Abstract: One embodiment of a disclosed system, method, and computer readable storage medium which includes an algorithm for generating a vector graphic based on a raster graphic input. A tablet scribe system identifies a boundary of a raster graphic image. The boundary is comprised of contrasting pixels in the raster graphic. The system determines a slope for each line segment of the raster graphic boundary. Based on a comparison of the slope for the adjacent line segments, the system generates a contour replaces line segments with equivalent slopes wherein each line segments represents a point on the contour. The system condenses the contour by removing redundant points on the contour based on their position relative to neighboring points and converts the edges of one or more remaining line segments into continuous curves on the contour.

Abstract: Prospective deals for a deal vendor's deal inventory may be scored according to one or more population-specific expected-yield scores, such as expected revenue yield, expected new customers yield, and the like. A prospective deal is categorized and characterized according to a number of yield-related characteristics. Some or all of the prospective deal's characteristics are mapped to yield components derived from completed deals that have been offered to a particular population. An expected-yield score for a prospective deal with regard to that population is obtained by combining the mapped yield components.

Abstract: One embodiment of a disclosed system, method, and computer readable storage medium which includes an algorithm for generating a vector graphic based on a raster graphic input. A tablet scribe system identifies a boundary of a raster graphic image. The boundary is comprised of contrasting pixels in the raster graphic. The system determines a slope for each line segment of the raster graphic boundary. Based on a comparison of the slope for the adjacent line segments, the system generates a contour replaces line segments with equivalent slopes wherein each line segments represents a point on the contour. The system condenses the contour by removing redundant points on the contour based on their position relative to neighboring points and converts the edges of one or more remaining line segments into continuous curves on the contour.

Abstract: Prospective deals for a deal vendor's deal inventory may be scored according to one or more population-specific expected-yield scores, such as expected revenue yield, expected new customers yield, and the like. A prospective deal is categorized and characterized according to a number of yield-related characteristics. Some or all of the prospective deal's characteristics are mapped to yield components derived from completed deals that have been offered to a particular population. An expected-yield score for a prospective deal with regard to that population is obtained by combining the mapped yield components.

Abstract: Prospective deals for a deal vendor's deal inventory may be scored according to one or more population-specific expected-yield scores, such as expected revenue yield, expected new customers yield, and the like. A prospective deal is categorized and characterized according to a number of yield-related characteristics. Some or all of the prospective deal's characteristics are mapped to yield components derived from completed deals that have been offered to a particular population. An expected-yield score for a prospective deal with regard to that population is obtained by combining the mapped yield components.

Abstract: One embodiment of a disclosed system, method, and computer readable storage medium which includes an algorithm for generating a vector graphic based on a raster graphic input. A tablet scribe system identifies a boundary of a raster graphic image. The boundary is comprised of contrasting pixels in the raster graphic. The system determines a slope for each line segment of the raster graphic boundary. Based on a comparison of the slope for the adjacent line segments, the system generates a contour replaces line segments with equivalent slopes wherein each line segments represents a point on the contour. The system condenses the contour by removing redundant points on the contour based on their position relative to neighboring points and converts the edges of one or more remaining line segments into continuous curves on the contour.

Abstract: One embodiment of a disclosed system, method, and computer readable storage medium which includes an algorithm for generating a vector graphic based on a raster graphic input. A tablet scribe system identifies a boundary of a raster graphic image. The boundary is comprised of contrasting pixels in the raster graphic. The system determines a slope for each line segment of the raster graphic boundary. Based on a comparison of the slope for the adjacent line segments, the system generates a contour replaces line segments with equivalent slopes wherein each line segments represents a point on the contour. The system condenses the contour by removing redundant points on the contour based on their position relative to neighboring points and converts the edges of one or more remaining line segments into continuous curves on the contour.

Abstract: Prospective deals for a deal vendor's deal inventory may be scored according to one or more population-specific expected-yield scores, such as expected revenue yield, expected new customers yield, and the like. A prospective deal is categorized and characterized according to a number of yield-related characteristics. Some or all of the prospective deal's characteristics are mapped to yield components derived from completed deals that have been offered to a particular population. An expected-yield score for a prospective deal with regard to that population is obtained by combining the mapped yield components.

Abstract: A computerized method for monitoring, analyzing, normalizing, applying, predicting, etc., various conditions. The method may comprise receiving data from a source over a channel, generating a report based on the data. The report may contain information associated with one or more events assembled in a standardized format responsive to determining the report corresponds to a first existing incident. The method may include supplementing an existing incident with the information of the report, the existing incident being one of a plurality of existing incidents stored in a database and including information corresponding to one or more events at a specified location and a specified time. The method may also include generating a location-score at a specified location and/or a safety-score for an individual, object, and/or asset at the specified location.

Abstract: A method of controlling an interactive display comprises receiving position data over time, where the position data represents the position of an input object relative to the interactive display. A velocity and acceleration of the input object are estimated, and a future position of the input object is predicted based on the estimated velocity and acceleration. This predicted future position is used to update the display.

Abstract: One embodiment of a disclosed system, method, and computer readable storage medium which includes an algorithm for generating a vector graphic based on a raster graphic input. A tablet scribe system identifies a boundary of a raster graphic image. The boundary is comprised of contrasting pixels in the raster graphic. The system determines a slope for each line segment of the raster graphic boundary. Based on a comparison of the slope for the adjacent line segments, the system generates a contour replaces line segments with equivalent slopes wherein each line segments represents a point on the contour. The system condenses the contour by removing redundant points on the contour based on their position relative to neighboring points and converts the edges of one or more remaining line segments into continuous curves on the contour.

Abstract: A method of controlling an interactive display comprises receiving position data over time, where the position data represents the position of an input object relative to the interactive display. A velocity and acceleration of the input object are estimated, and a future position of the input object is predicted based on the estimated velocity and acceleration. This predicted future position is used to update the display.

Abstract: A computerized method for monitoring, analyzing, normalizing, applying, predicting, etc., various conditions. The method may comprise receiving data from a source over a channel, generating a report based on the data. The report may contain information associated with one or more events assembled in a standardized format responsive to determining the report corresponds to a first existing incident. The method may include supplementing an existing incident with the information of the report, the existing incident being one of a plurality of existing incidents stored in a database and including information corresponding to one or more events at a specified location and a specified time. The method may also include generating a location-score at a specified location and/or a safety-score for an individual, object, and/or asset at the specified location.

Abstract: An electromagnetic brake system for a metal-making process. The electromagnetic brake system includes a two-level magnetic structure, in particular an upper magnetic core structure configured to be mounted to an upper portion of a mold and a lower magnetic core structure configured to be mounted to a lower portion of a mold. Lateral coils on the upper magnetic structure are configured to be controlled to generate a first magnetic field in a first field direction and inner coils are configured to be controlled to generate a second magnetic field in a second field direction, simultaneously with the first magnetic field. The lower magnetic core structure has lower coils which are configured to be controlled to generate a third magnetic field in the first direction simultaneously as the lateral coils and the inner coils generate their fields.

Abstract: An electromagnetic brake system for a metal-making process. The electromagnetic brake system includes a two-level magnetic structure, in particular an upper magnetic core structure configured to be mounted to an upper portion of a mold and a lower magnetic core structure configured to be mounted to a lower portion of a mold. Lateral coils on the upper magnetic structure are configured to be controlled to generate a first magnetic field in a first field direction and inner coils are configured to be controlled to generate a second magnetic field in a second field direction, simultaneously with the first magnetic field. The lower magnetic core structure has lower coils which are configured to be controlled to generate a third magnetic field in the first direction simultaneously as the lateral coils and the inner coils generate their fields.

Abstract: A method of controlling an interactive display comprises receiving position data over time, where the position data represents the position of an input object relative to the interactive display. A velocity and acceleration of the input object are estimated, and a future position of the input object is predicted based on the estimated velocity and acceleration. This predicted future position is used to update the display.

Abstract: A method of controlling an interactive display comprises receiving position data over time, where the position data represents the position of an input object relative to the interactive display. A velocity and acceleration of the input object are estimated, and a future position of the input object is predicted based on the estimated velocity and acceleration. This predicted future position is used to update the display.

Abstract: A computerized method for monitoring, analyzing, normalizing, applying, predicting, etc., various conditions. The method may comprise receiving data from a source over a channel, generating a report based on the data. The report may contain information associated with one or more events assembled in a standardized format responsive to determining the report corresponds to a first existing incident. The method may include supplementing an existing incident with the information of the report, the existing incident being one of a plurality of existing incidents stored in a database and including information corresponding to one or more events at a specified location and a specified time. The method may also include generating a location-score at a specified location and/or a safety-score for an individual, object, and/or asset at the specified location.

Abstract: Prospective deals for a deal vendor's deal inventory may be scored according to one or more population-specific expected-yield scores, such as expected revenue yield, expected new customers yield, and the like. A prospective deal is categorized and characterized according to a number of yield-related characteristics. Some or all of the prospective deal's characteristics are mapped to yield components derived from completed deals that have been offered to a particular population. An expected-yield score for a prospective deal with regard to that population is obtained by combining the mapped yield components.

Abstract: The invention describes a lamp (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D) comprising a glass envelope (10) enclosing a light generating means (11), and an axially and/or circumferentially graded absorption coating (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D) applied to a surface of the glass envelope (10), wherein the graded absorption coating (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D) exhibits a smooth transition in a transition region (23A, 23C, 23D) from a first coated region (21 A, 21B, 21C, 21D) on the glass envelope (10) to a second coated region (22A, 22B, 22C, 22D) on the glass envelope (10). The invention further describes a lighting assembly (4) comprising a lamp according to any of claims 1 to 11 and a reflector (40) for collecting and shaping any light passing through the graded absorption coating (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D) of the lamp (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D).