Abstract: The present invention relates to an image collecting module. The image collection module is provided with a first indicator operable to provide an indication of a valid read of a first portion of a hybrid dataform and a second indicator operable to provide an indication of a valid read of a second portion of the hybrid dataform.

Abstract: An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system includes a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable characteristics of the medium. A computer, memory, and/or display associated with the sensor provides storage and/or display of information relating to output from the receptors to produce and/or process an image, wherein a plurality of illumination sources can also be utilized in conjunction with the image transfer medium. The image transfer medium can be configured as a k-space filter that correlates a pitch associated with the receptors to a diffraction-limited spot associated with the image transfer medium, wherein the pitch can be unit-mapped to about the size of the diffraction-limited spot.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to decrease the amount of time it takes to obtain friendly names of Bluetooth devices is presented. A name server caches friendly names for devices that it has acquired from other devices or from other name servers. The name server is any device that caches friendly names of Bluetooth devices and that makes the friendly names available to other devices. A requesting device determines if a name server has responded to an inquiry command. If a name server has responded, the device gets the friendly names the name server has cached and requests the friendly names of devices that responded that have not been cached by the name server. Identification of a name server is accomplished by embedding a marker in the friendly name field after the null character to indicate that the device is a name server.

Abstract: A system and method facilitating training machine learning systems utilizing sequential conditional generalized iterative scaling is provided. The invention includes an expected value update component that modifies an expected value based, at least in part, upon a feature function of an input vector and an output value, a sum of lambda variable and a normalization variable. The invention further includes an error calculator that calculates an error based, at least in part, upon the expected value and an observed value. The invention also includes a parameter update component that modifies a trainable parameter based, at least in part, upon the error. A variable update component that updates at least one of the sum of lambda variable and the normalization variable based, at least in part, upon the error is also provided.

Abstract: An organic memory cell containing an organic semiconductor layer containing a copolymer is disclosed. The copolymer contains a diarylacetylene portion and at least one of an arylacetylene portion and a heterocyclic acetylene portion. The copolymer may be a random copolymer, an alternating copolymer, a random block copolymer, or a block copolymer. Methods of making an organic memory devices/cells containing the copolymer, methods of using the organic memory devices/cells, and devices such as computers containing the organic memory devices/cells are also disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved portable shopping system. The system is provided with improved data presentation system for presenting customer desired data on a portable terminal. The portable terminal includes audio as well as video presentation means which are used to provide customer specific marketing files to promote the sale of identified items.

Abstract: A system that facilitates measurement, analysis, and automatic maintenance of fluid comprises a fluid, and a casing that includes a plurality of apertures is immersed in the fluid. The apertures are opened to permit the fluid to enter the casing and closed to confine a sample of the fluid within the casing. A sensing element within the casing measures at least one parameter of the sample of fluid confined within the casing.

Abstract: An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system includes a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable characteristics of the medium. A computer, memory, and/or display associated with the sensor provides storage and/or display of information relating to output from the receptors to produce and/or process an image, wherein a plurality of illumination sources can also be utilized in conjunction with the image transfer medium. The image transfer medium can be configured as a k-space filter that correlates a pitch associated with the receptors to a diffraction-limited spot associated with the image transfer medium, wherein the pitch can be unit-mapped to about the size of the diffraction-limited spot.

Abstract: The invention applies a probabilistic approach to combining evidence regarding the correct classification of items. Training data and machine learning techniques are used to construct probabilistic dependency models that effectively utilize evidence. The evidence includes the outputs of one or more classifiers and optionally one or more reliability indicators. The reliability indicators are, in a broad sense, attributes of the items being classified. These attributes can include characteristics of an item, source of an item, and meta-level outputs of classifiers applied to the item. The resulting models include meta-classifiers, which combine evidence from two or more classifiers, and tuned classifiers, which use reliability indicators to inform the interpretation of classical classifier outputs. The invention also provides systems and methods for identifying new reliability indicators.

Abstract: A system and method for identifying ideal channels for communications based on an analysis of communication channel reliability, communicating party preferences, and communicating party contexts is provided. The system attempts to optimize the utility of a communication based on inferred or directly accessed channel reliability data, communicating party preferences and communicating party contexts. Such optimization can be achieved using reliabilities, preferences and policies concerning handling the attempted contact based on a deterministic specification or through inferring reliability, context, content and task under uncertainty by employing decision-theoretic inferences. The methods may consider channels currently available as well as channels available at later times. Thus, the service can include automated rescheduling of communications based on a consideration of forecasts of reliability and availability.

Abstract: Model-based application management architecture. A developer can describe an application or service in terms of its constituent components. Desired states can be described in terms of functionality, configuration, security, and performance. The description is employed at application installation to configure management services, which services help to ensure availability of the application through automatic management actions, such as configuration management, problem detection, diagnosis, and recovery.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a manual brake release mechanism for an electromagnetic brake of an electronic motor. The manual brake release mechanism includes a cam and lever assembly operable to move an armature plate away from a friction disk, thereby, disengaging an electromagnetic brake. The cam and lever assembly is coupled to a field cup and provides an even pull over both sides of the armature plate.

Abstract: A system and method facilitating signal enhancement utilizing mixture models is provided. The invention includes a signal enhancement adaptive system having a speech model, a noise model and a plurality of adaptive filter parameters. The signal enhancement adaptive system employs probabilistic modeling to perform signal enhancement of a plurality of windowed frequency transformed input signals received, for example, for an array of microphones. The signal enhancement adaptive system incorporates information about the statistical structure of speech signals. The signal enhancement adaptive system can be embedded in an overall enhancement system which also includes components of signal windowing and frequency transformation.

Abstract: A system and methodology is provided for proper reading of multi-bit memory cells in a memory device. A first reference cell and a second reference cell is employed to determine an average dynamic reference value. The average dynamic reference value is determined by reading a programmed bit of the first reference cell and reading an unprogrammed or erased bit of a second reference cell to determine an average dynamic reference value. The average dynamic reference value can be utilized to determine whether data cells are in a programmed state or in an unprogrammed state.

Abstract: The invention relates to the compounds (2R,4R), (2S,4R)-2-methylthiazolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid and (2RS,4R)-2-methylthiazolidine-2,4-dicarboxylic acid and salts of said compounds, the use thereof for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, methods for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, and pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds together with physiologically compatible carriers, auxiliary agents, and/or solvents.

Abstract: A system for performing inventory control for wafers, unpackaged integrated circuits and packaged integrated circuits is provided. The system includes barcode readers, sorters and transporters operable to locate and relocate wafers, unpackaged circuits and packaged circuits. The system further includes a feedback system for feeding back information generated by the barcode readers, sorters, transporters and/or manufacturing devices associated with the wafers, unpackaged circuits and packaged circuits. The system further provides for generating Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) data that can be transmitted to wafer suppliers and employed in controlling wafer ordering, purchasing, processing and returning.

Abstract: A system and method facilitating progressively transforming and coding digital pictures is provided. The present invention via employment of a multi-resolution lapped transform provides for progressive rendering as well as mitigation of blocking artifacts and ringing artifacts as compared to many conventional compression systems. The invention includes a color space mapper, a multi-resolution lapped transform, a quantizer, a scanner and an entropy encoder. The multi-resolution lapped transform outputs transform coefficients, for example, first transform coefficients and second transform coefficients. A multi-resolution representation can be obtained utilizing second transform coefficients of the multi-resolution lapped transform. The color space mapper maps an input image to a color space representation of the input image. The color space representation of the input image is then provided to the multi-resolution lapped transform.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed which enable a user to locate target data from a temporal broadcast of data. The system includes a transportable identifier that represents the target data. The identifier further includes metadata that provides sufficient information about the broadcast of the target data such that the target data can be acquired when broadcast. The transportable identifier further may be sent to one or more other users to enable such users to locate the broadcast of the target data. As a result, one or more users may employ identifiers to locate the broadcast of the target data and, in turn, monitor and/or store the target data from the temporal broadcast.

Abstract: A system and method is provided for monitoring the operating condition of a pump by evaluating fault data encoded in the instantaneous current of the motor driving the pump. The data is converted to a frequency spectrum which is analyzed to create a fault signature having fault attributes relating to various fault conditions associated with the pump. The fault signature is then input to a neural network that operates in conjunction with a preprocessing and post processing module to perform decisions and output those decisions to a user interface. A stand alone module is also provided that includes an adaptive preprocessing module, a one-shot unsupervised neural network and a fuzzy based expert system to provide a decision making module that operates with limited human supervision.

Abstract: A system and method facilitating progressively transforming and coding digital pictures is provided. The present invention via employment of a multi-resolution lapped transform provides for progressive rendering as well as mitigation of blocking artifacts and ringing artifacts as compared to many conventional compression systems. The invention includes a color space mapper, a multi-resolution lapped transform, a quantizer, a scanner and an entropy encoder. The multi-resolution lapped transform outputs transform coefficients, for example, first transform coefficients and second transform coefficients. A multi-resolution representation can be obtained utilizing second transform coefficients of the multi-resolution lapped transform. The color space mapper maps an input image to a color space representation of the input image. The color space representation of the input image is then provided to the multi-resolution lapped transform.