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A method and apparatus for processing a coded data stream of video information (e.g., video-on-demand) for selective display according to a Normal PLAY Mode or a Fast PLAY Mode, by splitting the coded data stream into (a) anchor data constituted of anchor picture frames (e.g., I-frames) coded without reference to other picture frames, and (b) complemental data (e.g., B-frames and P-frames) complementing the anchor data; storing the anchor data in an anchor data file and the complemental data in a complemental data file; upon the selection of a Normal PLAY Mode, combining the data of both the anchor data file and the complemental data file to recompose and display the video information; and upon the selection of a fast PLAY mode, displaying only the data of the anchor data file.

A multi-protocol RFID interrogating system employs a synchronization technique (step-lock) for a backscatter RFID system that allows simultaneous operation of closely spaced interrogators. The multi-protocol RFID interrogating system can communicate with backscatter transponders having different output protocols and with active transponders including: Title 21 compliant RFID backscatter transponders; IT2000 RFID backscatter transponders that provide an extended mode capability beyond Title 21; EGO™ RFID backscatter transponders, SEGO™ RFID backscatter transponders; ATA, ISO, ANSI AAR compliant RFID backscatter transponders; and IAG compliant active technology transponders. The system implements a step-lock operation, whereby adjacent interrogators are synchronized to ensure that all downlinks operate within the same time frame and all uplinks operate within the same time frame, to eliminate downlink on uplink interference.

A non-volatile storage system comprises a hard disk drive (HDD) having a first capacity for storing information therein in a plurality of blocks. The storage system also comprises a non-volatile solid state memory (SSD) having a second capacity, less than the first capacity, for storing information therein. Finally, the storage system comprises a controller having a volatile memory and for controlling the read operation of the HDD and the read/write operation of the SSD. The controller stores in the volatile memory the address of read blocks from the HDD in a first period of time and determines a plurality of the most frequently read blocks in the first period of time, The controller then causes the SSD to store information from the most frequently read blocks from the HDD, and thereafter causes information to be read from the SSD when the storage system is requested to access information from the most frequently read blocks. The controller resets the identity of the most frequently read blocks in the volatile memory after a second period of time, where the second period of time is longer than said first period of time.

Methods and apparatus for efficiently enabling pages within a block to be accessed are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for writing data into a first block in a non-volatile memory which includes pages that are grouped into groups which each include two or more pages involves determining when a first group is available to receive the data. When it is determined that the first group is available to receive the data, the data is written into a first page included in the first group. The method also includes determining when a second group is available to receive the data if it is determined that the first group is not available to receive the data, and writing the data into a second page included in the second group when it is determined that the second group is available to receive the data.

A system and method of determining an earliest delivery date for a demand on the basis of a fact table stored in a database, where the demand indicates both a desired date and a desired quantity for items from a stock, where a fact time series is comprised by and/or deducible from the fact table, and where the fact time series comprises fact tuples indicating both a fact date and a change in quantity of stock items that occurred on this fact date. The method includes generating an aggregated time series from the fact time series by defining and/or obtaining discrete time intervals, and generating, for at least one discrete time interval, an aggregated tuple indicating both its corresponding discrete time interval and the aggregated change in quantity of stock items that occurred in its corresponding discrete time interval.

A memory apparatus having first and second memories generates an address corresponding to input data, and compares an address corresponding to data stored in the second memory with the generated address. The memory apparatus reads out data corresponding to the generated address from the second memory, and determines the number of bits of the address to be compared in accordance with the comparison result. When data corresponding to the generated address is not stored in the second memory, the memory apparatus reads out the corresponding data from the first memory.

The present invention relates to reading-out sensor array pixels. In particular, the present invention provides an approach according to which only a region of interest is may be read out from the sensor array, thus leading to substantial time savings. In order to achieve this, a circuitry for configuring a region of interest for the sensor array is provided as well as a reading-out circuitry for reading-out pixels belonging to the region of interest. In addition, the corresponding methods for programming the region of interest and for reading-out the region of interest are provided. The circuitry for programming and/or reading-out the region of interest includes per pixel provided storage elements for storing an indication of whether a pixel belongs to a region of interest (ROI). These are configured by the programming circuitry and using when reading-out the ROI for only reading out the pixels of the ROI.

A method of interpreting cognitive response to a stimulus is disclosed. The method includes collecting baseline neural activity data from a subject absent a stimulus. Neural activity data is collected while the subject is being stimulated through exposure to a stimulus. A unique three-dimensional cognitive engram is then plotted representative of cerebral regions of stimulated neural activity caused by the stimulus. A novel graphical representation is plotted in three dimensions to indicate the brain region response unique to that stimulus.

In a sense amplifier, local I/O lines are maintained at a predetermined voltage by transistors. Transistors forming a current mirror supply an operating current according to a passing current which flows through transistors, to sense nodes. Transistors forming a current mirror extract an operating current according to the passing current which flows through transistors, from sense nodes. As a result, a voltage difference is generated in sense nodes in accordance with the operating current difference.

The report storage stores an interpretation report that includes patient-identifying information, examination-specifying information, and medical image-specifying information that specifies medical image data. The image data storage stores the medical image data that includes image data and additional information for the image data that includes the patient-identifying information, the examination-specifying information, and the medical image-specifying information. The key image-searching part specifies an interpretation report that includes patient-identifying information specified by a display request for the medical image data and specifies the medical image data using the medical image-specifying information included in the specified interpretation report. The image data-searching part reads the medical image data from the image data storage based on the additional information of the specified medical image data and the display request. The displaying part displays a medical image based on the read medical image data.

A test apparatus sends a command to an A-control module as a destination. The command includes a request to send fault information at the A-control module and a B-control module being included in an integrated ECU to the test apparatus. The A-control module reads the own diagnostic code and orders the B-control module to read the diagnostic code of the B-control module. The B-control module reads the own diagnostic code in response to the order from the A-control module. A response data generation module in the A-control module generates a fault information command based on the diagnostic codes detected by the A-control module and the B-control module and sends the command to the test apparatus.

A complementary resistive switching (CRS) memory device having a three-dimensional crossbar-point vertical multi-layer structure is provided. The CRS memory device having a three-dimensional structure comprises: a conductive pillar; a plurality of CRS memory unit devices surrounding an outer circumferential surface of the conductive pillar and positioned to be spaced apart from each other; and a plurality of word electrode lines making contact with outer circumferential surfaces of the CRS memory unit devices and positioned so as to intersect the conductive pillar, wherein the CRS memory unit devices comprise: a first oxide semiconductor film surrounding the outer circumferential surface of the conductive pillar; a conductive film surrounding the first oxide semiconductor film; and a second oxide semiconductor film surrounding the conductive film. Therefore, a CRS memory device having a CRS-based three-dimensional crossbar-point vertical structure can be provided wherein a CRS device having a three-layer structure is applied as a unit device so as to enable efficient writing and reading without a selection device.

A user authentication apparatus includes: means for storing biometric authentication information obtained from a user; means for communicating with a electronic equipment, which authenticates the user with the user's biometric authentication information; means for sending, in response to a first inquiry from the electronic equipment, store location definition information, which defines store locations of various output information; and output means for outputting, in response to a read request sent from the electronic equipment to designate a store location defined by the store location definition information, the output information along with identification information which indicates the type of the output information. The output means outputs, to an external device, as one of the output information, along with identification information, authentication information store location information, which describes in a given format where authentication information including the biometric authentication information is stored.

A data reading method for a flash memory module is provided. The method includes applying a bit-data-read voltage to get read data from memory cells of the flash memory module. The method also includes setting a minus-adjustment-bit-data-read voltage and a plus-adjustment-bit-data-read voltage corresponding to the bit-data-read voltage based on an error-distribution estimated value and applying the minus-adjustment-bit-data-read voltage and the plus-adjustment-bit-data-read voltage to obtain soft values corresponding to the read data from the memory cells. The method further includes calculating a soft-information estimated value corresponding to each bit of the read data according to the soft-values. Accordingly, the method can effectively obtain soft information.

A method of performing a query on a Markup document, which includes steps of receiving a query and designing a plurality of filters to reflect a structural linkage of a condition tree representing the query. The step of designing the plurality of filters includes designing a highest-level filter that can become active only if an event-based parser indicates that an element for which the highest-level filter is searching has been found. The step of designing the plurality of filters also includes designing a lowest-level filter that can become active only when the highest-level filter has become active and when the parser indicates that an element for which the lowest-level filter is searching has been parsed. The method also includes a step of parsing a Markup document, and a step of checking the lowest-level filter to determine whether it has found the element for which it has been searching.

A stacked wafer alignment method with ease and with high precision in which a recognition mark for alignment is provided on each wafer, three or more wafers are stacked while adjacent two wafers are aligned with each other and the positions of the recognition marks of the wafers are shifted in the circumferential direction from one another in order.

A size of a posting list is determined as part of searching an inverted index. The posting list is segmented for reading into a plurality of segments based on the size. For example, the segmenting may be performed if the size is larger than a predetermined size. Finally, each of the plurality of segments is read into memory.

An illumination time of an illumination system and/or an exposure setting of an imaging system are adjusted by a proximity system operative for detecting a product entering a field of view in a bi-optical, dual window, point-of-transaction workstation. The proximity system includes an infrared emitter for emitting infrared light to the product, and an infrared sensor for sensing return infrared light from the product. Multiple predefined thresholds are stored for the sensed return infrared light, and a predefined illumination time and/or exposure setting are stored and assigned to each predefined threshold. Adjustment of the illumination time and/or of the exposure setting is performed by comparing the sensed return infrared light from the product in real time operation with the stored predefined thresholds.

The present invention provides a system and method for collecting and aggregating user-generated data based on user provided parameters and measures of relevance of underlying content. A user's data is combined with already existing collective data to generate relevant mark-ups for a document or other consumable data file, such as audio or video. The marked-up version of the document or data file is then displayed to users to, inter alia, help increase efficiency and assist in comprehension.