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- Get realtime preview even in movie recording mode*
- Works without any action on phone, it can be on/off or locked (when is on there's no window)
- voice command : "start viewfinder" to launch it.
- 2 modes : camera and video
- you can set picture resolution and video profile
- Automatic rotation
- Zoom : double tap to zoom, long click to reset**
- Fast select button : change camera, set flash, light torch, self-timer
- On top phone battery level and charging state widget (white discharging/green charging)
- Spy ready : no action on phone, no window when phone is on, no shutter sound
It is simple, effective and wearable
Find your pictures and movies in Pictures/PixtoCam/
Please give feedback/suggestions on e-mail or on Google+ :
Note you need to have an Android Wear Watch to be able to use this app.
LG G Watch, Samsung Gear Live, Moto 360.
* some phones are not compatible with preview in video mode.
** only for camera with zoom support (most all of devices)
What's New
Wear Camera Remote
For Android Wear users ONLY -- will not work on other types of watches.
By Dheera Venkatraman
Source code: https://github.com/dheera/android-wearcamera
Mount your cell phone on something and use it to take better selfies, group shots, watch a live stream of your kitchen pot, cat, or anything else as long as you have Bluetooth range.
Touch the watch face to take a picture. Swipe right to close. Swipe left for options including switching cameras, flash control, and self timer. More features to come soon, but feel free to fork and hack at the code yourself and share your contributions as this is an open source project.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Gallery (Wear)
- Single tap for menu
- Double tap for zoom
Remote Shot for Android Wear
- Show camera preview on your Android Wear
- Taking picture any time even if your phone's screen is off or locked.
- Works stable
- Allow you to change setting on Watch.
-- Silent mode(shutter sound turn on and off)
-- Switch FRONT camera and REAR camera
-- Switch camera resolution directly
-- Self timer mode (3sec/10sec timer available)
- Do not disturb your phone's screen while phone's screen is on.
All features will work fine even if your phone's screen is off !
If you have 'Moto 360'. I recommend 'Remote Shot for Moto 360'
If you have 'LG G Watch R'. I recommend 'Remote Shot for LG G Watch R'
If You may have purchased it by mistake, feel free to contact us.
- Tested with major Android wear devices like Samsung Gear Live and LG G Watch
How to start the app
2 ways to start the app.
Tap to Start
- Just tap on your wear's face.
- Scroll to the bottom and you can find the 'START' on the list view.
- Tap 'START' and scroll vertically a bit, you'll find 'REMOTE SHOT'
Voice command
say 'START REMOTE SHOT' and wake up.
Picture will be saved in phone's default 'Pictures' folder.
(please note 'Pictures' foder is inside internal storage.Not in the SDCard)
*Smartphone and Android Wear must be paired before you use it.
To Sony's Xperia users
"Turn off" the STAMINA mode,when you want to take picture with screen-off mode.
(How to set:Setting>Power management>STAMINA mode)
If you search No sound shutter,Silent Camera,Smart shutter,remote shutter ,try this first.
Please read EULA(http://watea.net/rshot_eula.html) carefully and agree it before you purchase app.
If you have a question,plsease feel free to contact our email address in English.
Wear Messenger
Quick access to your conversations.
With Wear Messenger, you have all your conversations one touch away. You can see what your buddy said or reply to him while leaving your phone in your pocket.
Multiple input methods.
Wear Messenger can accept voice input, quick replies (that you can freely set up), has an emoji list (accessible long-pressing the quick replies button), includes four different keyboards and supports third party IMEs, such as Minuum.
The phone keypad keyboard features dictionaries (English, Italian, German and French) and gestures which will greatly speed up your typing. Gestures includes:
• Left->Right: Space/Enter
• Right->Left: Back
• Top->Bottom: Reset
• Bottom->Top: Change language
Includes FlickKey technology.
A new way to type has landed on your watch. The reason we choose to have FlickKey on board is because we truly believe gestures are the way to go on Android Wear. To "flick" a letter, you simply touch the square it is within and move your finger in its direction, then release. It's easy, fast and accurate. The same principle was applied to Flick Calc and to the FlickKey IME with awesome results. For more informations about FlickKey and their feature-rich IME, visit flickkey.com or email firstname.lastname@example.com .
Your SMS app does not support android wear, or you are not comfortable with voice input? No problem! Wear Messenger can provide notifications effectively replacing your standard SMS app. Its notification features include High resolution profile pictures, stacked notifications, conversation history, mark as read (Android 4.3 or Xposed only) and all the input methods listed above.
Last but not least, you can link your client's notifications with Wear Messenger's, so whenever you swipe them away on your watch or your phone, they get dismissed on the other part too. Remember to blacklist your SMS client into the Android Wear management app, or you will get double notifications. (Works best on 4.4+, might not be compatible with all clients)
You can customize pretty much everything this app does. From vibration patterns, to which buttons should the keyboards have (or not). You can also use the legacy UI if you don't like our Material inspired one.
Enhanced replies for Gmail, Hangouts, WhatsApp and Telegram.
If you have the Xposed framework, you can enable the module which comes with Wear Messenger. It will add a "Reply with Wear Messenger" action to Gmail, Hangouts, WhatsApp and Telegram, featuring all the input methods available. We only officially support the latest versions (currently Hangouts 3.0.87531466, Gmail 220.127.116.112443 WhatsApp 2.11.528, Telegram 2.6.0).
Address book access.
Wear Messenger now can bring your address book to your watch. You can start a new conversation or launch a call directly from your watch.
Messaging Bridge interoperability.
This app is compatible with our Messaging Bridge, which lets you get your WhatsApp and Kik messages as normal SMS. Enjoy having everything in one place!
Random facts.
• Please pay attention at where you put your drag points if you use apps like Wear Mini Launcher, which could interfere with Wear Messenger's buttons.
• Feature requests are welcome. Drop me an email if you feel something should really be in Wear Messenger.
• Please spend a minute rating this app. I would really appreciate it.
• Notifications and keyboards are disabled by default. You can enable them on your phone.
• This app is compatible with Android Wear watches only.
Mini Dialer for Android Wear
Simply open the Mini Dialer app or say 'Open Mini Dialer' on the watch to get started.
* Make outbound calls from your watch
* End phone calls from your Android Wear watch
* Standard dialer interface with number pad input
* Setting to enable auto speakerphone
* Supports the LG G Watch, Samsung Gear Live, Moto 360, and other Android Wear watch devices
* Clean and modern user interface
If you have any questions please contact:
androidtouchdev [at] gmail.com
Gallery for Wear
Save Photos on Watch and Later access Saved photos When phone not connected with watch.
Support All Square and Round Android Wear Watch.
- Select Album from List (Easy Navigation).
- Select Photo from All Photos (Easy Navigation).
- Save Photo on Watch.
- Rotate Image.
- Delete Photo from Watch.
- Pinch and Double Tap to Zoom.
- Single Tap to See Option.
- Long Press OR Swipe Right to Close.
- When Phone not connected Access Photos Saved on Watch.
If Application is not in application list than open Android wear application on mobile click on setting icon and click Resync apps.
Wait and check.
If you find any bugs or you have any suggestions, please email me at email@example.com in order to correct or implement it before rating.
Wear Remote Camera Viewfinder
Wear Viewfinder is an Android Wear application which enables you to take pictures while using your watch as a viewfinder. Options for flash, timer and camera switcher are included.
Prop your phone up to take group pictures or better selfies! Use it as a "spy cam" with the screen off. Keep an eye on your cooking. Surprise a friend with perfect timing. Use it as a high tech rear-view mirror and anything else you can come up with.
Operation is simple and intuitive:
- Start app through any launcher on your watch.
- Tap the viewfinder to take a picture.
- Swipe left for options.
- Swipe right to exit app.
- The app never runs in the background and will never give you unsolicited popup cards.
Currently Wear Viewfinder supports all available round and square Android Wear watches. It will be updated to include support for future devices AND android versions.
DO NOT buy this app if you own a TIZEN powered smartwatch.
-- Feature requests, bug reports, complaints and refunds --
Please do not hesitate to contact me directly so I can immediately take action. The goal is to make your user experience as smooth and enjoyable as possible!
No Bunnies were harmed in the making of this app!
Android Wear
The Android Wear app is the link to Android wearables. Control voice action preferences, adjust notification settings, and configure devices.
Learn more about Android wearables at http://www.android.com/wear/ .
Share suggestions, ask questions, and connect with Android Wear users from around the world at https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/android-wear .
Spy Camera for Android Wear
*Note that it works on your default language (English: "Ok Google, launch camera" - French: "Ok Google, lancer caméra" - etc...)
Now let's start PRANKING your friends !! :D
. Your phone screen will remain black (as in sleep mode),so that you can activate discreetly your phone camera with your wearable, and watch the live the video stream on your Android wear device
. You can also remotely take photos
. Set remotely flash modes (if the flash is on, you can set it back to off and stay under cover ;) )
. Monitor from your bedroom what's happening right now in the street
. Keep an eye on the kids
. Check your bath is not overflowing etc..
It will work untill you stay in the bluetooth range
We recommend you start the app from the wearable ("Ok Google, launch camera" - in your own language) rather than from the phone for a normal usage of our features.
- Phone: Android 4.3+ recommended
- Wearable: (including but not limited to)
. Samsung Gear Live
. LG G Watch
Greetings, Credits, Licenses and source code here: https://github.com/WatchfaceArt/wearcameraspymode
Key features:
• Faster sharing: Select or take pictures and videos directly from the app and share easily. You can even send audio messages to your contacts.
• Easy search: Search through contacts and conversation threads to find exactly what you are looking for.
• Purposeful design: New, fluid, material design that is intuitive and delightful.
• More control: Ability to block SMS senders. No interruptions when you don't want them!
• More features: audio messages, emoji support 😃, colored text threads, message archiving and more.
Messenger is supported on devices running Android™ 4.1, Jelly Bean, and above.
Wear Internet Browser
WIB, the Android Wear Internet Browser, is a full fledged web browser running on your Android Wear smartwatch. Bookmarks and history from Chrome on your phone are included. Separate watch bokmarks can easily be added as well.
NOTE: The Full Version in-app purchase is required for more than demo use.
- Quickly search the web with voice or text search
- Quick access of bookmarks and history
- Open links in the Wear Internet Browser from your phone via Share...
- Voice search by tapping on the Google icon
- Mini keyboard for entering text on the Android Wear smartwatch
- English, french, russian, spanish, italian and german keyboards
- Selectable language for keyboard and search
- Voice text input in the keyboard
- HTTP and HTTPS support
- Action to open website on phone
- Actions to add/clear bookmarks
- Smooth touch scrolling
- Connection indicator
- Back button
- Pinch zoom
- Low footprint
The Wear Internet Browser is compatible with all Android Wear smart watches:
- Samsung Gear Live
- LG G Watch
- Motorola Moto 360
- LG G Watch R
- Sony Smartwatch 3
- ASUS ZenWatch
Summary: WIB is a web browser for Android Wear smartwatches and works for browsing all websites.
Hand Dialer for Wear
Voice search for contacts in the phone book.
Ability to set the number of calls in the call log.
A window with information about the call during a call with opportunities to complete a call and include a speaker!
Waft (Android Wear)
Waft makes your Android Wear device a mobile farting machine! Simply say "OK Google, start farting" on your Wear device, and then tap the Fart button to broadcast a fart remotely to your phone. You can make your phone fart at any time, even when it's asleep!
The companion phone app allows you to set the volume of your farts, as well as test the volume with the handy "Tap to Test Fart Volume" button.
Key Features:
- Tap to Fart: Simply open Waft on your Wear device tap the big brown button, and your phone will break wind.
- Random Fart Mode: Randomly plays any of the sounds you have selected in the phone/tablet companion app
- Motion Control: Trigger a toot with a wave of your hand! Conduct your very own a symphony of flatulence!
- Quick Settings: Swipe up in the Wear app to get to quick settings toggles for Random Fart Mode and Motion Control.
Note: For motion control, Waft must be open on your Wear device. Also, I didn't want it to be too sensitive, so put a slight bit of oomph in it or make a wide gesture with your arm for best results.
Use Waft to play jokes on your friends and family, or even to find your phone (as long as you're within Bluetooth range)!
Keywords: android wear, wear, wearable, fart, farting
Coffee - SMS on Android Wear
★ Navigate 100's of messages with a few swipes in our unique UI
★ Fast and easy -- just flick your wrist to launch Coffee and send an SMS.
★ Customize your own messages that can be sent with two taps
★ Customize vibrations patterns for your favorite contacts so you instantly know who's trying to reach you
★ Lots of settings
Coffee is the first messenger app built ground up for Android Wear.
Kiwi for Android Wear
Key features:
- Dismiss annoying calls with a simple hand gesture
- Use motions to start/stop music playback or skip tracks when your music is playing
- Activate voice control using a simple motion
- Use Tasker to create your own actions!
More motions coming soon!
User Permissions:
Internet & Access Network State: for crash analytics and synchronizing motions from our server
Read Phone State & Call Phone: for detecting phone calls and suspending motion detection while you're in a call
Wake lock: Only for submitting analytics reliably
Location: For Hailo cab request
*Might not work with Google Music on 4.4.4 because it doesn't respond to the standard Media Play/Pause key event.
VLC for Android
This is the port of VLC media player to the Android™ platform. VLC for Android can play most video and audio files, as well as network streams and DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC.
VLC for Android is also a full audio player, with a complete database, an equalizer and filters, playing all weird audio formats.
VLC is intended for everyone, is totally free, has no ads, no in-app-purchases, no spying and is developed by passionate volunteers. All the source code is available for free.
VLC for Android™ plays most local video and audio files, as well as network streams (including adaptive streaming), DVD ISOs, like the desktop version of VLC.
All formats are supported, including MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, Ogg, FLAC, TS, M2TS, Wv and AAC. All codecs are included with no separate downloads.
VLC for Android has a media library for audio and video files, and allows to browse folders directly.
VLC has support for multi-track audio and subtitles. It supports auto-rotation, aspect-ratio adjustments and gestures to control volume, brightness and seeking.
It also includes a widget for audio control, supports audio headsets control, cover art and a complete audio media library.
This version is for all devices except ARMv6 devices. They will be supported in a future release.
VLC for Android needs access to :
• "Device & app History" to be able to read logs, to help understand crashes and issues, so we can improve VLC.
• "Photos/Media/Files" to read your all media files :)
• "Device ID & call information" in order to pause music/video during incoming and outgoing phone calls.
• "Other" to check network connections and hide the streaming parts when needed.
Permission Details :
• It needs "read phone status an identity", in order to pause music during outgoing and incoming calls.
• It needs "read the contents of your USB storage", in to order to read your media files on it.
• It needs "modify or delete the contents of your USB storage", in order to allow deletion of files.
• It needs "full network access", to open network and internet streams.
• It needs "control vibration", in order to provide UI feedback when seeking in the video and audio players.
• It needs "prevent phone from sleeping" in order to prevent... your phone from sleeping when watching a video.
• It needs "change your audio settings", in order to change audio volume.
• It needs "modify system settings", in order to allow you to change your audio ringtone.
• It needs "view network connections" in order to monitor whether device is connected or not, to hide the streaming parts.
- For Android TV app only:
• It needs "record audio " for audio search using your microphone.
• It needs "to receive the ACTION_BOOT_COMPLETED that is broadcast after the system finishes booting" to set recommendations on Android TV launcher screen.
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LookBehind for Android Wear
Use your phone as a video camera and your watch as a screen.
No action is need on your phone, it can be on or off.
Just launch LookBehind on your watch and you get your phone camera on your watch. If need, trigger the torch, zoom* in or out (swipe up/down) or rotate the view.
Always get your phone battery level.
Works an all android wear device
Please give feedback/suggestions on e-mail or on Google+ :
Note you need to have an Android Wear Watch to be able to use this app
LG G Watch, Samsung Gear Live, Moto 360
* only for camera with zoom support (most all of devices)
SmartWatch 2 SmartCheater
The display is black on white or white on black.
An "emergency" mode is intended to disable the reading text on the watch. If you get caught!
- On the main screen select the text you want to view.
- On screen text display:
- Swipe Up/Down to page Up/Down
If you see a smiley displaying a text is that the "emergency" is enabled. Visit settings to restore.
If you get caught activate it from the phone or turn off the bluetooth!
Note you need to have a Sony SmartWatch 2™ to be able to use this app. This application will not be shown in your phone application screen. Access application settings via LiveWare™ manager.
SmartWatch 2 Scary
If you like to laugh and make jokes you'll love this application.
Hide your phone or tablet and wait quietly. Then from your watch trigger a series of scary sounds.
You can choose among sounds of ghosts, chains, screams, animal noises ...
At any time you can adjust the volume with swipe up / down.
In this new version created for version 2 of the watch, you will find more categories and more scary sounds, an improved volume management.
Note that you need a Sony SmartWatch ™ 2 to use this application. This application will not be displayed in the phone applications. You must use the LiveWare ™ manager to enable or disable this SmartWatch application.
SmartWatch 2 Confusion
Let your phone near your friends and triggers sounds remotely laughter guaranteed!
You can choose from the sounds of farts, burps, animals, rings, alarms or sounds of your choice.
Have fun: D
To use your sound, save your files in the "Ringtones" and please choose from the preferences.
Please give feedback/suggestions on e-mail or on Google+ :
Note you need to have a Sony SmartWatch 2™ to be able to use this app. This application will not be shown in your phone application screen. Access application settings via LiveWare™ manager, where you can also enable or disable this SmartWatch 2 application.
SmartWatch Scary
If you like to laugh and make jokes you'll love this application.
Hide your phone or tablet in the room and wait quietly in the dark. Then from your watch trigger scary sounds. Horror film!
You can choose among the sounds of ghosts, or not chains.
At any time you can adjust the volume using swipe up / down.
The display is black on white or white on black.
An "emergency" mode is intended to disable the reading text on the watch. If you get caught!
- On the main screen select the number of the text you want to view.
- On screen text display:
- Left / right to scroll through the pages.
- Down to return to the Home screen
- Up to activate the mode "emergency" that must be confirmed by pressing one of the green circles.
If you see a smiley displaying a text is that the "emergency" is enabled. Visit settings to restore.
If you get caught without time to activate emergency, activate it from the phone or turn off the bluetooth!
Note you need to have a Sony SmartWatch™ to be able to use this app. This application will not be shown in your phone application screen. Access application settings via LiveWare™ manager.
SpinBottle LiveView Plugin
A dedicated Liveview Plugin SpinBottle with various pointer :
- Bottle
- Arrow
- Finger
- Pin
Up to change pointer, other to start.
Confusion LiveView Plugin
Let your phone near your friends and triggers sounds remotely laughter guaranteed .. or not !! :D
You can choose from the sounds of farts, burps, animal or sounds of your choice.
Have fun: D
To use your sound, save your files in the "Ringtones" and please choose from the preferences.
*** Sony Ericsson LiveView device is REQUIRED for proper work ***
Please give feedback/suggestions on e-mail or on Google+ :
SmartWatch Confusion
Let your phone near your friends and triggers sounds remotely laughter guaranteed!
You can choose from the sounds of farts, burps, animal or sounds of your choice.
Have fun: D
To use your sound, save your files in the "Ringtones" and please choose from the preferences.
Please give feedback/suggestions on e-mail or on Google+ :
Note you need to have a Sony SmartWatch™ to be able to use this app. This application will not be shown in your phone application screen. Access application settings via LiveWare™ manager, where you can also enable or disable this SmartWatch application.
Magic Liveview Plugin
A version of the Eight-Ball game for the Liveview watch. With a choice of three types of responses :
- Eight Ball
- Yes/No
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BUGS version.lisp-expr
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* Fix bug 277: IGNORE/IGNORABLE declarations should work for
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(the type error doesn't seem to be terribly deterministic in when it
occurs. Bigger numbers seem better able to trigger the error)
+286: "recursive known functions"
+ Self-call recognition conflicts with known function
+ recognition. Currently cross compiler and target COMPILE do not
+ recognize recursion, and in target compiler it can be disabled. We
+ can always disable it for known functions with RECURSIVE attribute,
+ but there remains a possibility of a function with a
+ (tail)-recursive simplification pass and transforms/VOPs for base
+ cases.
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A computer readable storage medium includes executable instructions to define an input user interface to receive a group of user-specified search image points within a digital image. An image recognition module compares the user-specified search image points to corresponding image points in digital image data to produce digital image search results. An output user interface presents the digital image search results.
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define an input user interface to receive a group of user-specified search image points within a digital image;
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This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/720,239, entitled �A Method to Provide a User Interface to Allow Interactive Image Recognition and Search,� filed Sep. 26, 2005, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. This application is related to the commonly owned and concurrently filed patent application Ser. No. ______, entitled, �Apparatus and Method for Trajectory-Based Identification of Digital Data Content�, filed Sep. 26, 2006.
This invention relates generally to digital data processing. More particularly, this invention relates to the selection of user-specified search points and the trajectory-based processing of the user-specified search points.
There are two primary methods for image search and recognition, which can be broadly characterized by matching images based on some important measure(s) of similarity One method is based on the conversion of images into vector representations, where multi-dimensional coordinates summarize features of an image. These vectors are then organized into one of a few known data structures that allow fast search of the nearest samples in the vector space. When a new source image is received, the source image is converted into vector representation, and the nearest samples from the target database to the vector representation are retrieved. The second method is based on assigning text tags (also known as metatags) to images. Search for similar images in such a database is conducted by text search algorithms that look for common text tags between images.
Both methods have two serious interface-related problems that limit their effectiveness for image search and recognition. The first problem is the inflexibility of these user interfaces to specify the parts of the source image that are important for search or recognition. The tendency of existing approaches to delegate such a decision to the computer application is not a fruitful solution, because the computer cannot read a user's mind. For instance, when a user points at a person in a photograph, no one except the user knows what is more relevant for the image search and recognition task: the person's identity, the person's suit, or perhaps the person's hair color.
The second problem with existing search and recognition methods is that there is no organic way to specify spatial relationships between relevant image parts. By not utilizing this spatial information, matching is less targeted and consequently less accurate. For instance, a person with a green shirt and white pants can be easily confused with a person with a white shirt and green pants.
Existing techniques for image recognition commonly rely upon template matching. In the most straightforward implementation of template matching, an object is represented by a number of templates that represent the object in different sizes and in different orientations. To find this object in an image, all templates are matched with every location in the image. The locations where the match is good up to a certain criterion are considered �hits�.
Template matching is prohibitively slow, because it requires matching at all locations and for all templates. Hierarchical matching and contour matching are often mentioned as techniques to expedite template matching. In hierarchical template matching, the template set at a coarse scale is comprised of a few views, which in turn represent clusters of views at a finer scale. Running a relatively fast coarse matching first, finding constraints for the fine scale next, and then running the more accurate fine matching leads to substantial acceleration of the matching process. In the contour matching approach, all templates and the analyzed image are first converted to edge maps, and subsequent matching is done for these maps only. The image contour map first gets blurred in accordance with the so-called chamfer metric, and then all templates get matched with every location in the analyzed image. The advantage of this technique is that matching does not need to be done for the whole area of a template; only the edge points in the template need to be considered. This reduction of the points from area to contours leads to substantial performance gains.
Despite the benefits of the described techniques, the template matching approach remains prohibitively slow because of the combinations of locations, scales and orientations that need to be tested. Moreover, as practice shows, a template set consisting of a few dozen items is often insufficient for describing an object because it should also allow small-to-moderate deformations of those templates, which substantially increases the computational load.
In view of the foregoing, it would be desirable to provide improved techniques for image recognition.
The invention includes a computer readable storage medium with executable instructions to define an input user interface to receive a group of user-specified search image points within a digital image. An image recognition module compares the user-specified search image points to corresponding image points in digital image data to produce digital image search results. An output user interface presents the digital image search results.
The invention is more fully appreciated in connection with the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.
The invention includes a trajectory based method for matching a source image with target digital image data. The technique does not reply upon templates; instead, it is built around a serial selection of locations in the source image, which can be conceptualized as an input trajectory. The trajectory matching process has two components:
This invention has additional superior features compared to template matching: it is faster; the number of processed trajectories is smaller than the number of processed templates used in template matching; and it is tolerant to various transforms (such as translation, scale, etc.). The major difference between template and trajectory matching methods is that the former rigidly computes instantaneous matches for whole templates, whereas the latter evolves in time in a highly adaptable way as new points of interest are incorporated into the input trajectory.
A memory 126 is also connected to the bus 123. The memory 126 stores executable code to implement operations of the invention. The memory 126 stores a graphical user interface (GUI) module 128. The GUI module 128 includes executable instructions to generate an input user interface to receive a group of user-specified search image points within a digital image. In addition, the GUI module 128 includes executable instructions to provide an output user interface to present digital image search results.
The memory 126 also stores source digital image data 130. The source digital image data 130 may be image data that a user wants to process to find related image data. The source digital image data 130 may be on computer 102 or another computer within the network 100, such as computer 104.
The memory 126 also stores an image recognition module 132. The image recognition module 132 processes user-specified search image points to find related digital image content, as discussed in detail below.
Finally, the memory 126 also stores target digital image data 134. The target digital image data 134 is searched by the image recognition module 132 to find the best digital image content corresponding to the user-specified search image points. The target digital image data 134 may be a single digital image file, but is typically a set of target digital images.
Computer 104 includes components of the type discussed in connection with computer 102. By way of example computer 104 may serve to supply source digital image data 130 and/or target digital image data to computer 102. Similarly, computer 104 may operate as a computation slave implementing one or more of the tasks associated with the image recognition module 132.
Computer 106 may operate solely as a computation slave implementing one or more of the tasks associated with the image recognition module 132. Similarly, computer 108 may also operate as a computation slave. Computer 108 has an image recognition circuit 140 to implement one or more operations associated with the image recognition module. That is, instead of a software implementation of the image recognition module, the image recognition module circuit 140 implements the same functionality or a sub-set of functionality in an array of gates formed in a semiconductor material.
Computers 102, 104, 106, and 108 are illustrated to demonstrate the distributed nature of various embodiments of the invention. As discussed below, the techniques of the invention are very conducive to distributed processing. In particular, the invention is conducive to parallel processing and asynchronous processing across hybrid computer resources. The techniques of the invention may be implemented in any number of ways. It is the operations of the invention that are significant, not where or how those operations are implemented.
In one embodiment of the invention, search or recognition results are made available incrementally after each point selection, and the selection of the next point is based on the current results and the user's understanding of what is important to further refine the search or recognition task request. Alternatively, the user's selection of points and the presentation of results can be conducted asynchronously: the user nay select several points then request results of that selection; the user may trace through key features and allow the computer to select the salient points; etc.
As each new point is selected serially by the user, the collection of points selected is represented by an input trajectory, and it is matched for �best fit� with potential trajectories representing similar image content in the target digital image data using the image recognition module 132. The matches are then ranked for best fit and presented as ranked search results.
Each point in the source image can be classified by a dominant feature, such as color, an edge, etc. Because of this, the user can allow the image recognition module 132 to identify the dominant feature type automatically. However, at the user's request, a specific feature type may be specified for processing. System level controls are possible; the user may be allowed to choose only points where a certain feature type is saliently present. In most cases, the image recognition module 132 only processes one feature type. As an example, when a simple border (edge) point is selected, the input trajectories and trajectories in the target digital image data being considered for �best fit� get modified based on the edge orientation at that point, and color is ignored.
In all cases, the user selects the image points which he considers relevant to the search or recognition task. However, this invention provides for a great deal of flexibility in how the user tells the system to process each point. The user can request that the image recognition module process each point automatically by identifying the most salient feature. The user can dictate that only color be processed for a particular point, or that only a particular geometric feature be processed for a particular point. For a series of points, the user can choose a combination of features: the first point may be processed for color, the second for a border geometric feature, the third for color again, the fourth for a corner geometric feature, etc.
The user interface may be configured to restrict a user from selecting points in particular parts of an image or from selecting certain feature types. For example, in an embodiment where the target image database is comprised of black and white images, a user may be restricted from using color as a feature. Or, in an embodiment where image perimeter information is irrelevant to the defined search tasks, a user may be restricted from selecting an image perimeter feature. This functionality may be part of the GUI module 128 and/or the image recognition module 132.
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The image recognition module 132 can facilitate automatic geometric feature detection and identification. In this embodiment, the geometric features are stored in pre-computed feature maps. As a user clicks and defines a trace in the source image, such as trace. The image recognition module 132 checks the presence and strength of geometric features along the trace and detects and selects the most salient ones. This automatic process can accommodate slight inaccuracies in the user's click and trace selection. For example, when a border is traced, an inaccurate trace drawn by a user can be automatically snapped to the nearest border in the source image.
The image recognition module 132 may also be configured to process color, geometric features or a combination thereof. In this embodiment, the image recognition module 132 allows the user to focus on any combination of color features and geometric features. The party photograph in
The image recognition module 132 may also be configured for automatic point selection. In some tasks (such as facial recognition) automatic selection of optimal color and geometric features is possible. Faces all have the same salient features in the same approximate locations (and the same spatial relationships). This means that the image recognition module 132 can drive automatic feature detection and identification. In this embodiment, as shown in
The image recognition module 132 can provide automatic feature selection for any application where key features and their spatial relationships are highly similar. Two other important commercial examples are: 1) finding �similars� when managing commercial photography databases (e.g., photos that are almost identical but have been cropped, re-colored, re-scaled, converted to black and white, or even slightly different shots taken during a single photo shoot of a particular subject); and 2) finding corporate logos and brand labels, such as an application that look in databases or across the web for instances of these logos and brand labels.
The image recognition module 132 may also be configured to define search tasks using an image perimeter. In some image search and recognition tasks, the position of a sought object relative to the image perimeter is important. If this is the case, the relevant points in the image perimeter can also be selected. The user, after sampling points of interest on the object, may select one or more image perimeter points and define them as border (or edge) points, or click and trace a mouse along the perimeter. The matches from the target digital image data are restricted only to those images that position the object within the image perimeter in the same manner as in the source image. For instance, if the user wants to find a photograph with a similar composition, she samples the appropriate image perimeter points.
The GUI module 126 and/or the image recognition module 132 may be configured to incorporate Boolean logic to refine a search. For example, sometimes a user may be looking for a certain set of objects to be present (or absent) in an image while the relative position of these objects is not important. The invention allows the use of logical functions such as AND. OR, and NOT that logically (rather than spatially) relate the objects.
The image recognition module 132 may be configured to process geometric features for non-color images. The previous examples discussed color images. Using geometric features, the techniques of the invention can also work with black and white (or grayscale) images and even sketches. A geometric features-only approach can also be applied to a sketch as the source image, so that search and recognition results from a target database could include similar sketches, similar black and white images, or similar color images.
Most of the applications described herein are image search applications, where a source image is used as a starting point to look for similar image content in target image data, usually a database of images. The object detection embodiment is slightly different. In these embodiments, an object library of stored templates is kept to define the objects that are of interest to a particular user. These templates are comprised of example images of the objects and the stored feature selections that best represent them. This object library essentially becomes the target image database, and when a source image is introduced, the object detection task is to detect instances of these objects of interest in this source image. The invention and the complementary image recognition module accomplish this task by evaluating the source image and searching for matches to the target database�the stored object templates in the object template library. This approach is particularly powerful when automatic point selection is possible in the source image, as described above
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the techniques of the invention are equally applicable to video search and recognition, In particular, the techniques of the invention may be applied to still images associated with video clips.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the disclosed techniques may be used in any number of applications, including but not limited to:
Another example application of the techniques of the invention is to an Intermet-based photo sharing group that uses the invention to search across the group's shared photo collections to find the best shot of the Golden Gate Bridge out of all of the photos that the group members have taken. For example, these photos may be distributed across computers 102 and 104 of
The image recognition module 132 helps a member find the very best photo within a wide assortment. The member starts the process by picking a starter image that is approximately what is needed. This starter image may be of the bridge taken from a particular vantage point, for example image 1700 of
The image recognition module 132 may also be configured to create automated tasks to look for objects of interest or other image or video content of interest. These automated tasks are invaluable in monitoring target databases with constantly changing content. Examples include 1) surveillance video taken from stationary cameras on trains and buses performing automated monitoring for suspicious packages, 2) monitoring the Internet for fraudulent usage of proprietary (e.g., copyrighted) image or video assets, 3) management and monitoring of instances of key proprietary assets, such as images of trademarks (e.g., logos) within large corporate databases, and 4) periodic automated searches of media and entertainment assets of instances of accidental or intentional product placement (provides implicit advertising of a particular product).
The image recognition module 132 may be configured to process black and white or low color images. Geometric features can be used for exclusively black and white (or grayscale) target image databases, or for databases where there is a mixture of black and white and color images. Additionally, this capability is especially useful for military reconnaissance and other security and defense applications, which have many types of black and white and specialized low-color images,
The discussion up to this point has focused on the specification of search image points to define a search or recognition task and various techniques and applications for the processing of those search image points. The foregoing techniques may be used in connection with a number of image recognition techniques. The following discussion is directed toward particularly useful image recognition techniques that may be used in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
The following two operations are taken to prepare for the receipt of the next selected point and the next iteration of the trajectory matching cycle. Trajectories in the target digital data are trimmed 2008, as discussed below. Match transforms for the next iteration are then computed 2010. A variety of match transform types may be utilized in accordance with embodiments of the invention, as discussed below.
If there are no more points to process (NO at decision block 2012) then processing is completed 2014. If an additional point is available to process (YES at decision block 2012), the additional point is added to the input trajectory of the source image. Predictive trajectories are then formed in the target digital image data 2018, as discussed below. Proximate trajectories are then generated 2020, as discussed below. The processing then returns to block 2004,
In some embodiments, the best target digital image data can be selected 2006 after trimming the trajectories 2008; in others, the best target digital image data can be selected 2006 after computing the match transforms for the next iteration 2010. In these embodiments, later selection of the best target image data 2006 can reduce computational loads.
Thus, the image recognition module 132 receives one by one a sequence of t+1 locations {Pk}k=0:t from a source image. These locations are chosen to characterize in the most unique way the part of the source image to be matched with images in the target digital image data. Because the locations are ordered in time, they form a trajectory Ut={uk}k=1:t comprised of t vectors connecting the locations in their order, as shown in
In addition to the sequence of locations, the image recognition module 132 also receives local feature descriptors associated with these locations. Examples of such descriptors can be luminance, hue, saturation, presence of contour or border features and their orientation, presence of a spot, etc. We denote by S(Pk) a list of the local feature descriptors associated with the point Pk.
Trajectories are used as a proxy for similarity or �best fit�. In an ideal world, the image recognition module 132 matches the input trajectory with vertices {Pk}k=0:t and connecting vectors Ut={uk}k=1:t from the source image with all possible trajectories with vertices {Qk n}k=0:t and connecting vectors Vt={vk}k=1:t in the target digital image data. (The upper index n denotes the trajectory number; it will be occasionally omitted to avoid clutter when the trajectory number is unimportant.) Examples of such possible trajectories are given in the Target Image of
In one embodiment of the invention, a comparative method is employed between the input trajectory in the source image and the universe of possible trajectories in the target digital image data. For each trajectory Vt={vk}k=1:t in the target image data we compute a trajectory mismatch error 2004 between it and the input trajectory Ut={uk}k=1:t in the source image.
The trajectory mismatch error computation 2004 starts with an estimation of the match transform between two trajectories. The transform type is selected from various classes of transforms, which best fits a particular matching task. For different matching tasks such classes can include, but are not limited to, planar, linear and projective transforms. For linear transforms, for example, this transform Zt is a solution of the system of linear equations:
Computing match transforms is extremely computationally intensive. In
A trajectory mismatch error is computed 2004 for a given match transform estimate. The overall squared trajectory mismatch error E is comprised of two components: the squared error due to geometric mismatch Egeom and the squared error due to feature descriptor mismatch Edescr. In one of many possible implementations, the square of the geometric mismatch error can be computed with the following formula:
Attention now turns to the calculation of feature descriptor errors. There are isotropic feature descriptors, like color, where feature orientation is not a factor. For anisotropic features, like borders (edges), feature orientation is an important factor. Luminance is a color component, and is an isotropic feature. Similarity between two points with respect to luminance can be defined by the distance between two luminance values:
Now consider anisotropic feature descriptors; a key component is feature orientation and the match transform Z comes into play. Using a simple border (edge) as an example, the distance can be computed as an angle between border orientations. If a1 and a2 are normal vectors to the borders and the match transform is Z, the distance is given by the angle between the predicted border orientation Za1 and the true orientation a2 in the target image:
Finally, the overall squared trajectory mismatch error between two trajectories is computed as a sum of the geometrical and feature descriptor mismatch components:
The method of comparing trajectories described in the trajectory matching cycle in
The described process of new trajectory generation in the target image data, comprised of forming predictive trajectories 2018 and then generating proximate trajectories 2020, is a basis for unique levels of adaptability of the overall trajectory matching cycle described in
Restricting the trajectories in the target digital data during updating does not resolve, however, the problem of exponential growth of their number as the input trajectory length increases. Therefore, as a new point is added and the length of the input trajectory increases, there is a need to discard trajectories in the target digital data that have little potential for becoming the best matches of the input trajectory from the source image. With this goal in mind we impose the following rules for the trajectories stored:
Now we have described in detail all elements of the trajectory matching cycle, which is executed when a new point of interest in the source image is selected. This cycle comprises the previously discussed operations of
The first point to enter the cycle (block 2000 of
The described trajectory matching cycle can be implemented in recursive fashion if some methods of approximation are used. The match transform can be computed precisely with the recursive scheme developed by Kohonen based on the Greville recursive formula for a Moor-Penrose matrix inversion (Kohonen, 1977). For the trajectory mismatch error, however, the exact update would require re-visiting every point on the trajectory and re-calculating the feature descriptor mismatch error for the newly computed match transform. Therefore, the current match transform is approximated by using the match transform calculated in the previous trajectory matching cycle for computing the trajectory mismatch error, as provided by this formula:
A recursive implementation allows each trajectory to be described by a fixed number of parameters. The major advantage of such an implementation is that it does not require storing every intermediate step. The variables needed to update the trajectories are: 1) a representation of the trajectory's current state provided by a few variables, and 2) new data from the input trajectory. The trajectory matching cycle is designed with parallel implementation and scalability in mind. The target data (or target image databases) can be split into fragments and reside on multiple computers; and search and recognition tasks using the trajectory matching cycle can be performed for each fragment independently. Moreover, if the selection of the input trajectory is such that the distance between subsequent points on it is short, the behavior of individual trajectories within a single target image can be accounted within a framework of finite element methods and implemented on a matrix processor, which further improves performance.
An embodiment of the invention includes a trajectory matching cycle which sequentially receives points from a source image and recursively updates the trajectories in the target image database. The memory required to store a target image trajectory is fixed it does not depend on the number of segments in it. The number of trajectories is limited by the total number of pixels in the target data (or database of target images). These limits guarantee that the process described will always produce consistent results, with a predictable computational delay and no memory overflows.
Those skilled in the art. will appreciate that the techniques of the invention may be applied to various applications including but not limited to:
Thus, the invention provides an interactive method for allowing a user to conduct real-time recognition tasks including image search and object detection. The invention allows a user to take an image and interact with it to find non-identical images that are visually similar in some important way, as defined by the user. The method offers an unparalleled combination of flexibility, speed, and performance in image recognition and related search tasks.
The invention is novel in the way it allows a user to serially select the points in a source image that he considers of the greatest importance or relevance. This initiates a real-time trajectory matching cycle along this point selection, between the source image and a group of images in a target database. The matching process incrementally accommodates each new selected point by creating an input trajectory along the points selected in the source image and matching it for �best fit� with possible trajectories in the images of the target database. The point selection is based on the user's experience and expectations as to what image features might be critical for a fast and successful search process for similar images from the target database. The user may limit his search to a particular part of the source image by selecting points within relevant parts of the source image and by avoiding the irrelevant parts, Users quickly learn to employ efficient strategies for selecting points, and with experience, a very limited number of points (3-10) are sufficient for satisfactory search results.
The invention may be utilized in any number of forms. For example, a user can click and trace along features of interest and the image recognition module 132 can select salient points along that trace. The techniques of the invention can be applied to: image search tasks of the World Wide Web over the Internet; recognition tasks requiring object detection, or the matching of a source image to a template library of images; and similar search and recognition tasks for digital video.
An embodiment of the invention evaluates similarity between non-identical images. In this embodiment, a trajectory is introduced in a source image, comprised of a series of locations that define the image's features or objects of interest. This input trajectory is compared to multiple trajectories in the images from a target database, by computing a trajectory mismatch error for each pair. A target image is considered as containing features or objects of interest defined by the input trajectory in the source image when it has a trajectory whose mismatch error is sufficiently small to meet a match criterion. The proposed method provides a unique combination of capabilities and advantages, such as recursive processing of serially selected points, consideration of spatial relationships, high speed, and unparalleled flexibility in choosing types of match transforms. Because this method is equally capable of evaluating a variety of transforms, including planar, linear, and projective, it provides fast and reliable results in most computer-based recognition tasks (i.e. computer vision, understanding speech, and Optical Character Recognition).
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a computer storage product with a computer-readable medium having computer code thereon for performing various computer-implemented operations. The media and computer code may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable media include, but are not limited to: magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs and holographic devices; magneto-optical media; and hardware devices that are specially configured to store and execute program code, such as application-specific integrated circuits (�ASICs�), programmable logic devices (�PLDs�) and ROM and RAM devices. Examples of computer code include machine code, such as produced by a compiler, and files containing higher-level code that are executed by a computer using an interpreter, For example, an embodiment of the invention may be implemented using Java C++, or other object-oriented programming language and development tools. Another embodiment of the invention may be implemented in hardwired circuitry in place of or in combination with, machine-executable software instructions.
The foregoing description, for purposes of explanation, used specific nomenclature to provide a thorough understanding of the invention. However, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that specific details are not required in order to practice the invention. Thus, the foregoing descriptions of specific embodiments of the invention are presented for purposes of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed; obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications, they thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention and various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. It is intended that the following claims and their equivalents define the scope of the invention.
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In November 2003, we had Gilkey brand slider windows installed in our home.
These windows tilt in for easy cleaning.
Anytime it rains or snows, water leaks on to the frame from in between the sashes.
Gilkey has sent technicians to check the leaks at least 13 times. The techs have caulked, drilled additional drain holes, and cleand the tracks.
The windows still leak.
Gilkey refuses to resolve the leaks and advised that it is common for all slider windows to hold some amount of water in the tracks.
I think that the amount of water that accumulates on the frame is excessive. I feel that the windows are either defective or were not installed properly.
I filed a claim with the Better Business Bureau but the claim was closed as "unresolved".
I feel that my only alternative is to take Gilkey to court to get our money refunded.
Any suggestions on how to proceed ?
I am also looking for a reputable source where I can get information on slider windows accumulating water in the tracks.
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i have installed vinyl replacement windows for over 10 yrs now and have never seen a tilt in slider. there is no way to make one without it leaking. make sure you were not sold sideways installed double hungs
I am experiencing the same problem with my new slider tilt windows that I just got installed Dec 2011. 4 slider windows on my house fill up with water on the inside of the window whenever it rains and the rain hits the window. It appears to come in underneath the weather stripping on the slider window. I've complained and had them come back out and look at the windows again. I feel these windows are defective. We have had so much cold air leak in as well that I actually had ICE inside my house. My 20 year old slider windows worked better than these! We also had the manufacturing company come out and look at the windows. I made a couple of suggestions on how they could design the window to prevent this from happening but that isn't helping me now. I am in a battle with the company that sold me the windows since they didn't bother to mention to me that Slider Tilt windows would leak. I wouldn't have bought these windows had I known this! I bought windows to keep the elements out not let it in?!? I can't wrap my head around the fact that CSA would put their stamp of approval on a window that leaks!?! I'm still trying to speak to someone at CSA to address this issue but my emails aren't returned and I keep getting put through to voice mail. Window wise currently also hasn't been much help in dealing with the situation - they simply turned my issue back over to the company I'm already dealing with and keep getting the same response. "The windows are working as designed, they will leak" WTF!! Why are companies making windows that leak!! And why are we being suckered into buying them! I plan on also contacting the Better Business Bureau but also don't feel that I will get anywhere with them. All these organizations say they are there to protect you but when you really need help they brush you off. My next hope is to contact W5 or Fifth Estate and tell them my story for the world to know so at least the next person won't be duped into buying leaky windows.
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I Must Pull My Head Out Of The Mud & Carry On!
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Lately I have been doing a lot of soul searching, in the midst of how crazy the world is changing, how quick my kids seem to be growing and how much of a passion I obtain for speaking God's word, specifically to women and mothers. I have many goals that are ever changing, but the wonderful aspect about the way they are changing is that they are all becoming heavy on my heart to complete.
My days are full of up's and downs of daily life, things change minute after minute. I get discouraged often, I can almost feel the devil tripping me up and stomping my face into the mud. Sometimes I think I should just give up, as much of my dreams are so time consuming, detailed and seem so far away. Then the other day I came across these words of wisdom…
Then I begin to contemplate if my dreams are just wishes I cannot achieve…I loose focus on the dreams and focus on the fact that these are just wishes left un-granted… My vision needs to focus more on the Dream…
Lastly, I need to realize to achieve my best I need to take it step by step, figuring out I cannot accomplish it in a small amount of time. In this journey, I should be the driver not the passenger.
Sometime's I find it funny that I want to be an inspiration to women out there, when I am constantly seeking wisdom from others. Can I be a great leader, speaker, and writer when I feel part of me is still broken in ways? I guess the answer to that will show in my future..but first I need to pull my head out of that mud and carry on, knowing I have a God that believes in me and you.
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For the photo contest, a maximum of two photos may be submitted by each participating individual and must fit into one of the following categories: conservation practices, close-up conservation, conservation in action, and agriculture and conservation across America. Photos will be judged in the following divisions: grades 5-8, 9-12 and adult amateurs.
The poster contest is an opportunity for all kindergarten through sixth-grade students in Winnebago County to express what they know about the natural resources of Illinois. This year's theme is "Forests for People: More than you can imagine!"
The SWCD wants to connect people to the forest, whether they have one in their back yard, in a nearby park or no forests at all. We all have a connection to trees for providing us with our homes, furniture and even the clean air we all breathe!
The photos and posters will be on display at the Winnebago County Soil and Water Conservation District's Annual Meeting at Klehm Arboretum Friday, Jan. 28, where division winners will be recognized.
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Imagine if there was a precision guided tactical nuke that was basically equivalent to 10 conventional precision guided bombs. People would be much more likely to use it.
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Imagine if there was a precision guided tactical nuke that was basically equivalent to 10 conventional precision guided bombs. People would be much more likely to use it.
Imagine that a nation had a small "clean" nuke that could be delivered with pinpoint precision. At that point it's basically just a more efficient form of high explosive. Why *wouldn't* they use it? (As opposed to tens or hundreds of conventional bombs.)
The issue with nukes is that they're WMDs. If they got to the point where they were no longer WMDs but rather just a very efficient way of blowing up a relatively small area (a single remote military installation, for example) then people are going to use them.
Kinetic energy goes with the square of the speed, so a 40mph crash has not quite 2X as much energy as a 30mph crash. (16:9 ratio)
It doesn't matter to me that 3D printing might begin with a whisper...it just means that I have no use for it *at this time*.
If it gets good enough and cheap enough *then* I'll have a use for it.
Other people may be able to use it now, and more power to them. But for me it's just an expensive toy and if I need something printed I'm better off paying someone to do it on a good/expensive printer out of better-quality materiels.
By the way, I like to have sex with women because I LIKE IT.
One could argue that this is a classic example of objectification...
Let's see:
"The objectifier treats the object as a tool of his or her purposes" -- check
"The objectifier treats the object as interchangeable (a) with other objects of the same type..." -- check
"The objectifier treats the object as something whose experience and feelings (if any) need not be taken into account" -- check
As long as you get final say over who approves the software, then UEFI secure boot is great.
The issue is that Microsoft will be in control of what software is approved.
For now all x86 hardware still has the ability for you to disable secure boot and to load your own keys. What's changing is that this will be optional. Once that ability is removed, then that hardware will only boot software signed by Microsoft.
The issue is that as of Windows 10 certified hardware that ability will be *optional*. (And the concern is that Microsoft may offer some incentives for hardware vendors to remove the ability.)
This is less a flaw in UEFI, and more a flaw in the process for updating the graphics drivers.
The expectation is that they will offer some incentives to hardware manufacturers to get them to remove the off switch.
Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 and reasonably recent versions of SUSE have cryptographically signed kernel and drivers that work similarly to Windows.
The network is not necessarily involved. The example given of a self-driving car talks about the amount of time taken to distinguish between a plastic bag blowing in the wind and a child running in front of the car. This is not "network" timekeeping, just regular real-time processing.
Dell U2412M, U2413, U2415 are all 24" monitors with 1920x1200 screens.
Or you can jump up to 27" 2560x1440, 30" 2560x1600 or even 34" 3440x1440
Or you can go to a 4K screen or even a 5K one.
I note that the Porsche 918 uses two electric motors, one for each axle.
Putting an electric motor at each wheel would eliminate the transmission, allow the use of smaller motors, and allow for active torque control at all four wheels (instead of just being able to break you could accelerate each wheel too).
I suspect that to minimize unsprung weight you'd want to have a small driveshaft at each wheel.
If you're dead set on putting it in the crawlspace, then either:
1) Go cheap enough that it's essentially disposable and you can replace it when it dies.
2) Go expensive with SSD storage and passive cooling in a totally sealed case. (To minimize environmental issues.)
I bought a Truly Ergonomic. For "normal" typing it's fine, but for coding it moved too many of the keys around (square brackets, backslash, tilde, etc.) and I found it really hard to get used to.
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