Abstract: A system and method for transmitting frames of video data to a display. Each frame is divided up into blocks, and the data from each of the resulting blocks is coded using temporal reference coding, along with intraframe coding. In one embodiment a difference block is formed by taking the difference between a block in a second frame of a sequence of frames, and a corresponding block, in the same position, in a first frame of the sequence of frames. The difference block is coded using intraframe coding, to form a coded difference block. The coded difference block is transmitted to a display; processing hardware in the display reconstructs the sequence of frames.

Abstract: A multi-touch display panel includes: a display panel configured to display an image according to image data; a multi-touch panel arranged over the display panel and configured to generate touch data; and a communication module configured to communicate with a remote device. The remote device includes a display panel and a touch screen, and the communication module is further configured to receive the image data from the remote device and to provide the touch data to the remote device.

Abstract: An approach for determining leakage current and threshold voltage for ensemble semiconductor devices, implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having program instructions, are operable to: receive a number m of individual devices within an ensemble device; identify a sub-threshold slope; determine an uplift factor; separate random variation in logarithm of a leakage current into a correlated random component and an uncorrelated random component; determine a first standard deviation of correlated random component for the ensemble device; determine a second standard deviation of the uncorrelated random component for the ensemble device; generate a statistical model for electrical features of the ensemble device, based on the number m of individual devices, the sub-threshold slope, the uplift factor, the first and second standard deviation, and statistical random variables; and determine the electrical features of the ensembl

Abstract: An encoder includes a plurality of registers and is configured to: sequentially receive an array of coefficients, each of the coefficients being decomposed into a plurality of bits located at a plurality of corresponding bit positions of the coefficient; and concurrently operate on the plurality of bits of each of the coefficients.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a personal care composition which contains a crosslinked ionic silicone network wherein the crosslinked ionic silicone network is formed by the ring-opening polymerization of oxirane moiety.

Abstract: A method for compensating pixel luminance of a display panel which includes receiving pixel parameters corresponding to sub-pixels of the display panel, receiving an input image, adjusting the input image according to the pixel parameters, and displaying the adjusted input image at the display panel. The pixel parameters include a first pixel parameter of a base luminance level of a base color channel, a first residual determined from performing inter-channel prediction, a second residual determined from performing inter-level prediction, and parameters used in the performing of the inter-level prediction.

Abstract: An approach for determining leakage current and threshold voltage for ensemble semiconductor devices, implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having program instructions, are operable to: receive a number m of individual devices within an ensemble device; identify a sub-threshold slope; determine an uplift factor; separate random variation in logarithm of a leakage current into a correlated random component and an uncorrelated random component; determine a first standard deviation of correlated random component for the ensemble device; determine a second standard deviation of the uncorrelated random component for the ensemble device; generate a statistical model for electrical features of the ensemble device, based on the number m of individual devices, the sub-threshold slope, the uplift factor, the first and second standard deviation, and statistical random variables; and determine the electrical features of the ensembl

Abstract: The invention generally relates to the field of vehicular communications. In particular, the invention relates to method, system and apparatus for establishing and maintaining vehicular communications, such as wireless vehicular communications in a vehicular ad hoc network (VANET).

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method of building a wire resistance corner model for an interconnect metal level in a semiconductor device. The method comprises determining nominal on-wafer widths and wire thicknesses at minimum and maximum design widths of the interconnect metal level, and determining standard deviations for global variations in on-wafer width and wire thickness. The method further comprises determining maximum and minimum statistical corner values for interconnect wire resistance. A first corner solution that minimizes a maximum absolute difference between a model corner value and a statistical corner value of the maximum statistical corner values is computed. A second corner solution that minimizes a maximum absolute difference between a model corner value and a statistical corner value of the minimum statistical corner values is computed.

Abstract: A motion estimation engine may be implemented to support multiple video encoding standards. The motion estimation engine may be designed to support two macroblock partitioning modes: one for frame type video signals and the other for mixed frame-field type video signals. Additionally, the motion estimation engine provides the mixing unidirectional option (forward/backward) and the mixing bidirectional option. Furthermore, the motion estimation engine may use a unified 5-tap interpolation filter for fractional macroblock search during motion estimation.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a method of building a wire resistance corner model for an interconnect metal level in a semiconductor device. The method comprises determining nominal on-wafer widths and wire thicknesses at minimum and maximum design widths of the interconnect metal level, and determining standard deviations for global variations in on-wafer width and wire thickness. The method further comprises determining maximum and minimum statistical corner values for interconnect wire resistance. A first corner solution that minimizes a maximum absolute difference between a model corner value and a statistical corner value of the maximum statistical corner values is computed. A second corner solution that minimizes a maximum absolute difference between a model corner value and a statistical corner value of the minimum statistical corner values is computed.

Abstract: A system, method and computer program product for determining correlation coefficient(s) among different field effect transistor types for a same electrical parameter type and/or among different electrical parameter types for a same field effect transistor type. The correlation coefficient(s) are determined based on the results of a limited number of simulation runs. Specifically, the number of simulation runs required by the disclosed embodiments is limited to one plus the product of the number of different field effect transistor types at issue, the number of different electrical parameter types at issue and the number of statistical process parameter types that impact the different electrical parameter types. Such correlation coefficient(s) can subsequently be used to develop a compact model of a semiconductor process technology. This compact model can then be used to perform variation-aware design of an integrated circuit chip.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinked polyacrylate salt, which has been neutralized by two types of amines: (1) amine groups attached to the polymer backbone of an aminosilicone and (2) water soluble organic amines. The compositions of the present invention can readily swell in water, displaying enhanced thickening, emulsifying, dispersing and producing film with water resistance compared to acrylate based thickener alone. The compositions can be used to formulate a wide variety of ingredients, such as, for example, fatty substances, humectants, solid particles, silicones, organic or inorganic sunscreens, without the need of further neutralizing agents, dispersants or emulsifiers.

Abstract: A video encoder includes: a coded data generator configured to receive an original frame and one or more reference frames, and to generate coded data utilizing the original frame and the one or more reference frames; and a reference frame generator configured to receive one or more decoded reference frames, and compressing and decompressing the one or more decoded reference frames to provide the one or more reference frames to the coded data generator.

Abstract: A system for managing color consistency in a display including a plurality of panels configured to display a source image includes: a processor; and a memory, and the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: select a first panel among the plurality of panels as a master panel; capture a first image of the first panel and a second image of a second panel among the plurality of panels; identify a first comparative area within the first image and a second comparative area within the second image; compare the first and second comparative areas to perform a comparison; adjust data of the source image based on the comparison, and the data is adjusted by remapping colors of the source image; and transmit the adjusted data to the second panel.

Abstract: An integrated input control and output rendering system for a processor-driven user device is provided. The system integrates input sensors (such as a keyboard, mouse, touchpad, camera, etc.) and output actuators (such as a display panel, speaker, robot, etc.) into a device independently of the user device and the applications running on the user device. The system includes an input logic engine to interpret input signals from various input devices together with an output rendering engine to output appropriate output signals in response to the input signals.

Abstract: An independent multi-source display device including: a multi-input receiver configured to concurrently receive a plurality of input data from input sources external to the independent multi-source display device, each of the input data having a display element structure indicating a data format, a depth order, a size, a position, and a content, the multi-input receiver including: formatters, each being configured to convert an input data having a data format associated with the formatter to uncompressed data; and a data classifier configured to identify a data format associated with each of the input data based on a respective display element structure of each of the input data; a compositor coupled to the formatters and configured to composite the uncompressed data into composite frames based on the display element structure associated with each of the received uncompressed data; and a display panel configured to display the composite frames.

Abstract: A virtual device for processing Web-based content to be displayed on a remote rendering device includes: a processor implemented by one or more cloud resources; and a memory, and the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to: receive the content; detect an attribute of the remote rendering device and process the content according to the detected attribute; analyze the content to construct a render tree corresponding to the content; prepare render tree data for rendering by the remote rendering device, the render tree data corresponding to the constructed render tree; and transmit the render tree data over a communication network to the remote rendering device.

Abstract: Iterative video encoding systems, methods and computer program products, where residue quantization and data packing operations of an encoding process may he repeated with various values for a quantization parameter, without repeating the determination of macroblock prediction codes. In an embodiment, the size of an actual file generated by encoding is compared to a target file size. The QP may be adjusted depending on the amount by which these file sizes differ. The quantization and packing may then be repeated with the adjusted QP. In an embodiment, a greater difference in these file sizes results in a greater adjustment to the QP.

Abstract: A method of accumulating data by a processor in a nonvolatile memory to track use of a device. The method includes: retrieving by the processor a next datum for accumulation into a first accumulation stored in the memory, the next datum representing a next use of the device; generating by the processor a next dither offset; adding by the processor the next dither offset to the next datum to produce a first sum; dividing by the processor the first sum by a scale factor to produce a quantized datum; and adding by the processor the quantized datum to the first accumulation. The first accumulation tracks the use of the device.