公开(公告)号：US06925453B1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-02

申请号：US09614141

申请日：2000-07-13

申请人： Lawrence David Bergman ,  Vittorio Castelli ,  Yuan-Chi Chang ,  Matthew L. Hill ,  Chung-Sheng Li ,  John Richard Smith

发明人： Lawrence David Bergman ,  Vittorio Castelli ,  Yuan-Chi Chang ,  Matthew L. Hill ,  Chung-Sheng Li ,  John Richard Smith

IPC分类号： G06F15/18 ,  G06N5/02

CPC分类号： G06N5/022

摘要： Distributed resource discovery is an essential step for information retrieval and/or providing information services. This step is usually used for determining the location of an information or data repository which has relevant information. The most fundamental challenge is the usual lack of semantic interoperability of the requested resource. In accordance with the invention, a method is disclosed where distributed repositories achieve semantic interoperability through the exchange of examples and, optionally, classifiers. The outcome of the inventive method can be used to determine whether common labels are referring to the same semantic meaning.

摘要翻译： 分布式资源发现是信息检索和/或提供信息服务的重要步骤。 此步骤通常用于确定具有相关信息的信息或数据存储库的位置。 最根本的挑战是通常缺乏所请求资源的语义互操作性。 根据本发明，公开了一种方法，其中分布式存储库通过交换示例和可选地分类器来实现语义互操作性。 本发明方法的结果可用于确定通用标签是指相同的语义含义。

公开(公告)号：US07373359B2

公开(公告)日：2008-05-13

申请号：US11034288

申请日：2005-01-12

申请人： Matthew L. Hill ,  Yuan-Chi Chang ,  Chung-Sheng Li ,  Vittorio Castelli ,  Lawrence David Bergman

发明人： Matthew L. Hill ,  Yuan-Chi Chang ,  Chung-Sheng Li ,  Vittorio Castelli ,  Lawrence David Bergman

IPC分类号： G06F17/30 ,  G06F15/16

CPC分类号： G06K9/32 ,  G06T7/20 ,  Y10S707/915 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99943

摘要： An object tracking technique is provided which, given: (i) a potentially large data set; (ii) a set of dimensions along which the data has been ordered; and (iii) a set of functions for measuring the similarity between data elements, a set of objects are produced. Each of these objects is defined by a list of data elements. Each of the data elements on this list contains the probability that the data element is part of the object. The method produces these lists via an adaptive, knowledge-based search function which directs the search for high-probability data elements. This serves to reduce the number of data element combinations evaluated while preserving the most flexibility in defining the associations of data elements which comprise an object.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种对象跟踪技术，其给出：（i）潜在的大数据集; （ii）已订购数据的一组尺寸; 和（iii）用于测量数据元素之间的相似性的一组函数，产生一组对象。 这些对象中的每一个由数据元素的列表定义。 该列表中的每个数据元素都包含数据元素是对象一部分的概率。 该方法通过自适应的基于知识的搜索功能产生这些列表，其引导搜索高概率数据元素。 这用于减少评估的数据元素组合的数量，同时在定义包括对象的数据元素的关联方面保持最大的灵活性。

公开(公告)号：US06876999B2

公开(公告)日：2005-04-05

申请号：US09841949

申请日：2001-04-25

申请人： Matthew L. Hill ,  Yuan-Chi Chang ,  Chung-Sheng Li ,  Vittorio Castelli ,  Lawrence David Bergman

发明人： Matthew L. Hill ,  Yuan-Chi Chang ,  Chung-Sheng Li ,  Vittorio Castelli ,  Lawrence David Bergman

IPC分类号： G06T7/20 ,  G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G06K9/32 ,  G06T7/20 ,  Y10S707/915 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99943

摘要： An object tracking technique is provided which, given: (i) a potentially large data set; (ii) a set of dimensions along which the data has been ordered; and (iii) a set of functions for measuring the similarity between data elements, a set of objects are produced. Each of these objects is defined by a list of data elements. Each of the data elements on this list contains the probability that the data element is part of the object. The method produces these lists via an adaptive, knowledge-based search function which directs the search for high-probability data elements. This serves to reduce the number of data element combinations evaluated while preserving the most flexibility in defining the associations of data elements which comprise an object.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种对象跟踪技术，其给出：（i）潜在的大数据集; （ii）已订购数据的一组尺寸; 和（iii）用于测量数据元素之间的相似性的一组函数，产生一组对象。 这些对象中的每一个由数据元素的列表定义。 该列表中的每个数据元素都包含数据元素是对象一部分的概率。 该方法通过自适应的基于知识的搜索功能产生这些列表，其引导搜索高概率数据元素。 这用于减少所评估的数据元素组合的数量，同时在定义包括对象的数据元素的关联方面保持最大的灵活性。

公开(公告)号：US06408300B1

公开(公告)日：2002-06-18

申请号：US09360366

申请日：1999-07-23

申请人： Lawrence David Bergman ,  Vittorio Castelli ,  Yuan-Chi Chang ,  Chung-Sheng Li ,  John Richard Smith

发明人： Lawrence David Bergman ,  Vittorio Castelli ,  Yuan-Chi Chang ,  Chung-Sheng Li ,  John Richard Smith

IPC分类号： G06F1730

CPC分类号： G06F17/30333 ,  Y10S707/99934 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： Linear optimization queries, which usually arise in various decision support and resource planning applications, are queries that retrieve top N data records (where N is an integer greater than zero) which satisfy a specific optimization criterion. The optimization criterion is to either maximize or minimize a linear equation. The coefficients of the linear equation are given at query time. Methods and apparatus are disclosed for constructing, maintaining and utilizing a multidimensional indexing structure of database records to improve the execution speed of linear optimization queries. Database records with numerical attributes are organized into a number of layers and each layer represents a geometric structure called convex hull. Such linear optimization queries are processed by searching from the outer-most layer of this multi-layer indexing structure inwards. At least one record per layer will satisfy the query criterion and the number of layers needed to be searched depends on the spatial distribution of records, the query-issued linear coefficients, and N, the number of records to be returned. When N is small compared to the total size of the database, answering the query typically requires searching only a small fraction of all relevant records, resulting in a tremendous speedup as compared to linearly scanning the entire dataset.

摘要翻译： 通常在各种决策支持和资源规划应用中出现的线性优化查询是检索满足特定优化标准的前N个数据记录（其中N是大于零的整数）的查询。 优化标准是最大化或最小化线性方程。 查询时给出线性方程的系数。 公开了用于构建，维护和利用数据库记录的多维索引结构以提高线性优化查询的执行速度的方法和装置。 具有数值属性的数据库记录被分为多个层，每个层表示一个称为凸包的几何结构。 通过从该多层索引结构的最外层向内搜索来处理这样的线性优化查询。 每层至少一个记录将满足查询条件，需要搜索的层数取决于记录的空间分布，查询发出的线性系数，N，要返回的记录数。 当N与数据库的总大小相比较小时，回答查询通常只需要搜索所有相关记录的一小部分，与线性扫描整个数据集相比，导致了巨大的加速。

公开(公告)号：US06529916B2

公开(公告)日：2003-03-04

申请号：US10047129

申请日：2002-01-15

申请人： Lawrence David Bergman ,  Vittorio Castelli ,  Yuan-Chi Chang ,  Chung-Sheng Li ,  John Richard Smith

发明人： Lawrence David Bergman ,  Vittorio Castelli ,  Yuan-Chi Chang ,  Chung-Sheng Li ,  John Richard Smith

IPC分类号： G06F1730

CPC分类号： G06F17/30333 ,  Y10S707/99934 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99945 ,  Y10S707/99948

摘要： Linear optimization queries, which usually arise in various decision support and resource planning applications, are queries that retrieve top N data records (where N is an integer greater than zero) which satisfy a specific optimization criterion. The optimization criterion is to either maximize or minimize a linear equation. The coefficients of the linear equation are given at query time. Methods and apparatus are disclosed for constructing, maintaining and utilizing a multidimensional indexing structure of database records to improve the execution speed of linear optimization queries. Database records with numerical attributes are organized into a number of layers and each layer represents a geometric structure called convex hull. Such linear optimization queries are processed by searching from the outer-most layer of this multi-layer indexing structure inwards. At least one record per layer will satisfy the query criterion and the number of layers needed to be searched depends on the spatial distribution of records, the query-issued linear coefficients, and N, the number of records to be returned. When N is small compared to the total size of the database, answering the query typically requires searching only a small fraction of all relevant records, resulting in a tremendous speedup as compared to linearly scanning the entire dataset.

公开(公告)号：US06564263B1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-13

申请号：US09456031

申请日：1999-12-03

申请人： Lawrence David Bergman ,  Michelle Yoonk Yung Kim ,  Chung-Sheng Li ,  Rakesh Mohan ,  John Richard Smith

发明人： Lawrence David Bergman ,  Michelle Yoonk Yung Kim ,  Chung-Sheng Li ,  Rakesh Mohan ,  John Richard Smith

IPC分类号： G06F700

CPC分类号： G06K9/00 ,  G06F17/30244 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99945

摘要： A framework is provided for describing multimedia content and a system in which a plurality of multimedia storage devices employing the content description methods of the present invention can interoperate. In accordance with one form of the present invention, the content description framework is a description scheme (DS) for describing streams or aggregations of multimedia objects, which may comprise audio, images, video, text, time series, and various other modalities. This description scheme can accommodate an essentially limitless number of descriptors in terms of features, semantics or metadata, and facilitate content-based search, index, and retrieval, among other capabilities, for both streamed or aggregated multimedia objects.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于描述多媒体内容的框架以及采用本发明的内容描述方法的多个多媒体存储设备可以互操作的系统。 根据本发明的一种形式，内容描述框架是用于描述多媒体对象的流或聚合的描述方案（DS），其可以包括音频，图像，视频，文本，时间序列和各种其他模式。 该描述方案可以在特征，语义或元数据方面适应基本无限数量的描述符，并且促进流媒体或聚合多媒体对象的其他功能的基于内容的搜索，索引和检索。

公开(公告)号：US07810078B2

公开(公告)日：2010-10-05

申请号：US10316252

申请日：2002-12-10

申请人： Danny Soroker ,  Guruduth Somasekhara Banavar ,  Lawrence David Bergman

发明人： Danny Soroker ,  Guruduth Somasekhara Banavar ,  Lawrence David Bergman

IPC分类号： G06F9/44

CPC分类号： G06F8/20

摘要： A method and supporting application-development tool are provided for building such a set of application flows. The method includes the steps of (a) a developer obtaining a “generic” flow model for the application; (b) the developer specifying the set of targets; (c) automatically creating a specialized flow model for each of the targets; (d) the developer modifying at least one of the generic flow model and the specialized flow models; (e) automatically generating specialized applications corresponding to the specified specialized flow models; and (f) deploying the specialized applications on the corresponding targets.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种方法和支持应用程序开发工具，用于构建这样的一组应用程序流程。 该方法包括以下步骤：（a）获得用于该应用的“通用”流模型的开发者; （b）指定该目标集合的开发商; （c）为每个目标自动创建专门的流程模型; （d）修改至少一个通用流模型和专用流模型的开发者; （e）自动生成与指定的特殊流程模型相对应的专用应用程序; （f）将专门的应用程序部署在相应的目标上。

公开(公告)号：US6005971A

公开(公告)日：1999-12-21

申请号：US733201

申请日：1996-10-18

申请人： Lawrence David Bergman ,  John Alan Gerth ,  John Timothy Robinson ,  Bernice Ellen Rogowitz

发明人： Lawrence David Bergman ,  John Alan Gerth ,  John Timothy Robinson ,  Bernice Ellen Rogowitz

IPC分类号： H04N1/40 ,  G06T1/00 ,  G06T5/00 ,  G06T9/00 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G09G5/10 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： G06T9/005

摘要： Production and processing of data representing digitized images are disclosed. The disclosure addresses the problem of providing an image which simultaneously represents both high spatial resolution information and low spatial resolution information which pertains to the high spatial resolution information. Images may be produced which represent high spatial resolution information in the form of relative luminance contrasts, and represent low spatial resolution information in the form of color variance. Images representing high spatial resolution information may be altered to represent areas sharing a common trait (low spatial resolution information) by altering image data to make all pixels of those areas a common color, while scaling the luminance of each altered pixel by a uniform factor relative to its luminance in the original representation of the image.

摘要翻译： 公开了表示数字化图像的数据的生产和处理。 本公开涉及提供同时表示高空间分辨率信息和与空间分辨率信息相关的低空间分辨率信息的图像的问题。 可以产生以相对亮度对比度的形式表示高空间分辨率信息的图像，并且以颜色方差的形式表示低空间分辨率信息。 可以改变表示高空间分辨率信息的图像，以通过改变图像数据来表示共享共同特征（低空间分辨率信息）的区域，以使这些区域的所有像素成为共同的颜色，同时通过均匀因子相关度来缩放每个改变的像素的亮度 以其在图像的原始表示中的亮度。

公开(公告)号：US07546541B2

公开(公告)日：2009-06-09

申请号：US10316257

申请日：2002-12-10

申请人： Masahiro Hori ,  Kouichi Ono ,  Lawrence David Bergman ,  Guruduth Somasekhara Banavar ,  Danny Soroker

发明人： Masahiro Hori ,  Kouichi Ono ,  Lawrence David Bergman ,  Guruduth Somasekhara Banavar ,  Danny Soroker

IPC分类号： G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F17/2247 ,  G06F8/38 ,  G06F17/227 ,  G06F17/24

摘要： A method and system for applying a method for iterative refinement of a presentation including (a) a developer creating a high-level representation of the user interface; (b) automatically generating a concrete user interface markup from the high-level representation; (c) the developer editing the concrete generated markup and saving the edits to an edit history; (d) the developer editing the high-level representation; (e) automatically re-generating a concrete markup from the edited high-level representation; and (f) automatically or interactively applying the edit history to the concrete markup to produce an updated markup.

摘要翻译： 一种用于应用用于迭代细化演示的方法的方法和系统，包括（a）创建用户界面的高级表示的开发者; （b）从高层代表自动生成具体的用户界面标记; （c）开发者编辑具体生成的标记并将编辑保存到编辑历史; （d）开发人员编辑高级代表; （e）从编辑的高级别代表自动重新生成具体的标记; 和（f）自动或交互地将编辑历史应用于具体标记以产生更新的标记。

公开(公告)号：US6119166A

公开(公告)日：2000-09-12

申请号：US828463

申请日：1997-03-28

申请人： Lawrence David Bergman ,  John J. E. Turek

发明人： Lawrence David Bergman ,  John J. E. Turek

IPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F13/00

CPC分类号： H04L29/06 ,  H04L67/02 ,  H04L69/329

摘要： A communications facility for interactive communications with local applications. The flow of information to local applications is coordinated using a browser. The browser determines, at any given time, which of a plurality of communication paths is to be used to provide the information to the local application. The local application commences a polling loop, which enables messages to be received at the local application via the plurality of communication paths, without terminating the local application. Thus, the local application can have interactive communications with the browser and/or one or more remote servers.

摘要翻译： 与本地应用程序进行交互式通信的通信设备。 使用浏览器来协调向本地应用程序的信息流。 浏览器在任何给定时间确定多个通信路径中的哪一个将用于向本地应用提供信息。 本地应用程序开始轮询循环，其使得可以经由多个通信路径在本地应用程序处接收消息，而不终止本地应用。 因此，本地应用可以与浏览器和/或一个或多个远程服务器进行交互式通信。