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A method of analyzing a digital video clip captured by a camera to determine candidate frames for subsequent key frame selection including providing a camera motion sensor in the camera so that information is provided during image capture regarding camera motion including translation of the scene or camera, or scaling of the scene; forming a plurality of video segments based on the global motion estimate and labeling each segment in accordance with a predetermined series of camera motion classes; extracting key frame candidates from the labeled segments and computing a confidence score for each candidate by using rules corresponding to each camera motion class and a rule corresponding to object motion.

The present invention provides an on-line computer systems (herein defined to include software) that includes processes, technologies, facilities to manage comprehensively a “project.” Management defined as spanning the time from the idea or inception that inspired the project to the resulting products' or processes' ends-of-life. The system provides a central data depository for data and information generated or gleaned from others that bear on any and all aspects of a “project.” Common metrics, vocabularies, forms and other such data facilitates review, approval and management from all corporate functions. Hierarchical access to current stored information and condensed summaries allows timely decisions by upper corporate management. The present system facilitates analyses at detailed levels, or at overall levels, and includes comparisons to past projects and for collecting cumulative information that measure the overall impact of the projects past and present.

A contents display and search system for navigating and searching and exploring a collection of objects includes a database of Attributes; each of the Attributes being associated with one or more objects, and a database of Kinds, each Kind being associated with one or more Attributes. When a user enters a search query including at least one Attribute, an object is tested to determine whether it has Attributes of the Kind corresponding to the Kind of the at least one specified Attribute before function testing is performed. Search and contents investigation results are presented in a hierarchical format in which Kinds and Attributes rather than objects, are displayed until the search or content type is further specified by selecting additional Kinds and / or Attributes such that the number of objects satisfying the specified search is below a threshold. User interaction modifies the hierarchical order of Kinds and Attributes in the display.

The present invention concerns electrode materials capable of redox reactions by electrons and alkaline ions exchange with an electrolyte. The applications are in the field of primary (batteries) or secondary electrochemical generators, super capacitors and light modulating system of the super capacitor type.

A contents display and search system for navigating and searching and exploring a collection of objects includes a database of Attributes; each of the Attributes being associated with one or more objects, and a database of Kinds, each Kind being associated with one or more Attributes. When a user enters a search query including at least one Attribute, an object is tested to determine whether it has Attributes of the Kind corresponding to the Kind of the at least one specified Attribute before function testing is performed. Search and contents investigation results are presented in a hierarchical format in which Kinds and Attributes rather than objects, are displayed until the search or content type is further specified by selecting additional Kinds and / or Attributes such that the number of objects satisfying the specified search is below a threshold. User interaction modifies the hierarchical order of Kinds and Attributes in the display.

A river course ecological treatment system essentially comprises a plurality of ecological biological water purification systems and a plurality of plastic retaining dams disposed along a river course, and at least one damp land ecological water purification system disposed beside the river course. The plastic retaining dams separate the river course into several retaining regions. The ecological biological water purification systems purify the water in the retaining regions by microorganism purification. Afterward, the water purified by the ecological biological water purification systems is introduced into rainwater channels of the at least one damp land ecological water purification system. After being purified by aquatic plants in the at least one damp land ecological water purification system, the water returns to the retaining regions the downstream portion of the river course. Therefore, a river improvement system capable of performing both step-by-step treatment and joint treatment is effectuated.

This application relates to a stable pharmaceutical composition and methods for the cleaning of skin to facilitate the prevention, treatment, and management of skin conditions, such as seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, folliculitis, rosacea, perioral dermatitis, acne, impetigo and other inflammatory skin conditions, and the like, including a sufficient amount of an acidic component of a hydroxyacid or tannic acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to exfoliate a portion of the skin, a sufficient amount of stabilized hydrogen peroxide to facilitate cleansing of the skin without substantial irritation thereof, and an antimicrobial agent including at least one of an antibacterial agent, antimicrobial agent, antiviral agent, anthelmintic, or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient to inhibit or reduce microorganisms on the skin.

A method of processing a signal in a hearing instrument includes the steps of calculating a coherence between two microphone signals or microphone combination signals having different directional characteristics, determining an attenuation from the coherence, and applying the attenuation to the signal.

The ionic strength or the specific gravity of an aqueous test sample is determined by mixing the sample with a reagent composition on a test strip. The strip includes a bibulous carrier containing an organic phosphonic acid, such as 1-hydroxyethlidene-1,1 -Diphosphonic acid and aminotris(methylenephosphonic acid), or inorganic phosphate having one of the structure formulas, where M stands for one equivalent of an alkali metal, ammonium, lower alkyl ammonium, or hydrogen ion, with the proviso that at least one of the M is hydrogen; x is an integer ranging from zero to two and y is also an integer ranging from zero to one, and serving to buffer the metal ions, and a chromogenic indicator capable of providing a detectable response of the ions being sequestered and coordinated within the complex in the mixture.

A method is described for operating an electric press which comprises an electrically actuated press ram, at least one displacement sensor for sensing positions of the displacement of the press ram during its working stroke, at least one force sensor for sensing compressive force applied by the press ram during the working stroke onto workpieces to be processed, and a control system which controls the working stroke in terms of displacement and compressive force. Parameters which indicate a successful course or completion of the pressing operation are dynamically adapted as a function of the profile of the compressive force versus the displacement of the press ram.

A hearing aid device providing instantaneous gain compression for sound signals and adaptive control of nonlinear waveform distortion, the device comprising: (a) at least one bandpass nonlinearity (BPNL) amplifier comprising a first bandpass filter, a second bandpass filter, and a memoryless nonlinear (MNL) compressive audio amplifier configured to receive a sound signal from the first bandpass filter and provide an MNL compressive audio amplifier output to the second bandpass filter, wherein the MNL compressive audio amplifier is configured to produce the MNL compressive audio amplifier output by providing memoryless gain compression directly on a sound signal that is (1) received from the first bandpass filter and (2) exhibits instantaneous amplitudes greater than a compression threshold, the BPNL amplifier thereby producing a desired gain compression on the received sound signal at an output of the second bandpass filter, and (b) a controller in communication with the BPNL amplifier, the controller being configured to adjust the compression threshold of the MNL compressive audio amplifier. Adjustment of the compression threshold in each BPNL amplifier may be achieved at least partially in response to a user input and / or to sound signal changes. By adaptively controlling the compression threshold, performance of the device can by optimized to match its environment.

A semiconductor processing composition and method for removing photoresist, polymeric materials, etching residues and copper oxide from a substrate comprising copper, low-k dielectric material and TiN, TiNxOy or W wherein the composition includes water, at least one halide anion selected from Cl− or Br−, and, where the metal hard mask comprises only TiN or TiNxOy, optionally at least one hydroxide source.

A method for producing an electrical circuit between a flexible circuit board (1) is described, with single-sided access and a metallic contact partner (8), such that the contact partner (8) reaches the metallic conductor strip (4) of the circuit board (1) through an access opening (6) in the unit. The circuit board (1) is thus irradiated with laser light (9) in a region opposite the access opening (6) causing a welded connection between the contact partner (8) and the conductor strip (4) to be formed.

The present application relates to the use of fibers in a skincare composition or a make-up composition for the skin, to make the complexion matte, smooth and / or uniform, and / or to fade out skin relief defects. The fibers are in particular polyamide fibers having a length of from 1 mum to 10 mm and a shape factor of from 5 to 150. The composition used gives the skin a covering index of greater than 0.1 and preferably greater than 0.13. The invention also relates to a cosmetic treatment process for fading the complexion matte, smooth and / or uniform, and / or for fading out microreliefs, wrinkles, fine lines and pores in the skin, comprising the application to the skin of fibers in a cosmetic composition.

The invention discloses a preparing method of high-purity alcaine technology through circulating and adsorbing by-product of hydrogen chloride, which comprises the following steps: aerating hydrogen chloride gas with organic impurity in the condenser at -10- -40 deg.c and gas-liquid separator; adsorbing gas with little impurity through active particle charcoal; aerating adsorbed gas into one-grade and two-grade graphite falling-film; adsorbing through pure water to obtain the high-purity alcaine; adsorbing non-adsorbed hydrogen chloride through cold water; putting hydrogen chloride and diluted acid in the graphite polypropylene falling-film adsorbing tower into cooling groove; utilizing circulating pump to transmit the inlet of one-grade falling-film adsorbing tower; circulating the adsorption.

A method of calculating position data for an airborne aircraft using a GPS-based airborne navigation system includes the processing of a position component of a relative state function by fusing a plurality of different types of measurement data available in the GPS-based system into a weighted least squares algorithm to determine an appropriate covariance matrix for the plurality of different types of measurement data.

The present invention relates to a clothes treating apparatus (100) and a controlling method of the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a clothes treating apparatus (100), which can drain water inside a detachable water supply tank by using a draining path in the clothes treating apparatus (100), and a controlling method of the same. In particular, according to the clothes treating apparatus (100) and the controlling method of the same of the present invention, a draining function is automatically or manually performed after deciding whether water inside the water supply tank can be re-used or not.

A computer-based method and system of virtually planning a dental restoration in a patient are disclosed, including steps, units or code segments for virtually planning a first dental restoration. First production data is based on the planned first dental restoration for production thereof or of a product related to a medical procedure for installing at least a portion of the first dental restoration in an oral cavity of the patient. Scan data is provided including factual position data and / or factual shape data based on the first dental restoration when at least partly installed in the oral cavity of the patient. The second dental restoration is virtually planned, including adjusting the planned first dental restoration in dependence of the scan data. Second production data is provided based on the planned second dental restoration useful for production of the second dental restoration.

The invention discloses a method for rapidly detecting polybrominated diphenyl ether residue in a sample, particularly in textiles. The method is characterized by comprising the following steps: (1) the sample is crushed, dipped in base solution and ultrasonically extracted in water bath, and solid phase microextraction is employed to concentrate a target compound; and (2) polybrominated diphenyl ether is qualitatively and quantitatively determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry after thermal desorption. The method helps effectively solve the problem of matrix effect that fabric fibers have no solvent extraction, obtains a satisfactory result for the analysis of a selected target compound, has the advantages of low organic solvent consumption, rapid extraction speed, less interference from impurities, high sample recovery rate and the like, and can be applicable to rapidly detecting polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardant residue in textiles.

The invention discloses a method for identifying characteristic land categories of ocean remote sensing images of a coast on the basis of semi-supervised learning and belongs to the field of identification of semi-automatic remote sensing images. The method comprises the following steps of: selecting a marking sample for each type of characteristic ground objects; constructing a dividing result facing to the remote sensing images of an object; computing an initial estimation value of probability that pixels of all samples are subordinate to the characteristic land categories and computing theprobability that sample data falls under components of the characteristic land categories; amending a probability image by using a characteristic space rule; judging the characteristic land categories which the remote sensing images belong to, realizing the identification of the characteristic land categories and outputting an identification result drawing. The method is combined with the priori knowledge and the statistical property of the data and can guide the data mining process by the topographical priori knowledge. Practice proves that the algorithm can effectively carry out classification of the remote sensing images to obtain a satisfying result, has the characteristics of high efficiency and high accuracy and can be directly used for maintaining and updating remote sensing thematic information of all levels of fundamental geographic information databases in China.

A method for selecting an optimum subset of images from a larger set of images for optimal HDR image creation. For each of the set of images, an exposure quality map is computed by assigning, to each pixel of the image, an exposure quality value based on the pixel brightness value of that pixel. A suitable exposure quality function, typically reflecting the properties of the imaging device, is used for this purpose. Then, for each possible subset of images, the exposure quality maps for the images in the subset are combined using a max operation to generate a combined exposure quality map for the subset. An average pixel value of the combined exposure quality map of the subset is then calculated and serves as a quality score. The subset of images processing the highest quality score are used to generate the HDR image.

A transponder has a memory, a data processor, a transmit memory and a transmission circuit. The memory stores data. In a transmit mode of the transponder, the data processor is operable in a normal-energy mode and an energy-saving mode. When the data processor is in the normal-energy mode, the data processor retrieves the data from the memory and processes the data, and the processed data is stored in the transmit memory. Thereafter, the data processor is controlled from the normal-energy mode to the energy-saving mode, and the transmission circuit reads out the stored processed data from said transmit memory and transmits the read out stored processed data to a base station. Transponder for transmitting processed data to a base station over large distances and at a high data transfer rate.

The invention concerns a method of providing a geographical localisation service within a wireless local area network having two or more wireless network access points. The terminal of a user is located at a location of a plurality of locations. The terminal measures at least two times the strength of signals received from two or more wireless network access points. It chooses the strongest signals of the several measurements as valid signal strengths and triggers a localisation server to compare the valid signal strengths to an intensity map stored in a data base. The location from the intensity map which best matches the valid signal strengths is provided as location of the terminal.

A computer-implemented method for making a multi-image multi-event product, comprising storing a plurality of digital image files, each file including a digital image and metadata for the digital image. First and second selected dates defining a date range and a theme are stored in the computer system. Automatically identifying digital image files whose metadata include capture dates within the date range and theme elements comprises an identification of relevant images. Automatically sorting the identified relevant digital image files into distinct event groups and automatically incorporating those images into a multi-image, multi-event product.

An apparatus and method for electrostatically coating a body surface with a coating composition. An apparatus of the present invention includes an enclosure, a mount positioned on the enclosure, and an electrostatic nozzle connected to the mount, the electrostatic nozzle adapted for passing the coating composition for deposition on the body surface. The apparatus further includes a floor surface within the enclosure, the floor surface having a resistive electrical connection.

Methods and compositions for removing phosphate from swimming pool waters are disclosed. The compositions include both soluble and substantially insoluble lanthanide carboxylates, preferred examples being lanthanum glycolate and lactate. The methods include the addition of the lanthanide compounds to the bulk of the pool water, but preferably involve the loading of the pool filter with the composition and the circulation of pool water through the filter to effect the removal of dissolved phosphate in the water.

The present invention relates to a method for covering an elongate object in particular an electric cable or a pipe. The method includes providing a covering assembly which includes a tubular elastic covering element having at least one end which is folded to define at least one backward folded portion and at least one forward folded portion; a first supporting element which is arranged radially internal to the covering element and which holds the covering element in a radially stretched condition, and a second supporting element which is coaxially arranged around the first supporting element, the second supporting element holding said forward folded portion of the tubular elastic covering element in a radially stretched condition; removing the first supporting element to allow the sleeve to gradually collapse onto the elongate object.

A sample, a reagent, etc. in a reaction container 132 is agitated with an ultrasonic wave generated from a piezoelectric transducer (141, 142). A power supply unit (144) applies, to the piezoelectric transducer, a voltage having been subjected to frequency modulation at frequencies over an optional frequency range. An analyzing section (130) measures a reaction product produced as an analysis target from the reagent, etc. and the sample under agitation, and then analyzes components of the sample. With such a construction, adjustment work needed in an agitating section can be simplified, and satisfactory analyzed results can be obtained regardless of differences in frequency characteristics of ultrasonic wave generators used for ultrasonic agitation.

An optimized measurement model is determined based a model of parameter variations across a semiconductor wafer. A global, cross-wafer model characterizes a structural parameter as a function of location on the wafer. A measurement model is optimized by constraining the measurement model with the cross-wafer model of process variations. In some examples, the cross-wafer model is itself a parameterized model. However, the cross-wafer model characterizes the values of a structural parameter at any location on the wafer with far fewer parameters than a measurement model that treats the structural parameter as unknown at every location. In some examples, the cross-wafer model gives rise to constraints among unknown structural parameter values based on location on the wafer. In one example, the cross-wafer model relates the values of structural parameters associated with groups of measurement sites based on their location on the wafer.