Abstract: The present invention discloses an adjustable side rear view mirror assembly for attachment to a vehicle. The mirror assembly includes one or more rotary lock mechanisms which allow the mirror assembly to rotate between a series of designated positions. The mirror assembly includes an interlocking “clam-shell” construction for the mirror housing, as well as reflective mirror members which are laminated to surfaces on the mirror housing.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an adjustable side rear view mirror assembly for attachment to a vehicle. The mirror assembly includes one or more rotary lock mechanisms which allow the mirror assembly to rotate between a series of designated positions. The mirror assembly includes an interlocking “clam-shell” construction for the mirror housing, as well as reflective mirror members which are laminated to surfaces on the mirror housing.

Abstract: A method for labeling a segment of a two-dimensional input path defined according to a nonzero winding rule as either interior or exterior is described. A winding number is initialized. A scan line that intersects the segment is identified. For each contour of the input path, winding values are accumulated into the winding number for any segments of the contour that cross the identified scan line, where the accumulation for coincident segments that cross the identified scan line at a same location as the segment is postponed. These coincident segments are marked and saved in a list. The labeling of the segment as either interior or exterior is determined from the list and the winding number.

Abstract: A method converts a two-dimensional input path defined according to a nonzero winding rule to an equivalent output path. Degenerate segments and degenerate contours of the input path are removed. Intersections of the input path are determined. Contours of the input path that include intersections are marked. Unmarked interior contours are removed. Intersections are linked. The marked contours are walked to form new contours. Marked contours and degenerate contours are removed. The new contours and the unmarked contours are collected to form the equivalent output path. The equivalent output path can be rendered using either the nonzero winding rule or an even-odd parity rule.

Abstract: A method and system renders a 3D model of a 3D object as an image including image samples. The 3D model is a distance field, and the distance field includes surface cells representing portions of a surface of the 3D object. A set of image samples in the image is determined in an object-order phase for each surface cell. Each surface cell is then processed independent of other surface cells. The processing casts a ray, in an image order phase from each image sample in the set of image samples, through the surface cell to determine a contribution of the surface cell to the image sample, and then the image is rendered.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating hydrophilic material from hydrophobic material, comprising: (a) a body having a first and second parallel walls defining an elongated cavity; (b) a water-absorbing material in the cavity along the first wall and having a surface essentially parallel to the second wall, thereby defining a channel between the surface and the second wall; (c) a first inlet having a first inlet end disposed in the channel, the first inlet being configured for injecting a mixture of hydrophilic and hydrophobic material; (d) a first outlet having a first outlet end disposed in the channel proximate the surface downstream of the first inlet end and configured for removing the hydrophilic material; and (e) a second outlet having a second outlet end disposed in the channel a distance from the surface downstream of the first inlet end and configured for removing the hydrophobic material.

Abstract: A method for labeling a segment of a two-dimensional input path defined according to a nonzero winding rule as either interior or exterior is described. A winding number is initialized. A scan line that intersects the segment is identified. For each contour of the input path, winding values are accumulated into the winding number for any segments of the contour that cross the identified scan line, where the accumulation for coincident segments that cross the identified scan line at a same location as the segment is postponed. These coincident segments are marked and saved in a list. The labeling of the segment as either interior or exterior is determined from the list and the winding number.

Abstract: A method converts a two-dimensional input path defined according to a nonzero winding rule to an equivalent output path. Degenerate segments and degenerate contours of the input path are removed. Intersections of the input path are determined. Contours of the input, path that include intersections are marked. Unmarked interior contours are removed. Intersections are linked. The marked contours are walked to form new contours. Marked contours and degenerate contours are removed. The new contours and the unmarked contours are collected to form the equivalent output path. The equivalent output path can be rendered using either the nonzero winding rule or an even-odd parity rule.

Abstract: A method for rendering a two-dimensional input path defined according to a nonzero winding rule is described. Degenerate segments and degenerate contours of the input path are removed. intersections of the input path are determined. Contours of the input path that include intersections are marked. Unmarked interior contours are removed. Intersections are linked. The marked contours are walked to form new contours. Marked contours and degenerate contours are removed. The new contours and the unmarked contours are collected to form an equivalent output path. The contours of the equivalent output path are filled by either the nonzero winding rule or an even-odd parity rule. The segments of the equivalent output path are antialiased.

Abstract: A method for outlining a two-dimensional input path defined according to a nonzero winding rule is described. Degenerate segments and degenerate contours of the input path are removed. Intersections of the input path are determined. Contours of the input path that include intersections are marked. Unmarked interior contours are removed. Intersections are linked. The marked contours are walked to form new contours. Marked contours and degenerate contours are removed. The new contours and the unmarked contours are collected to form an equivalent output path. The segments of the equivalent output path are outlined.

Abstract: A method embeds a message into a document containing a set of glyphs. Individual glyphs in the document, groups of glyphs in the document, or the entire document are represented using a distance field that includes distance values from the shapes of interest. Each symbol of the message is represented as modifications of a subset of the distance values in the distance field. This subset of the distance values in the distance field is modified according to modification to produce a modified glyph in a modified document, wherein the symbol in the message is embedded in the modified glyph.

Abstract: An apparatus for separating hydrophilic material from hydrophobic material, comprising: (a) a body having a first and second parallel walls defining an elongated cavity; (b) a water-absorbing material in the cavity along the first wall and having a surface essentially parallel to the second wall, thereby defining a channel between the surface and the second wall; (c) a first inlet having a first inlet end disposed in the channel, the first inlet being configured for injecting a mixture of hydrophilic and hydrophobic material; (d) a first outlet having a first outlet end disposed in the channel proximate the surface downstream of the first inlet end and configured for removing the hydrophilic material; and (e) a second outlet having a second outlet end disposed in the channel a distance from the surface downstream of the first inlet end and configured for removing the hydrophobic material.

Abstract: The present invention is a method to determine models to predict physical or chemical properties of a petroleum fluid when such properties of such fluids cannot be measured by conventional analytical methods. The invention includes the steps of determining one or more models that predict one or more predetermined properties from a set of oils whose optical spectra and properties are known wherein a model corresponds to each predetermined property which is related to the spectrum, estimating the quality of the models, estimating the predictive quality for samples with unknown properties, augmenting the spectrum with shape parameters and/or properties that are predicted by the step above, and determining the quality and predictive quality of the models. The models are then used to predict properties of very small samples.

Abstract: A method converts an outline character to a stylized stroke character by first identifying regions of the outline character, wherein each region is closed and disjoint. For each region, candidate locations for stroke bodies and terminals of the stylized stroke character are determined. The stroke bodies are then initialized and organized into a hierarchical tree stricture, and modified in an order of the hierarchical tree structure. End positions of the modified stroke bodies are then adjusted to match the outline character, and lastly, the terminals are selected for the adjusted stroke bodies.

Abstract: A method generates a distance field of an object, where the distance field includes a set of cells and the object includes a set of stylized strokes. Each stylized stroke includes a centerline, a set of profiles, and a set of terminals. A processor is included for performing steps of the method. A first cell of the set of cells enclosing the object is determined. An outside reconstruction method is associated with the first cell. For each stylized stroke, centerline cells of the set of cells are determined, where each centerline cell encloses a portion of the centerline of the stylized stroke. A centerline reconstruction method is associated with each centerline cell. For each terminal of each stylized stroke a terminal distance field is generated, the terminal distance field including a terminal reconstruction method. Reconstructed distances are determined using the reconstruction methods to generate the distance field of the object.

Abstract: A method performed on a processor reconstructs a distance field of an object at a sample point, where the object is a swept volume generated by moving a shape along a path. The shape is represented by a shape distance field. The path is represented by a parametric function. Distance data at the sample points is determined, where the distance data characterizes the distance field of the object at the sample point. An optimal set of parameters defining an optimal placement of the shape along the path is determined in a continuous manner. The shape distance field is transformed to the optimal placement to produce a transformed shape distance field. The distance data is determined at the sample point from the transformed shape distance field to reconstruct the distance field at the sample point.

Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for detecting and measuring the amount of autophagosomes in cells or tissues, including biopsy samples, in vitro, in situ and/or in vivo. By detecting and measuring the amount of autophagosomes in cells or tissues, the methods and compositions of the invention also measure the amount of autophagic activity in a cell or a tissue. In one aspect, the invention can be adapted to a plate-reader format for high-throughput screening of drugs that modulate autophagy, i.e., high-throughput detection of autophagic (autophagosome) activity in cells or tissues. In alternative embodiments, the compositions of the invention can localize into autophagosomes (AV), and these compositions can comprise any detectable moiety or group, e.g., a cadaverine, a radioactive, fluorescent-, bioluminescent and/or paramagnetic-conjugated reagent.

Abstract: A method aligns a character to a sampling grid of an image, where an outline of the character is specified by input pen commands. Points and contours of the input pen commands are determined. An orientation of each contour is determined. A first directed acyclic graph (DAG) is constructed indicating a hierarchical relationship of related contours. Radicals are determined using the first DAG. Simple segments of the contours are determined and merged independently for each radical. Segment pairs and their hinted coordinates are determined. The segment pairs are sorted and a second DAG is constructed for the sorted segment pairs. Collisions between the segment pairs are resolved using the second DAG. The segments pairs, x-free points, and y-free points are fitted to the sampling grid independently for each radical and a result of the fitting is stored in output pen commands.