摘要:
Searching online catalog databases by shoppers is improved by performing similarity searching on searches performed by the shopper, in conjunction with adjusting the similarity metric used during the search to interactively improve the relevance of the resulting search results to the shopper. This involves using relevance feedback and/or product redefinition to learn the “implied concept” of the shopper's stated product requirements; that is, the quality of the search results is enhanced through understanding the concept implied by the shopper's queries by, for example, learning from the product results marked as “relevant” or “irrelevant” by the shopper. This approach is in contrast with attempts to enhance search results using, for example, the shopper's past orders or previous actions, or the past orders or previous actions of other shoppers who may have a purchase history similar to that of the current shopper.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for hardware efficient decoding of compression coefficients. In one embodiment, a numerator of an equation used to compute a compression coefficient is computed. The denominator is also computed. The numerator and denominator values are truncated such that each numerator and denominator are equal in length to a predetermined constant K. A K-bit integer division is then executed to determine the value of the compression constant.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for generating blocks of data for an image is described. An image is divided into a localized area. For each localized area, pixels are assigned to blocks following a complementary pattern. The complementary pattern is designed such that most pixels are adjacent to pixels arising from other blocks. The neighboring pixels provide information that is useful for reconstructing data that is lost due to burst error. In one embodiment, this is used in the transmission of video signals over a potentially lossy communications channel.
摘要:
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for restoring a deteriorated signal to an undeteriorated signal. A deteriorated signal consists of a plurality of deteriorated and undeteriorated data points. For each deteriorated data point, a plurality of class types is created based upon characteristics of the area containing the deteriorated data point. The data point is classified with respect to one of the plurality of class types and assigned a corresponding input signal class. The undeteriorated signal is generated by adaptively filtering the deteriorated input signal in accordance with the input signal classification result. More than one classification method is used to create the plurality of class types. Created classes may include a motion class, an error class, a spatial class or a spatial activity class.
摘要:
A system and method for source coding a signal to localize transmission errors to a set of samples is disclosed. The signal comprises a plurality of signal elements (SEs) with each SE having a plurality of components. The signal is divided into a plurality of data sets with each data set having a set of SEs. Each SE component of a data set is grouped into a plurality of divisions with each SE component having a plurality of bits. The plurality of bits of the SE components are distributed from the plurality of divisions across a generated bitstream. In one embodiment, this is used in the transmission of video signals over a potentially lossy communications channel.
摘要:
A system and method for recovering damaged data in a bistream of encoded data is disclosed. In one embodiment, the encoded data is received and a plurality of candidate decoding are generated. An evaluation measurement is generated for each of the plurality of candidate decoding. A candidate decoding to decode the bitstream of encoded data is selected dependent on the evaluation measurement. In one embodiment, this is used in the transmission of video signals over a potentially lossy communications channel.
摘要:
A system and method for receiving damage data in a bitstream of encoded data is disclosed. A plurality of candidate decodings for a plurality of blocks are generated. A measure is generated for each block based upon at least an image portion of the candidate decodings. Compatibility is determined between adjacent blocks of the plurality of blocks. A candidate decoding is selected based upon the measure and the compatibility of adjacent blocks. In one embodiment, this is used in the transmission of video signals over a potentially lossy communications channel.
摘要:
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for restoring a deteriorated signal to an undeteriorated signal. A deteriorated signal consists of a plurality of deteriorated and undeteriorated data points. For each deteriorated data point, a plurality of class types is created based upon characteristics of the area containing the deteriorated data point. The data point is classified with respect to one of the plurality of class types and assigned a corresponding input signal class. The undeteriorated signal is generated by adaptively filtering the deteriorated input signal in accordance with the input signal classification result. More than one classification method is used to create the plurality of class types. Created classes may include a motion class, an error class, a spatial class or a spatial activity class. The filter taps are selected adaptively according to the plurality of class types. The filter taps may be selected adaptively according to the motion and error class.
摘要:
A system and method for recovering lost/damaged attribute data in a bitstream of encoded data comprising attribute data and encoded sample data is disclosed. The decoded neighboring data is retrieved and lost/damaged attribute data is estimated using the encoded sample data, the decoded neighboring data, and available attribute data. In one embodiment, this is used in the transmission of video signals over a potentially lossy communications channel.
摘要:
Provided are methods, apparatus arid computer programs for scheduling storage input and/or output (I/O) requests. A method for scheduling storage access requests determines a request processing sequence calculated to maximize SLA-based revenues achievable from processing a number of requests. A storage controller includes a scheduler which implements a revenue-based scheduling function to determine a revenue-maximizing processing sequence, and then assigns storage access requests to locations in a queue corresponding to the determined sequence. In an on-line mode, the scheduler can adapt to additional received requests, evaluating the revenue function for the additional requests and modifying the schedule if required. The method may include analyzing a request stream to predict requests that are likely to be received in the near future, and taking account of the predicted requests when determining a processing schedule.