structure, a stand, disposed on rigid surface, a control-subsystem, a motor and a sun-following mechanism coupled to operate with the control-subsystem. The receiver unit has a diameter d | 02-20-2014 |
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20100168829 | SYSTEM FOR IMPLANTING, ACTIVATING, AND OPERATING AN IMPLANTABLE BATTERY - The present invention is apparatus, systems, and methods for the treatment of bone, cartilage and other types of hard tissue. The treatments, which are suitable for extended treatment, include the treatment and prevention of pathologies through the controllable use of silver, iron, zinc, or magnesium ions. These pathologies may include a pathology which is at least partially induced or aggravated by an infectious disease, for example a bacterial disease. In this case the electrically released ions are silver ions, which are known to have antibacterial properties. | 07-01-2010 |
20110021903 | Method for producing an electrophysiological map of the heart - Method for producing an electrophysiological map of a heart of the body of a patient, the method including the procedures of determining a respective target point location, and a respective probe orientation, confirming that the tip of a probe catheter is located at the respective target point location, confirming that the tip is oriented at the respective probe orientation, measuring the heart parameter value at each of the respective target point locations, and superimposing a plurality of representations respective of the heart parameter value, the respective target point location, and the respective probe orientation being determined with respect to heart parameter value which is to be measured, for each of a plurality of target points within the heart, the tip of a probe catheter being confirmed that it is located at the respective target point location, by comparing the currently detected location of the tip, with the respective target point location, the tip being confirmed that it is oriented at the respective probe orientation, by comparing the currently detected orientation of the tip, with the respective probe orientation, heart parameter value being measured at each of the respective target point locations, by a heart parameter sensor located at the tip, the representations respective of the at least one heart parameter value, being superimposed on an image of the heart, at the respective target point location, to produce the electrophysiological map. | 01-27-2011 |
20130034281 | Method and a system for registering a 3D pre-acquired image coordinates system with a medical positioning system coordinate system and with a 2D image coordinate system - Method for registering a three dimensional (3D) pre acquired image coordinates system with a Medical Positioning System (MPS) coordinate system and a two dimensional (2D) image coordinate system, the method comprising acquiring a 2D image of a volume of interest, the volume including an organ, the 2D image being associated with the 2D coordinate system, acquiring MPS points within the organ, the MPS points being associated with the MPS coordinate system, the MPS coordinate system being registered with the 2D coordinate system, extracting a 3D image model of the organ from a pre acquired 3D image of the volume of interest, estimating a volumetric model of the organ from the acquired MPS points, and registering the 3D coordinate system with the MPS coordinate system by matching the extracted 3D image model and the estimated volumetric model of the organ. | 02-07-2013 |
20130184569 | Method for producing an electrophysiological map of the heart - Methods and systems for producing an electrophysiological map of a heart of a patient are disclosed. An example method may include determining a target location and an orientation of a catheter tip, confirming that the tip is located at the target location, measuring the heart parameter value at each of the target locations, and superimposing a plurality of representations of the heart parameter value. Confirmation that the tip of the catheter is located at a target location can be accomplished by comparing the current location of the tip with the target location, a corresponding heart parameter value being measured at each of the target locations by a heart parameter sensor, and the representations of the heart parameter value being superimposed on an image of the heart at the target location to produce the electrophysiological map. | 07-18-2013 |
20140254908 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR REGISTERING A 3D PRE-ACQUIRED IMAGE COORDINATE SYSTEM WITH A MEDICAL POSITIONING SYSTEM COORDINATE SYSTEM AND WITH A 2D IMAGE COORDINATE SYSTEM - Method for registering a three dimensional (3D) pre acquired image coordinates system with a Medical Positioning System (MPS) coordinate system and a two dimensional (2D) image coordinate system, the method comprising acquiring a 2D image of a volume of interest, the volume including an organ, the 2D image being associated with the 2D coordinate system, acquiring MPS points within the organ, the MPS points being associated with the MPS coordinate system, the MPS coordinate system being registered with the 2D coordinate system, extracting a 3D image model of the organ from a pre acquired 3D image of the volume of interest, estimating a volumetric model of the organ from the acquired MPS points and registering the 3D coordinate system with the MPS coordinate system by matching the extracted 3D image model and the estimated volumetric model of the organ. | 09-11-2014 |
20160035092 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR REGISTERING A 3D PRE ACQUIRED IMAGE COORDINATE SYSTEM WITH A MEDICAL POSITIONING SYSTEM COORDINATE SYSTEM AND WITH A 2D IMAGE COORDINATE SYSTEM - A method for registering a three dimensional (3D) coordinates system with a Medical Positioning System (MPS) coordinate system and with a two dimensional (2D) coordinate system, includes acquiring at least one 2D image of a volume of interest, the volume of interest including at least one tubular organ within the body of a patient. The 2D image is associated with the 2D coordinate system, and a plurality of MPS points is acquired, within the at least one tubular organ. The MPS points are associated with the MPS coordinate system, the MPS coordinate system being registered with the 2D coordinate system. A 3D image model is extracted of the at least one tubular organ form a pre-acquired 3D image of the volume of interest. A volumetric model of the at least one tubular organ from the 2D image is estimated and from the acquired MPS points, the 3D coordinate system is registered with the MPS coordinate system and with the 2D coordinate system by matching the extracted 3D image model and the estimated volumetric model of the at least one tubular organ. | 02-04-2016 |
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20090132758 | RANK MODULATION FOR FLASH MEMORIES - We investigate a novel storage technology, Rank Modulation, for flash memories. In this scheme, a set of n cells stores information in the permutation induced by the different charge levels of the individual cells. The resulting scheme eliminates the need for discrete cell levels, and overshoot errors when programming cells (a serious problem that reduces the writing speed), as well as mitigate the problem of asymmetric errors. We present schemes for Gray codes, rewriting and joint coding in the rank modulation paradigm. | 05-21-2009 |
20090132895 | ERROR CORRECTING CODES FOR RANK MODULATION - We investigate error-correcting codes for a novel storage technology, which we call the rank-modulation scheme. In this scheme, a set of n cells stores information in the permutation induced by the different levels of the individual cells. The resulting scheme eliminates the need for discrete cell levels, and overshoot errors when programming cells (a serious problem that reduces the writing speed), as well as mitigates the problem of asymmetric errors. In this discussion, the properties of error correction in rank modulation codes are studied. We show that the adjacency graph of permutations is a subgraph of a multi-dimensional array of a special size, a property that enables code designs based on Lee-metric codes and L | 05-21-2009 |
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20090089534 | Thin Provisioning Migration and Scrubbing - A method for migrating data to a mass storage system, including receiving an incoming data partition for storage in the mass storage system and allocating logical storage for the incoming data partition in the mass storage system. The method further includes making a determination that the incoming data partition includes only zero data, and, in response to the determination, inhibiting physical storage of the incoming data partition in the mass storage system while maintaining the allocated logical storage for the incoming data partition. | 04-02-2009 |
20110083034 | RESTORING DATA TO A DISTRIBUTED STORAGE NODE - A method is disclosed for operating a data storage system having one or more network interfaces and a plurality of data storage nodes configured to provide redundant storage locations. The method includes storing a set of node partitions on a given storage node of the plurality of data storage nodes. The method also includes, following a recovery by the given storage node from a malfunction, making a determination for a node partition in the set whether the node partition is current or noncurrent, and processing the node partition according to the determination. | 04-07-2011 |
20120109916 | MANAGING SNAPSHOT STORAGE POOLS - Various embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus and a method of managing a snapshot storage pool (SSP) associated with a storage unit of a distributed data storage system. According to some embodiments of the invention, the apparatus may include a logic module and a processor. The logic module may be adapted to provide a threshold corresponding to a ratio between a current amount of storage resources used for storing snapshots in the SSP and a total storage capacity defined for the SSP. The processor may be adapted to trigger an action that may be effective for managing the SSP in response to the amount of storage resources used for storing snapshots in the SSP crossing the threshold. | 05-03-2012 |
20130036281 | MANAGING SNAPSHOT STORAGE POOLS - Various embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus and a method of managing a snapshot storage pool (SSP) associated with a storage unit of a distributed data storage system. One apparatus includes a logic module and a processor. The logic module is adapted to provide a threshold corresponding to a ratio between a current amount of storage resources used for storing snapshots in the SSP and a total storage capacity defined for the SSP. The processor is adapted to trigger an action that may be effective for managing the SSP in response to the amount of storage resources used for storing snapshots in the SSP crossing the threshold. | 02-07-2013 |
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20120008859 | Reducing Erroneous Colors in Edge Areas with Chromatic Abberation - A technique is disclosed for calculating a value for a second color for a particular pixel. The technique selects a first set of neighboring pixels situated on a first side of the particular pixel, and a second set of neighboring pixels situated on an opposite side of the particular pixel. Based upon color values from the first set of neighboring pixels, the technique determines a first representative relationship, and based upon color values from the second set of neighboring pixels, the technique determines a second representative relationship. Based upon these representative relationships, the technique determines a target relationship between the value for the second color for the particular pixel and a value for a first color for the particular pixel. Based upon the target relationship and the value for the first color for the particular pixel, the technique calculates the value for the second color for the particular pixel. | 01-12-2012 |
20130002908 | AXIAL CHROMATIC ABERRATION CORRECTION - A 9 pixel-by-9 pixel working window slides over an input Bayer image. For each such window, a demosaicing operation is performed. For each such window, corrective processing is performed relative to that window to produce relative differences for that window. For each such window for which relative differences have been produced, those relative differences are regulated. For each window, a maximum is found for that window's regulated relative differences; in one embodiment of the invention, this maximum is used to select which channel is sharp. For each window, the colors in that window are corrected based on the relative difference-based maximum found for that window. For each window, edge oversharpening is softened in order to avoid artifacts in the output image. The result is an output image in which axial chromatic aberrations have been corrected. | 01-03-2013 |
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20120182454 | Chromatic Noise Reduction Method and Apparatus - A chromatic noise reduction method is provided for removing chromatic noise from the pixels of a mosaic image. In one implementation, an actual chroma value and a de-noised chroma value are derived for the central pixel of a matrix of pixels. Based at least in part upon these chroma values, a final chroma value is derived for the central pixel. The final chroma value is then used, along with the actual luminance of the central pixel, to derive a final de-noised pixel value for the central pixel. By de-noising the central pixel based on its chroma (which takes into account more than one color) rather than on just the color channel of the central pixel, this method allows the central pixel to be de-noised in a more color-coordinated fashion. As a result, improved chromatic noise reduction is achieved. | 07-19-2012 |
20150296123 | Advanced Fast Autofocusing - Several autofocus techniques are disclosed. The autofocus techniques help the device to achieve focus without presenting unpleasant blurred images to the operator of the camera, e.g., by dividing image frames into technical frames and display frames, with autofocus search occurring during technical frames. With another technique, the upper bound of the spatial frequencies of the blurred image permits a calculation of the focused lens position. Another technique searches for focus in jumps that exponentially decrease the search space with each jump. In another focusing technique, the lens is moved through a range of positions during a frame acquired with a rolling shutter exposure and the focused position may be determined from the sharpest row of the frame. | 10-15-2015 |
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20140095765 | FLASH TRANSLATION LAYER (FTL) DATABASE JOURNALING SCHEMES - A method includes, in a storage device that includes a non-volatile memory and a volatile memory, maintaining at least one data structure that stores management information used for managing data storage in the non-volatile memory, such that at least a portion of the data structure is stored in the volatile memory. A sequence of journaling chunks is created during operation of the storage device, each journaling chunk including a respective slice of the data structure and one or more changes that occurred in the data structure since a previous journaling chunk in the sequence. The sequence of the journaling chunks is stored in the non-volatile memory. Upon recovering from an electrical power interruption in the storage device, the data structure is reconstructed using the stored journaling chunks. | 04-03-2014 |
20140173178 | Joint Logical and Physical Address Remapping in Non-volatile Memory - A method includes, for data items that are to be stored in a non-volatile memory in accordance with respective logical addresses, associating the logical addresses with respective physical storage locations in the non-volatile memory, and storing the data items in the respective associated physical storage locations. A remapping command, which specifies a group of source logical addresses that are associated with respective source physical storage locations, is received. In response to the remapping command, destination physical storage locations and destination logical addresses are selected jointly for replacing the source physical storage locations and the source logical addresses, respectively, so as to meet a joint performance criterion with respect to the logical addresses and the physical storage locations. The data items are copied from the source physical storage locations to the respective destination physical storage locations, and the destination physical storage locations are re-associated with the respective destination logical addresses. | 06-19-2014 |