Abstract: What is disclosed is a system and method for method for fitness evaluation to be used with a directly calculated or iterative optimization method for automatic document assembly. The method for fitness evaluation includes the steps of first capturing the creator's desire as a set of relative weights to be applied to an intent vector. Then, calculating for each candidate document assembly a set of value-property functions that evaluate properties considered to be factors in a good design (e.g., the balance of the document component on the page). Next, an inferred intent vector needs to be determined for each candidate document assembly as a function of the calculated value property function. Note that if the inferred intent vector is determined by a matrix multiplication applied to the vector of value property function results then the relative weights and intent definition matrix can be multiplied together to provide a weight vector that can be applied directly to the value properties.

Abstract: Positions of the user's fingers placed on a touch panel are detected, and buttons are arranged at the detected positions so that the buttons can be used for selecting a function. Due to the foregoing, even when a visually handicapped user does not memorize the button positions, it is possible for the user to conduct operation. It is possible to provide a user interface environment in which the visually handicapped user can conduct operation highly effectively without using specific parts.

Abstract: An image fixing apparatus and an image forming method capable of favorably fixing a toner containing a crystalline resin are provided. The image forming apparatus passes a transfer medium having unfixed images formed of the toner containing a crystalline resin between a heating member and a pressurizing member, thereby fixing the unfixed images, using a cooling unit that controls a surface temperature of the pressurizing member in which the surface temperature is controlled to a melting point of the crystalline resin +30° C. or lower.

Abstract: Systems and methods for filtering and viewing collaborative indexes of annotations of multimedia or video streams can include obtaining a multimedia or video stream, obtaining user indexes of annotations of the multimedia or video stream, merging the indexes, associating portions of the multimedia or video stream with the annotations, determining high-value annotations and displaying the high value annotations. Systems and methods for providing useful visualizations of the indexes of annotations and high value annotations are also provided.

Abstract: Methods and systems for enabling arbitrary components to control communications, such as data transfers, without having or requiring prior knowledge of each other. The system includes a component that creates controller objects for a communication, such as a data transfer involving several components. Further, the component associates the controller objects with a communication session object of the data transfer, such as a data transfer session object. One or more of the components involved in the data transfer obtain the controller objects through the data transfer session object and execute source-specific instructions included in the obtained controller objects to generate user interfaces. The user interfaces enable the components to control aspects of the communication, such as the data transfer.

Abstract: Systems and methods enforce an expiration date for an electronic document and represent the expiration visually. In various exemplary embodiments, the author specifies an expiration date for an electronic document. The expiration date is either a date stamp or is an integer representing a period of time from the creation date. In one embodiment, the access to the document is unavailable to a user after the expiration date. In various exemplary documents, the visual representation of the document ages after a milestone date is reached. In one embodiment, random pixels are added to the visual representation until the document expires. In another embodiment, an algorithm applies visual metaphor bitmaps to the document's visual representation. In one embodiment, the bitmaps are templates. In one embodiment, the document is mapped to the applied bitmaps. The document may be rendered illegible after the expiration date is reached.

Abstract: What is disclosed is a system and method for method for fitness evaluation to be used with a directly calculated or iterative optimization method for automatic document assembly. The method for fitness evaluation includes the steps of first capturing the creator's desire as a set of relative weights to be applied to an intent vector. Then, calculating for each candidate document assembly a set of value-property functions that evaluate properties considered to be factors in a good design (e.g., the balance of the document component on the page). Next, an inferred intent vector needs to be determined for each candidate document assembly as a function of the calculated value property function. Note that if the inferred intent vector is determined by a matrix multiplication applied to the vector of value property function results then the relative weights and intent definition matrix can be multiplied together to provide a weight vector that can be applied directly to the value properties.

Abstract: The invention provides a method for producing a polymer optical waveguide equipped with a plurality of alignment marks (AM), which comprises bringing a film substrate into contact with a mold having concave portions corresponding to convex portions for the optical waveguide and convex portions for a plurality of AMs, introducing a curable resin from an end of the mold into concave portions, curing the resin, peeling the mold, and forming a cladding layer on a core/AM-forming surface, or bringing a film substrate into contact with the mold having concave portions corresponding to convex portions for the optical waveguide and notches, introducing the curable resin from an end of the mold into the concave portion, curing the resin, applying a material for AM to the film substrate through the notches and, thereafter, forming the cladding layer on the core/AM-forming surface.

Abstract: A client server system and devices thereof, which perform a distributed processing while performing access control. when a client device demands a job of the server device, the server device outputs an authentication demand message to an authentication server via a network. The authentication device performs authentication of a user taking account of an effective range of authentication information and effective dates and returns results of authentication to the server device via the network. The server device implements the demanded job in accordance with the results of authentication.

Abstract: A system and method for handling data at one of a plurality of components includes at least a sink component and a source component in the plurality of components. The source component transfers data to the sink component, and the sink component accesses an obtained data type handler object to invoke an interface implemented by the handler object. The invoked type handler interface includes source-specific instructions that are executed by the sink component to be able to interact with the data sent to the sink component regardless of whether the data is a format that the sink natively understands.

Abstract: A dispersion fluid filtration and delivery apparatus and method are provided for filtering a dispersion fluid from a storage vessel and delivering a filtrate thereof to a filtrate using operation. The dispersion fluid filtration and delivery apparatus for the method includes (a) a filter device having an inlet port, a first outlet port for connecting to the storage vessel, and a second outlet port for connecting to the filtrate using operation; (b) an inlet pump connected between the inlet port and the storage vessel for pumping a first quantity Qin of dispersion fluid into the filter device; and (c) an outlet pump connected between the first outlet port and the storage vessel for pumping a second quantity Qout of dispersion fluid from the filter device back into the storage vessel.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning an imaging surface with a cleaning blade including a drop seal actuator that urges a seal into position and then collects toner in the cleaner unit. The contamination seal captures falling accumulated toner from the blade which may contaminate the xerographic area when the cleaning blade is retracted from the imaging surface. Implementation of the actuator in contact with the drop seal positions the seal to contain toner within the cleaner.

Abstract: An organic light emitting device (OLED) will have multiple capping layers on an electrode to provide a passivation region to prevent formation of dark spots. The passivation capping layers are, in sequence from the electrode, a first dielectric material layer, a metal or metal alloy layer with a work function of less than 4 eV, and a second dielectric protective layer.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus has a plurality of image forming units for forming images in various colors, and transfers images formed by these image forming units onto a transfer belt an overlapping manner. The image forming apparatus includes a control unit for outputting a predetermined control signal in order to form a color-shift detecting pattern with respect to the transfer belt by employing a plurality of these image forming units, and a pattern detecting sensor for reading the color-shift detecting pattern formed on the transfer belt by this control unit. Under normal operation, the control unit controls forming operation of color-shift detecting patterns by using only commonly-used color image forming units, while the control unit does not form a color-shift detecting pattern by using a specific-color image forming unit.

Abstract: A method for copying and pasting a selected portion of an image from a TWAIN compliant image source includes scanning the selected image portion to fit in a target area of a destination image. Dimensional information regarding the selected portion of the source image is made available to the application. The application compares dimensions of the target area with the dimensional information of the selected source image portion and determines resizing parameters. The application requests a scan of the selected portion of the source image based on the resizing parameters and pastes the resulting image in the target area. An image processing system operative to carry out the method includes and a TWAIN compliant application that is adapted to calculate resizing parameters and request scans basted on the resizing parameters. In a xerographic environment, the image processing system includes a xerographic printer.

Abstract: A two-dimensional (2D) image model models the layout structure of a class of document images as an image grammar and includes production rules having explicit layout parameters as data items that indicate information about the spatial relationships among image constituents occurring in images included in the class. The parameters are explicitly represented in the grammar rules in a manner that permits them to be automatically trained by a training operation that makes use of sample document images from the class of modeled documents. After each sample image is aligned with the 2D grammar, document-specific measurements about the spatial relationships between image constituents are taken from the image. Optimal values for the layout parameters are then computed from the measurement data collected from all samples.

Abstract: Disclosed is a toner comprising particles of a vinyl resin, an optional colorant, and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), wherein said toner particles are prepared by an emulsion aggregation process. Another embodiment of the present invention is directed to a process which comprises (a) generating an electrostatic latent image on an imaging member, and (b) developing the latent image by contacting the imaging member with charged toner particles comprising a vinyl resin, an optional colorant, and poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene), wherein said toner particles are prepared by an emulsion aggregation process.

Abstract: A system for the distributed diagnosis of a physical system includes serveral local diagnostic subsystems that generate local diagnoses based on observations of a component of the physical system. An interface is defined by which the local diagnostic subsystems communicate. Further, an algorithm for assembling a global diagnosis from the local diagnoses is fined.

Abstract: A table editing apparatus spares users wasteful editing work in determining relative positional relations between cell boundaries of a table. The apparatus includes a cell boundary movement designating unit, a cell boundary position coincidence judging unit, and a cell boundary moving unit. The cell boundary movement designating unit designates a cell boundary to be moved and a direction in which to move the cell boundary. The cell boundary position coincidence judging unit checks cell boundaries retained by the cell boundary holding unit to see whether there is any cell boundary which is also a vertical (horizontal) cell boundary and which has the same horizontal (vertical) position as the designated cell boundary. Given the judgment from the cell boundary position coincidence judging unit, the cell boundary moving unit moves the designated cell boundary in the cell boundary holding unit to a position such that the structure of the table is changed.

Abstract: A contact blade, formed of a plurality of blade segments, is mounted parallel to and spaced from an imaging surface. A plurality of blade lifters, one blade lifter for each of the blade segments, are individually movable from an inoperative position immediately adjacent to the blade segments to an operative position. When in the operative position the engage lifters engage the blade segments and deflect the blade segments. This causes tips of the blade segments to contact a print sheet contacting the imaging surface and press the print sheet against the imaging surface. A lifter activating device moves a current select number of adjacent blade lifters into the operative position.