Abstract: Battery-powered portable sheet-fed scanner, comprising: a scanning unit (21-23) for scanning documents and forming digital representations thereof; a sheet feeder (28) for feeding a document past the scanning unit; a processor (20), communicatively connected to the scanning unit and provided for controlling the scanning operation; a plurality of embedded storage capabilities, each of which is communicatively connected to the processor and each of which comprises either an internal memory (26) for internally storing the digital representations or a communication link (24; 25) to an external storage medium for externally storing the digital representations. The processor is provided with an embedded routing application which is provided for routing the digital representations to a predetermined selection among the embedded storage capabilities.

Abstract: A pattern recognition process, a non-transitory computer program product, and a mobile terminal for pattern recognition. An input pattern is normalized and a reliable pattern is generated from the normalized pattern by using at least one morphological operator. The distance between the reliable pattern and selected templates which are selected from a template library using a decision tree, is calculated. The reliable patterns are classified into at least one of the classes of the selected templates by at least one non-parametric classification method.

Abstract: Pattern recognition process that includes, starting from an input pattern: normalization of the input pattern into a normalized pattern of predetermined size; generation of a reliable pattern from the normalized pattern by using at least one morphological operator; calculation of a distance between the reliable pattern and selected templates which are selected from a template library; classification of the reliable patterns into at least one of the classes of the selected templates by means of at least one non-parametric classification method, which uses the classes of the selected templates and the calculated distances as inputs and outputs identified classes along with confidence levels.

Abstract: Pattern recognition process that includes, starting from an input pattern: normalization of the input pattern into a normalized pattern of predetermined size; generation of a reliable pattern from the normalized pattern by using at least one morphological operator; calculation of a distance between the reliable pattern and selected templates which are selected from a template library; classification of the reliable patterns into at least one of the classes of the selected templates by means of at least one non-parametric classification method, which uses the classes of the selected templates and the calculated distances as inputs and outputs identified classes along with confidence levels.

Abstract: A system for tracking and processing handwritten pen strokes, including: a digital pen to allow a user to write pen strokes on a substrate; a receiver station for use in combination with said digital pen and adapted for tracking said pen strokes and storing digital pen strokes which include electronic data representing said tracked pen strokes, said receiver station including a wireless transceiver adapted for communicating with a mobile terminal over a wireless connection to transfer said digital pen strokes to said mobile terminal; and a software application executable on said mobile terminal and including software code fragments for receiving and processing said transferred digital pen strokes.

Abstract: Battery-powered portable sheet-fed scanner, comprising: a scanning unit (21-23) for scanning documents and forming digital representations thereof; a sheet feeder (28) for feeding a document past the scanning unit; a processor (20), communicatively connected to the scanning unit and provided for controlling the scanning operation; a plurality of embedded storage capabilities, each of which is communicatively connected to the processor and each of which comprises either an internal memory (26) for internally storing the digital representations or a communication link (24; 25) to an external storage medium for externally storing the digital representations. The processor is provided with an embedded routing application which is provided for routing the digital representations to a predetermined selection among the embedded storage capabilities.

Abstract: There is disclosed a polymer (Polymer P) which is obtained and/or is obtainable from a monomer composition comprising (a) from about 5% to about 95% by weight of at least one C2-12alkyl acrylate; (b) from about 2.5% to about 60% by weight of at least one polymer precursor selected from the group consisting of: C1-30 alkyl(meth)acrylates, C2-30 vinyl aromatic compounds, C2-30 vinyl halides, C2-30 vinyl nitriles, C2-30 vinyl esters of carboxylic acids and mixtures thereof; with the provisos that (i) the homopolymers of each of said polymer precursor(s) have a Tg above about ?25° C.; and (ii) each of said polymer precursor(s) comprises other than a functional group selected from the group consisting of: hydroxy, carboxy, acid anhydride, nitro, epoxy and amino; (c) from about 0.

Abstract: The invention relates to mixture of at least two preferably at least three emulisfiers comprising of at least one emulsifier of formula (I), wherein one or two of R1 to R6 groups are SO3M, one or two of R1 to R6 groups are a C1-18alkyl group; and of at least one emulsifier chosen from linear or branched alkylethersulfates, formulae (II) and (III), wherein R7 represents a C1-18 alkyl group, each of R8, R8?, R8?, R9, R9?, and R9?, independently, represents hydrogen or a C1-6 alkyl group, M? and M?, independently represent a cation, k is an integer from 6 to 20, and n, m and p, each independently, is an integer from 1 to 18 with the proviso that (n+m+p) is an integer from 6 to 20. Use of these mixtures in aqueous polymer dispersions and emulsion polymerisations is also described.

Abstract: There is disclosed polymers and aqueous dispersions of them, the polymers containing specific copolymers which comprise at least four different ethylenically unsaturated monomers (such as 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, methyl acrylate and styrene, and optionally (meth)acrylic acid, ethyl imidazolidone methacrylate, n-butyl acrylate n-dodecyl methacrylate and/or methyl methacrylate). Also described is production of said polymers and dispersions by emulsion polymerization and their use as adhesives, for example as pressure sensitive adhesives on polymeric film.