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1. The Bodyguard (1992)
R | 129 min | Action, Drama, Music
A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to a pop singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's.
Writer: Lawrence Kasdan | Director: Mick Jackson | Stars: Kevin Costner, Whitney Houston, Gary Kemp, Bill Cobbs
Votes: 80,557
2. In & Out (1997)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy
A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards.
Writer: Paul Rudnick | Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon
Votes: 30,683
3. Liz & Dick (2012 TV Movie)
88 min | Biography, Drama
The torrid relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
Writer: Christopher Monger | Director: Lloyd Kramer | Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Grant Bowler, Theresa Russell, David Hunt
Votes: 3,375
4. A Star Is Born (1954)
Approved | 154 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A film star helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career on a downward spiral.
Writers: Moss Hart, Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson, William A. Wellman | Director: George Cukor | Stars: Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford
Votes: 10,012
5. Road to Bali (1952)
Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where ... See full summary »
Writers: Frank Butler, Hal Kanter, William Morrow, Harry Tugend | Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Murvyn Vye
Votes: 3,405
6. Peter's Friends (1992)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Six former college friends, with two new friends, gather for a New Years Eve weekend reunion at a large English countryside manor after ten years to reminisce about the good times now long gone.
Writers: Rita Rudner, Martin Bergman | Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh
Votes: 8,037
7. Tees Maar Khan (2010)
135 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Posing as a movie producer, a conman attempts to trick an entire village into helping him rob a treasure-laden train.
Writers: Vishal Dadlani, Anvita Dutt Guptan, Ashmith Kunder, Shirish Kunder | Director: Farah Khan | Stars: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, Akshay Kumar, Anil Kapoor
Votes: 7,258
8. Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999 TV Movie)
R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Music
This biography of Dorothy Dandridge follows her career through early days on the club circuit with her sister to her turn in movies, including becoming the first black actress to win a Best... See full summary »
Writers: Earl Mills, Shonda Rhimes, Scott Abbott | Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Halle Berry, Brent Spiner, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Obba Babatundé
Votes: 2,470
9. The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Unrated | 118 min | Drama, Romance
An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.
Writers: Charles Schnee, George Bradshaw | Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell
Votes: 9,045
10. A Star Is Born (1937)
Not Rated | 111 min | Drama
A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, but achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
Writers: Dorothy Parker, Alan Campbell, Robert Carson, William A. Wellman | Directors: William A. Wellman, Jack Conway | Stars: Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou, May Robson
Votes: 4,926
11. Fame High (2012)
101 min | Documentary
Everyone dreams of fame. From the nail-biting freshman auditions to the spectacular year-end performances, Fame High captures the in-class and at-home drama, competition, heartbreak, and ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy | Stars: Brittany Hayes, Ruby McCollister, Zak Astor, Grace Song
Votes: 226
12. The Star (1952)
Approved | 89 min | Drama
A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but still desires a come-back.
Writers: Dale Eunson, Katherine Albert | Director: Stuart Heisler | Stars: Bette Davis, Sterling Hayden, Natalie Wood, Warner Anderson
Votes: 2,025
13. Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)
Unrated | 99 min | Documentary, Crime
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary filmmaker Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
Writers: Joe Bini, P.G. Morgan, Marina Zenovich | Director: Marina Zenovich | Stars: Andrew Braunsberg, Richard Brenneman, Douglas Dalton, Marilyn Beck
Votes: 3,995
14. Garbage (2013)
88 min | Comedy, Drama
Two garbage truck drivers in Hollywood become celebrities overnight after they find Cuba Gooding Jr.'s Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Jerry Maguire" and suddenly their lives go topsy-turvy.
Writer: Phil Volken | Director: Phil Volken | Stars: Jed Rees, Jon Huck, Alanna Ubach, Daryl Hannah
Votes: 495
15. The Oscar (1966)
Approved | 119 min | Drama
Snotty Hollywood actor becomes even more full of himself after he's nominated for Best actor at the Academy Awards.
Writers: Richard Sale, Harlan Ellison, Russell Rouse, Clarence Greene | Director: Russell Rouse | Stars: Stephen Boyd, Elke Sommer, Milton Berle, Eleanor Parker
Votes: 744
16. Trumbo (2007)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Biography
Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. ... See full summary »
Writer: Christopher Trumbo | Director: Peter Askin | Stars: Dalton Trumbo, Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas
Votes: 699
17. Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff (2010)
86 min | Documentary, Biography
In 2001 Jack Cardiff (1914-2009) became the first director of photography in the history of the Academy Awards to win an Honorary Oscar. But the first time he clasped the famous statuette ... See full summary »
Director: Craig McCall | Stars: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall
Votes: 819
18. I Love Melvin (1953)
Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk and Melvin soon offers to do a photo spread... See full summary »
Writers: George Wells, Ruth Brooks Flippen, László Vadnay | Director: Don Weis | Stars: Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Una Merkel, Richard Anderson
Votes: 407
19. AppleBox (2011)
20 min | Short, Comedy
James Bronson is a Hollywood Mega Star. He's at the top of his game -- and the top of his box. A full apple box, to be exact. At the height of his stardom, an unfortunate mishap occurs and ... See full summary »
Writers: James Madio, Rick Page | Director: Rick Page | Stars: James Madio, Ron Livingston, Rick Gomez, Frank John Hughes
Votes: 20
20. Aqua Seafoam Shame (2012)
63 min | Documentary, News
If Michael Moore were a lady who went after companies who still produce plastic, when the Pacific Garbage Patch is now the size of the continental United States. This Pacific Ocean Trash ... See full summary »
Director: Veronica Grey | Stars: Robert August, Marc Bailey, Alisa Becerra, Trevor Bernard
Votes: 13
21. CinemAbility (2013)
PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary
This documentary examines the ever-changing portrayals of disability story lines in film, TV and the web to see if the media has had a hand in transforming the societal inclusion of people with disabilities.
Writers: Jenni Gold, Samuel W. Reed | Director: Jenni Gold | Stars: Ben Affleck, Michael Apted, Adam Arkin, Paris Barclay
Votes: 24
22. Viola: The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant (2008)
9 min | Short
Seven-year-old Viola packs a suitcase and climbs a floating staircase into the sky. She soon discovers that her journey will unite her past, present, and future into a fanciful adventure, part life and part dream.
Writer: Shih-Ting Hung | Director: Shih-Ting Hung | Stars: Erin Fleming, Zev McAllister, Christina Robinson, Jean Tanner
Votes: 37
23. From the Ends of the Earth (1939)
Documentary, Short
An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at the time. Such as The Women, Thunder ... See full summary »
Stars: Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Ina Claire
Votes: 74
24. Unauthorized: The Harvey Weinstein Project (2011)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography
An uncensored look at the life and work of film producer Harvey Weinstein.
Writer: Barry Avrich | Director: Barry Avrich | Stars: Matt Affleck, Ken Auletta, Peter Bart, Peter Biskind
Votes: 245
25. Role Model: Gene Wilder (2008 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
Writer: Robert Trachtenberg | Director: Robert Trachtenberg | Stars: Gene Wilder, Alec Baldwin, Warren Beatty, Peter Boyle
Votes: 91
26. What's Cookin' Doc? (1944)
9 min | Animation, Family, Short
When James Cagney wins the Oscar Bugs shows a clip from "Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt" (1941) and demands a recount of the voting.
Writer: Michael Sasanoff | Directors: Robert Clampett, Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce
Votes: 270
27. The Joker Returns (2010)
5 min | Short, Action, Horror
From the dark and dreary confines of prolonged incarceration, The Joker returns with yet another crazy-minded agenda.
Writer: Matt Cinquanta | Director: Robert L. Bradley IV | Stars: Matt Cinquanta, Tatiane de Oliveira
Votes: 38
28. Shooting the Hollywood Stars (2011 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Photographer Rankin aims to recreate several iconic photographs of various Hollywood stars, while also discovering the stories behind the camera.
Director: Vivi Mellegard | Stars: Rankin, Selma Blair, Clara Bow, Charles Chaplin
Votes: 16
29. Alice in Movieland (1940)
Approved | 22 min | Short, Drama, Music
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her ... See full summary »
Writers: Ed Sullivan, Owen Crump, Cyrus Wood | Director: Jean Negulesco | Stars: Joan Leslie, Nana Bryant, Clara Blandick, Clarence Muse
Votes: 160
30. The Oscar for the Best Actor (2013)
7 min | Short, Comedy
And the Oscar for the Best Actor goes to - another French actor.
Writer: Rodrig Andrisan | Director: Rodrig Andrisan | Star: Rodrig Andrisan
31. It's Still Elementary (2007 Video)
48 min | Documentary
This moving story and political drama revisits the students and teachers from the original groundbreaking film, It's Elementary, and discovers the profound impact of using film as a tool for social change.
Directors: Debra Chasnoff, Johnny Symons
Votes: 18
32. Academy Award Songs (1960 TV Movie)
60 min | Music
Stars: Nat 'King' Cole, The Four Aces, Gogi Grant, Elsa Lanchester
33. Dream Job (2011– )
'Dream Job' follows two ambitious young woman as they embark on their all-consuming jobs: executive assistants to acclaimed producers in the entertainment industry. They soon find out their... See full summary »
Stars: Vita Lusty, Kaja Martin, William Thomas Jones, Mark Sande
Votes: 8
34. Austin Entertainment Live! (2010– )
44 min | Talk-Show
Creators: Randi Leigh Potenzo, Dan'l Terry | Stars: David Born, Andrew Heller, Bob Hudgins, Brooke Montfort
35. Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
Arthur Hill narrates the life and career of iconic American actor Henry Fonda are depicted through film clips and archival footage.
Director: Thomas Royal | Stars: Henry Fonda, Arthur Hill, Jane Fonda, Shirlee Fonda
Votes: 36
36. Crawford at Warners (2008 Video)
15 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
Trying to control fiery Bette Davis, Jack Warner hired MGM veteran star Joan Crawford at his studio, spawning a string of dramatic hits and misses and her successful transition to middle-aged leading lady.
Director: Peter Fitzgerald | Stars: Jeanine Basinger, Richard Barrios, Christina Crawford, Molly Haskell
Votes: 55
37. If We Picked the Winners (1998 TV Movie)
In their 16th annual special, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert choose who would win the Academy Awards if they were the ones making the decisions.
Stars: Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert
38. The Wrath of John (2009)
R | 15 min | Short, Comedy
When the famous film composer, John Williams, becomes an Internet sensation for the wrong reason, he takes drastic measures to compose himself.
Writer: Sammy Wegent | Director: Greg Rowan | Stars: Alex Aschinger, Bob Brindley, Cap Hayes, Justin Lamb
39. The Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special (2007 TV Movie)
Stars: George Clooney, Russell Crowe, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Hudson
Votes: 33
40. Elizabeth Taylor - An Intimate Portrait (1975 TV Movie)
67 min | Documentary, Biography
Vintage 1975 documentary about the life of movie queen Elizabeth Taylor hosted by Peter Lawford, and featuring appearances by actors Roddy McDowall and Rock Hudson, directors Richard Brooks... See full summary »
Writer: Al Ramrus | Director: Pat Shields | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Brooks, Rock Hudson, Peter Lawford
Votes: 45
41. The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter (1993)
60 min | Documentary, Biography
An intimate, first-person story documenting the last two years in the life of a young doctor with AIDS.
Writer: Peter Jepson-Young | Director: David Paperny | Star: Peter Jepson-Young
Votes: 23
42. Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood (1989)
Filmed around the time of the 1989 Oscars this documentary includes interviews with foreign filmmakers from a variety of disciplines about their experiences working and living in Hollywood.
Director: Elías Nahmías | Stars: Bille August, Andrey Konchalovskiy, Sven Nykvist, Carlo Rambaldi
43. Alan Arkin: Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival (2015 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, Talk-Show
Academy Award-winning actor Alan Arkin discusses his life and career with TCM host Robert Osborne at the 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival.
Director: Sam Cameron | Stars: Alan Arkin, Robert Osborne
Votes: 7
44. Hollywood Struggles Starring the Brentwood Girls (2010)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Marilyn and Penelope take a serpentine journey through all things Hollywood. Their friends call them The Brentwood Girls because Marilyn's and Penelope's goal is to produce their own show entitled (what else?) The Brentwood Girls.
Writers: Gloria Kisel, Martin Blasick, Natasha Blasick | Directors: Gloria Kisel, Martin Blasick | Stars: Gloria Kisel, Natasha Blasick, Amanda Jane Avis, Martin Blasick
45. LA Swedes (2013)
45 min | Documentary
Life in Los Angles for 3 actors and a writer. The Actors have been there for many years, working and looking for work. The writer has never lived there before and is now Oscar nominated with her first ever film.
Director: Erica Bergsmeds | Stars: Johannes Albin Alfvén, Erica Bergsmeds, Lara Butler, Madeleine Falk
46. The Oscar Party (2011)
6 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
The worst time to break up is 1 minute before the Oscar party starts.
Writers: Gregory Burke, Eliza Skinner | Director: Ptolemy Slocum | Stars: Gregory Burke, Eliza Skinner, Sara Jo Allocco, Elaine Carroll
47. Imagine Me (2005)
8 min | Short, Drama
A teenage boy is mortified when his mother catches him alone in his bedroom... rehearsing with himself. He plans to win the Academy Award but his mom just wants him to get a job. Undeterred he shoots for the stars.
Writer: Michael Cox | Director: Michael Cox
48. Mrs. Ladybug (1940)
7 min | Animation, Short
Director: Rudolf Ising | Stars: Sara Berner, Mel Blanc, The Rhythmettes
Votes: 14
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Episode #1.8
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American Masters (1985– )
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
87 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary on Gene Kelly.
Writer: Robert Trachtenberg | Director: Robert Trachtenberg | Stars: Stanley Tucci, Fred Astaire, Jeanine Basinger, Betsy Blair
Votes: 231

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HSBC "lift" by Grey London
Agency: Grey London
Rating: 5.0
By Arif Durrani, campaignlive.co.uk, Friday, 14 March 2014 09:50AM
Facebook began trialling the new video ads in its News Feed in December. The 15-second ads play automatically without sound as soon as they appear on screen.
Pitched as "Premium Video Ads", they target advertisers who want to reach a large audience with high-quality sight, sound and motion. The ads stop scrolling if people continue scrolling past
They are being sold through the Facebook US direct sales teams and, according to a spokesperson, users in the UK "can expect to begin seeing these new ads over the next few months".
Susan Buckner, product marketing manager at Facebook, said in a blog: "Our goal is to make these ads as good as other content people see in their News Feeds. To reach this goal, we're working with a company called Ace Metrix to help us review and asses how engaging the creative for Premium Video Ads is – before any of it appears on Facebook.
"Ace Metrix will allow us to objectively measure video quality tailored to the Facebook environment, and highlight performance indicators for advertisers such as meaningfulness, watchability and emotional resonance. We're doing this to improve the ads people see and help advertisers understand what's working to maximize their return on investment.
"Premium Video Ads will be bought based on targeted GRPs to reach a specific audience over a short period of time. Delivery is measured by an independent third party, Nielsen OCR, and advertisers only pay based on what Nielsen OCR measures. This is similar to how advertisers buy and measure on TV today.
"We will continue to roll out Premium Video Ads slowly and monitor how people interact with them. This limited introduction allows us to concentrate our efforts on a smaller number of advertisers with high-quality campaigns to create the best possible experience on Facebook."
View a video demonstration of the new ads here.
This article was first published on campaignlive.co.uk
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What's sad about the transition from college in real live adulthood is the fact that I'm geographically separated from some of my best friends.
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AMES, Iowa -- Will Iowa be home to a lot of floodwater mosquitoes this year, thanks to widespread flooding in the state? Maybe, says Ken Holscher, Iowa State University Extension entomologist.
However, floodwater isn't the type of water that usually produces floodwater mosquitoes in high numbers, Holscher noted. Mosquitoes tend to lay eggs around low-lying areas that fill with water following a rain year in and year out. And usually, "a week after we have a rain we have a new batch of mosquitoes," Holscher said.
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Final Score: Georgia 42, Georgia Tech 34
Athens, GA (Sports Network) - Aaron Murray threw for 271 yards and three
touchdowns to help lead the Georgia Bulldogs to a thrilling 42-34 win over the
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in non-conference action at Sanford Stadium.
Murray converted 15-of-19 passes for the Bulldogs (6-6) as they won for the
second time in the last three outings. Washaun Ealey accounted for 118 yards
and two touchdowns on the ground as well.
The Yellow Jackets (6-6) were paced by a running attack that generated 411
yards and five touchdowns in the team's fourth loss in the last five tries.
Anthony Allen gained a game-high 166 yards and scored once on 29 carries,
while quarterback Tevin Washington converted 8-of-15 passes for 101 yards and
also hit the end zone twice on the ground, carrying the ball 23 times for
another 73 yards in the setback.
Georgia moved out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, thanks to passing
scores of 66 and 32 yards from Murray to Kris Durham and Orson Charles,
Tech responded with a couple of TDs of its own, the first coming on a one-yard
run by Washington and the other a 12-yard run by Roddy Jones.
Before the half could end the Bulldogs quickly put together a 67-yard drive
that used just 1:08 on the clock and ended with a three-yard TD pass from
Murray to Bruce Figgins to give the home team a 21-14 lead at the break.
In the third quarter the Yellow Jackets evened the score once again, this time
using a 19-yard touchdown run by Embry Peeples.
In the final minute of the frame the Bulldogs hit the end zone two more times,
first on a one-yard run by Ealey and then an 18-yard fumble return by Justin
Houston, giving Georgia a huge 35-21 advantage heading into the final period.
Refusing to go away quietly, Washington crossed the goal line from a yard out
for the Yellow Jackets and then Allen scored on an eight-yard run, but a
failed PAT following the second TD left Georgia Tech with the one-point
deficit at 35-34.
The Bulldogs put the game away with 1:29 left on the clock when Ealey scored
his second TD of the night, this time on a 20-yard scamper.
Georgia Tech controlled the ball for more than 38 minutes and generated 512
yards of total offense in the setback.


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Questor rides the WABDR with CJ designs and friends
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Location: Diamond Bar, CA.
Oddometer: 4,196
Day 2: Monday November 5th, 2012
I was awake at 7:30 and happy to be indoors. I knew it had gotten cold last night and I was enjoying the luxury of indoor climate control.
So I got dressed and went around the house looking to see if anyone else was awake. The house was quiet, but when I went outside I found Jeff enjoying the hot tub.
Yeah. That's pretty sweet. Not a bad way to start the day.
I went inside to see what I could arrange for coffee.
Complete with a Ducati cup.
Now I'm happy.
So slowly the rest of the crew woke up and we slowly packed our bikes and thanked Frank, our most awesome host. He really saved us. We were rested, and he had helped Jeff get his bike back on the road again by donating his KTM's rear brake assembly.
Our descent into Hells Canyon planned for today would not be possible with only one brake.
So we left our host, and headed into town to get some breakfast.
It wasn't hard.
We found another high class place and another SCORE!
Dude! Eggs Benedict! My favorite!
After stuffing ourselves, we got back on the bikes and headed to wherever the GPS said was the right way.
I should add right now that CJ and I had planned and researched this trip months before, finding all the cool dirt roads to get where we wanted to get to, but still make decent time so we would get to the KTM event later that month. Hells Canyon was a key waypoint.
Along the way we stop to get gas.
When I see this sign, we know this is the place to get pure gas.
Soon we head into the forest, and the GPS routes up this steep rocky, boulder strewn road.
This is the last picture I took before things got too difficult and the road came to an end.
I was too gripped to get any decent pictures...
So we had to backtrack and try another route.
Unfortunately, this alternate route was closed by gates.
The end result was about three hours of screwing around, and we were no closer to Hells Canyon.
So we went back the way we came in.
Our route to Hells Canyon was paved... and full of cows!
By now it was around noon, and we stopped for a lunch break had some snacks, and spoke about how the group was feeling.
CJ and Jeff were enjoying themselves, but I was still angry about the closed roads that we got looped into for two hours.
Looking at how happy Jeff and CJ were really helped me change my mood.
They were really enjoying the ride.
I decided that I would try to relax and enjoy the ride too.
Thanks CJ and Jeff for helping me get my head straight. I can get too intense sometimes.
So after our break, we got back on the route... and yeah.. this scenery doesn't suck. We were riding motorcycles, what was there to complain about?
Soon the road turned to dirt and we were back in the National Forest areas.
We headed west towards Hells Canyon.
and soon we got our first view of the canyon itself.
Hells canyon was carved by the Snake river and is over one mile deep. Most of the area is inaccessible by road.
We begin our decent of the East side of the canyon.
Its a long way down if you go over the edge...
In this picture you can see the small dirt road that goes up the West side of the canyon.
A good view showing the depth of the canyon.
After a while, we made it down to the bottom of the canyon.
It was really hot and we took a moment to cool down and get water for our steep climb up the other side.
After our break, we rode up the canyon, crossed one of three bridges that cross the river, and the rode along the other side to the river to the beginning of our climb out on Hess Road.
It was hot, dry, and dusty, so we gave each other some space to avoid the dust.
And one by one began our climb out to the West rim.
I stopped to get some pictures if CJ and Jeff as they rode out of the canyon.
(Just behind my bike in this picture, you can see theKlein-Schmidt grade we rode down some two hours before.)
Here comes CJ.
And then Jeff.
There goes Jeff, showing off with some mild power slides around the corners.
I get back on the SE, and follow them up the grade.
Near the top I take one last picture.
It's a pretty special place.
We stop and get gas in Enterprise, and then head north looking for a place to camp for the night.
The road had some sweet corners.
Eventually we find a smaller road, and follow it for a while till we find a secluded spot by a river.
Time to set up Camp Snuggly.
The CJ bear retreated into his cave for the night.
I think Jeff he used his KLIM gear as a tent and laid down on the ground somewhere like he often did.
Sure saves weight and set-up / tear-down time.
I remember going to sleep listening to the Coyotes singing on the hillside above us.
Stats for the day:
237 miles. Moving Average 39.2
Moving Time 6:03 Stopped 4:54 Total 10:58
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PRLog - Oct. 26, 2012 - BHILWARA, India -- Through resolution 47/196 adopted on 22 December 1992, the General Assembly declared 17 October as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The theme chosen for the 2012 observance is "Ending the Violence of Extreme Poverty: Promoting Empowerment and Building Peace". Extreme poverty perpetuates a cycle of violence and discrimination that often marginalizes the human rights of women and children living in poverty. It destroys the lives and spirit of people; it kills more children, young persons, and adults than any war.
Sangam University Bhilwara Joins International Day for Eradication of Poverty
Every day, people living in extreme poverty are challenged and threatened by lack of food, shelter and access to essential services. They endure hazardous working conditions and live in precarious, degraded and insecure living environments. This day indeed presents an opportunity to acknowledge the effort and struggle of people living in poverty, a chance for them to make their concerns heard, and a moment to recognize that poor people are the first ones to fight against poverty.
In the year 2000, world leaders agreed on a set of eight time-bound targets, known as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), to fight poverty and disease. For over a decade, the MDGs have helped millions to improve their lives, showing that beating poverty is possible. The 8 Millennium Development Goals are: End Poverty and Hunger, Universal Education, Gender Equality, Child Health, Maternal Health, Combat HIV/AIDS, Environmental Sustainability and Global Partnership. To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, the Target 1.A is to Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people whose income is less than $1 a day; Target 1.B is to Achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all, including women and young people; while Target 1.C is Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger.
To mark the occasion of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October 2012, Prof BR Natarajan President – Vice Chancellor Sangam University Bhilwara Rajasthan shared with the students the significance of the day and urged them to Join the United Nations for a one-day social media action to raise awareness about the progress made and the challenges that remain in the fight against poverty by donating their Facebook / Twitter profiles to send MDG / Poverty Day messages that we can #EndPoverty http://www.endpoverty2015.org/
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NEW YORK (AP) - Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy will star in a revival of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" in Brooklyn in 2015.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music said Tuesday the pair of stars, who had been in an acclaimed Goodman Theatre version of the play in 2012 in Chicago, will present the five-hour work for a six-week run in the BAM Harvey Theater from Feb. 5 through March 15.
The director is Robert Falls, artistic director of the Goodman, and the show is produced by BAM and Scott Rudin. Lane was last on Broadway in "The Nance" and Dennehy was in "Desire Under the Elms."
The play features a collection of down-and-out failures, prostitutes and pimps, sunken ex-revolutionists and disgraced former soldiers who gather in a saloon in 1912.
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Eating a cherimoya is easier than you think
Eating a cherimoya, a subtropical fruit cloaked in a green skin that looks like a tightly wrapped artichoke, is easier than you might think. But determining when it's ripe? That's more tricky. For guidance, Underwood Family Farms posts a sign next to the heart-shaped fruits. It advises waiting to eat one when it "yields to pressure like a peach" and its green skin is a dull brown.
Cookbook author Deborah Madison writes in "Local Flavors" that a grower told her to wait for the skin to turn black.
For the record, the cherimoyas shown here were rock-hard when purchased at the farmers market. Six days later, their skins were still green with a few black spots; the flesh was juicy and just soft enough to warrant its nickname: custard apple. Its flavor might be described as a cross between a banana and a pineapple.
Cherimoyas grown at Rancho Santa Cecilia in Carpinteria and Underwood in Moorpark are in farmers markets through early spring for $1 to $3.50 per pound, depending on grade.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Fayetteville resident Gwyn Mannion, a quality engineer with SRCTec, has been appointed by the governor's office to serve on the Upstate Medical University Council. Mannion's term on the council runs through June 30, 2014.
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I know that concept art is used for the entertainment world like video games, moves, tv, etc. But I was wondering if there are other types of concept art out there? Is it only really used in entertainment? I mean, I'm sure lots of other areas need concept art, right?
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For the most part concept art, as we know it today in entertainment, evolved out of Industrial Design (though even as I write this I'm reconsidering my own thoughts as stage/set design could be considered concept art, plus character design, matte painting, storyboarding and planning for animation and film that goes back to the nineteenth century). Still, I think today's "concept art" owes more to industrial design techniques, media and theory.
Either way, yes, there is a huge "industry" of visual art professionals designing everything from cars to shoes to coffee makers. Plus there is a great deal of "visualization" for the aerospace and military industry that actually goes by quite far. Keep in mind virtually everything manufactured has to be designed and visualized first.
Here's a good thread about markers but it touches on Industrial Design and I posted a few examples plus a few good books on techniques/media: http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=216422
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A closed-loop vision system is disclosed that utilizes a concept known as Dynamically Reconfigurable Vision (DRV), which is adaptive image sensing driven by a computer or human operator's response to changing scenery. The system reduces the amount of irrelevant video information sensed and thus achieves more effective bandwidth and computational resource utilization, as compared to traditional vision systems. One or more reconfigurable photodetector arrays sensitive to either visible, infrared or ultraviolet radiation are present in the DRV system. These photodetector arrays feature on-chip means for spatial and temporal data reduction implemented through multiple independently controllable, time-correlated, frequently overlapping windows on the photodetector array that may be programmed according to their size, location, resolution, integration time, and frame rate. All photodetector array windows are dynamically reconfigurable in real time on a frame-by-frame basis. Furthermore, a DRV system is constructed in a client-server architecture in which a vision processor client passes window request command messages to the reconfigurable photodetector array server, which in turn delivers the requested video back to the client processor. The ability to simultaneously reconfigure, integrate, process, and readout multiple photodetector array video windows is an important characteristic of the DRV system.
1. A vision system for imaging a scene using a dynamically reconfigurable photodetector array comprising:
a video camera having at least one reconfigurable photodetector array capable of imaging a scene;
means for controlling characteristics of imaging by said photodetector array; and
a computer system for receiving signals from said photodetector array representing the scene imaged by said photodetector array and sending signals to said controlling means to configure the characteristics of imaging by said photodetector, wherein said photodetector array simultaneously provides signals representing a frame with one or more windows having pixels in which said signals are simultaneously readout from the photodetector array, and two or more of said windows are capable of overlapping in said frame.
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23. A method of tracking objects in a scene comprising a frame of windows comprising the steps of:
locating at least one object to be tracked in one of said windows in a low resolution;
forming one or more windows having said object in a high resolution which are capable of overlapping each other and overlapping said one or more of said windows at said low resolution in the frame in which said overlapping windows are simultaneously provided in the frame from signals simultaneously outputted from a photodetector array; and
identifying said object in said windows of said high resolution.
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changing at least one window between different resolutions by averaging pixels of the window.
26. A system for imaging comprising:
at least one photodetector array capable of imaging successive frames in which each frame has windows of pixels at a low resolution; and
means for controlling the resolution of one or more windows of the frames to enable tracking of one or more objects at higher resolution windows in successive ones of said frames in which said windows are dynamically reconfigurable in real time between successive frames to facilitate said tracking, and said windows at said higher resolution non-destructively overlap one or more of said lower-resolution windows in the frame which are in the local of said higher resolution windows and at least one of said higher resolution windows are imaged simultaneously with at least one of said lower resolution windows being overlapped, and the pixels of the overlapping windows that are simultaneously imaged in the frame are simultaneously readout from the photodetector array.
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at least one detector array for imaging a scene capable of simultaneous readout of multiple windows; and
a controller for controlling characteristics of imaging by said detector array to simultaneously output one or more windows in which two or more of the windows when simultaneously readout by said detector array are capable of overlapping.
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This Application claims the benefit of priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/127,698, filed Apr. 5, 1999, which in herein incorporated by reference.
The present invention is related to a vision system (and method), and related particularly to a vision system having reconfigurable CMOS video photodetector arrays providing multiple, time-correlated, overlapping, programmable photodetector array windows. The invention is suitable for single or multiple target viewing, detection, tracking, and identification, especially where such applications are constrained by requirements of limited bandwidth, processing capability, space, weight, or power.
Vision systems for detecting, identifying, and tracking targets must acquire and process large volumes of video data in real time. Most applications requiring these tasks, however, are characterized by imagery where targets and other objects of interest occupy only a small fraction of the total scene. Hence, traditional imaging systems that employ uniform and constant spatial resolution throughout the entire field of view acquire much irrelevant information and thus burden valuable data processing and communication resources in the system. As a result, such systems are slow and do not operate at their full potential due to a flood of unimportant video information. Building vision systems with multiple cameras, several processors, high-bandwidth communication links, and specialized hardware will increase performance, but results in equipment that is complex, expensive, large, heavy, high power consuming, and prone to failures. These constraints make constant resolution vision systems difficult or impossible to use where space, speed of response, and reliability are critical considerations, for instance, in defense applications.
Humans and other vertebrates have foveal vision that allows them to concurrently perform several tasks: survey a wide field of view at a low resolution for situational awareness and detection of features or targets of interest; track moving targets with great accuracy; scan at high resolution these multiple targets of interest; and communicate over channels with limited bandwidth (neurons) the information of interest to the computer (brain). Because high-resolution imaging is limited to the fovea, which is fixed in the center of the retina, the tracking of targets involves movement of the eyes and the head.
The vision system of the present invention operates according to a concept termed Dynamically Reconfigurable Vision, or DRV, which is inspired by the biologically proven concept of foveal vision, but is further extended for practicality in a machine vision implementation. DRV is adaptive image sensing driven by a computer or human operator's response to changing scenery. One goal of this system is to reduce the amount of irrelevant video information sensed and thus achieve more effective bandwidth and computational resource utilization than traditional vision systems. This is achieved by a system controlled by a computer or microprocessor and a photodetector array for imaging a frame of a scene through multiple independently controllable, time-correlated, overlapping photodetector array windows, which are dynamically reconfigurable in real time, and where such windows in a frame are capable of having varying resolution.
Several vision systems or imaging photodetector arrays have been developed which do not enable DRV. U.S. Pat. No. 5,541,654 describes a focal plane array imaging device having sensor windowing, variable integration time, and snapshot mode. U.S. Pat. No. 5,990,469 describes a control system for an image array sensors providing multiple windows. U.S. Pat. No. 5,973,311 provides a pixel array imager with a high and low resolution mode. U.S. Pat. No. 5,949,483 describes a multiresolution image sensor that contains an electronic shutter, can form multiple pixel windows, and possesses a multiresolution imaging circuit for averaging pixels into groups of superpixels. U.S. Pat. No. 5,493,335 provides a color CCD sensor video camera that is adapted for processing images of different resolution to provide a user selectable image size. U.S. Pat. No. 5,926,208 describes a reconfigurable camera with low-bandwidth transmission capability using a conventional image sensor, processor, and memory that can hold several image compression algorithms. These vision systems and sensors do not provide a reduction in the amount of irrelevant information sensed through the use of a computer-controlled system for imaging a scene through multiple independently controllable, time-correlated, overlapping sensor windows.
In a publication by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a photodetector array circuitry is described that performs snapshot imaging and pixel averaging, see F B. Pain and X. Zheng, Active Pixel Sensor with Photosites in Substrates, NASA Tech Brief, vol. 23, no. 10, October 1999 (from JPL New Technology Report NPO-20534). This circuitry requires the host computer to send control signals to the sensor for the extraction of the signal from each superpixel, and like the other prior art system, do not provide imaging a scene through a multiple independently controllable, time-correlated, overlapping sensor windows.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,262,871, a multiresolution image sensor is described that inputs data representing a superpixel to a computer that controls the size of that superpixel. The computer extracts video data from the photodetector array one superpixel at a time. This is time consuming and reduces bandwidth by increasing the amount of interaction between the computer and the camera. Furthermore, the values reporting the level of illumination of the superpixels generated by the system are a function of pixel size in which this value is equal to the sum of the comprising pixels. The superpixel values are normalized so that the image processing algorithms do not erroneously interpret the superpixel to represent a bright scene region. This operation requires extra time and system memory, thus slowing down the image processing. Larger pixel values also require a wider dynamic range in the video communication circuits. In addition, the photodetector array described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,262,871 does not operate in a snapshot mode, so that the exposure time can be different for different pixels after the system has been reconfigured, requiring the computer to carry out additional normalization of pixel values in order to avoid a mistake in interpreting the pixel values in the context of the image. Moreover, because the pixels in this patent are exposed at different times, any motion in the field of view (due to camera and/or target motion) will introduce artifacts, such as target warping, artifacts that reduce the accuracy of the target classification. Overexposed pixels in an image will appear brighter than the properly exposed or underexposed pixels in the same image.
Other developed vision systems that use fixed geometry multiresolution have a two-dimensional photodetector array that has small size pixels in the center and larger size pixels in the periphery, closely simulating the anatomical structure of the retina. Such arrays are not reconfigurable, do not operate in a closed loop fashion with the vision processor, and require a pointing mechanism for gazing. Mechanical pointing suffers from instabilities and is slow. Further, because the topology of the array in a fixed geometry system cannot be changed on demand, some relevant regions of the scene may not be resolved adequately, as a result sacrificing system reliability and usefulness, while the irrelevant regions may be resolved too finely, hence reducing the efficiency of system resource utilization.
In still other systems, referred to as pyramidal machine vision systems, targets are detected using low resolution; these targets are then scanned using localized high-resolution windows. However, the pixels that form the high resolution windows are not combined into superpixels directly in the pixel array, but the information from individual pixels is combined in the computer so as to mimic superpixels. These techniques require the processing of video from a uniform resolution camera to generate the pyramid data structure. As a result, the communications bandwidth and the video processing resources are not used any more efficiently than in a conventional uniform resolution camera.
It is the principal object of the present invention to provide an improved vision system having a dynamically reconfigurable photodetector array that efficiently uses bandwidth and data processing resources.
A further object of the present invention is to provide an improved vision system that includes a video camera and a vision processor, which is located in a host computer or in the video camera.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved vision system having a video camera and vision processor connected in a closed loop system and interacting in a client-server relationship.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved vision system having a video camera and vision processor in which the vision processor sends commands specifying the imaging characteristics, such as spatial and temporal parameters, to the reconfigurable photodetector array.
Still further object of the present invention is to provide an improved vision system capable of automatically changing the resolution at which images or parts, such as windows, of images are acquired.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved vision system with a reconfigurable photodetector array having multiple windows: a background surveillance window at a low resolution for detecting targets and multiple overlapping higher resolution windows generated any place targets of interest are located in the field of view, such as to resolve additional image details of the targets.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide an improved vision system having a reconfigurable photodetector array for imaging a field of view in windows which can be time-correlated and retrieved by a vision processor simultaneously through multiple output channels of the photodetector array.
A still further object of this invention is to provide a vision system in which the location, size, and shape of the windows is automatically controlled in response to the location and morphology of the target.
Yet another object of this invention is to provide an improved vision system in which the resolution of the windows can progress in multiple steps from the highest (that of a single pixel) to the lowest (that of a single superpixel encompassing the entire field of view).
Briefly described, the present invention embodies a vision system that uses closed-loop photodetector array reconfiguration for efficient utilization of bandwidth and processing resources. The system comprises a video camera and a vision processor arranged in a client-server relationship and is capable of automatically detecting, recognizing, and tracking targets of interest. To accomplish these tasks, the client vision processor determines the spatial and temporal parameters of the incoming video signal, and then passes this information to the video camera server via a window request command. On a reconfigurable photodetector array in the video camera, the system forms a low-resolution background surveillance window capable of detecting targets of interest. Superimposed on this background window in a time-correlated, non-destructive fashion are multiple higher-resolution windows corresponding to the location in the field of view of the targets. The smaller windows supporting target tracking can co-exist in a single video frame with the wide field-of-view window, permitting the detection of new targets. The system can simultaneously retrieve and process the background surveillance window as well as the foreground superimposed target windows.
The foregoing objects, features and advantages of the invention will become more apparent from a reading of the following description in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Referring to
To begin a client-server cycle, the client vision processor 10 in the computer 19 identifies a need for one or more video windows, each of a certain field-of-view, spatial resolution, frame rate, and spectral content. It creates a window request command and passes that to the reconfigurable photodetector 23 in the video server 11. The array, which contains on-chip circuitry to enable spatial and temporal data reduction via overlapping windows, then reconfigures itself according to the demands of the window request command. New video frames are sensed according to the current photodetector array configuration and transmitted back to the vision processor client 10. The reconfigurable photodetector array 23 may simultaneously transmit multiple windows, such as a background window and overlapping target windows, over multiple on-chip serial ports. The client-server loop can occur on a frame-by-frame basis, if necessary. If one or more video windows do not need to be altered in a given frame, then the DRV system 8 and reconfigurable photodetector array 23 will remember the window configuration and contents and continue to acquire and transmit those windows.
DRV system 8 is useful for applications and platforms requiring single or multiple target detection, tracking, cueing, and identification, especially when such applications are constrained by requirements for limited bandwidth, processing, space, weight, and power. Enabled by a reconfigurable photodetector array, DRV system 8 allows simultaneous acquisition and tracking of multiple targets widely separated in the field of view, without the need for smooth-pursuit mechanical tracking. Depending on the number of targets of interest, the system forms one or more high-resolution windows overlapping a low-resolution field-of-view, each high-resolution window containing a target of interest. While targets are being tracked at high resolution, the low-resolution background window remains active and continues to search for new targets over a wide field-of-view. Templates for identifying targets of consequence can be input into the system and stored to be used for automatic selection of such targets for review and tracking at high resolution. In addition, targets can be initially detected based on their movement, contrast, shape, and, with appropriate video photodetector arrays, heat emission or color. DRV system 8 is described below in more detail in
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The digital video camera 29 contains a bi-directional digital interface 20 that is compatible with the host computer interface 15. The video camera interface 20 may also have multiple ports for networking multiple video cameras 29 over additional wirebound or wireless digital channels 31. The digital interface 20 connects directly to an embedded processor 21. This processor is responsible for handling the digital communication protocol among the host computer, video camera, and any additional networked video cameras. The processor 21 shares a bi-directional data link with one or more programmable logic devices 22 that act as a controller for the reconfigurable CMOS photodetector array 23. The controller 22 also interfaces to programmable voltage supplies 27, analog-to-digital converters 24, as well as FIFOs and registers 25 that pipeline multiple video channels into one digital video data bus 32. The video bus 32 delivers digital video to either the processor 21 or to a bank of random access memories 26. Optics 28 are necessary to focus light onto the reconfigurable array 23. Additional accessories 30 may be embedded in the camera without detracting from the spirit of this invention. These may include, but are not limited to, an embedded web server, microphones, serial ports, or a global positioning system receiver. The accessories 30 may share a link with the camera digital interface 20 or the embedded processor 21.
The closed-loop operation and data flow of the preferred embodiment in
The reconfigurable photodetector array 23 is capable of changing the resolution of the array by automatically varying the number of individual pixels that constitute a single image resolving element, called a superpixel, having any number of individual pixels from a single pixel to all the pixels in the photodetector array. Said windows are areas of any size, shape, and frame rate within the boundaries of the photodetector array that contain a plurality of said superpixels all having the same resolution. The resolution of the image in each window is controlled by pixel averaging, or other pixel reduction techniques, to achieve the desired low to high resolution. Reconfiguration of imaging characteristics, such as integration time and frame rate, and the size, resolution, location, and overlap of windows in a frame, are controlled in accordance with each window request command. The host computer can direct the resolution of one or more photodetector array windows to be increased or decreased in multiple steps, and each window maintains a consistent resolution regardless of the resolution of overlapping foreground or background windows.
Furthermore, the photodetector array includes electronic circuitry simulating the function of an optical shutter such that when open the electronic shutter allows all the pixels to respond to the light entering the video camera and when closed not to respond to the light from the scene.
In response to signals from the controller 22, the reconfigurable photodetector array 23 outputs one or more channels of analog video to a multi-channel analog-to-digital converter 24. Multiple channels of digitized video are then transferred to a FIFO and registers 25 where additional control bits are added by the controller 22 and the digital video is multiplexed onto a single data bus 32. From the data bus 32 the video can go to a memory bank 26 where the video pixels will be stored as a contiguous block and can be accessed as appropriate by the embedded processor 21. The digital video on the data bus 32 can also be delivered directly to the embedded processor 21 where it is packetized into a transmission protocol and delivered directly to the digital interface 20. From the interface 20 the digital video is transmitted outside the camera over a digital video data link 13 to the host computer interface 15, where the video is received and delivered to a memory bank 14. From memory 14, the vision processor 10 can access the stored digital video and process it. Processing may take the form of image enhancement; compression; target detection, tracking, cueing, and recognition; or other algorithms designed to complete a mission involving surveillance or multi-target detection and tracking. After processing on the vision processor 10, the processed video is transferred over the peripheral bus 18 to a video display 16 for graphical display and possible user interaction via one or more of various input/output devices 17. Finally, the vision processor 10 creates a new window request command as a result of video processing results and/or user interaction. Thus begins a new cycle of the closed-loop DRV system.
Referring to
Another embodiment of system 8 is shown in
The software architecture of system 8 for providing dynamically reconfigurable vision is shown in
System 8 enables Dynamically Reconfigurable Vision (DRV) to provide adaptive image sensing driven by a computer or human operator's response to changing scenery, such that the amount of irrelevant video information sensed is reduced. Thus, system 8 has more effective bandwidth and computational resource utilization than traditional vision systems, whereby a scene may be imaged in time-correlated, overlapping windows, with frame-by-frame local (window) resolution selection. In real time, the system adaptively adjusts to changing scene dynamics, thus reducing the amount of irrelevant data read off the reconfigurable photodetector array and making better use of the available communication and data processing resources. Furthermore, the reconfigurable photodetector array can enable multiple windows of varying resolution that can overlap in a non-destructive fashion and can be retrieved from the reconfigurable photodetector array simultaneously. Several technologies make this possible, including the use of one or more reconfigurable photodetector arrays that detect visible, infrared, or ultraviolet radiation. In the case of visible radiation, the reconfigurable photodetector array can use a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) photodetector array and on-chip (monolithic) spatial and temporal data reduction circuitry. For infrared detection, the array may be an infrared photodetector array, where a CMOS readout integrated circuit (ROIC) is bonded to each photodetector array, and there is circuitry on the ROIC that implements spatial and temporal data reduction. The host computer 19 in the embodiment of
One feature of system 8 is that the host computer 19 (or processor 21) issues only one brief high-level configuration command per frame to the photodetector array, as opposed to prior art systems which require a host computer to send multiple control signals to the reconfigurable photodetector array for the extraction of the signal from each superpixel, i.e., averaged pixel set, imaged. Further, by using an electronic shutter on the pixel array, all pixels are exposed simultaneously irrespective of their position, size, and illumination history. The pixel averaging technique in the reconfigurable photodetector array does not require pixel value normalization by the computer, reducing processing and communication requirements to the host computer.
Another feature is that the video server 11 allows frame-by-frame software control of on-chip photodetector array windowing, pixel resolution, and pixel averaging functions. Low-bandwidth video transmission is provided to the host computer by the reconfigurable photodetector array in the camera having spatial and temporal data reduction means, under control by the host, to reduce the amount of image data communicated to the host in comparison with prior art vision system. Thus, based upon the scene content, a processor or human operator can issue window request commands on a per-frame basis to control the spatial, temporal, and spectral characteristics of windows in a frame. The topology of the windows of the reconfigurable photodetector array can be modified frame-by-frame in an appropriate response to the instantaneous conditions in the scene being imaged, thereby enabling multiple targets in a scene to be extracted such as for tracking, in which the host computer can determine signatures of target objects. This is facilitated by the ability of the system to control the resolution of the photodetector array windows automatically in selected windowed locations of the frame corresponding to the instantaneous location of the image of a target or other targets without changing the resolution of the remainder parts, i.e., windows, of the frame.
It is to be understood that the preceding descriptions are illustrative only and that changes may be made in the dynamically reconfigurable vision system, subject of this invention, in its components, materials and elements, as well as in all other aspects of this invention discussed herein without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the claims.
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Dr. Zikmund-Fisher uses his interdisciplinary background in decision psychology and behavioral economics to study factors that affect individual decision making about a variety of health and medical issues, with a particular emphasis on health and environmental risk perceptions and the effects of poor numeracy (people's ability to interpret quantitative information) on health and medical decision making. His research in health communications focuses on making risk statistics and other types of quantitative health information meaningful and useful for decision making by patients and the public.
Currently, Dr. Zikmund-Fisher is principal investigator of a multi-year award from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to develop and test novel ways of displaying laboratory test results in patient portals of electronic health record systems that will make these data more useful and meaningful to patients. His past projects include acting as the Principal Investigator of the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)-funded Community Perceptions of Dioxins (CPOD) Study and co-leading the National Survey of Medical Decisions (the DECISIONS study) project.
Dr. Zikmund-Fisher directs the Internet Survey Lab at the UM Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine (CBSSM), is a core faculty member of the UM Risk Science Center (UM-RSC) and the UM Health Informatics program, and is affiliated with the UM Center for Health Communications Research (UM-CHCR) and the Ann Arbor VAMC HSR&D Center for Clinical Management Research. He also serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Medical Decision Making.
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HBEHED661: Designing Sticky Communications for Health Advocacy, Education, and Mass Media
HBEHED662: Risk Communication: Theory, Techniques, and Applications in Health
Ph.D., Behavioral Decision Theory, Carnegie Mellon University, 2002
M.A., Behavioral Decision Making and Economics, Carnegie Mellon University, 1997
B.A., Economics (Minor: Psychology), Swarthmore College, 1991
Research Interests & Projects
Design of health communication messages
Medical decision making
Risk communication (health, medical, and/or environmental)
Graphical methods for communicating risk and other quantitative data
Survey research methods (esp. web-based survey experiments)
Experimental research
Cancer screening decisions
Cancer survivorship
Communications about genetic test results
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Zikmund-Fisher, B. J. (2013). The right tool is what they need, not what we have: a taxonomy of appropriate levels of precision in patient risk communication. Medical Care Research and Review, 70(1 suppl), 37S-49S.
Shaffer, V. A., Zikmund-Fisher, B. J. (2013). All stories are not alike: A purpose-, content-, and valence-based taxonomy of patient narratives in decision aids. Medical Decision Making, 33(1), 4-13.
Fagerlin, A., Zikmund-Fisher, B. J., Ubel, P. A. (2011). Helping patients decide: ten steps to better risk communication. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 103(19), 1436-1443.
Zikmund-Fisher, B. J., Dickson, M., Witteman, H. O. (2011). Cool but counterproductive: interactive web-based communications can backfire. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 13(3), e60.
Zikmund-Fisher, B.J., Angott, A.M., Ubel, P.A. (2011). The benefits of discussing adjuvant therapies one at a time instead of all at once. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 129(1), 79-87.
Zikmund-Fisher, B. J., Couper, M. P., Singer, E., Levin, C., Fowler Jr, F. J., Ziniel, S., Ubel, P. A., Fagerlin, A. (2010). The DECISIONS Study: A nationwide survey of United States adults regarding 9 common medical decisions. Medical Decision Making, 30, 20S-34S.
Zikmund-Fisher, B. J., Fagerlin, A., Ubel, P. A. (2010). Risky feelings: Why a 6% risk of cancer doesn't always feel like 6%. Patient Education and Counseling, 81(Suppl), S87-S93.
Zikmund-Fisher, B. J., Fagerlin, A., Keeton, K., Ubel, P. A. (2007). Does labeling prenatal screening test results as negative or positive affect a woman's responses? American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 197, 528.e1-528.e6.
Fagerlin, A., Ubel, P. A., Smith, D. M., Zikmund-Fisher, B. J. (2007). Making numbers matter: Present and future research in risk communication. American Journal of Health Behavior, 31(Suppl. 1), S47-S56.
Zikmund-Fisher, B. J., Smith, D. M., Fagerlin, A., Ubel, P. A. (2007). Validation of the subjective numeracy scale (SNS): Effects of low numeracy on comprehension of risk communications and utility elicitations. Medical Decision Making, 27(5), 663-671.
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Society for Medical Decision Making
Society for Judgment and Decision Making
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Mudra's South office has been nominated Agency of the Year two times in a row at the Pepper Awards, down south and Simon says their creative reputation is the best it has ever been. Mudra south won three metals at Cannes in two consecutive years, and added two metals at Spikes Asia last year. Some of the prominent wins that the agency's south operations has notched up in the last one year include The Week, Amrutanjan, Jockey, Nippon Paints, Ashok leyland and CavinKare among others.
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Simon joined Mudra in 2007 in the role of executive creative director for the Bengaluru office. He was later promoted to the role of creative head for Mudra South, overseeing close to 40 creatives across the agency's three main South offices, namely Bengaluru, Chennai and Kochi.He has 16 years of experience in the advertising industry and was with JWT before his move to Mudra. Besides this, he has worked across agencies like MAA Bozell, SSC&B Lintas, RK Swamy BBDO and Contract.
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