Abstract: Disclosed herein is an RF probe for use with a medical imaging apparatus, the probe comprising an intracorporeal self-tuned resonator coil for receiving a signal indicative of an image of an interior portion of a body. The resonator coil is preferably coupled to a transmission medium having a characteristic impedance such that the resonator coil is substantially self-matching with the transmission medium's characteristic impedance. Preferably the resonator coil comprises an open wound conductor having a plurality of turns. The length of the resonator coil can be used to tune the resonator coil to a desired frequency, such as the Larmour frequency. Further, a return lead of the transmission medium is preferably coupled to an end of the conductor, and a signal lead of the transmission medium is preferably coupled to a point on the winding, thereby defining a turns ratio for the resonator coil.

Abstract: A system provides for identifying orders in an order management system which are to proscribed individuals or organizations having Chinese addresses. The Chinese address items of the order management database, and the Chinese address items of a database of proscribed individuals and organizations, are each converted into respective databases in a common writing system, namely the Pin Yin transliteration standard. In the conversion process, Simplified Mandarin items in the order management database which can be converted in multiple ways are converted in each of those ways. The converted items from the two Pin Yin databases are then compared.

Abstract: A method and apparatus inserts virtual advertisements or other virtual contents into a sequence of frames of a video presentation by performing real-time content-based video frame processing to identify suitable locations in the video for implantation. Such locations correspond to both the temporal segments within the video presentation and the regions within an image frame that are commonly considered to be of lesser relevance to the viewers of the video presentation. This invention presents a method and apparatus that allows a non-intrusive means to incorporate additional virtual content into a video presentation, facilitating an additional channel of communications to enhance greater video interactivity.

Abstract: Single cell gap transflective liquid crystal display which provides that the backlight traverses the reflective pixel portion twice and thereby follows a path similar to that of the ambient light. A slant reflector is built on the path of the back light to reflect the transmitted light to the reflective portion so that the back light and ambient light follow similar paths.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an RF probe for use with a medical imaging apparatus, the probe comprising an intracorporeal self-tuned resonator coil for receiving a signal indicative of an image of an interior portion of a body. The resonator coil is preferably self-tuned to a desired frequency according to one of its geometric parameters. According to one embodiment, the resonator coil comprises a base coil having a plurality of turns and an antenna in circuit with the base coil and extending axially outward therefrom, the antenna having a length such that the resonator coil is self-tuned to a desired frequency. The antenna is preferably a monopole. The resonator coil is also preferably self-matching with respect to a transmission medium coupled thereto. Because the preferred resonator coil of the present invention is self-tuning and self-matching, it avoids the use of bulky and relatively expensive tuning and matching circuits.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an RF probe for use with a medical imaging apparatus, the probe comprising an intracorporeal self-tuned resonator coil for receiving a signal indicative of an image of an interior portion of a body. The resonator coil is preferably coupled to a transmission medium having a characteristic impedance such that the resonator coil is substantially self-matching with the transmission medium's characteristic impedance. Preferably the resonator coil comprises an open wound conductor having a plurality of turns. The length of the resonator coil can be used to tune the resonator coil to a desired frequency, such as the Larmour frequency. Further, a return lead of the transmission medium is preferably coupled to an end of the conductor, and a signal lead of the transmission medium is preferably coupled to a point on the winding, thereby defining a turns ratio for the resonator coil.

Abstract: Single cell gap transflective liquid crystal display which provides that the backlight traverses the reflective pixel portion twice and thereby follows a path similar to that of the ambient light. A slant reflector is built on the path of the back light to reflect the transmitted light to the reflective portion so that the back light and ambient light follow similar paths.

Abstract: A system is proposed for identifying orders in an order management system which are to proscribed individuals or organizations having Chinese addresses. The Chinese address items of the order management database, and the Chinese address items of a database of proscribed individuals and organizations, are each converted into respective databases in a common writing system, namely the Pin Yin transliteration standard. In the conversion process, Simplified Mandarin items in the order management database which can be converted in multiple ways are converted in each of those ways. The converted items from the two Pin Yin databases are then compared.

Abstract: An imaging device for sequentially imaging a portion of a continuously moving web to provide a digital data stream which is then analyzed by a single computer without the used of dedicated signal processing hardware. Techniques for operating on the data stream from an imaging device are disclosed, particularly including operations based on blob information stored in terms of starting position and segment run lengths in a crossweb direction. These allow definitions of blobs to be accumulated in a line-by-line fashion, and allow classes of defects commonly found in continuous web manufacturing to be identified with far less computing power than was previously required. In particular, in the challenging application of inspecting flexible circuits, data rates in excess of 10 mega-pixels/second are achieved and successfully processed.