56 results about "Value capture" patented technology

Arrangement for a motor vehicle with a camera and a display device for capturing and displaying an image of the surroundings of the motor vehicle and for displaying graphically representable information, such as for example guide lines, reference texts or the like, with a means for superimposing the image with the information, wherein means for superimposing changes values of the pixels at the points of the image, at which the information is displayed, information pixels, as a function of the values captured by the camera.

A hand towel dispenser capable of data capture and transmission. The hand towel dispenser includes a reel shell for holding a hand towel roll that includes fresh dispenser material, a rotatably held reel that takes up used dispenser material, a measuring apparatus for capturing measured values that represent the quantity of used dispenser material, and a radio module that is connected to the measuring apparatus to receive the measured values captured by the measuring apparatus. The radio module is designed to transmit radio signals, each of which contains at least one measured value. The measuring apparatus includes at least one first sensor for capturing the quantity of used dispenser material. And, the sensor is connected to the radio module.

Methods and apparatus for capturing or generating images using multiple optical chains operating in parallel are described. Pixel values captured by individual optical chains corresponding to the same scene area are combined to provide an image with at least some of the benefits which would have been provided by capturing an image of the scene using a larger lens than that of the individual lenses of the optical chain modules. By using multiple optical chains in parallel at least some benefits normally obtained from using a large lens can be obtained without the need for a large lens. Furthermore in at least some embodiments, a wide dynamic range can be supported through the use of multiple sensors with the overall supported dynamic range being potentially larger than that of the individual sensors. Some lens and / or optical chain configurations are designed for use in small handheld devices, e.g., cell phones.

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for configuring an imaging system to compensate for fixed pattern noise, variations in pixel values captured from an image sensor that vary according to a fixed pattern. In a method for configuring an imaging system for compensating an additive term component of fixed pattern noise, a pixel array is exposed to a scene of known radiance and an average white value is determined for each pixel of an array. Each average white value is compared to a predetermined reference value to determine a correction value for each pixel. In a method for configuring an imaging system for compensating both an additive and multiplicative component of fixed pattern noise, a pixel array is exposed to a first scene having a first known radiance, and frames of the scene are captured, and then the array is exposed to a second scene having a second known radiance and frames of the second scene are captured. After first and second average white values are determined for each pixel additive and multiplicative term correction values for each pixel are then determined by solving for a system of equations relating the first and second average white values and first and second scene radiances. Correction values can be utilized to correct pixel values of a frame of image data, and a decoding algorithm for attempting to decode a frame of image data including corrected pixel values can be activated.

Multiple initialization techniques for system and component in a point-to-point architecture are discussed. Consequently, the techniques allow for flexible system / socket layer parameters to be tailored to the needs of the platform, such as, desktop, mobile, small server, large server, etc., as well as the component types such as IA32 / IPF processors, memory controllers, IO Hubs, etc. Furthermore, the techniques facilitate powering up with the correct set of POC values, hence, it avoids multiple warm resets and improves boot time. In one embodiment, registers to hold new values, such as, Configuration Values Driven during Reset (CVDR), and Configuration Values Captured during Reset (CVCR) may be eliminated.For example, the POC values could be from the following: Platform Input Clock to Core Clock Ratio, Enable / disable LT, Configurable Restart, Burn In Initialization Mode, Disable Hyper Threading, System BSP Socket Indication, and Platform Topology Index.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of determining an evidence value capturing whether two band-pass signals are harmonics of a common fundamental frequency. A further embodiment of the present invention evaluates the distance between significant points of a signal such as a sinusoidal signal. One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of determining whether two or more band-pass signals are harmonics of a fundamental frequency, comprising evaluating a first distance between a first set of two or more significant points of a first band-pass signal, evaluating a second distance between a second set of two or more significant points of a second band-pass signal, and comparing the first distance to the second distance to determine whether the first and second signals are harmonics of the fundamental frequency.

A method for multiple value confirmation and correction in spoken dialog systems. A user is allowed to correct errors in values captured by the spoken dialog system, such that the interaction necessary for error correction between the system and the user is reduced. When the spoken dialog system collects a set of values from a user, the system provides a spoken confirmation of the set of values to the user. The spoken confirmation comprises the set of values and possibly pause associated with each value. Upon hearing an incorrect value, the user may react and barge-in the spoken confirmation and provide a corrected value. Responsive to detecting the user interruption during the pause or after the system speaking of a value, the system halts the spoken confirmation and collects the corrected value. The system then provides a new spoken confirmation to the user, wherein the new spoken confirmation includes the corrected value.

The invention relates to a method for adjusting an automatic level control of the plane in longwall operations, wherein the plane can be adjusted by means of a boom control into a climbing motion, dropping motion, or neutral motion, wherein the cutting depth (21) and the control angle (20) derived as the differential angle between the slope of the face end cap (11) of the shield support frame (10) and the slope of the longwall transport (16) in the working face direction are captured and the longwall height change per planing stroke is calculated therefrom, such that each longwall position of the longwall conveyor (16) is associated with a longwall height as a planning height, and wherein the actual height of the longwall is calculated on the basis of the values captured by the slope sensors (15) mounted on the shield support frame (10); whenever each longwall position is reached by a shield support frame (10) of the shield support following after the plane (17), and is compared to the stored planned height, and wherein a height differential value (28) between the planned height and the actual height determined for each longwall position is taken into consideration in subsequent planing strokes by the calculating unit in the sense of a self-learning effect when the control angle (20) to be set for the plane (17) for achieving a planned height is prescribed.

A timing failure remedying apparatus for an integrated circuit has a comparator which compares a value captured in a taking-out scan chain for reference through an operation of a processing core for reference according to a first clock signal with a value captured in a taking-out scan chain to be tested through an operation of a processing core to be tested according to a second clock signal, a diagnosing unit which determines a timing failure in the logic circuit to be tested on the basis of a result of comparison by the comparator, and an adjuster which adjusts at least either a second cycle or a delay amount of the second clock signal. It is possible to examine a position of the timing failure or the number of the timing failures in the integrated circuit diagnosed as that its logic is normal but the timing failure occurs therein.