Abstract: A workflow-enabled client comprises a client and a workflow manager interface unit. The workflow manager interface unit couples the client to a workflow manager to provide the automatic discovering, distributed processing and dynamic user interface generating functionality of the present invention. A communication manager of the workflow-enabled client has a registration unit that registers, and unregisters, the client with the workflow manager such as by providing a name, a data and other commands. A polling module uses a received location from the workflow manager to retrieve data. The process control module performs a plurality of processing functions such a processing polled data, storing it or providing it to other clients. The process control module can also initiate other clients. The present invention also includes a number of novel methods including a method for registering a client, a method for polling data, and a method for initiating other clients.

Abstract: The present invention provides arrays comprising polypeptides associated with extracellular matrix that can be used to isolate, differentiate, or culture certain cell types including stem cells, cancer cells, and/or primary hepatocytes. The array comprises at least a pair of polypeptides that comprise a polypeptide associated with extracellular matrix or functional fragments thereof. The invention also provides for methods of diagnosing and/or prognosing a certain disease or disorder through contacting a cell sample from a patient with an array comprising at least a pair of polypeptides that comprise a polypeptide sequence associated with extracellular matrix or functional fragments thereof.

Abstract: A clamping-type knife sharpener is designed with anti-rocking blade holding capability. The knife sharpener includes first and second clamping members and a clamping member adjustment mechanism configured to adjustably manipulate the clamping members into clamping engagement with a knife blade to be sharpened. The knife blade is maintained by the clamping members in orientation with a planar knife sharpener axis extending along a centerline of the knife blade that passes through an edge of the knife blade. First and second deformable clamping boots are respectively disposed on the first and second clamping members. The first and second clamping boots have respective first and second clamping faces adapted to engage the knife blade when the clamping members are in the clamping engagement with the knife blade. At least one of the clamping faces has a blade-conforming contour that substantially conforms to a surface contour of the knife blade and restrains the knife blade against rocking during sharpening.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for network access of partial document imagery is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request for a region of a page of a document, the request being originated from a client, determining one or more objects in a source file that intersect the region of the page, the source file having two or more codestreams, and sending a response having a subset of the information in the file.

Abstract: A workflow manager handles the communication between a workflow-enabled provider and a workflow-enabled client. The workflow manager maintains a directory of clients, translates a transaction from a provider into multiple transactions suitable for the client, and handles security. In one embodiment, the workflow manager connects with the workflow-enabled client by registration and with the workflow-enabled provider by advertising and activation. Subsequent communications between the workflow manager and the workflow-enabled provider and the workflow-enabled client are with a request/response protocol. The workflow manager also comprises data storage for storing data for transmission to the workflow-enabled client or the workflow-enabled provider, and workflow storage for storing information related to registered clients. The present invention also includes a number of novel methods including a method for a method for registering a client and a method for activating a provider.

Abstract: A clamping-type knife sharpener is designed with anti-rocking blade holding capability. The knife sharpener includes first and second clamping members and a clamping member adjustment mechanism configured to adjustably manipulate the clamping members into clamping engagement with a knife blade to be sharpened. The knife blade is maintained by the clamping members in orientation with a planar knife sharpener axis extending along a centerline of the knife blade that passes through an edge of the knife blade. First and second deformable clamping boots are respectively disposed on the first and second clamping members. The first and second clamping boots have respective first and second clamping faces adapted to engage the knife blade when the clamping members are in the clamping engagement with the knife blade. At least one of the clamping faces has a blade-conforming contour that substantially conforms to a surface contour of the knife blade and restrains the knife blade against rocking during sharpening.

Abstract: A workflow manager handles the communication between a workflow-enabled provider and a workflow-enabled client. The workflow manager maintains a directory of clients, translates a transaction from a provider into multiple transactions suitable for the client, and handles security. In one embodiment, the workflow manager connects with the workflow-enabled client by registration and with the workflow-enabled provider by advertising and activation. Subsequent communications between the workflow manager and the workflow-enabled provider and the workflow-enabled client are with a request/response protocol. The workflow manager also comprises data storage for storing data for transmission to the workflow-enabled client or the workflow-enabled provider, and workflow storage for storing information related to registered clients. The present invention also includes a number of novel methods including a method for a method for registering a client and a method for activating a provider.

Abstract: A workflow-enabled client comprises a client and a workflow manager interface unit. The workflow manager interface unit couples the client to a workflow manager to provide the automatic discovering, distributed processing and dynamic user interface generating functionality of the present invention. A communication manager of the workflow-enabled client has a registration unit that registers, and unregisters, the client with the workflow manager such as by providing a name, a data and other commands. A polling module uses a received location from the workflow manager to retrieve data. The process control module performs a plurality of processing functions such a processing polled data, storing it or providing it to other clients. The process control module can also initiate other clients. The present invention also includes a number of novel methods including a method for registering a client, a method for polling data, and a method for initiating other clients.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is described for segmenting an image, for adaptively scaling an image, and for automatically scaling and cropping an image based on codestream headers data. In one embodiment, a file that can provide a header that contains multi-scale entropy distribution information on blocks of an image is received. For each block, the block is assigned to a scale from a set of scales that maximizes a cost function. The cost function is a product of a total likelihood and a prior. The total likelihood is a product of likelihoods of the blocks. The image is segmented by grouping together blocks that have been assigned equivalent scales. In one embodiment, the file represents an image in JPEG 2000 format.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing compression and/or decompression is described. In one embodiment, the present invention comprises a system having a buffer, a wavelet transform unit, and a coder. The wavelet transform unit has an input coupled to the buffer to perform a wavelet transform on pixels stored therein and to generate coefficients at an output. The coder is coupled to the wavelet transform unit to code the transformed pixels received from the buffer.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is described for segmenting an image, for adaptively scaling an image, and for automatically scaling and cropping an image based on codestream headers data. In one embodiment, a file that can provide a header that contains multi-scale entropy distribution information on blocks of an image is received. For each block, the block is assigned to a scale from a set of scales that maximizes a cost function. The cost function is a product of a total likelihood and a prior. The total likelihood is a product of likelihoods of the blocks. The image is segmented by grouping together blocks that have been assigned equivalent scales. In one embodiment, the file represents an image in JPEG 2000 format.

Abstract: A system is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an image processing path and a print engine coupled to the image processing path. The image processing path processes an input image in a wavelet domain.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reformatting electronic documents is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing layout analysis on an electronic version of a document to locate text zones, assigning attributes for scale and importance to text zones in the electronic version of the document, and reformatting text in the electronic version of the document based on the attributes to create an image.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for reformatting electronic documents is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises performing layout analysis on an electronic version of a document to locate text zones, assigning attributes for scale and importance to text zones in the electronic version of the document, and reformatting text in the electronic version of the document based on the attributes to create an image.

Abstract: A system is described. In one embodiment, the system comprises an image processing path and a print engine coupled to the image processing path. The image processing path processes an input image in a wavelet domain.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for automated document layout creation is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a first layout of document image objects and creating a second layout of document image objects subject to placement constraints corresponding to placement of document image objects, at least one of the placement constraints being based on object content in one or more of the document image objects.

Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for processing document images. In one embodiment, the method comprises extracting one or more features corresponding to one or more objects from a JPM compressed file, including extracting at least one of the one or more features without decoding, ranking document objects based on a task being performed by an application, and the one or more extracted features, and selecting a set of the document objects based on rank and at least one constraint.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for network access of partial document imagery is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving a request for a region of a page of a document, the request being originated from a client, determining one or more objects in a source file that intersect the region of the page, the source file having two or more codestreams, and sending a response having a subset of the information in the file.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for creating visualizations of documents are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving audible, visual, and audiovisual document elements, computing time attributes associated with the audible, visual, and audiovisual document elements based on display and application constraints, computing information content attributes associated with the audible, visual, and audiovisual document elements based on display and application constraints, selecting a set of one or more of the audible, visual and audiovisual document elements for inclusion into a multimedia representation based on the time and information content attributes, and composing the multimedia representation using the set of one or more of the audible, visual and audiovisual document elements.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for enhancing compressed images is described. In one embodiment, the method comprises characterizing quantization noise in reconstructed low pass coefficients generated in response to application of an inverse wavelet transform and removing the quantization noise from the reconstructed low pass coefficients constructed during decoding.