3036 results about "Filling-in" patented technology

An exposure apparatus includes a projection optical system for projecting a pattern on a reticle onto a substrate, the projection optical system including an optical element closest to the substrate, an illumination optical system for illuminating the reticle using light from a light source, and a temperature controller for controlling a temperature of the optical element and thereby a temperature of a fluid that is filled in a space between the optical element in the projection optical system and the substrate, the exposure apparatus exposing the substrate via said projection optical system and the fluid.

The present invention discloses a central certificate management system for thin client devices in data networks and has particular applications to systems having a large number of the thin clients serviced by a proxy server through which the thin clients communicate with a plurality of secure server computers over a data network. According to one aspect, the present invention provides a certificate management module that causes the server device to manage digital certificates for each of the thin client devices. To minimize the latency of obtaining certificates for each of the thin client devices, the certificate management module reserves a fixed number of free certificates signed by a certificate authority and their respective private keys in a certificate database and frequently updates the free certificate according to a certificate updating message. Whenever a user account is created for a thin client device, the certificate management module fetches one or more free certificates from the certificate database and associate the fetched certificates to the created account and meanwhile the certificate management module creates new free certificates with the certificate authority to fill in the certificate database. Apart from the tradition of obtaining certificates locally in client devices that normally have sufficient computing power, the present invention uses the computing resources in a server device to carry out the task of obtaining and maintaining certificates asynchronously in the proxy server and further. These and other features in the present invention dramatically minimize the demands for computing power and memory in thin client devices like mobile devices, cellular phones, landline telephones or Internet appliance controllers.

A surveillance camera device with a light source is composed of a camera, a control unit which is connected to the camera, a light-source control unit which is connected to the control unit, and a light source. The control unit directly gets the illumination of images captured by the camera or its related parameters, to determine whether illumination of the environment of image captured is sufficient. When the illumination of the environment of image captured is changed, the control unit will send lighting control signal to the light-source control unit to activate or deactivate the light source, or adjust the light output intensity of the light source automatically, such that the illumination of the environment of the images captured can be accurately determined to provide the correct light fill-in for shooting clear images.

Methods, systems and computer programs for automatic, highly accurate machine comprehension of a plurality of segments of free form unstructured text in a natural language. The system answers a plurality of complex, free-form questions asked in a natural language, based on the totality of input text. The system further uses a multi-dimensional data model to measure the total effects of actions/verbs acting on various unique nouns present in the input text. The system may convert the questions into another multi-dimensional data model and may then compare the two data models in program memory to derive the answers to the posed questions. The system may then automatically detect unknown words and optionally look them up in digital information sources, such as online dictionaries and encyclopedias, to fill in the gaps in knowledge to answer the questions with expert-like reliability.

The invention relates to gapfill of variable aspect ratio features with a composite PEALD and PECVD method, and specifically provides methods and apparatus for filling one or more gaps on a semiconductor substrate. The disclosed embodiments are especially useful for forming seam-free, void-free fill in both narrow and wide features. The methods may be performed without any intervening etching operations to achieve a single step deposition. In various implementations, a first operation is performed using a novel PEALD fill mechanism to fill narrow gaps and line wide gaps. A second operation may be performed using PECVD methods to continue filling the wide gaps.

The invention provides a workflow realization method capable of customizing a flow in a user-defined manner. The method comprises the following steps of: establishing a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) webpage flow editor; drawing a flow diagram by a system manager; starting a platform program and generating an operation code so as to generate a corresponding workflow operation program; filling in a system by a terminal user, submitting a form, and triggering and starting the workflow working program; and sequentially operating all the flows by the system until the flows are finished. The invention further provides a workflow system capable of customizing the flow in the user-defined manner and the workflow system comprises a defining module, an analyzing module, a workflow engine module, a flow execution module and a database module. According to the invention, the problem that the existing workflows need to be modified by programmers or a modification tool is separated from a user is solved; and the workflow realization method and the workflow system have the advantages of easiness of modification and maintenance, time conservation and cost conservation.

Surgical methods and related medical devices for treating glaucoma are disclosed. The method comprises trabecular bypass surgery, which involve bypassing diseased trabecular meshwork with the use of a seton implant. The seton implant is used to prevent a healing process known as filling in, which has a tendency to close surgically created openings in the trabecular meshwork. The surgical method and novel implant are addressed to the trabecular meshwork, which is a major site of resistance to outflow in glaucoma. In addition to bypassing the diseased trabecular meshwork at the level of the trabecular meshwork, existing outflow pathways are also used or restored. The seton implant is positioned through the trabecular meshwork so that an inlet end of the seton implant is exposed to the anterior chamber of the eye and an outlet end is positioned into fluid collection channels at about an exterior surface of the trabecular meshwork or up to the level of aqueous veins.

A system and a method for filling a form are provided which take as input a user's data file, which is configured for use in filling in forms, and an image of an original form to be filled in using the user's personal data. Form filling rules encoded in the image are decoded and used to determine values of a plurality of fields of the form by applying the decoded rules to the user's data. The plurality of fields of the form are filled with the determined values to generate an at least partially filled form, which is then output, e.g., to a printer or a display. The exemplary system and method are able to operate independently of the language used in the text of the form, have the capability of filling in previously unseen forms, and are particularly suited to filling in paper forms.

A process for assisting a user to order the IT services the user wants even if the user is not familiar with the proper IT terminology or concepts. The process comprises: displaying an IT services catalog; determining if a user that wishes to order an IT service selects an option for computer assistance in selecting a service action; if a user requests assistance, displaying questions in an order dictated by a decision tree defined in advance by an IT professional, and traversing the decision tree based upon answers provided by the user via computer input devices until one or more recommendations for service actions have been encountered; gathering all recommended service actions and filling in fields in a data structure based upon answers given by said user; upon completion of step 3, or if said user does not request assistance in step 2, soliciting said user to fill in all unpopulated fields of a data structure defining one or more service actions which are either selected by the user or which have been recommended by processing the decision tree and validating all user data input.

A projection system uses a transformation matrix to transform a projection image p in such a manner so as to compensate for surface irregularities on a projection surface. The transformation matrix makes use of properties of light transport relating a projector to a camera. If the resolution a camera is lower than that of a projector within said projection system, then the transformation matrix will have holes where image data corresponding to a projector pixel will have been lost. In this, case, new image are generated to fill-in the holes.

The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for form-based single sign-on by a user desiring access to one or more protected resources, e.g., protected web pages, protected web-served applications, etc. In various embodiments, a single sign-on (SSO) module is in operation on an intermediary device, which is disposed in a network to manage internet traffic between a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers. The intermediary device can identify an authentication response from a server and forward the authentication response to the SSO module. The SSO module can complete a login form in the authentication response with a client's authentication data, return the completed login form to the server and forward cookies associated with the authentication response to the client. In various embodiments, multiple login forms can be completed, transparently to the client, by the SSO module on a client's behalf and reduce time expended by a client in obtaining access to protected resources.

A communication system enters information into enabled fields of a hypertext based page when a hot-linked identifier is activated by a user. The preferred implementation fills in recipient information when a sender clicks on a hot-linked contact name. The click calls a JavaScript that searches for enabled fields and fills in recipient information from a contact database when it finds an enabled field. The recipient could be defined by an e-mail address, a user name, or other unique identifier, and the information being transmitted to the recipient can be e-mail messages, data files, another user's data, and other types of information that can be transmitted electronically. The preferred implementation resides on a Web server hosting a service to which users can subscribe, at which point the users acquire member status and member names. The members can create contact databases that the system presents in a contacts frame when the member views pages on which the contact information can be used. If the member goes to a page from which the member can send a message, transfer a file, etc., the member simply clicks on a contact listed in the contacts frame, calling the field filler function that looks for enabled fields and puts appropriate information in the enabled fields. For example, the field filler can place an e-mail address or member name in a recipient field.

An adaptive demosaicing method is disclosed that interpolates images based on color edge detection and neighborhood voting. The adaptive demosaicing algorithm uses a voting scheme to determine the direction of interpolation at each missing luminance pixel location. Each color plane votes either horizontal or vertical based on a comparison between the vertical and horizontal components of the degree of change (i.e., gradient, Laplacian or other measure of the degree of change) in that color plane. Votes are counted from the neighborhood pixels as well as from measurements taken at the pixel location itself. Once the luminance plane is fully interpolated, the chrominance planes are filled in by a simple bilinear or median interpolation of difference chrominance values. Enhancements to the adaptive demosaicing algorithm permit adaptive smoothing and sharpening.

An apparatus for performing microchemistry having:—

• (a) a vapour permeable microfluidic chip structure (1) having:—
  • a supply conduit (11a-c) enclosed in the chip structure having first and second opposed ends to enable first and second fluid materials to interact by flowing the first and second fluid materials towards one another from the opposed ends of the supply conduit, and
  • a valve mechanism (13b) in the chip structure operable to open and close the supply conduit at an intermediate position (55) located between the first and second ends thereof whereby the chip structure is sequentially movable from a filling state in which the intermediate position is closed to enable the fluid materials to be blind-filled in the supply conduit on opposed sides of the intermediate position and an interaction state in which the intermediate position is open to enable the fluid materials to interact; and
• (b) a vaporizer (100) for forming a vaporous environment about the chip structure to compensate for evaporation of the fluid materials from the supply conduit of the chip structure in the interaction state.

The invention provides a vacuum insulation panel to which moisture and gas do not easily adsorb while it is being processed or being in storage in an unfinished state. The vacuum insulation panel includes a core provided with air circulation, a getter material which adsorbs moisture and gas from the core, an inner film bag which accommodates the core and the getter material, and an outer barrier bag which accommodates the inner film bag. The getter material is filled in an incision provided on the surface of the core. To prevent the getter material from getting out of the incision, the opening of the incision is narrowed by evacuating air from the interior of the inner film bag and, concurrently, compressing the inner film bag and the core.

The invention discloses an order splitting method, which comprises order splitting, payment splitting and physical distribution splitting. An E-shop splits the original order into a plurality of sub-orders according to different merchants on the order, and distributes commodities to the merchants; and the merchants respectively sends the commodities to a user; and according to the sub-orders, the E-shop and the merchants settle accounts periodically, and the user only needs once payment. The order splitting method solves the problem that the user needs to fill in a plurality of orders and pays money time after time when purchasing a plurality of commodities of a plurality of merchants.

A method of creating a personal animated entity for delivering a multi-media message from a sender to a recipient is disclosed. The method comprises receiving from the sender an image file at a server, the image file having an entity and a background image. The server presents to the sender the image file and requests the sender to mark features on the image file. After the sender marks the image file, the server presents to the sender the image file as an optional animated entity when the sender chooses an animated entity to deliver a multi-media message. If the sender selects the image file for delivering the multi-media message, the server delivers the multi-media message using the personal animated entity in the context of the background image of the image file. Extrapolation is used to fill in background voids created by the movement of the personal animated entity in the context of the background image.

The present invention describes a method for automatically filling in user data using fingerprint identification employed in recognizing user's identification. Thus, it creates a web page in first step and then uses the previously saved user's ID, account and password for a database of a specific software application, which is applied to user's ID and password required web page. Meanwhile, user is required to enter the image of user's fingerprint and generate an ID code, and these are checked against the previously saved user's identification information. The user's ID and password according to the corresponding information in the database is retrieved and filled in automatically in that form in the web page if the result of is consistent. The invention can provide a method of identification with security, and also manages user information.

The invention discloses a hydraulic fracturing technology for a horizontal well with fractures. The hydraulic fracturing technology comprises the following steps in sequence: (1), according to on-site information, calculating the stress difference values caused by major fractures and adjacent fractures; (2), according to the stress difference values caused by the major fractures and the adjacent fractures, calculating the pressure required when the fracture turns; (3), according to the pressure required when the fracture turns, determining the intensity of temporary plugging agents, and calculating the corresponding construction displacement; (4), according to the design parameters, conducting the segmental multi-cluster fracturing and impulse-type temporary plugging pressurizing technology on a reservoir stratum simultaneously. The hydraulic fracturing technology is mainly based on the horizontal stress difference drop-out values caused by the major fractures and the adjacent fractures, and simultaneously adopts the segmental multi-cluster fracturing and impulse-type temporary plugging pressurizing technology to force the fracture to turn, breaks through the technical bottleneck that the fractures are difficult to form in the stratum with a high stress difference and rudimentary natural fractures, and fills in the blank in the prior art.

The subject matter discloses a method and apparatus for re-sampling a sequence of images in order to improve its resolution, fill-in missing pixels, or de-interlace it. The method operates locally in the images to be processed, comparing pixel values of pixels surrounding the target pixel to pixel values of substantially the same locations in neighboring images. The comparison results in assigning a weight value for each area compared with the area containing the reviewed pixel. The pixel value of the reviewed pixel is updated as a function of multiplying pixel values of the areas by the weight assigned to each area. In another embodiment, areas within the same image are compared to areas containing the reviewed pixel. The subject matter also discloses two possible penalty functions for improving the resolution of images.