Abstract:
A rendering apparatus provides, with respect to a defined viewer location and a defined viewport, a desired rendering of objects defined by object data having an object data format, in a three-dimensional object space. The apparatus may have a graphics accelerator for transforming object data into image data determined with respect to the defined viewer location and the defined viewport. The apparatus also may have a rendering processor for first converting at least one parameter characterizing the desired rendering into parameter data in object data format, feeding the parameter data to the graphics accelerator, and then converting resulting image data as to the at least one parameter to a further processed result pertinent to the desired rendering.
Abstract:
An active cooling arrangement for a removable circuit board (10) installed within a host computer, where the board has one or more components (31, 32) generating excessive heat, for which a duct defines an air-cooling path which includes the one or more components. The path has a duct (30) with an open side proximate to the circuit board so that the circuit board defines one boundary of the air-cooling path. An inlet (18) is provided for injecting cooled air onto the circuit board and an outlet (19) is provided for ejecting the air. The circuit board and the duct constitute an assembly. A fan or fans (12, 13) may be mounted on the assembly, and located so as to cause airflow along the path from the inlet to the outlet. The duct may have multiple constriction points (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27) near hot locations so that the cross-sectional area of the duct is variable along the air-cooling path, thus adjusting air velocity and heat transfer from components to the air. The duct may also be segmented into airflow regions having separate air-intake and fan arrangements (12, 13). Power may be reveived from the circuit board (29) or from an external power source (37), and the system may be formed from injection molded plastic.
Abstract:
A system for real-time capture and playback of high resolution compressed and uncompressed digital video data received upon a JPEG video board (10) over an input line (D1). This input is converted into YUV, and may be scaled and adjusted for color, contrast, hue and saturation. A bus interface (16) is in communication with the video input to provide a high resolution digital video data stream. A transient memory (20) communicates with the interface (16) over a first data path (11), and a digital storage medium (31, 35, 36, 40) communicates with the transient memory over a second data path (12), where the first and second data paths are configured to permit real-time storage of the data stream under microprocessor control.
Abstract:
An output driver for providing bus signals at a driver output in response to an input signal, the driver having a driver input signal responsive to the input signal, a supply voltage terminal and a ground terminal. The driver includes an improved clamping of an initially ON (i.e. high going) output pulse of the driver and adds an active pull-up function inside the integrated circuit that does not change the external circuit nor require additional functional external circuit connections.
Abstract:
A system that permits the plotting of any combination of several colors in one pass. Three differently colored light sources are provided, and thus one, two or three colors may be plotted at the same time. An apparatus is provided for causing relative movement between the scanning head and the substrate along each of the two axes of the substrate. Preferably, the first axis is disposed circumferentially about a cylinder, on which the substrate is situated, the cylinder having a central axis, and the second axis is disposed approximately parallel to the central axis. The system includes deflection means, preferably acousto-optical modulators, for deflecting along a path a portion of each beam of light by an amount dependent upon the frequency of a signal that is present at the deflection means' input. The system permits the plotting of a multicolor proof and the plotting of separates for making printing plates, both the proof and the separates being formed by halftone dots.
Abstract:
The invention provides a scanner system that in one embodiment is of the flatbed type and employs first and second cameras that have first and second areas of view respectively of each scan line, such areas being proximate to one another in a common boundary region of each scan line. The cameras are designed so that in forming first and second images respectively of their corresponding areas of view, the center of each image is displaced from the camera's central axis in such a direction that the angle formed at the document between equivalent optical paths from a point in the common boundary region to each of the images is substantially less than the angle resulting in the absence of such displacement. This design permits relatively good alignment of the two camera images in a desktop scanner notwithstanding some variation in height of the document above the platen. Other embodiments provide improvements in lid design, and isolation from vibration and torsional forces.
Abstract:
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses, systems, computing devices, computing entities, and/or the like for determining optimized solutions to input problems in a containerized, cloud-based (e.g., serverless) manner using multiple solver types. In one embodiment, an example method involves receiving a problem type of an input problem originating from a client computing entity, mapping the problem type to one or more selected solver types, generating one or more container instances of one or more compute containers with each compute container corresponding to a selected solver type, generating a problem output using the one or more container instances, and providing the problem output to the client computing entity, where the problem output includes an optimized solution to the input problem that can be used to perform one or more prediction based actions.
Abstract:
A computer communication system promotes collaboration between organizations by enabling secure sharing of information between organizations having separate databases. The system provides a portal generator for creation of one or more portals or channels through which data of each organization can be shared. The portals can be setup for planned or emergency events within a given region, e.g., a municipality, with tasks associated with each event. Users can register to become members of each portal, with membership being assigned automatically or with respect to predetermined criteria. In some embodiments, permissions of each member can be altered to ensure selected access to data within the channel based on the organization with which the member associates. After being registered, members can receive real-time updates on event progress from members within their organization and/ or external to their organization.
Abstract:
A Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) system is specially configured to account for the physical condition of emergency personnel, which can affect their ability to effectively handle a particular incident. The CAD system tracks health, stress, and biometric status of each available emergency responder automatically and in real-time based on a wide range of collected information and to assess the suitability of available emergency responders to respond to a given emergency incident based upon such status information. Based on such status information, the CAD system can make intelligent recommendations to the emergency dispatcher by taking into account such things as the emergency responder's past experiences with a particular type of emergency incident, the current and cumulative status of the emergency responder, and projections as to the future condition of the emergency responder if dispatched to handle the emergency incident.
Abstract:
In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a utility management system locates and addresses potentially damaged utility equipment. A region manager determines a geographic region potentially affected by an environmental event and identifies a person in the geographic area. A utility communication device engages in an electronic dialog with the person, which include a location of a communication device used by the person. The message parser also parses the electronic dialog to determine equipment information, including type and condition, about utility equipment within a vicinity of the geolocation of the person. An inventory database provides the identity of potentially damaged utility equipment, including information relating to geolocation. The equipment manager generates a repair list that includes at least some of the identified potentially damaged utility equipment and determines repair equipment to repair the potentially damaged utility equipment on the repair list.