Author: claimsbot

1. A method comprising:
assigning, with a computer system, attributes to text zones in an electronic version of a document, wherein the attributes include scaling and importance information for text zones; and
reformatting, with the computer system, the electronic version of the document using one or more of the text zones selected and reformatted based on assigned attributes to generate the image representation at a target size.
2. The method defined in claim 1, wherein the image comprises a representation of a scanned document at a target size smaller than that of the document with at least portions of text appearing larger than if the at least portions of text were scaled by an amount required to scale all of the electronic version of the document to the target size.
3. The method defined in claim 2, wherein the text appearing larger is readable.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
perform scaling and cropping of text in one or more text zones to fit resulting text in a display of constrained size.
5. The method defined in claim 1, further comprising:
storing a reformatted electronic version and a non-reformatted version of the document in a file.
6. The method defined in claim 5, wherein a codestream in a JPM file is used in both the reformatted electronic version and non-reformatted electronic version.
7. The method defined in claim 1, wherein the scaling information comprises a scaling factor.
8. The method defined in claim 1, wherein the importance information comprises an importance grade.
9. The method defined in claim 8, wherein the importance grade is based on at least one of a character size, a horizontal position of a text zone, a vertical position of a text zone, and a number of bits a coder spends on the portion being image coded.
10. An apparatus comprising:
an attribute assigner to assign attributes to text zones in an electronic version of a document, wherein the attributes include scaling and importance information for text zones; and
a formatter coupled to the attribute assigner to reformat the electronic version of the document using one or more of the text zones selected and reformatted based on assigned attributes to generate the image representation at a target size.
11. The apparatus defined in claim 10, wherein the image comprises a representation of a scanned document at a target size smaller than that of the document with at least portions of text appearing larger than if the at least portions of text were scaled by an amount required to scale all of the electronic version of the document to the target size.
12. The apparatus defined in claim 11, wherein the text appearing larger is readable.
13. The apparatus defined in claim 10, wherein the formatter is operable to scale and crop text in one or more text zones to fit resulting text in a display of constrained size.
14. The apparatus defined in claim 10, further comprising:
an image creator coupled with the formatter to store a reformatted electronic version and a non-reformatted version of the document in a file.
15. The apparatus defined in claim 14, wherein a codestream in the JPM file is used in both the reformatted electronic version and non-reformatted electronic version.
16. The apparatus defined in claim 10, wherein the scaling information comprises a scaling factor.
17. The apparatus defined in claim 10, wherein the importance information comprises an importance grade.
18. The apparatus defined in claim 17, wherein the importance grade is based on at least one of a character size, a horizontal position of a text zone, a vertical position of a text zone, and a number of bits a coder spends on the portion being image coded.
19. A computer-readable storage medium containing executable instructions that, when executed by a system, cause the system to perform a method comprising:
assigning attributes to text zones in an electronic version of a document, wherein the attributes include scaling and importance information for text zones; and
reformatting the electronic version of the document using one or more of the text zones selected and reformatted based on assigned attributes to generate the image representation at a target size.
20. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 19, wherein the image comprises a representation of a scanned document at a target size smaller than that of the document with at least portions of text appearing larger than if the at least portions of text were scaled by an amount required to scale all of the electronic version of the document to the target size.
21. The article of manufacture computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 20, wherein the text appearing larger is readable.
22. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:
performing scaling and cropping of text in one or more text zones to fit resulting text in a display of constrained size.
23. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:
storing a reformatted electronic version and a non-reformatted version of the document in a file.
24. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 23, wherein a codestream in the JPM file is used in both the reformatted electronic version and non-reformatted electronic version.
25. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 19, wherein the scaling information comprises a scaling factor.
26. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 19, wherein the importance information comprises an importance grade.
27. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 26, wherein the importance grade is based on at least one of a character size, a horizontal position of a text zone, a vertical position of a text zone, and a number of bits a coder spends on the portion being image coded.
28. A method comprising:
obtaining, with a computer system, layout analysis information regarding a document;
segmenting, with the computer system, the document into a set of one or more text zones using the layout analysis information;
generating, with the computer system, scaling and importance information for each of the one or more text zones using the layout analysis information;
assigning, with the computer system, attributes to text zones in an electronic version of a document;
selecting, with the computer system, portions of one or more text zones in the document that would fit in an image representation of the document at a target size based on the importance and scaling information and based on the portions of selected text zones fitting in the image representation after the portions of the selected text zones have undergone scaling based on the scaling information and any reflow of text into a different sequence of lines; and
reformatting, with the computer system, the electronic version of the document using one or more of the text zones selected and reformatted based on assigned attributes to generate the image representation at a target size.
29. The method defined in claim 28 wherein obtaining layout analysis information comprises obtaining layout analysis information by scanning the document.
30. The method defined in claim 28, further comprising:
computing a reorganization for each of the portions of selected text zones by processing the layout analysis information.
31. The method defined in claim 28, further comprising:
performing zone segmentation in response to the layout analysis information to locally divide text zones in the document into a plurality of smaller zones.
32. The method defined in claim 31, wherein performing zone segmentation comprises:
determining whether interspace between lines is greater than the height of the document divided by a predetermined number; and
dividing a text zone if the interspace between lines is greater than the height of the document divided by a predetermined number.
33. The method defined in claim 31, wherein performing zone segmentation comprises:
determining whether the text zone includes a ruling; and
dividing a text zone if the text zone includes a ruling.
34. The method of claim 28, further comprising:
reformatting the document based on selected zones to generate the image representation at the target size.
35. The method defined in claim 28, further comprising:
determining a size of a character set from the layout analysis information; and
generating a scaling factor for text zones being processed based on the size of the character set.
36. An apparatus comprising:
a layout analysis stage to obtain layout analysis information regarding a document and segment the document into one or more text zones using the layout analysis information;
an attribute assigner to assign attributes to text zones in an electronic version of the document;
a synthesis stage to generate scaling and importance information for each of the one or more text zones using the layout analysis information and select portions of one or more text zones in the document that would fit in an image representation of the document at a target size based on the importance and scaling information and based on the portions of selected text zones fitting in the image representation after the portions of the selected text zones have undergone scaling based on the scaling information and any reflow of text into a different sequence of lines; and
a formatter coupled to the attribute assigner to reformat the electronic version of the document using one or more of the text zones selected and reformatted based on assigned attributes to generate the image representation at a target size.
37. The apparatus defined in claim 36 wherein the layout analysis stage obtains layout analysis information by obtaining layout analysis information by scanning the document.
38. The apparatus defined in claim 36, wherein the formatter is operable to compute a reorganization for each of the portions of selected text zones by processing the layout analysis information.
39. The apparatus defined in claim 36, wherein the formatter is operable to perform zone segmentation in response to the layout analysis information to locally divide text zones in the document into a plurality of smaller zones.
40. The apparatus defined in claim 39, wherein the formatter is operable to perform zone segmentation by determining whether interspace between lines is greater than the height of the document divided by a predetermined number, and dividing a text zone if the interspace between lines is greater than the height of the document divided by a predetermined number.
41. The apparatus defined in claim 39, wherein the formatter is operable to perform zone segmentation by determining whether the text zone includes a ruling, and dividing a text zone if the text zone includes a ruling.
42. The apparatus of claim 36, wherein the formatter is operable to reformat the document based on selected zones to generate the image representation at the target size.
43. The apparatus defined in claim 36, wherein the synthesis stage is operable to determine a size of a character set from the layout analysis information, and generate a scaling factor for text zones being processed based on the size of the character set.
44. A computer-readable storage medium containing executable instructions that, when executed by a system, cause the system to perform a method comprising:
obtaining layout analysis information regarding a document;
segmenting the document into a set of one or more text zones using the layout analysis information;
generateing scaling and importance information for each of the one or more text zones using the layout analysis information;
assigning attributes to text zones in an electronic version of a document;
selecting portions of one or more text zones in the document that would fit in an image representation of the document at a target size based on the importance and scaling information and based on the portions of selected text zones fitting in the image representation after the portions of the selected text zones have undergone scaling based on the scaling information and any reflow of text into a different sequence of lines; and
reformatting the electronic version of the document using one or more of the text zones selected and reformatted based on assigned attributes to generate the image representation at a target size.
45. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 44 wherein obtaining layout analysis information comprises obtaining layout analysis information by scanning the document.
46. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 44, wherein the method further comprises:
computing a reorganization for each of the portions of selected text zones by processing the layout analysis information.
47. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 44, wherein the method further comprises:
performing zone segmentation in response to the layout analysis information to locally divide text zones in the document into a plurality of smaller zones.
48. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 47, wherein performing zone segmentation further comprises:
determining whether interspace between lines is greater than the height of the document divided by a predetermined number; and
dividing a text zone if the interspace between lines is greater than the height of the document divided by a predetermined number.
49. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 47, wherein performing zone segmentation further comprises:
determining whether the text zone includes a ruling, and dividing a text zone if the text zone includes a ruling.
50. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 44, wherein the method further comprises:
reformatting the document based on selected zones to generate the image representation at the target size.
51. The computer-readable storage medium defined in claim 44, the method further comprises:
determining a size of a character set from the layout analysis information; and
generating a scaling factor for text zones being processed based on the size of the character set.

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 lithographic projection apparatus comprising:
a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate;
a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate;
a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between the projection system and the substrate with a liquid, the liquid supply system comprising an ultra-violet radiation source configured to irradiate the liquid prior to entry into the space; and
a dispenser configured to add a chemical to the liquid in the liquid supply system.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a filter configured to separate particles from the liquid.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a degasser configured to separate gas and liquid prior to entry of the liquid into the space.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the degasser comprises a membrane configured to contact the liquid to separate gas and liquid.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a measurement device configured to measure a property of the liquid indicative of contamination.
6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the property is an electrical property of the liquid.
7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the liquid supply system comprises a liquid confinement structure configured to at least partly confine the liquid within the space and the measurement device is configured to measure the property of the liquid in a flow path between the liquid confinement structure and a gas content reduction device configured to reduce the gas content of the liquid.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ultra-violet radiation is selected to kill lifeforms in the liquid and further comprising a particle filter configured to capture lifeforms killed by the ultra-violet radiation.
9. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an ion exchange material configured to contact the irradiated liquid.
10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the dispenser is configured to add ozone, a halogen containing compound, an alcohol, an aldehyde, or a heavy metal, to the liquid supply system.
11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the dispenser is configured to add a surfactant, a wetting agent, or both, to the liquid supply system.
12. A lithographic projection apparatus comprising:
a movable table;
a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate;
a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between the projection system and the table with a liquid;
a member having:
an opening, in a bottom surface of the member, configured to remove at least part of the immersion liquid from the space, and
an open aperture located underneath a lower surface of the projection system and above the table, a cross-sectional dimension of the aperture being smaller than a cross-sectional dimensional of the lower surface of the projection system, the open aperture configured to allow the liquid to flow therethrouqh between above the open aperture and below the open aperture, and the open aperture configured to allow the radiation beam to pass therethrouqh;

an inlet configured to supply the immersion liquid to the space at a position located above the aperture;
an ultra-violet radiation source configured to irradiate the liquid prior to entry of the liquid into the space;
a filter configured to separate particles from the liquid; and
a degasser configured to separate gas and liquid.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising a measurement device configured to measure a property of the liquid indicative of contamination.
14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the property is an electrical property of the liquid.
15. The apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising an ion exchange material configured to contact the irradiated liquid.
16. The apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising an adding device configured to add a surfactant, a wetting agent, or both, to the liquid supply system.
17. A device manufacturing method comprising:
at least partly filling a space between a projection system of an exposure apparatus and a substrate with a liquid;
irradiating the liquid prior to entry into the space with ultra-violet radiation;
adding a chemical to the liquid; and
projecting a patterned radiation beam through the liquid in the space onto a target portion of the substrate.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising measuring an electrical property of the liquid.
19. The method of claim 18, further comprising degassing the liquid prior to entry into the space.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising filtering particles in the liquid.
21. The method of claim 20, further comprising degassing the liquid downstream from an outlet from the space.
22. A lithographic projection apparatus comprising:
a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate;
a projection system configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate; and
a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between the projection system and the substrate with a liquid, the liquid supply system comprising:
an ultra-violet radiation source configured to irradiate the liquid prior to entry into the space,
a conduit to route the liquid to an inlet to the space, and
a further conduit that branches off the conduit before the inlet and branches into the conduit upstream of where the further conduit branches off the conduit, the further conduit configured to route at least part of the liquid back upstream to a portion of the liquid supply system through which the at least part of the liquid has passed.

1. A composition comprising:
a glycerol ester;
an active agent dispersed within the glycerol ester;
the composition configured to elute the active agent from the glycerol ester.
2. The composition of claim 1, the composition configured to elute the active agent in response to degradation of the glycerol ester.
3. The composition of claim 2, wherein degradation of the glycerol ester takes place under in vivo conditions.
4. The composition of claim 1, the glycerol ester comprising a glycerol ester polymer having a molecular weight of greater than or equal to 5,000.
5. The composition of claim 1, the glycerol ester comprising the esterified reaction product of a glycerol and a carboxylic acid.
6. The composition of claim 5, the carboxylic acid comprising more than one carboxylic acid group.
7. The composition of claim 1, the glycerol ester comprising the esterified reaction product of a glycerol and an acid chloride.
8. The composition of claim 1, the glycerol ester having a melting temperature Tm of greater than about 25 degrees Celsius and less than about 37 degrees Celsius.
9. The composition of claim 1, the glycerol ester comprising an ester group including a carbon chain comprising greater than or equal to 6 carbon atoms.
10. The composition of claim 1, the glycerol ester comprising an ester group comprising a prodrug.
11. The composition of claim 1, the glycerol ester comprising an ester group comprising a covalently bound anti-inflammatory agent.
12. The composition of claim 1, the glycerol ester comprising an ester group comprising a salicylate.
13. The composition of claim 1, the glycerol ester covalently bonded to a surface of a substrate through a linking group.
14. The composition of claim 13, the linking group comprising a silane compound.
15. The composition of claim 1, the glycerol ester covalently bonded to a surface of a substrate through the residue of a photoreactive group.
16. The composition of claim 1, the glycerol ester cross-linked with a cross-linking agent.
17. The composition of claim 1, further comprising a biocompatible polymer dispersed within the polyglycerol ester.
18. The composition of claim 1, further comprising a hydrophobic polymer, wherein the polyglycerol ester serves as a solvent to the hydrophobic polymer.
19. The composition of claim 1, further comprising microparticles disposed within the polyglycerol ester.
20. The composition of claim 1, wherein the glycerol backbone of the glycerol ester is fully esterified and the active agent is hydrophobic.
21. The composition of claim 1, wherein the polyglycerol ester has a viscosity of between 1,000 and 30,000 cP (centipoise) at 37 degrees Celsius.
22. A medical device comprising:
a block copolymer of the formulae:
AB, ABA, BAB, or mixtures thereof
wherein:
A represents a glycerol ester block; and
B represents at least one block selected from the group consisting of poly-lactide-co-glycolide (PLGA) and polyethylene glycol (PEG), polyesters, polyurethanes, and polycarbonates wherein the B block comprises about 1 to about 99 wt. % of the copolymer.
23. An active agent eluting device comprising:
a glycerol ester; and
an active agent dispersed within the glycerol ester;
the active agent eluting device configured to elute the active agent from the glycerol ester.

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. Wind power plant, especially a wind power plant with a horizontal axis, having a rotor (20) which can rotate about a rotor axis which is preferably horizontal and at least one rotor blade (30), preferably extending approximately perpendicular to the rotor axis, an adjusting means to adjust the at least one, and preferably each, rotor blade by means of which adjustment the torque generated at the rotor axis by the wind load is adjustable, and a stabilizing system with which the rotor (20) can be stabilized in at least one specified, particularly low-load rotational position (park position), characterized in that the stabilizing system has a coupling, especially a control means, which can be coupled to the adjustment means, with which, in case of deviation from the specified rotational position, especially in case of rotation of the rotor (20) out of the specified rotational position, adjustment of the at least one rotor blade (30) can be initiated to generate a torque counteracting this deviation or rotation.
2. Wind power plant according to claim 1, characterized in that the at least one rotor blade (3) with the adjusting means can be rotated at least partially about an axis of rotation which is transverse to the rotor axis and preferably parallel to the longitudinal axis of this rotor blade.
3. Wind power plant according to claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the at least one rotor blade (30) is assigned at least one aerodynamic aid (32) such as a camber flap, a spoiler andor a rotatable blade tip which can be adjusted with the adjusting means.
4. Wind power plant according to one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the rotor (20) has one or two rotor blades (30) and can be stabilized in a rotational position in which the rotor blade (30) or the rotor blades (30) isare directed approximately horizontally.
5. Wind power plant according to one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that a rotational movement of the rotor (20) can be braked by adjustment of the at least one rotor blade (30) using the coupling means.
6. Wind power plant according to one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the control means has a sensor suitable for determining the rotational position of the rotor as well as a signal processing system (100) which utilizes sensor signals representing the rotational position of the rotor (20) with a control algorithm to calculate a desired value 1, 2, for the blade adjustment, such as with respect to the longitudinal azimuthal adjustment angle, which is adjusted by the adjustment means.
7. Wind power plant according to one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the control means is a PI controller, a PID controller, an adaptive controller, andor a fuzzy controller.
8. Wind power plant according to one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that at least one control algorithm of the control means andor its amplification(s) can be altered depending on, for instance, the wind direction determined from windvane signals.
9. Wind power plant according to one of the foregoing claims, characterized by its own energy supply means.
10. Wind power plant according to claim 9, characterized in that the energy supply means has at least one battery, capacitor, andor emergency power system, particularly a Diesel system.
11. Wind power plant according to claim 9 or claim 10, characterized in that the energy supply means has a small auxiliary wind power system preferably mounted on a machine gondola of the wind power plant.
12. Wind power plant according to claim 11, characterized in that the auxiliary wind power system has a power range of 5 to 100 kW, preferably at a nominal wind velocity above 25 ms.
13. Wind power plant according to claim 11 or claim 12, characterized in that the at least one auxiliary wind power system is a vertical-axle machine with its base within the machine gondola of the wind power plant.
14. Wind power plant according to one of claims 11 to 13, characterized by a buffer battery charged from the auxiliary wind power system, from which the adjustment means, the control means, andor optional auxiliary equipment of the wind power system can be supplied.
15. Wind power plant according to one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the coupling means has at least one coupling system with which a rotational movement of the rotor produces an adjustment of at least one, preferably each, rotor blade through a separable direct mechanical coupling.
16. Wind power plant according to claim 15, characterized in that the coupling system has a torsion shaft (110) andor thrust rod (200) which preferably runs, at least in sections, approximately parallel to the rotor axis, within a hollow-bored main shaft (42) andor runs through a rotor bearing and acts on adjusting means (112, 114, 212, 214) preferably located inside the rotor hub (40), by which means a rotational movement of the rotor (20) causes adjustment of at least one rotor blade (30).
17. Wind power plant according to claim 16, characterized in the adjustment is produces when a relative movement occurs between the rotor (20) and the torsion shaft (110).
18. Wind power plant according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that a first braking or arresting system (120) acting between the torsion shaft (110) and the rotor (20) and a second braking or arresting system (130) acting between the torsion shaft (110) and a nonrotating gondola of the wind power plant are assigned to the torsion shaft (110)
19. Wind power plant according to one of claims 16 to 18, characterized in that a drive means (140) is assigned to the torsion shaft (110).
20. Wind power plant according to one of claims 16 to 19, characterized in that the torsion shaft (110) runs separately from the rotor axle, at least in segments.
21. Wind power plant according to one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the coupling means is a shiftable gear, preferably a planetary gear (150) to match the adjustment of the at least one rotor blade caused by a rotor movement to the operating state of the wind power plant.
22. Wind power plant according to one of the foregoing claims, characterized by a control system to adapt the adjustment rate of the at least one rotor blade to the current operating state on braking.
23. Wind power plant according to one of claims 16 to 22, characterized in that the control system can be operated to change the braking torque of a braking means coupled to the torsion shaft.
24. Wind power plant according to one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the coupling means has at least one frictional coupling (113) through which the adjustment of the at least one rotor blade (30) is produced.
25. Wind power plant according to one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the adjusting means has at least two independent adjusting systems (30, 39), one of which can operate to adjust the at least one rotor blade (30) even in case of failure of each other adjustment system.
26. Stabilizing system for a wind power plant according to one of the foregoing claims.