Abstract: A self-guided apparatus for repelling birds through various means of deterrence. The device comprises a chassis, a floatation assembly, a propulsion system, and a guidance and control system. The device may operate in either of at least two modes: passive and active. In the passive mode, the device traverses a predefined area, scaring birds away. In the active mode, the device surveys a designated area and, upon detection of birds, propels itself towards the birds and drives them away.

Abstract: A system providing a user interface to annotate different items in a media production system such as in a digital non-linear post production system. Parts of the production, such as clips, frames and layers, that have an associated annotation are provided with a visual annotation marker. The annotation marker can use shape, color or animation to convey source, urgency, status or other information. Annotations can be text, freehand drawing, audio, or other. Annotations can be automatically generated. Annotations can be compiled into records, searched and transferred. A state of an application program can be stored and transferred to a remote system. The remote system attempts to recreate the original state of the application program. If the remote system is unable to do so, an image of the state of the application program is obtained, instead. Assignment of control to various functions of an application program is achieved by associating a function (i.e.

Abstract: A system providing a user interface to annotate different items in a media production system such as in a digital non-linear post production system. Parts of the production, such as clips, frames and layers, that have an associated annotation are provided with a visual annotation marker. The annotation marker can use shape, color or animation to convey source, urgency, status or other information. Annotations can be text, freehand drawing, audio, or other. Annotations can be automatically generated. Annotations can be compiled into records, searched and transferred. A state of an application program can be stored and transferred to a remote system. The remote system attempts to recreate the original state of the application program. If the remote system is unable to do so, an image of the state of the application program is obtained, instead. Assignment of control to various functions of an application program is achieved by associating a function (i.e.

Abstract: A system providing a user interface to annotate different items in a media production system such as in a digital non-linear post production system. Parts of the production, such as clips, frames and layers, that have an associated annotation are provided with a visual annotation marker. The annotation marker can use shape, color or animation to convey source, urgency, status or other information. Annotations can be text, freehand drawing, audio, or other. Annotations can be automatically generated. Annotations can be compiled into records, searched and transferred. A state of an application program can be stored and transferred to a remote system. The remote system attempts to recreate the original state of the application program. If the remote system is unable to do so, an image of the state of the application program is obtained, instead. Assignment of control to various functions of an application program is achieved by associating a function (i.e.

Abstract: A method and a system by which a document image is analyzed for the purposes of establishing a searchable data structure characterizing ground-truthed contents of the document represented by the document image operates by segmenting a document image into a set of image objects, and linking the image objects with fields that store metadata. Image objects identified by segmenting the document image are grouped into subsets. The image objects are grouped according to characteristics suggesting that the image objects may have common ground-truthed metadata. By grouping the image objects into subsets, the image objects may be indexed to facilitate the ground-truthing process. In some embodiments, the index of representative image objects is presented to the user in a table form. A database of image objects with ground-truthed metadata is formed. Interactive tools and processes facilitate ground-truthing based on paired image objects and metadata.

Abstract: A communications network, particularly for mobile cellular traffic, whose topology changes as a function of time and usage includes a plurality of linked nodes between a source and destination and at each node the state of the network and its links are measured and. stored with advertisements from other links. The node also runs, for each of a traffic type defined by QoS requirements and/or precedence, a routing algorithm to define the instantaneously best path to the destination for the current network state and updated either periodically or whenever the network metrics are changed by traffic load to a significant extent. The routing algorithm responds to a plurality of metrics, including costs of links, and may use fuzzy logic which is set up to derive a fuzzy cost for candidate paths to derive a least fuzzy cost path to be followed.

Abstract: A method and a system by which a document image is analyzed for the purposes of establishing a searchable data structure characterizing ground-truthed contents of the document represented by the document image operates by segmenting a document image into a set of image objects, and linking the image objects with fields that store metadata. Image objects identified by segmenting the document image are grouped into subsets. The image objects are grouped according to characteristics suggesting that the image objects may have common ground-truthed metadata. By grouping the image objects into subsets, the image objects may be indexed to facilitate the ground-truthing process. In some embodiments, the index of representative image objects is presented to the user in a table form. A database of image objects with ground-truthed metadata is formed. Interactive tools and processes facilitate ground-truthing based on paired image objects and metadata.

Abstract: A track shoe for a crawler track has a hollow body with top and bottom sections and perimeter side walls defining a void therebetween. A supporting pillar is located in the void and extends between the top and bottom sections. The pillar is located in the main loadbearing region of the shoe and bears most of the load on the shoe. This enables the thickness of the side walls to be minimized. The shoe can be manufactured more efficiently by complementing foundry methods.

Abstract: A fabric particularly useful in the manufacture of industrially launderable garments is described. The fabric has high strength, good color retention, moisture transport, soil release properties and pilling resistance and retains those properties through a number of industrial laundering processes. A method for making the fabrics and garments made from the fabrics are also described.

Abstract: A system providing a user interface to annotate different items in a media production system such as in a digital non-linear post production system. Parts of the production, such as clips, frames and layers, that have an associated annotation are provided with a visual annotation marker. The annotation marker can use shape, color or animation to convey source, urgency, status or other information. Annotations can be text, freehand drawing, audio, or other. Annotations can be automatically generated. Annotations can be compiled into records, searched and transferred. A state of an application program can be stored and transferred to a remote system. The remote system attempts to recreate the original state of the application program. If the remote system is unable to do so, an image of the state of the application program is obtained, instead. Assignment of control to various functions of an application program is achieved by associating a function (i.e.

Abstract: A segregator bucket comprises an open-fronted shell including a pair of opposed sidewalls and a rear wall, the rear wall including a plurality of curved, transversely spaced primary ribs defining spaces therebetween, a cage member being mounted in the shell between the opposed sidewalls thereof and comprising a plurality of curved, transversely spaced secondary ribs defining spaces therebetween, the cage member being rotatable relative to the shell about an axis extending transversely of the shell between a loading position in which the secondary ribs are received within, substantially to close, the spaces between the primary ribs and a discharge position in which the secondary ribs are displaced from, to open, the spaces between the primary ribs.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic file and file structure solution for comprehensive management of documents captured as scanned objects, raster objects or representation. Using the present invention a representation of a document is created using any type of imaging device. The representation includes objects present in the document. The location in the document of the objects in the plurality of objects is identified. One copy of each different object in the plurality of objects is stored in the file. The location of objects in the plurality of objects are stored in the file in a spatial layout index. The file thus contains all of the information required to faithfully reproduce the original document. In order to reconstruct the document, the objects are placed at the locations identified by the spatial layout index.

Abstract: A fabric and method to support garments comprising opaque heat-moldable circular knit fabrics having relatively high amounts of spandex material as well as sufficient amounts of other fibers to simultaneously provide maximum support and maximum comfort to a wearer and which can be easily molded to the specifications of a wearer's body dimensions. Such high-spandex content, moldable garment fabrics are novel to the industry since the permissible added amount of spandex within such fabrics has been limited due to the power, modulus strength, and elongation of such fibers. Furthermore, the ability to provide moldable, high-spandex circular knit fabrics has been limited, if not impossible, due to the above-noted characteristics of the spandex fibers themselves. The inventive moldable fabrics and garments provide such desirable spandex properties while also increasing the comfortability to the wearer. The method of producing such fabrics is also contemplated within this invention.

Abstract: The present invention is a system and method for character recognition using pattern recognition. In one embodiment of the invention, a plurality of representations of a plurality of characters is received by a system. A plurality of cipher labels are assigned to representations in the plurality of representations. The plaintext identity of cipher labels in the plurality of cipher labels is determined using isomorphic pattern recognition. The present invention includes A plaintext isomorphic dictionary containing plaintext words organized by their root isomorphic patterns. Additionally, the present invention includes a Raster-Plaintext Library which contains extensive data on taster letters, and their plaintext identities, from an exhaustive collection of fonts.

Abstract: The invention provides a telephone caller with ready access, regardless of his or her location, to an array of calling features and services through an automated interface. The invention provides a caller with these features and services by accessing a central database via a regional processing node. In this manner, a caller may access the same personalized telephone services from anywhere in the world without having to be aware of, or conform to, particular protocols or access procedures required within any given local telephone network. The invention also serves to prompt the caller in the caller's language-of-choice, and accepts commands via standard dual-tone multi-frequency ("DTMF") signals and/or verbally in the caller's language-of-choice.