Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for real time speciated or total measurement of chlorine containing compounds, specifically HCl and RCI, in combustion or process gas generated at refineries. The system may include a sample inlet line, a zero-filter, an RCI converter, an HCl analyzer, and an exhaust line. At least one valve may divert a sample gas to the components of the system. Plain lines and connectors connect the components of the system. The system may be installed as part of a continuous assembly or separate from an industrial operation unit in a facility. The method of measuring the chlorine concentration in the sample gas includes operating the system in a plurality of separate modes such that the sample gas is diverted to the different components of the system and analyzed accordingly.

Abstract: A sampling system including a probe having at least one sorbent trap disposed in a fluid passage that receives and delivers a sample gas, and an in-line temperature measurement located within the fluid passage of the probe. The in-line temperature measurement may be provided by a temperature measurement device having a thermal sensing portion located proximate to, or at, the sorbent trap for providing a more accurate temperature measurement of the trap during sampling of the gas. The sampling system includes a controller configured to receive a signal corresponding to the temperature measured by the thermal sensing portion within the fluid passage, in which the controller may be configured to control the temperature of the sorbent trap based upon the temperature signal.

Abstract: With respect to molecular biology, medicine, and biotechnology, provided is a method related to the performance of Polymerase Chain Reaction. The method includes using the device for identification of nucleic acids containing a microchip with at least one reaction zone on its surface. The microchip contains a heat-conducting substrate made of aluminum while each reaction zone is separated from the heat-conducting substrate by a layer of the passivating material covalently bound to the surface of the heat-conducting substrate while over the layer of the passivating material one or several dried components of the polymerase chain reaction is placed. In this method the ratio of the aggregate thermal mass of the microchip to thermal conductance of the microchip substrate does not exceeding 0.04 s. The technical result is reduced duration of the analysis, higher reliability, accuracy, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the analysis.

Abstract: A method, system and/or a digital camera provide a geometrical transformation of deformed images of documents comprising text, by text line tracking, resulting in an image comprising parallel text lines. The transformed image is provided as an input to an OCR program either running in a computer system or in a processing element comprised in said digital camera.

Abstract: A method, system and/or a digital camera provide a geometrical transformation of deformed images of documents comprising text, by text line tracking, resulting in an image comprising parallel text lines. The transformed image is provided as an input to an OCR program either running in a computer system or in a processing element comprised in said digital camera.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system and/or a digital camera providing a geometrical transformation of deformed images of documents comprising text, by text line tracking, resulting in an image comprising parallel text lines. The transformed image is provided as an input to an OCR program either running in a computer system or in a processing element comprised in said digital camera.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system providing recognition of characters that are partly hidden by crossing outs due to for example an imprint of a stamp, handwritten signatures, etc. The method establishes a set of template images of certainly recognized characters from the image of the text being processed by the OCR system, wherein the effect of the crossed out section is modelled into the template images before comparing these images with the image of a visually impaired crossed out character. The modelled template image having the highest similarity with the visually impaired crossed out character is the correct identification for the visually impaired character instance.

Abstract: The invention relates to analytical chemistry. In the analyser, mercury placed in a spectral lamp is enriched with a mercury isotope having an even neutron number, wherein said isotope constitutes not less than 50% of the total mercury content in the spectral lamp. Moreover, the discharge cavity of the spectral lamp is connected to a ballast cavity, the volume of which is greater than the discharge cavity volume, and electrical discharge generating means, the discharge cavity and the ballast cavity are designed in such a way that the discharge generated in the discharge cavity does not penetrates into the ballast cavity. A buffer gas in the spectral lamp contains a noble gas in a quantity equal to or greater than 50%, the charge of the atomic core of said gas being not less than 36. Said invention makes it possible to lower the detection level of mercury in a carrier gas and to reduce a drift.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method of processing of output data from an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system, wherein the output data comprises images of double printed characters. The method identifies the respective members of a suspected double printed character image by first providing a set of single character template images from images of characters identified in the text being processed by the OCR system, then combining the single character templates providing candidate models for the suspected double printed character image. Correlation between each respective candidate model and the suspected double printed character image provides an indication of which pair of modelled single template character images that most probable are the correct identification of the respective character images in the double printed character image.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for confirming uncertainly recognized words as reported by an Optical Character Recognition process by using spelling alternatives as search arguments for an Internet search engine. The measured number of hits for each spelling alternative is used to provide a confirmation measure for the most probable spelling alternative. Whenever the confirmation measure is inconclusive, a plurality of search strategies are used to reach a measured result comprising zero hits except for one spelling alternative that is used as the correct alternative.

Abstract: Converting images to binary image representations is part of an Optical Character Recognition program in a computer system. The method and system is using a relative threshold level to convert the image to its binary image representation.

Abstract: A device for electrophoretic analysis of multicomponent solutions comprises a capillary and vials for electrolyte and sample solutions. The device comprises streaming potential measurement means implemented to measure a potential difference between capillary ends and to form an electric connections with said capillary ends during capillary rinsing in such a way that said streaming potential measurement means and electrolyte inside capillary and vials form a closed measurement electric circuit. A means for generation of electrolyte flow is implemented so as to build up and maintain a preset differential pressure between capillary ends and wherein that streaming potential measurement means comprises means to disconnect said measurement electric circuit during electrophoretic analysis.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a method for resolving contradicting output data from an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) system providing a conversion of pixelized documents into computer coded text as the output data, wherein the OCR output data comprises at least a first and second character listed as being likely candidates for an exemplar of a same sampled character instance from the pixelized document, by providing steps that identify locations of differences in graphical appearance between the candidate characters, and then using the location information to identify a corresponding locations in the sampled character instance. Based on correlation technique, this location information is used to select the correct candidate character as the identification of the sampled character instance.

Abstract: A method and system for recognizing text in computer images comprising distorted text provides an adaptive iterative process wherein recognition rules are adapted, added or omitted based on the present state of the recognition process. When the first pass through the recognition and adaptation is completed, the remaining unrecognized words (15) are passed through the recognition system 1 using the modified set of recognition rules stored in (18) and the process is repeated. In most cases the recognition system 1 will identify further reliable recognized words, which iteratively can be used to improve the recognition rules until the true text comprised in image (10) is recognized throughout the whole text. The steps of the method according to the present invention are thus repeated until convergence.

Abstract: The invention refers to molecular biology, medicine, biotechnology and is related to performance of Polymerase Chain Reaction and device for its implementation with real-time registration of reaction-product build-up.

Abstract: Converting images to binary image representations is part of an Optical Character Recognition program in a computer system. The method and system according to present invention is using a relative threshold level to convert the image to its binary image representation.

Abstract: The invention relates to analytical chemistry. In the analyser, mercury placed in a spectral lamp is enriched with a mercury isotope having an even neutron number, wherein said isotope constitutes not less than 50% of the total mercury content in the spectral lamp. Moreover, the discharge cavity of the spectral lamp is connected to a ballast cavity, the volume of which is greater than the discharge cavity volume, and electrical discharge generating means, the discharge cavity and the ballast cavity are designed in such a way that the discharge generated in the discharge cavity does not penetrates into the ballast cavity. A buffer gas in the spectral lamp contains a noble gas in a quantity equal to or greater than 50%, the charge of the atomic core of said gas being not less than 36. Said invention makes it possible to lower the detection level of mercury in a carrier gas and to reduce a drift.

Abstract: The declared invention relates to analytical instrument making, in particular, to the methods of calibration models formation for measuring instruments of various kinds. This method includes selection of calibration set samples with known secondary properties using specific reference methods; measurement primary properties of every sample from the calibration set with known secondary properties on the reference instrument and transformation of the measurements of the primary properties of the calibration set samples using correlation of calibration transfer to the form equivalent to the calibrated instrument; development of the calibration model with the help of regression analysis methods using transformed calibration correlation data allowing to determine the analyzed secondary properties of the unknown sample according to the measurements of the plurality of the primary properties of this sample carried out on the calibrated instrument.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for confirming uncertainly recognized words as reported by an Optical Character Recognition process by using spelling alternatives as search arguments for an Internet search engine. The measured number of hits for each spelling alternative is used to provide a confirmation measure for the most probable spelling alternative. Whenever the confirmation measure is inconclusive, a plurality of search strategies are used to reach a measured result comprising zero hits except for one spelling alternative that is used as the correct alternative.

Abstract: The present invention relates to analytical chemistry, more particularly, to methods of electrophoretic analysis, and can be utilized to analysis of multicomponent solutions. The invention is aimed at elimination of effect of uncontrolled scatter of electroosmotic flow rates on reproducibility of electrophoretic separation.