Author: claimsbot

1. A computer-implemented method for use in natural language translation, said method being performed by a computer system including memory and processing circuitry programmed to execute a set of software processes, the steps of:
a) comparing, by the processing circuitry, source material with stored material in a first natural language, said stored material being retrieved from a database stored in the memory and having previously been translated from said first natural language to at least a second natural language;
b) identifying, by the processing circuitry, a part of said source material which has a relationship in said first natural language with at least a part of said stored material;
c) comparing said source material with forbidden terminology material;
d) outputting, by the processing circuitry in said first natural language, said identified part of source material and said identified part of stored material in a form suitable for review by a user; and
e) replacing said identified part of source material with said identified part of stored material in said first natural language to assist in subsequent full translation of said source material from said first natural language to at least said second natural language.
2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said replacing is carried out in response to input from said user.
3. A method according to claim 1, performed in support of a separate process of conducting full translation of said source material from said first natural language to at least said second natural language with reference to said stored material which has previously been translated into at least said second natural language.
4. A method according to claim 3, wherein said conducting full translation of said source material from said first natural language to at least said second natural language comprises a human translator translating parts of said source material which were not identified as having a relationship with parts of said stored material.
5. A method according to claim 3, wherein said conducting full translation of said source material from said first natural language to at least said second natural language comprises a machine translation process performed by the computer system, the machine translation process translating parts of said source material which were not identified as having a relationship with parts of said stored material.
6. A method according to claim 3, wherein said conducting full translation of said source material from said first natural language to at least said second natural language comprises a human translator and a machine translation process performed by the computer system, the human translator and machine translation process together translating parts of said source material which were not identified as having a relationship with parts of said stored material.
7. A method according to claim 3, comprising outputting said full translation of said source material in a form suitable for review by a user.
8. A method according to claim 7, wherein parts of said source material which were translated with reference to said stored material which had previously been translated into at least said second natural language, parts of said source material which were translated by a human translator and parts of said source material which were translated by a machine translation process are outputted in different forms.
9. A method according to claim 8, wherein said different forms comprise different colours.
10. A method according to claim 1, wherein said stored material comprises at least one translation memory.
11. A method according to claim 10, wherein said at least one translation memory contains a plurality of stored segment pairs, each of said stored segment pairs comprising source material in said first natural language and corresponding translation in at least said second natural language.
12. A method according to claim 11, wherein each of said stored segments pairs corresponds to at least one of:
a paragraph,
a sentence, and
a phrase.
13. A method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of dividing said source material into a plurality of source segments prior to said comparison of said source material with said stored material.
14. A method according to claim 13, wherein said comparing comprises comparing said plurality of source segments with said stored material in said first natural language from a plurality of stored segments.
15. A method according to claim 13, wherein said identified part of source material comprises one or more of said plurality of source segments.
16. A method according to claim 13, wherein said source material is divided into said source segments where at least one of:
a full stop,
an exclamation mark,
a question mark,
a colon,
a semicolon,
a tab character, or
a paragraph mark,

appears in said source material.
17. A method according to claim 1, wherein said method comprises comparing said source material with preferred terminology material.
18. A method according to claim 17, wherein said replacement comprises replacing a part of said source material with a part of said preferred terminology material.
19. A method according to claim 1, wherein said method comprises comparing said source material with a set of options.
20. A method according to claim 19, wherein said replacement comprises replacing a part of said source material according to at least one option from said set of options.
21. A method according to claim 19, wherein said set of options comprises at least one of:
a spelling variant,
an abbreviation,
a contraction,
a compound word,
punctuation,
the length of a sentence,
a commonly misused word,
unnecessary wording, and
a combination of specific characters.
22. A method according to claim 19, wherein said options are user configurable.
23. A method according to claim 1, wherein said relationship comprises a correlation between said identified part of source material and said identified part of stored material.
24. A method according to claim 23, wherein said correlation comprises a correlation of at least a predetermined level.
25. A method according to claim 24, wherein said predetermined level is user configurable.
26. A method according to claim 23, wherein said correlation comprises a fuzzy logic match.
27. A method according to claim 1, wherein said outputting further comprises outputting data associated with said relationship.
28. A method according to claim 1, comprising said user inputting said source material into a first software process.
29. A method according to claim 28, wherein said outputting and replacing steps are carried out by said first software process.
30. A method according to claim 28, wherein said first software process comprises word processing software.
31. A method according to claim 28, wherein said comparing and identifying steps are carried out by a second software process.
32. A method according to claim 31, wherein said first software process interfaces with said second software process via an Application Program Interface (API).
33. A method according to claim 31, wherein said stored material is accessed by said second software process.
34. A method according to claim 1, further comprising removing said forbidden terminology material from said source material.
35. A method according to claim 1, wherein said forbidden terminology material comprises material unsuitable for inclusion by the user.
36. A method according to claim 35, wherein said forbidden terminology comprises at least one of:
terminology used by competitors;
terminology that may cause offense;
terminology that may cause confusion;
terminology that may damage a company’s reputation; and
terminology that may damage a company’s brand.
37. A method according to claim 1, further comprising providing a report associated with the source material indicating at least one of:
a number of parts of said source material which has a relationship in said first natural language with at least a part of said stored material;
a number of parts of said stored material identified;
a number of exact matches of said stored material identified;
a correlation of similarities between said source material and said stored material; and
a number of forbidden terms identified.
38. A method according to claim 37, wherein the report comprises at least one of a word processing document, a spreadsheet, a graph, a pie-chart, and an estimated translation cost savings.
39. A method according to claim 1, further comprising, after performing all of the method steps, performing a grammatical and stylistic check on the source material with said identified part of source material replaced with said identified part of said stored material.
40. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer readable instructions recorded thereon for natural language translation, the computer readable instructions being operative, when performed by a computerized device, to cause a computerized device to perform a method comprising:
a) comparing source material with stored material in a first natural language, said stored material having previously been translated from said first natural language to at least a second natural language;
b) identifying a part of said source material which has a relationship in said first natural language with at least a part of said stored material;
c) comparing said source material with forbidden terminology material;
d) outputting, in said first natural language, said identified part of source material and said identified part of stored material in a form suitable for review by a user; and
e) replacing said identified part of source material with said identified part of stored material in said first natural language to assist in subsequent full translation of said source material from said first natural language to at least said second natural language.
41. Apparatus for use in natural language translation, said apparatus including one or more computing platforms including memory and processing circuitry being collectively programmed to execute a plurality of components, the execution of the components causing the computing platforms to cooperatively perform a method comprising:
a) comparing source material with stored material in a first natural language, said stored material having previously been translated from said first natural language to at least a second natural language;
b) identifying at least a part of said source material which has a relationship in said first natural language with at least a part of said stored material;
c) comparing said source material with forbidden terminology material;
d) outputting, in said first natural language, said identified part of source material and said identified part of stored material in a form suitable for review by a user; and
e) replacing said identified part of source material with said identified part of stored material in said first natural language to assist in subsequent full translation of said source material from said first natural language to at least said second natural language.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A polishing apparatus, comprising:
a support system for movably supporting a polishing pad;
a drive system for moving the polishing pad in first and second directions; and
a conditioning device for applying different conditioning treatments to different portions of the surface of the polishing pad, and wherein said conditioning device includes separately driven roller segments.
2. The polishing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said support system includes a table and guide rollers.
3. The polishing apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a carrier for pressing a semiconductor substrate against the polishing pad and for moving the substrate relative to the pad.
4. The polishing apparatus of claim 3, wherein the second direction is opposite to the first direction.
5. The polishing apparatus of claim 4, wherein said drive system includes a take-up roller and a supply roller.
6. The polishing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said roller segments are aligned on a common axis of rotation, and wherein said axis of rotation is angled with respect to the lateral dimension of the polishing pad.
7. The polishing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said conditioning device includes planetary gears meshed with sun gears, said planetary gears and said sun gears being located in said roller segments.
8. The polishing apparatus of claim 7, further comprising a common drive shaft for rotating said sun gears.
9. The polishing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said conditioning device includes concentric drive shafts connected to said roller segments.
10. The polishing apparatus of claim 9, further comprising gears for rotating said concentric drive shafts, said gears being located outside said roller segments.
11. The polishing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said conditioning device includes electric motors for independently rotating said roller segments, said motors being located in said roller segments.
12. The polishing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said conditioning device includes a non-cylindrical roller, said roller having different radial dimensions at different locations along the length of said roller.
13. The polishing apparatus of claim 12, wherein said conditioning device includes first and second frustoconical rollers for conditioning the surface of the pad.
14. The polishing apparatus of claim 13, wherein the large ends of said frustoconical rollers are located next to each other.
15. A chemical-mechanical polishing apparatus, comprising:
a polishing web;
rollers for moving said web in first and second directions, the second direction being opposite to the first direction;
a carrier for pressing a work piece against said web and for rotating the work piece with respect to said web; and
a conditioning device for applying different conditioning treatments to different portions of said web.
16. The polishing apparatus of claim 15, further comprising a motor and a take-up roller for moving said web in said first direction.
17. The polishing apparatus of claim 16, wherein said conditioning device includes axially aligned roller segments.
18. The polishing apparatus of claim 17, further comprising a mechanism for rotating said roller segments simultaneously at different speeds and in different directions.
19. The polishing apparatus of claim 15, wherein said conditioning device includes a non-cylindrical roller.
20. The polishing apparatus of claim 15, wherein said conditioning device applies different pressures to different portions of said web.
21. The polishing apparatus of claim 20, wherein said conditioning device has inflatable portions.
22. The polishing apparatus of claim 15, further comprising means for adjusting said conditioning device in response to surface characteristics of semiconductor wafers polished by said web.
23. A method of polishing semiconductor work pieces, said method comprising the steps of:
applying slurry to a web-shaped polishing pad;
pressing a first semiconductor work piece against said web-shaped polishing pad, and moving said work piece with respect to said pad;
providing a conditioning device;
providing relative movement in a first direction between said web-shaped polishing pad and said conditioning device;
using said conditioning device to condition a glazed portion of said web-shaped polishing pad, and wherein said conditioning step includes the steps of applying different conditioning treatments to different portions of said glazed portion of said web-shaped polishing pad;
subsequently, providing relative movement in a second direction between said web-shaped polishing pad and said conditioning device; and
pressing a second semiconductor work piece against said web-shaped polishing pad, and moving said second semiconductor work piece with respect to said pad.
24. The polishing method of claim 23, wherein said step of providing relative movement in said first direction includes the step of unwinding said pad from a supply roller.
25. The polishing method of claim 23, wherein said step of providing relative movement in said first direction includes the steps of maintaining said pad in a stationary position and moving said conditioning device over said pad.
26. The polishing method of claim 23, wherein said step of moving said first semiconductor work piece includes the step of simultaneously rotating said first semiconductor work piece about parallel axes.
27. The polishing method of claim 23, wherein said polishing pad includes polyurethane.
28. The polishing method of claim 23, further comprising the steps of measuring surface characteristics of said first semiconductor work piece and performing said conditioning step in response to said surface characteristics.
29. The polishing method of claim 28, further comprising the steps of measuring the surface characteristics of said second semiconductor work piece and subsequently conditioning said pad.
30. A chemical-mechanical polishing method, said method comprising the steps of:
moving a web-shaped polishing pad in first and second directions;
dispensing slurry onto said web-shaped polishing pad;
moving semiconductor devices in contact with said web-shaped polishing pad; and
applying different conditioning treatments to different portions of said web-shaped polishing pad.
31. The method of claim 30, wherein said step of moving said pad includes the step of unwinding said pad from a supply roller.
32. The method of claim 30, wherein said step of applying different conditioning treatments includes the step of rotating portions of a conditioning device at different speeds relative to the surface of said pad.
33. The method of claim 30, wherein said step of applying different conditioning treatments includes the step of applying different pressures to different portions of said pad.
34. The method of claim 30, further comprising the step of measuring the semiconductor devices, and wherein said step of applying said different conditioning treatments occurs subsequent to said measuring step.
35. A conditioning device, comprising:
roller segments for conditioning respective portions of a glazed polishing surface, said segments being rotatable at different speeds relative to said respective surface portions; and
a system for moving said rotatable roller segments relative to said glazed polishing surface.
36. The conditioning device of claim 35, further comprising a drive system for rotating said roller segments at different speeds relative to said respective surface portions.
37. The conditioning device of claim 36, wherein said drive system includes gears located inside said roller segments and a drive shaft connecting said gears.
38. The conditioning device of claim 36, wherein said drive system has gears located outside said roller segments and at least one drive shaft extending through said roller segments, said drive shaft being connected to at least one of said gears.
39. The conditioning device of claim 36, wherein said drive system includes electrical motors located inside said roller segments.
40. The conditioning device of claim 36, wherein said roller segments are coaxially aligned.
41. The conditioning device of claim 36, wherein said moving system is arranged to move said roller segments in a transverse direction relative to a polishing pad.
42. The conditioning device of claim 36, wherein said moving system provides relative movement between said roller segments and a polishing pad.
43. The conditioning device of claim 42, wherein the axes of said roller segments are arranged at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal direction of the polishing pad.
44. The conditioning device of claim 35, wherein said conditioning device is adjustable in response to measurements of surface characteristics of work pieces.
45. A conditioning device, comprising:
cylindrical roller segments for conditioning respective portions of a glazed polishing surface;
means for rotating said cylindrical roller segments; and
a system for moving said cylindrical roller segments relative to said glazed polishing surface.
46. The conditioning device of claim 45, wherein said moving system moves said roller segments longitudinally with respect to a web-shaped polishing pad.
47. The conditioning device of claim 45, wherein said moving system moves said roller segments laterally with respect to a polishing pad.
48. The conditioning device of claim 45, wherein the exterior surfaces of said roller segments are different to provide different conditioning treatments on different portions of the polishing surface.
49. The conditioning device of claim 45, wherein said conditioning device is adjustable in response to measurements of surface characteristics of work pieces.
50. A conditioning system, comprising:
a support device for supporting a polishing pad;
a rotatable conditioning device for conditioning the surface of the polishing pad; and
an inflatable device for selectively controlling the pressures between portions of said conditioning device and respective portions of the polishing pad.
51. The conditioning system of claim 50, further comprising a flexible low friction bearing material for applying pressure to the polishing pad, the polishing pad being located between said conditioning device and said flexible material.
52. The conditioning system of claim 51, wherein said conditioning device includes a roller.
53. The conditioning system of claim 50, wherein said inflatable device includes an inflatable roller, and wherein the polishing pad is located between said conditioning device and said inflatable roller.
54. The conditioning system of claim 50, further comprising feedback means for adjusting the pressures applied to the polishing pad, wherein said feedback means includes a measurement device for measuring the polishing pad and means for adjusting the conditioning device accordingly.
55. A conditioning apparatus, comprising:
a conditioning device for simultaneously applying different conditioning treatments to the surface of a polishing pad; and
a rotatable support system for providing relative rotation between said conditioning device and the polishing pad.
56. The conditioning apparatus of claim 55, wherein said conditioning device includes roller segments.
57. The conditioning apparatus of claim 55, wherein said conditioning device includes at least one non-cylindrical roller.
58. The conditioning apparatus of claim 55, wherein said conditioning device applies different pressures to different portions of the pad.
59. The conditioning apparatus of claim 55, further comprising a data processor for adjusting said conditioning device.
60. A method of conditioning a polishing pad, said method comprising the steps of:
applying different conditioning treatments simultaneously to the surface of said polishing pad; and
during said step of applying said different conditioning treatments, providing relative rotation between said conditioning device and said polishing pad.
61. The conditioning method of claim 60, wherein said polishing pad is circular.
62. The conditioning method of claim 61, wherein said step of applying said different conditioning treatments includes the step of rotating roller segments at different speeds.
63. The conditioning method of claim 61, wherein said step of applying said different conditioning treatments includes the step of rotating a non-cylindrical roller.
64. The conditioning method of claim 61, wherein said step of applying said different conditioning treatments includes the step of applying different pressures to different portions of said pad.
65. The conditioning method of claim 60, further comprising the steps of obtaining surface characteristics data by measuring a work piece polished by said pad, and processing said data to control a conditioning device.

1. A method for at least one of the following:
for improving the radiance of the complexion,
for reducing andor preventing the characteristics of wrinkles andor fine lines,
for improving andor reducing the microrelief of the skin, andor for making the skin smooth andor for promoting desquamation of the skin andor stimulating epidermal renewal,
for improving the density andor firmness of the skin,
for preventively or curatively treating withered skin, lack of skin elasticity andor tonicity, thinning of the dermis, degradation of collagen fibres, flaccid skin andor thinned skin.
comprising applying to human skin in need thereof a composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one monosaccharide chosen from mannose and rhamnose and at least one desquamating agent.
2. The method according to claim 1, which is for improving the density andor firmness of the skin.
3. The method according to claim 1, which is for preventively or curatively treating withered skin, lack of skin elasticity andor tonicity, thinning of the dermis, degradation of collagen fibres, flaccid skin andor thinned skin.
4. A composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, a combination of at least one monosaccharide chosen from mannose and rhamnose and at least one desquamating agent, the desquamating agent being chosen from jasmonic acid, gentisic acid, a jasmonic acid derivative, a gentisic acid derivative, and salicylic acid derivatives.
5. A composition according to claim 4, comprising a salicylic acid derivative chosen from 5-n-octanoylsalicylic acid (or capryloylsalicylic acid); 5-n-decanoylsalicylic acid; 5-n-dodecanoylsalicylic acid; 5-n-heptyloxysalicylic acid, and salts thereof.
6. A composition according to claim 4, comprising at least one compound chosen from:
3-hydroxy-2-(2Z)-pentenylcyclopentaneacetic acid,
methyl 3-hydroxy-2-(2Z)-pentenylcyclopentaneacetate,
2-(2Z)-2-pentenyl-3-hydroxycyclopentaneethanol,
3-hydroxy-2-pentylcyclopentaneacetic acid,
methyl 3-hydroxy-2-pentylcyclopentaneacetate,
2-pentyl-3-hydroxycyclopentaneethanol, and
jasmonic acid.
7. A composition according to claim 4, comprising 0.001% and 30% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition of said at least one monosaccharide
8. A composition according to claim 4, in which the amount of desquamating agent is 0.001%-30% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition.
9. A device comprising a combination of at least one monosaccharide chosen from mannose and rhamnose and at least one desquamating agent, the device being capable of delivering said combination by intraepidermal andor intradermal andor subcutaneous injection.

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. A projector comprising:
a directional light source, a lens, and an image medium support disposed therebetween;
wherein the image medium support is adapted to support at least one image medium between the light source and the lens so that light emitting from the light source passes through the image medium, through the lens, and out of the housing; and
a movement mechanism operatively connected with the image medium support, wherein via actuation of the movement mechanism the image medium support is adapted to be selectively movable with respect to the lens to permit the adjustment of the distance between the at least one image medium and the lens.
2. The projector of claim 1 wherein the image medium support comprises:
an image medium carriage; and
an image medium holder, wherein the image medium carriage is adapted to receive the image medium holder within an opening defined in the medium carriage, and wherein the image medium holder is adapted to receive at least one image medium.
3. The projector of claim 1 wherein the movement mechanism comprises a rack and pinion assembly.
4. The projector of claim 2 wherein the movement mechanism comprises a rack and pinion assembly.
5. The projector of claim 4 wherein the position of the image medium support with respect to the lens is adjusted by the manipulation of an adjustment knob that is operatively connected with the movement mechanism.
6. The projector of claim 2 wherein the image medium holder comprises first and second halves connected by a hinge.
7. The projector of claim 6 wherein the image medium holder is selectively movable between an open position and a closed position and is adapted to permit the insertion of an image medium into the image medium holder when in the open position and is adapted to secure the image medium when in the closed position, the image medium holder comprising on each of its halves an image window.
8. The projector of claim 2 further comprising an alignment mechanism adapted to ensure the image medium holder is correctly oriented within the image medium carriage.
9. The projector of claim 8 wherein the alignment mechanism comprises an alignment tab projecting from the image medium holder, the alignment tab being adapted to fit within an alignment slot defined within the image medium carriage
10. The projector of claim 1 wherein the light source comprises a light emitting diode bulb.
12. The projector of claim 1 further comprising:
a support for supporting the image projector on a surface, the support comprising
a stand, the stand having a deployed state and a stowed state; and
a stake assembly, the stake assembly adapted to receive the stand when the stand is in the stowed state; wherein the projector is adapted to be supported by the stand when the stand is in the deployed state and the projector is adapted to be supported by the stake assembly when the stand is in the stowed state and received within the stake assembly.
13. The projector of claim 12 wherein the stand comprises a main leg and a pair of secondary legs, the main leg being adapted to at least partially receive the secondary legs when the stand is in the stowed state.
14. The projector of claim 13 wherein the light source and the lens are each disposed within a housing.
15. The projector of claim 14 wherein the light source and the lens are each disposed within the same housing.
16. A projector comprising:
a directional light source and a lens;
a support for supporting the image projector on a surface, the support comprising
a stand, the stand having a deployed state and a stowed state; and
a stake assembly, the stake assembly adapted to receive the stand when the stand is in the stowed state; wherein the image projector is adapted to be supported by the stand when the stand is in the deployed state and the image projector is adapted to be supported by the stake assembly when the stand is in the stowed state and received within the stake assembly.
17. The projector of claim 16 wherein the stand comprises a main leg and a pair of secondary legs, the main leg being adapted to at least partially receive the secondary legs when the stand is in the stowed state.
18. The projector of claim 17 wherein the light source and the lens are each disposed within a housing.
19. The projector of claim 18 wherein the light source and the lens are each disposed within the same housing.
20. The projector of claim 19 further comprising:
an image medium support disposed between the light source and the lens, wherein the image medium support comprises;
an image medium carriage; and
an image medium holder, wherein the image medium carriage is adapted to receive the image medium holder within an opening defined in the medium carriage, and wherein the image medium holder comprises first and second halves connected by a hinge and is selectively movable between an open position and a closed position and is adapted to permit the insertion of at least one image medium into the image medium holder when in the open position and is adapted to secure the image medium when in the closed position, the image medium holder comprising on each of its halves an image window; and
a movement mechanism operatively connected with the image medium support, wherein via actuation of the movement mechanism the image medium support is adapted to be selectively movable with respect to the lens to permit the adjustment of the distance between the at least one image medium and the lens.