Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090074306 | Estimating Word Correlations from Images - Word correlations are estimated using a content-based method, which uses visual features of image representations of the words. The image representations of the subject words may be generated by retrieving images from data sources (such as the Internet) using image search with the subject words as query words. One aspect of the techniques is based on calculating the visual distance or visual similarity between the sets of retrieved images corresponding to each query word. The other is based on calculating the visual consistence among the set of the retrieved images corresponding to a conjunctive query word. The combination of the content-based method and a text-based method may produce even better result. | 03-19-2009 |
20090076800 | Dual Cross-Media Relevance Model for Image Annotation - A dual cross-media relevance model (DCMRM) is used for automatic image annotation. In contrast to the traditional relevance models which calculate the joint probability of words and images over a training image database, the DCMRM model estimates the joint probability by calculating the expectation over words in a predefined lexicon. The DCMRM model may be advantageous because a predefined lexicon potentially has better behavior than a training image database. The DCMRM model also takes advantage of content-based techniques and image search techniques to define the word-to-image and word-to-word relations involved in image annotation. Both relations can be estimated by using image search techniques on the web data as well as available training data. | 03-19-2009 |
20110204653 | GENERATORS USING BIO-KINETIC ENERGY - Devices for converting bio-kinetic energy into electrical energy. Devices may include a fluid conduit configured to contain a liquid conductive material, a transducer coupled to the fluid conduit and configured to drive flow of the liquid conductive material through the fluid conduit, and a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generation unit operatively coupled to the fluid conduit, wherein the MHD power generation unit is configured to convert liquid conductive material flow through the fluid conduit into electrical power. Devices may be incorporated into a number of wearable articles and building articles for conversion of bio-kinetic energy into electrical energy. | 08-25-2011 |
20120235112 | RESISTIVE SWITCHING MEMORY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to the microelectronics field, and particularly, to a resistive switching memory and a method for manufacturing the same. The memory may comprise a lower electrode, a resistive switching layer, and an upper electrode. The resistive switching layer may have carbon nano-tubes embedded therein. Growth of a conductive filament in the resistive switching layer can be facilitated and controlled under an externally applied bias by a local electric field enhancement effect of the carbon nano-tubes, so as to improve performances and stability of the device. The resistive switching memory according to the present disclosure can have a good resistive switching capability. Further, the operating voltage and the resistance value of the device can be well controlled by controlling the length and position of the carbon nano-tubes in the resistive switching layer. | 09-20-2012 |
20130143503 | DOPPLER SHIFT COMPENSATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates to a Doppler shift compensation scheme applicable in a high mobility communication system. In some examples, a Doppler shift compensation apparatus may include an angle measuring unit configured to measure Angle Of Arrival (AOA) information of a User Equipment (UE); a velocity calculating unit configured to calculate a velocity information of the UE based on the measured AOA information; a frequency shift estimating unit configured to estimate Doppler shift of the UE based on the measured AOA information and the calculated velocity of the UE; a frequency shift compensation triggering unit configured to trigger Doppler frequency shift compensation based on the estimated Doppler shift of the UE; and a frequency shift compensating unit configured to perform the Doppler frequency shift compensation based on a trigger instruction from the frequency shift compensation triggering unit. Doppler shift compensation methods are also described in some other examples of the present disclosure. | 06-06-2013 |
20130262453 | Estimating Thread Participant Expertise Using A Competition-Based Model - The subject disclosure is directed towards ranking participants in an online platform according to expertise. A competition-based metric is applied to question and answer threads in order to model each thread as a set of comparisons between various groups of the participants. After aggregating comparison results for the question and answer treads, one or more relative expertise scores may be estimated for each participant. Each relative expertise score may correspond to a specific category of questions. | 10-03-2013 |
20130326420 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR USER INTERACTIVE INTERFACES ON TOUCHSCREENS - The present application is directed to devices and methods for touchscreen interactive interface. The method may comprise steps of combining two or more single-function buttons on the user interface of the touchscreen device into one multifunction button; monitoring a real-time touch operation with the multifunction button by a user; determining the type of the touch operation according to the time of the touch operation; and unfolding the two or more single-function buttons one after another around the multifunction button according to the type of the touch operation. | 12-05-2013 |
20140118614 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND HOME NETWORK SYSTEM COMPRISING DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a display device, which comprises: a liquid crystal panel; a backlight unit configured to provide the liquid crystal panel with a light source; a digital interactive interface for video and audio configured to input/output all signals into/from the display device; a signal conversion module configured to convert the signal input via the digital interactive interface for video and audio into a first signal; a signal processing unit configured to adjust a resolution of the first signal converted by the signal conversion module to a predetermined resolution, convert the first signal whose resolution is adjusted to the predetermined resolution into a second signal for time-sequence control over the liquid crystal panel, and transmit the second signal to the liquid crystal panel; and a power source module configured to supply power to the liquid crystal panel, the backlight unit and the signal processing unit. | 05-01-2014 |
20140154224 | Method of Pest Control - The present invention provides a method for controlling | 06-05-2014 |
20140369285 | PHYSICAL CELL IDENTITY ALLOCATION - The invention discloses Physical Cell Identity (PCI) allocation in a cellular network. Radii of an inner boundary circle of a first and second cell—are each estimated according to a cell distance relation model. Signal strengths within the inner boundary circles of the first and second cells are each greater than a first threshold. Then radii of an outer boundary circle of the first and second cell are each estimated according to the cell distance relation model. The signal strengths within the outer boundary circles of the first and second cells are each greater than a second threshold, where the second threshold is lower than the first threshold. The second cell is allocated a PCI based on a distance relation between the first cell and the second cell. | 12-18-2014 |