51st week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150363069 | DISPLAY CONTROL - A display control unit ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150363070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING WITH A DEVICE VIA A 3D DISPLAY - The present invention provides a system and method for interacting with a 3D virtual image containing activatable objects. The system of the invention includes a 3D display device that presents to a user a 3D image, an image sensor and a processor. The processor analyzes images obtained by the image sensor to determine when the user has placed an activating object such as a hand or a finger, or has performed a gesture related to an activatable object, in the 3D space, at the location where the user perceives an activatable object to be located. The user thus perceives that he is “touching” the activatable object with the activating object. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363071 | MANAGING A DISPLAY - A system and computer implemented method for managing a display for a software application is disclosed. The software application may have a set of portions. The method can include collecting, for a first portion and a second portion of the set of portions, optical tracking information including a set of viewing coordinates having a temporal feature. The method can also include determining, based on the optical tracking information including the set of viewing coordinates having the temporal feature, a set of viewing scores including a first group of viewing scores and a second group of viewing scores. The method can also include generating a frustum having a set of regions. The set of regions can include a first region, to provide the first portion, based on the first group of viewing scores, and a second region, to provide the second portion, based on the second group of viewing scores. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363072 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND INTERFACE FOR VIEWER INTERACTION RELATIVE TO A 3D REPRESENTATION OF A VEHICLE - A system, method and interface for viewer interaction relative to a 3D representation of a vehicle are provided including providing a viewer interface, presenting a 3D vehicle representation to a viewer, receiving input from a viewer via the viewer interface relative to a desired aspect or perspective of the vehicle, and adjusting or changing the 3D vehicle representation to correspond with the viewer indicated desired aspect or perspective. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363073 | APPLICATION ICON ARRANGEMENT METHOD AND TERMINAL - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an application icon arrangement method and terminal. The method comprises: setting a touch-sensitive hotspot zone in a screen area of a display page on a terminal; setting a plurality of icon display units in the touch-sensitive hotspot zone, in which are used to place an application icon; setting a sequence of placing the application icon into each of the plurality of icon display units; and placing the application icon into an icon display unit, according to a set position of the icon display unit and the sequence. By implementing the embodiments of the present disclosure, the scope of a user operation on an application icon in the upper section of the screen can be narrowed, and the reliability of one-hand tapping operation on the application icon can be improved. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363074 | REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE MOBILE DEVICE FOR ON-SITE INVESTIGATION - A mobile device for site investigation in real time interaction includes: a digital map display module, a remote data access module, a digital map marking module and a data input module. The digital map display module displays a digital map on a monitor of the mobile device. The remote data access module downloads a vicinity data of a surveyed site from a remote server. The digital map marking module marks a coverage region or a sampling distribution record based on the vicinity data. Further, the data input module displays an editing interface on the monitor of the mobile device for editing the coverage region or the sampling distribution record on the digital map by a user. The remote data access module uploads the edited coverage region or sampling distribution record to the remote server. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363075 | Method and Device for Displaying User Interface - Disclosed are a user interface display method and device. The method comprises: setting information which is set by a user for a user interface of an application and generated in advance is acquired; and in accordance with the setting information, the user interface of the application is displayed. The disclosure solves the technical problem of display inflexibility of the user interface of the application because the user cannot customize the user interface in the prior art, thereby achieving the technical effect of improving the flexibility of the user interface in the aspect of customization. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363076 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A system includes circuitry configured to: obtain an image, detect a specific object from the image, obtain space information indicating a first space which is set with reference to the specific object, calculate first area information based on a shape of the specific object in the image and the space information, the first area information corresponding to a first area in which the first space is projected onto the image, and control a display so as to display a content associated with the specific object in the first area based on the first area information. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363077 | BROADCAST CONTROL - A broadcast control apparatus for visual data includes a touch screen ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150363078 | FOCUS SHIFT CONTROL APPARATUS - A shift controller | 2015-12-17 |
20150363079 | DATA-DRIVEN SCHEMA FOR DESCRIBING AND EXECUTING MANAGEMENT TASKS IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - This disclosure describes a user interface (UI) conceptual model and a data model for quickly and easily developing and managing a GUI. The present methods and systems described herein provide for defining one or more UI elements in the UI conceptual model. The one or more UI elements may further reference one or more model objects in the data model. The one or more model objects may include one or more tasks, which may each be mapped to one or more commands for performing each task, or one or more data items, which may each be mapped to rules or conditions for transforming data. According to embodiments, graphics or functionality of a GUI may be easily and efficiently modified by adding, deleting, or modifying UI elements in the UI conceptual model or by adding, deleting, or modifying referenced model objects in the data model, thereby reducing management and development costs. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363080 | DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF REGISTERD IMAGES - A system for displaying a plurality of registered images is disclosed. A first viewport unit ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150363081 | INTERACTIVE MAP MARKERS - A system for providing an interactive map displays an interactive map marker that includes an associated location on the map, an associated data value, a visual indicator, and an underlying data model. The system receives an interaction from a user that modifies the visual indicator and changes the associated data value based on the visual indicator modification. The system then changes the underlying data model based on the visual indicator modification. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363082 | USER INTERFACE CONTROL BASED ON PINCH GESTURES - An example method is provided for a computing device to perform user interface control based on a pinch gesture. The computing device includes a touch-sensitive display. The method may comprise: displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a user interface that includes a user interface element, which occupies part of the user interface and is selectable for resizing, and detecting, on the touch-sensitive display, a pinch gesture for resizing the user interface element within the user interface. The method may further comprise: determining a direction of the pinch gesture; and based on the direction of the pinch gesture, resizing the user interface element horizontally, vertically or diagonally within the user interface. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363083 | User Interface and Method for Adapting Semantic Scaling of a Tile - A user interface and a method for adapting semantic scaling of a tile to a display unit of a user interface are provided. The method includes displaying a first tile including a first plurality of command buttons, detecting a user command to enlarge the display of the first tile and in response thereto, displaying an enlarged display of the first tile including a second plurality of command buttons. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363084 | An Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: based on a received user selection of one or more of a plurality of displayed user selectable markers ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150363085 | User Interface for the Application of Image Effects to Images - An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: in response to user input selecting a selectable marker ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150363086 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, SCREEN CONTROL METHOD, AND SCREEN CONTROL PROGRAM - Provided is a technology for preventing erroneous operation of an information processing terminal while allowing for visual recognition of what is displayed on a display screen by using a translucent erroneous operation preventing image. The information processing terminal according to this invention includes a configuration for superimposing a transmissive image on icon images on the display screen, to thereby put apps that are associated with the respective icon images in an erroneous operation preventing state. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363087 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE, VEHICLE WITH DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein are a display apparatus for a vehicle, a vehicle with the display apparatus and a method of controlling the display apparatus. The display apparatus for a vehicle includes a display unit having a plurality of display regions to respectively display information thereon, and an input unit configured to receive a selection command to select one of the display regions. The display region selected according to the selection command is expanded to display detailed information, and the display region other than the selected display region displays brief information. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363088 | Information Processing Method And Electronic Apparatus - An information processing method and an electronic apparatus are described where the method includes obtaining first data, displaying and outputting the first data through the display device to make a first display output region of a top end face of a frame body to present a first display effect and obtaining second data and displaying and outputting the second data through the display device to make a second display output region on the top end face of the frame body to present a second display effect. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363089 | INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The embodiments of the present invention provide an information acquiring apparatus and method, and an electronic device, wherein the apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to control, according to a currently run application, to display operation options corresponding to the application; and a processing unit configured to process currently displayed information in response to a selected operation option, to acquire information related to the currently displayed information. Since the operation options are directly provided according to the application, and the information related to the currently displayed information is provided in response to the selected operation option, it is unnecessary to embed plugins into respective applications, thus required information can be acquired simply and conveniently. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363090 | USER INTERFACE DESIGNING - A method for designing a user interface (UI) for an application includes receiving, from a user, a first response comprising user selected first answers and a second response comprising user selected second answers, to pre-defined questions. The method includes assigning significance to interface (STI) weightage to each user selected first answer with respect to pre-defined user experience parameters and assigning a significance to business (STB) weightage to each user selected second answer. Also, the method includes computing total actual effective weightage for each pre-defined user experience parameter based on STI weightages of user selected first answers and STB weightages of user selected second answers. The method further includes calculating total maximum effective weightage for each pre-defined user experience parameter based on maximum STI weightage and maximum STB weightage for each pre-defined question. Furthermore, the method includes determining applicability index for each pre-defined user experience parameter for designing the UI. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363091 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display unit configured to display an image, a storage unit configured to store a subtitle display type corresponding to an input event related to the image, and a controller configured to detect the input event and to control to display subtitles according to the subtitle display type corresponding to the input event. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363092 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methods for collaborative electronic communications are presented. One or more messages within a collaborative electronic communication platform, such as emails or chat messages, can be selected for further action. Messages such as chat messages within a chronological, multi-user chat stream can be selected for generation of an associated post content item. Content from the selected messages may be automatically inserted into the generated post. The post may be displayed together in a content group along with discussion or other further content contributions. Multiple posts and their content groups may be displayed in sequence by post date or date of last content contribution. Messages may also be selected for generation of an associated task item within a task management platform. In a chat platform, multiple non-adjacent messages may be selected for generation of a single task item. Generated posts or tasks may incorporate default information extracted from their associated messages. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363093 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING APPLICATION EXECUTION SCREEN IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and a device for controlling a search result in an electronic device are provided. The method includes displaying a first application screen, transmitting a request for executing a second application to a second application control module through a first application control module when detecting the request for executing the second application, receiving a second application screen from the second application control module, reconfiguring the received second application screen to display the received second application screen together with the first application screen and displaying the reconfigured first application screen and second application screen. Therefore, according to the present disclosure, it is possible to display a plurality of application screens without screen change. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363094 | COLLABORATIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT - An apparatus, method, and program product are disclosed for collaborative project management. One apparatus includes a selection module that receives a selection by a local user of an information handling device to display an application screen of a remote user of multiple remote users. The application screen of the remote user displays a project used by the multiple remote users in a collaborative environment. The apparatus includes a display module that displays on the information handling device the application screen of the remote user. The application screen of the remote user is updated immediately as modifications to the project are made. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363095 | METHOD OF ARRANGING ICON AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of arranging an icon on an electronic device includes displaying a plurality of icons in a plurality of regions of a user interface (UI), receiving a user input for each of at least one region displaying an icon among the plurality of regions, and arranging an icon selected based on the received user input in a region corresponding to a number indicated by the received user input. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363096 | DEFINING A DESIGN PLAN - A design plan can be defined as follows. In response to a user interaction with a user interface control for selecting from among a plurality of available nodes, a plurality of user selected nodes are caused to be displayed. Each node is displayed at a position on a virtual canvas determined by the user's interaction with the control. Each node is a visual representation of a plan element. The plan elements are examined to identify connection compatibilities between the elements. Based on the identified compatibilities and at least one of a user defined virtual canvas path and relative proximities between the nodes on the virtual canvas, the nodes are linked to create a plan artifact specifying corresponding connections between the represented plan elements. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363097 | ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN - The invention relates to an electronically controlled drug delivery device for administering a dose of a drug, comprising a body with a touchscreen and a control unit for controlling the touchscreen and operation of the drug delivery device related to delivery of the dose. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363098 | GUIDED VIDEO FEED SELECTION IN A VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE NETWORK - In V2V or other networks in which multiple video feeds are available to a participant, the participant's ability to select a particular video feed for display can be eased through the use of guided scanning. A guided scanning strategy is built based on operator inputs and used to select a particular set of video feeds that are initially shown as a video “slideshow” on the display used by the participant. Each video feed appears only for a limited period of time to enable easy participant review. Once the participant sees a particular video feed of interest, that video feed to can be selected for persisted presentation on the display. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363099 | AVATAR INTEGRATED SHARED MEDIA EXPERIENCE - A method and system are disclosed in which a group of people are able to replicate the physical world experience of going with a group of friends to pick a movie, watch the movie together, and provide commentary on the movie itself in the virtual world on a virtual couch while each user is sitting in different physical locations. Additionally, the virtual representation of the destination that the group of people are watching the movie together in can be themed to allow users to watch movies in different locations pivoting on special events or by the users choice. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363100 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In one aspect, when detecting an event such as receiving emails, missed calls, a schedule notification, or the like, a mobile electronic device executes a process for expanding a first operation part associated with the event on a display module and displaying a second operation part indicating a detail of the event within the expanded first operation part. For example, upon detecting an operation applied onto the first operation part via the touch screen, the mobile electronic device executes a process associated with the first operation part, and upon detecting an operation applied onto the second operation part, the mobile electronic device executes a process associated with the second operation part. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363101 | VIDEO SCROLLING SHORTCUTS FOR TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY - Video content is displayed on a touchscreen display. A first touch gesture is received, while displaying the video content, which is associated with scrolling through the video content. A set of selectable shortcuts are displayed overlaying the video content in response to receiving the first touch gesture. Each selectable shortcut in the set of selectable shortcuts is associated with a time position. A second touch gesture is received selecting a selectable shortcut from the set of selectable shortcuts. The video content is displayed from the time position associated with the selected shortcut. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363102 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR PROVIDING MULTITOUCH INPUTS AND HARDWARE-BASED FEATURES USING A SINGLE TOUCH INPUT - An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays, on the display, a first visual indicator. The electronic device receives a first single touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the first visual indicator; and, in response to detecting the first single touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the first visual indicator, replaces display of the first visual indicator with display of a first menu. The first menu includes a virtual touches selection icon. In response to detecting selection of the virtual touches selection icon, the electronic device displays a menu of virtual multitouch contacts. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363103 | DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION DEVICE - An information device and display processing method that allow any position in an image to be enlarged or reduced, and the degree of enlargement or reduction to be performed in an intuitive and intelligible manner The information device receives a predetermined touch operation performed on touch panel, retrieves a second image corresponding to a first image displayed on a display unit in accordance with the location of the touch operation, displays the second image within a ring-shaped frame image in accordance with the position of the touch manipulation, receives a subsequent touch operation of the touch panel along the ring-shaped frame image, and changes the second image in accordance with the operational amount and operational direction of the subsequent touch operation. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363104 | DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING APPARATUS, DIAGNOSTIC ULTRASONIC APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAYING APPARATUS - The diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the present embodiments includes a display unit, an input unit, and a display control unit. The display unit includes a display area in which a medical image and a menu in relation to the medical image are displayed. The input unit receives input to the display area. The display control unit displays different menus in the display area in accordance with the input received by the input unit. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363105 | STORAGE DEVICE, MEMORY CONTROLLER, AND CONTROL METHOD - A storage device includes a first nonvolatile memory that includes memory cells, each capable of storing data of a first number of bits, a second nonvolatile memory of which memory capacity is larger than a memory capacity of the first nonvolatile memory, and a memory controller is configured to control the first nonvolatile memory to store data of a second number of bits that is smaller than the first number in each of at least a part of the memory cells according to a usage amount of the memory cells. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363106 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a memory controller; a first memory device coupled to the memory controller; a second memory device coupled to the memory controller, the second memory device being a different type of memory from the first memory device; and a conversion circuit between the memory controller and the second memory device. The memory controller is configured to send a first command and first data to the first memory device according to a first timing scheme to access the first memory device, and send a second command and a packet to the conversion circuit according to the first timing scheme to access the second memory device. The conversion circuit is configured to receive the second command and the packet, and access the second memory device based on the second command and the packet. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363107 | MEMORY MODULE AND SYSTEM SUPPORTING PARALLEL AND SERIAL ACCESS MODES - A memory module can be programmed to deliver relatively wide, low-latency data in a first access mode, or to sacrifice some latency in return for a narrower data width, a narrower command width, or both, in a second access mode. The narrow, higher-latency mode requires fewer connections and traces. A controller can therefore support more modules, and thus increased system capacity. Programmable modules thus allow computer manufacturers to strike a desired balance between memory latency, capacity, and cost. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363108 | SPACE-TIME-NODE ENGINE SIGNAL STRUCTURE - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented using one or more computing devices or platforms to facilitate or otherwise support one or more processes or operations associated with a space-time-node engine signal structure. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363109 | CONTROLLER INTERFACE FOR OPERATION OF MULTIPLE STORAGE DRIVES - A mass data storage system includes a number of communicatively coupled storage drives powered by one or more power supplies. Shared control electronics selectively connect power and a data signal to a select storage drive via instructions within a control signal received by the common controller. Instructions for selectively powering and connecting the data signal are transmitted over a first signal path to a first controller of the shared electronics. Responsive to successful execution of the instructions, a drive access command is sent over a second different signal path to a second controller of the shared electronics. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363110 | MEMORY CONFIGURATION FOR INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATION IN AN MPSoC - A method determines a configuration for inter-processor communication for a heterogeneous multi-processor system. The method determines at least one subgraph of a graph representing communication between processors of the heterogeneous multi-processor system. For each subgraph the method (i) determines a plurality of subgraph design points. Each subgraph design point has a variation of channel mapping between any two of the processors in the subgraph by selecting from first-in-first-out (FIFO) memory and shared cache, and varying the shared cache and a local memory associated with at least one of the processors according to the channel mapping; and (ii) selects a memory solution for the subgraph, based on a cost associated with the selected memory solution. The method then determines a configuration for the graph of the heterogeneous multi-processor system, based on the selected memory solutions, to determine the configuration for inter-processor communication for the heterogeneous multi-processor system. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363111 | STORAGE DEVICE CONTROLLER - Provided is an apparatus including a first storage device having a first write speed and a second storage device having a second write speed. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to manage a transfer of data to the first storage device or the second storage device. The amount of data stored on each of the first and second storage devices is based on the first write speed and the second write speed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363112 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FILE STORING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first memory, a second memory, and a control module configured, when a file storing event occurs, to divide a file inputted from outside of the electronic device into a plurality of files, to store a portion of the divided files in the first memory, and to store another portion of the divided files in the second memory, wherein one of the first memory and the second memory includes a header notifying a storage location of the divided files. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363113 | PRECISELY TRACKING MEMORY USAGE IN MULTI-PROCESS COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for precisely tracking memory usage in a multi-process computing environment. One of the methods includes implementing an instance of a memory usage tracker (MUT) in each process running in a node of a computer system. A MUT can maintain an account of memory usage for each of multiple logical owners running on a process on which the MUT is running. The MUT can determine an actual memory quota for each owner, and enforce the actual memory quota of the owner. Enforcing the actual memory quota of the owner can include receiving each memory allocation request, checking each allocation request and a current state of the account against the actual quota, approving or rejecting each allocation request, communicating the approval or rejection to an underlying memory manager, and updating the owner account for each approved allocation request. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363114 | OPTIMIZING MEMORY USAGE ACROSS MULTIPLE GARBAGE COLLECTED COMPUTER ENVIRONMENTS - A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium, vary a maximum heap memory size for one application of a plurality of applications based on monitoring garbage collection activity levels for the plurality of applications, each application including a heap memory, and unused memory in the heap memory being reclaimed by a garbage collector. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363115 | PARALLEL STORAGE SYSTEM TESTING - Parallel storage system testing is provided. An input/output (I/O) pattern is received. One or more sets of jobs are determined, based, at least in part, on the I/O pattern. Each of the one or more sets of jobs identifies one or more jobs. Each job identifies one or more I/O operations. Each set of jobs of the one or more sets of jobs is assigned to a processing node of one or more processing nodes. The one or more sets of jobs are executed concurrently. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363116 | MEMORY CONTROLLER POWER MANAGEMENT BASED ON LATENCY - A processor monitors, directly or indirectly, the amount of time it takes for the memory controller to respond to one or more memory access requests. When this memory access latency indicates that a memory latency tolerance of a program thread has been exceeded, the processor can apportion additional power to the memory controller, thereby increasing the speed with which the memory controller can process memory access requests. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363117 | DATA REUSE TRACKING AND MEMORY ALLOCATION MANAGEMENT - Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems determine a miss-rate at various amounts of memory allocation for each of a plurality of workloads running within a computer. A value representing an estimated change in miss-rate for each of the workloads based upon an increase in a current allocation of memory to the workload is determined. The workload with a value representing a greatest improvement in hit rate is selected. Additional memory is allocated to the selected workload. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363118 | TECHNIQUES FOR HARMONIC-RESISTANT FILE STRIPING - Techniques for harmonic-resistant file striping are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a storage medium comprising instructions for execution by the processor circuit to receive a request to write data to a file at a specified offset, determine a stripe identifier (ID) based on the specified offset according to a harmonic-resistant striping order, and initiate a write procedure to cause the data to be written to a stripe of the file, the stripe corresponding to the stripe ID. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363119 | METHOD OF WRITING FILE ONTO TAPE - An approach to reducing overhead to enable high-speed writing even when a large number of small-sized files are written onto a tape in a file system. The method of the present invention includes the steps of: writing multiple files consecutively onto a tape to become one combined file; writing, onto the tape, first index information including the start position and size of the combined file on the tape; and writing, onto the tape, second index information including the start position and size of each of the multiple files in the combined file on the tape. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363120 | ON DEMAND BLOCK MANAGEMENT - Methods and memories for embedded systems, and systems with managed memories, are provided. In one such method, a managed memory determines when housekeeping operations are indicated, conveys that information to a host, and the host initiates the housekeeping operation at a time determined by the host not to affect real-time system operation. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363121 | INTERFACE FOR CONNECTING HARDWARE COMPONENTS - An interface is provided comprising: a receptacle arranged to receive a memory device; and a detection signal line arranged to transmit an electrical signal identifying a type of the memory device. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363122 | VEHICLE DEVICE - A vehicle device is provided that includes a first processer for processing first data classified as a first category when being supplied based on a vehicle-mounted power source, a second processor for processing second data classified as a second category when being supplied based on the vehicle-mounted power source, an external data storage externally attached to both the first and second processors, and a built-in data storage provided in the second processor and capable of retaining the stored second data even if a battery voltage decreases to a predetermined value for a predetermined period of time. At least one of the first and second processors varies a storage destination and a storage frequency in accordance with priorities. The second processor constantly stores at least part of the second data in the built-in data storage. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363123 | ASSIGNING READ REQUESTS BASED ON BUSYNESS OF DEVICES - Techniques are provided for assigning read requests to storage devices in a manner that reduces the likelihood that any storage device will become overloaded or underutilized. Specifically, a read-request handler assigns read requests that are directed to each particular item among the storage devices that have copies of the item based on how busy each of those storage devices is. Consequently, even though certain storage devices may have copies of the same item, there may be times during which one storage device is assigned a disproportionate number of the reads of the item because the other storage device is busy with read requests for other items, and there may be other times during which other storage device is assigned a disproportionate number of the reads of the item because the one storage device is busy with read request for other items. Various techniques for estimating the busyness of storage devices are provided, including fraction-based estimates, interval-based estimates, and the response-time-based estimates. Techniques for smoothing those estimates, and for handicapping devices, are also provided. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363124 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA REPLICATION USING A SINGLE MASTER FAILOVER PROTOCOL - A system that implements a data storage service may store data on behalf of storage service clients. The system may maintain data in multiple replicas of various partitions that are stored on respective computing nodes in the system. The system may employ a single master failover protocol, usable when a replica attempts to become the master replica for a replica group of which it is a member. Attempting to become the master replica may include acquiring a lock associated with the replica group, and gathering state information from the other replicas in the group. The state information may indicate whether another replica supports the attempt (in which case it is included in a failover quorum) or stores more recent data or metadata than the replica attempting to become the master (in which case synchronization may be required). If the failover quorum includes enough replicas, the replica may become the master. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363125 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A COPY-OFFLOAD OPERATION - Methods and systems for executing a copy-offload operation are provided. The method includes determining if content of a source data container can be changed, after the source data container is opened for a copy-offload operation to copy the source data container from a source location to a destination location. The method further includes using a direct copy mode for generating a token for the copy-offload operation, without taking a point in time image of the source data container, when the content cannot be changed based on a mode in which the source data container is opened; and selecting a point in time copy mode by taking the point in time image of the source data container for generating the token, when the content can be changed. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363126 | LOGICAL ZONE MAPPING - A mass data storage system includes a plurality of communicatively coupled storage resources that are each controlled by one of a plurality of distinct storage controllers. Each of the storage resources are mapped to one or more logical zones, and the logical zones each apply an associated storage condition to data stored therein. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363127 | EXTENDED FILE ATTRIBUTES FOR REDUNDANT DATA STORAGE - A mass data storage system includes a data manager that selects a subset of storage resources for storage of a data file and generates location metadata for the data file defining positions of each storage resource in the selected subset of storage resources. According to one implementation, the data manager further defines an extended file attribute associated with the location metadata. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363128 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD OF STORAGE SYSTEM - A management system manages at least a storage system. The management system decides two or more logical storage devices configuring a logical volume to be provided to an application. The management system decides two or more MPs that undertake processes on the two or more logical storage devices, respectively. The management system allocates the decided two or more MPs to the decided two or more logical storage devices such that one MP is allocated to one logical storage device. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363129 | STORAGE SYSTEM - A storage control apparatus performs, for each virtual area to which a physical area is allocated, any one of coarse-grained management for managing a correspondence relationship between a virtual area and a physical area in a first size unit, and fine-grained management for managing a correspondence relationship between a virtual area and a physical area in a second size unit smaller than the first size unit. The storage control apparatus manages mapping information that expresses a correspondence relationship between a virtual area and a physical area. The storage control apparatus performs at least one of change of any of fine-grained virtual areas to a coarse-grained virtual area and change of any of coarse-grained virtual areas to a fine-grained virtual area, based on the number of duplication areas of each virtual area and a size of the mapping information. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363130 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, RFID SYSTEM, AND RECORDABLE MEDIUM HAVING DATA WRITING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON - A communication device ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150363131 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MASS DATA STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING A FILE-BASED INTERFACE TO A HOST AND A NON-FILE-BASED INTERFACE TO SECONDARY STORAGE - System and method for transferring data between a host system and a data storage system is provided. The system includes an interface that uses a file based protocol to transfer data between the data storage system and the host system, wherein the data storage system includes a first mass storage device and a second mass storage device; wherein the first mass storage device is a solid state non-volatile memory device and the second mass storage device is a non-solid state memory device. The first mass storage device is a flash memory device that operates as a primary storage device that stores data on a file by file basis. The second mass storage device is a magnetic disk drive that operates as secondary storage device and stores data received via a logical interface. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363132 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SHUTTING DOWN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a non-volatile storage device and a processor. The processor is configured to evacuate system information to the non-volatile storage device, when an outage is detected, after the evacuation, shut down the information processing apparatus, and when the information processing apparatus is restarted thereafter, resume a shutdown process on the information processing apparatus, using the system information in the non-volatile storage device. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363133 | ACTIVE CONTROL OF MEMORY FOR JAVA VIRTUAL MACHINES AND OTHER APPLICATION RUNTIME ENVIRONMENTS - A method and structure for dynamic memory re-allocation for an application runtime environment (ARE) includes receiving, through an interface of an application runtime environment (ARE), a first set of internal operational metrics of the ARE executing at a current setting S | 2015-12-17 |
20150363134 | STORAGE APPARATUS AND DATA MANAGEMENT - Access performance of a storage apparatus to which a deduplication technique is applied is enhanced. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363135 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MASS DATA STORAGE SYSTEM HAVING A FILE-BASED INTERFACE TO A HOST AND A NON-FILE-BASED INTERFACE TO SECONDARY STORAGE - System and method for transferring data between a host system and a data storage system is provided. The system includes an interface that uses a file based protocol to transfer data between the data storage system and the host system, wherein the data storage system includes a first mass storage device and a second mass storage device; wherein the first mass storage device is a solid state non-volatile memory device and the second mass storage device is a non-solid state memory device. The first mass storage device is a flash memory device that operates as a primary storage device that stores data on a file by file basis. The second mass storage device is a magnetic disk drive that operates as secondary storage device and stores data received via a logical interface. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363136 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A semiconductor device including a register controller and a processor which includes a register is provided. The register includes a first circuit and a second circuit which includes a plurality of memory portions. The first circuit and the plurality of memory portions can store data by an arithmetic process of the processor. Which of the plurality of memory portions the data is stored in depends on a routine by which the data is processed. The register controller switches the routine in response to an interrupt signal. The register controller can make any one of the plurality of memory portions which corresponds to the routine store the data in the first circuit every time the routine is switched. The register controller can make data stored in any one of the plurality of memory portions which corresponds to the routine be stored in the first circuit every time the routine is switched. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363137 | Configurable And Scalable Storage System - The system utilizes a plurality of layers to provide a robust storage solution. One layer is the RAID engine that provides parity RAID protection, disk management and striping for the RAID sets. The second layer is called the virtualization layer and it separates the physical disks and storage capacity into virtual disks that mirror the drives that a target system requires. A third layer is a LUN (logical unit number) layer that is disposed between the virtual disks and the host. By using this approach, the system can be used to represent any number, size, or capacity of disks that a host system requires while using any configuration of physical RAID storage. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363138 | PRINT INSPECTION APPARATUS AND PRINT INSPECTION METHOD - A print inspection apparatus according to the present invention obtains an object for variable printing which is stored in a storage and generates a combined image by combining the obtained object. If the combined image is normally generated, the combined image is set to both of a print image and a collation image. Whereas if the combined image is not normally generated, a different image is set to each of the print image and the collation image. The print inspection apparatus generates a print product by printing the set print image. Then, the print inspection apparatus inspects the print product by comparing image data generated by reading the print product with the set collation image. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363139 | PRINT SERVER SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a print server system which suitably performs control of registration of a printer in accordance with a result of a determination as to whether an environment in which the printer is used corresponds to an enterprise environment. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363140 | Composite To-Print Product - A system can include a print history analyzer to generate history data based on a document history that includes a list of documents selected to be printed. The history data can characterize a content and layout of documents selected for printing. The system can also include a user print profile builder to generate a user print profile based on the history data. The user print profile can characterize printing preferences of a user. The system can further include a recommendation engine to generate a composite to-print product for the user. The composite to-print product can be based on the user print profile. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363141 | SIMPLIFIED WOOBE EXPERIENCE - A system and method for cloud centric Web out-of-box print experience (WOOBPE) for Web connected printers are disclosed. In one example, a printer is registered with a cloud print service upon the printer coupling to a network. A WOOBPE application is then launched via a computing device to obtain a network identification (ID) of the printer. A user account is then created with WOOBPE service providers for a user of the printer upon obtaining printer specific information using the network ID. Printer email ID is then provided and the printer email ID is then activated and a test page is printed based on the printer specific information. The printer is then claimed by sending the printer specific information to the WOOBPE service providers for subscribing to one or more print services and associating the printer specific information with the created user account. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363142 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention provides an apparatus use environment with higher flexibility and convenience. To achieve this, in a program including the first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and executed by a processor and the second program layer with an instruction set compiled in advance by a unit other than the processor, this invention controls to perform communication between an external device and the first program layer via the second program layer. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363143 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - This invention provides an apparatus use environment with higher flexibility and convenience. To achieve this, based on information acquired by an apparatus on which a program including a first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and executed by a processor and a second program layer with an instruction set compiled in advance by a unit other than the processor operates, display contents of a display screen for using a function of the apparatus, which are displayed in the first program layer, are controlled. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363144 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to an embodiment of this invention, an information processing apparatus that executes, by a processor, a program including a first program layer with an instruction set to be interpreted and executed by the processor and a second program layer with an instruction set interpreted in advance by a unit other than the processor has the following arrangement. That is, the first program layer holds image data to be processed in a first format. On the other hand, the second program layer holds it in a second format. When transferring image data between the first program layer and the second program layer, the format of the image data is converted between the first format and the second format. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363145 | PAPER PROFILE AND READING SYSTEMS - Methods, systems, computer readable media and other means for generating a profile for a particular type of media are provided. The profile represents a set of preferred printing parameters to be used to achieve a target print quality for a reference printing device. The profile may be used by other non-reference printing devices in order to optimize printing for that type of media. For each non-reference printing device, an offset may be established that represents the differences between the non-reference and the reference printing devices. A processor of the non-reference printing device may identify the type of media and the profile for that media and then adjust the printing parameters for the non-reference printing device based on the profile and the offset in order to optimize the print quality. The profile may also include a parameter that is based on a temperature coefficient associated with the type of printer. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363146 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes an extracting unit that extracts features of printing operations of a user, and a measurement unit that measures a processing throughput of executing the printing operations of the user as a substitute for a printing operation as a predetermined standard if a feature of the printing operation serving as the standard matches the features extracted by the extracting unit. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363147 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system is provided. In a communication system, when consumables mounted on an image forming apparatus main body are determined as greenhouse gas emission right-granted consumables by a computation unit, an image forming apparatus acquires contribution content information regarding greenhouse gas reduction corresponding to emission right allowance information recorded in a recording unit of the consumables from a connection unit and displays the acquired contribution content information on a display unit. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363148 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In an information processing apparatus, in a case where a printing instruction is output for generating print data via a printing dialog of an application in a first user interface environment and also a determination unit determines that a currently presented user interface environment is a second user interface environment, a display area where an instruction can be accepted is displayed in the second user interface environment, and when the display area is instructed, a printing-time input screen corresponding to the output instruction is displayed in the second user interface environment. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363149 | Aggregate Work Volume Estimation Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of jobs at a printing environment, detecting a selection of a set of the plurality jobs, automatically calculating an aggregate work volume estimation for set of selected jobs and displaying the aggregate work volume estimation at a graphical user interface. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363150 | Printer Roll Management Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of jobs at a printing environment, collecting a first set of the plurality jobs at a first filter based on one or more job properties and generating a first batch of one or more jobs to be processed by selecting jobs within the first set of jobs having a volume within a defined volume range. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363151 | PRINT SCHEDULING MECHANISM - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of jobs at a printing environment, collecting a first set of the plurality jobs at a first filter based on one or more job properties, generating a first batch of one or more jobs to be processed from the first set of jobs in the first filter that and displaying the first filter and the first batch at a graphical user interface (GUI). | 2015-12-17 |
20150363152 | Print Scheduling Mechanism - A method disclosed. The method includes receiving a plurality of jobs at a printing environment, collecting a first set of the plurality jobs at a first filter based on one or more job properties, detecting a selection of one or more jobs, via a graphical user interface (GUI), from the first set of jobs in the first filter, generating a first batch of jobs to be processed using the one or more jobs to be processed and displaying the first filter and the first batch at the GUI. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363153 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] To perform appropriate transmission band control. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363154 | CONTROL FOR MULTI-MONITOR DISPLAY - An example system includes a multi-monitor display ( | 2015-12-17 |
20150363155 | AUDIO OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE - An audio output control device includes a control device that adjusts an output of earlier audio information and an output of later audio information in a situation where a request for outputting the later audio information is made before the output of the earlier audio information ends. The control device includes: a first acquisition device that acquires end time information of the earlier audio information; a second acquisition device that acquires delay permissible information of the later audio information; and a first determination device that determines whether a wait for outputting the later audio information is available, according to the end time information and the delay permissible information. When the wait is available, the control device outputs the later audio information after preferentially executing the output of the earlier audio information. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363156 | MEDIA SPLITTING AND REDUCTION IN STORAGE REQUIREMENTS BASED ON COMMON CONTENT - A method and computer program product for executing the method, where the method includes analyzing a multimedia file including audio content and video content, identifying a portion of the audio content that matches a portion of a separate audio file, removing the identified portion of the audio content from the multimedia file, and inserting a link into the multimedia file. The link points to the known audio file, specifies the portion of the separate audio file that matches the removed portion of the audio content, and identifies a point in the multimedia file where the portion of audio content was removed. During playback of the multimedia file, the specified portion of the known audio file is played at the identified point in the multimedia file. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363157 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE RELATED TO A SOUND TRACK - An operating method for an electrical device is provided. The electrical device has a display screen. The operating method includes the following steps. First, at least one sound track is provided, wherein the at least one sound track is individually associated with at least one sound source. Then, a user interface (UI) is displayed on the display screen, wherein the UI displays the at least one sound track and at least one indicator corresponding to the at least one sound track, so that the at least one sound track can be edited through the UI. The at least one indicator is configured to indicate the at least one sound source individually. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363158 | REPLAY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND PROGRAM USED IN SAME - A music distribution server according to an embodiment provides a service in which users can easily enjoy digital contents. The server may include an information storage unit storing various tables and data bases, a playback transmission unit transmitting, in response to playback requests, music data to a terminal device in a streaming method, and a purchase transmission unit transmitting, in response to a purchase request, the music data to the terminal device in a downloading method, a ticket possession status update unit updating a possession status of virtual tickets used for playback of the music data possessed by users, a ticket providing unit providing the virtual tickets to users, a comment management unit managing users' comments on music pieces, a recommendation management unit managing recommendation of music pieces by one user to other users, and a ticket offer management unit offering the virtual tickets from one user to other users. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363159 | PRESENTATION SOUND BOX - In one example, a presentation sound box is provided that includes a first box portion, and a second box portion that is movable relative to the first box portion. A sound module is disposed within the box and includes a speaker, a processor, and memory accessible by the processor. The presentation sound box further includes a power source operable to drive the speaker and processor, a trigger device operable to connect and disconnect the power source and sound module, and an amplifying cover configured and arranged to at least partly enclose the speaker. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363160 | System and Method for Optimizing Loudness and Dynamic Range Across Different Playback Devices - Embodiments are directed to a method and system for receiving, in a bitstream, metadata associated with the audio data, and analyzing the metadata to determine whether a loudness parameter for a first group of audio playback devices are available in the bitstream. Responsive to determining that the parameters are present for the first group, the system uses the parameters and audio data to render audio. Responsive to determining that the loudness parameters are not present for the first group, the system analyzes one or more characteristics of the first group, and determines the parameter based on the one or more characteristics. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363161 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO SYNCHRONIZATION - A method and apparatus utilizing a single processor and a plurality of memories for providing audio synchronization including writing an incoming PES audio stream having header information, PTS timing information and payload information and audio information to an input buffer. The method and apparatus further includes reading the incoming audio stream from the input buffer and parsing the timing information and the audio information. The audio information, ES information, is written to an intermediate buffer. Based on the timing information, the method and apparatus further includes reading the audio information from the intermediate buffer and decoding the audio information to generate decoded audio information, PCM information. The method and apparatus includes writing the decoded audio information in an output buffer, wherein the decoded audio information may be provided from the output buffer to a digital-to-analog converter and thereupon provided to an audio system. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363162 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DISTRIBUITION OF MUSIC AND OTHER FORMS OF USEFUL INFORMATION - The present invention relates generally to the field of telecommunications systems and methods. More specifically, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for identifying and/or distributing music and other types of useful information for users in a very simple and convenient manner. A variety of systems and methods are disclosed which provide users with quick and convenient access to various forms of information, such as, for example, audio information including music and news items as well as coupons and other information. The systems and methods allow users to store data representative of a time of transmission and preferably a source of transmission so that data of interest may be identified for ordering an/or downloading. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363163 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND/OR DISTRIBUITION OF MUSIC AND OTHER FORMS OF USEFUL INFORMATION - The present invention relates generally to the field of telecommunications systems and methods. More specifically, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for identifying and/or distributing music and other types of useful information for users in a very simple and convenient manner. A variety of systems and methods are disclosed which provide users with quick and convenient access to various forms of information, such as, for example, audio information including music and news items as well as coupons and other information. The systems and methods allow users to store data representative of a time of transmission and preferably a source of transmission so that data of interest may be identified for ordering an/or downloading. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363164 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING BIOMETRICS TO PREDICT AND SELECT MUSIC PREFERENCES - Systems and methods for using biometrics to select music preference are provided. A system for using biometrics to select music preferences for a user in a vehicle, comprises a music selection module electrically coupled to at least one biometric sensor in the vehicle, wherein the at least one biometric sensor senses a characteristic of the user and outputs data for the sensed characteristic to the music selection module, and wherein the music selection module selects a music selection for the user based on the sensed characteristic data, and a controller module electrically coupled to the music selection module to control playing of the music selection, wherein the controller module receives an output including the music selection from the music selection module. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363165 | Method For Quickly Starting Application Service, and Terminal - A method for quickly starting an application service, and a terminal. The method includes acquiring, by a terminal, event trigger information; starting, by the terminal, the application service software after determining that the event trigger information meets a preset quick startup condition; and acquiring, by the terminal, a voice instruction input by a user, and running the application service software according to the voice instruction. According to the method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, application service software is started by using event trigger information, so that a background of a terminal starts to perform recording only after the application service software is started, and background recording is stopped after the terminal provides an application service for a user, preventing a recording device in the background of the terminal from being always in a recording state, and further reducing power consumption of the terminal. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363166 | TRANSLATION LAYER FOR CONTROLLING BUS ACCESS - A translation layer includes a plurality of first buffers and a controller to assert one or more ready signals corresponding to one or more of the plurality of first buffers in response to the one or more of the plurality of first buffers being less than full. The one or more of the plurality of first buffers receives data or control information from one or more corresponding components in response to the ready signal being asserted concurrently with one or more valid signals asserted by the one or more corresponding components. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363167 | FLASH OPTIMIZED COLUMNAR DATA LAYOUT AND DATA ACCESS ALGORITHMS FOR BIG DATA QUERY ENGINES - A technique relates to flash-optimized data layout of a dataset for queries. Selection columns are stored in flash memory according to a selection optimized layout, where the selection optimized layout is configured to optimize predicate matching and data skipping. The selection optimized layout, for each selection column, is formed by storing a selection column dictionary filled with unique data values in a given selection column, where the unique data values are stored in sorted order in the selection column dictionary. Row position designations are stored corresponding to each row position that the unique data values are present within the given selection column, without duplicating storage of any of the unique data values that occur more than once in the given selection column. | 2015-12-17 |
20150363168 | PIPELINED MULTIPLY-SCAN CIRCUIT - A pipelined multiply-scan circuit that may be used for high-performance computing. The pipelined multiply-scan circuit may comprise dedicated hardware configured to execute one or more sub-calculations associated with a pipelined multiply-scan process utilizing one or more serially-connected left-shift modules, and one or more serially-connected adder. | 2015-12-17 |