160results about "Voting arrangement" patented technology

A method and system for aggregating opinions on questions from participants. The selection of a category is received from each participant for each question previously presented to each participant. The selection is a category into which each participant has placed an idea associated with each question. A percentage vote, which is calculated for each selected category of each idea, is a percent of participants that selected each category of each idea. A winning category is selected for each idea, based on the calculated percentage vote for each selected category of each idea. A next idea, consisting of the idea having the lowest calculated percentage vote of the ideas's winning category, is determined. A next question associated with the next idea having the lowest calculated percentage vote of the ideas's winning category is determined and presented to a new participant.

The invention provides a blockchain common recongnition method, an accounting node and a node. The accounting node generates a block and broadcasts verification information thereof to other of N accounting nodes; the accounting node receives confirmation information from the other accounting nodes and verifies the confirmation information; and when the received confirmation information satisfies asecond set condition, the block is added to a blockchain. The accounting nodes are selected from candidate nodes according to the currency age instead of solving the difficulty of workload proof, sothat the accounting nodes are determined in higher efficiency, and resource consumption is reduced. The accounting node generates the block, the information of the accounting node and the informationof the block are broadcast, the broadcast information is verified by the other accounting nodes, and the accounting node adds the block to the local blockchain; and thus, the blockchain network is kept consistent and secure, the accounting node can make common recongnition after generating the block, and the common recongnition efficiency is improved.

A method of identifying a best candidate from a plurality of candidates that are to be evaluated according to a plurality of criterions is provided. For each of the candidates, at least two grades are established for each criterion associated therewith. For each of the candidates, at least two weighted sums are then generated. The weighted sums are presented for at least one of the candidates.

The present disclosure provides an apparatus for detecting placards in a captured image, comprising: input circuitry operable to receive the captured image; detector circuitry operable to detect placards in the captured image on a basis of a predetermined shape and / or color of the placards, the detector circuitry being operable to detect placards of a plurality of different shapes and / or colors; and counter circuitry operable to count a number of detected placards of each different shape and / or color.