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A system, method and article of manufacture utilize word chunks to enhance word prediction. At least one of selectable words and word chunks are displayed in response to receipt of an input character. Thereafter, a selection of a displayed word or word chunk is received, and in response to receiving selection of a displayed word chunk, selectable words including the selected word chunk are displayed. A word chunk includes a word portion used in the formation of other words and includes a predetermined identifier, identifying it as a word chuck. Thus, the combination of chunking of parts of agglutinated words in combination with letter input activations reduces the overall number of input activations to complete a word, and further reduces the amount of choices to select from at any point during retrieval of the word. Accordingly, for such agglutinating languages such as German, for example, word chunks can be used to speed up word prediction and thereby eliminate unnecessary, time consuming, and sometimes difficult inputting of many individual characters.

Electro-optic lenses, including liquid crystals, wherein the power of the lenses can be modified by application of an electric field. In one embodiment, the liquid crystal-based lenses include ring electrodes having a resistive bridge located between adjacent electrodes, and in a preferred embodiment, input connections for several electrode rings are spaced on the lens. In a further embodiment, liquid crystal-based lenses are provided that can increase optical power through the use of phase resets, wherein in one embodiment, a lens includes ring electrodes on surfaces of the substrates on opposite sides of the liquid crystal cell such that a fixed phase term can be added to each set of electrodes that allows for phase change across each group of electrodes to be the same and also be matched with respect to a previous group.

A biometric authentication system, authentication client terminal, and biometric authentication method are provided to reduce an expected value of the number of inputs of biometric data for authentication, while effectively preventing forgery. In a biometric authentication system, prior probabilities of enrolled users u_n and non-enrolled user u₀ are previously set. 1:N matching is performed between feature data of a claimant v and matching feature data. The matching score is calculated for each enrolled user u_n. A ratio of the likelihood v=u_n to the likelihood v≠u_n is calculated for each enrolled user u_n using the calculated matching scores. Posterior probabilities of the enrolled users u_n and non-enrolled user u₀ are calculated, using the likelihood ratios, and the prior probabilities of both the enrolled users u_n and the non-enrolled user u₀. Then, determination is made by comparing each posterior probability with a first threshold.

A system, method and article of manufacture utilize word chunks to enhance word prediction. At least one of selectable words and word chunks are displayed in response to receipt of an input character. Thereafter, a selection of a displayed word or word chunk is received, and in response to receiving selection of a displayed word chunk, selectable words including the selected word chunk are displayed. A word chunk includes a word portion used in the formation of other words and includes a predetermined identifier, identifying it as a word chuck. Thus, the combination of chunking of parts of agglutinated words in combination with letter input activations reduces the overall number of input activations to complete a word, and further reduces the amount of choices to select from at any point during retrieval of the word. Accordingly, for such agglutinating languages such as German, for example, word chunks can be used to speed up word prediction and thereby eliminate unnecessary, time consuming, and sometimes difficult inputting of many individual characters.

Auto-detection of audio formats is provided by using an auto-detect element to exploit differences among multiple formats to output a format select signal corresponding to the input to the auto-detect element. In a preferred embodiment, edge detection circuitry and a time counter are employed to recognize multiple audio formats automatically. The format select signal output from the auto-detect element is output to a multiplexer, or other switching means for switching among multiple input formats, so that the correct input signal processing is used. The auto-detect element removes the need for an external hardware select pin, thereby reducing the number of input pins to the circuit.

An identifier which indicates a reason why a direct change is disabled upon application of a specific conflict resolution rule can be described in a conflict resolution rule description file (301). In case of a process executed when a UI is not displayed, a status variable list (304) that holds setup values and status values is accessed in place of an internal structure (305) to easily check if each setup item is enabled/disabled. Upon matching overall data, a start point list which lists setup items in a given priority order is loaded to execute conflict resolution in turn, thus resolving conflicts among setup items.

The invention relates to a system for realizing video-on-demand (VOD) and push VOD by athe cloud computing technology and a method thereof. The system consists of a group of terminal nodes, a digital rights management (DRM) front end, a service management front end and a cloud computing management front end which together form a distributed cloud computing distribution network, and the use of the VOD and the push VOD by cloud computing are realized through the interaction and the communication between amongboth the cloud computing management front end, and the service management front end and the terminal nodes as well asand the transmission and the share among all network nodes, wherein the cloud computing terminal nodes comprise a group of common terminal nodes and a group of hyperterminal nodes, the service management front end comprises a push VOD server, a VOD server, a live server and a quantum packet packaging server, the cloud computing management front end comprises an authorization management server, a content node server and a node management server, and the cloud computing network nodes comprise the cloud computing terminal nodes, the quantum packet packaging server and the content node server.

A display device including a display area having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix includes a plurality of scan lines for selecting pixel rows, a multiplex signal line for transmitting a display signal to at least two pixels in one pixel row selected by each of the scan lines, and a select line provided independently of the plurality of scan lines. The scan lines, the multiplex signal line and the select line are disposed in the display area. The select line selects at least one of a plurality of pixels in the pixel row to which the multiplex signal line transmits the display signal.

Disclosed is a digital-to-analog converter including a decoder which receives m (where m>=4 holds) reference voltages having voltage values that differ from one another, and selects and outputs n (where n>=3 holds) identical or different voltages from among the m reference voltages based upon a digital signal; and an amplifying circuit that outputs a voltage, which is obtained by taking the weighted mean of the selected n voltages at a ratio of 2ⁿ⁻¹:2ⁿ⁻²: . . . :2⁰, from an output terminal.

In a printhead having a plurality of printing elements, a shift register which serially receives printing data corresponding to the number of printing elements, a latch which latches the printing data input to the shift register, and a driving circuit which selectively drives the printing elements in accordance with the printing data latched by the latch and a signal representing a driving period, the latch state of the latch is controlled by the signal representing the driving period. The signal representing the driving period and a signal for controlling the latch state of the latch are commonly used to decrease the number of input terminals of the printhead.

An electronic fund transfer (EFT) system capable of displaying a menu including one or more user-defined custom transactions associated with an identification card so that the user can select a desired transaction by a single selection or with limited inputs. The transactions may be defined by a user during a set-up/authorization operation and/or may be stored based on transactions performed by the user. Additionally, the transactions may be stored on the identification card, in a local memory of a transaction terminal and/or in a system memory of the EFT system. A single identification card may be used to enable the user to select from a plurality of financial accounts with different institutions. Another asset of an ATM system and method comprises a graphical user interface that enables a user to select a transaction type and the transaction parameters necessary to define that transaction from a single display. By use of a pointing device (and possibly other input devices), the user can select or change selections for the transaction type and/or transaction parameters. Preferably, the display is created using object-oriented programming and has a plurality of objects corresponding to the transaction type and transaction parameters. Using the pointing device, the user selects the transaction type. Once the transaction type is selected, the transaction parameters necessary to define the selected transaction type are selected. The ATM system may preselect transaction types and/or transaction parameters based on stored information relating to the user (such as a previous transaction or other information). If the selections are as the user desires them to be for the desired transaction, then the user can simply click on a command button (e.g. a button labeled “OK”) to cause the transaction to be executed. This potentially reduces the number of inputs or selections that a user must make to execute a desire transaction.

The invention discloses a method for predicating contamination severity of insulator based on BP neural network and fuzzy logic, and belongs to the field of safety analysis and evaluation of power grids. The predication of the contamination severity of the insulator is essentially a state evaluation process of an uncertain and nonlinear system. The method is characterized in that the temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind speed and other basic factors are used as the basic input quantity to construct a BP neutral network predication model for the contamination severity of the insulator; the influence of attitude related to complex geographic position, air pressure ratio, freezing water conductivity and other factors on the contamination severity of the insulator is fully considered; the fuzzy logic compensation method is carried out to correct the evaluation result; the fuzzy mathematical method is carried out to comprehensively predicate the contamination severity of the insulator, and thus the problem of typical uncertainty of unclear factors influencing the contamination severity of the insulator during the evolution process can be solved; the method provides important scientific basis for determining the operation state of the power grid.

The current invention is an improvement to the method of U.S. Pat. No. 6,662,116 B2. Specifically, the current invention provides means for comparing the quality of property predictions made using different sets of known (reference) materials and different inspection inputs such that the most accurate prediction is obtained. Further, the current invention increases the flexibility of using viscosity data in the method of U.S. Pat. No. 6,662,116 B2.

The invention provides an indoor positioning method based on signal synthesis and an artificial neural network. The method comprises the steps of (1) setting of a Wi-Fi hotspot; (2) selection of a reference point; (3) signal synthesis; (4) training of the artificial neural network; and (5) online positioning, specifically including acquiring the signal strength RSS value of a point to be measured, obtaining the composite signal vector of the point to be measured by the signal synthesis algorithm, inputting into the well trained artificial neural network, acquiring the position coordinate of the point to be measured, and thus achieving the positioning function. The method provided by the invention can achieve indoor positioning by using the Wi-Fi signal strength, and has the advantages of being accurate in positioning, good in adaptability and convenient to use, and can fully utilize the Wi-Fi hotspot of the indoor environment without the need of additional hardware investment; compared with the existing GPS navigation system, the method can break the limit of indoor applications, and is better in practicability.

The present invention provides an automatic sorting device for express delivery, which includes an identification code scanner, a host computer, a lower controller, a transmission device and a plurality of action execution units; the identification code scanner is connected with the host computer; the host computer Connected to the lower controller; the lower controller is connected to each action execution unit; the action execution unit is used to sort the express mail into the corresponding express storage area after receiving the execution command of the lower controller; The identification code scanner and a plurality of action executing parts are sequentially arranged above the conveying device along the conveying direction of the conveying device. The express mail automatic sorting device of the present invention can automatically sort express mail, and has the advantages of compact and simple structure, low manufacturing cost, small volume and easy movement.

A system and method for enhancing a controller interface is provided. In one embodiment, the system may include an input device, an input interface, a processor, and a display. The method is capable of associating input components on the input device with input options available for controlling the virtual characters. The method is further capable of associating the input components with origin points of a virtual representation of a user and target points of a virtual representation of an opponent. The method further allows a user to control a virtual character not representing the user.

The invention discloses a clamping device for machining and positioning of pincers of disc brakes. The clamping device comprises an intermediate plate, two groups of clamping mechanisms are symmetrically arranged on two lateral sides of the intermediate plate respectively, index plates and L-blocks are symmetrically arranged on two sides of a bridge plate which is arranged at the bottom of the intermediate plate, and the index plates are fixed onto the bridge plate through the L-blocks. Each clamping mechanism comprises a supporting block, an upper rotary cylinder, a lower rotary cylinder, a clamping unit and a positioning unit in sequential distribution from top to bottom, and a wedged support, a middle rotary cylinder and a positioning block are sequentially distributed from top to bottom and symmetrically arranged on two sides of each upper rotary cylinder and the corresponding lower rotary cylinder. The wedged supports are used for supporting and positioning the pincers of the disc brakes, and the upper rotary cylinders, the lower rotary cylinders and the middle rotary cylinders control moving degrees of freedom of the pincers of the disc brakes in the X-axial, Y-axial and Z-axial directions. The clamping units are positioned on the front side of the intermediate plate, and the positioning units are positioned on the rear side of the intermediate plate. The clamping device is capable of clamping two pincers at one time and realizing workpiece rotation to machine different surfaces and is high in machining precision and effectiveness and good in application prospect.

An image sensor for electronic cameras includes a plurality of light sensitive pixels arranged in rows and columns, wherein the pixels of a respective column can be read out via a respective column line and includes a plurality of data outputs, wherein a plurality of column lines are associated with the respective data output via at least one multiplexer device. The column lines are divided into a plurality of column line groups, wherein the respective column line group includes a plurality of column lines arranged next to one another; and wherein the number of column lines of the respective column line group corresponds to the number of the column lines associated with the respective data output.

An electronic fund transfer (EFT) system capable of displaying a menu including one or more user-defined custom transactions associated with an identification card so that the user can select a desired translation by a single selection or with limited inputs. The ATM system may preselect transaction types and/or transaction parameters based on stored information relating to the user (such as a previous transaction or other information). If the selections are as the user desires them to be for the desired transaction, then the user can simply click on a command button (e.g. a button labeled “OK”) to cause the transaction to be executed. This potentially reduces the number of inputs or selections that a user must make to execute a desire transaction.

A hardware architecture and a processing method for an activation function in a neural network are provided. A look-up table, which is a corresponding relation among multiple input ranges and linear functions, is provided. A difference between an initial value and an end value of the input range of each linear function is an exponentiation of base-2. These linear functions form a piecewise linear function to approximate the activation function. At least one bit value of an input value is used as an index to query the look-up table to determine a corresponding linear function. The part of bits value of the input value is fed into the determined linear function to obtain an output value. Accordingly, a range comparison may be omitted, and the number of bits of a multiplier-accumulator may be reduced, so as to achieve the objectives of low costs and low power consumption.

The invention provides a negative electrode sheet module and a preparation method thereof, a method for manufacturing battery and a battery. The preparation method of the negative electrode sheet assembly comprises the steps of: adsorbing a separation film on the upper surface and the lower surface of an elongated negative electrode sheet through thermal recombination to obtain a laminated structure, wherein a protective film is used at the outer surface of the separation film when the hot rolling process of the thermal recombination is performed; and cutting the laminated structure to obtaina negative electrode sheet module. The negative electrode sheet module is employed to prepare the battery, the steps are greatly simplified in the assembling process, the working efficiency is obviously improved, for the laminated battery, the lamination efficiency can be improved for three times, the absorption combination is achieved between the layers of structures of the battery obtained through preparation, the anti-impact, anti-shock and safety performances of the battery are greatly improved, the product quality is improved, and when the hot rolling is performed, the outer surface of the separation film adds the protection film to effectively prevent the coating at the surface of the separation film from falling off or being bonded at the surface of the hot rolling compression roller.

A method and apparatus for electrical detection of a finger print has a reduced number of interconnect signals between a sensor area and a substrate and an electronic circuit for excitation and detection of the finger print compared to a single—chip finger print sensor. The individual signals are connected internally at the sensor substrate in such a way that the response from the individual sensor elements can be separated from each other. Cross-talk is reduced by keeping the sensor outputs at a constant potential, thus eliminating the effect of capacitive coupling between different sensor outputs and also between sensor outputs and a ground or reference potential.