Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to the field of computer technologies, and disclose a two-dimensional code processing method and a terminal, which can reduce time for a user to learn content indicated by a two-dimensional code, thereby improving a user experience effect. The method provided by the embodiments of the present invention includes: scanning a two-dimensional code using a camera to obtain two-dimensional code information; sending a first request message including the two-dimensional code information to a server, where the first request message is used to enable the server to determine description information corresponding to the two-dimensional code information; receiving the description information sent by the server; and outputting the description information, so that the user determines, according to the description information, whether to acquire detailed information corresponding to the two-dimensional code information.

Abstract: A method, device and system for recommending an access IP address of a server, a server and a storage medium are provided, wherein the method includes: receiving a request for recommending a server from a client, wherein the request for recommending a server includes an IP address of the client and account information of a user of the client; designating the recommended server according to the IP address and the account information; ranking a plurality of IP addresses associated with the recommended server according to ranking parameters so as to generate an IP address list composed of the ranked IP addresses, wherein the IP addresses associated with the recommended server include a local IP address of the recommended server and IP addresses of transit servers which have accessed the recommended server; and sending the IP address list to the client.

Abstract: Methods and systems for optimizing the retrieval of data from multiple sources are described. A slot map including slots for the storage of data elements can be obtained. The data elements associated with the slots can be prioritized by weighting values with costs of retrieving the data elements from respective data sources. Each value can be associated with a different data element and can indicate a respective degree of importance of the associated data element. Further, the systems and methods can direct the retrieval of data elements from the respective data sources in an order in accordance with the priority of the data elements to optimize the quality of data obtainable within a critical time constraint. In addition, the retrieved data elements can be stored in corresponding slots on a storage medium.

Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes outputting one page of a multipage compilation of information; receiving a request to show portions of multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information, the request originating from a user input device; selecting the portions of the multiple pages of the multipage compilation of information; generating a view having the selected portions; and outputting the view to a graphical display device.

Abstract: A method involves managing electronic documents (EDs). The method includes receiving a first request to convert an original ED including a visible object from a first format to a second format; extracting, in response to the first request, multiple attributes in the original ED specifying the visible object and required to restore the visible object in the first format; generating, by converting the original ED from the first format to the second format, a converted ED including rendering data of the visible object that is grammatically native to the second format and that is necessary to render the visible object from the second format; and embedding the attributes extracted from the original ED into metadata of the converted ED.

Abstract: An embodiment of an object property management system using a dataflow architecture that expresses an application data as a directed acyclic graph and propagates data through the graph in an ordered, predictable way based on connections between the graph nodes. In one embodiment, the object property management system uses proxy nodes to arrange a dynamic graph for property data propagation for nested properties to allow property relationships to automatically adjust based on changes to a property value within the hierarchy of the property path.

Abstract: A continuous stream data (e.g., messages, tweets) is received by ingest nodes of a platform. The ingest nodes may analyze the data to create a transaction of graph updates, assign a sequence number to the transaction, and distribute the graph updates with the sequence number to graph nodes of the platform. The graph nodes may store graph updates from ingest nodes, and then the ingest nodes may report graph update progresses in a progress table. A snapshot may be taken based on the progress table, and then graph-mining computation may be implemented. Tolerate failures and decaying may be supported and incremental expansion may be allowed to cope with increasing update rates and computation needs.

Abstract: A method for automatically updating a filter logic expression representing a Boolean filter comprising a plurality of search conditions is disclosed. The method includes receiving a first indication to remove a first search condition from a condition list comprising search conditions. Each search condition is associated with an identifier and the first search condition is associated with a first identifier, and the search conditions are listed in sequential order according to the associated identifier. In response to receiving the first indication, a second search condition associated with a second identifier that sequentially follows the first identifier is identified, and the second search condition is reassociated with a third identifier that immediately precedes the second identifier. A filter logic expression comprising a plurality of identifiers and operators and representing a Boolean filter is then modified by automatically replacing any reference to the second identifier with the third identifier.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for presenting search query suggestions. In an aspect, query triggers in a resource are identified at a client device. For each query trigger identified in the resource, a rank score for the query trigger based on query trigger attributes is calculated at the client device. The query triggers are ranked at the client device based on the rank scores. Search query suggestions are generated at the client device from the query triggers identified in the resource. The search query suggestions include terms of the query triggers, expansion terms of the query triggers, and search query suggestions generated from templates applied to the terms of the query triggers and expansion terms of the query triggers. The search query suggestions are presented at the client device according to the rank of the corresponding query triggers.

Abstract: Expertise mining features are provided based in part on the use of an expertise mining algorithm and expertise mining queries. A method of an embodiment operates to provide an expanded feedback query based in part on search results using an expertise mining query and a number of author-ranking heuristics used to rank authors and/or co-authors (e.g., primary authors, secondary authors, etc.) as part of an expertise mining operation. A search system of an embodiment includes an author ranker component to rank authors based in part on an expertise mining query and author-ranking heuristics, and a query expander component to provide expanded queries as part of identifying relevant search results. Other embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: Methods and systems for keyword spotting, i.e., for identifying textual phrases of interest in input data. The input data may be communication packets exchanged in a communication network. A keyword spotting system holds a dictionary (or dictionaries) of textual phrases for searching input data. The input data and the patterns are assigned to multiple different pattern matching algorithms. For example, a share of the traffic is handled by one algorithm and smaller traffic shares may be handled by the others. The system monitors the algorithms performance as they process the data to search for a match. The ratio of traffic splitting among the algorithms is dynamically reassigned or adjusted to maximize the overall performance.

Abstract: A method of identifying duplicate crash dumps in a computer system may include receiving a first crash dump caused by an application crash, extracting a first function signature of a function that caused the first crash dump, and searching a datastore of crash dumps for function signatures that substantially match the first function signature. The searching may include performing an approximate string-match between each of the function signatures the first function signature and performing an exact string match between each of the function signatures and the first function signature. The searching may also include combining weighted results of the approximate string-match with weighted results of the exact string match to generate match scores for each of the function signatures, and identifying the function signatures that substantially match the first function signature based on the match scores.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include displaying a computer-simulated design environment on a user viewable screen of an automation control system, providing a tool within the computer-simulated design environment, wherein the tool is configured to modify the computer-simulated design environment, and generating a visual representation of a first conduit segment extending between a first anchor point and a second anchor point on the user viewable screen, wherein the first anchor point and second anchor point are generated based on sequential activations of the tool.

Abstract: An area-based open pit mine designer is disclosed. One example includes an economic shell receiver module to receive an economic shell. In addition, a user input module receives a user parametric input denoting an open pit mine shape based on the economic shell. The open pit mine designer module automatically develops an open pit mine design based on the user parametric input.

Abstract: A method for designing a lens of a lighting device having a first spherical surface refracting light generated from an LED device that is a light source and a second spherical surface refracting the light passing through the first spherical surface includes determining an irradiation surface that is an area onto which light passing through the second spherical surface is irradiated, forming a reference circle disposed within the irradiation surface; designing a free curved surface of the first spherical surface by using light emitted from the LED device as an input direction vector and a coordinate within the reference circle as an output direction vector to calculate normal vectors, and designing a free curved surface of the second spherical surface by using light refracted by the first spherical surface as an input direction vector and a coordinate within the irradiation surface as an output direction vector to calculate normal vectors.

Abstract: A user equipment (UE) comprising a display, a visual input configured to capture motion or stop photography as visual data, a memory comprising instructions, and a processor coupled to the display, the input device, and the memory and configured to execute the instructions by receiving visual data from the visual input, determining a position of the feature relative to the UE if the visual data comprises a feature of a first area of a location, and generating a model of the first area of the location based on the position of the feature. The disclosure also includes a method comprising receiving data indicating a position of a feature of a location relative to a UE, and generating a model of the location based on the position of the feature.

Abstract: A method for designing a photovoltaic (PV) system is implemented by a design automation computer system. The method includes receiving a set of site data, receiving a system type selection, receiving a plurality of system component selections, receiving a plurality of PV layout preferences, determining a PV module layout by iteratively applying a first layout algorithm to the set of site data and the plurality of PV layout preferences, the PV module layout defining a placement of a plurality of PV modules of a PV system, determining a structural layout, an electrical design, and an electrical layout based on the PV module layout, determining a bill of materials based on the PV module layout, the structural layout, and the electrical layout, and designing the PV system using the structural layout, the electrical design, the electrical layout, the PV module layout, and the bill of materials.

Abstract: A method for validating an illumination-range test value of a light cone of at least one headlight of a vehicle. The method includes reading in a reflection intensity of a point on at least one road marking illuminated by the light cone; generating a reflection intensity model for the road marking, based on the obtained reflection intensity and a particular distance of the point from the vehicle, the reflection intensity model being designed to assign different reflection intensities to different positions on the road marking in front of the vehicle; determining an illumination-range plausibility value, at which, according to the reflection intensity model, a reflection intensity is reached, which corresponds to a reflection-intensity threshold value; and comparing the illumination-range plausibility value to the illumination-range test value, to validate the illumination-range test value, if the illumination-range plausibility value is inside a tolerance range around the illumination-range test value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for simulating karstification phenomena in a karstic region, comprising a) defining a gridded geological model of the karstic region, in order to model a plurality of environments including a first environment described by values of at least one geological grid parameter, and a second environment described by values of edge parameters between two grid nodes, b) simulating stochastic displacements of particles in the grid of the geological model, the probability of each displacement of a particle being calculated taking into account values describing the environment within which the displacement is carried out, and c) modifying the values describing the first and/or second environment according to the courses taken by the particles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a data processing device, a data processing method, and a program which enable prediction to be performed even when there is a gap in the current location data to be obtained in real time. A learning main processor 23 represents movement history data serving as data for learning, as a probability model which represents a user's activity, and obtains a parameter thereof. A prediction main processor 33 uses the probability model obtained by learning to estimate a user's current location from movement history data to be obtained in real time. In the event that there is a data missing portion included in movement history data to be obtained in real time, the prediction main processor 33 generates the data missing portion thereof by interpolation processing, and estimates state nose series corresponding to the interpolated data for prediction.

Abstract: A method and system is provided for solving for electromagnetic fields by approximating an electromagnetic function as a sum of basis functions multiplied by coefficients to be determined. The set of equations used to determine the coefficients results from taking derivatives of the action integral with respect to the coefficients (and/or other parameters) and setting the derivative equal to zero, thereby extremizing the action integral.

Abstract: A method for simulating a circuit includes running a first prototype of the circuit a predetermined number of cycles behind a second prototype of the circuit, and running a hardware emulator of the circuit in accordance with an input trace received by the first prototype and the second prototype.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer program product for viewing analog simulation check violations in an EDA framework. Embodiments combine input data tables into a single data table for each check type using SQL inner join operations, create a SQL view of the single data table to list individual check violations, and output the view for user inspection of the corresponding check violations. Embodiments normalize the input data tables to include details of circuit nodes, elements, and paths implicated in the check violations. Additional views combine views of different check types into unified summary tables. Embodiments create a second view to aggregate individual check violations that involve the same circuit objects over time, and output the second view. Output views are self-describing, to enable a single graphical user interface to operate across multiple simulator versions. Metadata tables describe data types presented in various view columns, and user interactions allowed therewith.

Abstract: A method for measuring a surface structure of a chip or a wafer is provided that includes obtaining an image of the surface structure of the chip, and then performing an image extraction on the image to convert the extracted image into a first circuit design file. A standard image is selected to convert into a second circuit design file, and then the standard image and at least one target in the image are compared to obtain a difference therebetween. According to the difference, at least one data of the surface structure may be made, wherein the data is selected from one of line edge roughness (LER), line width roughness (LWR), contact edge roughness (CER), critical dimension (CD), bias, 3 sigma, maximum, minimum, etc. and repeating defect.

Abstract: The method includes identifying a register-transfer level design description for a design. The method further includes identifying one or more tests to perform on the register-transfer level design description. The method includes generating a table of commands from the one or more tests to perform on the register-transfer level design description. The method includes generating a register-transfer level design description from the table of commands for at least one of a set of components including: a test driver for the design, a monitor for the design, and a checker for the design, wherein the register-transfer level design description assigns commands in the generated table of commands to be performed by a corresponding component in the set of components. The method includes simulating the identified one or more tests utilizing the generated register-transfer level design descriptions for at least one of the test driver, the checker, and the monitor.

Abstract: Various example implementations are directed to circuits and methods for partitioning a memory for a circuit design in a programmable IC. A user interface is provided for a user to define subsystems, master circuits, memory segments, and permissions for accessing the memory segments by the master circuits. For each defined memory segment, a respective access control entry is generated that includes data for determining master circuits that are permitted access to the memory segment by the user-defined permissions. A first portion of configuration data is generated that is configured to cause a memory management circuit in the programmable IC to enforce access to address ranges, corresponding to the respective memory segments, in a memory of the programmable IC according to the respective access control entries. A second portion of configuration data is generated that is configured to cause programmable resources of the programmable IC to implement the circuit design.

Abstract: A user specified high level design selects a plurality of IP cores for placement in a customized system on a chip. A single integrated service automatically performs each of a design integration phase, specification phase, and verification phase for the user specified high level design to generate an integration file specifying stitching between a plurality of pins of each of the plurality of IP cores, a specification file specifying one or more characteristics of the customized system on a chip based on the user specified high level design, and a verification testbench for verification of the user specified high level design.

Abstract: A method for designing a system on a target device includes entering the system. The system is synthesized. The system is mapped. The system is placed on the target device. The system is routed. Physical synthesis is performed on the system immediately after more than one of the entering, synthesizing, mapping, placing and routing procedures.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for defining an integrated circuit. The method includes generating a digital data file that includes both electrical connection information and physical topology information for a number of circuit components. The method also includes operating a computer to execute a layout generation program. The layout generation program reads the electrical connection and physical topology information for each of the number of circuit components from the digital data file and automatically creates one or more layout structures necessary to form each of the number of circuit components in a semiconductor device fabrication process, such that the one or more layout structures comply with the physical topology information read from the digital data file. The computer is also operated to store the one or more layout structures necessary to form each of the number of circuit components in a digital format on a computer readable medium.

Abstract: A method for co-designing a flip-chip and an interposer is provided. Information regarding I/O pads, power pins and IR constraints of the flip-chip is obtained. A bump planning procedure is performed to obtain a total number of micro bumps of the flip-chip according to the information, and obtain a minimum conductance of each of the power pins of the flip-chip according to a bump placement of the micro bumps of the flip-chip. A chip-interposer routing procedure is performed to obtain a Re-Distribution Layer (RDL) routing of the flip-chip and an interposer routing of the interposer according to the minimum conductance of the power pins of the flip-chip.

Abstract: A method of operating a computer system to improve via electromigration in an integrated circuit with multilevel interconnect. A method of operating a computer system to improve via electromigration in an integrated circuit with multilevel interconnect using via priority groups.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a semiconductor device includes a cell array, a first region and a second region. The first region surrounds the cell array and has a first pattern density. The second region is between the cell array and the first region. The second region surrounds the cell array and has a second pattern density smaller than a third pattern density of the cell array, which in turn is smaller than the first pattern density.

Abstract: A method of designing a charge trapping memory array includes designing a memory array layout. The memory array layout includes a first type of transistors; electrical connections between memory cells of the memory array layout; a first input/output (I/O) interface; and a charge pump. The method further includes modifying the memory array layout, using a processor, to replace the first type of transistors with a second type of transistors different than the first type of transistors. The method further includes modifying the memory array layout, using the processor, to modify the charge pump based on an operating voltage of the second type of transistors.

Abstract: Methods and systems provide setup and generation of SPICE results for a set of timing path(s) and integration of SPICE simulation with static timing analysis (STA) path-based results generation. In an embodiment, a method may select a candidate set of timing paths, perform path based analysis (PBA) on the selected paths, generate SPICE results for the selected paths, and render the PBA and SPICE results in an integrated user interface to facilitate sign off based on annotated constraints and correlation between STA results and SPICE results. Methods and systems of the present disclosure find application in, among other things, timing signoff in an electronic design and verification process.

Abstract: There is provided a motion-based design system and a method for use in producing a motion-based design of a mechanical object. In one implementation, such a method includes identifying a motion curve associated with a movement by an articulated structure corresponding to the mechanical object, and mapping the motion curve to a mechanical sub-assembly. The mapping is performed based on a previously characterized trajectory of the mechanical sub-assembly and the similarity of that trajectory to the motion curve. The method also includes utilizing the first mechanical sub-assembly to substantially replicate the motion curve.

Abstract: Methods and computer programs to quantify defects in an experimentally synthesized material for use in a battery are provided. A method includes an operation for obtaining spectra of the experimentally synthesized material. Further, defected structures of a crystalline structure are created via simulation, and spectra of the defected structures are obtained via simulation. In another method operation, the spectra of the experimentally synthesized material is compared to the spectra of the defected structures obtained via simulation, and if the spectra of the experimentally synthesized material is substantially equal to the spectra of the defected structures obtained via simulation then the defects in the experimentally synthesized material are quantified according to the defects in the defected structures.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and compositions can determine gene expression level of a specified cell-type subpopulation by direct analysis of a cell mixture sample composed of multiple subpopulations of various cell-types without the need of prior separation of the component cell-type subpopulations. A target gene and a reference gene can be identified as being informative for a specific cell-type subpopulation when at least 50% of the gene's transcripts in the cell mixture are from the subpopulation. This relative expression level in the cell mixture of the informative target and reference genes can correlate to the relative expression when measured in the isolated subpopulation. Thus, a similar biomarker can be obtained without the difficult step of isolating the cells of the subpopulation.

Abstract: A method of computing the risk profile of a neoplastic tissue in a patient is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) processing a sample of tumor tissue or cancer cells from the patient in a form suitable for visualization and demarcation of cell nuclei, individually distinguishable centrosomes (iCTRs) and megacentrosomes (mCTRs) in a region of interest (ROI) defined by a plurality of cell nuclei; (b) determining the numbers of iCTRs and mCTRs associated with each cell nucleus in the ROI; (c) determining the volume of each iCTR and mCTR in the ROI; and (d) calculating one or more centrosome amplification scores (CASs) values for the sample based on steps (b) and (c), wherein the one or more CASs indicate the severity of centrosome amplification, the frequency of centrosome amplification, or both, and wherein the one or more scores provide a measure of a level of risk and/or a prognosis associated with the neoplastic tissue.

Abstract: Systems and methods to characterize one or more microorganisms or DNA fragments thereof are disclosed. Exemplary methods and systems use comparison of DNA sequencing information to information in one or more databases to characterize the one or more microorganism or DNA fragments thereof. Exemplary systems and methods can be used in a clinical setting to provide rapid analysis of microorganisms that may be a cause of infection.

Abstract: Provided is a base sequence cluster generating system, method, and program product for performing cluster generation. The base sequence cluster generating system utilizes a computer system having a database containing base sequences receives a query sequence over. The computer uses spliced base sequences as a query sequence to generate a first cluster including base sequences that are likely to constitute a spliced pair with the query sequence. Spliced alignment is applied to the generated first cluster to generate a second cluster including spliced pairs. The generated second cluster is returned to the requester.

Abstract: A medical image recording apparatus for recording observed images of a subject outputted from a medical instrument, includes: an image arithmetic portion which generates feature images by highlighting specific features contained in the observed images; a display portion which displays inputted display images; a display image switching portion which switches the display images outputted to the display portion to either the observed images or images including the feature images generated by the image arithmetic portion; and an image information recording portion which records, as an image file, image-relevant information including timing information at execution of image switching by the display image switching portion and image generation information for generating the feature images and image information of the observed images.

Abstract: The invention is directed, in part, to method of using self-reported health data in online communities to predict significant health events in life-changing illnesses to improve the lives of individuals and to improve patient self-management. The invention provides a method for providing real-time personalized medical predictions for an individual patient. The method includes: providing a database containing patient information for a plurality of other patients including one or more attributes for each patient in the database; constructing a model of a disease based on disease progressions for the plurality of patients; receiving a request from the individual patient, the patient associated with one or more attributes; and making a real-time prediction for the individual patient based on the mode and the individual patient's attributes.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving, from a first process, a request to access content stored in a memory, determining that the content comprises protected health information (PHI), determining, from a secure table, a set of processes permitted to access the PHI, upon determining the first process is not a member of the set of processes, restricting access to the PHI by the first process, and upon determining the first process is a member of the set of processes, permitting access to the PHI by the first process.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods, devices, and computer systems thereof for automated data collection from a subject. In certain embodiments, one or more characteristics of a subject are sensed, and the subject is given a queue status indicator based on a comparison of the subject's one or more sensed characteristics with corresponding sensed characteristics from other subjects. In one embodiment, the subject is a healthcare worker and the system, methods, and devices are utilized to evaluate the overall health of the worker as part of the check-in process for work.

Abstract: Methods and systems are described for monitoring patient speech to determine compliance of the patient with a prescribed regimen for treating for a brain-related disorder. Patient speech is detected with an audio sensor at the patient location, and speech data is transmitted to a monitoring location. Patient speech is processed at the patient location and/or monitoring location to identify speech parameters and/or patterns that indicate whether the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen. Patient identity may be determined through biometric identification or other authentication techniques. The system may provide a report to an interested party, for example a medical care provider, based on whether (and/or the extent to which) the patient has complied with the prescribed treatment regimen. The monitoring system may transmit a report to a wireless device such as a pager or cell phone, generate an alarm or notification, and/or store information for later use.

Abstract: An approach is provided for tracking and disseminating health information. Health information corresponding to a geographic location is caused, at least in part, to be received. Location information associated with a user equipment configured to receive a message specifying content is determined. Whether the location information is encompassed by the geographic location is determined. The message is modified to present a health alert indicator by appending supplemental content to the message or by amending the content. Initiation of delivery of the modified message to the user equipment when the user equipment is in or within a predetermined range of the geographic location is caused, at least in part.

Abstract: A code signing system and method is provided. The code signing system operates in conjunction with a signed software application having a digital signature and includes an application platform, an application programming interface (API), and a virtual machine. The API is configured to link the software application with the application platform. The virtual machine verifies the authenticity of the digital signature in order to control access to the API by the software application.

Abstract: Systems and methods for governing derived electronic resources are provided. In one embodiment, a digital resource is associated with one or more rules and a set of one or more computations, wherein the rules correspond to one or more conditions for accessing the digital resource and the computations operate upon the digital resource in order to provide a specific view of the digital resource that differs from the digital resource.

Abstract: A trusted rendering system for use in a system for controlling the distribution and use of digital works. A trusted rendering system facilitates the protection of rendered digital works which have been rendered on a system which controls the distribution and use of digital works through the use of dynamically generated watermark information that is embedded in the rendered output. The watermark data typically provides information relating to the owner of the digital work, the rights associated with the rendered copy of the digital work and when and where the digital work was rendered. This information will typically aid in deterring or preventing unauthorized copying of the rendered work to be made. The system for controlling distribution and use of digital works provides for attaching persistent usage rights to a digital work. Digital works are transferred between repositories which are used to request and grant access to digital works.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method, device, and system for downloading contents on the basis of a rights verification. The content download method is performed by a first device, which obtains digital rights management (DRM) information on an asset from asset metadata associated with the asset, obtains DRM capabilities on a second device, performs a rights verification for using the asset through the second device on the basis of the DRM information and the DRM capabilities that are obtained, and transmits a queuing request for staging the asset through the second device on the basis of the results of the rights verification. Thus, to enable the consumption of contents, the rights verification may be performed on the basis of device capabilities and content information, and contents may be stably and effectively downloaded using a target device on the basis of the verified results.