1. A computer implemented method for automatically rating a multimedia object comprising one or more discrete content items for objectionable content, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
moving said specified content to one or more filtering stages in a succession of filtering stages, the last stage of said succession being the final stage thereof;
after moving said specified content to a given one of said filtering stages, carrying out a rating procedure to determine whether a rating can be applied to one or more of said content items, and if so, applying a selected rating to each of said one or more content items to indicate whether said one or more content items contain objectionable content or non-objectionable content and filtering out said one or more rated content items to form a subset of remaining content items;
moving the subset of remaining content items to a next stage in said succession after said given stage, when at least one content item of said specified content remains without a rating of objectionable content or non-objectionable content after said rating procedure has been completed at said given stage; and
after applying ratings in a final stage in the succession of filtering stages, selectively processing the ratings respectively applied to at least some of said content items, in order to determine an over-all rating of objectionable content for said multimedia object, when none of said content items of said multimedia object remains without a rating, after said rating procedure has been completed at said final stage.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein:
a given content item is rated at one of said stages by extracting semantic information therefrom, and said extracted information is used to apply a rating of objectionable content of said given content item.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein:
when a given content item is moved to said final stage of said succession, said given content item is classified into a given one of a plurality of semantic categories, wherein each category has a predetermined rating and an associated semantic model, and the rating of said given category is assigned to said given content item.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein:
a number of exemplars are used to construct each of said semantic models.
5. The method of claim 3, wherein:
each of said semantic models is constructed using a technique selected from a set of automated techniques, wherein said set includes at least use of statistical models, or use of machine learning models.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein:
each of said content items is rated with respect to a plurality of semantic dimensions, wherein said semantic dimensions include categories respectively pertaining to controversial subject matter, to non-controversial subject matter, and to correlated subject matter.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein:
semantic information is extracted from said content items for rating said content items at respective stages, wherein the information extracted for rating the content item at least one of said stages comprises metadata associated with the content item being rated, and the information for rating a content item at least another of said stages comprises content information associated with the content item being rated.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein:
said extracted information comprises multimedia information that can include at least visual, audio and textual information.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein:
said extracted information comprises multimedia information that is associated with features which include at least color, texture, shape, skin color and graphical appearance.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein:
a given content item is rated at one of said stages in said succession by identifying the source of the given content item, and then rating the given content item on the basis of said identified source.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein:
a given content item is rated at a first stage, by determining that said given content item is identical to a first reference item having a known rating of objectionable content.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein:
said given content item is rated at a second stage, by determining that said given content item is nearly identical to a second reference item, to within a pre-specified limit, wherein said second reference item has a known rating of objectionable content.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein:
said over-all rating of objectionable content is made available for review by a human entity.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein:
said over-all rating of objectionable content is adaptable, selectively, for use by a particular user, or for use in a particular geographical location.
15. A computer program product automatically rating a multimedia object comprising one or more discrete content items for objectionable content, said computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code stored thereon, the computer readable program code for execution by a computer, comprising:
computer readable program code for moving said specified content to one or more filtering stages in a succession of filtering stages, the last stage of said succession being the final stage thereof;
computer readable program code, responsive to moving said specified content to a given one of said filtering stages, for carrying out a rating procedure to determine whether a rating can be applied to one or more of said content items, and if so, applying a selected rating to each of said one or more content items to indicate whether said one or more content items contain objectionable content or non-objectionable content and filtering out said one or more rated content items to form a subset of remaining content items;
computer readable program code for moving said subset of remaining content items to a next stage in said succession after said given stage, when at least one content item of said specified content remains without a rating of objectionable content or non-objectionable content after said rating procedure has been completed at said given stage; and
computer readable program code for, after applying ratings in a final stage in the succession of filtering stages, selectively processing the ratings respectively applied to at least some of said content items, in order to determine an over-all rating of objectionable content for said multimedia object, when none of said content items of said multimedia object remains without a rating, after said rating procedure has been completed at said final stage.
16. Apparatus for automatically rating a multimedia object comprising one or more discrete content items for objectionable content, wherein said apparatus comprises:
a bus;
a storage device connected to the bus, wherein the storage device contains computer usable code; and
a processing unit connected to the bus, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable code to move said specified content to one or more filtering stages in a succession of filtering stages, the last stage of said succession being the final stage thereof; responsive to moving said specified to a given one of said filtering stages, carry out a rating procedure to determine whether a rating can be applied to one or more of said content items, and if so, applying a selected rating to each of said one or more content items to indicate whether said one or more content items contain objectionable content or non-objectionable content and filtering out said one or more rated content items to form a subset of remaining content items; move said subset of remaining content items to a next stage in said succession after said given stage, when at least one content item of said specified content remains without a rating after said rating procedure has been completed at said given stage; and, after applying ratings in a final stage in the succession of filtering stages, selectively process the ratings respectively applied to at least some of said content items, in order to determine an over-all rating of objectionable content for said multimedia object, when none of said content items of said multimedia object remains without a rating, after said rating procedure has been completed at said final stage.
17. A computer implemented method for automatically rating a multimedia object comprising one or more discrete content items for objectionable and non-objectionable content, wherein said method comprises the steps of:
receiving a multimedia object comprising a set of content items;
responsive to a determination in a first stage of a plurality of successive filtering stages that metadata about one or more items in the set of content items indicates that the one or more items comprise objectionable or non-objectionable content, assigning a rating to the one or more items in the set comprising objectionable content based on the determination, and filtering out the one or more items from the set, wherein items remaining form a first subset of content items;
responsive to a determination in a second stage of the set of successive filtering stages that one or more items in the first subset of content items comprise content identical to a known content item, assigning a rating to the one or more items in the first subset as being objectionable or non-objectionable based on a rating of the known content item, and filtering out the one or more items from the first subset, wherein items remaining form a second subset of content items;
responsive to a determination in a third stage of the set of successive filtering stages that one or more items in the first subset of content items comprise content substantially identical to a known content item with an objectionable rating, assigning a rating to the one or more items in the second subset as being objectionable based on the rating of the known content item with an objectionable rating, and filtering out the one or more items from the second subset, wherein items remaining form a third subset of content items;
responsive to a determination in a final stage of the set of successive filtering stages that semantic information about one or more items in the third subset of content items indicate that the one or more items comprises non-objectionable content, assigning a rating to each item in the third subset as non-objectionable based on the determination, and filtering out the one or more items from the third subset, wherein items remaining comprise unfiltered items of the multimedia object;
classifying each unfiltered item to one of a plurality of semantic categories;
assigning a rating to each unfiltered item based on an item’s assigned semantic category; and
determining an overall rating of objectionable content for the multimedia object based on the assigned ratings.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein:
assigning a rating to an item in the set of content items, an item in the first subset, an item in the second subset, an item in the third subset, and an unfiltered item comprises assigning a value representing content in the item determined to be objectionable and a value representing content in the item determined to be non-objectionable.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein:
the value is a percentage of a total content of the multimedia object.
20. The method of claim 17, further comprising:
ranking the unfiltered items based on the rating assigned to each unfiltered item to prioritize the unfiltered items for human review, wherein ranking the unfiltered items comprises assigning a higher priority to the unfiltered items with a higher priority score.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An electrode assembly for use in an electric storage battery, said electrode assembly comprising:
a first polarity electrode strip comprising an elongate first substrate having first and second faces each carrying a coat of active material;
a second polarity electrode strip comprising an elongate second substrate having first and second faces each carrying a coat of active material comprising lithium metal; and
separator material; wherein
said first and second polarity electrode strips are interleaved with said separator material and wound together around a common axis to form a spiral roll such that each of said first and second polarity electrode strips has an inner end and an outer end and such that said second polarity electrode strip forms the outer electrode layer and said separator forms the outermost layer of said roll; and wherein
said second polarity electrode strip outer end is devoid of active material on both faces thereof.
2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the thickness of each coat of active material on said second substrate is greater than the thickness of said second substrate.
3. The assembly of claim 1 further including:
adhesive tape adhering said second substrate outer end to said roll.
4. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the combined thickness of the coats of active material on said second substrate is greater than the thickness of said adhesive tape.
5. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said second substrate outer end is devoid of active material on both faces thereof along a length less than a full turn of said spiral roll.
6. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said second substrate outer end is devoid of active material on both faces thereof along a length of between 1 and 8 mm.
7. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said second substrate outer end is devoid of active material on both faces thereof along a length of about 2 mm.
8. The assembly of claim 1 wherein said second polarity electrode strip is negative.
9. An electric storage battery comprising:
an electrically conductive case;
the electrode assembly of claim 1 housed in said case; wherein
said case is electrically coupled to said second polarity electrode strip.
10. The electric storage battery of claim 9 wherein said second polarity electrode strip is negative and wherein said case is negative.
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19. An method for making an electrode assembly for use in an electric storage battery, comprising the steps of;
providing a first polarity electrode strip comprising an elongate first substrate having first and second faces each carrying a coat of active material comprising lithium metal:
providing a second polarity electrode strip comprising an elongate second substrate having first and second faces each carrying a coat of active material, wherein an outer end is devoid of active material on both faces thereof;
providing separator material;
interleaving said first and second polarity electrode strips with said separator material; and
winding said interleaved electrode strips and separator material together around a common axis to form a spiral roll having successive alternating layers of said first electrode strip, said separator material, said second electrode strip, and said separator material such that said second polarity electrode strip forms the outer electrode layer and said separator forms the outermost layer of said spiral roll.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein said step of providing a second polarity electrode strip comprises providing a second polarity electrode strip wherein the thickness of each coat of active material on the second substrate is greater than the thickness of the second substrate.
21. The method of claim 19 wherein said steps further comprise a step of:
adhering the second substrate outer end to the roll with adhesive tape.
22. The method of claim 19 wherein said step of providing a second polarity electrode strip comprises providing a second polarity electrode strip wherein the combined thicknesses of the coats of active material on the second substrate is greater than the thickness of the adhesive tape.
23. The assembly of claim 1 wherein:
said first and second polarity electrode strips are interleaved with said separator material and wound together around a common axis to form a spiral roll such that said inner end of said first polarity electrode strip is closer to said common axis than said inner end of said second polarity electrode strip is to said common axis.
24. The assembly of claim 1 wherein:
said second polarity electrode strip outer end is devoid of active material on said first face thereof for a first length; and wherein
said second polarity electrode strip outer end is devoid of active material on said second face thereof for a second length different from said first length.
25. The assembly of claim 1 wherein:
said second polarity electrode strip inner end is devoid of active material on said first face thereof for a first length; and wherein
said second polarity electrode strip inner end is devoid of active material on said second face thereof for a second length different from said first length.
26. The assembly of claim 1 wherein:
said first polarity electrode strip inner end is devoid of active material on both faces thereof.
27. The assembly of claim 1 wherein:
said first polarity electrode strip inner end is devoid of active material on said first face thereof for a first length; and wherein
said first polarity electrode strip inner end is devoid of active material on said second face thereof for said first length.
28. The assembly of claim 1 wherein:
said first polarity electrode strip outer end has active material on both faces thereof.