Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a plurality of signals in response to one or more of a context index and a binary symbol. The second circuit may be configured to generate a series of output bits in response to the plurality of signals. The memory may be configured to transfer the plurality of signals between the first circuit and the second circuit.

Abstract: A self-funded commission management system is described. The system has a memory storage element for storing commission management software that assigns an affiliate identifier for an affiliate. A user-initiated transaction is received, which is associated with the affiliate identifier. A confirmation that the user-initiated transaction produced a consumed transaction associated with the affiliate identifier is received. A commission associated with the consumed transaction is also received from the entity which ultimately delivered the final product or service to the user and derived the economic value from the user-initiated transaction. The commission is deposited by the advertiser or primary beneficiary of the advertisement into a central fund from which disbursements of all payments are made. The memory element generates a payment signal in response to determining the payment for the affiliate. A microprocessor operatively coupled to receive the payment signal from the memory element.

Abstract: A method for controlling an arithmetic codec context is disclosed. The method may include the steps of (A) reading a current value indicating one of a first condition and a second condition corresponding to a current context of a plurality of predetermined contexts, (B) generating an input state matching (i) an initial state in response to the first condition and (ii) an output state in response to the second condition, wherein the initial state has a predetermined value and the output state has a value generated by the method before receiving the current context and (C) generating a current output state by performing an arithmetic code operation on an input signal using the input state.

Abstract: A hose clamp installation tool and a method for installing a hose assembly. The hose clamp installation tool includes a hook that engages a clamp. A first rod engages the clamp and releases the clamp from an open position to a closed position. A sensor indicates release of the clamp.

Abstract: A method for transcoding between video streams using different entropy coding, comprising the steps of (A) decoding a first video stream using a first set of entropy codes, and (B) generating a second video stream by entropy encoding the decoded first video stream using a second set of entropy codes. The first set of entropy codes and the second set of entropy codes are configured to represent all valid coefficient values of the first video stream.

Abstract: A method for transcoding between videostreams using different entropy coding, comprising the steps of (A) decoding a first videostream using a first set of entropy codes, and (B) generating a second videostream by entropy encoding the decoded first videostream using a second set of entropy codes. The first set of entropy codes and the second set of entropy codes are configured to represent all valid coefficient values of the first videostream.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a first processing circuit and a second processing circuit. The first processing circuit may be configured to generate a motion vector residual in response to one or more macroblocks of an input signal. The second processing circuit may be configured to convert between (i) the motion vector residual and (ii) a binarized representation of the motion vector residual. The binarized representation of the motion vector residual generally comprises (i) a binarized representation of an absolute value of the motion vector residual and (ii) a binarized representation of a sign of the motion vector residual when the motion vector residual has a non-zero value. The binarized representation of the sign is generally located after an end of the binarized, representation of the absolute value of the motion vector residual.

Abstract: A method for decoding a bitstream is disclosed. The method generally comprises the steps of (A) generating a first signal and a second signal by parsing a common slice in the bitstream, (B) generating a third signal by entropy decoding the first signal, and (C) generating a video signal by combining the second signal and the third signal.

Abstract: An apparatus for motion estimation generally including a memory and a circuit. The circuit may be configured to (i) search for a first motion vector for a first current block among a plurality of first reference samples, (ii) copy a plurality of second reference samples from the memory and (iii) search for a second motion vector for a second current block among the second reference samples copied from the memory and at least a portion of the first reference samples.

Abstract: An apparatus generally having a first circuit and a second circuit for motion estimation is disclosed. The first circuit may be configured to (i) generate a first motion vector for a block at an integer-pel resolution and (ii) determine a single block size associated with the first motion vector. The second circuit may be configured to (i) generate a plurality of second motion vectors at a sub-pel resolution by searching proximate the first motion vector using the single block size and (ii) determine a motion vector for the block as a particular one of the second motion vectors best matching a plurality of reference samples.

Abstract: An apparatus generally having a first circuit, a second circuit and a third circuit is disclosed. The first circuit may be configured to generate a plurality of difference values by calculating an absolute difference between each pixel from a current block and a corresponding pixel from a reference block substantially simultaneously. The second circuit may be configured to generate a plurality of sum values by adding the difference values. The third circuit may be configured to generate at least one motion vector in response to the sum values.

Abstract: An apparatus generally having a first memory and a circuit is disclosed. The first memory may be used for a motion estimation of a current block. The circuit may be configured to (i) determine if a search window for the current block is at least partially outside a boundary of a picture stored in a second memory, (ii) copy a first plurality of reference samples in the search window from the second memory to the first memory and (iii) map a plurality of reads from the first memory for a plurality of pad samples to the reference samples in the first memory, where the pad samples are determined to be outside the boundary.

Abstract: Pyrimidine derivatives of formula (I) wherein Q1, Q2, G and R1 are as defined within; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and in vivo hydrolysable esters thereof are described. Processes for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions and their use as cyclin-dependent serine/threonine kinase (CDK) and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitors are also described.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a motion estimation method for MPEG video sequences. The method makes use of a global motion estimation algorithm to determine a set of dominant motion components. A simultaneous Full Search Block Matching (FSBM) search is conducted utilizing each dominant component for every block in a current frame. The results of each FSBM search are then compared to determine the best motion vector.

Abstract: Pyrimidine derivatives of formula (I) wherein Q1, Q2, G and R1 are as defined within; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and in vivo hydrolysable esters thereof are described. Processes for their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions and their use as cyclin-dependent serine/threonine kinase (CDK) and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) inhibitors are also described.

Abstract: An automotive vehicle body can be sanded with a robotic sanding (polishing) disk that is carried on a robotic head, such that the sanding disk has a relatively constant unit pressure on the vehicle surface as the head moves the sanding disk along the vehicle surface. An automatic supply mechanism can be employed to periodically remove a worn sanding disk from the head, and replace the worn sanding disk with a new sanding disk.

Abstract: The protruding edge of a plastic sheet in a laminated safety glass panel can be removed, or trimmed, by moving the panel edgewise over a rotating grinding wheel, such that fragments generated by the wheel are directed away from the feed path of the panel. The grinding wheel is resiliently supported by an air cylinder that maintains a desired contact pressure between the edge surface of the wheel and the protruding edge of the plastic sheet.

Abstract: Typically, paint film thickness is measured at a plurality of locations on a vehicle body by a hand-held sensor which is positioned by an operator at a position normal to the respective locations being sensed. This operation may be inaccurate and time-consuming because substantial reliance is placed upon the operator. The invention provides an apparatus for positioning a plurality of sensors in contact with a plurality of locations, respectively, on a non-planar surface such that each sensor is positioned normal to the non-planar surface at the respective location on the surface. The apparatus includes a movable fixture and a plurality of pistons carried by the movable fixture. Each of the pistons is movable independently with respect to the fixture. Each piston includes a distal end, and a sensor is pivotally mounted to each distal end.