A method for operating a machine to perform unsupervised training of a set of character templates uses as the source of training samples an image source of character images, called glyphs, that need not be manually or automatically segmented or isolated prior to training. A recognition operation performed on the image source of character images produces a labeled glyph position data structure that includes, for each glyph in the image source, a glyph image position in the image source associatin...

An apparatus for use with a portable router, a small template, and a template guide to rout virtually any shape onto workpieces that would normally be considered too small for standard portable routers to handle. The apparatus comprises a main body for supporting a router; locating means for locating the router with respect to the main body and mounted on the main body; support means extending down from the main body, for supporting the main body on a support surface for movement across the supp...

An apparatus for dithering an input image to produce an output array for representation on an output device is described. The apparatus includes an input device to store input image pixels having a first plurality of chrominance or luminance levels; a dithering system including a dither template including an M by N matrix of integer threshold values, the uniform distribution of threshold values throughout the dither template possessing homogeneous attributes. The apparatus further includes a nor...

A router is coupled to a pair of pivotally connected arms for free swinging movement about a horizontal plane in a space between a template and a workpiece. The router has an upwardly extending guide pin that is engageable with the template and a downwardly extending cutting bit which is concentric to the guide pin and engageable with the workpiece below. The template is in parallel, opposed relationship to the workpiece such that as the guide pin is moved about the template, the cutting bit sim...

An integrated circuit employing a built-in self testing is provided. The circuit comprises a clock controller, a plurality of logic domains, and a system clock. The clock controller includes a plurality of programmable clock templates. The logic domains operate based on clocks having different clocks and/or on different edges of the clocks and operable asynchronously with respect to the others of said logic domains. The system clock is distributed to the logic domains and to the clock controller...

A method for producing, or training, a set of character templates uses as the source of training samples an image source of character images, called glyphs, that are not previously segmented or isolated for training. Also used is a labeled glyph position data structure that includes, for each glyph in the image source, a glyph image position in the image source associating an image location of the glyph with a character label paired with the glyph image position that indicates the character in t...

Partial layout templates are prepared for respective partial logical structures of a hierarchical logical structure of a document. Each partial layout template expresses rules for producing a layout of the corresponding partial logical structure. A partial layout generator produces a partial layout structure by recursively calling itself or by calling a content layout system while referring to the partial layout template, and pours the generated partial layout structure into a lowest-rank frame....

The present invention relates to an improved method for producing primed nucleic acid templates. Specifically, it relates to a method, compositions and kits therefor, of increasing the specificity of primer extension reactions by hybridizing primer to template in the presence of single-stranded nucleic acid binding protein.

The instant invention provides a method for producing RNA enzymatically in a semi-batch or continuous-flow bioreactor using a DNA template immobilized to a solid support through a linkage having a single-stranded overhang extending from a noncoding strand. The coding strand remains dissociable from the immobilized noncoding strand. The immobilized RNA template is reused in at least sixteen rounds of transcription reaction. The coding strand can be replaced with a fresh DNA strand encoding the sa...

A process for repairing common defects in the electronic page images of a print job being processed by an electronic reprographic system that includes a printer for producing prints from the digitized page images in response to job program instructions and a user interface (UI) with display screen for inputting job program instructions for each print job. The process uses document defect repair templates, either existing or created by the operator and stored in a system library, to electronicall...