Abstract: A method and system is provided for deforming a shape of an image. In one example, an input is received for deforming a displayed shape, the shape including a boundary polygon or outline contour and a local area within the outline contour. The local area may further include vertices and edges. During deformation, an energy function corresponding to the outline contour and the local area may be determined and reduced or minimized. Positioning of the vertices and lengths of the edges may be determined based on the energy function or preservation of coordinates associated with the outline contour and the local area.

Abstract: A captive structural fastener including an integral hold-out feature is provided. The fastener includes a stud assembly including a stud, a retaining ring including two oppositely disposed tabs protruding toward the center of the retaining ring, a first sleeve that is matingly engageable with a second sleeve, the second sleeve including an inwardly disposed channel for receiving the retaining ring; and a receptacle assembly, the receptacle assembly including a bracket constructed and arranged to be secured to a panel, an internally threaded nut, a retaining clamp for securing the nut in the bracket, and a grommet assembly including means defining a bore for receiving the stud therethrough.

Abstract: A method of and a system for finding similarities between major boundaries of images using a wavelet detector is described herein. Unimportant edges of the image are disregarded by eliminating Gaussian wavelet coefficients and Haar wavelet coefficients of lower significance. Comparison between the images is made on the basis of quantized color, sign and magnitude of the Haar wavelet coefficients. The method performs the comparison between images in two steps. First, the method checks for exact matches between the Haar wavelet coefficients to determine whether the images are very similar. This is followed by binning of the coefficients into nine spatial bins in the image. A representative is assigned to each of the bins in terms of color, orientation and sign. Each bin of one image is compared with all the bins of the other image. Thus, images that are similar but not identical are still detected.

Abstract: A occupant weight detecting device detects the weight of an occupant setting on a vehicle seat assembly and includes a pivot support mechanism for supporting the vehicle seat assembly for pivotal movement about a horizontally extending shaft relative to a seat fixing portion in a vehicle; an elastic force applying mechanism for applying a biasing force to the vehicle seat assembly to enable the latter to pivot an angle, proportional to a load imposed on the vehicle seat assembly, relative to the seat fixing portion; a pivot angle detecting mechanism for detecting an angle of pivot of the vehicle seat assembly relative to the seat fixing portion; and a pivot restricting mechanism for defining a pivotal range over which the vehicle seat assembly can pivot relative to the seat fixing portion.

Abstract: A kit for preparing a cancer cell detection sample which is highly safe, simple, and high in precision, and can detect a cancer cell quantitatively, and a kit for cancer cell detection using the same, as well as a method for diagnosing cancer using those kits, and a method for preparing a sample for cancer cell detection are provided. A kit for preparing a detection sample for detecting a cancer cell of the present invention, comprising a test container having an opening for receiving a biological sample collected from a subject, and a reagent inclusion part for accommodating a reagent containing a virus, a seal part for sealing the reagent inclusion part of the test container, a cap for closing the opening, and an opener for breaking the seal part.

Abstract: An electronic device has at least one component that is coated with a material that is non-persistent if exposed to a specific environmental condition. If the coating is stripped off by the specific environmental condition, the previously coated component's function is altered, causing a functionality of the electronic device to be altered.

Abstract: In order to minimize the delay of the video images viewed by a network conference attendee, an intelligent buffering process (IB process) selectively discards video frames from at least one point, and in an embodiment, many network points, such as at “in” and/or “out” buffers of clients, servers, routers, etc. Packets of video frame data arrive at a buffer, which can fill to a predetermined limit if the packets cannot be forwarded due to delays or slow connections. To forward the most current video images, old frames in the buffer are discarded rather than forwarded. In a particular embodiment, when the buffer is full, the next arriving delta frame packet is discarded. To avoid distortion, each subsequent delta frame is discarded until a new key frame eventually arrives. If the buffer is still full when the key frame arrives, the buffer is purged and the new key frame is added.

Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for allowing content providers to protect against widespread copying of their content, while enabling them to give their customers more freedom in the way they use the content. In accordance with one embodiment, content providers identify their content as protected by watermarking the content. Consumers use compliant devices to access protected content. All of a user's compliant devices, or all of a family's devices, can be organized into an authorized domain. This authorized domain is used by content providers to create a logical boundary in which they can allow users increased freedom to use their content.

Abstract: Server apparatuses that configure a data mirror cluster system include databases, shared memories, and memory controllers, respectively. The server apparatuses are connected by interconnects and can directly access communication partner's shared memories via the memory controllers, respectively. One of the server apparatuses operates as an operation server apparatus and the other operates as a standby server apparatus. The memory controller of the operation system updates the database and writes changed data to the shared memory of the standby system. The memory controller of the standby system updates the database of the standby system according to the changed data written to the shared memory of the standby system.

Abstract: A magnetic flux detection unit and a rectangular solid magnet are provided. The magnetic flux detection unit includes one or more pairs of Hall sensors, each pair having two Hall sensors arranged on a substrate. The solid magnet is arranged movably in a direction in a plane parallel to the substrate. Each pair of two Hall sensors is arranged on the substrate so that a line connecting the centers of magnetism sensing sections of each pair of two Hall sensors is orthogonal to a movement direction of the magnet. A tetragon has a long side and a short side and the long side has a inclination angle to the line connecting the centers of magnetism sensing sections of the each pair of two Hall sensors. The magnet has one N-pole and one S-pole separately magnetized in orthogonal to the substrate on which the Hall sensors are arranged.

Abstract: A radar device of FM pulse system, in which a pulsed radio wave with frequency modulated is transmitted or received, to calculate a distance to a target 203 and a relative velocity, comprising: range gate setting means 205 for determining a sampling timing every time a predetermined time period has passed from a transmission timing; sampling means 206 for making a sampling in a frequency up zone or frequency down zone in each range gate; and measurement time changing means 207 for setting a measurement data used as an input of Fourier transform based on sampling data obtained by the sampling means 206, and when letting a time period required to make a sampling of all measurement data a measurement time period, changing the measurement time period in each range gate. An optimum distance resolution and relative velocity resolution can be set based on the distance to a target.

Abstract: An electro-optical device that includes a transistor and an insulating film over the semiconductor layer of the transistor. The insulating film has an opening portion that overlaps the channel region. The gate electrode of the transistor includes a body portion arranged in the opening portion of the insulating film and an elongated portion that extends onto the insulating film so as to cover the second junction portion of the transistor. The second junction region is located in an intersection region of a non-aperture region of the display pixel.

Abstract: A capsule medical apparatus including: an illuminating unit; an image pick-up unit; an objective optical system; a sealed capsule container which seals the above components; a fixing frame to which a first objective lens of the objective optical system is fixed, the fixing frame being fixed at a reference position of an image area of the image pick-up unit such that a reference position of the fixing frame matches the reference position of the image area of the image pick-up unit; a guiding frame extended in an optical path direction on a surface of the fixing frame on an opposite side not facing the image pick-up unit; and a movable frame to which a second objective lens of the objective optical system is fixed, the movable frame being positioned and fixed in the optical path direction by being moved in the optical path direction relative to the guiding frame.

Abstract: A method and a resist composition. The resist composition includes a polymer having repeating units having a lactone moiety, a thermal base generator capable of generating a base and a photosensitive acid generator. The polymer has the properties of being substantially soluble in a first solvent and becoming substantially insoluble after heating the polymer. The method includes forming a film of a photoresist including a polymer, a thermal base generator capable of releasing a base, a photosensitive acid generator, and a solvent. The film is patternwise imaged. The imaging includes exposing the film to radiation, resulting in producing an acid catalyst. The film is developed in an aqueous base, resulting in removing base-soluble regions and forming a patterned layer. The patterned layer is baked above the temperature, resulting in the thermal base generator releasing a base within the patterned layer and the patterned layer becoming insoluble in the solvent.

Abstract: A display image correcting device including, retaining section configured to retain reference correction amount data for correcting nonuniformity as a predetermined factor of an image displayed on a basis of a video signal, the reference correction amount data representing an amount of correction at a predetermined horizontal and vertical position of the image, the amount of correction being obtained in correspondence with a video signal level as a reference, and correcting section configured to perform correction processing on the video signal in correspondence with a horizontal direction and a vertical direction of the image, and a brightness direction, and performing the correction processing on a basis of three-dimensional correction amount data obtained by making two-dimensional correction amount data corresponding to a horizontal and vertical position, the two-dimensional correction amount data being obtained on a basis of the reference correction amount data, linearly proportional or nonlinearly propor

Abstract: System and method for logging significant events occurring at a web site portal includes a base class portlet service including a significant event catcher method having a register method and a record method, a portlet action table, and an action description table. The register method is called during portlet initialization to register one or more significant event descriptions to the action description table. The portlet, upon executing a significant event, calls the record method to record the event to the portlet action table.

Abstract: Data for electronic images is stored in a server. Metadata is assigned to each image file and categorizes each image according to one or more schemes. Possible metadata schemes include image date, one or more image subjects, and image location. The image files may then be searched based on the assigned metadata. Images may be stored in a database that includes at least one virtual folder corresponding to each metadata scheme, with each image having at least one entry in each folder. Each folder may further have subfolders that correspond to sub-categories of a categorization scheme. Each image may then have an entry in each subfolder which describes a part of the image metadata. A date search interface allows a user to select a year of interest, then a month, and then a day. A location search interface allows a user to select a subregion of a displayed region.

Abstract: A production method of barium titanate according to the present invention comprises steps of preparing powder mixture of barium carbonate powder and titanium oxide powder and firing the powder mixture. The temperature of the powder mixture is raised to firing temperature at 100° C./minute or more in the range of 400° C. to 700° C.; and maximum temperature at firing is 700° C. or more. The present invention aims at providing a production method, wherein grain growth of barium carbonate particle can be controlled in temperature rising process when producing barium titanate by a solid phase reaction of barium carbonate and titanium oxide; and homogeneous barium titanate powder with small particle size can be produced with excellent energy efficiency.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for automated handling of resolvable and non-resolvable errors in the execution of system management flows by enhancing Workflow Engines (30) by an Error Handling component (40) and by adding a supportive Error Handling Layer (60, 90, 100) to invoked system management tasks which serves as the counterpart to the Workflow Engine's Error Handling component (see FIG. 2). The additional functionality of the task-provided Error Handling Layer (90, 70, 100) is accessible for the Workflow Engine via extended web services interfaces (91, 71, 101). The Workflow Engine's Error Handling component (40) and the task-provided Error Handling Layer allow for the definition of a standard protocol between the Workflow Engine and invoked tasks (31) for automated error handling.

Abstract: In one embodiment, first and second levers of a tape head actuator are balanced using first and second masses carried on first and second sides, respectively, of the first and second levers. The first and second levers are linked with a link member of the first mass which further includes a tape read/write head supported by the link member. In the illustrated embodiment, the levers are linked by the pivotally connected link members to form a four member linkage. The tape read/write head may be carried by the link member. Other embodiments are described and claimed.