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01-03-2012 дата публикации

SPRING CLAMP FOR AN AIR FILTER HOUSING

Номер: US20120047856A1
Автор: Chung Ha To, Hermann Erik, Khami Roger, Liu John Qingrui, Rollins Scott M., Speed Leon
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

A spring clamp for providing a compressive load to a compression seal in an air filtration system for a vehicle. The spring clamp may be comprised of plastic composite and includes an arch-like arm wherein elastic deformation is distributed throughout the arch while providing a compressive load. The spring clamp may include a head piece with a greater thickness than the other parts of the spring clamp to provide greater material strength at a point of contact between the spring clamp and an air filter housing. 1. An air filtration system for a vehicle , comprising:a first filter casing with a first flange mating with a second filter casing with a second flange via a compressible seal to enclose a filter therebetween; anda spring clamp including a continuously curving arc from an attachment portion to a head piece, the head piece contacting the second flange of the second filter casing, the head piece having a first thickness greater than a second thickness of the continuously curving arc.2. The air filtration system of claim 1 , wherein the spring clamp is comprised of a plastic composite material claim 1 , including nylon 66 with 30% glass fiber filler.3. The air filtration system of claim 2 , wherein the spring clamp includes a lever;and wherein the plastic composite material is yellow and the lever is yellow, the air filtration system coupled in an engine compartment of a vehicle, the engine compartment including a plurality of other manually adjustable levers for exposing or releasing service items, the plurality of other manually adjustable levers also colored yellow.4. The air filtration system of claim 3 , wherein the vehicle includes instructive materials in a service manual claim 3 , the service manual including human readable instructions for identifying the lever based on coloration and operating the lever.5. The air filtration system of claim 1 , wherein a first perimeter of the first filter casing is mated to a second perimeter of the second filter ...

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Номер записи: 1
19-04-2012 дата публикации

GAMING SYSTEM HAVING MULTI-PLAYER WHEEL BONUS GAME AND CHARACTERISTIC SELECTION

Номер: US20120094741A1
Автор: Bigelow, Champagne Christiaan R., Davis Dwayne A., Ennis Damien C., JR. Robert F., Khamis Michael P., Mello Marcos A., Myers David N., Oberberger Michael M., Palmer David M.
Принадлежит: IGT

In an embodiment, a gaming system includes a multi-player wheel game. The game includes a wheel having a plurality of sections. Each of the sections is associated with an award symbol. Each of the sections is also associated with a characteristic independent of the award symbol, such as a color. The gaming system enables each of a plurality of active players to select at least one of the characteristics associated with the wheel. The gaming system activates the wheel and indicates at least one section of the wheel. The gaming system and at the gaming devices associated with the gaming system provide an award associated with the award symbol of the indicated section. For each active player that selected the characteristic associated with the indicated section, the gaming system and the gaming devices associated with the gaming system provide a modified award. 1. A method of operating a gaming system , said method comprising: (i) at least one wheel including a plurality of sections and a plurality of indicators, each of the plurality of indicators associated with a different one of said sections, each section associated with at least one award symbol, and', '(ii) for each of a plurality of sections of the wheel, one characteristic from a plurality of different characteristics on said section of the wheel, each of said characteristics associated with a modifier,, '(a) causing at least one display device to display(b) enabling each of a plurality of players to select at least one of said characteristics,(c) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to assign each of the plurality of players to one of the plurality of indicators,(d) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to activate the wheel,(e) for each of said indicators, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine at least one award based on the award symbol associated with the section indicated by the ...

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Номер записи: 2
24-05-2012 дата публикации

PHOTOLITHOGRAPHICALLY DEFINED CONTACTS TO CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES

Номер: US20120129273A1
Автор: Johnson, Jones Ryan A., JR. Alan T., Khamis Samuel M.
Принадлежит: THE TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Methods for the fabrication of nanostructures, including nanostructures comprised of carbon nanotubes, and the nanostructures, devices, and assemblies prepared by these methods, are described. 1. A method for fabricating a nanostructure comprising:(a) providing a substrate having at least one nanodimensioned device superposed upon it;(b) coating at least a portion of the nanodimensioned device with at least one layer of a passivating material, which does not substantially interact with the nanodimensioned device; and(c) coating at least a portion of the passivating layer with at least one photoresist.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is comprised of silicon claim 1 , gallium arsenide claim 1 , or indium phosphide claim 1 , optionally coated with silicon dioxide.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is comprised of doped silicon coated with silicon dioxide.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the silicon dioxide layer is about 50 nanometers to about 500 nanometers thick.5. The method of wherein the nanodimensioned device comprises a conducting nanotube or nanowire claim 1 , a semiconducting nanotube or nanowire claim 1 , a metallic nanotube or nanowire claim 1 , a mat of conducting claim 1 , semiconducting claim 1 , or metallic nanotubes or nanowires claim 1 , or combinations or pluralities thereof.6. The method of wherein the nanodimensioned device comprises at least one carbon nanotube or nanowire claim 1 , graphene claim 1 , graphene oxide claim 1 , reduced graphene oxide claim 1 , or mixtures thereof.7. The method of wherein the nanodimensioned device comprises carbon nanotubes.8. The method of claim 36 , wherein the nanodimensioned device contains a microelectromechanical device9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the nanodimensioned device is deposited upon the substrate by chemical vapor deposition.10. The method of wherein the passivating material is substantially free of pi-bond conjugated aromatic species.11. The method of wherein at ...

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Номер записи: 3
06-09-2012 дата публикации

Inlet Swirl Control for Turbochargers

Номер: US20120222764A1
Автор: Boddakayala Bhaskara Rao, Bonhard Robert Bruce, Hermann Eric Henry, Khami Roger, Ronzi William C., Stec Randall Alan, Tomlin Jacqueline, White Douglas
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

An inlet duct, an induction system, and a system are disclosed for directing an inlet flow into an inlet compressor for use in an internal combustion engine. An example inlet duct may include one or more relief features disposed on an inner surface of the inlet duct. The one or more relief features may be made integral with the inlet duct. The one or more relief features may be disposed to protrude into the inlet flow to cause the inlet flow to swirl before reaching the inlet compressor. 120-. (canceled)21. An inlet duct for directing an inlet flow into an inlet compressor coupled in an internal combustion engine , the inlet duct comprising:one or more relief features disposed on an inner surface of the inlet duct, the one or more relief features protruding into the inlet flow to cause the inlet flow to swirl before reaching the inlet compressor; andguide vanes extending from the inner surface of the inlet duct, wherein the guide vanes protrude only partway toward a central axis of the inlet duct to leave an unobstructed central area in the inlet duct.22. The inlet duct of claim 21 , wherein the one or more relief features includes three elongate ridges formed from three corresponding troughs formed on an outer surface of the inlet duct.23. The inlet duct of claim 21 , wherein the one or more relief features includes three ridges being substantially parallel to one another and arranged at an angle with a plane normal to a central axis of the inlet duct.24. The inlet duct of claim 21 , wherein the one or more relief features includes three ridges forming substantially helical protrusions along the inner surface claim 21 , the one or more relief features being respectively substantially equally spaced on the inner surface.25. The inlet duct of claim 21 , wherein the inlet compressor spins in a first direction claim 21 , and wherein the guide vanes are located upstream from the one or more relief features claim 21 , the guide vanes being arranged in the inlet duct to ...

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Номер записи: 4
25-10-2012 дата публикации

AIR CLEANER FILTER ASSEMBLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATING IN EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS

Номер: US20120266577A1
Автор: Khami Roger, Pham Thanh, Ronzi William C., Srinivasan Giriraj
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

A filter assembly for a motor-vehicle air cleaner includes a main filter, an auxiliary filter set apart from the main filter, and a filter mount fixed to and configured to support the main filter and the auxiliary filter. In one embodiment, the filter mount is fittable in and removable from a housing of the air cleaner, and comprises a sealing element passing between the main filter and the auxiliary filter. 1. A filter assembly for an air cleaner configured to provide clean intake air for a motor vehicle , the filter assembly comprising:a main filter;an auxiliary filter set apart from the main filter; anda filter mount fixed to and configured to support the main filter and the auxiliary filter, the filter mount fittable in and removable from a housing of the air cleaner, and comprising a first sealing element passing between the main filter and the auxiliary filter.2. The filter assembly of claim 1 , where the first sealing element is configured to receive a complementary second sealing element formed in the housing.3. The filter assembly of claim 1 , where the first sealing element extends from one edge of the filter mount to an opposite edge of the filter mount.4. The filter assembly of claim 1 , where the first sealing element extends across an entire width of the filter mount.5. The filter assembly of claim 1 , where the first sealing element comprises a groove.6. The filter assembly of claim 5 , where the groove is configured to receive a dividing wall of the housing.7. The filter assembly of claim 6 , where receipt of the dividing wall in the groove forms a substantially air-tight seal dividing the main filter from the auxiliary filter.8. The filter assembly of claim 2 , where one or more of the first sealing element and the second sealing element comprises a resilient material.9. The filter assembly of claim 8 , where the resilient material comprises a polyurethane.10. The filter assembly of claim 1 , where one or more of the main filter and the auxiliary ...

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Номер записи: 5
08-11-2012 дата публикации

Elongate Implant System and Method for Treating Pelvic Conditions

Номер: US20120283511A1
Автор: Alexander James A., Khamis Chaouki A.
Принадлежит: AMS Research Corporation

Implant systems can include one or more needles, such as those used in pelvic floor repair procedures, and one or more elongate implants. A syringe or similar style hollow needle can be used to deliver the elongate mesh or other implant devices through one or more small stab incisions into the target tissue location inside the pelvis, proximate the vagina. The implant devices can be placed upon insertion through the incisions to engage and pull or tighten support tissue, such as the endopelvic fascia, pubocervical fascia, rectovaginal fascia, levator muscles, or other supportive muscles or tissue within the pelvis of the patient. 1. A pelvic floor repair system , comprising:a needle delivery tool having a handle portion and a needle portion, wherein the needle portion includes an internal lumen;one or more elongate implants adapted to at least partially insert within and deploy from the internal lumen of the needle portion; andwherein a distal portion of the needle portion is adapted for insertion through one or more stab incisions proximate the vagina of a patient such that the one or more elongate implant is engaged within the pelvic region of the patient to tissue proximate the vagina to generally maintain the tissue in its correct anatomical position to treat a pelvic floor disorder.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more elongate implants includes one or more elongate mesh implants.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more elongate implants includes one or more elongate rod implants.4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more elongate implants includes one or more elongate braided implants.5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more stab incisions are provided anterior to the vagina of the patient.6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more stab incisions are provided posterior to the vagina of the patient.7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more implants includes at least one end tissue anchor.8. The system of ...

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Номер записи: 6
06-12-2012 дата публикации

Air cleaner for motor vehicles operating in extreme weather conditions

Номер: US20120304607A1
Автор: Giriraj Srinivasan, Joseph Matthew McCann, Michael Marvin Landgraf, Roger Khami, Thanh Pham, Thomas Eric Svenson, William C. Ronzi
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC

A motor-vehicle air cleaner comprises the filter assembly, an air-cleaner housing configured to fittably and removably accommodate the filter assembly and to enclose the main filter and the auxiliary filter separately when the filter assembly is accommodated in the air-cleaner housing. The motor-vehicle air cleaner further comprises a flow restrictor configured to restrict air flow to the auxiliary filter.

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Номер записи: 7
06-12-2012 дата публикации

GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN OUTCOME ENHANCING FEATURE

Номер: US20120309499A1
Автор: Bigelow Robert F., Ennis Damien C., Khamis Michael P.
Принадлежит: IGT

An embodiment of a gaming device includes a game having at least three choices, wherein each of the choices either trumps or is trumped by one of the other choices, and a processor programmed to determine if an outcome enhancing condition is satisfied, enable a player to elect to enhance an outcome if an outcome enhancing condition is satisfied, enable the player to select one of said choices, select one of said choices, determine an outcome based on a comparison of the player's choice with the processor's choice, provide a win outcome if the player elected to enhance an outcome and the comparison of the player's choice with the processor's choice results in a draw determination, provide a draw outcome if the player elected to enhance an outcome and the comparison of the player's choice with the processor's choice results in a lose determination. 1. A method of operating a gaming system , said method comprising:(a) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to determine when an outcome enhancing condition is satisfied,(b) when the outcome enhancing condition is satisfied, enabling a player to elect to enhance at least one outcome,(c) enabling the player to select one of at least three different choices in association with a play of a game, wherein each of the choices either trumps or is trumped by at least one of the other choices,(d) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to select one of said choices, ["(i) providing a draw outcome when the at least one processor's choice does not trump the player's choice and the player's choice does not trump the at least one processor's choice, and", "(ii) providing a lose outcome when the at least one processor's choice trumps the player's choice, and"], '(e) when the outcome enhancing condition is not satisfied or the outcome enhancing condition is satisfied and the player elects not to enhance at least one outcome ["(i) providing a win outcome when the at least ...

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Номер записи: 8
03-01-2013 дата публикации

SYSTEMS, IMPLANTS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENTS OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20130006061A1
Автор: Alexander James A., Arcand Benjamin Y., Huelman Justin H., Khamis Chaouki A., Thorson Micah D., Tremulis William S., Viker Thomas O.
Принадлежит:

Described are various embodiments of surgical procedure systems, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions such as vaginal prolapse and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools being useful for transvaginally accessing a posterior region of pelvic anatomy, and related methods. 2. An expansion member according to comprising sidewalls that define an inner opening extending along at least a portion of the length claim 1 , the sidewalls being capable of expanding within the incision to retract tissue.3. An expansion member according to claim 1 , comprising a variable length claim 1 , a variable width claim 1 , a variable height claim 1 , or a combination thereof.4. An expansion member according to claim 1 , wherein the sidewalls can be expanded to produce an opening having a diameter in a range from 3 to 7 centimeters claim 1 , and contracted to produce an opening having a diameter in a range from 1 to 5 centimeters.5. An expansion member according to claim 1 , wherein the expansion member has a working depth in a range from 13 and 18 centimeters claim 1 , and when placed through a surgical incision to provide access to a region of sacral anatomy claim 1 , has a working space dimension in a range from 3 to 8 centimeters.6. An expansion member according to claim 1 , comprising a light capable of illuminating a surgical site.7. An expansion member according to claim 1 , comprising an expandable surface at the distal end.8. An expansion member according to claim 1 , comprising an elongate extension at the distal end and a dissolvable coating in contact with the elongate extension.9. An expansion member according to claim 1 , comprising an electroactive polymer claim 1 , wherein the electroactive polymer is capable of changing shape upon exposure to electric voltage or current to transform the expansion member between an opened configuration and a closed configuration.10. (canceled)13. An expansion member ...

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Номер записи: 9
03-01-2013 дата публикации

IMPLANTS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENTS OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20130006275A1
Автор: Alexander James A., Huelman Justin H., Khamis Chaouki A., Tremulis William S., Viker Thomas O.
Принадлежит:

Described are various embodiments of surgical procedures, systems, implants, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to tissue. 1. A suturing instrument comprising:a handle comprising an actuation member;a connecting rod extending in a first direction from a proximal end of the handle;a needle operatively attached to the connecting rod adjacent to a distal end of the connecting rod, wherein the needle is rotatable relative to a longitudinal axis of the connecting rod;a slider rod extending in the first direction from the proximal end of the handle in a location adjacent to the connecting rod;a base member extending from a distal end of the slider rod; andat least two arms extending from a distal end of the base member of the slider rod, wherein each of the arms comprises an aperture.2. The suturing instrument of claim 1 , wherein the actuation member is a sliding member positionable within a groove of the handle.3. The suturing instrument of claim 1 , wherein the needle comprises a curved shaft member and a flared end portion extending from the curved shaft member.4. The suturing instrument of claim 1 , wherein the at least two arms are spaced from each other to provide a gap between their inner surfaces.5. The suturing instrument of claim 4 , wherein the needle comprises a suture engagement member adjacent to its distal tip claim 4 , and wherein the needle is rotatable so that its suture engagement member is positioned between the at least two arms of the base member of the slider rod.6. The ...

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Номер записи: 10
17-01-2013 дата публикации

Implant Systems with Tensioning Feedback

Номер: US20130018219A1
Автор: Khamis Chaouki A., KUPIECKI David J., Wignall Shawn M.
Принадлежит:

Pelvic or other types of implants are provided that can include tensioning feedback components or portions, such as color changing polymer materials, such as polyacetylene. The color changing polymer can be included with, coated on or otherwise provided with a portion of slings or implant devices to provide targeted feedback to the user or physician of the tension applied to a particular device. A first color can be used to indicate a first (initial) tension or compression stage, and a second color can be used to indicate tensioning of the device beyond a predefined threshold.

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Номер записи: 11
31-01-2013 дата публикации

MANUFACTURE OF AN ACOUSTIC SILENCER

Номер: US20130025780A1
Автор: Dorweiler Timothy Joseph, Hendrix Brian Pierre, Khami Roger, Myers Christopher Alan, Ortman James William
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC

A method for manufacturing a resonator is disclosed in which a sleeve insert is placed into a fixture within a blow molding apparatus. The sleeve insert has a wall with a first plurality of apertures in the wall at a first axial distance and a second plurality of apertures in the wall at a second axial distance. A parison is slid over the sleeve insert; the mold is clamped over the parison causing the parison to press into the sleeve insert at three locations: near the ends of the sleeve insert and at a location between the pluralities of apertures; and air is blown into the sleeve insert, via a blow pin, to expand the parison into the walls of the mold to form cavities proximate the first and second pluralities of aperatures. After cooling, the mold opens to release the newly formed resonator. 120-. (canceled)21. A method for attaching a resonator to an airflow , comprising: (i) placing an injected molded sleeve insert having cored apertures therein within an open mold of a blow molding apparatus;', '(ii) sliding a parison over an entire length of the sleeve insert;', '(iii) clamping the mold over the parison wherein the mold pinches the parsion into the sleeve insert at three axial pinch points; and', '(iv) blowing a gas into the sleeve insert; and', '(v) unclamping the mold to release the resonator wherein the resonator is includes the parison and the sleeve insert coupled together; and, '(A) forming the resonator comprising(B) coupling the resonator to the airflow through a conduit comprising placing an end of the conduit over and onto an end portion of the parison.22. A method for attaching a resonator to an airflow , comprising: (i) placing a sleeve insert within an open mold of a blow molding apparatus;', '(ii) sliding a parison over an entire length of the sleeve insert;', '(iii) clamping the mold over the parison wherein the mold pinches the parsion into the sleeve insert at three axial pinch points; and', '(iv) blowing a gas into the sleeve insert;', '(v) ...

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Номер записи: 12
07-02-2013 дата публикации

TOOLS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20130035543A1
Автор: "OHern Jeffrey M.", Fischer Brian G., Huelman Justin H., Jagger Karl A., Khamis Chaouki A., Ogdahl Jason W., Otte John F., Roll Jessica L., VanDeWeghe Andrew P.
Принадлежит:

Surgical procedures, systems, implants, devices, tools, and methods that are used for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to tissue, adjusting the length of implant components, and cutting the implant to a desired length. 1. An adjustment tool for adjusting a length of an elongate portion of a pelvic implant , the tool comprising:a proximal end;a distal end;an elongate shaft extending between the proximal and distal ends; anda cylindrical member at the distal end that is engageable with the elongate portion of the implant for manipulation of the elongate portion.2. The adjustment tool of claim 1 , wherein the elongate portion of the implant comprises an elongate mesh or rod of an extension portion piece of an adjustable multi-piece implant.3. The adjustment tool of claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical member comprises an aperture extending through its length.4. The adjustment tool of claim 3 , wherein the cylindrical member further comprises a gasket positioned within the aperture.5. The adjustment tool of claim 4 , wherein the cylindrical member further comprises a locking eyelet system within the aperture and adjacent to the gasket.6. The adjustment tool of claim 5 , wherein the locking eyelet system comprises multiple prongs that are radially moveable relative to the aperture.7. The adjustment tool of claim 3 , wherein the cylindrical member comprises a slot extending along its length claim 3 , wherein the slot extends between an outer surface of the cylinder and the aperture.8. The adjustment tool of claim 1 , in combination ...

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Номер записи: 13
07-02-2013 дата публикации

SYSTEMS, IMPLANTS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20130035555A1
Автор: "OHern Jeffrey M.", Alexander James A., Frigstad John R., Herman Carrie L., Huelman Justin H., Jagger Karl A., Khamis Chaouki A., Knipfer Michael A.
Принадлежит:

Described are various embodiments of surgical procedure systems, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions such as vaginal prolapse and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools being useful for accessing a posterior region of pelvic anatomy, and related methods. Such devices can include retractors, introducers, and other devices for accessing desired areas of a patient's anatomy. 1. A retractor for retracting pelvic tissue , the retractor comprising:a body member extending from a proximal end to a distal end, the body member comprising a plurality of segments configured as a ring, wherein each segment of the ring is attached to at least one adjacent segment of the ring; andan aperture extending along a longitudinal axis from the proximal end to the distal end of the body member.2. The retractor of claim 1 , wherein each of the segments comprises a curved member having a first end claim 1 , an opposite second end claim 1 , and an outer surface extending from the proximal to the distal end of the body member claim 1 , and wherein a first end of a first segment is adjacent to a second end of an adjacent second segment.3. The retractor of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of segments is removeably attached at both its first and second ends to adjacent segments.4. The retractor of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of segments is removable from the ring to provide a longitudinal gap from the proximal end to the distal end of the body member.5. The retractor of claim 1 , wherein the attachment between adjacent segments of the ring comprises one of a mechanical connection and an adhesive connection.6. The retractor of claim 1 , wherein the body member can be expanded to a diameter in a range from 3 to 7 centimeters claim 1 , and contracted to a diameter in a range from 1 to 5 centimeters.7. The retractor of claim 1 , wherein the ring comprises four segments claim 1 , and wherein one ...

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Номер записи: 14
02-05-2013 дата публикации

Auto Switch Dual Power Lights

Номер: US20130106293A1
Автор: Al-Khamis Mohammed N.
Принадлежит: Saudi Arabian Oil Company

An illumination system monitors light output of a solar powered light source and controls power to an alternate light source having a secondary power source. The solar powered light source is an array of light emitting diodes. The alternate light source is in the form of fluorescent lights. A sensor photocell is positioned to sense illumination output from the solar powered array. A control mechanism senses a signal from the photocell sensor and turns power on and off to the alternate light source according to the light output sensed from the solar powered source. 1. An illumination system for lighting the interior of a building with available solar energy when ambient light permits to reduce usage of electricity from power grids , comprising:an lumination array comprising a plurality of LED lights and a plurality of fluorescent lights;a solar cell panel providing power to the LED lights in the illumination array;a photocell sensing the ambient light level in an interior space of the building; anda control mechanism activated by the photocell to activate the fluorescent lights when the sensed ambient light level is below an established level for utilization of the LED lights for illumination purposes.2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of solar cell panels providing power to the LED lights in the illumination array.3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the control mechanism comprises a voltage sensitive switch.4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the voltage sensitive switch selectively permits power to flow to the plurality of fluorescent lights.5. The apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the photocell senses ambient light output from the LED lights; and wherein the voltage sensitive switch is connected to the photocell claim 4 ,6. The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein a voltage source is connected to the photocell.7. An illumination system for lighting the interior of a building with available ...

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Номер записи: 15
02-05-2013 дата публикации

SYSTEMS, IMPLANTS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENTS OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20130109910A1
Автор: Alexander James A., Arnal Kevin R., Childs Jeffrey J., Khamis Chaouki A.
Принадлежит:

Described are various embodiments of surgical procedure systems, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to tissue, devices and tools for transvaginally accessing a posterior region of pelvic anatomy, devices (including certain types of implants, anchors, and tools) for connecting (e.g., adjustably) a vaginal apex to a region of sacral anatomy to provide support to the vaginal apex, and related methods. 1. A multi-functional tool useful in a transvaginal procedure for installing a pelvic implant , the tool comprisinga proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end comprising a handle,a shaft extending from the handle to the distal end, illuminating a surgical site at the distal end,', 'transmitting images of a surgical site from the distal end to the proximal end for viewing,', 'dissecting tissue at the distal end by a first dissection mechanism,', 'dissecting tissue at the distal end by a second dissection mechanism,', 'delivering fluid at the distal end,', 'distending tissue by expanding an expandable structure,', 'removing fluid from a surgical site at the distal end,', 'steering the shaft at the distal end, and', 'placing an anchor at tissue at a surgical site at the distal end., 'the multi-functional tool being capable of performing two or more of2. A multi-functional tool according to capable of:dissecting tissue at the distal end by a first dissection mechanism comprising hydrodissection,dissecting tissue at the distal end by a second dissection mechanism comprising a mechanical cutting ...

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Номер записи: 16
06-06-2013 дата публикации

SURGICAL ARTICLES AND METHODS FOR TREATING PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20130144115A1
Автор: Dahdah Mona N., Jimenez Jose W., Khamis Chaouki A., Ogdahl Jason W., Otte John F., Roll Jessica L., Solari Michelle L.
Принадлежит: AMS Research Corporation

Described are devices, implants, insertion tools, combinations, and associated methods, that involve placement of a self-fixating tip at tissue of the pelvic region, wherein an insertion tool includes one or more of an aperture for engaging a guide and an extension guard, the method optionally allowing for initial placement of a self-fixating tip at tissue of the pelvic region and adjustment of the location of the self-fixating tip. 1. An insertion tool comprising a handle and a needle extending from the handle , the needle comprising a proximal end attached to the handle and a distal end that includes a needle tip , the needle tip comprises an aperture that allows guided relative movement of the needle tip along a guide , wherein the aperture exits a surface of the needle shaft at a location distal to the needle shaft proximal end.2. The tool of wherein the aperture includes a bore having a diameter in the range from 0.1 to 2 millimeters.3. (canceled)4. The tool of wherein the aperture comprises a longitudinal bore extending from a needle tip end into the needle tip claim 1 , and a channel extending from the bore further along a surface of the needle tip.5. In combination claim 1 , an insertion tool according to in combination with an implant claim 1 , the implant comprising a support portion claim 1 , an extension portion claim 1 , and a self-fixating tip connected to the extension portion.6. A combination according to comprising a guide extending through the aperture in the needle tip claim 5 , the guide also being engaged with the self-fixating tip.7. A combination according to wherein the self-fixating tip engages the needle tip to allow the needle to push the self-fixating tip for surgical implantation.8. A combination according to whereinthe self-fixating tip comprises an aperture that allows passage of a guide, andwhen the needle tip engages the self-fixating tip, a guide can pass through the aperture and the self-fixating tip.9. A combination according to ...

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Номер записи: 17
20-06-2013 дата публикации

AIR CLEANER FILTER ASSEMBLY FOR MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATING IN EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS

Номер: US20130152529A1
Автор: Khami Roger, Pham Thanh, Ronzi William C., Srinivasan Giriraj
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

A filter assembly for a motor-vehicle air cleaner comprises a main filter, an auxiliary filter set apart from the main filter, and a filter mount fixed to and configured to support the main filter and the auxiliary filter. In this embodiment, the filter mount is fittable in and removable from a housing of the air cleaner, and comprises a sealing element passing between the main filter and the auxiliary filter. 1. A filter assembly for an air cleaner configured to provide clean intake air for a motor vehicle , the filter assembly comprising:a main filter;an auxiliary filter set apart from the main filter; anda filter mount fixed to and configured to support the main filter and the auxiliary filter, the filter mount fittable in and removable from a housing of the air cleaner, and comprising a first sealing element passing between the main filter and the auxiliary filter.2. The filter assembly of claim 1 , where the first sealing element is configured to receive a complementary second sealing element formed in the housing.3. The filter assembly of claim 1 , where the first sealing element extends from one edge of the filter mount to an opposite edge of the filter mount.4. The filter assembly of claim 1 , where the first sealing element extends across an entire width of the filter mount.5. The filter assembly of claim 1 , where the first sealing element comprises a groove.6. The filter assembly of claim 5 , where the groove is configured to receive a dividing wall of the housing.7. The filter assembly of claim 6 , where receipt of the dividing wall in the groove forms a substantially air-tight seal dividing the main filter from the auxiliary filter.8. The filter assembly of claim 2 , where one or more of the first sealing element and the second sealing element comprises a resilient material.9. The filter assembly of claim 8 , where the resilient material comprises a polyurethane.10. The filter assembly of claim 1 , where one or more of the main filter and the auxiliary ...

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Номер записи: 18
11-07-2013 дата публикации

Anti-Rotation Worm Gear Clamp

Номер: US20130174385A1
Автор: HERMANN ERIK H., Khami Roger, Luther Jeffrey P., Mohan Robert J., Morris Darice M., Rollins Scott M., Saunders Robert H.
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

An assembly for clamping a tube includes a fitting including a land, a bolt housing, legs, and a tooth on each leg, a band surrounding an axis, contacting the land and formed with holes spaced along the band, and a bolt located in the bolt housing, including helical teeth engaged with said holes for changing a diameter of the band and forcing the tooth toward the band as the band is tightened by rotating the bolt. 1. A tube clamping assembly , comprising:a fitting including a land, a bolt housing, a leg, and a tooth on the leg;a band surrounding an axis, contacting the land and formed with holes spaced along the band;a bolt located in the bolt housing, including teeth engaged with said holes for changing a diameter of the band as the band is tightened by rotating the bolt.2. The tube clamping assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:a second leg extending from the land; anda second tooth located on the second leg and able to be forced toward an axis as the band is tightened by rotating the bolt.3. The tube clamping assembly of claim 1 , further comprising:a first lip extending along the land and located at a first side of the land;a second lip extending along the land and located at a second side of the land opposite the first side.4. The tube clamping assembly of claim 1 , wherein the band is elastically flexible claim 1 , the holes are elongated claim 1 , a length of each hole being directed across a width of the band claim 1 , the holes being spaced mutually along a length of the band.5. A tube clamping assembly claim 1 , comprising:a fitting including a land, a housing, first and second legs spaced along the land, a recess and a tooth in each of the legs;a band surrounding an axis, contacting the land and formed with holes spaced along the band;a bolt located in the housing, including teeth engaged with said holes for changing a diameter of the band as the band is tightened by rotating the bolt.6. The tube clamping assembly of claim 5 , wherein the first and ...

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Номер записи: 19
11-07-2013 дата публикации

Application shortcut user interface systems and methods

Номер: US20130179833A1
Автор: Andrien J. Wang, Aravind Perumandla, ASHOK KUMAR, Don G. Archer, Heath Stallings, Nathan J. Maxfield, Omar Abou-Khamis
Принадлежит: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC

An exemplary method includes a user computing device 1) determining current states, such as current integration states and/or current operational states, of software applications included in a suite of software applications relative to the user computing device, 2) identifying, based on the current states, access options for the software applications included in the suite of software applications, and 3) providing, by the user computing device for display, a graphical user interface that includes the access options configured to be selected by a user of the user computing device to access the software applications included in the suite of software applications. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.

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Номер записи: 20
25-07-2013 дата публикации

SYSTEMS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENTS OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20130190558A1
Автор: Alexander James A., Khamis Chaouki A., Viker Thomas O.
Принадлежит: AMS Research Corporation

Described are surgical procedure systems, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, involving an expansion member. 3. An expansion member as recited at comprising three longitudinal panels extending along the length claim 2 , the three panels comprising a center panel and two side panels claim 2 , whereina longitudinal edge of the center panel is connected by a longitudinal hinge to a longitudinal edge of a side panel,a second longitudinal edge of the center panel is connected by a second longitudinal hinge to a longitudinal edge of a second side panel,and the two side panels are capable of rotating about the hinges so the panels move laterally toward or away from the center panel, to move between the closed and the open configurations.4. An expansion member as recited at wherein in the open configuration the expansion member includes an elongate opening extending along a side of the expansion member along at least a portion of the length from the distal end toward the proximal end.5. An expansion member as recited at wherein the elongate opening does not extend the entire length.6. An expansion member as recited at wherein the elongate opening extends the entire length.7. An expansion member as recited at comprising handles at the proximal end that can be manipulated to change the expansion member from the open to the closed configuration.8. An expansion member as recited at wherein each panel comprises a cross-section comprising a curved segment.9. An expansion member as recited at wherein the elongate hinge is a living hinge.10. An expansion member as recited at wherein the elongate hinge is a mechanical hinge.11. An expansion member as recited at wherein the hinge is curved.12. An expansion member as recited at comprising an extender at the distal end claim 2 , the extender comprising a flexible material capable of deformation upon contact with tissue.13. An expansion member as recited at comprising a distal edge ...

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Номер записи: 21
15-08-2013 дата публикации

IMPLANTS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENTS OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20130211193A1
Автор: Alexander James A., Arcand Benjamin Y., Khamis Chartie, Taut Daniel, Viker Thomas O.
Принадлежит: AMS Research Corporation

Described are various embodiments of surgical procedures, systems, implants, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to tissue. 1. A method of reperitonealizing a sacral mesh comprising the step of creating a tunnel under a patient's peritoneal membrane with a curved trocar that is advanced along the right pelvic sidewall of the patient and toward the sacral promontory.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of monitoring advancement of the trocar using a retractor system to clear the patient's small bowel off of the patient's peritoneum.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a step of introducing the trocar into the patient through a small pocket that is created at the open vaginal cuff between the vaginal mucosa and the peritoneal membrane.4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising a step of providing an incision in the peritoneal membrane adjacent the sacral promontory through which the trocar is advanced.5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising a step of loading a suture onto the trocar and pulling the trocar from the tunnel.6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising a step of attaching a mesh member to the suture and pulling the mesh member through the tunnel.7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising a step of attaching the mesh member to the sacral promontory of the patient.8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the step of attaching at least one fixation element to the sacral promontory.9. The method of claim 6 , further comprising the steps of ...

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Номер записи: 22
29-08-2013 дата публикации

SYSTEMS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENTS OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20130225936A1
Автор: Alexander James A., Khamis Chaouki A., Viker Thomas O.
Принадлежит: AMS Research Corporation

Described are surgical procedure systems, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, involving an expansion member. The invention relates to an expansion member that includes a proximal end, a distal end, a length extending from the proximal end to the distal end, two longitudinal blades extending in the length direction, and a connector connecting the blades. The connector allows movement of the blades to increase or decrease a distance between the blades at the distal end. 1. An expansion member comprisinga proximal end, a distal end, and a length extending from the proximal end to the distal end,two longitudinal blades extending in the length direction,a connector connecting the blades, the connector allowing movement of the blades to increase or decrease a distance between the blades at the distal end.2. An expansion member according to whereinthe blades are connected by a connector comprising a hinge,each blade is connected to a handle at the proximal end, andblade distal ends can be moved relative to each other by manipulation of the handles.3. An expansion member according to comprising a frame at the proximal end claim 1 , a first assembly comprising a first handle and a first blade claim 1 , and a first joint connecting the assembly to the frame.4. An expansion member according to comprising a second assembly comprising a second handle and a second blade claim 3 , and a second joint connecting the assembly to the frame claim 3 , wherein the first assembly and the second assembly can move independently of each other.5. An expansion member according to comprising:a top elongate opening extending along a top side of the expansion member between the proximal end and the distal end, anda bottom elongate opening extending along a bottom side of the expansion member between the proximal end and the distal end.6. An expansion member according to comprising:a flexible membrane spanning the top elongate opening, anda ...

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Номер записи: 23
05-09-2013 дата публикации

INDUCTION SYSTEM INCLUDING A PASSIVE-ADSORPTION HYDROCARBON TRAP

Номер: US20130228145A1
Автор: Bellis Andrew George, Heim Michael G., Khami Roger, Moyer David S.
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

An induction system in an engine is provided. The air induction system includes an induction conduit including an air flow passage in fluidic communication at least one combustion chamber in the engine and a passive-adsorption hydrocarbon trap positioned within the induction conduit, a portion of the passive-adsorption hydrocarbon trap defining a boundary of the air flow passage, the passive-adsorption hydrocarbon trap including a breathable layer coupled to a substrate layer coupled to the induction conduit, a hydrocarbon adsorption layer interposing the breathable layer and the substrate layer. 1. A system , comprising:an induction conduit including an airflow passage in fluidic communication with engine combustion chambers and having a recessed pocket; anda passive-adsorption hydrocarbon trap positioned within the induction conduit, a portion of the passive-adsorption hydrocarbon trap defining a boundary of the air flow passage, the passive-adsorption hydrocarbon trap including a breathable layer coupled to a substrate layer coupled to the induction conduit, the hydrocarbon adsorption layer interposing the breathable layer and the substrate layer.2. The system of claim 1 , where the breathable layer and the substrate layer are coupled along a periphery of the breathable layer and the substrate layer.3. The system of claim 1 , where the hydrocarbon adsorption layer includes a plurality of sections spaced away from one another.4. The system of claim 3 , where the breathable layer and the substrate layer are coupled via a coupling interface extending between at least two of the plurality of sections.5. The system of claim 1 , where the passive-adsorption hydrocarbon trap is spaced away from a bottom of the air flow passage.6. The system of claim 1 , where a cross-sectional area of the air flow passage remains constant transitioning into a section of the induction conduit having the passive-adsorption hydrocarbon trap coupled thereto.7. The system of claim 1 , where ...

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Номер записи: 24
12-09-2013 дата публикации

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

Номер: US20130235957A1
Автор: El Khamy Mostafa, Kang Inyup, Lee Jungwon, Roh Heejin, WU Jinhong
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

A communication system includes: a module configured to decode a remainder portion of a receiver message using a mechanism with a compensation channel value calculated from decoding an evaluation portion of the receiver message with a different mechanism, or using a mechanism-controller generated using a mismatch characterization based on determining a partial-sensitive output and a partial-insensitive output, or a combination thereof for communicating with a device. 1. A communication system comprising:an initial-set module configured to determine an enhancement a-posteriori ratio based on decoding an evaluation portion of a receiver message using a mismatch-insensitive mechanism limited by an initial run threshold;an estimation module, coupled to the initial-set module, configured to calculate a mismatch estimation with a control unit based on the enhancement a-posteriori ratio;a compensation module, coupled to the estimation module, configured to determine a compensation channel value, a compensation extrinsic data, or a combination thereof using the mismatch estimation; anda remaining-set module, coupled to the compensation module, configured to decode a remainder portion of the receiver message using a mismatch-sensitive mechanism with the compensation channel value, the compensation extrinsic data, or a combination thereof for communicating with a device.2. The system as claimed in wherein:the initial-set module is configured to determine the enhancement a-posteriori ratio including a system component, a parity component, or a combination thereof; andthe estimation module is configured to calculate the mismatch estimation using the system component without using the parity component.4. The system as claimed in wherein:the compensation module is configured to determine the compensation channel value using a total channel evaluation, the enhancement a-posteriori ratio, a hard-decision mechanism, or a combination thereof from the receiver message; andthe ...

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Номер записи: 25
19-09-2013 дата публикации

GAMING SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE PLAYER SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY/INPUT DEVICE

Номер: US20130244763A1
Автор: Baerlocher Anthony J., Campbell Kimberly M., Champagne Christiaan R., Davis Dwayne A., Elias Hans, Ennis Damien C., Khamis Michael P., Myers David N., Palmer David M.
Принадлежит: IGT

A game table having a multiplayer interactive display/input device which enables multiple players to simultaneously play primary or base wagering games and/or secondary or bonus games using the display/input device. The display/input device enables multiple players to simultaneously interact with the game table and the various games using the same display/input device. The game table enables multiple players to manipulate displayed objects (such as virtual cards or other game symbols) displayed by the display/input device at the same time. This enables the display/input device to simultaneously display the same game to multiple players in an integrated seamless manner without the need for multiple different sets of display devices and input devices for each of the players. 1. A gaming system comprising:a game table having a multiplayer display/input device; andat least one processor configured to:(a) during a first period of time, operate with the multiplayer display/input device to:(i) display a play of a first wagering game to a plurality of players using the multiplayer display/input device, wherein the multiplayer display/input device is configured to enable the plurality of players to sequentially make inputs for said play of the first wagering game using the multiplayer display/input device, and the multiplayer display/input device is configured to display sequential indications to the players to make the sequential inputs for said play of the first wagering game; and(ii) display any awards resulting from said play of the first wagering game using the multiplayer display/input device; and (i) enable the plurality of players to simultaneously make inputs for plays of respective second wagering games each selected from a plurality of different second wagering games, wherein said plays of the respective second wagering games by the players are independent from each other; and', '(ii) for each player, provide any awards resulting from the play of the respective ...

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Номер записи: 26
03-10-2013 дата публикации

GAMING SYSTEM HAVING A DISPLAY/INPUT DEVICE CONFIGURED TO INTERACTIVELY OPERATE WITH EXTERNAL DEVICE

Номер: US20130260852A1
Автор: Baerlocher Anthony J., Campbell Kimberly M., Champagne Christiaan R., Davis Dwayne A., Elias Hans, Ennis Damien C., Khamis Michael P., Myers David N., Palmer David M.
Принадлежит: IGT

A game table having a multiplayer interactive display/input device which enables multiple players to play primary or base wagering games and/or secondary or bonus games using the display/input device. The display/input device enables multiple players to simultaneously interact with the game table and the various games using the same display/input device. In various embodiments, the game table operates with one or more separate physical input devices, each having one or a plurality of the encoded patterns and each being sized and configured to be placed on top of the game table. The separate physical input devices enable the player to interact with the display/input device. 1. A gaming system comprising:a game table having a multiplayer display/input device; andat least one processor configured to operate with the multiplayer display/input device to:(a) determine a position of a separate physical card dealing input device on the multiplayer display/input device from a plurality of different positions at which the separate physical card dealing input device can be positioned on the multiplayer display/input device, said separate physical card dealing input device having a housing, an actuator supported by the housing, and a passive encoded pattern positioned on a portion of the actuator, wherein the multiplayer display/input device is configured to identify the passive encoded pattern,(b) determine at least one card display location of the multiplayer display/input device to display at least one of a plurality of cards for a play of a game, said at least one card display location spaced from the position of the separate physical card dealing input device on the multiplayer display/input device, and(c) for at least one card, display said card moving from the position of the separate physical card dealing input device on the multiplayer display/input device to said determined at least one card display location of the multiplayer display/input device.2. The gaming system ...

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Номер записи: 27
03-10-2013 дата публикации

DOWNLOAD QUEUE AS PART OF USER INTERFACE LIBRARY VIEW FOR ON-DEMAND CONTENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Номер: US20130263012A1
Автор: Abou-Khamis Omar, Archer Don G., Bruce Matthew R., Courtney Jarrod S., Felt Michelle, Maxfield Nathan J., Sanchez Michael S., Stallings Heath, Wang Andrien J.
Принадлежит: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.

An exemplary method includes an on-demand content management system detecting a user request for a content library view and displaying, in response to the request, the content library view in a graphical user interface, the content library view including a list of entries graphically representing a plurality of on-demand content instances included in a library of on-demand content, the list of entries comprising a first set of one or more entries representing one or more on-demand content instances included in the library and in a download queue and a second set of one or more entries representing one or more other on-demand content instances included in the library but not in the download queue, wherein a position of the first set of entries is prioritized over a position of the second set of entries in the list of entries. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. 1. A method comprising:detecting, by an on-demand content management system, a user request for a content library view; and a first set of one or more entries representing one or more on-demand content instances included in the library and in a download queue, and', 'a second set of one or more entries representing one or more other on-demand content instances included in the library but not in the download queue,', 'wherein a position of the first set of entries is prioritized over a position of the second set of entries in the list of entries., 'displaying, by the on-demand content management system in response to the request, the content library view in a graphical user interface, the content library view including a list of entries graphically representing a plurality of on-demand content instances included in a library of on-demand content, the list of entries comprising2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first set of entries is positioned at the top of the list of entries in the content library view.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second set of entries is positioned below the ...

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Номер записи: 28
26-12-2013 дата публикации

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH REPEAT-RESPONSE COMBINING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

Номер: US20130343271A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Kang Inyup, Lee Jungwon
Принадлежит:

A communication system includes: a validation module configured to transmit a repeat request corresponding to a preceding data including a communication content; an inter-block processing module, coupled to the validation module, configured to determine a previous communication value based on the preceding data; a detection module, coupled to the inter-block processing module, configured to identify a repeat data corresponding to the repeat request from a receiver signal; an accumulator module, coupled to the detection module, configured to generate an accumulation output based on the preceding data and the repeat data; and a decoding module, coupled to the accumulator module, configured to determine the communication content using the previous communication value and the accumulation output across instances of transmission blocks for communicating with a device. 1. A communication system comprising:a validation module configured to transmit a repeat request corresponding to a preceding data including a communication content;an inter-block processing module, coupled to the validation module, configured to determine a previous communication value based on the preceding data;a detection module, coupled to the inter-block processing module, configured to identify a repeat data corresponding to the repeat request from a receiver signal;an accumulator module, coupled to the detection module, configured to generate an accumulation output based on the preceding data and the repeat data; anda decoding module, coupled to the accumulator module, configured to determine the communication content using the previous communication value and the accumulation output across instances of transmission blocks for communicating with a device.2. The system as claimed in wherein:the inter-block processing module includes a decoder inter-block module configured to generate a previous inner-decoder value based on a further-decoder extrinsic value corresponding to the preceding data; andthe ...

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Номер записи: 29
26-12-2013 дата публикации

MACHINE-LEARNT PERSON RE-IDENTIFICATION

Номер: US20130343642A1
Автор: Davis Larry, KHAMIS Sameh, Kuo Cheng-Hao, Shet Vinay Damodar, Singh Vivek Kumar
Принадлежит: Siemens Corporation

Automated person re-identification may be assisted by consideration of attributes of the person in a joint classification with matching of the person. By both solving for similarities in a plurality of attributes and identities, discriminative interactions may be captured. Automated person re-identification may be assisted by consideration of a semantic color name. Rather than a color histogram, probability distributions are mapped to color terms of the semantic color name. Using other descriptors as well, similarity measures for the various descriptors are weighted and combined into a score. Either or both considerations may be used. 1. A method for person re-identification , the method comprising:mapping color values from first and second images to first and second probability distributions over a plurality of colors, the plurality of colors in a first color space different than a second color space of the color values;calculating, with a processor, a similarity between the first and second probability distributions;determining an affinity score as a function of the similarity and a weight, the weight being a rank-boosted machine-learnt value; andidentifying a person in the second image as a person in the first image, the identifying being a function of the affinity score.2. The method of wherein the second color space comprises Red claim 1 , Green claim 1 , Blue (RGB) color space claim 1 , wherein the first color space comprises color terms non subsumable into each other claim 1 , and wherein mapping comprises mapping from RGB values to probabilities across the color terms.3. The method of wherein mapping comprises mapping to a semantic color name.4. The method of wherein mapping comprises assigning different probabilities to each of the colors for each of the color values claim 1 , at least two of the probabilities being greater than 0.0.5. The method of wherein mapping comprises mapping separately for different regions in the first and second images claim 1 , ...

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Номер записи: 30
30-01-2014 дата публикации

SYSTEMS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR CONNECTING TO TISSUE

Номер: US20140031835A1
Автор: Khamis Chaouki A., Thorson Micah D., Viker Thomas O.
Принадлежит: AMS Research Corporation

Described are various embodiments of surgical procedure systems, devices, tools, and methods, useful for placing a soft tissue anchor at anatomical tissue; these may be useful for general surgical procedures, veterinary procedures, plastic surgery, and for treating pelvic conditions such as vaginal prolapse, incontinence, and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools being useful for accessing a posterior region of pelvic anatomy, and related methods. 1. A soft tissue anchor delivery device in combination with a soft tissue anchor ,the soft tissue anchor comprising a first elongate leg, a second elongate leg, and a tie connecting the first elongate leg to the second elongate leg, a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end comprising a handle,', a magazine, and', 'a staging location on a distal side of the magazine, and, 'a shaft extending from the handle to the distal end, the distal end comprising'}, 'an ejector that can be actuated to eject a soft tissue anchor from the staging location., 'the delivery device comprising'}2. The device and anchor of wherein the first elongate leg has a length in a range from about 0.1 to about 1 inch claim 1 , the second elongate leg has a length in a range from about 0.1 to about 1 inch claim 1 , and the tie has a length in a range from about 0.1 to about 1 inch.3. The device and anchor of wherein the anchor comprises flexible plastic and the anchor does not become permanently deformed when ejected by the soft tissue anchor delivery device.4. The device and anchor of wherein the distal end can be placed through a laparoscopic cannula to be located at a region of supportive tissue.5. The device and anchor of wherein the magazine is capable of holding a series of soft tissue anchors located in longitudinal alignment claim 1 , the series comprising a distal soft tissue anchor and a proximal soft tissue anchor claim 1 , with a proximal location of the distal soft tissue anchor being ...

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Номер записи: 31
06-03-2014 дата публикации

GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN OUTCOME ENHANCING FEATURE

Номер: US20140066161A1
Автор: Bigelow, Ennis Damien C., JR. Robert F., Khamis Michael P.
Принадлежит: IGT

An embodiment of a gaming device includes a game having at least three choices, wherein each of the choices either trumps or is trumped by one of the other choices, and a processor programmed to determine if an outcome enhancing condition is satisfied, enable a player to elect to enhance an outcome if an outcome enhancing condition is satisfied, enable the player to select one of said choices, select one of said choices, determine an outcome based on a comparison of the player's choice with the processor's choice, provide a win outcome if the player elected to enhance an outcome and the comparison of the player's choice with the processor's choice results in a draw determination, provide a draw outcome if the player elected to enhance an outcome and the comparison of the player's choice with the processor's choice results in a lose determination. 1. A gaming system comprising:at least one display device:at least one input device; and (a) accumulate at least one outcome enhancing unit for a play of a game, and', (i) enable a player to elect to enhance at least one outcome for a play of a next game,', '(ii) if the player elects to enhance at least one outcome, provide an enhanced outcome in the play of the next game, and', '(iii) if the player elects not to enhance at least one outcome, provide an unenhanced outcome in the play of the next game., '(b) if a quantity of accumulated outcome enhancing units is at least a designated quantity], 'at least one memory device which stores a plurality of instructions which when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to operate with the at least one input device and the at least one display device to2. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein when executed by the at least one processor claim 1 , said plurality of instructions cause the at least one processor to accumulate at least one outcome enhancing unit for each play of the game.3. The gaming system of claim 1 , wherein when executed by the at least ...

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Номер записи: 32
13-03-2014 дата публикации

PELVIC FLOOR TREATMENTS AND RELATED TOOLS AND IMPLANTS

Номер: US20140073850A1
Автор: "OHern Jeffrey M.", Kaleta Richard C., Khamis Chaouki A., Koeller Gregory L., KUPIECKI David J., Otte John F., Rocheleau Gary A.
Принадлежит: AMS Research Corporation

Described are implants, tools, and methods useful for treating pelvic conditions such as prolapse, by placing an implant to support pelvic tissue, the implants, tools, and methods involving one or more of adjusting engagements, specific implants and pieces of implants, placement of implants at locations within the pelvic region, and insertion, adjusting, and grommet management tools. 133-. (canceled)34. A kit comprising a pelvic implant comprising a support portion piece and an extension portion piece , the extension portion piece comprising a mesh portion and a non-mesh portion , and the support portion piece comprising an adjusting engagement capable of adjustably engaging the extension portion piece.35. A kit according to further comprising a grommet management tool.36. A method of placing a pelvic implant comprising{'claim-ref': {'@idref': 'CLM-00035', 'claim 35'}, 'providing a kit according to , and'}transferring a grommet from the grommet management tool to the non-mesh portion.37. A kit according to further comprising an adjusting tool.3862-. (canceled) This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application having Ser. No. 60/952,411, filed on Jul. 27, 2007, titled PELVIC FLOOR TREATMENTS AND ASSOCIATED IMPLANTS; and U.S. Provisional Patent Application having Ser. No. 61/012,260, filed on Dec. 7, 2007, titled PELVIC FLOOR TREATMENTS AND ASSOCIATED IMPLANTS.The invention relates to apparatus and methods for treating pelvic conditions by use of a pelvic implant to support pelvic tissue. The pelvic conditions include conditions of the female or male anatomy, and specifically include treatments of female or male urinary and fecal incontinence, and treatment of female vaginal prolapse conditions including enterocele, rectocele, cystocele, vault prolapse, conditions of the pelvic floor, and any of these conditions in combination. Particular examples of articles and tools described herein include: surgical implants that support pelvic tissue and ...

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Номер записи: 33
27-03-2014 дата публикации

TOOLS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20140088349A1
Автор: Alexander James A., Derus Patricia M., Jeutter Scott S., Khamis Chaouki A., Rocheleau Gary A., Rockow Steven G.
Принадлежит: AMS Research Corporation

A tool for driving a helical anchor into a target location, the tool including a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion having a handle and an actuator, and a shaft extending distally from the proximal portion, the shaft comprising an outer shaft and an inner rotating shaft that is at least partially concentrically positioned within the outer shaft, the shaft having a length that facilitates accessing a location of a posterior pelvic region, wherein the inner rotating shaft is actuated by movement of the actuator in a predetermined motion. 1. A tool for driving a helical anchor into a target location , the tool comprising:a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion comprising a handle and an actuator; anda shaft extending distally from the proximal portion, the shaft comprising an outer shaft and an inner rotating shaft that is at least partially concentrically positioned within the outer shaft, the shaft comprising a length that facilitates accessing a location of a posterior pelvic region;wherein the inner rotating shaft is actuated by movement of the actuator in a predetermined motion.2. The tool of in combination with a helical anchor claim 1 , wherein movement of the actuator toward the handle actuates the inner rotating shaft claim 1 , and wherein a single stroke movement of the actuator produces rotational movement of the inner rotating shaft sufficient to rotate the helical anchor a predetermined number of rotations to cause the helical anchor to be driven into a target location.3. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the target location comprises tissue.4. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the target location comprises bone.5. The tool of in combination with a helical anchor claim 1 , wherein movement of the actuator toward the handle actuates the inner rotating shaft claim 1 , and wherein multiple stroke movement of the actuator produces rotational movement of the inner rotating shaft sufficient to rotate the helical anchor a ...

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Номер записи: 34
06-01-2022 дата публикации

Method and appartaus for data efficient semantic segmentation

Номер: US20220004827A1
Автор: Behnam Babagholami MOHAMADABADI, Jungwon Lee, Mostafa El-Khamy, Qingfeng Liu
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

A method and system for training a neural network are provided. The method includes receiving an input image, selecting at least one data augmentation method from a pool of data augmentation methods, generating an augmented image by applying the selected at least one data augmentation method to the input image, and generating a mixed image from the input image and the augmented image.

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Номер записи: 35
07-01-2021 дата публикации

DEPTH FROM MOTION FOR AUGMENTED REALITY FOR HANDHELD USER DEVICES

Номер: US20210004979A1
Автор: AFONSO João Manuel Castro, Barron Jonathan T., Csaszar Ambrus, Dryanovski Ivan, DZITSIUK Maksym, Fanello Sean Ryan Francesco, Guleryuz Onur G., Izadi Shahram, KHAMIS Sameh, Kowdle Adarsh Prakash Murthy, Leung Mira, PASCOAL Jose, Rhemann Christoph, SCHMIDT Mirko, SCHOENBERG Michael, Tankovich Vladimir, Tsotsos Konstantine Nicholas John, Turner Eric, VALENTIN Jullien, Verma Vivek, Wadhwa Neal
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A handheld user device includes a monocular camera to capture a feed of images of a local scene and a processor to select, from the feed, a keyframe and perform, for a first image from the feed, stereo matching using the first image, the keyframe, and a relative pose based on a pose associated with the first image and a pose associated with the keyframe to generate a sparse disparity map representing disparities between the first image and the keyframe. The processor further is to determine a dense depth map from the disparity map using a bilateral solver algorithm, and process a viewfinder image generated from a second image of the feed with occlusion rendering based on the depth map to incorporate one or more virtual objects into the viewfinder image to generate an AR viewfinder image. Further, the processor is to provide the AR viewfinder image for display. 1. A method for providing an augmented reality (AR) experience at a handheld user device , the method comprising:capturing, via a monocular camera of the handheld user device, a feed of images of a local scene;selecting, from the feed, a keyframe;performing, for a first image from the feed of images, stereo matching using the first image, the keyframe, and a relative pose based on a pose associated with the first image and a pose associated with the keyframe to generate a sparse disparity map representing disparities between the first image and the keyframe;determining a dense depth map from the disparity map using a bilateral solver algorithm;processing a viewfinder image generated from a second image of the feed with occlusion rendering based on the depth map to incorporate one or more virtual objects into the viewfinder image to generate an AR viewfinder image; anddisplaying, at the handheld user device, the AR viewfinder image.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:polar rectifying the keyframe and the first image; andwherein performing stereo matching comprising performing stereo matching using ...

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Номер записи: 36
07-01-2016 дата публикации

CROSS-NATIVE APPLICATION AUTHENTICATION APPLICATION

Номер: US20160006719A1
Автор: Abou-Khamis Omar A., KHALIL Manah M., Lamison Michael R., Xiao Bo
Принадлежит:

A user device stores first authentication information used to grant access to a resource associated with a first application, and configuration information relating to a second application. The user device receives an authentication request from the second application requesting second authentication information. Based on the configuration information relating to the second application, the user device determines whether the first authentication information contains some or all of the requested second authentication information. The user device generates an authentication response to the authentication request, using the first authentication information, and sends the authentication response to the second application in order to permit access to a resource associated with the second application. 1. A user device , comprising: [ 'the first authentication information being used to grant access to a resource associated with a first application,', 'first authentication information,'}, the second application being different than the first application,', 'the first application and the second application operating on the user device; and, 'configuration information relating to the second application,'}], 'a memory to store receive an authentication request, from the second application, requesting second authentication information,', 'determine, based on the authentication request, that the memory stores the configuration information relating to the second application,', 'determine, based on the configuration information, whether the first authentication information contains some or all of the second authentication information,', 'generate an authentication response, to the authentication request, using the first authentication information based on determining that the first authentication information contains some or all of the second authentication information, and', 'send the authentication response, to the second application, to permit access to a resource associated ...

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Номер записи: 37
20-01-2022 дата публикации

Tamper resistant hydrocarbon trap for combustion engines

Номер: US20220018318A1
Автор: Alexander Adam King, David S. Moyer, Ha To Chung, Roger Joseph Khami
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC

An air intake system for a combustion engine includes an air intake duct in fluid communication with an engine intake manifold and a conduit component inserted into the air intake duct along a first assembly direction. The air intake system also includes a hydrocarbon (HC) trap secured to the conduit component within the air intake duct. The conduit component defines at least one retention feature to maintain a position of the HC trap such that removal of the HC trap from the air intake duct results in structural compromise of the at least one retention feature. The air intake duct is also configured to shield the at least one retention feature from user access to inhibit user removal of the HC trap.

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Номер записи: 38
14-01-2021 дата публикации

Distributed side wagering methods and systems

Номер: US20210012613A1
Автор: Christiaan R. Champagne, Damien C. Ennis, Darryll Pleasant, David N. Myers, David Palmer, Dwayne Davis, Michael P. Khamis, Richard E. Rowe, Richard J. Schneider
Принадлежит: INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

Various techniques are disclosed for facilitating side wagering activities conducted at a casino which includes a casino gaming network. In at least one embodiment, the gaming network includes a plurality of gaming devices, including a first gaming device. A side wager request may be received for placing a first side wager relating to a first target. An identity of a first player associated with generating the first side wager request may be determined. A first side wager session may be automatically initiated. In at least one embodiment, the placing of the first side wager includes placing first wager on a game play-related event or activity associated with the second person, wherein an outcome of the game play-related event or activity is influenced by a decision or action of the second person. In one embodiment, the first side wager includes first side wager criteria specifying that an outcome of the first side wager is related to at least one event associated with a different player's game play which is associated with the first target.

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Номер записи: 39
15-01-2015 дата публикации

Computing system with coordinated multiple-access mechanism and method of operation thereof

Номер: US20150016563A1
Автор: Hessam Mahdavifar, Inyup Kang, Jungwon Lee, Mostafa El-Khamy
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

A computing system includes: an interface configured to communicate a coordination profile for coordinating a second transmitter device with a first transmitter device; and a unit, coupled to the interface, configured to generate a first encoded message using a message polarization mechanism based on the coordination profile for coordinating the first encoded message with a second encoded message concurrently transmitting through the second transmitter device. A further embodiment of the computing system includes: an interface configured to communicate a receiver signal for representing a first encoded message and a second encoded message coordinated for concurrent transmission; a unit, coupled to the interface, configured to: determine a communication rate associated with the receiver signal, and decode the receiver signal based on a message polarization mechanism and the communication rate for identifying the first encoded message based on a coordination profile corresponding to the communication rate.

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Номер записи: 40
15-01-2015 дата публикации

INTERACTIVE MEDIA PROGRAM GUIDE USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS

Номер: US20150020111A1
Автор: Abou-Khamis Omar A., Archer Don G., Lott Jonathan, Stallings Heath, Wang Andrien J.
Принадлежит:

An exemplary method includes an interactive media program guide system 1) displaying a user-scrollable view of a section of a paginated column of an interactive media program guide that includes a two-dimensional matrix grid of cells representing a plurality of media program listings, 2) detecting a user selection of a cell included in the matrix grid of cells and the user-scrollable view, the cell representing a media program listing included in the plurality of media program listings, and, 3) in response to the user selection of the cell, expanding the cell in-place within the paginated column of the interactive media program guide and populating the expanded cell with display content associated with a media program represented by the media program listing. Corresponding systems and methods are also described. 1. A method comprising:displaying, by an interactive media program guide system on a display screen of a user device, a user-scrollable view of a section of a paginated column of an interactive media program guide that includes a two-dimensional matrix grid of cells representing a plurality of media program listings;detecting, by the interactive media program guide system, a user selection of a cell included in the matrix grid of cells and the user-scrollable view, the cell representing a media program listing included in the plurality of media program listings; and expanding, by the interactive media program guide system, the cell in-place within the paginated column of the interactive media program guide, and', 'populating, by the interactive media program guide system, the expanded cell with display content associated with a media program represented by the media program listing., 'in response to the user selection of the cell'}2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the expanding of the cell in-place within the paginated column comprises:expanding the paginated column to make a space for the expanded cell in-place; andpositioning the expanded cell in the ...

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Номер записи: 41
16-01-2020 дата публикации

ENGINE AIR INDUCTION RESISTIVE FOAM ELEMENT SOUND ABSORBER AND SILENCER

Номер: US20200018272A1
Автор: Emley John, Khami Roger Joseph, Rollins Scott M.
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

A tunable, noise-attenuating resistive silencer assembly for use with an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The resistive silencer assembly incorporates a resistive silencer material. The assembly includes an intake duct having air inlet and outlet ends, an acoustic absorbing material support structure positioned between the air inlet and air outlet ends, and an acoustic absorbing element supported by the acoustic absorbing material support structure. The acoustic absorbing element has a defined and non-amorphous shape. The air enters the air inlet end, passes by the acoustic absorbing material, and exits the air outlet end. The acoustic absorbing element is formed from a foam material that may be open cell or closed cell. If open cell foam, the material may be either a low density or high density polyurethane foam. If closed cell foam, the material may be crushed, closed-celled ethylene propylene dieme or polyvinyl nitrile foam. 1. A noise attenuation device for an internal combustion engine air induction system , comprising:an intake duct having air inlet and outlet ends;an acoustic absorbing material support structure operatively associated with said intake duct and positioned between said ends; andan acoustic absorbing element supported by said support structure, said acoustic absorbing element having a defined and non-amorphous shape, whereby air enters said inlet, passes by said acoustic absorbing material, and exits said outlet.2. The noise attenuation device of claim 1 , wherein said acoustic absorbing element is formed from a foam material.3. The noise attenuation device of claim 2 , wherein said foam material is open cell foam.4. The noise attenuation device of claim 3 , wherein said open cell foam is polyurethane foam.5. The noise attenuation device of claim 3 , wherein said open cell foam is selected from the group consisting of high density foam and low density foam.6. The noise attenuation device of claim 2 , wherein said foam material is closed ...

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Номер записи: 42
17-04-2014 дата публикации

GAMING SYSTEM, GAMING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN OUTCOME ENHANCING FEATURE

Номер: US20140106839A1
Автор: Bigelow, Ennis Damien C., JR. Robert F., Khamis Michael P.
Принадлежит: IGT

An embodiment of a gaming device includes a game having at least three choices, wherein each of the choices either trumps or is trumped by one of the other choices, and a processor programmed to determine if an outcome enhancing condition is satisfied, enable a player to elect to enhance an outcome if an outcome enhancing condition is satisfied, enable the player to select one of said choices, select one of said choices, determine an outcome based on a comparison of the player's choice with the processor's choice, provide a win outcome if the player elected to enhance an outcome and the comparison of the player's choice with the processor's choice results in a draw determination, provide a draw outcome if the player elected to enhance an outcome and the comparison of the player's choice with the processor's choice results in a lose determination. 1. A method of operating a gaming system , said method comprising:(a) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions to determine when an outcome enhancing condition is satisfied in association with a play of a game including at least different three choices, wherein each of the choices either trumps or is trumped by at least one of the other choices, and a win outcome a draw outcome and a lose outcome, wherein the win outcome is associated with a greater average expected payout than the draw outcome and the draw outcome is associated with a greater average expected payout than the lose outcome,(b) enabling a player to elect to enhance at least one outcome when the outcome enhancing condition is satisfied,(c) enabling the player to select one of said choices,(d) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to select one of said choices,(e) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine an outcome based on a comparison of the player's choice with the at least one processor's choice,(f) providing the win outcome when the player ...

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Номер записи: 43
26-01-2017 дата публикации

FLEXIBLE TURBOCHARGER AIR DUCT WITH CONSTRICTING RINGS

Номер: US20170022946A1
Автор: BISHOP CHRISTOPHER B., HERMANN ERIK H., Khami Roger, STEC RANDALL A.
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A turbocharger system includes a flexible duct having an elongated elastomeric body extending longitudinally between first and second ends configured to attach to respective turbocharger devices. A plurality of constricting rings are spaced longitudinally between the ends. Each constricting ring applies a radial compression force around a respective circumference of the duct. Each ring is comprised of a molded thermoplastic retained in a concentric shape by a clasp. The spacing of the constricting rings has a density sufficient to limit a volume increase of the duct under turbocharger operating pressure to less than 20%. Each constricting ring has an inner surface including an intrusion feature providing a reduced compression force on the duct so that a portion of the duct enters the intrusion feature, thereby anchoring the constricting ring in a substantially fixed position. 1. A turbocharger air-transfer system comprising:a flexible duct having an elongated elastomeric body extending longitudinally between first and second ends configured to attach to respective turbocharger devices; anda plurality of constricting rings spaced longitudinally between the ends, each constricting ring applying a radial compression force around a respective circumference of the duct, wherein each ring is comprised of a molded thermoplastic being retained in a concentric shape by a clasp, wherein the spacing of the constricting rings has a density sufficient to limit a volume increase of the duct under turbocharger operating pressure to less than 20%, and wherein each constricting ring has an inner surface including an intrusion feature providing a reduced compression force on the duct so that a portion of the duct enters the intrusion feature, thereby anchoring the constricting ring in a substantially fixed position.2. The system of wherein the intrusion feature includes interior pockets spaced around the inner surface.3. The system of wherein the intrusion feature includes a ...

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Номер записи: 44
24-04-2014 дата публикации

HYDROCARBON TRAP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE

Номер: US20140109878A1
Автор: Bellis Andrew George, Hermann Erik Henry, Khami Roger, Moyer David S.
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

A hydrocarbon (HC) trap positioned in an intake conduit of an engine is provided. The HC trap includes a stack of consecutively layered polymeric sheets with at least a portion of the sheets impregnated with a HC vapor adsorption/desorption material, the stack of sheets extending from a first exterior surface to a second exterior surface. 1. A hydrocarbon (HC) trap positioned in an intake conduit of an engine comprising:a stack of consecutively layered polymeric sheets with at least a portion of the sheets impregnated with a HC vapor adsorption/desorption material, the stack of sheets extending from a first exterior surface to a second exterior surface.2. The HC trap of claim 1 , where the stack of sheets has no adsorption/desorption material positioned between the sheets claim 1 , and wherein the sheets are formed into a unitary rigid structure.3. The HC trap of claim 2 , where the HC vapor adsorption/desorption material includes one or more of carbon claim 2 , activated carbon claim 2 , zeolites claim 2 , hydrophobic cellulose claim 2 , silicon oils claim 2 , cyclodextrins or any other HC adsorbing/desorbing materials.4. The HC trap of claim 2 , where the HC vapor adsorption/desorption material includes loose adsorption particles.5. The HC trap of claim 1 , where the HC trap does not include adhesive between the sheets.6. The HC trap of claim 1 , where the sheets are non-woven polyester sheets and the HC vapor adsorption/desorption material is activated carbon.7. The HC trap of claim 1 , where a first polymeric sheet claim 1 , included in the stack of sheets claim 1 , forms the first exterior surface and a second polymeric sheet claim 1 , included in the stack of sheets claim 1 , forms the second exterior surface.8. The HC trap of claim 1 , where each sheet in the stack of sheets is in face sharing contact with an adjacent sheet.9. The HC trap of claim 1 , where the first and second exterior surfaces and edges of the stack of sheets form a boundary of the HC trap ...

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Номер записи: 45
28-01-2021 дата публикации

VIDEO DEPTH ESTIMATION BASED ON TEMPORAL ATTENTION

Номер: US20210027480A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon, Ren Haoyu
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A method of depth detection based on a plurality of video frames includes receiving a plurality of input frames including a first input frame, a second input frame, and a third input frame respectively corresponding to different capture times, convolving the first to third input frames to generate a first feature map, a second feature map, and a third feature map corresponding to the different capture times, calculating a temporal attention map based on the first to third feature maps, the temporal attention map including a plurality of weights corresponding to different pairs of feature maps from among the first to third feature maps, each weight of the plurality of weights indicating a similarity level of a corresponding pair of feature maps, and applying the temporal attention map to the first to third feature maps to generate a feature map with temporal attention. 1. A method of depth detection based on a plurality of video frames , the method comprising:receiving a plurality of input frames comprising a first input frame, a second input frame, and a third input frame respectively corresponding to different capture times;convolving the first to third input frames to generate a first feature map, a second feature map, and a third feature map corresponding to the different capture times;calculating a temporal attention map based on the first to third feature maps, the temporal attention map comprising a plurality of weights corresponding to different pairs of feature maps from among the first to third feature maps, each weight of the plurality of weights indicating a similarity level of a corresponding pair of feature maps; andapplying the temporal attention map to the first to third feature maps to generate a feature map with temporal attention.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of weights are based on a learnable value.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input frames are video frames of an input video sequence.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein ...

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Номер записи: 46
01-02-2018 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELICITING OPEN-ENDED NATURAL LANGUAGE RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS TO TRAIN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSORS

Номер: US20180033434A1
Автор: BRAGA Daniela, CARTER Stephen Steele, ELSHENAWY Ahmad Khamis, ROTHWELL Spencer John
Принадлежит: VoiceBox Technologies Corporation

Systems and methods gathering text commands in response to a command context using a first crowdsourced are discussed herein. A command context for a natural language processing system may be identified, where the command context is associated with a command context condition to provide commands to the natural language processing system. One or more command creators associated with one or more command creation devices may be selected. A first application one the one or more command creation devices may be configured to display command creation instructions for each of the one or more command creators to provide text commands that satisfy the command context, and to display a field for capturing a user-generated text entry to satisfy the command creation condition in accordance with the command creation instructions. Systems and methods for reviewing the text commands using second and crowdsourced jobs are also presented herein. 1. A computer-implemented method , the method being implemented in a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that , when executed by the one or more physical processors , cause the computer system to perform the method , the method comprising:identifying a command context for a natural language processing system, the command context associated with a command context condition to provide commands to the natural language processing system;selecting one or more command creators, the one or more command creators being associated with one or more command creation devices; andconfiguring a first application on the one or more command creation devices to display the command context, to display command creation instructions for each of the one or more command creators to provide text commands that satisfy the command context, and to display a field for capturing a user-generated text entry to satisfy the command creation condition in accordance with the command creation instructions.2. The ...

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Номер записи: 47
01-05-2014 дата публикации

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH RECEIVER OPTIMIZATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

Номер: US20140119483A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Kang Inyup, Lee Jungwon, WU Jinhong
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

A communication system includes: an antenna unit configured to receive a receiver signal; a communication unit, coupled to the antenna unit, configured to: calculate a decoding result based on the receiver signal, generate a dynamic scalar based on the decoding result, and generate a content replication based on the dynamic scalar for communicating with a device. 1. A communication system comprising:an antenna unit configured to receive a receiver signal; calculate a decoding result based on the receiver signal,', 'generate a dynamic scalar based on the decoding result, and', 'generate a content replication based on the dynamic scalar for communicating with a device., 'a communication unit, coupled to the antenna unit, configured to2. The system as claimed in wherein the communication unit is configured to:calculate a candidate product and an adjacent product based on the decoding result; andgenerate the dynamic scalar based on comparing the candidate product to the adjacent product.3. The system as claimed in wherein communication unit is configured to generate the dynamic scalar including:a dynamic base scalar corresponding to a first global iteration generated based on the decoding result; anda forward scalar generated based on the dynamic base scalar after the first global iteration for calculating the decoding result.4. The system as claimed in wherein communication unit is configured to generate the dynamic scalar including:a dynamic base scalar corresponding to a first global iteration generated based on the decoding result; anda feedback scalar generated based on the dynamic base scalar for calculating a detection result.5. The system as claimed in wherein the communication unit is configured to generate the dynamic scalar after receiving the receiver signal and calculating the decoding result.6. The system as claimed in wherein:the antenna unit is configured to receive the receiver signal for representing a communication content; and calculate a detection ...

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Номер записи: 48
17-02-2022 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPARITY ESTIMATION BASED ON COST-VOLUME ATTENTION

Номер: US20220051426A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon, Ren Haoyu
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Method and systems are provided for robust disparity estimation based on cost-volume attention. A method includes extracting first feature maps from left images captured by a first camera; extracting second feature maps from right images captured by a second camera; calculating a matching cost based on a comparison of the first and second feature maps to generate a cost volume; generating an attention-aware cost volume from the generated cost volume; and aggregating the attention-aware cost volume to generate an output disparity. 1. A method , comprising:extracting first feature maps from left images captured by a first camera;extracting second feature maps from right images captured by a second camera;calculating a matching cost based on a comparison of the first and second feature maps to generate a cost volume;generating an attention-aware cost volume from the generated cost volume; andaggregating the attention-aware cost volume to generate an output disparity.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the attention-aware cost volume comprises assigning different weights for different disparity levels in the generated cost volume.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the attention-aware cost volume comprises:partitioning a 4-dimensional (4D) map of the generated cost volume into D 3-dimensional (3D) maps, each of the 3D feature maps have a size C×H×W, where D represents a disparity level, C represents a number of channels, H represents height, and W represents width;applying channel attention to each of the 3D feature maps to obtain the attention-aware feature maps; andconcatenating the attention-aware feature maps to a 4D feature map of the attention-aware cost volume.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a C×C attention matrix is utilized to apply the channel attention to each of the 3D feature maps.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein generating the attention-aware cost volume comprises assigning different weights for different channels in the generated ...

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Номер записи: 49
08-02-2018 дата публикации

Manufacture of a Compact Ejector System for a Boosted Internal Combustion Engine

Номер: US20180036956A1
Автор: Emley John, Hoffman Steven James, Khami Roger Joseph, Macke Eric A., McGrath Shawn, Mohan Robert Joseph, Moyer David S., Myers Chris A., Rollins Scott M., Werner Matthew
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Vapors in the fuel tank of a vehicle are collected in a carbon canister. An ejector or aspirator is used to purge the carbon canister in a pressure-charged engine in which a positive pressure exists in the intake. A compact ejector includes a substantially planar flange and a venturi tube coupled to the flange with a central axis of the venturi tube substantially parallel to the flange. By manufacturing the ejector in two pieces, dimensions within the ejector: throat, converging section, and diverging section, is more accurate than prior art manufacturing techniques thereby providing better flow characteristics throughout the boost range. 1. A method to fabricate an ejector , comprising:molding a first piece comprising: a first tube, a second tube, a flange and a first portion of a venturi tube;molding a second piece comprising a second portion of the venturi tube; andaffixing the first piece with the second piece.2. The method of wherein the first piece is affixed to the second piece by welding.3. The method of wherein:the first piece is affixed to the second piece by a plurality of snap fit connectors around the periphery of the first piece; surface features of the mating first and second pieces that substantially prevent flow between the mating surfaces;', {'b': '0', 'a groove in the interface surface of the first piece with an -ring disposed therein;'}, {'b': '0', 'a groove in the interface surface of the second piece with an -ring disposed therein; and'}, 'an adhesive applied to at least one of the interface surface of the first piece and the interface surface of the second piece., 'a seal between an interface surface of the first piece and an interface surface of the second piece is formed by one of4. The method of wherein:an interface between the first piece and the second piece is substantially coincident with a centerline of the venturi tube.5. The method of claim 1 , comprising: testing leak rate claim 1 , flow rate claim 1 , and vacuum draw in the ejector ...

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Номер записи: 50
11-02-2016 дата публикации

HYDROCARBON TRAP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE

Номер: US20160040632A1
Автор: Bellis Andrew George, Hermann Eric Henry, Khami Roger, Moyer David S.
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A hydrocarbon (HC) trap positioned in an intake conduit of an engine is provided. The HC trap includes a stack of consecutively layered polymeric sheets with at least a portion of the sheets impregnated with a HC vapor adsorption/desorption material, the stack of sheets extending from a first exterior surface to a second exterior surface. 1. A hydrocarbon (HC) trap positioned in an intake conduit of an engine comprising:a stack of consecutively layered polymeric sheets with at least a portion of the sheets impregnated with a HC vapor adsorption/desorption material, the stack of sheets extending from a first exterior surface to a second exterior surface, the stack of sheets including a first raised section, the stack of sheets having opposite ends each having a bend.2. The HC trap of claim 1 , further comprising a reinforcing rib extending along a flange of the stack claim 1 , where the stack of sheets has no adsorption/desorption material positioned between the sheets claim 1 , and wherein the sheets are formed into a unitary rigid structure.3. The HC trap of claim 1 , further comprising fasteners for coupling to an air box.4. The HC trap of claim 2 , where the HC vapor adsorption/desorption material includes one or more of carbon claim 2 , activated carbon claim 2 , zeolites claim 2 , hydrophobic cellulose claim 2 , silicon oils claim 2 , cyclodextrins or any other HC adsorbing/desorbing materials.5. The HC trap of claim 2 , where the HC vapor adsorption/desorption material includes loose adsorption particles.6. The HC trap of claim 1 , where the HC trap does not include adhesive between the sheets.7. The HC trap of claim 1 , where the sheets are non-woven polyester sheets and the HC vapor adsorption/desorption material is activated carbon.8. The HC trap of claim 1 , where a first polymeric sheet claim 1 , included in the stack of sheets claim 1 , forms the first exterior surface and a second polymeric sheet claim 1 , included in the stack of sheets claim 1 , forms ...

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Номер записи: 51
08-02-2018 дата публикации

Compact Ejector System for a Boosted Internal Combustion Engine

Номер: US20180038321A1
Автор: Ali Syed K., Khami Roger Joseph, Macke Eric A., Moyer David S., Myers Chris A., Rollins Scott M., Vaishnav Dhaval P., Werner Matthew
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Vapors in the fuel tank of a vehicle are collected in a carbon canister. An ejector or aspirator is used to purge the carbon canister in a pressure-charged engine in which a positive pressure exists in the intake. A compact ejector includes a substantially planar flange and a venturi tube coupled to the flange with a central axis of the venturi tube substantially parallel to the flange. By mounting the ejector on an intake component, having the venturi tube on the inside of the intake component, and having the venturi tube parallel to the flange yields a very compact package and protects the ejector from damage from other engine components. 1. A compact ejector for a canister purge system of a boosted engine , comprising:a flange;a venturi tube coupled to the flange; and the first tube fluidly couples to one end of the venturi tube;', 'the second tube fluidly couples to a downstream end of a throat of the venturi tube;', 'the ejector comprises first and second pieces coupled together;', 'the venturi tube comprises first and second pieces coupled together;', 'the first piece comprises the first and second tubes, the flange, and an upper portion of the venturi tube; and', 'the second piece comprises a lower portion of the venturi tube., 'first and second tubes extending through the flange wherein2. The ejector of wherein the flange is substantially planar and a centerline of the venturi tube is substantially parallel to the flange.3. The ejector of wherein:the second tube is substantially perpendicular to the flange; anda centerline of the first tube and a centerline of the second tube form an acute angle.4. The ejector of wherein:a centerline of the first tube and a centerline of the second tube are substantially parallel; andthe centerline of the first tube is substantially perpendicular to the flange.5. The ejector of wherein the first piece and the second piece are coupled by one of sonic welding claim 1 , ultrasonic welding claim 1 , thermal welding claim 1 , ...

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Номер записи: 52
16-02-2017 дата публикации

TOOLS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20170042564A1
Автор: "OHern Jeffrey M.", Fischer Brian G., Huelman Justin H., Jagger Karl A., Khamis Chaouki A., Ogdahl Jason W., Otte John F., Roll Jessica L., VanDeWeghe Andrew P.
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Surgical procedures, systems, implants, devices, tools, and methods that are used for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to tissue, adjusting the length of implant components, and cutting the implant to a desired length. 1. A surgical tool for adjusting and cutting a length of an elongate portion of a pelvic implant , the tool comprising: an elongate body comprising a proximal end, a distal end comprising a distal tip, and an outer cylindrical surface; and', 'a channel extending transversely through the elongate body, wherein the channel comprises a first opening and a second opening, and wherein at least one of the first and second openings of the channel is positioned on the outer cylindrical surface proximal to the distal end; and, 'a cylindrical member engageable with the elongate portion of the implant to allow manipulation and cutting of the elongate portion, the cylindrical member comprisinga moveable cutting mechanism at least partially surrounding the cylindrical member and comprising at least one cutting surface at a distal end, wherein the cutting mechanism is slideable toward the distal end of the elongate body to cut a portion of the elongate portion that extends beyond the outer cylindrical surface of the elongate body.2. The surgical tool of claim 1 , wherein the first opening of the channel is positioned at the outer cylindrical surface of the elongate body claim 1 , and wherein the second opening of the channel is positioned at the distal tip of the elongate body.3. The surgical tool of claim 1 , wherein the ...

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Номер записи: 53
24-02-2022 дата публикации

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEDERATED LEARNING

Номер: US20220058507A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Hao Weituo, Lee Jungwon
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Methods and devices are provided for performing federated learning. A global model is distributed from a server to a plurality of client devices. At each of the plurality of client devices: model inversion is performed on the global model to generate synthetic data; the global model is on an augmented dataset of collected data and the synthetic data to generate a respective client model; and the respective client model is transmitted to the server. At the server: client models are received from the plurality of client devices, where each client model is received from a respective client device of the plurality of client devices: model inversion is performed on each client model to generate a synthetic dataset; the client models are averaged to generate an averaged model; and the averaged model is trained using the synthetic dataset to generate an updated model. 1. A method for performing federated learning at a client device , the method comprising:receiving, at the client device, a global model from a server;performing model inversion on the global model to generate synthetic data for one or more classes of data in the global model;augmenting collected data in a dataset of the client device with the synthetic data to generate an augmented dataset having a more uniform distribution of data across classes than the dataset;training the global model on the augmented dataset to generate a client model; andtransmitting the client model from the client device to the server.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing model inversion comprises:generating the synthetic data for all classes of data in the global model; orgenerating the synthetic data for the one or more classes of data in the global model where the collected data is deficient.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing model inversion comprises performing at least one of image distillation and zero-shot data generation (ZSDG) on the global model.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:receiving, at ...

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Номер записи: 54
03-03-2022 дата публикации

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUAL FEW-SHOT LEARNING WITHOUT FORGETTING

Номер: US20220067582A1
Автор: Choi Yoo Jin, El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon, WANG Sijia
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Methods and apparatuses are provided for continual few-shot learning. A model for a base task is generated with base classification weights for base classes of the base task. A series of novel tasks is sequentially received. Upon receiving each novel task in the series of novel tasks, the model is updated with novel classification weights for novel classes of the respective novel task. The novel classification weights are generated by a weight generator based on one or more of the base classification weights and, when one or more other novel tasks in the series are previously received, one or more other novel classification weights for novel classes of the one or more other novel tasks. Additionally, for each novel task, a first set of samples of the respective novel task are classified into the novel classes using the updated model. 1. A method for continual few-shot learning , comprising:generating a model for a base task with base classification weights for base classes of the base task;sequentially receiving a series of novel tasks; and updating the model with novel classification weights for novel classes of the respective novel task, wherein the novel classification weights are generated by a weight generator based on one or more of the base classification weights and, when one or more other novel tasks in the series are previously received, one or more other novel classification weights for novel classes of the one or more other novel tasks; and', 'classifying a first set of samples of the respective novel task into the novel classes using the updated model., 'upon receiving each novel task in the series of novel tasks2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising training the weight generator using a random number of the base classes and a fake novel task of fake novel classes selected from the base classes claim 1 , or using a fixed number of fake novel tasks of the fake novel classes selected from the base classes.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein training ...

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Номер записи: 55
26-02-2015 дата публикации

COMPUTING SYSTEM WITH ERROR HANDLING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

Номер: US20150058694A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Kang Inyup, Lee Jungwon
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A computing system includes: an inter-device interface configured to access a destination signal including an information portion for representing a content and an error-handling portion for describing the information portion relative to the content; a communication unit, coupled to the inter-device interface, configured to: generate a parity-check parameter based on a sparse configuration from the destination signal, and estimate the content based on decoding the information portion using the error-handling portion and the parity-check parameter. 1. A computing system comprising:an inter-device interface configured to access a destination signal including an information portion for representing a content and an error-handling portion for describing the information portion relative to the content; generate a parity-check parameter based on a sparse configuration from the destination signal, and', 'estimate the content based on decoding the information portion using the error-handling portion and the parity-check parameter., 'a communication unit, coupled to the inter-device interface, configured to2. The system as claimed in wherein the communication unit is configured to decode the information portion using a low-intensity decoding mechanism with the parity-check parameter based on the sparse configuration.3. The system as claimed in wherein the communication unit is configured to:generate a sparse-format input including the sparse configuration based on the information portion of the destination signal; andgenerate the parity-check parameter based on the sparse-format input.4. The system as claimed in wherein the communication unit is configured to:estimate the content using a content-processing mechanism with the information portion;estimate the content using a joint processing mechanism after the content-processing mechanism for decoding the information portion with the error-handling portion.5. The system as claimed in wherein the communication unit is ...

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Номер записи: 56
21-02-2019 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF IMAGES

Номер: US20190057507A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon, Li Zhizhong
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Detecting objects in an image includes: extracting core instance features from the image; calculating feature maps at multiscale resolutions from the core instance features; calculating detection boxes from the core instance features; calculating segmentation masks for each detection box of the detection boxes at the multiscale resolutions of the feature maps; merging the segmentation masks at the multiscale resolutions to generate an instance mask for each object detected in the image; refining the confidence scores of the merged segmentation masks by auxiliary networks calculating pixel level metrics; and outputting the instance masks as the detected objects. 1. A method for detecting instances of objects in an input image , the method comprising:extracting a plurality of core instance features from the input image;calculating a plurality of feature maps at multiscale resolutions from the core instance features;calculating a plurality of detection boxes from the core instance features, each of the detection boxes corresponding to an object detected in the image;calculating a plurality of segmentation masks for each detection box of the detection boxes at the multiscale resolutions of the feature maps;merging the plurality of segmentation masks at the multiscale resolutions to generate an instance mask for each object detected in the input image, the instance mask being associated with a confidence score;refining the confidence scores of the merged segmentation masks by auxiliary networks calculating pixel level metrics; andoutputting the instance masks as the detected instances of the objects in the input image.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of core instance features are extracted by supplying the input image to a fully convolutional instance semantic segmentation network.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the feature maps at multiscale resolutions are calculated by supplying the core instance features to a feature pyramid network.4. The method ...

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Номер записи: 57
01-03-2018 дата публикации

System and method for information highways in a hybrid feedforward-recurrent deep network

Номер: US20180060720A1
Автор: JaeYoung Kim, Jungwon Lee, Mostafa El-Khamy
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

An apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes a first recurrent network in a first layer; a second recurrent network in a second layer connected to the first recurrent network; a distant input gate connected to the second recurrent network; a first highway gate connected to the distant input gate and the second recurrent network; a first elementwise product projection gate connected to the distant input gate, the highway gate, and the second recurrent network; a second highway gate connected to the first recurrent network and the second recurrent network; and a second elementwise product projection gate connected to the first recurrent network, the second highway gate, and the second recurrent network.

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Номер записи: 58
01-03-2018 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESIDUAL LONG SHORT TERM MEMORIES (LSTM) NETWORK

Номер: US20180060721A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, KIM Jaeyoung, Lee Jungwon
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An apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes a plurality of long short term memory (LSTM) networks, wherein each of the plurality of LSTM networks is at a different network layer, wherein each of the plurality of LSTM networks is configured to determine a residual function, wherein each of the plurality of LSTM networks includes an output gate to control what is provided to a subsequent LSTM network, and wherein each of the plurality of LSTM networks includes at least one highway connection to compensate for the residual function of a previous LSTM network. 1. An apparatus , comprising:a plurality of long short term memory (LSTM) networks,wherein each of the plurality of LSTM networks is at a different network layer,wherein each of the plurality of LSTM networks is configured to determine a residual function,wherein each of the plurality of LSTM networks includes an output gate to control what is provided to a subsequent LSTM network, andwherein each of the plurality of LSTM networks includes at least one highway connection to compensate for the residual function of a previous LSTM network.2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein eachLSTM network is further configured to:{'sub': t', 'xf', 't', 'hf', 't−', 'cf', 't−1', 'f, 'sup': L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1, 'determine by a first function block f=sigm(Wx+Wh+W⊙c+b);'}{'sub': t', 'xi', 't', 'hi', 't−1', 'ci', 't−1', 'i, 'sup': L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1, 'determine by a second function block i=sigm(Wx+Wh+W⊙c+b);'}{'sub': t', 'xc', 't', 'hc', 't−1', 'j, 'sup': L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1, 'determine by a third function block j=tan h(Wx+Wh+b);'}{'sub': t', 'xo', 't', 'ho', 't−1', 'co', 't', 'o, 'sup': L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1, 'determine by a fourth function block o=sigm(Wx+Wh+Wc+b);'}{'sub': t', 't', 't−1', 't', 't, 'sup': L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1', 'L+1, 'determine by a fifth function block c=f⊙c+i⊙j; and'}{'sub': t', 't', 't', ...

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Номер записи: 59
03-03-2016 дата публикации

ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH VITERBI DECODER MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

Номер: US20160065245A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Kang Inyup, Lee Jungwon, NASSAR Marcel
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A electronic system includes: a support chip configured to receive an input code stream; a circular Viterbi mechanism, coupled to the support chip, configured to: generate a final path metric for the input code stream, store intermediate path metrics at the repetition depth, generate a repetition path metric for the input code stream, and calculate a soft correlation metric based on the final path metric, the repetition path metric, and the intermediate path metrics. 1. An electronic system comprising:a support chip configured to receive an input code stream; generate a final path metric for the input code stream,', 'store intermediate path metrics at the repetition depth, generate a repetition path metric for the input code stream, and', 'calculate a soft correlation metric based on the final path metric, the repetition path metric, and the intermediate path metrics., 'a circular Viterbi mechanism, coupled to the support chip, configured to2. The system as claimed in wherein the circular Viterbi mechanism is further configured includes an overflow control and compensation unit configured to generate a normalized overflow count.3. The system as claimed in wherein the circular Viterbi mechanism includes a radix-4 stage.4. The system as claimed in wherein the circular Viterbi mechanism is further includes a list generation unit with a list-traceback unit.5. The system as claimed in wherein the overflow control and compensation unit is further configured to calculate an overflow number at an end of a trellis and at the repetition depth.6. The system as claimed in wherein the circular Viterbi mechanism includes an odd length compensation unit configured to compensate for an odd number of the decoded code words.7. The system as claimed in wherein the circular Viterbi mechanism configured to add Γ to compensate for a delay through an add-compare-select (ACS) unit.8. The system as claimed in wherein the circular Viterbi mechanism configured to calculate θ to compensate for ...

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Номер записи: 60
22-05-2014 дата публикации

INLET SWIRL CONTROL FOR TURBOCHARGERS

Номер: US20140140870A1
Автор: Boddakayala Bhaskara Rao, Bonhard Robert Bruce, Hermann Erik Henry, Khami Roger, Ronzi William C., Stec Randall Alan, Tomlin Jacqueline, White Douglas
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

An inlet duct, an induction system, and a system are disclosed for directing an inlet flow into an inlet compressor for use in an internal combustion engine. An example inlet duct may include one or more relief features disposed on an inner surface of the inlet duct. The one or more relief features may be made integral with the inlet duct. The one or more relief features may be disposed to protrude into the inlet flow to cause the inlet flow to swirl before reaching the inlet compressor. 120-. (canceled)21. An inlet duct for directing an inlet flow into an inlet compressor , the compressor coupled in an internal combustion engine , comprising:one or more relief features disposed on an inner surface of the inlet duct, the one or more relief features protruding into the inlet flow to cause the inlet flow to swirl before reaching the inlet compressor and including three ridges being substantially parallel to one another and arranged at an angle with a plane normal to a central axis of the inlet duct.22. The inlet duct of claim 21 , wherein the one or more relief features includes three elongate ridges formed from three corresponding troughs formed on an outer surface of the inlet duct.23. The inlet duct of claim 21 , wherein the relief features are respectively substantially equally spaced on the inner surface.24. The inlet duct of claim 21 , further comprising guide vanes extending from the inner surface of the inlet duct claim 21 , wherein the guide vanes protrude only partway toward a central axis of the inlet duct to leave an unobstructed central area in the inlet duct.25. The inlet duct of claim 24 , wherein the inlet compressor spins in a first direction claim 24 , and wherein the guide vanes are located upstream from the one or more relief features claim 24 , the guide vanes being arranged in the inlet duct to have a circumferential component and a longitudinal component wherein the circumferential component is in the first direction claim 24 , and wherein the ...

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Номер записи: 61
04-03-2021 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO PROCESSING WITH ENHANCED TEMPORAL CONSISTENCY

Номер: US20210065340A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon, SZETO Ryan
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A system and method for processing an input video while maintaining temporal consistency across video frames is provided. The method includes converting the input video from a first frame rate to a second frame rate, wherein the second frame rate is a faster frame rate than the first frame rate; generating processed frames of the input video at the second frame rate; and aggregating the processed frames using temporal sliding window aggregation to yield a processed output video at a third frame rate. 1. A method for processing an input video while maintaining temporal consistency across video frames , the method comprising:converting the input video from a first frame rate to a second frame rate, wherein the second frame rate is a faster frame rate than the first frame rate;generating processed frames of the input video at the second frame rate; andaggregating the processed frames using temporal sliding window aggregation to yield a processed output video at a third frame rate.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein converting the input video from the first frame rate to the second frame rate comprises:determining an intermediate frame by calculating a weighted sum of a first video frame at a first time step and a second video frame at a second time step.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein calculating the weighted sum of the first video frame at the first time step and the second video frame at the second time step comprises:calculating a forward warping grid from the first video frame to a third time step corresponding to the intermediate frame;calculating a backward warping grid from the second video frame to the third time step corresponding to the intermediate frame;determining the intermediate frame at the third time step by bilinearly warping the first video frame and the second video frame to the third time step.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein converting the input video from the first frame rate to the second frame rate comprises:converting both the input video ...

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Номер записи: 62
28-02-2019 дата публикации

NVH SOUNDTUBE HAVING INTEGRATED HYDROCARBON ADSORPTION AND AIR FILTRATION DEVICE TO CONTROL EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS

Номер: US20190063379A1
Автор: Emley John, Khami Roger Joseph, Labadie Ryan, Mohan Robert Joseph, Morton Jeffrey, Moyer David S., Rollins Scott M.
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An integrated hydrocarbon trap and air filter in the soundtube of a vehicle for use in conjunction with the engine's air intake system is disclosed. The trap and air filter comprises a housing body having first and second ends. The housing includes hydrocarbon-adsorbing media and air filter media. The hydrocarbon-adsorbing and air filter trap are incorporated into a soundtube. A first soundtube portion connects the housing to the engine's air intake system while a second soundtube is open to ambient and connects the housing to a vehicle body structure such as a fender. Selection of the body diameter, thickness, and length, the dimensions and type of both air filter media and hydrocarbon-adsorbing media and position of the air filter media, NVH media, and space relative to the trap media and location of the integrated hydrocarbon trap and air filter along the soundtube provide superior tunability and adaptability. 1. An integrated hydrocarbon trap and air filter assembly for use with an engine air intake system , the assembly comprising:a trap including air filter media and hydrocarbon-adsorbing media, said trap having first and second ends;a first tube having a first end connected to the intake system and a second end connected to said first trap end; anda second tube having ends, one of said ends being connected to said second trap end.2. The integrated hydrocarbon trap and air filter assembly of claim 1 , wherein said end of said second tube connected to said second trap end is a first end and wherein the other end of said second tube is a second end claim 1 , said second end being open to ambient.3. The integrated hydrocarbon trap and air filter assembly of claim 1 , wherein said air filter media is an open cell reticulated foam.4. The integrated hydrocarbon trap and air filter assembly of claim 1 , wherein said hydrocarbon-adsorbing media is selected from the group consisting of activated charcoal claim 1 , activated carbon pellets claim 1 , activated carbon ...

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Номер записи: 63
17-03-2022 дата публикации

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA-FREE POST-TRAINING NETWORK QUANTIZATION AND GENERATING SYNTHETIC DATA BASED ON A PRE-TRAINED MACHINE LEARNING MODEL

Номер: US20220083855A1
Автор: Choi Yoo Jin, El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon
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A method for training a generator, by a generator training system including a processor and memory, includes: extracting training statistical characteristics from a batch normalization layer of a pre-trained model, the training statistical characteristics including a training mean μ and a training variance σ; initializing a generator configured with generator parameters; generating a batch of synthetic data using the generator; supplying the batch of synthetic data to the pre-trained model; measuring statistical characteristics of activations at the batch normalization layer and at the output of the pre-trained model in response to the batch of synthetic data, the statistical characteristics including a measured mean {circumflex over (μ)}and a measured variance {circumflex over (σ)}; computing a training loss in accordance with a loss function L based on μ, σ, {circumflex over (μ)}, and {circumflex over (σ)}; and iteratively updating the generator parameters in accordance with the training loss until a training completion condition is met to compute the generator. 1. A method for training a generator for synthesizing data , the method comprising:{'sup': '2', '#text': 'extracting, by a generator training system comprising a processor and memory, a plurality of training statistical characteristics from a batch normalization layer of a pre-trained model, the training statistical characteristics comprising a training mean μ and a training variance σ;'}initializing, by the generator training system, a generator configured with a plurality of generator parameters;generating, by the generator training system, a batch of synthetic data using the generator;supplying, by the generator training system, the batch of synthetic data to the pre-trained model;{'sub': ['ψ', 'ψ'], 'sup': '2', '#text': 'measuring, by the generator training system, a plurality of measured statistical characteristics of activations at the batch normalization layer of the pre-trained model and the output ...

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Номер записи: 64
17-03-2022 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING DEEP LEARNING CLASSIFICATION NETWORKS

Номер: US20220083861A1
Автор: DU Xianzhi, El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon
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Methods and apparatuses for deep learning training are provided which include receiving a candidate unit for classification. The candidate unit including an intersection area between a ground-truth bounding box and a detection box. The candidate unit is classified by assigning a label that is a probability value that a given feature is observed in the intersection area. Deep learning training is performed using the assigned label of the classified candidate unit. 1. A method for deep learning training , comprising:receiving a candidate unit for classification, the candidate unit including an intersection area between a ground-truth bounding box and a detection box;classifying the candidate unit by assigning a label that is a probability value that a given feature is observed in the intersection area; andperforming deep learning training using the assigned label of the classified candidate unit.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the candidate unit is within an image.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:providing a label of a class for the detection box based at least partially on the intersection area for the class.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein providing a label of a class comprises:assigning a class label whose value is derived using the intersection area.5. The method of claim 3 , wherein providing a label of a class comprises:assigning a class label whose value is derived from a ratio involving the intersection area.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein assigning a class label comprises:calculating the ratio of the intersection area to the entire area of the detection box.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the label is from a range of values between 0 and 1.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a value based on the intersection area is above a first threshold value and below a second threshold value.9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the value based on the intersection area for the class is a ratio of the intersection area to the entire area of the ...

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Номер записи: 65
09-03-2017 дата публикации

System and method of annotating utterances based on tags assigned by unmanaged crowds

Номер: US20170068651A1
Автор: Ahmad Khamis ELSHENAWY, Daniela Braga, Spencer John ROTHWELL, Stephen Steele CARTER
Принадлежит: VoiceBox Technologies Corp

A system and method of tagging utterances with Named Entity Recognition (“NER”) labels using unmanaged crowds is provided. The system may generate various annotation jobs in which a user, among a crowd, is asked to tag which parts of an utterance, if any, relate to various entities associated with a domain. For a given domain that is associated with a number of entities that exceeds a threshold N value, multiple batches of jobs (each batch having jobs that have a limited number of entities for tagging) may be used to tag a given utterance from that domain. This reduces the cognitive load imposed on a user, and prevents the user from having to tag more than N entities. As such, a domain with a large number of entities may be tagged efficiently by crowd participants without overloading each crowd participant with too many entities to tag.

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Номер записи: 66
09-03-2017 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RECORDING UTTERANCES USING UNMANAGED CROWDS FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING

Номер: US20170068656A1
Автор: BRAGA Daniela, CARTER Stephen Steele, ELSHENAWY Ahmad Khamis, KENNEWICK Michael, ROMANI Faraz, ROTHWELL Spencer John
Принадлежит: VoiceBox Technologies Corporation

A system and method of recording utterances for building Named Entity Recognition (“NER”) models, which are used to build dialog systems in which a computer listens and responds to human voice dialog. Utterances to be uttered may be provided to users through their mobile devices, which may record the user uttering (e.g., verbalizing, speaking, etc.) the utterances and upload the recording to a computer for processing. The use of the user's mobile device, which is programmed with an utterance collection application (e.g., configured as a mobile app), facilitates the use of crowd-sourcing human intelligence tasking for widespread collection of utterances from a population of users. As such, obtaining large datasets for building NER models may be facilitated by the system and method disclosed herein. 1. A computer implemented method of recording utterances from unmanaged crowds for natural language processing , the method being implemented in an end user device having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that , when executed by the one or more physical processors , cause the end user device to perform the method , the method comprising:receiving, by the end user device, a token from a user;obtaining, by the end user device, one or more campaign configuration parameters based on the token;configuring, by the end user device, the computer program instructions based on the one or more campaign configuration parameters;obtaining, by the end user device, one or more utterances to be uttered by the user based on the token;displaying, by the end user device, the one or more utterances to be uttered by the user;generating, by the end user device, an audio recording of the one or more utterances; andcausing, by the end user device, the audio recording to be provided to a remote device via a network.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the token comprises an alphanumeric string.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein obtaining the one or more ...

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Номер записи: 67
09-03-2017 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELICITING OPEN-ENDED NATURAL LANGUAGE RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS TO TRAIN NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSORS

Номер: US20170068659A1
Автор: BRAGA Daniela, CARTER Stephen Steele, ELSHENAWY Ahmad Khamis, ROTHWELL Spencer John
Принадлежит: VoiceBox Technologies Corporation

Systems and methods gathering text commands in response to a command context using a first crowdsourced are discussed herein. A command context for a natural language processing system may be identified, where the command context is associated with a command context condition to provide commands to the natural language processing system. One or more command creators associated with one or more command creation devices may be selected. A first application one the one or more command creation devices may be configured to display command creation instructions for each of the one or more command creators to provide text commands that satisfy the command context, and to display a field for capturing a user-generated text entry to satisfy the command creation condition in accordance with the command creation instructions. Systems and methods for reviewing the text commands using second and crowdsourced jobs are also presented herein. 1. A computer-implemented method , the method being implemented in a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that , when executed by the one or more physical processors , cause the computer system to perform the method , the method comprising:identifying a command context for a natural language processing system, the command context associated with a command context condition to provide commands to the natural language processing system;selecting one or more command creators, the one or more command creators being associated with one or more command creation devices; andconfiguring a first application on the one or more command creation devices to display the command context, to display command creation instructions for each of the one or more command creators to provide text commands that satisfy the command context, and to display a field for capturing a user-generated text entry to satisfy the command creation condition in accordance with the command creation instructions.2. The ...

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Номер записи: 68
09-03-2017 дата публикации

System and method of providing and validating enhanced captchas

Номер: US20170068809A1
Автор: Ahmad Khamis ELSHENAWY, Spencer John ROTHWELL, Vikrant Bhosale
Принадлежит: VoiceBox Technologies Corp

The invention relates to a system and method of automatically distinguishing between computers and human based on responses to enhanced Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (“e-captcha”) challenges that do not merely challenge the user to recognize skewed or stylized text. A given e-captcha challenge may be specific to a particular knowledge domain. Accordingly, e-captchas may be used not only to distinguish between computers and humans, but also determine whether a respondent has demonstrated knowledge in the particular knowledge domain. For instance, participants in crowd-sourced tasks, in which unmanaged crowds are asked to perform tasks, may be screened using an e-captcha challenge. This not only validates that a participant is a human (and not a bot, for example, attempting to game the crowd-source task), but also screens the participant based on whether they can successfully respond to the e-captcha challenge.

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Номер записи: 69
09-03-2017 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WORDS OR PHRASES TO BE UTTERED BY MEMBERS OF A CROWD AND PROCESSING THE UTTERANCES IN CROWD-SOURCED CAMPAIGNS TO FACILITATE SPEECH ANALYSIS

Номер: US20170069325A1
Автор: BRAGA Daniela, ELSHENAWY Ahmad Khamis, KENNEWICK Michael, ROMANI Faraz
Принадлежит: VoiceBox Technologies Corporation

Systems and methods of providing text related to utterances, and gathering voice data in response to the text are provide herein. In various implementations, an identification token that identifies a first file for a voice data collection campaign, and a second file for a session script may be received from a natural language processing training device. The first file and the second file may be used to configure the mobile application to display a sequence of screens, each of the sequence of screens containing text of at least one utterance specified in the voice data collection campaign. Voice data may be received from the natural language processing training device in response to user interaction with the text of the at least one utterance. The voice data and the text may be stored in a transcription library. 1. A computer-implemented method of providing crowd-sourced campaigns to facilitate speech analysis , the method being implemented in a computer system having one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that , when executed by the one or more physical processors , program the computer system to perform the method , the method comprising:receiving, by the computer system, from a natural language processing training device, an identification token containing a first portion and a second portion, the first portion identifying a first file associated with a voice data collection campaign, and the second portion identifying a second file associated with a session script, the session script comprising one or more prompts to be provided at a mobile application on the natural language processing training device;identifying, by the computer system, one or more audits based on the identification token;conducting, by the computer system, the identified one of more audits based on the identification token via the mobile application;receiving, by the computer system, a plurality of audit responses from the mobile application;determining, ...

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Номер записи: 70
09-03-2017 дата публикации

System and method for validating natural language content using crowdsourced validation jobs

Номер: US20170069326A1
Автор: Ahmad Khamis ELSHENAWY, Daniela Braga, Spencer John ROTHWELL, Stephen Steele CARTER
Принадлежит: VoiceBox Technologies Corp

Systems and methods of validating transcriptions of natural language content using crowdsourced validation jobs are provided herein. In various implementations, a transcription pair comprising natural language content and text corresponding to a transcription of the natural language content may be gathered. A first group of validation devices may be selected for reviewing the transcription pair. A first crowdsourced validation job may be created for the first group of validation devices. The first crowdsourced validation job may be provided to the first group of validation devices. A vote representing whether or not the text accurately represents the natural language content may be received from each of the first group of validation devices. A validation score may be assigned to the transcription pair based, at least in part, on the votes from each of the first group of validation devices.

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Номер записи: 71
19-03-2015 дата публикации

Hydrocarbon Trap Assembly with Thermoformed Hydrocarbon-Adsorbing Sleeve

Номер: US20150075500A1
Автор: Bellis Andrew George, Chung Ha To, Khami Roger, Moyer David S., Rimmel Matthew J.
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

A hydrocarbon trap assembly for use in an intake system of a motor vehicle engine includes a first duct having an interior recess adjacent an end thereof, the recess having a blind end; a second duct overlapping the first duct's end and closing off a second end of the recess; and a thermoformed hydrocarbon-adsorbing sleeve inside the recess and having a first edge adjacent the blind end and a second edge adjacent the second end of the recess. One or both ends of the sleeve may engage a hook formed on the respective first and/or second ducts. The second end of the sleeve may have a flange that fits into a gap between the ducts. 1. A hydrocarbon trap assembly , comprising:a first duct having an interior recess adjacent an end thereof, the recess having a blind end;a second duct overlapping the end of the first duct and closing off a second end of the recess; anda thermoformed hydrocarbon-adsorbing sleeve inside the recess and having a first edge adjacent the blind end and a second edge adjacent the second end of the recess.2. The assembly according to wherein the sleeve further comprises a thermoformed stiffening feature.3. The assembly according to wherein the stiffening feature comprises a flange adjacent the second edge claim 2 , the flange fitting into a gap between ends of the duct.4. The assembly according to wherein overlapping portions of the first duct and the second duct adjacent to the gap are welded together.5. The assembly according to wherein the stiffening feature comprises a depression formed in at least one of an outer and inner surface of the sleeve.6. The assembly according to wherein the depression is formed in an outer surface and matingly engages a feature projecting from an inner surface of the first duct.7. The assembly according to wherein the feature projecting from the inner surface of the first duct is a clearance feature for an obstruction exterior to the first duct.8. The assembly according to wherein the stiffening feature protrudes from ...

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Номер записи: 72
05-06-2014 дата публикации

INTAKE SYSTEM INCLUDING REMOTELY LOCATED FILTER ASSEMBLIES AND METHOD FOR OPERATION OF AN INTAKE SYSTEM

Номер: US20140150655A1
Автор: Khami Roger, McCann Joseph Matthew, Mohan Robert Joseph, Ortman James William, Virk Preet Kamal
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

An intake system for an engine including a first air filter assembly in fluidic communication with an intake manifold and a second air filter assembly spaced away from the first air filter assembly and in fluidic communication with the intake manifold. 1. An intake system for an engine comprising:a first air filter assembly in fluidic communication with an intake manifold; anda second air filter assembly spaced away from the first air filter assembly and in fluidic communication with the intake manifold in parallel with the first air filter assembly.2. The intake system of claim 1 , where the first air filter assembly includes a porous foam positioned upstream of a filter element.3. The intake system of claim 2 , where the porous foam is positioned vertically below the filter element.4. The intake system of claim 2 , where the porous foam spans a leading side of the filter element.5. The intake system of claim 1 , where the first air filter assembly is in direct fluidic communication with a connector duct in direct fluidic communication with a filtered air compartment in the second air filter assembly.6. The intake system of claim 5 , where first air filter assembly is removably coupled to the connector duct.7. The intake system of claim 6 , where the first air filter assembly includes a protrusion mated with a recess included in a housing of the connector duct in a coupled configuration.8. The intake system of claim 1 , where the first air filter assembly has a smaller cross-sectional area than the second air filter assembly.9. The intake system of claim 1 , where the first air filter assembly is positioned external to an engine compartment and the second air filter assembly is positioned within the engine compartment.10. The intake system of claim 1 , where a vector normal to an inlet face of the first air filter assembly is not parallel with a vector normal to an inlet face of the second air filter assembly.11. The intake system of claim 1 , where an inlet face ...

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Номер записи: 73
17-03-2016 дата публикации

SENSORS FOR ANALYTE DETECTION

Номер: US20160077047A1
Автор: Dennison-Gibby Aaron, Gofman Jeremy, Khamis Samuel M., Minkin Elise, Neel Nishant, Ratto Timothy V., Shambat Gary
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The disclosure provides devices and methods for chemical sensing that are capable of achieving compact, fast chemical sensing with high sensitivity and specificity. Devices of the disclosure generally comprise a plurality of sensors arranged in at least one array. Each sensor of a device may be addressable and capable of generating a response when in contact with a given chemical. Such a device may be used to execute sensing methods that may be useful in a range of applications. 1. An analyte sensing system , comprising:{'sub': on', 'off', 'sd, '(a) an array of individually addressable sensors, wherein each individually addressable sensor of said array comprises a field effect transistor (FET) comprising a source and a drain and at least one nanostructure electrically coupling said source to said drain, which FET has a difference between a maximum current (I) and a minimum current (I) from about 30 nanoamps (nA) and 15000 nA at a source-drain voltage (V) of about 100 mV;'}(b) a vapor distribution member comprising a fluid flow path in fluid communication with said array, wherein said vapor distribution member is configured to bring a fluid comprising one or more analytes in contact with said array; and(c) a computer processor in communication with said array of individually addressable sensors, wherein said computer processor is programmed to (i) receive electrical signals generated by said array upon contacting said array with said fluid comprising one or more analytes, and (ii) identify a given analyte of said one or more analytes.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said I-Iis from about 500 nA to 3000 nA at a Vof about 100 mV.3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one nanostructure is functionalized with a nucleic acid.46.-. (canceled)7. The system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one nanostructure is a nanotube.8. The system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one nanostructure comprises a first nanostructure and a second nanostructure claim 1 , ...

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Номер записи: 74
24-03-2022 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POST-TRAINING QUANTIZATION OF DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS WITH PER-CHANNEL QUANTIZATION MODE SELECTION

Номер: US20220092383A1
Автор: CAKIR Fatih, El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon
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A method and system are provided. The method includes topologically sorting layers of a neural network, selecting a quantization process that utilizes a quantization of a previous layer, and determining, with the selected quantization process, a quantization mode of one layer in the neural network based on the quantization of a previous layer. 1. A method , comprising:topologically sorting layers of a neural network;selecting a quantization process that utilizes a quantization of a previous layer; anddetermining, with the selected quantization process, a quantization mode of one layer in the neural network based on the quantization of a previous layer.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected quantization process is a per-layer mode selection process.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein determining the quantization mode of one layer in the neural network comprises selecting a mode from a set of available modes claim 2 , and applying a corresponding quantization to a layer output.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein selecting the mode from the set of available modes comprises comparing the layer output before and after applying the corresponding quantization claim 3 , and setting the selected mode as a current best mode when the selected mode is better than a previous best mode.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the selected mode is set as the current best mode according to a quantitative metric.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the quantitative metric includes . . . .7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected quantization process is a per-axis mode selection process.8. The method of claim 7 , wherein determining the quantization mode of one layer in the neural network comprises selecting a mode from a set of available modes claim 7 , and applying a corresponding quantization to a layer output for each channel in a node output tensor.9. The method of claim 8 , wherein selecting the mode from the set of available modes comprises comparing the layer output ...

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Номер записи: 75
24-03-2022 дата публикации

TRANSFORMER WITH GAUSSIAN WEIGHTED SELF-ATTENTION FOR SPEECH ENHANCEMENT

Номер: US20220093116A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, KIM Jaeyoung, Lee Jungwon
Принадлежит:

A method and system for providing Gaussian weighted self-attention for speech enhancement are herein provided. According to one embodiment, the method includes receiving an input noise signal, generating a score matrix based on the received input noise signal, and applying a Gaussian weighted function to the generated score matrix. 1. A method for Gaussian weighted self-attention for speech enhancement , comprising:receiving an input noise signal;generating a score matrix based on the received input noise signal; andapplying a Gaussian weighted function to the generated score matrix by compensating for a sign after a softmax function.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the score matrix is generated based on a query matrix and a key matrix.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the Gaussian weighted function to the generated score matrix further includes multiplying the score matrix by a Gaussian weighted matrix.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the Gaussian weighted function to the generated score matrix further includes multiplying a Gaussian matrix element-wise with an absolute value of the score matrix.5. (canceled)6. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the Gaussian weighted function to the generated score matrix further includes multiplying a Gaussian matrix element-wise with the score matrix.7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying the softmax function to an output produced by applying the Gaussian weighted function to the generated score matrix.8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising applying the softmax function to the generated score matrix prior to applying the Gaussian weighted function to the generated score matrix.9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the Gaussian weighted function comprises a Gaussian weighted matrix.11. A system for Gaussian weighted self-attention for speech enhancement claim 1 , comprising:a memory; and receive an input noise signal,', 'generate a score matrix based on the received input noise ...

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Номер записи: 76
22-03-2018 дата публикации

Implants, tools, and methods for treatments of pelvic conditions

Номер: US20180078353A1
Автор: Benjamin Y. Arcand, Chaouki A. Khamis, Daniel Taut, James A. Alexander, Thomas O. Viker
Принадлежит: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc

Described are various embodiments of surgical procedures, systems, implants, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to tissue.

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Номер записи: 77
23-03-2017 дата публикации

TOOLS AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20170079765A1
Автор: Alexander James A., Derus Patricia M., Jeutter Scott S., Khamis Chaouki A., Rocheleau Gary A., Rockow Steven G.
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A tool for driving a helical anchor into a target location, the tool including a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion having a handle and an actuator, and a shaft extending distally from the proximal portion, the shaft comprising an outer shaft and an inner rotating shaft that is at least partially concentrically positioned within the outer shaft, the shaft having a length that facilitates accessing a location of a posterior pelvic region, wherein the inner rotating shaft is actuated by movement of the actuator in a predetermined motion. 1. A tool for driving a helical anchor into a target location , the tool comprising:a proximal portion and a distal portion, the proximal portion comprising a handle and an actuator, wherein the actuator is proximally and distally moveable relative to the handle;a torsion spring housing having an inner opening;a rotating shaft at least partially extending from the torsion spring housing in a distal direction, anda torsion spring positioned within the torsion spring housing distal to the handle, the torsion spring operatively connected to the rotating shaft and the actuator;wherein rotation of the rotating shaft is initiated by movement of the actuator relative to the handle.211-. (canceled)12. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the rotating shaft is actuated by movement of the actuator in a proximal direction relative to the handle.13. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the rotating shaft comprises a length that facilitates accessing a location of a posterior pelvic region.14. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the actuator is configured to unlock the tool for actuation and allow a coil to drive the helical anchor.15. The tool of claim 1 , further comprising a plunger operatively connected to the actuator and the torsion spring so that as the plunger is pulled claim 1 , a coil that is operatively connected to the torsion spring will drive the helical anchor toward the target location.16. The tool of claim 15 , wherein the ...

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Номер записи: 78
18-03-2021 дата публикации

Method and system for contiguous harq memory management with memory splitting

Номер: US20210083809A1
Автор: Arvind YEDLA, Hyunsang CHO, Inyup Kang, Mostafa El-Khamy, Sang-Hyuck Ha
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Apparatuses (including user equipment (UE) and modern chips for UEs), systems, and methods for UE downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) buffer memory management are described. In one method, the entire UE DL HARQ buffer memory space is pre-partitioned according to the number and capacities of the UE's active carrier components. In another method, the UE DL HARQ buffer is split between on-chip and off-chip memory so that each partition and sub-partition is allocated between the on-chip and off-chip memories in accordance with an optimum ratio.

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Номер записи: 79
22-03-2018 дата публикации

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PARALLELIZED SUCCESSIVE CANCELLATION DECODING AND SUCCESSIVE CANCELLATION LIST DECODING OF POLAR CODES

Номер: US20180083655A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon, LIN Hsien-Ping
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An apparatus and a method. The apparatus includes a receiver to receive a polar codeword of length m; a processor configured to determine a decoding node tree structure with mleaf nodes for the received codeword, and receive i indicating a level at which parallelism of order m is applied to the decoding node tree structure, wherein i indicates levels of the decoding node tree structure, and wherein the mleaf nodes are at level j; and m successive cancellation list decoders (SCLDs) applied to each child node of each node in the decoding node tree structure at level i−1, wherein each of the m SCLDs executes in parallel to determine log likelihood ratios (LLRs) for a codeword of length m, and wherein each of the m SCLDs uses LLRs of an associated parent node without using a hard decision or a soft reliability estimate of any other node of the other m SCLDs. 1. An apparatus , comprising:{'sup': 'j', 'a receiver including an input for receiving a codeword of length m, where m and j are each an integer;'}{'sup': j', 'i', 'j, 'a processor configured to determine a decoding node tree structure with mleaf nodes for the received codeword, and receive an integer i indicating a level at which parallelism of order m is applied to the decoding node tree structure, wherein i indicates a number of levels of the decoding node tree structure from 0 to j, and wherein mnodes are at level i in the decoding node tree structure with the mleaf nodes at level j; and'}{'sup': j−i', 'j−k', 'j−k, 'm successive cancellation decoders (SCDs) applied in parallel, wherein with level i parallelism each of the SCDs is applied to one of m child nodes in the decoding node tree structure at level i, wherein all of the m SCDs execute in parallel and each determines soft likelihood metrics for subcodes of length m, and wherein each of the m SCDs uses soft likelihood metrics of an associated parent node without using soft or hard decision estimates of the nodes operated upon in parallel by any other of the ...

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Номер записи: 80
02-04-2015 дата публикации

GEOTEXTILE SHEETING STABILIZED FIBERGLASS SWIMMING POOL BODY

Номер: US20150089732A1
Автор: Khamis William, PAUL Phillip
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A preformed swimming pool assembly, including a preformed swimming pool body outer surface and a plurality of stabilizing sheets connected to the preformed swimming pool body outer surface. The stabilizing sheets may be extended away from the preformed swimming pool body for anchoring underground. 1. A preformed swimming pool assembly , comprising:a preformed swimming pool body outer surface; anda plurality of stabilizing sheets connected to the preformed swimming pool body outer surface;wherein the stabilizing sheets may be extended away from the preformed swimming pool body for anchoring underground.2. The assembly of wherein the preformed swimming pool body is fiberglass; wherein the stabilizing sheets are geotextile material claim 1 , and wherein the stabilizing sheets are bonded to the swimming pool body with fiberglass fusion volumes.3. The assembly of wherein respective stabilizing sheets are connected to opposing swimming pool body outer surfaces.4. The assembly of and further comprising a lip connected to the swimming pool body outer surface; and wherein respective stabilizing sheets are connected to the outer surface at different distances from the lip.5. A fiberglass swimming pool system claim 1 , comprising:an excavation;a fiberglass pool body outer surface positioned in the excavation;a plurality of geotextile sheets connected to the fiberglass pool body outer surface and extending away therefrom; andbackfill material burying the respective geotextile sheets.6. The system of wherein the respective geotextile sheets are fiberglass bonded to the fiberglass pool body.7. The system of wherein the pool body is rectangular and wherein respective geotextile sheets extend from opposing sides of the pool body.8. The system of wherein the backfill material is selected from the group comprising soil claim 5 , sand claim 5 , gravel and combinations thereof.9. A method of stabilizing the sidewalls of a preformed swimming pool body claim 5 , comprising:a) bonding a ...

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Номер записи: 81
24-03-2016 дата публикации

SELF CALIBRATION OF DOWNLINK TRANSMIT POWER

Номер: US20160088576A9
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Meshkati Farhad, Nanda Sanjiv, Yavuz Mehmet
Принадлежит: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Transmit power (e.g., maximum transmit power) may be defined based on the maximum received signal strength allowed by a receiver and a total received signal strength from transmitting nodes at the receiver. Transmit power may be defined for an access node (e.g., a femto node) such that a corresponding outage created in a cell (e.g., a macro cell) is limited while still providing an acceptable level of coverage for access terminals associated with the access node. An access node may autonomously adjust its transmit power based on channel measurement and a defined coverage hole to mitigate interference and perform a self-calibration process. 1. (canceled)2. A method of wireless communication , comprising:receiving at a home femto node a measurement report from a home access terminal, the measurement report conveying transmit power measurements of neighboring femto nodes taken by the home access terminal;ranking the neighboring femto nodes based on the measurement report according to their respective transmit powers; andsending a message to the highest ranking neighboring femto node requesting a reduction in transmit power.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the highest ranking neighboring femto node is associated with the highest transmit power measurement in the measurement report.4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising transmitting a measurement report request to the home access terminal to request the measurement report.5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:monitoring received signal conditions at the home access terminal; andinitiating the ranking and the sending in response to the received signal conditions being below an acceptable threshold.6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising monitoring for an acknowledgement message from the highest ranking neighboring femto node confirming the reduction in transmit power.7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:re-ranking the neighboring femto nodes to exclude the highest ranking femto node in ...

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Номер записи: 82
31-03-2016 дата публикации

AIR FILTER ELEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

Номер: US20160090946A1
Автор: Boulton Jeff Sean, Cassell Hovie Jarrett, Emley John, Khami Roger, King Alexander, McCann Joseph Matthew, Tomlin Jacqueline L.
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A filter element assembly includes a filter body and an auxiliary filter. The filter body includes a sidewall around a hollow core. Further the filter body and auxiliary filter are both received and held on a support including a base and a cage. 1. An filter element assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:a support;a filter body carried on said support, said filter body including a sidewall around a hollow core; andan auxiliary filter carried on said support.2. The filter element assembly of claim 1 , wherein said filter body forms an elliptic cylinder.3. The filter element assembly of claim 2 , wherein a first end of said core is closed by said support and a second end of said core is an axial outlet.4. The filter element assembly of claim 3 , wherein said filter body is a pleat-pack filter.5. The filter element assembly of claim 4 , wherein said auxiliary filter is an open cell foam.6. The filter element assembly of claim 5 , wherein said auxiliary filter is carried on said support outside said core.7. The filter element assembly of claim 6 , wherein said filter body has a first longitudinal axis and said auxiliary filter has a second longitudinal axis wherein said first longitudinal axis is parallel to and offset from said second longitudinal axis.8. The filter element assembly of claim 7 , further including a sealing ring on said filter body around said axial outlet.9. The filter element assembly of claim 1 , wherein a first end of said core is closed by said support and a second end of said core is an axial outlet.10. The filter element assembly of claim 1 , wherein said filter body is a pleat-pack filter.11. The filter element assembly of claim 1 , wherein said auxiliary filter is an open cell foam.12. The filter element assembly of claim 1 , wherein said auxiliary filter is carried on said support outside said core.13. The filter element assembly of claim 1 , wherein said filter body has a first longitudinal axis and said auxiliary filter has a second ...

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Номер записи: 83
31-03-2016 дата публикации

AIR FILTER ELEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

Номер: US20160090947A1
Автор: Boulton Jeff Sean, Cassell Hovie Jarrett, Emley John, Khami Roger Joseph, King Alexander Adam, McCann Joseph Matthew, Tomlin Jacqueline L.
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A filter element assembly includes a filter body and an auxiliary filter. The filter body includes a sidewall around a hollow core. Further the filter body and auxiliary filter are both received and held on a support including a base and a cage. 1. An filter element assembly for a motor vehicle comprising:a support;a filter body carried on said support, said filter body including a sidewall around a hollow core; andan auxiliary filter carried on said support against said sidewall.2. The filter element assembly of claim 1 , wherein said filter body forms an elliptic cylinder.3. The filter element assembly of claim 2 , wherein a first end of said core is closed by said support and a second end of said core is an axial outlet.4. The filter element assembly of claim 3 , wherein said filter body is a pleat-pack filter.5. The filter element assembly of claim 4 , wherein said auxiliary filter is an open cell foam.6. The filter element assembly of claim 5 , wherein said auxiliary filter is carried on said support outside said core.7. The filter element assembly of claim 6 , wherein said filter body has a first longitudinal axis and said auxiliary filter has a second longitudinal axis wherein said first longitudinal axis is parallel to and offset from said second longitudinal axis.8. The filter element assembly of claim 7 , further including a sealing ring on said filter body around said axial outlet.9. The filter element assembly of claim 1 , wherein a first end of said core is closed by said support and a second end of said core is an axial outlet.10. The filter element assembly of claim 1 , wherein said filter body is a pleat-pack filter.11. The filter element assembly of claim 1 , wherein said auxiliary filter is an open cell foam.12. The filter element assembly of claim 1 , wherein said auxiliary filter is carried on said support outside said core.13. The filter element assembly of claim 1 , wherein said filter body has a first longitudinal axis and said auxiliary ...

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Номер записи: 84
25-03-2021 дата публикации

System and method for boundary aware semantic segmentation

Номер: US20210089807A1
Автор: Dongwoon Bai, Jungwon Lee, Mostafa El-Khamy, Qingfeng Liu
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Some aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure relate to using a boundary aware loss function to train a machine learning model for computing semantic segmentation maps from input images. Some aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure relate to deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) for computing semantic segmentation maps from input images, where the DCNNs include a box filtering layer configured to box filter input feature maps computed from the input images before supplying box filtered feature maps to an atrous spatial pyramidal pooling (ASPP) layer. Some aspects of embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a selective ASPP layer configured to weight the outputs of an ASPP layer in accordance with attention feature maps.

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Номер записи: 85
19-06-2014 дата публикации

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH COMPUND CODING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

Номер: US20140169492A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Kang Inyup, Lee Jungwon, Mahdavifar Hessam
Принадлежит: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.

A communication system includes: an antenna for receiving a receiver signal for communicating a transmitter signal corresponding to the receiver signal over transmission channels according to a polar coding scheme; a communication unit including: an arrangement module for generating a sequenced-signal based on the receiver signal according to a permutation mechanism; and a decoder module for determining a communication content based on the sequenced-signal for communicating the communication content intended by the transmitter signal with a device. 1. A communication system comprising:an antenna configured to receive a receiver signal for communicating a transmitter signal corresponding to the receiver signal over transmission channels according to a polar coding scheme; an arrangement module configured to generate a sequenced-signal based on the receiver signal according to a permutation mechanism; and', 'a decoder module, coupled to the arrangement module, configured to determine a communication content based on the sequenced-signal for communicating the communication content intended by the transmitter signal with a device., 'a communication unit, coupled to the antenna including2. The system as claimed in wherein the decoder module is a single instance module.3. The system as claimed in wherein the arrangement module is configured to implement the permutation mechanism for mapping a bit channel associated with the polar coding scheme to one of the transmission channels.4. The system as claimed in wherein the communication unit is configured to process the receiver signal for representing a coded-message based on an initial building block and a transformation mechanism according to the polar coding scheme.5. The system as claimed in wherein:the antenna is configured to receive the receiver signal including a receiver information and a further receiver information, the receiver information and the further receiver information for representing the receiver signal ...

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Номер записи: 86
29-03-2018 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEEP NETWORK FUSION FOR FAST AND ROBUST OBJECT DETECTION

Номер: US20180089505A1
Автор: DU Xianzhi, El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon
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A method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving an image, detecting an object in the image, determining, by a primary object detector, a primary confidence detection score of the object, determining, by a classification network, a confidence scaling factor of the object, and adjusting the primary confidence detection score based on multiplying the primary confidence detection score by the confidence scaling factor. 1. A method , comprising:receiving an image;detecting an object in the image;determining, by a primary object detector, a primary confidence detection score of the object;determining, by a classification network, a confidence scaling factor of the object; andadjusting the primary confidence detection score based on multiplying the primary confidence detection score by the confidence scaling factor.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:scaling the primary confidence detection score based on multiplying the primary confidence detection score by a product of a plurality of confidence scaling factors of the object from a plurality of classification networks.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the confidence scaling factor is based on a ratio of a classification probability of the object to a desired maximum classification probability.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the confidence scaling factor is set to at least a desired minimum value.5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a secondary confidence detection score of the object;maintaining the primary confidence detection score if the secondary confidence detection score is greater than or equal to a threshold; andadjusting the primary confidence detection score if the secondary confidence detection score is less than the threshold.6. The method of claim 5 , wherein adjusting the primary confidence detection score if the secondary confidence detection score is less than the threshold comprises multiplying the primary confidence detection score by a product of the ...

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Номер записи: 87
19-03-2020 дата публикации

RUBBER SPOOL GROMMETS FOR ASSEMBLY TO VEHICLE

Номер: US20200086811A1
Автор: Boulton Jeff, Khami Roger Joseph, Labadie James, Lowrie David, Vick Preet Kamal
Принадлежит: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

A vibration damping assembly for use with an automotive vehicle is provided. The assembly includes a bracket having a C-shaped receptacle, a component such as an air cleaner housing having an integrally-formed, grommet-holding cylindrical post extending therefrom attached to the bracket, and a spool-shaped isolator mounting grommet attached to the post. The post includes a proximal end integrally attached to the component and a distal end. The distal end includes at least one integrally-formed retention barb and preferably includes two spaced-apart and integrally-formed barbs. The post includes an attachment end attached to the component and an unattached end opposite the attachment end. The barbs are formed on the unattached end. Each barb includes an upper edge extending beyond the unattached end of the post. Each barb includes a ramped, grommet-passing surface. The spool-shaped isolator mounting grommet may be formed from materials such as TPO, TPE, AEM, ECO, and EPDM. 1. A vibration damping assembly for use with an automotive vehicle comprising:a bracket having a C-shaped receptacle;a component attachable to said bracket, said component including an integrally-formed post, said post including an end having a grommet retention barb integrally formed therewith, anda spool-shaped isolator mounting grommet attached to said post.2. The vibration damping assembly of claim 1 , wherein said a spool-shaped isolator mounting grommet is formed from an elastomeric material.3. The vibration damping assembly of claim 2 , wherein said elastomeric material is selected from the group consisting of TPO claim 2 , TPE claim 2 , AEM claim 2 , ECO claim 2 , and EPDM.4. The vibration damping assembly of claim 1 , wherein said spool-shaped isolator mounting grommet includes a first end defined by a first radius claim 1 , a second end defined by a second radius claim 1 , and a tubular body formed therebetween claim 1 , said tubular body including a post-passing bore.5. The vibration ...

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Номер записи: 88
05-05-2022 дата публикации

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREMENTAL LEARNING

Номер: US20220138633A1
Автор: Choi Yoo Jin, El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon
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An electronic device and method for performing class-incremental learning are provided. The method includes designating a pre-trained first model for at least one past data class as a first teacher; training a second model; designating the trained second model as a second teacher; performing dual-teacher information distillation by maximizing mutual information at intermediate layers of the first teacher and second teacher; and transferring the information to a combined student model.

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Номер записи: 89
19-03-2020 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEEP LEARNING IMAGE SUPER RESOLUTION

Номер: US20200090305A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon, Ren Haoyu
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In a method for super resolution imaging, the method includes: receiving, by a processor, a low resolution image; generating, by the processor, an intermediate high resolution image having an improved resolution compared to the low resolution image; generating, by the processor, a final high resolution image based on the intermediate high resolution image and the low resolution image; and transmitting, by the processor, the final high resolution image to a display device for display thereby. 1. A method for super resolution imaging , the method comprising:receiving, by a processor, a low resolution image;generating, by the processor, a first intermediate high resolution image having an improved resolution compared to the low resolution image, wherein the first intermediate high resolution image is generated by a first convolutional neural network using the low resolution image;generating, by the processor, a second intermediate high resolution image having an improved resolution compared to the low resolution image, wherein the second intermediate high resolution image is generated by a second convolutional neural network using the low resolution image;merging, by the processor, the first intermediate high resolution image and the second intermediate high resolution image; andgenerating, by the processor, a final high resolution image based on the merging,wherein a weighted sum of the final high resolution image includes a convolution based on the first convolutional neural network and the second convolutional neural network that is merged.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first intermediate high resolution image is generated concurrently with the second intermediate high resolution image.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first intermediate high resolution image and the second intermediate high resolution image are different from an intermediate high resolution preview image.4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:receiving, by the processor, a ...

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Номер записи: 90
28-03-2019 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING EFFICIENT SUPER RESOLUTION DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS BY CASCADE NETWORK TRAINING, CASCADE NETWORK TRIMMING, AND DILATED CONVOLUTIONS

Номер: US20190095795A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon, Ren Haoyu
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Apparatuses and methods of manufacturing same, systems, and methods are described. In one aspect, a method includes generating a convolutional neural network (CNN) by training a CNN having three or more convolutional layers, and performing cascade training on the trained CNN. The cascade training includes an iterative process of one or more stages, in which each stage includes inserting a residual block (ResBlock) including at least two additional convolutional layers and training the CNN with the inserted ResBlock. 1. A method , comprising: training a CNN having three or more convolutional layers; and', 'performing cascade training on the trained CNN,, 'generating a convolutional neural network (CNN), wherein generating the CNN comprises inserting a residual block (ResBlock) including at least two additional convolutional layers; and', 'training the CNN with the inserted ResBlock., 'wherein cascade training comprises an iterative process of one or more stages, in which each stage comprises2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the inserted ResBlock further includes a rectified linear unit layer between the at least two additional convolutional layers.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each stage further comprises replacing one of the convolutional layers with a depthwise separable convolutional layer.4. The method of claim 3 , wherein each stage further comprises initializing the depthwise separable convolutional layer with random weights.5. The method of claim 4 , wherein each stage further comprises training the CNN with the replaced depthwise separable convolutional layer.6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a weight of the inserted ResBlock is randomly initialized.7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CNN is trained on multiple color channels.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cascade training further comprises replacing the ResBlock with a depthwise separable residual block (DS-ResBlock).9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising denoising an image with the ...

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Номер записи: 91
28-03-2019 дата публикации

IMAGE DENOISING NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE AND METHOD OF TRAINING THE SAME

Номер: US20190096038A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Fedorov Igor, Lee Jungwon
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An image denoising neural network training architecture includes an image denoising neural network and a clean data neural network, and the image denoising neural network and clean data neural network share information between each other. 1. An image denoising neural network training architecture comprising:an image denoising neural network; anda clean data neural network,wherein the image denoising neural network and clean data neural network are configured to share information between each other.2. The image denoising neural network training architecture of claim 1 , wherein the image denoising neural network comprises:a variance-stabilizing transform (VST) network;an inverse variance-stabilizing transform (IVST) network; anda denoising network between the VST network and the IVST network.3. The image denoising neural network training architecture of claim 2 , wherein the denoising network comprises a plurality of convolutional autoencoders stacked on each other.4. The image denoising neural network training architecture of claim 3 , wherein the VST network comprises a plurality of filtering layers and rectifying layers together forming a convolutional neural network.5. The image denoising neural network training architecture of claim 4 , wherein the image denoising neural network is configured to learn a monotonic invertible transform that enforces a constant output variance of noise of an input image.6. The image denoising neural network training architecture of claim 5 , wherein a first one of the filtering layers is configured to perform a binning operation on the input image.7. The image denoising neural network training architecture of claim 6 , wherein the IVST network is trained to invert the transform of the VST network by minimizing a distance metric from an output from an identity transform and an expected output of a concatenation of the VST and the IVST networks.8. The image denoising network training architecture of claim 2 , wherein the image ...

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Номер записи: 92
16-04-2015 дата публикации

SYSTEMS, IMPLANTS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENTS OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20150105623A1
Автор: "OHern Jeffrey M.", Alexander James A., Frigstad John R., Herman Carrie L., Huelman Justin H., Jagger Karl A., Khamis Chaouki A., Knipfer Michael A.
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Described are various embodiments of surgical procedure systems, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions such as vaginal prolapse and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools being useful for accessing a posterior region of pelvic anatomy, and related methods. Such devices can include retractors, introducers, and other devices for accessing desired areas of a patient's anatomy. 1. A retractor assembly for retracting pelvic tissue , the assembly comprising:an introducer comprising an inner opening extending along its length and an outer shell defining the inner opening, the outer shell comprising a first section attached to a second section; anda retractor comprising an outer body surface having a first outer periphery that is smaller than the inner opening of the introducer along at least a portion of its length, wherein at least a portion of the length of the retractor is insertable into the inner opening of the introducer.2. The retractor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first section and second section of the outer shell are removably attached to each other.3. The retractor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first section and second section are attached to each other along at least one seam that extends longitudinally along the length of the introducer.4. The retractor assembly of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second sections comprises approximately one half of the outer shell of the introducer.5. The retractor assembly of claim 1 , wherein one of the first and second sections comprises more than one half of the outer shell of the introducer.6. The retractor assembly of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the introducer is transparent or translucent.7. The retractor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the introducer comprises a proximal end and a polished distal tip.8. The retractor assembly of claim 1 , wherein the retractor comprises a proximal end claim 1 , a distal end claim 1 , and at ...

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Номер записи: 93
26-03-2020 дата публикации

AIR CLEANER ASSEMBLY

Номер: US20200095961A1
Автор: Boyer Robert, Khami Roger Joseph, McGeary David Bryan, Morton Jeffrey, Schaffer Scott Allen
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An air cleaner assembly including a tray including a cleat receptacle at a back side of the assembly and a cover including a cleat at the back side. The assembly further includes guide features arranged at a front side of the assembly. The guide feature are designed to contact one another continuously and guide the cover rearward, from an unseated position to a fully seated position where the cleat is seated within the cleat receptacle. 1. An air cleaner assembly , comprising:a tray including a cleat receptacle at a back side of the assembly;a cover including a cleat at the back side; andfirst and second guiding members arranged at a front side of the assembly, on the tray and cover, respectively, adapted to contact one another continuously and guide the cover rearward, from an unseated position to a seated position where the cleat is seated within the cleat receptacle.2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein in the unseated position the cleat is positioned completely outside of the cleat receptacle claim 1 , wherein the seated position is a fully seated position claim 1 , and wherein in the fully seated position the first and second guiding members are in face-sharing contact with one another.3. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the cleat receptacle includes a cavity within an outer housing claim 2 , where an upper wall of the cavity includes a chamfered claim 2 , outer surface connected to a flat claim 2 , inner surface and wherein the cleat includes an upward extending fin adapted to slide along the outer surface in transition between the unseated position and the fully seated position and mate with the inner surface in the fully seated position.4. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising one or more clamps attached to a front side of the cover and adapted to be removably coupled to the tray claim 1 , wherein the first and second guiding members are arranged adjacent to the one or more clamps claim 1 , and wherein the one or more clamps are adapted to couple to ...

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Номер записи: 94
26-03-2020 дата публикации

AIR CLEANER ASSEMBLY

Номер: US20200095962A1
Автор: Boyer Robert, Khami Roger Joseph, McGeary David Bryan, Morton Jeffrey, Schaffer Scott Allen
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An air cleaner assembly including a tray including two cleat receptacles spaced apart from one another at a back side of the assembly and a cover including two cleats at the back side, each of the two cleats adapted to seat within one of the two cleat receptacles. The assembly further includes a mounting bracket coupled to the tray, between the two cleat receptacles. The mounting bracket includes a guide rib extending outward from the mounting bracket, toward the cover. 1. An air cleaner assembly , comprising:a tray including two cleat receptacles spaced apart from one another at a back side of the assembly;a cover including two cleats at the back side, each of the two cleats adapted to seat within one of the two cleat receptacles; anda mounting bracket coupled to the tray, between the two cleat receptacles, and including at least one guide rib extending outward from the mounting bracket, toward the cover.2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cover further includes an alignment projection arranged at the back side claim 1 , between the two cleat receptacles and wherein the at least one guide rib extends outward toward the cover claim 1 , at a vertical position above the alignment projection when the assembly is in a fully seated position where the two cleats are seated within the two cleat receptacles.3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the mounting bracket includes an inner surface facing an outer surface of the cover claim 1 , the inner surface arranged opposite an outer surface of the mounting bracket and wherein the at least one guide rib extends outward from the inner surface of the mounting bracket claim 1 , toward the outer surface of the cover.4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the at least one guide rib includes a first planar surface extending in a forward direction from the mounting bracket and over the tray claim 1 , a distance above the tray claim 1 , an angled surface extending vertically upward at an angle from the first planar surface claim 1 , ...

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Номер записи: 95
26-03-2020 дата публикации

ACTIVE STEREO DEPTH PREDICTION BASED ON COARSE MATCHING

Номер: US20200099920A1
Автор: FANELLO Sean, FUNKHOUSER Thomas, Izadi Shahram, KHAMIS Sameh, KOWDLE Adarsh, Rhemann Christoph, SCHOENBERG Michael, Tankovich Vladimir, VALENTIN Julien, Zhang Yinda
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An electronic device estimates a depth map of an environment based on matching reduced-resolution stereo depth images captured by depth cameras to generate a coarse disparity (depth) map. The electronic device downsamples depth images captured by the depth cameras and matches sections of the reduced-resolution images to each other to generate a coarse depth map. The electronic device upsamples the coarse depth map to a higher resolution and refines the upsampled depth map to generate a high-resolution depth map to support location-based functionality. 1. A method comprising:projecting, at an illuminator of an electronic device, an illumination pattern into an environment of the electronic device;capturing a first image of the environment from a first camera of an infrared stereo camera pair and a second image of the environment from a second camera of the infrared stereo camera pair;downsampling the first image to generate a first reduced-resolution image and downsampling the second image to generate a second reduced-resolution image;matching patches of the first reduced-resolution image to patches of the second reduced-resolution image to generate a first coarse depth map of the environment, wherein each patch comprises at least one pixel;upsampling the first coarse depth map to a resolution of the first image to generate a first full resolution depth map; andemploying the first full resolution depth map to support computer vision functionality at the electronic device.2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising normalizing an intensity of each pixel based on neighboring pixels of each pixel.3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an error of the first full resolution depth map based on matching patches of the first full resolution depth map to patches of the first image based on color.4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:matching patches of the second reduced-resolution image to patches of the first reduced-resolution image to generate ...

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Номер записи: 96
19-04-2018 дата публикации

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEURAL NETWORK QUANTIZATION

Номер: US20180107925A1
Автор: Choi Yoo Jin, El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon
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Apparatuses and methods of manufacturing same, systems, and methods for performing network parameter quantization in deep neural networks are described. In one aspect, diagonals of a second-order partial derivative matrix (a Hessian matrix) of a loss function of network parameters of a neural network are determined and then used to weight (Hessian-weighting) the network parameters as part of quantizing the network parameters. In another aspect, the neural network is trained using first and second moment estimates of gradients of the network parameters and then the second moment estimates are used to weight the network parameters as part of quantizing the network parameters. In yet another aspect, network parameter quantization is performed by using an entropy-constrained scalar quantization (ECSQ) iterative algorithm. In yet another aspect, network parameter quantization is performed by quantizing the network parameters of all layers of a deep neural network together at once. 1. A method , comprising:determining diagonals of a second-order partial derivative matrix (a Hessian matrix) of a loss function of network parameters of a neural network; andusing the determined diagonals to weight (Hessian-weighting) the network parameters as part of quantizing the network parameters.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network parameters are quantized by Hessian-weighted k-means clustering of the network parameters claim 1 , by using Hessian-weighted means as cluster centers.3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the quantized network parameters are encoded by binary encoding.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein network parameters are clustered by uniform quantization claim 1 , using Hessian-weighted means as cluster centers claim 1 , and the quantized network parameters are encoded by variable-length binary encoding.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the neural network is a deep neural network having multiple layers claim 1 , and quantization is performed on all layers at the ...

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Номер записи: 97
19-04-2018 дата публикации

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NEURAL NETWORK QUANTIZATION

Номер: US20180107926A1
Автор: Choi Yoo Jin, El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon
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Apparatuses and methods of manufacturing same, systems, and methods for performing network parameter quantization in deep neural networks are described. In one aspect, multi-dimensional vectors representing network parameters are constructed from a trained neural network model. The multi-dimensional vectors are quantized to obtain shared quantized vectors as cluster centers, which are fine-tuned. The fine-tuned and shared quantized vectors/cluster centers are then encoded. Decoding reverses the process. 1. A method for network quantization using multi-dimensional vectors , comprising:constructing multi-dimensional vectors representing network parameters from a trained neural network model;quantizing the multi-dimensional vectors to obtain shared quantized vectors as cluster centers;fine-tuning the shared quantized vectors/cluster centers; andencoding using the shared quantized vectors/cluster centers.2. The method of claim 1 , wherein encoding comprises:creating binary codewords using entropy coding on the shared quantized vectors/cluster centers.3. The method of claim 1 , wherein quantizing the multi-dimensional vectors comprises:using lattice quantization to quantize the multi-dimensional vectors.4. The method of claim 1 , wherein quantizing the multi-dimensional vectors comprises:using an iterative algorithm to solve an entropy-constrained vector quantization.5. The method of claim 1 , wherein quantizing the multi-dimensional vectors comprises:using universal quantization to quantize the multi-dimensional vectors.6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:randomizing the network parameters using dithering before quantizing.7. The method of claim 6 , wherein randomizing the network parameters using dithering comprises:using a pseudo-random number generator to generate random dithering values.8. The method of claim 1 , wherein quantizing the multi-dimensional vectors comprises:converting the quantized vectors into symbols.9. The method of claim 8 , wherein ...

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Номер записи: 98
28-04-2016 дата публикации

IMPLANTS, TOOLS, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENTS OF PELVIC CONDITIONS

Номер: US20160113751A1
Автор: Alexander James A., Arcand Benjamin Y., Khamis Chaouki A., Taut Daniel, Viker Thomas O.
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Described are various embodiments of surgical procedures, systems, implants, devices, tools, and methods, useful for treating pelvic conditions in a male or female, the pelvic conditions including incontinence (various forms such as fecal incontinence, stress urinary incontinence, urge incontinence, mixed incontinence, etc.), vaginal prolapse (including various forms such as enterocele, cystocele, rectocele, apical or vault prolapse, uterine descent, etc.), and other conditions caused by muscle and ligament weakness, the devices and tools including devices and tools for anchoring an implant to tissue. 1. A surgical knot pushing device comprising an elongated member and a suture engagement element extending from a distal end of the elongated member , wherein the suture engagement element comprises a saddle-shaped portion with an embedded grove at its distal end.2. The knot pushing device of claim 1 , wherein the suture engagement element comprises a shape that tapers from its distal end toward the elongated member.3. The knot pushing device of claim 1 , wherein the suture engagement element comprises a width that is greater than a width of the distal end of the elongated member.4. The knot pushing device of claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of the suture engagement element comprises a convex shape.5. The knot pushing device of in combination with a surgical knot that comprises at least a first suture line and a second suture line extending from a common knot.6. The combination of claim 5 , wherein the first and second suture lines are configured for pulling in a direction that is at an angle relative to a direction in which the elongated member is pushed.7. The combination of claim 6 , wherein the suture lines are configured for pulling at a right angle to the direction in which the elongated member is pushed.8. The surgical knot pushing device of claim 1 , wherein the groove is configured to hold at least one suture segment.9. A retractor system comprising:a ...

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Номер записи: 99
29-04-2021 дата публикации

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEEP MACHINE LEARNING FOR COMPUTER VISION APPLICATIONS

Номер: US20210124985A1
Автор: El-Khamy Mostafa, Lee Jungwon, Raj Aman, Ren Haoyu
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A computer vision (CV) training system, includes: a supervised learning system to estimate a supervision output from one or more input images according to a target CV application, and to determine a supervised loss according to the supervision output and a ground-truth of the supervision output; an unsupervised learning system to determine an unsupervised loss according to the supervision output and the one or more input images; a weakly supervised learning system to determine a weakly supervised loss according to the supervision output and a weak label corresponding to the one or more input images; and a joint optimizer to concurrently optimize the supervised loss, the unsupervised loss, and the weakly supervised loss. 1. A computer vision (CV) training system , comprising:a supervised learning system configured to estimate a supervision output from one or more input images according to a target CV application, and determine a supervised loss according to the supervision output and a ground-truth of the supervision output;an unsupervised learning system configured to determine an unsupervised loss according to the supervision output and the one or more input images;a weakly supervised learning system configured to determine a weakly supervised loss according to the supervision output and a weak label corresponding to the one or more input images; anda joint optimizer configured to optimize the supervised loss, the unsupervised loss, and the weakly supervised loss.2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the target CV application corresponds to monocular depth estimation claim 1 , and the supervision output corresponds to a depth estimated from a target image from among the one or more input images.3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the unsupervised learning system is configured to convert 2-dimensional (2D) image coordinates corresponding to the one or more input images into 3-dimensional (3D) coordinates according to the estimated depth claim 2 , and calculate the ...

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Номер записи: 100