Abstract: Systems and methods for smart media content thumbnail extraction are described. In one aspect program metadata is generated from recorded video content. The program metadata includes one or more key-frames from one or more corresponding shots. An objectively representative key-frame is identified from among the key-frames as a function of shot duration and frequency of appearance of key-frame content across multiple shots. The objectively representative key-frame is an image frame representative of the recorded video content. A thumbnail is created from the objectively representative key-frame.

Abstract: A protective cover mechanism includes a housing, a protective cover and a latching piece. The housing includes an opening defined therethrough. The latching piece is assembled to the housing adjacent to the opening and comprises two holding arms. One holding arm defines a first locating portion and a second locating portion. A protective cover comprises a hinged post formed thereon, the protective cover is rotatably assembled to the housing by means of the latching piece with the hinged post held between the two holding arms. The protective cover is configured for selectively covering or exposing the opening of the housing as the hinged post is rotated from the first locating portion to the second locating portion.

Abstract: A lubricant metering system for a compressor may include a cap, a cap cage, and a shaft. The cap may include an outer surface, a first recess, and a first radial bore extending between the first recess and the outer surface. The cap cage may include a second recess receiving the cap and a lubricant inlet in communication with the first recess via the first radial bore. The shaft may be received within the first recess and may include an axially extending bore and a second radial bore extending between an outer diameter of the shaft and the axially extending bore. The shaft may be mounted for rotation relative to the cap to allow lubricant to flow into the axially extending bore via the first and second radial bores when the second radial bore is aligned with the first radial bore.

Abstract: The present invention provides a refresh controller for embedded DRAM, configured to receive an external access signal and generate refresh enabling signal REFN, refresh address signal CRA and confliction signal, said embedded DRAM comprising a plurality of memory groups, said controller comprising: a status controlling module that generates refresh enabling signal REFN and last refresh signal last_ccr according to the refresh interval and clock cycles; a refresh searching module that searches in said plurality of memory bank groups for at least one memory bank group that is to be refreshed in the refresh interval, and generates refresh address signal CRA according to the external access signal and the searched memory bank group; a scoreboard module that records the status of each of said plurality of memory bank groups according to said refresh address signal CRA and external access signal; and a confliction detecting module that generates confliction signal according to said external access signal, last ref

Abstract: A Galois field multiplier is provided, comprising a multiplication circuit for inputting two m bits binary multiplicators and outputting their product, wherein m is an integral power of 2, and the output of said multiplication circuit is consisted of a high bits portion output and a low bits portion output; a memory for storing a Galois field multiplication coefficient array calculated from a selected Galois field primitive polynomial; a first module for performing operation on the output of said multiplication circuit and the Galois field multiplication coefficient array stored in said memory to obtain the product of the two m bits binary multiplicators over Galois field. The Galois field multiplier has small hardware footprint, short response latency and strong universality.

Abstract: A battery cover assembly using for accommodating a battery therein comprises a battery cover and a housing. The battery cover has a plurality of arcuate elements protruding therefrom. Each arcuate element has a latching portion protruding therefrom. The housing has a plurality of guiding grooves corresponding to the arcuate elements of the battery cover. The housing further has a plurality of troughs latching with the latching portions and a plurality of notches corresponding to the troughs. The arcuate elements are rotatably received in the guiding grooves. The notches communicate with the troughs, the latching portions releasably latches into the troughs via the notches. When the latching portions is received into the troughs, the battery cover is rotated relative to the housing to latch the latching portions in the troughs.

Abstract: The method of improving the optical properties of single crystal CVD diamond which comprises annealing the crystals at a temperature of up to 2200° C. and a pressure below 300 torr.

Abstract: The present invention provides a refresh controller for embedded DRAM, configured to receive an external access signal and generate refresh enabling signal REFN, refresh address signal CRA and confliction signal, said embedded DRAM comprising a plurality of memory groups, said controller comprising: a status controlling module that generates refresh enabling signal REFN and last refresh signal last_ccr according to the refresh interval and clock cycles; a refresh searching module that searches in said plurality of memory bank groups for at least one memory bank group that is to be refreshed in the refresh interval, and generates refresh address signal CRA according to the external access signal and the searched memory bank group; a scoreboard module that records the status of each of said plurality of memory bank groups according to said refresh address signal CRA and external access signal; and a confliction detecting module that generates confliction signal according to said external access signal, last ref

Abstract: Systems and methods for image attention analysis are described. In one aspect, image attention is modeled by preprocessing an image to generate a quantized set of image blocks. A contrast-based saliency map for modeling one-to-three levels of image attention is then generated from the quantized image blocks.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method, information processing system, and computer storage program product for providing communication between a user electronic device and an Interactive Voice Response (“IVR”) system. At least one selection from a user corresponding to at least one menu in an IVR system is received. The selection comprises an instruction selection sequence. At least one voice message and at least one visual message associated with the voice message, each corresponding to the instruction sequence are generated in response to the receiving. The voice message and visual message are transmitted to the electronic device associated with the user. The visual message is to be displayed to the user on an electronic device associated with the user while the voice message is being played to the user.

Abstract: A semiconductor drying process apparatus comprising a processing chamber; two or more inlet/outlet openings formed in the processing chamber; a first pipe member coupled in fluid communication between one or more of the inlet/outlet openings of the processing chamber and a first drain valve; a second pipe member coupled in fluid communication between one or more other ones of the inlet/outlet openings of the processing chamber and a first supply valve; and wherein the first pipe member is coupled in fluid communication to the second pipe member for increasing the flow capacity of the semiconductor drying process apparatus.

Abstract: A computing device operates to execute a nomadic emergency process and a telephony interface is connected with the computing device. The nomadic emergency process operates to update current location information of the computing device and connects with an emergency 911 system.

Abstract: A device includes a virtual telephony interface and a nomadic emergency process operates with the virtual telephony interface. The nomadic emergency process operates to update current location information of the apparatus and to verify the location. A system includes a portable device having a personal computer (PC) to telephony unit. The portable device operates to communicate current location information to an E911 system.

Abstract: Systems and methods for representing sequential motion patterns are described. In one aspect, video frames are converted into a sequence of energy redistribution measurements. One or more motion filters are then applied to the ER measurements to generate one or more temporal sequences of motion patterns, the number of temporal sequences being a function of the number of motion filters.

Abstract: A robust camera motion analysis method is described. In an implementation, a method includes analyzing video having sequential frames to determine one or more camera motions that occurred when sequential frames of the video were captured. The one or more camera motions for each frame are described by a set of displacement curves, a mean absolute difference (MAD) curve, and a major motion (MAJ) curve. The set of displacement curves describe the one or more camera motions in respective horizontal (H), vertical (V), and radial (R) directions. The MAD curve relates a minimum MAD value from the set of displacement curves. The MAJ curve is generated from the minimum MAD value and provides one or more qualitative descriptions that describe the one or more camera motions as at least one of still, vertical, horizontal and radial.

Abstract: Systems and methods to generate an attention model for computational analysis of video data are described. In one aspect, feature components from a video data sequence are extracted. Attention data is generated by applying multiple attention models to the extracted feature components. The generated attention data is integrated into a comprehensive user attention model for the computational analysis of the video data sequence.

Abstract: Systems and methods to automatically edit a video to generate a video summary are described. In one aspect, sub-shots are extracted from the video. Importance measures are calculated for at least a portion of the extracted sub-shots. Respective relative distributions for sub-shots having relatively higher importance measures as compared to importance measures of other sub-shots are determined. Based on the determined relative distributions, sub-shots that do not exhibit a uniform distribution with respect to other sub-shots in the particular ones are dropped. The remaining sub-shots are connected with respective transitions to generate the video summary.

Abstract: Systems and methods to generate a motion attention model of a video data sequence are described. In one aspect, a motion saliency map B is generated to precisely indicate motion attention areas for each frame in the video data sequence. The motion saliency maps are each based on intensity I, spatial coherence Cs, and temporal coherence Ct values. These values are extracted from each block or pixel in motion fields that are extracted from the video data sequence. Brightness values of detected motion attention areas in each frame are accumulated to generate, with respect to time, the motion attention model.