Author: claimsbot

1. An information processing apparatus including a processor and a memory for processing first information and second information, each information generated in a production of content data and containing information relating to the content data, the information processing apparatus comprising:
adding means for adding, to the second information, first linking information linking the first information, and adding, to the second information, identification information of material data to be edited; and
generating means for generating second linking information that links the second information to the first information,
wherein the first information comprises unedited material data prior to editing;
generating means for generating second information comprising a composition table in response to input from a user,
wherein the composition table serves as a plan for editing the first information and the composition table is linked to the first information and the composition table identifies an in point and an out point of an editing process in the first information,
wherein an edit list is generated based on the composition table, comprising an edit description of the editing process and is linked to the first information,
wherein the composition table is acquired based on identification information of the composition table added to the edit list, and
wherein the first information is left intact.
2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the first linking information contains identification information of the first information; and
the second linking information contains linking information that links identification information of the second information to the identification information of the first information.
3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:
storage means for storing the linking information generated by the generating means;
first acquisition means for acquiring the identification information of the first information; and
supplying means for extracting the identification information of the second information from the linking information stored in the storage means, based on the identification information of the first information acquired by the first acquisition means, and supplying the identification information of the second information.
4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:
second acquisition means for acquiring the linking information; and
updating means for updating the linking information stored in the storage means using the linking information acquired by the second acquisition means.
5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second information contains edit information containing an edit content of material data forming the content data, and wherein the first information contains the material data, prior to editing, to be edited in accordance with the edit information.
6. An information processing method of an information processing apparatus for processing first information and second information, each information generated in a production of content data and containing information relating to the content data, the information processing method comprising:
a step of adding, to the second information, first linking information linking the first information;
a step of adding, to the second information, identification information of material data to be edited; and
a step of generating second linking information that links the second information to the first information,
wherein the first information comprises unedited material data prior to editing;
generating means for generating second information comprising a composition table in response to input from a user,
wherein the composition table serves as a plan for editing the first information and the composition table is linked to the first information and the composition table identifies an in point and an out point of an editing process in the first information,
wherein an edit list is generated based on the composition table, comprising an edit description of the editing process and is linked to the first information,
wherein the composition table is acquired based on identification information of the composition table added to the edit list, and
wherein the first information is left intact.
7. A program stored on a removable computer recording medium that for causing a computer to perform an information processing for processing first information and second information, each information generated in a production of content data and containing information relating to the content data, the program comprising:
a step of adding, to the second information, first linking information linking the first information;
a step of adding, to the second information, identification information of material data to be edited; and
a step of generating second linking information that links the second information to the first information,
wherein the first information comprises unedited material data prior to editing;
generating means for generating second information comprising a composition table in response to input from a user,
wherein the composition table serves as a plan for editing the first information and the composition table is linked to the first information and the composition table identifies an in point and an out point of an editing process in the first information,
wherein an edit list is generated based on the composition table, comprising an edit description of the editing process and is linked to the first information,
wherein the composition table is acquired based on identification information of the composition table added to the edit list, and
wherein the first information is left intact.

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 method to search for a query image, comprising
detecting local invariant features and local descriptors;
retrieving best matching images by incorporating one or more contexts in matching quantized local descriptors with a vocabulary tree; and
reordering retrieved images with results from the vocabulary tree quantization.
2. The method of claim 1, comprising providing an image specific weighting of local features to reflect the local feature discriminative power in different images.
3. The method of claim 1, comprising matching local spatial contexts of a feature, including density of neighbor’s features, mean scales and orientation differences.
4. The method of claim 1, comprising reusing local feature quantization provided by the vocabulary tree and contexts to perform a fast re-ranking for top retrieved images.
5. The method of claim 1, comprising generating inverted index files for the vocabulary tree.
6. The method of claim 5, comprising training the vocabulary tree offline for local invariant descriptors by hierarchical K-means clustering.
7. The method of claim 5, comprising indexing database images to tree nodes using the inverted index files.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the vocabulary tree comprises inverted index files, comprising accumulating a similarity score of local features and tree nodes (visual words) vote for an image and providing images with highest similarity scores as retrieval results.
9. The method of claim 1, comprising performing re-ranking to select a subset of local descriptors for SIFT feature matching.
10. The method of claim 9, comprising adding node weights of matched SIFT features in an intersection of two sub graphs specified by neighborhood relations to a matching score to re-order the top candidates
11. The method of claim 1, comprising measuring similarity of local descriptors through image specific descriptor weighting.
12. The method of claim 11, comprising v, where weight wiq is defined based on the node counts along the quantization path of xi , comprising determining
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13. The method of claim 1, comprising measuring similarity of local descriptors spatial context statistics.
14. The method of claim 13, comprising builds two graphs from matched {x\u2032i} and {y\u2032j} where x\u2032i links to x\u2033i which is in a spatial neighborhood C(x\u2032i), where C(\u0192) denotes a neighborhood of one feature given by a disc (u,R).
15. The method of claim 14, comprising determining an intersection of the two graphs and adding a weighted id\u0192(vl\u2032,h\u2032) to a matching score sim(q,dm) to re-order top returned images.
16. The method of claim 14, comprising determining a final similarity score of two images as
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17. A system to search for a query image, comprising
means for detecting local invariant features and local descriptors;
means for retrieving best matching images by incorporating one or more contexts in matching quantized local descriptors with a vocabulary tree; and
means for reordering retrieved images with results from the vocabulary tree quantization.
18. The system of claim 17, comprising means for providing an image specific weighting of local features to reflect the local feature discriminative power in different images.
19. The system of claim 17, comprising means for matching local spatial contexts of a feature, including density of neighbor’s features, mean scales and orientation differences.
20. The system of claim 1, comprising means for reusing local feature quantization provided by the vocabulary tree and contexts to perform a fast re-ranking for top retrieved images.

1. A disc prosthesis, said disc prosthesis including a pair of disc members, the first member of said disc pair having a vertebral end plate contact surface and a recessed portion on an opposing surface thereof, the second member of said disc pair having a vertebral endplate contact surface and a protruding portion on an opposing surface thereof, the protruding portion of the second member engaging with the recessed portion of the first member in use, and wherein the inner or opposing surface of at least the first disc member is provided with at least three sections; a middle section and at least two end sections, the recessed portion being provided in the middle section and the thickness or depth of the middle section being less compared to the at least two end sections.
2. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the recessed portion is substantially curved in form.
3. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the end sections are substantially planar in form.
4. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the inner or opposing surface of the second disc member is provided with at least three sections; a middle section and at least two end sections, the protruding portion being provided in the middle section of the disc member.
5. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the boundaries of the middle and end sections are provided in the medial-lateral plane.
6. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the boundaries of the middle and end sections are provided in the anterior-posterior plane.
7. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the middle and end sections are arranged along substantially the entire length of the disc member.
8. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the middle and end sections are arranged in a substantially central part of the disc member.
9. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the vertebral endplate contact surface of the first andor second members is provided with attachment means.
10. A disc prosthesis according to claim 9 wherein the attachment means includes any or any combination of one or more screws, one or more apertures for the location of screws, one or more tapered members, spikes or fins.
11. A disc prosthesis according to claims 1 wherein one or both of the end sections of the inner or opposing surfaces of the first andor second disc members are provided at an acute angle to the horizontal.
12. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the outer andor inner surfaces of the second disc member form a narrowing taper towards one or both ends of the disc member.
13. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein one or both ends of the prosthesis has a narrowing taper towards the outer edges thereof.
14. A disc prosthesis according to claim 13 wherein the slope of the taper at the posterior end is opposite to the slope of the taper at the anterior end.
15. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the height of the prosthesis at an anterior end of the disc is greater than the height of the prosthesis at a posterior end of the disc.
16. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 which is provided for anterior insertion.
17. A disc prosthesis according to claim 1 which is provided for posterior insertion.
18. A disc prosthesis according to claim 16 wherein the protrusion portion of the second member is substantially the same shape andor dimensions as the recessed portion of the first member.
19. A disc prosthesis according to claim 16 wherein the radius of the curvature of the protrusion portion in the medial to lateral plane is greater than the radius of the curvature of the protrusion portion in the anterior to posterior plane.
20. A disc prosthesis according to claim 16 wherein the protrusion portion in the medial to lateral plane is asymmetrical to the protrusion portion in the anterior to posterior plane.
21. A disc prosthesis according to claim 16 wherein the curvature of the medial part of the recessed portion is symmetrical to the curvature of the lateral part of the recessed portion.
22. A disc prosthesis according to claim 16 wherein a radius of the arc of the curvature of the recessed portion in the medial part thereof is substantially equal to the radius of the arc of the curvature of the recessed portion in the lateral part thereof.
23. A disc prosthesis according to claim 16 wherein the anterior part of the recessed portion is symmetrical to the posterior part of the recessed portion.
24. A disc prosthesis according to claim 16 wherein attachment means are provided adjacent an anterior edge thereof.
25. A disc prosthesis according to claim 16 wherein the prosthesis is in the form of a cervical or lumbar prosthesis.
26. A disc prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein the prosthesis is in the form of a lumbar or thoracic prosthesis.
27. A disc prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein attachment means are provided adjacent a posterior edge thereof.
28. A disc prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein two disc pairs are required to form the prosthesis.
29. A prosthesis according to claim 28 wherein the two pairs of disc member are mirror images of each other.
30. A prosthesis according to claim 28 wherein each pair of disc members is independently inserted into the disc space in the patient and is located on either side of the dural sac.
31. A prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein the recessed portion of the first member is substantially curved and the curvature of a medial part of said recessed portion is asymmetrical to the curvature of a lateral part of said recessed portion.
32. A prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein a lateral part of said recessed portion corresponds to an arc of a circle which has a radius greater than that of an arc of a circle corresponding to the curvature of a medial part of the recessed portion.
33. A prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein an anterior part of the recessed portion is substantially symmetrical to a posterior part of the recessed portion.
34. A prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein the recessed and protrusion portions in each disc member pair are asymmetrical.
35. A prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein the protrusion portion in a disc member pair makes contact with only a part of the recessed portion of said disc member pair.
36. A prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein the protrusion portion is symmetrical in the medial-lateral plane and the anterior-posterior plane but the curvature in the medial to lateral plane may be different to that in the anterior to posterior plane.
37. A prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein the protrusion portion is substantially dome shaped.
38. A prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein the recessed portion is substantially inverse dome shaped.
39. A prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein the attachment means includes one or more tapered members protruding outwardly of the vertebral endplate contact surface, the taper of said member narrowing from a posterior end towards an anterior end of the disc member.
40. A prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein the attachment means are provided towards a medial side of the first andor second disc members.
41. A prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein the end sections of the opposing surface of said first disc member are mildly concave in form.
42. A prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the middle section is located substantially centrally of said first andor second disc members.
43. A prosthesis according to claim 17 wherein the middle and end sections each comprise at least one third of a disc member surface.
44. A prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein when one of the disc members moves towards an end of the prosthesis in extension or flexion, a gap between the end sections of the disc members increases at an opposite end of the prosthesis.
45. A prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein the vertebral endplate contact surface of the first member of said disc pair is provided with a convex shaped portion thereon.
46. A prosthesis according to claim 45 wherein the height of the vertebral endplate contact surface is greater towards a medial side of the first member.
47. A prosthesis according to claim 45 wherein a longitudinal axis of the convex shaped portion is substantially parallel to an anterior-posterior axis of the first member.
48. A prosthesis according to claim 45 wherein the convex shaped portion is provided closer to a posterior end of the first member than to an anterior end thereof.
49. A prosthesis according to claim 1 wherein said prosthesis is used in conjunction with a facet joint prosthesis.
50. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 49 wherein a first member is provided for attachment to a first posterior lumbar disc in use and a second member is provided for attachment to a second posterior lumbar disc in use, and wherein at least a part of said first member is telescopically mounted in at least a part of said second member in use.
51. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 49 wherein the first andor second members are provided with or are associated with securing means for securing the members to a disc in use.
52. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 51 wherein the securing means includes one or more pedicle screws.
53. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 49 wherein the first member includes an elongate arm portion which is movably located in an elongate channel portion on said second member.
54. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 53 wherein the arm portion and said channel portion are curved in form.
55. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 53 wherein each of said arm portion and said channel portion communicate with a plate portion.
56. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 53 wherein a slot is provided longitudinally of said channel portion.
57. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 56 wherein said slot is of such a width to allow approximately 30% of the arm portion to be visible therethrough.
58. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 56 wherein the slot is open ended.
59. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 56 wherein an enclosed slot is provided on said channel portion and a pin provided on the elongate arm portion is slidably located therein.
60. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 53 wherein the arm portion is of slightly smaller dimensions than the interior dimensions of said channel portion, such that a small gap is provided therebetween to allow some movement between said arm portion and said channel portion.
61. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 53 wherein with the arm portion located in the channel portion, the arm portion can undergo limited rotation, side ways movement and sliding movement to allow flexion and extension with respect to said channel portion.
62. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 53 wherein the end of the arm portion engaging in said channel portion has curved end walls and curved side walls, the curvature of said side walls being less than the curvature of said end walls.
63. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 53 wherein the open end of the channel portion in which the arm portion engages has curved end walls and curved side walls, the curvature of said side walls being less than the curvature of said end walls.
64. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 49 wherein the first andor second members are provided with guide means for guiding or limiting relative movement between said first and second members.
65. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 49 wherein the first andor second members are provided with locking means for preventing relative movement between said first and second members.
66. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 65 wherein the locking means is in the form of a locking screw.
67. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 66 wherein the locking screw is located through an aperture defined in the second member and engages in one or more recesses provided in the first member.
68. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 65 wherein the locking means includes one or more clamping rings.
69. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 68 wherein one or more screws are used to clamp the clamping rings in a required position on the prosthesis.
70. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 68 wherein two clamping rings are provided and the range of movement of the first andor second members is determined by the distance between the two clamping rings on the prosthesis.
71. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 68 wherein at least one projection on the interior surface of the clamping ring locates in a slot in the first andor second member.
72. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 53 wherein a stop member is located in the channel of the second member to limit movement of the first member in said channel andor to act as a shock absorber.
73. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 49 wherein a sleeve is provided over said prosthesis.
74. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 49 wherein a pair of facet joint prostheses are used for each disc.
75. A facet joint prosthesis according to claim 49 wherein a plurality of first members can be attached to a second member and vice versa to form stacking of said prosthesis.
76. A prosthesis system, said system including a disc prosthesis and facet joint prosthesis as defined in claim 1.
77. A first disc member according to claim 1.
78. A second disc member according to claim 1.
79. A facet joint prosthesis, said facet joint prosthesis including a first member for attachment to a first posterior disc in use and a second member for attachment to a second posterior disc in use, and wherein at least a part of said first member is telescopically mounted in at least a part of said second member in use.
80. A method of attachment of a lumbar disc prosthesis in a patient, said lumbar disc prosthesis including a pair of disc members, a first member of said disc pair having a vertebral endplate contact surface and a recessed portion on an opposing surface thereof, a second member of said disc pair having a vertebral endplate contact surface and a protruding portion on an opposing surface thereof, the protruding portion of the second member engaging in the recessed portion of the first member in use, the prosthesis including a further pair of disc members, said further pair of disc members also including first and second members, said method including the steps inserting each pair of disc members via a posterior route.
81. A method of attachment of a facet joint prosthesis in a patient, said facet joint prosthesis including a first member and a second member, at least a part of said first member is telescopically mounted in at least a part of said second member in use, said method including attaching a part of said first member to one of an upper or lower vertebrae in use posteriorly and attaching a part of said second member to the other of said upper or lower vertebrae in use posteriorly.
82. A lumbar disc prosthesis, said lumbar disc prosthesis including a pair of disc members, a first member of said disc pair having a vertebral endplate contact surface and a recessed portion on an opposing surface thereof, a second member of said disc pair having a vertebral endplate contact surface and a protruding portion on an opposing surface thereof, the protruding portion of the second member engaging in the recessed portion of the first member in use, and wherein the prosthesis includes a further pair of disc members, said further pair of disc members also including first and second members.
83. A lumbar disc prosthesis, said disc prosthesis including a pair of disc members, the first member of said disc pair having a vertebral endplate contact surface and a recessed portion on an opposing surface thereof, the second member of said disc pair having a vertebral endplate contact surface and a protruding portion on an opposing surface thereof, the protruding portion of the second member engaging with the recessed portion of the first member in use, and wherein the vertebral endplate contact surface of said first member includes a convex shaped portion thereon.
84. A prosthesis system, said system including a disc prosthesis and facet joint prosthesis, said disc prosthesis including a pair of disc members, the first member of said disc pair having a vertebral end plate contact surface and a recessed portion on an opposing surface thereof, the second member of said disc pair having a vertebral endplate contact surface and a protruding portion on an opposing surface thereof, the protruding portion of the second member engaging with the recessed portion of the first member in use, said facet joint prosthesis including a first member for attachment to a first posterior lumbar disc in use and a second member is provided for attachment to a second posterior lumbar disc in use, and wherein at least a part of said first member is telescopically mounted in at least a part of said second member in use.

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 method of fabricating an organic light emitting diode display device, the method comprising:
sequentially forming a first metal film, an insulation film and a second metal film on a substrate;
forming a photosensitive film pattern having different thickness portions on the second metal film through a mask procedure, wherein the photosensitive film pattern is formed opposite a storage capacitor region, a pixel region and a pad region;
forming a first storage electrode, an insulation film pattern and a metal film pattern by sequentially etching the first metal film, the insulation film and the second metal film using the first photosensitive film pattern as a mask;
forming a second photosensitive film pattern by performing an ashing process on the first photosensitive film pattern;
forming a storage capacitor configured with the first storage electrode, a second insulation film pattern and a second storage electrode by etching the first insulation film pattern and the metal film pattern using the second photosensitive film pattern as a mask;
forming a switching transistor and a driving transistor, each including with a channel layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, on the substrate provided with the storage capacitor;
forming a color filter in the pixel region of the substrate provided with the switching and driving transistors and the storage capacitor; and
forming an organic light emitting diode, which includes a first electrode, an organic emission layer and a second electrode, in the pixel region of the substrate provided with the color filter.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first photosensitive film pattern is formed using one of a diffractive mask and a halftone mask.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first storage electrode, the second insulation film pattern and the second storage electrode included in the storage capacitor are expanded from the storage capacitor region up to the pixel region and the pad region.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first metal film and the second metal film are a transparent conductive material.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first metal film and the second metal film are one of indium-tin-oxide ITO, indium-zinc-oxide IZO and indium-tin-zinc-oxide ITZO.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second insulation film pattern of the storage capacitor is one of a silicon nitride SiNx and silicon oxide SiOx.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the second insulation film pattern of the storage capacitor is a multi-layered structure formed by alternately depositing a silicon nitride SiNx and a silicon oxide SiOx.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the organic emission layer includes a white emission layer that emits white light.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the white emission layer is formed by stacking red, green and blue organic materials.
10. An organic light emitting display device, comprising:
a substrate having a transistor region, a storage capacitor region, a pixel region and a pad region;
at least one transistor arranged in the transistor region of the substrate and configured to include a channel layer, an insulation film, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode;
a storage capacitor arranged in the storage capacitor region, the pixel region and the pad region of the substrate and configured to include a first storage electrode, an insulation film pattern and a second storage electrode;
a color filter arranged over the storage capacitor opposite to the pixel region; and
an organic light emitting diode arranged on the color filter and configured to include a first electrode, an organic emission layer and a second electrode.
11. The organic light emitting display device of claim 10, wherein the first storage electrode and the second storage electrode are a formed from a transparent conductive material.
12. The organic light emitting display device of claim 10, wherein the first storage electrode and the second storage electrode are one of indium-tin-oxide ITO, indium-zinc-oxide IZO and indium-tin-zinc-oxide ITZO.
13. The organic light emitting display device of claim 10, wherein the insulation film pattern of the storage capacitor is one of a silicon nitride SiNx and silicon oxide SiOx.
14. The organic light emitting display device of claim 10, wherein the insulation film pattern of the storage capacitor is a multi-layered structure formed by alternately depositing a silicon nitride SiNx and a silicon oxide SiOx.
15. The organic light emitting display device of claim 10, wherein the organic emission layer includes a white emission layer that emits white light.
16. The organic light emitting display device of claim 15, wherein the white emission layer includes stacked red, green and blue organic materials.