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20080244564 | Bookmark and configuration file for installation sequence - A bookmark file is stored in persistent storage and is updated as various tasks are completed during an installation process. The bookmark file may be read when an installation process is started so that the installation process may continue from a point after the last successfully completed task, if the installation process had failed and was restarted. The bookmark file may also include data collected from a user interface during the installation process. When an installation process is restarted, some embodiments may present the data in a user interface for the user to modify. The installation process may be defined in a configuration file that includes metadata that defines the sequence of installation tasks as well as some error handling for various tasks. | 10-02-2008 |
20090089776 | Configuration and Change Management System with Restore Points - A configuration and change management system may have installation and configuration processes that include a discovery mechanism for discovering incomplete installations or configuration changes, a cleanup mechanism for placing the system in a state to continue, an installation or configuration mechanism, and a rollback mechanism for rolling back to a defined restore point if a problem is detected. The configuration and change management system may be used for initial installation, as well as configuration changes after installation. The system may be used in a multiple server environment with interdependencies between devices, as well as a multiple services environment with interdependencies between applications and services, including services provided over the Internet. | 04-02-2009 |
20100031248 | Installation Sequence Manager - An installation manager may have a user interface that may enable a user to modify the execution of an installation sequence. A user may indicate an installation step or task within a step that may for pausing the sequence, skipping the step or task, repeating a step or task, or closely monitoring a specific step or task. The user's modifications to the installation sequence may be presented in the user interface, and the modifications may persist even when a system reboot operation is performed during the sequence. The installation manager may enable a user to augment the installation sequence by pausing the sequence, inspecting an item or performing an additional task, and resuming the sequence. | 02-04-2010 |
20100058105 | Environment Wide Configuration System - An installation and configuration system consolidates workloads of multiple applications and services, including applications or services that may be installed or configured on multiple server devices or remotely hosted services. The system gathers environmental information, analyzes dependencies among the workloads, and populates the input data used by the workloads from a common database. The system then executes the workloads, allowing branching within the workloads or the sequence of workloads. An example of branching may include detecting an error condition, pausing the sequence, and presenting alternative fixes to a user. | 03-04-2010 |
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20120182397 | COMPUTATIONAL STEREOSCOPIC CAMERA SYSTEM - A closed-loop control system for stereoscopic video capture is provided. At least two motorized lenses are positioned in accordance with specified parameters to capture spatially-disparate images of a scene. The motorized lenses focus light on a corresponding one of the at least two sensors, which generate image streams. One or more processors execute instructions to provide a stream analyzer and a control module. The stream analyzer receives the image streams from the sensors and analyzes the image streams and the specified parameters in real time; the stream analyzer then modifies the image streams and generates metadata. The control module then receives and analyzes the image streams and metadata and transmits updated parameters to a control mechanism that is coupled to the at least two motorized lenses. The control mechanism then modifies operation of the at least two motorized lenses in real time in accordance with the updated parameters. | 07-19-2012 |
20130342758 | VIDEO RETARGETING USING CONTENT-DEPENDENT SCALING VECTORS - Techniques are disclosed for retargeting images. The techniques include receiving one or more input images, computing a two-dimensional saliency map based on the input images in order to determine one or more visually important features associated with the input images, projecting the saliency map horizontally and vertically to create at least one of a horizontal and vertical saliency profile, and scaling at least one of the horizontal and vertical saliency profiles. The techniques further include creating an output image based on the scaled saliency profiles. Low saliency areas are scaled non-uniformly while high saliency areas are scaled uniformly. Temporal stability is achieved by filtering the horizontal resampling pattern and the vertical resampling pattern over time. Image retargeting is achieved with greater efficiency and lower compute power, resulting in a retargeting architecture that may be implemented in a circuit suitable for mobile applications such as mobile phones and tablet computers. | 12-26-2013 |
20140104380 | EFFICIENT EWA VIDEO RENDERING - Techniques are disclosed for rendering images. The techniques include receiving an input image associated with a source space, the input image comprising a plurality of source pixels, and applying an adaptive transformation to a source pixel, where the adaptive transformation maps the source pixel to a target space associated with an output image comprising a plurality of target pixels. The techniques further include determining a target pixel affected by the source pixel based on the adaptive transformation. The techniques further include writing the transformed source pixel into a location in the output image associated with the target pixel. | 04-17-2014 |
20140347452 | EFFICIENT STEREO TO MULTIVIEW RENDERING USING INTERLEAVED RENDERING - Approaches are described for generating a multiview autostereoscopic image from a stereo three-dimensional input image pair. A stereo to multiview rendering system receives a stereo three-dimensional image including a left image and a right image at a first view position and a second view position, respectively. The system generates a first input warp and a second input warp that maps the left image and the right image to a third and fourth positions, respectively, where the third and fourth positions lie between the first and second view positions. The system generates a plurality of output warps based on the first warp and the second warp. The system resamples each output warp in the plurality of output warps to create a plurality of partial output images. The system interleaves the plurality of partial output images to generate a composite output image. | 11-27-2014 |