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Apparatus and methods for partial evaluation of synaptic updates in neural networks. In one embodiment, a pre-synaptic unit is connected to a several post synaptic units via communication channels. Information related to a plurality of post-synaptic pulses generated by the post-synaptic units is stored by the network in response to a system event. Synaptic channel updates are performed by the network using the time intervals between a pre-synaptic pulse, which is being generated prior to the system event, and at least a portion of the plurality of the post synaptic pulses. The system event enables removal of the information related to the portion of the post-synaptic pulses from the storage device. A shared memory block within the storage device is used to store data related to post-synaptic pulses generated by different post-synaptic nodes. This configuration enables memory use optimization of post-synaptic units with different firing rates.

Display devices and methods for operating a display device are provided. A display device has a source of an original image and a display. A user input system is adapted to generate a non-directional signal in response to a user input action. A controller is provided and is adapted to detect the non-directional signal and to successively designate a different one of a set of portions of the original image in response to each non-directional signal. The controller is further adapted to cause the display to present a portion evaluation image showing the currently designated portion of the original image and to determine and area of importance in the original image based upon the currently designated portion. At least one of the portions of the set of portions of the original image is non-central with respect to the original image.

A light source estimation method of this invention estimates from the sensor response the color characteristics of an unknown light source of an image-pickup scene, in order to improve white balance adjustment and other aspects of the quality of color reproduction; a projection conversion portion 6 projects sensor response values 5 into an image distribution 9 in an evaluation space not dependent on the image-pickup light source 2 using parameters obtained by operations which can be calorimetrically approximated from spectral sensitivity characteristics of image-pickup unit 4, which are known, and from spectral characteristics of an assumed test light source 1; an evaluation portion 10 evaluates the correctness of a plurality of the test light sources 1 based on the distribution state of sample values of the projected scene; and accordingly, the correct image-pickup light source 2 is estimated.

There is provide a mobile radio apparatus capable of suppressing a mismatching loss, and increasing a transmission / reception sensitivity by means of instantly and adaptively matching the impedance between the antenna and the transmission / reception circuit whatever situation a mobile radio apparatus, such as a mobile phone or the like, may be. In a mobile radio apparatus (1), when starting control of the matching circuit (102), a control section (105) evaluates an initial chromosome stored in a storage section (106), and if there is an initial chromosome for providing an impedance matching, controls the matching circuit (102) so as to have a load value corresponding to this initial chromosome. If there is no initial chromosome for providing the impedance matching, the control section (105) evolves the initial chromosome with a genetic algorithm, derives a chromosome for providing the impedance matching, and controls the matching circuit (102) so as to have a load value corresponding to the derived chromosome.

A language learning system and method with a visualized pronunciation suggestion is disclosed. A sound wave corresponding to a sample voice output is used to suggest the user to make corrections with respect to tones and stresses. Through sectional evaluations and corrections, the invention can effectively improve the speaking ability of the user. The disclosed system includes a language database, a follow-reading module, a display control module, a sectional evaluation module, a correction module, and a suggestion-editing module. The disclosed method includes the steps of: extracting a full-sentence sample, outputting a full-sentence voice message and an associated message, prompting the user to imitate and recording the voice data, comparing the voice data with the full-sentence voice message and outputting the similarity, and evaluating the voice data.

The market simulator / optimizer of the present invention combines partworth valuation techniques of Conjoint analysis with Nash equilibrium profit-maximization methodologies for sophisticated statistical treatment of a virtual available market comprising a multiplicity of virtual customers. An easy-to-use graphical user interface allows a user to arrange various market component icons to model various market characteristics. Associated with the market component icons are various distributions, including a benefit distribution containing values indicative of respective benefits to the multiplicity of virtual customer, and a cost distribution containing values indicative of respective costs associated with providing the respective benefits to the multiplicity of virtual customers.

In a role-playing simulation apparatus, a setting section sets a plurality of patterns of parameters indicating characters of player agents who participate in a virtual role-playing and also sets patterns of negotiation rules, and player agent sections realize the player agents. A lecture attendant agent section realizes a lecture attendant agent who carries out virtual negotiations with the player agents, a learning material preparing section allows the player agents and the lecture attendant agent to carry out negotiations, a learning material evaluating section evaluates a negotiation result for each combination and sets a parameter evaluated with at least a predetermined level as a learning material, and a lecture attendance processor that allows the player agents and an actual lecture attendant to execute a virtual role-playing based on the learning material.

Apparatus and methods for partial evaluation of synaptic updates in neural networks. In one embodiment, a pre-synaptic unit is connected to a several post synaptic units via communication channels. Information related to a plurality of post-synaptic pulses generated by the post-synaptic units is stored by the network in response to a system event. Synaptic channel updates are performed by the network using the time intervals between a pre-synaptic pulse, which is being generated prior to the system event, and at least a portion of the plurality of the post synaptic pulses. The system event enables removal of the information related to the portion of the post-synaptic pulses from the storage device. A shared memory block within the storage device is used to store data related to post-synaptic pulses generated by different post-synaptic nodes. This configuration enables memory use optimization of post-synaptic units with different firing rates.

Disclosed are methods and devices for provisioning authorization claims, which are enforced to control access of users to objects (resources) in a computer system (330), and which are to be equivalent to an attribute-based access control (ABAC) policy. A policy converter according to the invention includes a policy processor (310) processing the policy by partial evaluation against attribute values of the users, objects or permission levels in the system and outputting simplified policies, which are subject to reverse evaluation in a reverse policy evaluator (320), whereby users, objects and permission levels to be associated by way of a single authorization claim are obtained. Responsible for the defining of the authorization claim and its distribution in the computer system are an authorization claim generator (330) and an authorization claim distribution interface (340). The invention may be so configured as to return a single authorization claim for each combination of an object and a permission level.

Modification of the presentation of page appearance, page navigation flow, and other aspects of the user experience of an online shopper navigating the virtual shopping cart and checkout pages of an online store is achieved without compromising the security of checkout processing. The modification may include customization, and various configuration and customization tools may be employed. The online shopper experiences continuity between unsecured-connection pages presenting items for purchase and secured-connection pages presented for checkout processing. In one embodiment, page navigation flow is modified using continuations implemented using a relatively small stack to save information relating to the flow. In another embodiment, a page designer enables a dynamic version of a page specification program to be generated, such as by way of a page customization interface. Partial evaluation is employed to generate a version of the program that is executed at request time.

Some embodiments provide a method for evaluating a policy for authorizing an API (Application Programming Interface) call to an application. Based on a first set of parameters available before receiving the API call, the method evaluates only a portion of the policy to produce a partially evaluated policy. The method stores the partially evaluated policy in a cache. The method then receives an API call to authorize, and determines whether the API call should be authorized by fully evaluating the policy, using the partially evaluated policy retrieved from the cache first storage, and a second set of parameters associated with the API call. The method responds to the API call with a policy decision based on the fully evaluated authorization policy.

An editing apparatus for editing coded data coded in a predetermined unit to be stored into a storage medium includes a designation section, an evaluation section and a notification section. The designation section designates an editing position of the coded data. The evaluation section evaluates a playback state when the coded data are played back from the editing position designated by the designation section. The notification section notifies a user of the editing apparatus of an evaluation result by the evaluation section.

The present invention relates to a multi-dimensional comprehensive index-based power grid vulnerability evaluation method and belongs to the power system intelligent analysis and control technical field. The multi-dimensional comprehensive index-based power grid vulnerability evaluation method is characterized in that multi-dimensional comprehensive indexes for power grid vulnerability evaluation are built; and power grid vulnerability is evaluated from three aspects, namely, equipment vulnerability evaluation, network vulnerability evaluation and operation vulnerability evaluation. Adjustment and control operation personnel can realize the key monitoring of power grid vulnerable equipment or power grid vulnerable weak links through the visualized power flow diagram of a local dispatching control system, and therefore, the adjustment and control operation personnel can be facilitated to timely process vulnerability factors that may affect the safety of a power grid.

An image processing apparatus, method and computer program product, wherein a luminance histogram of input image data is generated by the histogram generating section and a polarization degree of the luminance histogram is evaluated by the polarization degree evaluating section in order to determine whether the input image data is in a true backlight condition or in a halation condition. An optimum dynamic range correction and tone curve correction are performed on the input image data based on a result of the above-described determination.

The present invention relates to a system (10) operable to control policy distribution with partial evaluation in order to permit / deny access to a protected means (12). The system (10) comprises a storing means (14) operable to store all access control policy functions for all protected means (12), a guard means (16) operable to guard access to a protected means (12) and to construct an access control request comprising attributes regarding the protected means (12), a policy decision means (18) connected to the guard means (16) and operable to receive the access control request from the guard means (16). The system (10) also comprises a policy distribution means (20) connected to the storing means (14) and to the policy decision means (18). The policy decision means (18) is operable to collect the static attributes of the protected means (12), and to send the static attributes to the policy distribution means (20), which in turn is operable to construct a partial access control request from the static attributes of the protected means (12), and to perform partial evaluation against the access control policy function stored in the storing means (14), resulting in a simplified access control policy function. The policy distribution means (20) is operable to send the simplified access control policy function to the policy decision means (18), which in turn is operable to use the simplified access control policy function to evaluate access control requests regarding the protected means (12), and to return a permit / deny response to the guard means (16).

In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for distributed policy evaluation. One embodiment of a method for evaluating a systems management policy, where the policy includes a condition and an action to be taken when the condition evaluates to TRUE, includes forwarding the policy, by a first autonomic manager, to at least a second autonomic manager and receiving at least partial evaluation results for the policy from at least the second autonomic manager.

An XML parser for inputting XML event strings which constitute an XML document to be processed, and an XPath evaluating unit for executing evaluation of the XPath by streaming processing are provided. This XPath evaluating unit serially evaluates the XPath with respect to the respective XML events transferred from the XML parser, and retains information concerning a result of partial evaluation of this XPath when the XPath is partially established for a given XML event. Then, when the last step of this XPath is established, the XPath is judged as established for the XML document.

A method and system for automating the evaluation of a computer system under a Software Security Guideline Set (SSGS) using the internal scripts and the script generating capability of the computer system under evaluation to perform much of the evaluation of the SSGS. The method and systems arranged in accordance therewith generate a security check script that adds automation to the otherwise laborious process of checking for compliance with an SSGS. By using the systems own software and script generating capabilities the computer system under review is in one sense using its own capability to check itself for compliance with an SSGS. The use of the software and data from the operating system of the computer system under review greatly simplifies the complexity of the programming necessary for such automation of SSGS compliance check, dramatically reducing the lines of code to perform such compliance evaluations. The information provided by this invention enables the owners of such systems to put them in a better state of operation.

Some embodiments provide a method for evaluating a policy for authorizing an API (Application Programming Interface) call to an application. Based on a first set of parameters available before receiving the API call, the method evaluates only a portion of the policy to produce a partially evaluated policy. The method stores the partially evaluated policy in a cache. The method then receives an API call to authorize, and determines whether the API call should be authorized by fully evaluating the policy, using the partially evaluated policy retrieved from the cache first storage, and a second set of parameters associated with the API call. The method responds to the API call with a policy decision based on the fully evaluated authorization policy.

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a cardiovascular score for a patient. A method includes receiving, using at least one computer system, patient-specific data regarding a geometry of multiple coronary arteries of the patient; and creating, using at least one computer system, a three-dimensional model representing at least portions of the multiple coronary arteries based on the patient-specific data. The method also includes evaluating, using at least one computer system, multiple characteristics of at least some of the coronary arteries represented by the model; and generating, using at least one computer system, the cardiovascular score based on the evaluation of the multiple characteristics. Another method includes generating the cardiovascular score based on evaluated multiple characteristics for portions of the coronary arteries having fractional flow reserve values of at least a predetermined threshold value.

The invention belonging to the field of the soil detection technology discloses a grassland soil degradation evaluation method comprising steps of evaluation target selection and recognition automation perfection, inputting of original data of a destination, partial evaluation of original data of the destination, evaluation of basic characteristics of the destination, evaluation of a homogeneity destination, and evaluation of a heterozygosity destination. Reference data evaluation is provided for adapting to the local agricultural environment and meeting the soil condition with the local agricultural ecological characteristics. The method can be used for guiding the crop types, varieties and production technology of the local agricultural ecological system. A basis is provided for controlling the ecological agriculture and intensified agriculture based on combination of the local ecological system and agricultural economy as well as for improvement of degraded agricultural soil erosion, so that the stabilization of the agricultural ecological system and stability of the agricultural environment concept are guaranteed.

A head mounted display capable of controlling maneuver of an unmanned vehicle, the head mounted display including a display section that allows visual recognition of an outside scene, a GNSS information acquisition section that acquires a GNSS information, a communication section capable of performing communication using wireless communication with the unmanned vehicle, and a control section, wherein the control section evaluates whether or not the unmanned vehicle has entered a visual field visually recognizable through the display section in a case where the unmanned vehicle travels in an automatic navigation mode in which the unmanned vehicle moves toward a position indicated by the GNSS information and causes the unmanned vehicle to terminate the travel in the automatic navigation mode but travel in a specific navigation mode different from the automatic navigation mode in a case where the control section determines that the unmanned vehicle has entered the visual field.

A device for detecting gaseous and vaporous components of a gas mixture by means of channels 2, which are located next to each other on a support 201, are connected in parallel in terms of flow, and are exposed to the component to be detected along a flow axis 3. A scanning section 6 of a scanning device is provided which extends along one of the channels 2, for detecting the change in color of reaction zones in the channels 2. Multiple channel arrangements can also be analyzed in a simple manner with a scanning section evaluating individual channels. At least some of the channels 2 on the support 201 are directed such that an angle alpha not equal to 0 is formed between the flow axis 3 and the scanning section 6, and the channels 2 are located in the covered area of the scanning section 6.

The invention discloses a virtual maintenance based maintainability analysis method for an aircraft part. Firstly, a maintenance attribute value of the to-be-analyzed aircraft part is quantitatively determined, wherein the maintenance attribute value comprises human factor engineering, reachability, simplified design, modularization, standardization and interchangeability, and testability; secondly, a natural language is quantitatively processed; thirdly, according to the obtained attribute value, performing weighted calculation on a comprehensive maintainability attribute value of the to-be-analyzed aircraft part; and finally, according to the comprehensive maintainability attribute value, calculating degree of membership, and obtaining comprehensive maintainability evaluation and partial evaluation of the to-be-analyzed aircraft part. According to the method, on the basis of determining maintainability influence attributes, each maintainability influence attribute is analyzed and inspected, an evaluation method for maintainability quantitative requirements is proposed, and parallel design-oriented maintainability qualitative analysis and evaluation are realized, so that design defects can be discovered in time and the improvement on maintainability design is facilitated.

The present invention is provided with: a characteristic amount obtaining section that obtains a partial characteristic amount indicating a characteristic of a partial image that constitutes a part of a classification target image; a partial evaluation section that carries out an evaluation based on the partial characteristic amount obtained by the characteristic amount obtaining section as to whether or not the partial image pertains to a specific scene; and a determining section that determines whether or not the classification target image pertains to the specific scene by using an evaluation result of the partial evaluation section for only the partial images corresponding respectively to a predetermined M number of partial areas among an N number of the partial areas (M<N) obtained by dividing an image overall area.

A partial evaluation method under optimized network environment includes precalculating some constant expression to remove out some judgement conditions and redundancy code for generating high efficient program, using Java virtual computer language subset as evaluating object to generate routine byte code program, utilizing partial optimizing service to analyze byte code as required, loading on operation environment and then evaluating byte code program.

A tester for testing an active wheel speed sensor of a vehicle, comprising: a module testing portion to assess operation of a system control module by monitoring an electrical output from the system control module and to indicate proper operation of the system control module with a first indicator; and a sensor testing portion to assess the operation of the active wheel speed sensor and to indicate proper operation with a second indicator.