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Personal computer
About: Personal computer is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 58809 publications have been published within this topic receiving 800814 citations. The topic is also known as: PC.
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06 Oct 2004TL;DR: In this article, a user interface is overlaid on the video image to control playback and features associated with the video such as Documentaries, Games, Purchases, Activities, Commentaries, Outtakes, Karaoke, Trailers, Songs, Wishlists, and Events.
Abstract: A method and a system (120) of displaying a user interface to control playback and features that may be associated with a prerecorded media. A media player (100), such as a DVD player, a personal computer, a home media server, a high definition video player, an optical player, a hard drive based player, or a software DVD-ROM player receives streams of video from different media and displays its content. Simultaneously, and without interrupting the video playback, a user interface is overlaid on the video image. The user interface may include menu selections to control the playback of the video including scene selection, settings, and viewing rights. The user interface may include menu selections to control features associated with the video such as Documentaries, Games, Purchases, Activities, Commentaries, Outtakes, Karaoke, Trailers, Songs, Wishlists, and Events.
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TL;DR: The HORN-6 special-purpose computer for holography is developed, which succeeds in creating a computer-generated hologram of a three-dimensional image composed of 1,000,000 points at a rate of 1 frame per second.
Abstract: We developed the HORN-6 special-purpose computer for holography. We designed and constructed the HORN-6 board to handle an object image composed of one million points and constructed a cluster system composed of 16 HORN-6 boards. Using this HORN-6 cluster system, we succeeded in creating a computer-generated hologram of a three-dimensional image composed of 1,000,000 points at a rate of 1 frame per second, and a computer-generated hologram of an image composed of 100,000 points at a rate of 10 frames per second, which is near video rate, when the size of a computer-generated hologram is 1,920 x 1,080. The calculation speed is approximately 4,600 times faster than that of a personal computer with an Intel 3.4-GHz Pentium 4 CPU.
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TL;DR: This research showed the medical relevance of the monitoring of the deformation of implants as a powerful tool to evaluate nursing and rehabilitation exercises, for tracing dangerous overloads and anticipating implant failure and also to observe the healing process.
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06 Oct 2006
TL;DR: In this article, a loyalty program operated in association with a television broadcast network is presented, where reward content is provided along with television content (programming and/or advertising) to generate a television-broadcast signal that is transmitted to a plurality of viewers.
Abstract: A loyalty program operated in association with a television broadcast network, wherein reward content is provided along with television content (programming and/or advertising) to generate a television broadcast signal that is transmitted to a plurality of viewers. Each viewer may view or hear the reward content via their television receiver (or set top box, personal computer, etc.) along with the associated programming or advertisements, and as a result provide a reward response which may be a visit to a local merchant, a mail-in or call-in response, entered to a web site via the Internet, etc. Reward points, as well as prizes and product discounts may be provided as the reward to the viewer that provides the appropriate reward response. This program can be configured and adapted to provides incentives to viewers to visit certain merchants and sponsors, purchase certain products, view certain programs, and the like, based on the reward parameters employed.
124 citations
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14 May 2002
TL;DR: In this paper, a finger worn and finger operated input device for personal computer, workstation or computer based instrumentation is presented, where a method for dynamically adjusting the mapping sensitivity from the device to cursor movement based on the touch pressure between fingertips ensures that user can achieve large and small cursor movement on the same small sensor area.
Abstract: The present invention provides a finger worn and finger operated input device for personal computer, workstation or computer based instrumentation. The finger operated method in the present invention eliminated the necessary of a stationary support table or pad. The special operation method of the device also eliminated the affect from tremor and movement of user's hand. Therefore user can operate the device at any comfortable posture. A method for dynamically adjusting the mapping sensitivity from the device to cursor movement based on the touch pressure between the fingertips ensures that user can achieve large and small cursor movement on the same small sensor area. user can friendly operates the said device with natural finger movement and gestures to help minimize strain on neck, shoulder, hand and wrist muscles, thereby alleviating the possibility of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) which normally associated with desktop mouse devices. The present invention further provide ergonomic peripheral input system for computer by in conjunction use with a virtual keyboard on computer screen. The present invention also has advantage in other special applications such as for projection presentations.
124 citations