Abstract: In one aspect, a liquid collector having a forward lower edge, a connecting wall portion extending downwardly from the forward edge, a first layback wall portion connected to the connecting wall portion and extending upwardly and rearwardly from the connecting wall portion, an intermediate upper edge of the layback wall portion rearward of and above the forward lower edge. The liquid collector further includes an air diverter wall portion extending rearwardly from the first layback wall portion below the intermediate upper edge, a second layback wall portion extending upwardly and rearwardly of the air diverter wall portion, and a rearward upper edge of the second layback wall portion rearward of the intermediate upper edge and above the forward lower edge.

Abstract: Color correction, based on operator gestures, is accomplished by first determining at least one point of contact (604) in a tracking area of an operator interface touched by an operator. Thereafter, a direction (606) and magnitude (608) of movement for each point of contact is determined in in response to operator movement. A best match gesture (610) is determined based on the number, direction, and magnitude of motion of the points of contact; and that best match gesture is translated (612) into a change to a color parameter value.

Abstract: Methods and systems for interconnecting sub-systems and for identifying combinations of multiple technologies.

Abstract: A method for configuring a communication system is described. The method includes, for each of a plurality of requests in a communication protocol between a client and a server, estimating values for a plurality of attributes associated with the request, and computing a resource usage estimate, based on a plurality of the estimated attributes, that represents resources used by the communication protocol in response to the request. The method also includes determining at least one group of two or more requests to combine into a combined request based on the respective resource usage estimates for the requests to be combined, and storing a program module for executing the communication protocol including instructions for processing the combined requests.

Abstract: A method for configuring an application comprises receiving information that specifies a set of multiple states with which the application is associated during execution; receiving information that specifies whether each of one or more program modules is active during respective states, at least some of the program modules having multiple instantiations configured to execute with different performance characteristics; receiving information that specifies performance characteristics associated with the multiple instantiations for each of at least some program modules that have multiple instantiations; and selecting one of the instantiations for each program module that has multiple instantiations based on at least one performance criterion associated with the application that depends on whether the program modules are active in respective states.

Abstract: Methods and systems for interconnecting sub-systems and for identifying combinations of multiple technologies.

Abstract: Methods and systems for interconnecting sub-systems and for identifying combinations of multiple technologies. The method of this invention can be applied to detecting the presence of a characteristic in an object.

Abstract: Methods and systems for interconnecting sub-systems and for identifying combinations of multiple technologies. The method of this invention can be applied to detecting the presence of a characteristic in an object.