Abstract: A method and system for describing image region based on color histogram is provided. The method for describing an image region based on color histogram comprising: a color quantization step for quantizing said image region into a quantized color region, wherein a specific color range and colors outside the specific color range are differently treated in the quantizing; a color histogram calculation step for computing one or more color histograms according to said quantized color region; and a histogram assembling step for generating a unique vector by using said one or more color histograms.

Abstract: The invention generally features methods for providing hepatocytes from a variety of cell sources, particularly pluripotent stem cells, therapeutic compositions featuring such cells, and methods of using them for the treatment of subjects.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an ironing board cover with at least three layers (18, 20, 22) that are arranged on top of each other, wherein one of the layers (18, 20, 22) is a heat resistant cover layer (18) that is permeable to steam (26), another one of the layers (18, 20, 22) is a porous layer (20) that is at least partially permeable to steam (26) and heat, and a further one of the layers (18, 20, 22) is a water proof layer (22) that is impermeable to steam (26) and/or liquid, wherein the porous layer (20) is arranged between the cover layer (18) and the water proof layer (22).

Abstract: A gas shower device, a device and a method for chemical vapor deposition. A gas shower device has a showerhead. The showerhead includes a center region and a periphery region surrounding the center region; the center region and periphery region of the showerhead have a plurality of second gas-outlets which are arranged in parallel; the second gas-outlets are used to output the second gas; a first gas-outlet arranged between two adjacent second gas-outlets, includes the first sub-gas-outlet located in the center region and the second sub-gas-outlet located in the periphery region; the first sub-gas-outlet and the second sub-gas-outlet are mutually isolated, the first sub-gas-outlet is used to output the first gas and the second sub-gas-outlet is used to output the second gas; a first gas channel is connected to the first sub-gas-outlet; a second gas channel is connected to the second gas-outlet and the second sub-gas-outlet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the method for updating scene model and video surveillance. A method is provided for updating a scene model in a video which is composed of a plurality of visual elements, comprising: a classifying step for classifying the visual elements in a scene into stationary visual elements and moving visual elements according to their appearance change rates; a border determining step for determining borders from the scene according to a spatial distribution information of the stationary visual elements and the moving visual elements; and an updating step for updating the scene model according to the determined borders in said scene.

Abstract: A garment steaming device The present application relates to a garment steaming device. The garment steaming device comprises a steam generator (20) having a heater (22) and an ironing surface (32) against which a fabric of a garment is locatable. An intermediate section (50) is disposed between the steam generator and the ironing surface to transfer heat from the steam generator to the ironing surface so that the ironing surface is indirectly heated by the steam generator via the intermediate section. The operating temperature of the ironing surface is not user selectable during use. Furthermore, the intermediate section is configured to have a thermal transmittance so that, during use, heat transfer from the steam generator to the ironing surface is controlled and the temperature of the ironing surface is maintained between 90° C. and 5° C. when the ironing surface is located against a fabric in each of a stationary condition and a moving condition.

Abstract: A device for guiding a Flex Extending from an Appliance The present application relates to a device 1 for guiding a flex 8 of a garment care appliance that, during use of the appliance 6, hangs downwardly from said appliance. The device comprises a guide tube 4 having a passage therethrough to slideably receive the flex of the garment care appliance, and an attachment part 5 for attachment of the guide tube to a support such that the guide tube is positioned in proximity to, or below, a height at which the appliance is being used. A lower part of the flex that hangs through and below the guide tube maintains an upper part of the flex, extending between the appliance and the guide tube, substantially straight or taut during movement of the appliance towards and away from the device.

Abstract: Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for reducing the consumption of electric power in decoding VLC frame patterns by selectively decoding data patterns based on an analysis of marker patterns. A device to receive data in visual light communications includes a processor component; and a decoding component for execution by the processor component to analyze a marker pattern of a frame pattern in a captured image to determine whether the frame pattern is a useful frame pattern, and to selectively decode a data pattern of the frame pattern to retrieve a packet of data based on the analysis. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: An object detection method performed by an apparatus which stores a general model for a specific object type in advance, the general model describing a plurality of components which are expected to co-exist in objects of the specific object type, the method including: a sample image receiving step of receiving one or more sample images, the one or more sample images each include a same query object of the specific object type; an object detector creating step of creating, using the general model and the one or more sample images, a detector specific to said query object; and an object detecting step of detecting, using the created detector specific to the query object, the query object from a destination image. According to the object detection method mentioned above, various objects of a specific object type can be precisely detected with high flexibility.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method of treating a fabric article so that it has a characteristic smell normally associated with garments that have been exposed to natural sunlight, the method comprising positioning a fabric article (1) to be treated in an enclosure (8) and irradiating said fabric article positioned in said enclosure with ultraviolet light with a wavelength of between 280 nm and 400 nm and so that it is subjected to a predetermined radiant exposure. A device for treating a fabric article to replicate the characteristic effect of exposing said fabric article to natural sunlight is also disclosed.

Abstract: A bleeder circuit includes a first resistor, a thermistor, a transistor, a second resistor, and a diode section. The first resistor biases the transistor into an always-on status. The second resistor prevents current from flowing through the thermistor responsive to a voltage at the positive terminal being greater than a minimum forward voltage of a load. The thermistor increases in electrical resistance, limiting the current flowing therethrough and preventing damage to the load responsive to the load short-circuiting.

Abstract: Unlabeled samples are added to existing samples. Candidate samples for new support vectors are extracted from the added unlabeled samples using a plurality of existing support vectors. The new support vectors are selected from the candidate samples using the plurality of existing support vectors.

Abstract: A maximum hypersphere is created in the feature space according to support vectors, wherein the support vectors are one or more feature vectors in a feature space. A center of the created maximum hypersphere is calculated according to the support vector(s). A decision hyper sphere is created with the same center as the calculated center of the created maximum hypersphere. Feature vector(s) are classified within the decision hypersphere, as positive feature vector(s). False positive rate is kept to a predetermined level to provide effective object detection.

Abstract: The present invention discloses an image processing evaluating apparatus and image processing method. The processing apparatus comprising: a confidence generation means for generating a classification confidence for each region in the image, the classification confidence represents the probability of an region belonging to a predefined class; and a classification means for classifying the regions in the image, which are obvious to be classified by their classification confidences, to respective classes based on the calculated confidences.

Abstract: Described is an epoxy composition containing: (a) an epoxy resin containing at least one epoxy group, (b) an anhydride hardener, (c) a hydroxyl-terminated polysiloxane, and (d) a functional silane having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of an epoxy-reactive group, an anhydride-reactive group, and an epoxy- and anhydride-reactive group. Also describing a crosslinked epoxy composition and a method for preparing thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for generating a filter coefficient in real time. The method includes: looking up a converted window function value in a converted window function table based on a current coefficient index; generating a current cut-off angular frequency; generating a look-up table address based on the current coefficient index, the filter order and the current cut-off angular frequency and looking up a sine value in a sine table based on the look-up table address; and multiplying the converted window function value by the sine value to obtain the filter coefficient. The device includes a first memory, a second memory, a look-up table address generation module and a first multiplier. The present invention is easily implemented with low hardware resource consumption and high flexibility, and is particularly applicable for the hardware implementation of high-order finite impulse response filters.

Abstract: The present invention provides an extraction method for the leaves of Ilex kudingcha C. J. Tseng, and the total saponins from I. kudingcha leaves extracted by using this method, and use of the total saponins in preparing a drug for reducing cholesterol and blood lipids and anti-atherosclerosis. The extraction method comprises the following steps: subjecting I. kudingcha leaves to refluxing extraction with ethanol aqueous solution to obtain an extracted solution; filtering the extracted solution and removing ethanol, and then separating and purifying the solution using a macroporous resin column.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polymorphic forms of N-{4-[3-chloro-4-(3-fluoro-benzyloxy)phenylamino]-quinazolin-6-yl}-acrylamide p-toluenesulfonate with the characteristic X-ray powder diffraction data as stated in the description, preparation methods thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and the use thereof.

Abstract: An insulating composite for powder transmission and distribution containing a continuous reinforcing fiber embedded in a thermoset resin, wherein the thermoset resin is a reaction product of a curable epoxy resin composition comprising (a) at least one bisphenol A-type epoxy resin, (b) at least one oxazolidone ring containing epoxy resin, and (c) at least one anhydride hardener and wherein the curable epoxy resin composition has a viscosity of 6,000 millipascals·second or less at 25° C.; and a process for preparing the insulating composite.

Abstract: A garment steamer (1) comprising a base body (10) accommodating a liquid water tank (26); a liquid water pump (32), having a water inlet (32a) and a water outlet (32b), wherein the water inlet (32a) is fluidly connected to the liquid water tank (26). The garment steamer also comprises a steam head (50) that is moveable with respect to the base body (10) and that accommodates a steam chamber (70), having a liquid water inlet and a steam outlet, wherein said steam outlet includes at least one steam nozzle (76); a heating element (72) that is provided in or adjacent said steam chamber (70), and configured to evaporate liquid water passing through said steam chamber. A liquid water tube (38b, 38c) fluidly interconnects the water outlet (32b) of the water pump (32) and the liquid water inlet of the steam chamber (70) in the steam head (50).