Abstract: A system and method for indexing multimedia files utilizes audio characteristics of predefined audio content contained in selected multimedia segments of the multimedia files to distinguish the selected multimedia segments. In the exemplary embodiment, the predefined audio content is speech contained in video segments of video files. Furthermore, the audio characteristics are speaker characteristics. The speech-containing video segments are detected by analyzing the audio contents of the video files. The audio contents of the speech-containing video segments are then characterized to distinguish the video segments according to speakers. The indexing of speech-containing video segments based on speakers allows users to selectively access video segments that contain speech from a particular speaker without having to manually search all the speech-containing video segments.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is related to a method for processing a digitally captured image that comprises an imaged document. The method may comprise: transforming the digitally captured image into a binary image; searching the binary image to detect a plurality of edges of the imaged document; and analyzing the detected plurality of edges to determine at least one corner associated with the imaged document; wherein the transforming, searching, and analyzing are performed by programmable logic associated with a processor-based system.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to an apparatus and method for delivering two separate gas flows to a processing region. One embodiment of a substrate processing chamber adapted to deliver two separate gas flows to a processing region comprises a substrate support having a substrate receiving surface and a showerhead disposed over the substrate receiving surface. The showerhead includes a first passageway having a plurality of first passageway holes and a second passageway having a plurality of second passageway holes. The first passageway is adapted to deliver a first gas flow through the first passageway holes to the substrate receiving surface. The second passageway is adapted to deliver a second gas flow through the second passageway holes to the substrate receiving surface. The substrate processing chamber further includes a plasma power source.

Abstract: A video processing device includes an audio event detector and a memory that stores video data and audio data corresponding to the video data. The audio event detector detects an audio event in the audio data and indexes the video data at about a beginning of the audio event.

Abstract: A video processing device includes a background audio change detector that detects background audio changes in audio data corresponding to particular video data. The video processing device detects semantically meaningful video scenes using detected background audio changes and delimits segments of the video data.

Abstract: A method to automatically categorize messages or documents containing text. The method of solution fits in the general framework of supervised learning, in which a rule or rules for categorizing data is automatically constructed by a computer on the basis of training data that has been labeled beforehand. More specifically, the method involves the construction of a linear separator: training data is used to construct for each category a weight vector w and a threshold t, and the decision of whether a hitherto unseen document d is in the category will depend on the outcome of the test wTx≧t, where x is a vector derived from the document d. The method also uses a set L of features selected from the training data in order to construct the numerical vector representation x of a document.

Abstract: A method of forming a film structure (e.g., film stacks) comprising titanium (Ti) and/or titanium nitride (TiN). The Ti film structure is formed by alternately depositing and then plasma treating thin films (less than about 100 Å thick) of titanium. The TiN film structure is formed by alternately depositing and then plasma treating thin films (less than about 300 Å thick) of titanium nitride. The titanium films are formed using a plasma reaction of titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) and a hydrogen-containing gas. The titanium nitride films are formed by thermally reacting titanium tetrachloride with a nitrogen-containing gas. The subsequent plasma treatment steps comprise a nitrogen/hydrogen-containing plasma.

Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a method of plasma etching a titanium nitride layer within a semiconductor structure. In many embodiments of the method, the titanium nitride layer is etched using a source gas comprising chlorine and a fluorocarbon. Also disclosed herein is a two-step method of plasma etching a titanium nitride gate consisting of a main etch step, followed by an overetch step which utilizes a source gas comprising chlorine and a bromine-containing compound, to etch a portion of the titanium nitride layer which was not etched in the main etch step. The chlorine/bromine overetch chemistry can be used in conjunction with a chlorine/fluorocarbon main etch chemistry, or with any other titanium nitride etch chemistry known in the art.

Abstract: This invention is a system and method to perform categorization (classification) of multimedia items. These items are comprised of a multitude of disparate information sources, in particular, visual information and textual information. Classifiers are induced based on combining textual and visual feature vectors. Textual features are the traditional ones, such as, word count vectors. Visual features include, but are not limited to, color properties of key intervals and motion properties of key intervals. The visual feature vectors are determined in such a fashion that the vectors are sparse. The vector components are features such as the absence or presence of the color green in spatial regions and the absence or the amount of visual flow in spatial regions of the media items. The text and the visual representation vectors are combined in a systematic and coherent fashion. This vector representation of a media item lends itself to well-established learning techniques.

Abstract: A method to automatically categorize messages or documents containing text. The method of solution fits in the general framework of supervised learning, in which a rule or rules for categorizing data is automatically constructed by a computer on the basis of training data that has beforehand been categorized, i.e., each training data item has been labeled with the categories to which it belongs. More specifically, the method for rule induction involves the novel combination of (1) inducing from the training data a decision tree for each category, (2) automated construction from each decision tree of a simplified symbolic rule set that is logically equivalent overall to the decision tree, and which is to be used for categorization instead of the decision tree, and (3) determination of a confidence level for each rule.

Abstract: This invention is a business system and method to perform categorization (classification) of multimedia items and to make business decisions based on the categorization of the item. The multimedia items are comprised of a multitude of disparate information sources, in particular, visual information and textual information. Classifiers are induced based on combining textual and visual feature vectors. Textual features are the traditional ones. Visual features include, but are not limited to, color properties of key intervals and motion properties of key intervals. The visual feature vectors are determined in such a fashion that the vectors are sparse. The text and the visual representation vectors are combined in a systematic and coherent fashion. This vector representation of a media item lends itself to well-established learning techniques and can be used for multimedia item categorization. The resulting business system, subject of this invention, can be used for many purposes.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to classifying a musical piece based on determined characteristics for each of plural notes contained within the piece. Exemplary embodiments accommodate the fact that in a continuous piece of music, the starting and ending points of a note may overlap previous notes, the next note, or notes played in parallel by one or more instruments. This is complicated by the additional fact that different instruments produce notes with dramatically different characteristics. For example, notes with a sustaining stage, such as those produced by a trumpet or flute, possess high energy in the middle of the sustaining stage, while notes without a sustaining stage, such as those produced by a piano or guitar, posses high energy in the attacking stage when the note is first produced.

Abstract: A process for the production of enantiomerically pure or optically enriched sertraline-tetralone from a mixture containing two enantiomers using continuous chuomatography. The chromatography comprises a liquid mobile phase comprising at least one polar solvent and a solid chiral stationary phase comprising a derivatized polysaccharide that is selected from amylosic, cellulosic, chitosan, xylan, curdlan, and inulan class of polysaccharide.

Abstract: In order to effectively solve thermal distortion problems and obtain high-power TEM00-mode operations for DPSS lasers, two major steps are presented in this invention. First, novel multipass pumping approaches and corresponding engineering designs have been developed for slab lasers and thin-disk lasers. They are characterized by using multipass and zig-zag pumping paths and confining pumping beams substantially via total-internal-reflection (TIR) to significantly reduce multiple reflection losses. Second, a zig-zag slab laser in combination with a beam-expanding cavity is employed to realize mode-matching pumping and maximize the energy extraction from laser slabs. It also leads to achieving high-power intracavity frequency conversions over wide spectral ranges and producing red and blue visible lasers with the aid of minimizing spatial hole burning.

Abstract: Key technologies have been developed in realizing single longitudinal mode CW operation with a regular standing-wave cavity for intracavity frequency doubling and intracavity frequency conversions, so as to produce all solid-state, true cw devices with operation over wide spectral ranges including green, blue and UV. In one method, a beam expander (23 or 41) is applied to render a large mode waist and an improved beam divergence so as to greatly reduce the insertion losses for intracavity optical elements (17, 18 or 44). In another method, when spatial hole burning effect is minimized by using a pump head (12) with a thin gain zone (2), then a low resolving-power spectral filter with low loss can be utilized. In addition, several novel optical multipass constructions, typically by use of total-internal-reflection, have also been devised for pumping laser chips, laser rods, laser slabs, and for the use of multipass optical amplifier and pumping fiber lasers.

Abstract: A twist-beam rear axle for motor vehicles includes a flexurally stiff but torsionally compliant cross strut (2) which is combined with flexurally and torsionally stiff longitudinal arms (3) carrying an axle coupling (6) and a hub carrier (7). The cross strut (2) consists of an extruded aluminum channel section which determines the position of the roll center (RC) and of which the open-bottom U-shaped cross-section has closed chambers (25 and 26) at the free ends of its sides (21 and 22). At the ends of the cross strut (2) the sides (21 and 22) of the section are separated and are bent apart outwards to form portions of the longitudinal arms (3) which are closed by corresponding shaped members (8). Upper and lower chambers (23, 24 and 25, 26) are provided in each side (21 and 22) of the section allowing tuning of the torsional rigidity of the cross strut.

Abstract: A method is provided for suppressing or eliminating void formation during the manufacture of integrated circuits. TEOS is deposited and etched to form recesses that assist in eliminating or suppressing void formation. The recesses may be located in an interlevel layer, or within the oxide layer just beneath the passivation layer.

Abstract: A corner reflector (2) is applied for a laser head to couple collimated pump beams (3) emitted from one or more diode bars (5, 8) transversely into the laser rod (1) with an even 4-sided pumping. A Keplerian telescope (23) with internal nonlinear crystal (27, 37) is employed for a compact cavity design, to achieve mode-matched pumping, compensation of the thermal lens effect, and efficient intracavity frequency conversion.

Abstract: The pump region (9a-d) in the active medium (1a-d) excited by the pumping source (3a-b) is modeled of a thin layer shape or line shape for the side-pumping, and of a line shape for the end-pumping. The prism beam expander (2) as a mode-expanding device is used to expand TEM.sub.00 mode in one dimension resulting in a highly mode-matched fashion when the mode-expanding is required.