386 results about "Design characteristics" patented technology

Disclosed is an improved method, system, and computer program product for electronic designs with supplant design rules. According to some embodiments of the invention, the foundry-imposed design rules are replaced by one or more supplant design requirements which define absolute or relative threshold(s) for a design feature characteristic. Some other embodiments of the invention, the foundry-imposed design rules are replaced by one or more supplant design requirements which define one or more ranges of absolute or relative values for a design feature characteristic. Some other embodiments of the invention further provide an EDA tool which takes into account a model for the electronic design, the processing, metrological, lithographic, or imaging processing processes or techniques, and the supplant design requirements to determine whether the features of an electronic design meet the design requirements.

A method and a system for transformation-based program generation using two separate specifications as input: An implementation neutral specification of the desired computation and a specification of the execution platform. The generated implementation incorporates execution platform opportunities such as parallelism. Operationally, the invention has two broad stages. First, it designs the abstract implementation in the problem domain in terms of an Intermediate Language (IL) that is unfettered by programming language restrictions and requirements. Concurrently, the design is evolved by specializing the IL to encapsulate a plurality of desired design features in the implementation such as partitioning for multicore and / or instruction level parallelism. Concurrently, constraints that stand in for implied implementation structures are added to the design and coordinated with other constraints. Second, the IL is refined into implementation code. With this invention, porting an implementation neutral computation to an arbitrary architecture can be automated.

Systems and methods for developing, customizing, and deploying mobile device applications are provided through a mobile application development and deployment platform. Preferably, these systems and methods are implemented in an Internet based environment that allows non-technical users to build sophisticated, highly-customizable cross-platform mobile applications. The platform allows users to select, input, create, customize, and combine various content, design characteristics, and application components, such as modules, some of which utilize features and functionality associated with various mobile devices and mobile operating systems. In certain embodiments, the platform allows users to compile, and generate a configuration file for, the mobile application that can be distributed to end users for execution on various mobile devices and mobile operating systems. When the mobile application is installed on, or executed by the mobile device, the configuration file may enable the retrieval of various data associated with the mobile application.

Systems and methods for developing, customizing, and deploying applications for devices are provided through a application development and deployment platform. Preferably, these systems and methods are implemented in an Internet based environment that allows non-technical users to build sophisticated, highly-customizable cross-platform applications. The platform allows users to select, input, create, customize, and combine various content, design characteristics, and application components, such as modules, some of which utilize features and functionality associated with various devices capable of running applications, operating systems, and app-enabled accessories. In certain embodiments, the platform allows users to compile and generate a configuration file for the application that can be distributed to end users for execution on various devices and operating systems. When the application is installed on, or executed by the device, the configuration file may enable the retrieval of various data associated with the application.

Systems and methods for developing, customizing, and deploying mobile device applications are provided through a mobile application development and deployment platform. Preferably, these systems and methods are implemented in an Internet based environment that allows non-technical users to build sophisticated, highly-customizable cross-platform mobile applications. The platform allows users to select, input, create, customize, and combine various content, design characteristics, and application components, such as modules, some of which make use of features and functionality associated with various mobile devices and mobile operating systems. In certain embodiments, the platform allows users to compile the mobile application for various mobile operating systems and generates a configuration file for the mobile application that can be distributed to end users for execution on various mobile devices. When the mobile application is installed on, or executed by the mobile device, the configuration file may enable the retrieval of various data associated with the mobile application.

Systems and methods for developing, customizing, and deploying mobile device applications through voice and / or gesture interactions are provided through a mobile application development and deployment platform. Preferably, these systems and methods are implemented in an Internet based environment that allows non-technical users to build sophisticated, highly-customizable cross-platform mobile applications. The platform allows users to use voice and / or gesture interactions to select, input, create, customize, and combine various content, design characteristics, and application components, such as modules, some of which utilize features and functionality associated with various mobile devices and mobile operating systems. In certain embodiments, the platform allows users to compile the mobile application for various mobile operating systems and generates a configuration file for the mobile application that can be distributed to end users for execution on various mobile devices. When the mobile application is installed on, or executed by the mobile device, the configuration file may enable the retrieval of various data associated with the mobile application.

A bio-inspired device is provided designed to scale smooth vertical surfaces using anisotropic frictional materials. The device draws its inspiration from geckos and other climbing lizards and employs similar compliance and force control strategies to climb (or hang onto) smooth vertical surfaces including glass, tile and plastic panels. Foremost among the design features embodied in the device are multiple levels of compliance, at length scales ranging from centimeters to micrometers, to allow the device to conform to surfaces and maintain large real areas of contact so that adhesive forces can support it. Structures within the feet ensure even stress distributions over each toe and facilitate engagement and disengagement of the adhesive materials. A force control strategy works in conjunction with the anisotropic adhesive materials to obtain sufficient levels of friction and adhesion for climbing with low attachment and detachment forces.

Absorbent articles such as disposable diapers and disposable pant like garments are disclosed. In particular, absorbent articles such as disposable diapers and pants having an improved barrier cuff structure for improved fit are described. The placement of a barrier cuff structure having a tackdown point near the waistband of the article tends to “pull down” the waistband and may cause sagging. Intermediate tackdown bonds are disclosed to achieve the containment benefits of a barrier cuff structure without sacrificing fit characteristics of the article. The intermediate tackdown may be intermediate one or both of the longitudinal ends of the barrier cuff strip and the lateral side edges of the strip. Additionally, the relationship of forces, angles, and design characteristics of aspects of the articles and sagging are disclosed.

A backlight unit (10) has a hollow cavity (16) instead of employing a light guide. One or more light sources (24a-c), such as LEDs, are arranged to emit light into the cavity, which is formed by a front (12) and a back reflector (14). The backlight is typically of the edge-lit type. The backlight can have a large area, is thin and consists of fewer components than conventional devices. Its design permits light recycling. The unit emits light of a predefined polarisation and can be arranged to have desired horizontal / vertical viewing angle properties. Light is uniformly distributed within the guide and the light output (20b, 2Od) is substantially collimated. Such backlights occupy a specific region in a parameter space defined by two parameters: first, the ratio of the output emission area to the total source emission area should lie in the range 0.0001 to 0.1; and second, the ratio of the SEP to the height of the cavity (H) should be in the range 3 to 10, where the SEP is an average plan view source separation, a special measure of the average spacing of light sources in the plane of the unit. There is also a discussion on the required number of light sources N, their arrangement near the periphery of the cavity, as well as the shape and size of the output emission area. A required minimum brightness uniformity (VESA) value to be maintained, when a subset of Madjacent sources is switched off (where M is at least 0.1 N or M>2 or both), is also disclosed. The backlight can be used for a display or for general lighting purposes.

A computerized method, a computer-readable medium and a computerized test system are provided for analyzing target web-based applications, for example, to identify design characteristics of the application which render it susceptible to exploit. Hypertext links within the application are navigated to obtain a listing of associated web pages. Each web page may then be parsed to extract associated traffic data which matches any search items pertaining to sensitive data categories of interest. The extracted traffic data is stored within a storage location to identify a compilation of potentially exploitable design characteristics.

A capability predictor that comprises a database 15 of capability of multiple designs is disclosed. The process capability data includes costs, quality, cycle time, and performance models. The process owner (expert) provides the data. The developer inputs equations necessary to calculate the predictions based in the selected design characteristics and the user selects the design. A processor 11 calculates the prediction based on the selected design and a display, such as monitor 11a or printer 16, displays the results of the predictions.

The invention relates to an infrared behavior identification method based on adaptive fusion of an artificial design feature and a depth learning feature. The method comprises: S1, improved dense track feature extraction is carried out on an original video by using an artificial design feature module; S2, feature coding is carried out on the extracted artificial design feature; S3, with a CNN feature module, optic flow information extraction is carried out on an original video image sequence by using a variation optic flow algorithm, thereby obtaining a corresponding optic flow image sequence; S4, CNN feature extraction is carried out on the optic flow sequence obtained at the S3 by using a convolutional neural network; and S5, a data set is divided into a training set and a testing set; and weight learning is carried out on the training set data by using a weight optimization network, weight fusion is carried out on probability outputs of a CNN feature classification network and an artificial design feature classification network by using the learned weight, an optimal weight is obtained based on a comparison identification result, and then the optimal weight is applied to testing set data classification. According to the method, a novel feature fusion way is provided; and reliability of behavior identification in an infrared video is improved. Therefore, the method has the great significance in a follow-up video analysis.

An earphone arrangement comprises a microphone (109) which generates a microphone signal and a sound transducer (101) which radiates a first sound component to a user's ear (103) in response to a drive signal. An acoustic channel (111) is further provided for channeling external sound so as to provide a second sound component to the user's ear (103). An acoustic valve (117) allows the attenuation of the acoustic channel (111) to be controlled in response to a valve control signal. A control circuit (105) generates the valve control signal in response to the microphone signal to provide a variable attenuation resulting in a mixed sound of the first sound component and the second sound component reaching the user's ear (103). The combined use of acoustic and e.g. electric signal paths allows improved performance and in particular allows a dynamic trade-off between open and closed earphone design characteristics with respect to external sounds.

A method and a system for transformation-based program generation using two separate specifications as input: An implementation neutral specification of the desired computation and a specification of the execution platform. The generated implementation incorporates execution platform opportunities such as parallelism. Operationally, the invention has two broad stages. First, it designs the abstract implementation in the problem domain in terms of an Intermediate Language (IL) that is unfettered by programming language restrictions and requirements. Concurrently, the design is evolved by specializing the IL to encapsulate a plurality of desired design features in the implementation such as partitioning for multicore and / or instruction level parallelism. Concurrently, constraints that stand in for implied implementation structures are added to the design and coordinated with other constraints. Second, the IL is refined into implementation code. With this invention, porting an implementation neutral computation to an arbitrary architecture can be automated.

A bio-inspired device is provided designed to scale smooth vertical surfaces using anisotropic frictional materials. The device draws its inspiration from geckos and other climbing lizards and employs similar compliance and force control strategies to climb (or hang onto) smooth vertical surfaces including glass, tile and plastic panels. Foremost among the design features embodied in the device are multiple levels of compliance, at length scales ranging from centimeters to micrometers, to allow the device to conform to surfaces and maintain large real areas of contact so that adhesive forces can support it. Structures within the feet ensure even stress distributions over each toe and facilitate engagement and disengagement of the adhesive materials. A force control strategy works in conjunction with the anisotropic adhesive materials to obtain sufficient levels of friction and adhesion for climbing with low attachment and detachment forces.

Improved peel-to-open packages including sachets, pouches, and the like are disclosed. The packages are made of substrate layers removably adhered together using an adhesive pattern of seal(s) that are characterized by peel forces. The adhesive pattern is designed to provide for controlled opening of the packages, in some embodiments to a predetermined stopping point, such that any product(s) contained therein are presented to the consumer for removal. Further design features include, but are not limited to, offset tabs, textures, color variations and text, which may further provide for easy, intuitive opening.

There is provided a display area made up of a pixel array with a non-rectangular shaped outer circumference and the pixel array is made up of a plurality of non-rectangular pixels wherein a first conductor line group including a plurality of first conductor lines and a second conductor line group including a plurality of second conductor lines, and a third conductor line group including a plurality of third conductor lines are arranged so as to intersect with one another. Thus, without sacrificing brightness, viewability, and fidelity of an image, pixel array (display device) with the non-rectangular outer circumferential shape being excellent in design characteristics is realized.

An on-orbit geometric calibration method of an optical remote sensing camera aims at a domestic satellite platform and load design characteristics to build a strict imaging model, and uses an internal and external orientation element combination modeling method for geometric calibration treatment. The method is based on the strict imaging model for the geometric calibration treatment, and model parameters have clear physical meanings; 2) simultaneous decoupling of internal and external orientation elements can be realized by internal and external orientation element combination modeling; 3) the model can be used for a multiple linear array camera and multi-camera combination calibration, and has a strong universality; 4) according to the method, various factors causing image distortion in an imaging process can be fully considered, and high precision can be achieved.

Absorbent articles such as disposable diapers and disposable pant like garments are disclosed. In particular, absorbent articles such as disposable diapers and pants having an improved barrier cuff structure for improved fit are described. The placement of a barrier cuff structure having a tackdown point near the waistband of the article tends to “pull down” the waistband and may cause sagging. Intermediate tackdown bonds are disclosed to achieve the containment benefits of a barrier cuff structure without sacrificing fit characteristics of the article. The intermediate tackdown may be intermediate one or both of the longitudinal ends of the barrier cuff strip and the lateral side edges of the strip. Additionally, the relationship of forces, angles, and design characteristics of aspects of the articles and sagging are disclosed.

Several embodiments of a collapsible screen employing novel folding structures have many possible uses: window shade, room divider, decorative backdrop, wall hanging, and others. A disclosed method allows its user to design many embodiments of the screen. The method incorporates three modifiable sets or databases: a set (220) of patterns, a set (221) of criteria by which a possible embodiment is evaluated for practicability, and a set (222) of transformations which can be applied to the possible embodiment to improve it with respect to the criteria (221). The sets can change to reflect new assumptions, design characteristics, and hardware.

Computer based systems and methods for designing (e.g., customization) of consumer products, articles of footwear, knit footwear uppers, and the like. In some embodiments, a user may generate and / or modify footwear designs using a footwear design interface. Additionally or alternatively, the footwear design interface may be configured to simulate the layout and / or operation of a knitting machine to provide the user with the impression of physically designing and / or manufacturing an article of footwear. In other embodiments, the system may disallow prospective footwear design changes based on limitations associated with inventory availability and the footwear design characteristics.

Disclosed is a data analysis and cybersecurity method, which forms a time-based series of behavioral features, and analyzes the series of behavioral features for attack detection, new features derivation, and / or features evaluation. Analyzing the time based series of behavioral features may comprise using a Feed-Forward Neural Networks (FFNN) method, a Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) method, a Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) method, a Long Short-Term Memories (LSTMs) method, a principal Component Analysis (PCA) method, a Random Forest pipeline method, and / or an autoencoder method. In one embodiment, the behavioral features of the time-based series of behavioral features comprise human engineered features, and / or machined learned features, wherein the method may be used to learn new features from historic features.

Techniques are disclosed for determining the likelihood that a known feature in an integrated circuit design will cause a defect during the manufacturing process. According to some of these techniques, various logical units that incorporate an identified design feature are identified, and the amount that the design feature occurs in each of a plurality of these logical units is determined. The failure rate of integrated circuit portions corresponding to at least these logical units are then obtained. A feature failure coefficient indicating the likelihood that the feature will cause a defect then is determined by correlating the failure rates with the amount of occurrences of the feature.

A residential construction estimation process that includes the steps of: inputting conceptual level data, selecting design characteristics, calculating a virtual geometry, selecting assemblies of construction components based on the calculated virtual geometry, selecting component options based on the selected assemblies of construction components, identifying a cost of each of the selected component options, and calculating a cost of the residence, wherein the cost is dynamically linked to each of the selected and inputted information of the preceding steps, such that the cost of the residence can be dynamically modeled at a detailed component level.

Systems and methods for developing, customizing, and deploying applications for devices are provided through a application development and deployment platform. Preferably, these systems and methods are implemented in an Internet based environment that allows non-technical users to build sophisticated, highly-customizable cross-platform applications. The platform allows users to select, input, create, customize, and combine various content, design characteristics, and application components, such as modules, some of which utilize features and functionality associated with various devices capable of running applications, operating systems, and app-enabled accessories. In certain embodiments, the platform allows users to compile and generate a configuration file for the application that can be distributed to end users for execution on various devices and operating systems. When the application is installed on, or executed by the device, the configuration file may enable the retrieval of various data associated with the application.

The invention discloses a fast high-resolution SAR (synthetic aperture radar) image ship detection method based on feature fusion and clustering. The fast high-resolution SAR image ship detection method comprises the following steps: on the basis of the back scattering characteristics of each ground object and the prior information of a ship target in an SAR image, positioning a target potential position index map by an Otsu algorithm and range constraint; on the index map, pre-screening to obtain a detection binary segmentation map by a CFAR (constant false alarm rate) algorithm based on a local contrast; carrying out morphological processing to a detection result, and extracting a potential target slice from the SAR image and a detected binary segmentation map according to a processing result; and carrying out K-means clustering to the extracted slice by a designed identification feature to obtain a final identification result. According to the fast high-resolution SAR image ship detection method based on feature fusion and clustering, the data volume of a detection stage is effectively reduced by pre-processing, and point-to-point detection is not needed / the time of point-to-point detection is saved. Meanwhile, a target identification problem under the condition of insufficient training samples at present can be solved by the designed characteristic and a non-supervision clustering method, the target can be effectively positioned, and the size of the target can be estimated.

Disclosed is an improved method, system, and computer program product for predicting and improving the integrity, manufacturability, reliability, and performance of an electronic circuit feature based on the stresses or strains of design features of electronic designs. Some embodiments identify the design, the concurrent model(s), design feature physical or electrical parameters or attributes, analyzes the stresses or strains to predict the integrity of the design and determines whether the design meets the design objectives or constraints. Some other embodiments make corrections to the designs or the processes based upon the determination of whether the design meets the design objectives or constraints. Some other embodiments compute the variations of the design features as a result of the stresses or strains and determine their impact on the subsequent processes.

This patent describes a device to replace the proximal femoral head and neck. The uniqueness of the device is in its proximal design which incorporates a transverse tension bar which prevents failure of the femoral neck portion of the device in tension. This design characteristic permits the use of thinner materials which more closely resemble the elastic nature of bone itself while at the same time endowing the prosthesis with strength and resistance to failure. The device is designed to have a long intramedullary portion which would load the femur throughout its length as well as a modular attachment on its distal end for the insertion of a future knee replacement.