International Business Machines Corporation

Michael S Karasick

Dharmendra S Modha

Daniel Gruhl

Alexander Andreopoulos

David Joseph Streeter

Samuel Monk Weber

John Joseph Barton

Danny Soroker

Bonnie Kathryn Ray

Brenda Lynn Dietrich

Mark Craig Chu-Carroll

William Kress Bodin

David Bruce Lection

Derral Charles Thorson

Bryan William Clark

Yi-Min Chee

Michael C Wanderski

David Patrick Huff

Carol Ann Jones

Harold Leon Ossher

Derek Bruce Inglis

David R Strip

Paul Robert Carini

Vincent Joseph Kruskal

Lee Richard Nackman

Wojciech T Stryjewski

David Michael Oliver

Ian Hugh Carmichael

Albert Chung-Chee Kwok

John Richard Del Pizzo, Jr

Derek Lieber

One or more embodiments provide a neurosynaptic circuit that includes multiple neurosynaptic core circuits that: perform image distortion correction by converting a source image to a destination image by: taking as input a sequence of image frames of a video with one or more channels per frame, and converting dimensions and pixel distortion coefficients of each frame as one or more corresponding neuronal firing events. Each distorted pixel is mapped to zero or more undistorted pixels by processing each neuronal firing event corresponding to each pixel of each image frame. Corresponding pixel intensity values of each distorted pixel are processed to output undistorted pixels for each image frame as neuronal firing events for a spike representation of the destination image.

Lens distortion correction using a neurosynaptic circuit

One or more embodiments provide method for image distortion correction including receiving, by multiple neurosynaptic core circuits, a set of inputs comprising image dimensions and pixel distortion coefficients for at least one image frame via at least one input core circuit. Each distorted pixel is mapped to zero or more undistorted pixels by processing the set of inputs corresponding to each pixel of the at least one image frame by the at least one input core circuit. Corresponding pixel intensity values of each distorted pixel are routed to output undistorted pixels for each image frame via the at least one output core circuit.

One or more embodiments provide a neurosynaptic circuit that includes multiple neurosynaptic core circuits that: perform image sharpening by converting a source image to a sharpened destination image by: taking as input a sequence of image frames of a video with one or more channels per frame, and representing the intensity of each pixel of each channel of each frame as neural spikes, and processing neural spike representations of the sharpened destination image for outputting a spike representation of the sharpened destination image.

One or more embodiments provide a system and circuit for image distortion correction. The system includes neurosynaptic core circuits that: receive a set of inputs comprising image dimensions and pixel distortion coefficients for at least one image frame via at least one input core circuit, map each distorted pixel to zero or more undistorted pixels by processing the set of inputs corresponding to each pixel of the at least one image frame by the at least one input core circuit, and route corresponding pixel intensity values of each distorted pixel to output undistorted pixels for each image frame via at least one output core circuit.

Lens distortion correction using a neurosynaptic system

One or more embodiments provide a neurosynaptic circuit that includes multiple neurosynaptic core circuits that: perform image sharpening by converting a source image to a sharpened destination image by: taking as input a sequence of image frames of a video with one or more channels per frame, and representing the intensity of each pixel of each channel of each frame as neural spikes; processing the source image to obtain the sharpened destination image for a particular frame and channel that enhances certain high frequency components of the source image; and processing neural spike representations of the destination image for outputting a spike representation of the sharpened destination image.

Embodiments of the invention provide a system and circuit for image distortion correction. The system includes neurosynaptic core circuits that: receive a set of inputs comprising image dimensions and pixel distortion coefficients for one or more image frames via one or more input core circuits, map each distorted pixel to zero or more undistorted pixels by processing the set of inputs corresponding to each pixel of the one or more image frames by the one or more input core circuits, and route corresponding pixel intensity values of each distorted pixel to output undistorted pixels for each image frame via one or more output core circuits.

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for analyzing usage of printers. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: obtaining from at least one printer information about a plurality of print tasks performed by each printer, wherein the information about print tasks at least contains information of print requesters, print document attributes, and print time of each of the print tasks; and transforming the information about print tasks into an organizational representation based on information of organizational structure containing the print requesters. In the present invention, entities having a costly pattern are identified by mining historical usage data of the printers, thus driving the redesign of business process associated with the entities, performing print policies optimization on each entity associated with the printers based on the mined historical usage data, thereby reducing unnecessary paper consumption.

Method and apparatus for analyzing usage of printers

The present invention provides a method for analyzing usage of printers. A method in accordance with an embodiment includes: obtaining from at least one printer information about a plurality of print tasks performed by each printer, wherein the information about print tasks at least contains information of print requesters, print document attributes, and print time of each of the print tasks; and transforming the information about print tasks into an organizational representation based on information of organizational structure containing the print requesters. In the present invention, entities having a costly pattern are identified by mining historical usage data of the printers, thus driving the redesign of business process associated with the entities, performing print policies optimization on each entity associated with the printers based on the mined historical usage data, thereby reducing unnecessary paper consumption.

Method for analyzing usage of printers

An opportunity server searches for potential vehicle repair transaction providers by receiving a signal from a mobile system indicating a need for a transaction with a business entity responsive to an on-board diagnostic detection of a real-time fault condition resulting in recording of a Diagnostic Trouble Code; automatically issuing requests for bids for the transaction to provider parties located in a first potential geographic point for repair service indicating estimated times of arrival at each geographic point; receiving offers from the provider parties; automatically coalescing the offers by screening to meet user preferences, and modifying and organizing into a format for uniform presentation to a user; presenting the coalesced offers to an operator of the mobile system; and automatically performing enterprise resource planning for a user-selected business transaction.

Anticipatory mobile system service brokering and resource planning from multiple providers

A method and architecture having components for performing a method comprising the steps of: forming a simple bi-directional communication link between each of the clients and a server; and, transmitting along the communication link at least one of two kinds of messages comprising a first message which is a synchronous query/response, and a second message which is an asynchronous subscription based event notification, to allow arbitrary data structures to be rendered into a standard communication format.

System and method for providing post HOC access to legacy applications and data

A portlet data synchronization system, method and apparatus. The system can include a portal server configured to distribute portal content to requesting clients over a computer communications network. The system further can include one or more portlets hosted within the portal content through the portal server. Finally, the system can include a synchronization aggregator configured to aggregate synchronization markup for individual ones of the portlets in a single synchronization envelope. The synchronization aggregator further can be have a configuration for distributing responses to the synchronization markup to respective ones of the portlets.

Portal/portlet application data synchronization

A compiler having one or more separate components, each of which contains the source code of the compiler which is responsible for implementing a corresponding data representation. These components are responsible for all of the parts of compilation which depend on the corresponding data representation. In one aspect of the present invention, a compiler comprises: a converter for converting program code to object code; and a data representation implementor for isolating within the compiler information that relates to representation of data at runtime, wherein the converter accesses the data representation implementor to obtain information that is needed for converting any portion of the program code that is dependent on representation of data at runtime.

Compiler for supporting multiple runtime data representations

The system of the present invention includes a form design component, a form description repository, and a forms processing component Each form used with the system has a layout including a form identifier field with a common location space for each given form of the plurality of different types of forms. The forms processing component is coupled to the form description repository and receives data from an electronic clipboard, through an interface port, which permits recognition of a unique form identifier, communication with the form description repository, receipt of a form definition corresponding to the unique form identifier, and correct processing of the data on the given form (based on the identifier) The method includes generating a form identifier field having a common location space for each different type of form, prompting a user of the system to enter a unique form identifier into the field, via input of at least one handwritten stroke, recording electronic stroke data indicative of the at least one handwritten stroke, storing the stroke data together with electronic entry field data indicative of contents of other fields of the given form, and then invoking a handwriting recognition engine on the stroke data so as to obtain correct identity of each given form, thereby permitting proper processing of the electronic entry field data.

System and method for identifying form type in a handwriting recognition based form completion system

An extensible incremental compiler includes an incremental compiler which is configured to pass control to one or more extensions at one or more points in the compilation process. The extensible incremental compiler determines whether an extension is active at various points in the compilation process and, if so, transfers control to the active extension. The extension mechanism performs its programed functionality and then returns control back to the incremental compiler. The extensions are supplied to the incremental compiler via a linked library.

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Michael S Karasick