Zorroa Corporation

Nvidia Corporation

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Daniel Elliott Wexler

Larry I Gritz

Matthew Nicholas Papakipos

David B Kirk

Rui Bastos

Harold Robert Feldman Zatz

Juan Jose Buhler

Jonathan Rice

Matthew Chambers

Paul Patrick Cleary

A method manages an image catalog at a server system. The system receives reduced-resolution versions of one or more images stored in an image database of an external service distinct from the system. For each received reduced-resolution version, the system creates an index entry in the image catalog. The system receives a query from a user and matches the query to an index entry in the catalog, which corresponds to an image stored as a full-resolution version in the image database. The system requests authorization from the owner of the image. When authorization is received, the system retrieves the full-resolution version from the image database, and temporarily stores the full-resolution version in temporary storage. The system then transmits the full-resolution version of the image to the user and releases the full-resolution version of the image from the temporary storage in response to the transmitting the full-resolution version.

Systems and methods of building and using an image catalog

A process generates searchable content for visual media files. The process uses partial schemas, including a source schema and a keyword schema. The process uses workers, each specifying its input schemas and its output schemas. A dependency graph includes a node for each worker, with dependencies based on the input and output schemas. The graph includes initial workers that correspond to distinct media types, which use the source schema. The process constructs a source schema instance for each selected media file, and the process traverses nodes in the graph beginning with an initial worker process according to the media type. This begins execution of multiple workers, which construct additional schema instances. Some workers extract keywords from the source file and insert the terms into the keyword schema instance. The process stores the keyword schema instance and a link to the corresponding file in a database for subsequent media queries.

Media search processing using partial schemas

A method is performed at a computing system having one or more processors and memory. The process generates a hierarchical set of folders for a collection of documents. Each folder specifies a rule/query (possibly empty) for identifying a subset of the collection of documents. Each folder also specifies a user-defined set (possibly empty) of individual documents from the collection of documents. In addition, each folder specifies a set (possible empty) of subfolders. The process receives user input to select a first folder of the set of folders, and generates a responsive result set. The result set includes documents that satisfy the specified rule for the first folder, documents from the user-defined set of documents for the first folder, and documents recursively contained in subfolders of the first folder. The process then displays the result set to the user.

Hierarchical search folders for a document repository

A method of managing an image catalog is performed by one or more servers. The process receives from a first user identification of one or more images in an image database. The image database is distinct from the servers. For each of the images, the process analyzes the image to extract keywords that describe the image and creates an index entry in the image catalog. The index entry includes the keywords. The process receives a query from a second user and matches the query to an index entry in the image catalog. The index entry corresponds to a first image in the image database. The process determines whether the second user is authorized to view the first image. When the second user is authorized to view the first image, the process retrieves the first image from the image database and transmits the first image to the second user.

A process displays a concatenated array of slit-compressed images corresponding to an ordered sequence of images. The slit-compressed images are concatenated along a single dimension according to the ordered sequence of images. Each slit-compressed image has an associated query that has search terms based on the respective image. The process displays a moveable slider that moves along the single dimension and identifies a current location within the array, and displays a respective thumbnail image corresponding to the current location. The process receives user input to move the moveable slider along the single dimension to a new location. The process displays a thumbnail representation of the image corresponding to the new location and executes the query corresponding to the current image to retrieve documents from a document repository related to the current image. The process then displays the retrieved documents for user selection.

Linearized search of visual media

Digital Image compositing using a programmable graphics processor is described. The programmable graphics processor supports high-precision data formats and can be programmed to complete a plurality of compositing operations in a single pass through a fragment processing pipeline within the programmable graphics processor. Source images for one or more compositing operations are stored in graphics memory, and a resulting composited image is output or stored in graphics memory. More-complex compositing operations, such as blur, warping, morphing, and the like, can be completed in multiple passes through the fragment processing pipeline. A composited image produced during a pass through the fragment processing pipeline is stored in graphics memory and is available as a source image for a subsequent pass.

Digital image compositing using a programmable graphics processor

Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices, and/or systems for video processing, such as for hidden surface removal or reduction, are described.

Video processing, such as for hidden surface reduction or removal

Polypeptides are disclosed which inhibit the binding of the C5a chemotaxin to polymorphonuclear leukocytes by cleaving a six amino acid peptide from the carboxy-terminus of the C5a chemotaxin. The polypeptides can be isolated from virulent strains of group A streptococci, s. pyogenes, by enzymatic or detergent extraction.

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