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I would like to bring to your attention the following unfounded rubbish written in the April 2008 issue of your magazine: "…PCLinuxOS regularly tops the DistroWatch download list…" Ladislav Bodnar (DistroWatch Owner/Editor): "DistroWatch Page Hit Ranking doesn't mean all that much and we have been saying this for years." Why do you then equate PHR stats with number of downloads?
PHR stats are easily manipulated and are meaningless in determining real-world popularity usage or distro download estimates!
Peter Apostolovski
You are exactly right. The DistroWatch list does not measure downloads. As this screenshot shows, the list is clearly marked as "Page Hit Ranking." (Note that PCLinuxOS is still at the top of the list as of the time this issue went to print.)
We regret this characterization of the DistroWatch list, however, we don't regret referring to the list. DistroWatch is an important source of information for the Linux community.
We made no attempt to equate the list with "real-world popularity." Even if the list did measure downloads, it still wouldn't have implied "real-world popularity." As shown in the figure, that would mean that PCLinuxOS is more popular than Ubuntu, openSUSE, and Fedora. A careful reading of the news, events, and feature articles presented in this magazine over time confirms that we are aware that Ubuntu, openSUSE, and Fedora are more popular than PCLinuxOS.
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I'm pretty disappointed that the Fedora customization tools weren't even mentioned in your March 2008 issue – considering that it was one of the biggest features of our Fedora 7 release, which came out almost a year ago. Was there any particular reason for this oversight?
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Microsoft Frees CoreCLR
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New Trojan Attacks Linux Servers
The Xnote trojan hides itself on the target system and will launch a variety of attacks on command.
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i cant believe htis f'in guy hes a joke columnist. and if sather does it hes a joke gm..i swear if dolan became an alcoholic again, and let me be gm, hed wake up a yr or 2 down the road with a legit playoff team...dont trade lindros trade carter...dont ever think of trading picks i know next yrs draft is week...but wash should be giving us a lot back to...if it ends up being jagr for lindros, x, y, z ill hate this org forever..those arent smart trades...common sense forbids it..if at all as a new yorker gms should learn how to cheat other gms out of market value--we should be getting more...which we have been in certain cases, it just seems like with wash we let them off the hook back into contention in 5 yrs.
if i was sather id laugh at wash now and forever, for being idiots..do any of us help someone whose down in a sport? NO you freakin say sucks for you buddy my win...thats the attitude this team needs...if i was the cheif editor for the post and this trade never goes down this yr..id fire brooks for being a retard
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how to collect / save petunia seeds?
Hello all Im just stoping on this forum to ask a question, How do you collect-save petunia seeds? and is there petunias that this works better with? Thanks for the help Brian kc0kfg
I save petunia seeds all the time, it's very easy. After the flower dies and falls off keep an eye on the calyx it swells with seeds then it turns brown and splits open. If you pick it off before it splits and put it in an open container you'll get all the seeds. For me it's easier to do late in the summer to early fall when the plant gets a little leggy and there are alot more seed pods. I know that the wave petunias are very easy, they even reseed themselves if you let the plants die where they are planted.
I collected them for the first time last year.I had a hanging basket that was just about done,so I put the basket in the shed.The plants all dried up and when they were brittle,I snapped off the dried flowers and the seed just poured out into my hand.I sowed just a few pinches of this seed and got over 200 plants.Never thought it could be that easy.
You could try leaving the calyx on the plant until it splits. To collect the seeds, I use a small tulle drawstring bag (12 for about $3.50, available in most craft stores, or even the wal-mart craft department near the wedding and baby shower section) and place it over the seed pod, pulling the drawstrings and tying loosely. When the pod splits, the seeds will be in the bag for you!!
I am collecting petunia seed this year for the first time ever. Simply because, I must satisfy my curiosity of just how well collected petunia seed will perform. I have heard mixed reviews, but most people seem to be satisfied. I just gotta know for myself!
It sure is easy enough to get the seed. I inspected some of mine that were recently severly chopped back, and then have been sort of neglected during this past week of rain. I found many many seed pods just busted open with seeds, many seeds sticking to the plant. If you are still struggling with them, just wait until that green "cone" has turned all tan and has started to split open. Its super easy. Though, if you are inspecting tiny vines, they are almost impossible to see. On all my wave plants, there are thick vines and tiny vines.
Molly, roxanne, how well have your petunias done this year from collected seed? Are you satisfied?
I have been using my own harvested Wave seeds since 2000. They still do not all come true to the original colour but I sow sufficient numbers then wait for the first bloom before potting in my baskets. My blooms are all as large as the original plant too.
This year I could not wait for the first flower to show and am pleasantly surprised at a beautiful red variety in one basket. I will harvest those separately and see what next years brings.
I know I should ask this in seed starting but here goes anyway, I am in Zone 3, when should I start planting petunia seeds so I can have flowering hanging baskets on my house in June?
I have hanging baskets around my covered porch and one year after the growing season I put all of them on the fence for the winter. The next growing season I dumped all of my soil out of my baskets to start over (like a dummy) because all of the soil was dumped under a tree that we were trying to build up for a raised bed later. Guess what? The following growing season I had petunias galore under that tree.
Seed saving info at my website ... pictures of plants, seed pods, seeds etc.
Here is a link that might be useful: Country Roads Gardens & Crafts
For "clairdo2"....you are looking at the actual flower. The seed pod is the part the flower falls off of. There will be a green pod inside the little star like part that holds the flower. This will grow bigger after you remove the flower. Wait to harvest until the pod turns light brown. You just crack it open and there will be a BUNCH of tiny dark brown seeds inside.
Can you harvest the pods when they are green or slightly yellow/brown and allow them to dry? Will the brownish/green seeds darken and be viable? This seems easier than trying to get them before they split and dissappear. Has anyone tried this?
This thread answers the question I posted earlier today.
The post from pennyonwings to clairdo2 was the most helpful to me b/c nothing else I found said anything about the "pod" that was left behind after the flower fell off. I was collecting the collapsed/dried flowers.
I am interested in hearing the answer to excalibur01's question about green seed pods - anyone?
Some, like supertunias, are propagated vegetatively and don't produce seeds. Most petunias do produce seeds though.
Seeds for all plants are supposed to dry thoroughly on the plant, i.e. turn brown or black.
Petunias can also be started from cuttings.
Since they tolerate relatively cold temperatures well, petunias are a prime candidates for wintersowing. I tried Laura Bush petunias this year for the first time and they quickly became a favorite.
Winston, yes, you can.
I do that sometimes, but I like to collect the seeds as they ripen to make sure that I get as many as I like.
If you wait too long, some of the seeds will spill out of the pods and you may not get as many as you like.
For some favorite petunia, I cover green pods with a piece of nylon stocking and tie it around the stem to make sure I get the seeds before they spill out.
The same idea as tull bags mentioned above.
It has worked very well for me.
I am aware of collecting various flower seeds some are easier then other due to size such as Sun Flowers. In the case of petunias when collected seeds are planted do they produce the same flower as the parent plant? Anyone who is familiar with petunias is aware of the great variety hybrids out there. Hybrids rarely if ever breed true. And given the time involved in collecting seeds and growing petunias to discover that you get only a small flower with a pale color would be disappointing for me and not worth the time and trouble involved.
Has anyone here collected petunia seeds which resulted in getting the same flower as the parent plant? If so what petunia type was it?
I've grown wave petunias since 2000...
For the first 10 years, I would allow the petunias to drop seed and die out completely before removing them. Every spring, I would have several new plants that would spring up but they were more leggy (scraggly, really) than the parent plants so I would wind up buying a flat and supplementing.
This year I was pleasantly surprised when early in April I had little seedlings (much earlier than past years) and they're getting quite big and very full/bushy. The only difference is that they have deep purple flowers and the parent plants were fuschia. No complaints here. I'm not supplementing this year - they're going to turn out nicely with no help.
Hi everyone. I almost do my own seeds in my large containers, I just pull the dead plants out after the hard freezes, lay them in the container. Come March or when the snow melts , I grind the dead plants with my hands to remove all the seed, stir up the dirt and wait for warmer weather. I've posted a pic of a seed pod of a Petunia and what it looks like..
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I finally defeated Riku (second fight)! He was difficult, but once I got past him, everyone else was a breeze. During the whole fight, I just kept using "Sonic Blade" until he died. Sonic blade is so overpowered that I spammed that move to kill almost every single boss after Riku II. By the time I finished Sora's side of the story, the game recorded that I used Sonic Blade 692 times. It was that great.
Now, onward to the Riku side of the story. I remember this part being my favorite part of the GBA game. I liked his high mobility and his quick reload speeds. He can't customize his deck, but his sleights are definitely powerful and fun to use.


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For example, lets say the caffeine drinkers are more likely to be basement mushrooms that don't go outside.
Then caffeine would correlate with lower skin cancer risks.
I hate statistical studies. They're only done correctly about 23.8 percent of the time. And only 12.4 percent of the time provide proper methodology. And then about 18.83 percent of them are completely fabricated.
I don't think you have to target the Illuminati. Some people have been trying to shoot down caffeine forever. It's a drug, so it has to be bad. It makes people feel good, so it has to be bad.
Unfortunately for the Puritans, it turns out the coffee is pretty innocuous. But, like with another popular drug that's made out to be more dangerous than it is, a portion of the society will never accept the phrase 'better living through chemistry'.
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- The blemished means nothing except the 90 day warranty, but this thing is like bulletproof and I will put the $80 difference into another Blem if it does fail to work down the road. Worth the risk! Would you pay $80 more for a product warranty on this item? Basically 45% of its' cost? Me either. The one I received was purely cosmetic if you could find the blem at all.. Best price on the net for this cooler and free shipping. Can't beat it! works great and is a good size for travel. Will hold a 24 pack of cans easily with ice.


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My daughter and i stayed at Napoleon on Kent for a 5 day trip to Sydney and we couldn't of asked for a better place to stay at. The staff greeted us with kindness which is always a good start to any holiday. The room was very clean and large, the kitchen was filled with all the kitchenware one could ask for, the bed was extremely comfortable and the location was supburb, right at a stones throw to all attractions in the city. Wynyard train station and buses 5 mins around the corner. Restaurants - Anonymous
The service was great,we travelled some 300km to arrive at our destination and we were happy to have secure parking.The view from our room was great,a very pleasent stay. - Anonymous
We were made to feel so welcome when we arrived and the location was perfect and nice and close to the railway station.The room was very comfortable although a bit dated but it didn't matter.Would love to come visit again. It was nice to come back to our room after a day out and about and have nice clean towels and our room looking fresh again. Thanks to all who made our trip special. Lynn and Steven Le Gros - Anonymous
Overall a great stay, nice room, good location, excellent price. - Glenn
I usually stay here when I visit Sydney. It's right in the heart of the CBD and very cheap. There are certainly more luxurious hostels, but you pay more for them. 790 is cheaper, whilst still being a decent place to stay - generally clean, comfortable (you know a good mattress is important when you're staying at a hostel!), and most of the staff are very friendly and helpful. - Anonymous
Staff were exceedingly helpful, and the hotel is in a great location. Easy to get around the city, and plenty of good attractions nearby. Excellent value for money, and terrific staff (couldn't be friendlier or more helpful). Rooms are fine---clean and rather basic--but there's so much to do in sydney that you probably won't spend much time in your room - Anonymous
The location was fantastic and so close to everything. Easy walk to Circular Quay and also to Pitt St Mall and Darling Harbour. Lots of eating places nearby so no need to cook. The studio apartment was spacious enough for us, the bed was very comfortable and having the kitchen and laundry facilities was a bonus. The front reception staff were always very friendly greeting us as we went past and very helpful. The room was also very quiet as it wasn't above a main road but only a lane way. I w - Anonymous
Very close to everything, down the road from George street, Capitol
theatre, 10 minute walk to Darling harbour and right next to Central
station. It's in the middle of chinatown, so lots of places to eat.
The staff were really helpful, the room was clean and tidy and the hotel
very secure. - Anonymous
The staff were mostly very friendly and helpful just like being at home
the kitchen facilities are excellent and help low income travellers very
good overall hotwater was great in showertrs and 24 hor reception and
access key were very helpful next time will try to get to the sauna
movies were great too.very relaxing its the little things that make a
difference - Anonymous
Close to Wynyard station
Lady at reception was lovely and helped me with my bags, toddler, portacot etc, she loaded me onto the trolley, including my son in his carseat and helped us unload into our room. She had a NZ accent and was wearing a grey shirt when she checked in. She was great and deserves recognition!!
On the Sunday there was a brunette lady (looked young, maybe mid twenties) who was very helpful to me and my son and held the lift as I arranged him and my groceries in the early afte - Anonymous
Very calm and clean floor services at top level
Good competency and availability from the concierge
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Kanon läge med närhet till allt! Gratis Wi-fi på rummet! - Anonymous
The Hotel is in the middle of the city close to everything.I didn't get to the hotel until 11-15pm on a Wednesday night, The staff were more than happy to sort this out for me.Nothing was a problem.Perfect for my visit. - Anonymous
The location was very good and the staff went out of their way to help with any problems they could assist with. - Jason


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Okay, it's not luxurious. It's barely just basic, but you can't beat the location, right in the heart of the Unesco Lavaux wine region, a few miles from Lausanne, and on the main road around Lake Geneva. The perfect base in other words.
The rooms are, well, basic and in need of an upgrade. But they are clean, and given that you're likely to spend almost all your time out exploring anyway, why should this matter?
What this place does have, is the most fantastic restaurant, a real surprise. The food is fabulous, akin to a luxury hotel and the chef is in need of great praising. Indeed, we ended up eating here all the time as it was so good.
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We're back with another video round-up that should excite fans of The Walking Dead, James Bond, and Salem's John Alden. The first trailer for Arc Entertainment's The Walking Deceased, a horror comedy spoof of AMC's The Walking Dead and other living dead films like Zombieland and Shaun of the Dead, has been released, along with a new behind-the-scenes look at the 24th Bond film, Spectre, and another teaser for season two of Wgn America's Salem.
The Walking Deceased (slated for a March 20th release): "The Walking Deceased is a delightfully bloody addition to the pantheon of zombie-apocalypse spoofs. Lampooning every tried and true zombie meme. Join the Sheriff with his son, and a motley crew of survivors as they weather confrontations with zombies, meet up and then leave their tattered camp–a partially destroyed shopping mall. The group journeys to the supposed Safe Haven Ranch seeking shelter from the owners, »
- Derek Anderson
20 February 2015 1:18 PM, PST | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Scarlett Johansson is ready to lay a few hot licks on you — and we mean that in a musical sense, you sickos. "Lost in Translation" actress Johansson has taken a further step in her sideline music career, unleashing the song "Candy" on the world. See photos: The Evolution of Scarlett Johansson: From 'Ghost World' to Super Smart Girl The track comes courtesy of Johansson's girl band The Singles, featuring Holly Miranda ("High Above the City"), Kendra Morris ("Banshee"), Julia Haltigan and Este Haim of the band Haim. Johansson has exhibited her vocal chops before, notably on "Break Up, »
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As a former teenage outcast of the highest (lowest?) order, I'm particularly sensitive to the depiction of adolescent Ishmaels on film. And truth be told? A fair amount of Hollywood movies simply don't get it right. It takes a lot of elements to render a convincing teen or pre-teen geek, goth, nerd and/or loner on film, from the acting to the writing to the directing to the wardrobe department -- and a few select movies have nailed it. "Carrie"? "Welcome to the Dollhouse"? "Ghost World"? All have realistically rendered the pain of adolescent pariah-dom on film. The films listed below, on the other hand? Not so much. As "The Duff" hits theaters, let's take a look back at nine terribly unconvincing teenage outcasts in the movies. See also: 10 Great High School Mean Girls on Film »
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Director: David Robert Mitchell
Cast: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi, Lili Sepe, Jake Weary, Daniel Zovatto
Running time: 100 minutes
Certification: 15
Synopsis: Love is a dangerous game, but this is ridiculous! After "relations" with an seemingly nice guy, Jay (Monroe) finds herself stalked by a malevolent force and must find a way to shake off this deadly curse.
Horror and originality are distant bedfellows, for years the genre has been the refuge of the flat-pack film-maker; assembling the pre-fab facets of films that are as rickety as heck but, more or less, perform their basic function. It Follows is a welcome break from the mediocrity; a spooky sleeper-hit already impressing critics, garnering a slew of award wins and nominations thanks to it's indie sensibilities and new threat to fear.
It Follows is essentially the story a sexually transmitted entity; you do the deed, you contract the curse and now It's after you. »
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You've officially cemented your place in pop culture when you've been spoofed and The Walking Dead is the target a new horror comedy called The Walking Deceased. Today, Arc Entertainment has announced that they acquired North American rights to the movie and we expect to see it infect VOD and DVD this year:
"Los Angeles (January 28, 2015) – Arc Entertainment has acquired all North American rights to the hilarious horror spoof The Walking Deceased. Directed by Scott Dow and written by Tim Ogletree, the film stars Dave Sheridan (Scary Movie, Ghost World), Joey Oglesby (Fruitvale Station, NBC's Friday Night Lights) and Tim Ogletree (Supernatural Activity). The deal was announced today by Arc Entertainment's Head of Acquisitions Scott Moesta.
"We are extremely excited to release this film that explores a fresh comedic perspective of iconic zombie stories that we have all come to love," said Moesta. "Dave Sheridan and »
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Watch the "Boy Next Door" star try — and fail — to take advantage of her famous figure in a game of Catchphrase
Jennifer Lopez knows how to use her booty to lure eyes to her music videos, but she couldn't figure out how to use it in a game of Catchphrase with Jimmy Fallon during Monday's "Tonight Show."
In a crucial moment during the game, in which the "Boy Next Door" actress and Fallon faced off against actor Anthony Mackie and announcer Steve Higgins, Lopez repeatedly pointed to her rear end to help her teammate guess "Bottom Line."
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We've lived in VA for 3 years and I've wanted to visit Staunton in the fall for all 3 of those years. This year for my birthday (in the spring!) my husband secured us a romantic getaway for October. It also happened to be the weekend that Sandy came through, but despite the rain we were warm and cozy in the cottage!
Juliette is a wonderful, cordial hostess. She welcomed us in straight away and got us settled. There is tea and hot chocolate in the main room for your enjoyment, as well as sherry at night. The couch, chairs & fireplace made for a wonderful area to curl up with a good book.
My husband requested soy milk for me and she not only had it, but made our breakfast separate from the other guests so our breakfast didn't have regular milk in it.
We stayed in the Juliette room which was quaint and comfortable. The grounds were beautifully kept and the house is about .6 miles from the town so easily walkable.
It was a wonderful birthday getaway!
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Xerox Corp ., a year into integrating its $6 billion purchase of Affiliated Computer Services Inc., is expanding its services business internationally to boost sales after its largest deal ever.
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Xerox Corp., the largest maker of high-speed color printers, jumped the most in nine months in New York trading after its second-quarter profit forecast beat analysts' estimates.
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In a method of text improvement, image text in an image is detected (SW, Det), the image is scaled (Scal) to adjust first numbers of pixels per line and lines per image of the image to second numbers of pixels per line and lines per image that fit in with a display (D) on which the image is to be displayed, and the image is processed (Post-proc) in dependence on a result of the text detection.
1. A method of text improvement, the method comprising the steps of:
detecting text in an image signal;
scaling the image signal, after said text detecting step, to adjust first numbers of pixels per line and lines per image of the image to second numbers of pixels per line and lines per image that fit in a display on which the image signal is to be displayed so that an entire image frame of the image signal is displayable on the display; and
processing the image signal after having been scaled in dependence on a result of the text detecting step.
2. The method as claimed in
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7. A device for text improvement, the device comprising:
means for detecting text in an image signal;
means for scaling the image signal, after having been subjected to text detection, to adjust first numbers of pixels per line and lines per image of the image to second numbers of pixels per line and lines per image that fit in display on which the image is to be displayed so that an entire image frame of the image signal is displayable on the display; and
means for processing the image signal after having been scaled in dependence on a result of the text detecting means.
8. A display apparatus, comprising:
the device for text improvement as claimed in
a display.
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a method and device for text improvement.
2. Description of the Related Art
The article �Thresholding and enhancement of text images for character recognition�, by W. W. Cindy Jiang, IEEE, Proceedings of the international conference on acoustics, speech, and signal processing (ICASSP), NY, vol. 20, 1995, pp. 2395�2398, discloses a scheme which converts graytone text images of low spatial resolution to bi-level images of higher spatial resolution for character recognition. A variable thresholding technique and morphological filtering are used. It is stated that most optical character recognition systems perform binarization of inputs before attempting recognition, and that text images are usually supposed to be binary.
The article �A segmentation method for composite text/graphics (halftone and continuous tone photographs) documents�, by S. Ochuchi et al., Systems and Computers in Japan, Vol. 24, No. 2, 1993, pp. 35�44, discloses that when processing composite documents for digital copy machines and facsimile which contain a mixture of text, halftone and continuous tone photographs, ideally, the text portion can be separated from the graphics portion and more efficiently represented than the multi-bit pixel bitmap graphics representation.
Nowadays, digital display devices are more and more frequently matrix devices, e.g., Liquid Crystal Displays, where each pixel is mapped on a location of the screen having a one-to-one relationship between raster data and display points. This technology implies the usage of a scaling system to change the format of the input video/graphic signal so that it satisfies the size of the device, i.e., the number of its pixels. The scaling block is based on a filter bank that performs pixel interpolation when the zooming factor is varying. Actually available solutions on the market apply an undifferentiated processing on the graphic raster that leads to results with unavoidable artifacts. Usually, low-pass filters reduce pixellation, also know as the seesaw effect, on diagonals, and prevent the signal from suffering from aliasing due to the sub-sampling, but they also introduce other annoying effects, such as, blurring the images. It depends on the content of the displayed signal, the relevance of the perceived artifacts and the kind of artifacts that have to be preferred as unavoidable.
It is, inter alia, an object of the invention to provide a simple text improvement for use with displays that require a scaling operation.
Starting from the above-mentioned observations, a novel technique is provided here that is able to take into account the image content and to apply an ad hoc post-processing only where it is required. Hence, in accordance with the present invention, text improvement after the scaling operation is based on text detection before the scaling operation. The processing is active only in presence of text region. A viable area of application of this invention is the text readability improvement in the case of LCD devices, when, and it is usually the case, we do not want to affect other parts of the displayed signal.
A remarkable characteristic of the technique presented here is its really low computational complexity. This aspect determines a high effectiveness in terms of cost/performances ratio. In fact, the insertion of the proposed algorithm into the other circuitry that carries out all the digital processing needed for resizing the matrix display device input, presumably raises the display quality, according with the average user perception, without considerable affecting its cost.
It is noted that while in one embodiment, a binarization takes place, this binarization is only carried out in regions where text has been detected, while in the prior art, the binarization is a preliminary step to be carried out before characters can be recognized.
These and other aspect of the invention will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter.
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The invention proposes the design of a text detection algorithm, together with a post-processing block, for text enhancement. It will be shown that the invention significantly improves the performance in terms of content readability and leads to good perceptual results of the whole displayed signal, while keeping really low the computational complexity of the total scaling system.
The organization of the remainder of this document is as follows. First the general scaling problem and the current available algorithms are briefly summarized. Thereafter concepts concerning format conversion by a non-integer factor will be introduced. Successively, the post-processing block, characterized by the thresholding operation and the morphological filter, will be summarized and its features will be described. Finally the text search strategy will be presented and the detection algorithm and its cooperation with the previously introduced post-processing block will be elucidated.
The General Framework
Resizing pictures into a different scale requires format conversion. This operation involves well-known re-sampling theory, and classical filter procedures are currently used to accomplish it. Filters avoid aliasing problems in frequency, freeing room for the repetitions introduced by the sampling operation in the original domain. Among the interpolation filter families, polynomial interpolators of first order are commonly used, in which the reconstructed pixel is a weighted mean of the nearest pixels values. These kinds of filters are also called Finite Impulse Response (F.I.R.) filters.
Inside standard display devices, the format conversion problem is usually faced with linear filtering too. A particularly simple class of F.I.R. filters reconstructs pixels in between two available ones tacking the value on the line joining these two adjacent points.
There are many other possible techniques. For example, pixel repetition or polynomial interpolation with more complex weighting functions. The quality perception of images processed with these different solutions is generally not really high, there are impairments and artifacts that are not completely avoidable. This consideration implies that some compromise is due in order to reach an acceptable or, at best, a satisfactory cost/performance ratio.
In the past, the simplest solution solved the problem using pixel repetition. A more recent solution, see the Philips scaler PS6721, still uses linear filtering but with a slight different shape of the impulse response, to improve the transition steepness.
Measuring the rise time of the step response is a classical way to assess the performance of the interpolator in presence of an edge. In fact, low-pass filters affect edge steepness and a smooth steepness is perceived as a blurring effect.
Moreover, the actual impact of this annoying artifact depends on the kind of displayed signal. Actually, in case of natural images, a blurring effect could be tolerated in a certain measure.
Whereas, for artificial patterns, a slight smoothness effect is recommended only when the content requires approaching a natural impression (this is the case of virtual reality and 3D games). In this case, filtering is used as an anti-aliasing process. For the same reason, these kinds of filters are used on text/characters to avoid the pixellation effect, also know as the seesaw effect, on diagonals. Interpolation filters are anti-aliasing filters too, because they reduce the highest frequency of the input signal. Moreover, supposing to have a black text on a white background, the amount of gray levels introduced by this kind of filters should be a less percentage of the black quote. If it is not the case, we have an artifact instead of a picture improvement, and images are perceived as blurred. For instance, when bilinear interpolation as well more sophisticated filters, like the bicubic ones, are used on small characters (the commonly used size 10.12 points) and thin lines, they appear defocused. In all these cases, it seems better to use no filters at all, at least no low-pass filters as are actually available.
Starting from the above consideration, we can conclude that, because format conversion requires resampling, so that the filtering process is unavoidable, to accomplish with the above issue we have to find out some other solution. In case of text, a simple idea is to apply a post-processing block after the scaler to clean all the gray levels where characters are detected. Because of the scale change, this operation could not be performed using only a simple threshold block. In fact, threshold is a non-linear operator that introduces non-uniform patterns when it converts gray levels characters to binary values, another kind of artifact that is highly noticeable. Morphological filters are an interesting class of operators that are able to change non-regular patterns into more regular ones. They will be introduced in a following section.
Format Conversion by a Rational Factor
In today's digital display devices, images are frequently represented with a matrix of pixels requiring a fixed picture format. When a signal with a different format arrives at the input of a matrix display, format conversion is unavoidable. If a graphic card had generated the signal, then selecting a different graphic format, instead of the one used by the display, depends on the requirement of the software application running. At the moment, it is not advisable to constraint the graphic card output only with the requirement of the display.
We recall that standard today's graphic formats are VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA and higher. Format conversion between these raster sizes requires, in almost all cases, a resealing by a rational factor. This, by itself, leads to a sensible degradation of the resampled picture. In fact when, for example, we need to change format from VGA at display's input to XGA at display's output, the factor involved would be 8/5, equal to 1.6 times the size of the original picture. This format conversion ratio would clearly require a sub-pixel resolution, but with standard linear filtering techniques, this is not possible without paying a high blurring cost.
Let s(i,j) be the input signal at position (i,j) in the input grid, and ŝ(ĩ,{tilde over (j)}) be the signal after format conversion at position (ĩ,{tilde over (j)}) in the thicker output grid. In the case of a resealing from VGA to XGA, i.e., by an 8/5 factor, for every 5 pixels at the input of the sampler there will be 8 pixels at its output. A resealing by a rational factor conceptually relies on an intermediate �super-resolution� grid obtained using a zooming factor equal to the numerator, in the example 8. In this case, the �super-resolution� grid will be eight times thicker than the original one. Tacking two input values, s(i,j) and s(i+1,j), on the same line j at position i and i+1, the interpolated value ŝ(ĩ,{tilde over (j)}) will be positioned in between the two original values in the super-resolution gird, i.e., in one of the eight possible positions available on the grid. This fact is expressed by the following equation:
A threshold operator placed at the output of the scaling filter will recover a black and white pattern, or, more generally, a bicolor one, choosing the threshold nearest value according to the following relationship:
It should be noted that, in case of black/white and bicolor patterns, the threshold function could be integrated in the filter operator, setting lk and lw in accordance with the actual filter phase. In this way, the threshold operation recovers original bicolor levels from the interpolated ones according with theirs new positions. In regions where the amount of gray levels introduced is too high, this simple operator improves the sharp edge perception. Anyway, this is paid with the introduction of irregular patterns. In the next section, a solution to this problem is presented.
Morphological Filtering Algorithms
The introduction of mathematical morphology to solve the problem of text deblurring is due to the fact that a morphological filter, working both as a detector and as a non-linear operator, is able to eliminate gray levels without destroying the character regularity. Moreover, in case of bicolor patterns, a morphological filter is able to recover a specified regularity where required.
In general, the detector, called structuring element, is a small matrix (usually 2�2 or 3�3). It can recognize a particular pattern on the data, in our case, the rasterized image's pixels at the display output, and substitute that pattern with a different set of requested values.
When the morphological filter is used after the threshold block, on a bi-level pattern, the structuring element will work as a binary mask on the underlying data, performing a set of logical operations between the bit of the running matrix and the bit of the scanned data. An output equal to 1 will signify that a specified pattern has been identified.
A particular operator belonging to the morphological filter family, also called �diagonal� filter, applies the following set of logical operations to the data:
The output, y, after the set of logical operations introduced above, replaces the previous value at the origin of the data matrix, X4 in
Looking carefully, it will be evident that the set P1, P2, P3, P4 of logical operations corresponds to the detection of the patterns shown in
It should be noted that the same operation could be done, instead of using logical operators, with a LUT addressed by the configuration of bits in the structuring element. When the cells of the element are ordered according to
where each Xi is correspondingly equal at 1 or 0 according with the value in the ith position of the matrix. To fill holes, the LUT at position XXX10X01X, 01X10XXX, X10X01XXX, XXXX01X10, will be set at 1, in all of the other positions, it will be set at 0. Here X means �don't care�.
From a conceptual point of view, because of the holes filling function of the �diagonal� structuring element, the set of operations described above on a structuring element, are equivalent to changing a diagonal patterns, anyhow oriented in a matrix, with a uniform block. This concept is clarified in
Block Diagram of System Embodiment
Search Window and Text Detector
The search window and text detector is a key operator. In fact, it depends on if the input signal will be binarized and further processed or simply filtered with the linear scaler. According to what was previously stated, detection is specifically designed to recognize text patterns. When the required constraint imposed at the detector are not satisfied, the signal does not eventually benefit from further processing step. Detection is performed with a local sensor that recognizes the amount of colors in a small region. So, in principle, it works as a search window that scan the raster image to discover text areas.
To design it, satisfying a low memory cost, a fixed vertical width was used, equal to 3 lines on the domain of the original signal. Instead, its horizontal depth varies according to the image characteristics, and it is based on a simple growth criterion defined using some intuitive assumptions on the text properties. Currently assumptions on graphic text are as follows:
1. A text area is a two-color region in which text is one color and the other color is the background.
2. In a text area, a text color is perceptually fewer present than a background color.
3. A text region has a reasonable horizontal extension.
These assumptions determine the constraints on the patterns the detector recognizes as text regions. As can be seen, neither filtered text nor not-uniform background are recognized as text regions. This is a reasonable assumption because the threshold operator in these cases would introduce more artifacts than benefits. Furthermore, the imbalanced percentage of the two colors prevents the detector from identifying, as text, two color regions with potentially dangerous patterns. An example is the chess pattern, quite recurrent, for example, in window folder background. Finally, the third condition prevents identifying as text regions small bicolor fragments of the raster signal, that could presumably be border or other small pieces of graphic objects.
The conditions introduced above are used to define some parameters to adjust the behavior of the detector such that it may reach the best performances. Consider now the above introduced input raster signal s(r,c) at position (r,c). The search window will be indicated with q(r,c), with (r,c) being the coordinates of the block's origin that identify its reference pixel in the image; the relative coordinates, identifying a cell in the search window, are referred to the block origin and they will be noted as (i,j). Furthermore, the detector height and width will be indicated with h and w. While w is a varying parameter, on the contrary, h is fixed, to satisfy line memory constraints, and its value is currently h={overscore (h)}=3.
Let Nc be the number of colors detected in the search window. According to the previously described block growing, the width w will increase following this search strategy:
Together with the block growing process, two color counters will be incremented at each new step k. It should be noted that a step k corresponds to the evaluation of a new input pixel in the horizontal direction. Calling y1 the number of pixels with color c1 and y2 the number of pixels with color c2, the counters will be upgraded in accordance with the corresponding block growing step in the following manner:
Finally, the last parameter ξ, representing the ratio between the two colors counters, is introduced once the background is identified, according to the following relationship:
Once the algorithm is exited from the search strategy, the detection window is available to identify its content.
As mentioned above, a first condition to be satisfied, so that a region can be recognized as text, is that the block has a reasonable extension. Let:
Recalling that ξ is the ratio between the background and the text colors, a second condition to be satisfied, so that the block would be recognized as a text area, will be:
The block will be discarded as not a text block when one of the above conditions are not satisfied. The new search window will be q(r,c+w) and it will start at position (r,c+w) in the original image, or (r+3,c) depending if, in the previous step, the end of line was reached.
Following this strategy, the entire image will be scanned by the search window and text region will be detected. As text is detected, the previously described post-processing operations will be applied.
Going back to
The resulting image is subjected to the scaling operation SCAL.
After the scaling operation SCAL, the text region is subjected to a thresholding operation (threshold
A primary aspect of the invention can be summarized as follows. A novel technique is suggested which is able to take into account the image content and to apply an ad-hoc scaler post-processing only where it is requested. A viable area of application of this invention is the text readability improvement in the case of LCD devices, when, as is usually the case, we do not want to affect other part of the displayed signal. It is, inter alia, an object of the invention to provide an ad hoc simple text detector. The invention proposes the design of a text detection algorithm, together with a post-processing block, for text enhancement. The invention significantly improves the performance in terms of content readability and leads to good perceptual results of the whole displayed signal, while keeping really low the computational complexity of the total scaling system. The invention is preferably applied in LCD scaler ICs.
It should be noted that the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate rather than limit the invention, and that those skilled in the art will be able to design many alternative embodiments without departing from the scope of the appended claims. In the claims, any reference signs placed between parentheses shall not be construed as limiting the claim. The word �comprising� does not exclude the presence of elements or steps other than those listed in a claim. The word �a� or �an� preceding an element does not exclude the presence of a plurality of such elements. The invention can be implemented by means of hardware comprising several distinct elements, and by means of a suitably programmed computer. In the device claim enumerating several means, several of these means can be embodied by one and the same item of hardware. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different dependent claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used to advantage.
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The Rangers, starting a three-game series with the Angels in the heart of a pennant race, offered support for Cruz.
"It was tough," shortstop Elvis Andrus said. "As a man, he had the guts to stand up to everybody in here and it was tough for his heart. You could see how tough it was for him and his family. At that moment we always have to think not as a player, but as a human being; it happened, nobody is perfect in this world. We don't have enough power to judge. The only thing I'm going to do is support him."
"It's sad. You obviously don't expect anything like that to happen, but it happens. Nobody is perfect. Everybody makes mistakes," starting pitcher Derek Holland said. "Everybody makes mistakes, and I'm not going to worry about it. I hope he gets back and we'll be ready and waiting for him and everything and we just have to take care of what we have to do now -- and that's get the (AL) West."
Washington said he wasn't surprised to hear his players offer support for the slugger, who led Texas in home runs (27) and RBIs (76) prior to his 50-game suspension for his involvement with the South Florida Biogenesis clinic.
|Fitzsimmons and Durrett react to Nelson Cruz's suspension and discuss the impact his absence will have on the Rangers' lineup, what players need to step up and the team's playoff hopes.
"We love Nelson, I like Nelson a lot, he's been one of my favorite teammates, I'm going to miss him in the clubhouse," second baseman Ian Kinsler said.
Several players said they didn't have a problem with Cruz not appealing his suspension and Washington noted players weren't mad, because that would be considered judging.
Closer Joe Nathan said players who were suspended by MLB for their dealings with the Biogenesis clinic did it for their own personal reasons. Nathan said he was pleased Cruz spoke to the team and catcher A.J. Pierzynski said he would welcome the slugger back if the team made the postseason.
Washington wouldn't comment regarding whether Cruz talked about the reasons why he got suspended, or if he agreed with the outfielder not appealing his suspension.
"You never accept when you do wrong," Washington said. "He was sorry. It's a choice to make, he made his choice, I'm not going to judge him, he had a choice to make. It wasn't an easy choice and this is what he chose."
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EOS 5D Mark II replacement to be announced next week?
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With Canon releasing its EOS 5D Mark II way back in 2008 - a lifetime in the world of digital cameras - rumors are circulating that the company has plans to announce its replacement early next week. According to Canon Rumors, the new model will boast a 22-megapixel full-frame CMOS sensor, a 3.2-inch LCD display, 100 percent viewfinder coverage, both CF and SD card slots, and the same 61-point auto-focus system found in the EOS-1D X released late last year.
While a maximum resolution of 22-megapixelsis is slightly up of on the 21.1 megapixels of the current 5D, it is well short of the 36.6 megapixel D800 recently announced by Nikon. However, that's unlikely to worry the professional photographers at which the camera is aimed who know that megapixel count is far from the be all and end all when it comes to image quality.
Canon has also hinted that it if higher megapixel count is what the market demands then it could easily provide one, with Canon Rumors quoting Masaya Maeda, head of Canon's camera division, in the wake of Nikon's D800 announcement: "If Canon thinks the market wants the high resolution models such as the 30+ MP of Nikon's D800, they can easily develop such products."
Canon is expected to announce the EOS 5D Mark II replacement on February 27 or 28, with a price of around US$3,500.
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Officals CPD - Contemporary Issues
A free course for all qualified or trainee officials at any level on Wednesday 15th April 2015 from 6.45pm until 9.15pm at Sunderland Aquatic Centre, Stadium Park, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, SR5 1SU.
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Young Volunteer Development Day - Barnsley
Young Volunteers between the ages of 15 and 18 from clubs across Yorkshire took part in a Young Volunteer Development Day on Saturday 21st March at Barnsley Sports Academy, Barnsley College.
The day included Team Manager and Club Captain training plus the attributes required when volunteering. The young adults represented a cross section of clubs from across the region including Adwick, Beverley Barracudas, Cleethorpes and District, City of Bradford, Borough of Kirklees, Dewsbury, Halifax, Kingston Upon Hull, Stocksbridge and Tadcaster. Candidates were encouraged to take advantage of the volunteering opportunities available within their clubs by developing their skills within an aquatic environment.
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Batman Arkham City: Game of the Year
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No escape from Arkham City…the sprawling mega-prison in the heart of Gotham City, home to its most violent thugs and infamous super villains. With the lives of the innocent at stake, only one man can save them and bring justice to the streets of Gotham City… Batman.
Developed by Rocksteady Studios, Batman: Arkham City builds upon the intense, atmospheric foundation of Batman: Arkham Asylum, sending players soaring into Arkham City, the new maximum security "home" for all of Gotham City's thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds. Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, this highly anticipated sequel introduces a brand‐new story that draws together a new all‐star cast of classic characters and murderous villains from the Batman universe, as well as a vast range of new and enhanced gameplay features to deliver the ultimate experience as the Dark Knight.
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Definitely a GOTYVerlyn | March 25, 2015 | See all Verlyn's reviews »
I had some doubts when I played this one. I had enjoyed the first one so much, how would this one do against that one? Well, this game rocks. Gliding and swinging through the city felt very natural to me. The city's size is acceptable, but you have so many things to do, like finding Riddler's trophies, villain side quests, Batman training missions and of course, the main quest. It has a very enjoyable story. The story caught me and I wanted to keep playing to figure out what would happen. The campaign is long enough and ending is awesome. No spoilers. Thanks to the GOTY edition, you get to play as Catwoman several times after completing some of the main campaign missions. It was amazing to see how they made her feel so natural and similar to Batman's movement and combat yet she felt completely different. I loved her whip and cat skills.
Great got better.Corax_E | March 17, 2015 | See all Corax_E's reviews »
The combat system in this game really is unparalleled and bringing vigilante justice to large groups of criminals using an array of gadgets and jumping around beating them senseless is just pure fun. Guns, stun batons and armoured enemies all add a lot of variation to the combat and keeps it interesting and challenging. Playing as Catwoman also feels very different than batman as she has her own moves and bags of tricks.
Gliding around in the open world of Gotham is both fast and fun and the games stealth system is very satisfying as well.
The story is really good and has some really stellar voice actors that brings every character to life. You go up against plenty of the well known villains and Mr. Freeze is a special and very memorable boss fight.
If you aren't already a fan of Batman, this game will make you one.
Best Batman game yet to date!Pumba398 | March 10, 2015 | See all Pumba398's reviews »
Hands down - one of the best game ever made. So good and sharp. So interesting and so good optimized. The game that really gives you a chance to be Batman, fly around the city ( though not very large segment ) , to detain criminals, capture some super-villains. And how many villains here - just hard to count them! In the game, the only drawback may be that if you're not a real fan of Batman, so the game does not seem so steep, after the first chapter of the Rocksteady saga about Batman, which was a revolutionary. Game that i spent so many hours that i cant count. You must play it if you are not already! BUY IT! PLAY IT!
Solid Sequeljonathanrflores | Feb. 18, 2015 | See all jonathanrflores's reviews »
When I first played Arkham Asylum, I thought that the game was executed almost perfectly. Arkham City gives the player a bigger playground and has a different kind of feel, but for the most part it's more of the same great fun from the first game.
Gameplay is nearly identical to Arkham Asylum. Some of the gadgets may be different, but combat is mostly the same, easy and fun. Stealth sequences are still fun. The boss battles are great, too. The big gameplay differences you'll see in this game are the fact that Batman so much space to glide around (which is fun and easy), and that you get to play as Catwoman. Catwoman's time in the game is handled very well. She's very similar to Batman in terms of control, with different gadgets.
The presentation is still just as charming as the first game. The voice actors that I loved so much are back again, delivering solid work. Graphically, the game looks just fine. The city is huge and great to look at while you glide through it (or run through it, as Catwoman).
The story this time around had some really nice plot twists. Fans of the Batman comics will see some of the plot twists coming, but overall the story is fairly entertaining. The story isn't as tight as the first, there are many many assorted Batman villains in this game, but it ends up still being fun. The boss fights were even grander this time around, with some very memorable sequences. I think Mr. Freeze stole the show this game - defeating him was challenging and I love the idea of a boss that forced you to use your stealth skills. If the main story wasn't enough, there are also quite a handful of side quests that have good mini-stories as well.
There are a lot of things to do in Arkham City. The core of the game is the same as Arkham Asylum (which I would recommend playing first) and delivers a very entertaining experience.
Note: I highly recommend using a controller for this game. Playing it with the keyboard just felt clunky to me. Controller was much much more fluid.
There is a new Bat in Town.KingTed | Jan. 24, 2015 | See all KingTed's reviews »
Taking place right after Arkham Asylum, this new Batman games expand your playground to a whole part of Gotham City. In the giant prison that is Arkham City, criminals are free to do whatever they want to each other and YOU, Batman, was thrown in there too. Playing as Batman and Catwoman, you must explore the sector and stop the plans of every vilains you'll met from Two Face to Mr Freeze. But Joker has plans for you... This is an open world action-adventure game. You roam free through Arkham City, you beat thugs and solve the Riddler's puzzles. Name it, you do it. The game has good story and atmosphere and it's really fun, though it's less surprising than Asylum. A good game to play.


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Say Kick-the-Can to anyone over the age of 30, and they will likely tell you story after story of the popular game they played as children.
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Twelve years ago, the Pierce County Board of Supervisors denied the request for a new justice center. The reason given was all options to cut costs weren't studied and county residents couldn't afford the tax increase.