All The Claims

1. An adaptive protection circuit module for an operational amplifier, the adaptive protection circuit module comprising:
an over temperature protection circuit providing a temperature protection function to power down the operational amplifier when an operating temperature of the operational amplifier increases higher than a first threshold temperature; and
an over current protection circuit providing a current protection function to limit an output current of the operational amplifier and adjusting the first threshold temperature to a second threshold temperature when the over current protection circuit is enabled,
wherein after the first threshold temperature is adjusted to the second threshold temperature, the over temperature protection circuit powers down the operational amplifier when the operating temperature of the operational amplifier increases higher than the second threshold temperature, and the second threshold temperature is lower than the first threshold temperature,
wherein the over temperature protection circuit keeps the operational amplifier in a power-down state until a power on sequence starts.
2. The adaptive protection circuit module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the over temperature protection circuit controls the operational amplifier to release from a power-down state when the operating temperature of the operational amplifier decreases lower than a third threshold temperature.
3. The adaptive protection circuit module as claimed in claim 2, wherein the over temperature protection circuit comprises:
a voltage generating circuit providing a temperature sensitive voltage and a reference voltage, wherein the temperature sensitive voltage changes along with the operating temperature, and the reference voltage is temperature insensitive;
a voltage divider unit coupled to the voltage generating circuit and dividing the reference voltage into a first threshold voltage, a second threshold voltage, and a third threshold voltage; and
a comparator unit coupled to the voltage generating circuit and the voltage divider unit, comparing the temperature sensitive voltage with the first threshold voltage, the second threshold voltage, or the third threshold voltage, and outputting a power-down signal to power down the operational amplifier based on a comparison result.
4. The adaptive protection circuit module as claimed in claim 3, wherein the over temperature protection circuit further comprises:
a switch module coupled between the voltage divider unit and the comparator unit and controlled by the over current protection circuit and the power-down signal to select and output the first threshold voltage, the second threshold voltage, or the third threshold voltage to the comparator unit.
5. The adaptive protection circuit module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the switch module is switched to select and output the first threshold voltage to the comparator unit when the operating temperature of the operational amplifier increases toward the first threshold temperature.
6. The adaptive protection circuit module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the switch module is switched to select and output the second threshold voltage to the comparator unit when the operating temperature of the operational amplifier increases toward the second threshold temperature.
7. The adaptive protection circuit module as claimed in claim 4, wherein the switch module is switched to select and output the third threshold voltage to the comparator unit when the operating temperature of the operational amplifier decreases toward the third threshold temperature.
8. The adaptive protection circuit module as claimed in claim 3, wherein the temperature sensitive voltage has a negative temperature coefficient.
9. The adaptive protection circuit module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the over temperature protection circuit controls the operational amplifier to release from the power-down state when the power on sequence starts.
10. The adaptive protection circuit module as claimed in claim 1, wherein the over temperature protection circuit powers down the operational amplifier by a power down signal, and the over temperature protection circuit comprises a latch unit to latch the power down signal.
11. The adaptive protection circuit module as claimed in claim 10, further comprising:
a power on reset circuit module providing a power on reset signal to reset the latch unit, so that the over temperature protection circuit controls the operational amplifier to release from the power-down state.
12. The adaptive protection circuit module as claimed in claim 11, wherein the power on reset circuit module comprises:
a start up circuit providing a first reset voltage to serve as the power on reset signal at a first temperature;
a bandgap circuit coupled to the start up circuit and providing a second reset voltage to serve as the power on reset signal at a second temperature; and
a logic unit coupled to the start up circuit and the bandgap circuit and outputting the first reset voltage or the second reset voltage to serve as the power on reset signal.
13. The adaptive protection circuit module as claimed in claim 12, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
14. An adaptive protection method for an operational amplifier, the adaptive protection method comprising:
providing a current protection function to limit an output current of the operational amplifier;
providing a temperature protection function to power down the operational amplifier when an operating temperature of the operational amplifier increases higher than a first threshold temperature;
adjusting the first threshold temperature to a second threshold temperature when the over current protection function is enabled, wherein the second threshold temperature is lower than the first threshold temperature, and
keeping the operational amplifier in a power-down state until a power on sequence starts,
wherein after the first threshold temperature is adjusted to the second threshold temperature, in the step of providing the temperature protection function, powering down the operational amplifier when the operating temperature of the operational amplifier increases higher than the second threshold temperature.
15. The adaptive protection method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:
controlling the operational amplifier to release from a power-down state when the operating temperature of the operational amplifier decreases lower than a third threshold temperature.
16. The adaptive protection method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising:
controlling the operational amplifier to release from the power-down state when the power on sequence starts.

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

1. An apparatus for fabricating a display device, the apparatus comprising:
a substrate;
a stage on which the substrate is loaded;
a dispenser from which a sealant is applied to the substrate;
a light detector that emits light toward the substrate and detects an amount of light reflected toward the detector in real-time; and
a controller that detects a position on the substrate that is to be covered with sealant but does not have the sealant, in accordance with a signal supplied from the light detector, and controls the dispenser such that the dispenser applies the sealant to the substrate at the position.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a driver that moves the dispenser horizontally and vertically under control of the controller;
a guide line that guides the movement of the driver; and
a supplier that supplies the sealant to the dispenser.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controller includes a broken line detector that detects the position on the substrate that is missing the sealant in accordance with the signal supplied from the light detector and generates a position information signal for the position.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the controller controls the driver to move the dispenser to the position on the substrate corresponding to the position information signal and the controller controls the dispenser to supply the sealant to the position.
5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controller controls the dispenser to apply the sealant to the position detected by the light detector in real-time after completing a first pass of applying of the sealant to the substrate.
6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the dispenser includes a jet nozzle from which the sealant is ejected towards the substrate.
7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the light detector includes:
a light-emitter that emits the light towards the sealant applied to the substrate at an angle; and
a light-receiver that receives light reflected from the substrate.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the light-emitter is installed at one side in a lower end of the dispenser and separated from the jet nozzle by a first distance so as to face to the substrate.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the light-receiver is installed at an opposite side to the one side in the lower end of the dispenser and separated from the jet nozzle by a second distance.
10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the picture display section comprises a liquid crystal display device, a field emission display device, a plasma display panel or an electro-luminescence display device.
11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises an upper substrate or a lower substrate of the flat panel display device.
12. A method of fabricating a display device, the method comprising:
applying a sealant to a picture display section formed on a substrate;
detecting, in real-time, a broken line in the sealant applied to the substrate; and
applying the sealant to a portion of the broken line missing sealant.
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein detecting the broken line comprises:
emitting light toward the substrate;
detecting the light reflected from the substrate;
detecting the broken line in accordance with the detected light; and
detecting a position on the substrate corresponding to the detected broken line.
14. The method according to claim 13, wherein detecting the light comprises detecting an amount of the reflected light.
15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising applying the sealant to another substrate if no broken line is present.
16. The method according to claim 12, further comprising applying the sealant to the portion only after completing a predetermined pattern containing the broken line.
17. The method according to claim 12, further comprising automatically moving back to the portion and applying the sealant to the portion.
18. An apparatus comprising:
a stage of sufficient size to receive a substrate of a display device;
a dispenser from which a sealant is dispensed toward the stage;
a source that emits energy at an oblique angle toward the stage;
a detector that detects the energy from the source that has been reflected toward the detector; and
a controller that controls the dispenser such that the dispenser traces a path while dispensing, detects a missing position along the path that does not contain the sealant in accordance with a signal supplied from the detector, and controls the dispenser such that the dispenser moves back to the missing position and applies the sealant to the missing position.
19. The apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising:
a driver that moves the dispenser along and perpendicular to a plane parallel with a surface of the stage under control of the controller;
a guide line that guides the movement of the driver; and
a supplier that supplies the sealant to the dispenser.
20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the controller includes a broken line detector that detects the missing position in accordance with the signal supplied from the light detector and generates a position information signal in accordance with the missing position.
21. The apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the controller controls the driver to move the dispenser to the missing position on the substrate corresponding to the position information signal and the controller controls the dispenser to supply the sealant to the missing position.
22. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the dispenser applies the sealant to the missing position detected by the light detector only after the dispenser has completed a predetermined pattern.
23. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the dispenser comprises a nozzle, from which the sealant is ejected, on a bottom of the dispenser and the source and detector are disposed on the bottom.
24. The apparatus according to claim 23, wherein the source and detector are disposed on opposite sides of the nozzle.
25. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the detector detects the energy from the source that has been reflected toward the detector in real-time.
26. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the controller controls the dispenser such that the dispenser automatically moves back to the missing position and applies the sealant to the missing position.
27. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the controller detects the missing position in accordance with the signal supplied from the detector, generates a position information signal for the missing position, controls the driver to move the dispenser to the missing position on the substrate corresponding to the position information signal, and controls the dispenser to supply the sealant to the missing position.
28. The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the controller controls the dispenser such that the dispenser applies the sealant to the missing position only after the dispenser has completed a predetermined pattern.

1. A method for measuring risk associated with a behavioural activity, the method comprising:
a) determining a first risk component associated with one or more persons involved in performing the activity;
b) determining a second risk component associated with sensitivity of one or more assets comprising data associated with the risk;
c) determining a third risk component associated with an endpoint which receives said one or more assets due to the activity;
d) determining a fourth risk component associated with a type of the activity; and
e) measuring the risk as a function of at least one of the first risk component, the second risk component, the third risk component, and the fourth risk component.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically tuning parameters of the function.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein said parameters include one or more weighting factors each multiplying a respective one of the first risk component, the second risk component, the third risk component, and the fourth risk component.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising manually tuning parameters of the function.
5. A method for measuring risk associated with a behavioural activity, the method comprising:
a) obtaining one or more probabilities, each probability associated with a respective potential undesired event and each probability being a conditional probability given the observed activity;
b) optionally adjusting each of said probabilities by multiplication with a respective probability weighting factor;
c) for each potential undesired event, obtaining one or more entity costs, each entity cost representative of a contribution to said risk associated with a given type of entity associated with the activity;
d) for each potential undesired event, determining a resultant cost as a function of said entity costs; and
e) measuring the risk as an expectation over the one or more resultant costs distributed over the associated probabilities of potential undesired events.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein a single nonzero event risk value is determined and a single corresponding conditional probability of said event given the behaviour is obtained.
7. The method according to claim 5, wherein each of the probability weighting factors are bounded between zero and one, inclusive.
8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the probability weighting factor is associated with one or both of the behaviour and the event corresponding to the conditional probability being adjusted by multiplication with said probability weighting factor.
9. The method according to claim 5, wherein the function of entity costs associated with said event is a weighted or unweighted average of entity costs associated with said event.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the average of said entity costs is a weighted average, and wherein each weighting factor associated with the weighted average is bounded between zero and one, inclusive.
11. The method according to claim 5, wherein said probability weighting factor is defined automatically, defined via user input, or a combination thereof.
12. The method according to claim 5, wherein the given type of entity corresponds to a set of persons interacting with data to potentially be leaked, an asset comprising said data to potentially be leaked, and an endpoint to which said data to potentially be leaked is transferred.
13. The method according to claim 5, wherein determining at least one of the entity costs comprises:
a) obtaining a set of entities of the given type of entity, each of said set of entities associated with the activity;
b) obtaining a set of sub-costs, each sub-cost associated with a member of the set of entities;
c) determining a weighted sum of the set of sub-costs.
14. The method according to claim 13, wherein each sub-cost is weighted by a weighting factor equal to 2\u2212i, where i corresponds to the ordinal position of said sub-cost relative to the set of sub-costs when the set of sub-costs is sorted in order of descending value.
15. A method for measuring risk associated with data files within a population, the method comprising:
a) initializing risk scores of the data files based on a rule set;
b) adjusting the risk scores in response to ongoing interaction with the data files;
c) identifying commonalities across data files; and
d) at least partially propagating risk scores between data files based on said identified commonalities.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein adjusting the risk scores in response to ongoing interaction with the data files is based on operator input indicative of risk, events associated with interaction with said data files, or a combination thereof.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein propagating risk scores between data files comprises propagating adjustments to the risk score from a first data file to a second data file bearing a similarity to the first data file.
18. The method of claim 15, wherein propagating risk scores between data files is performed in response to data flow between data files.
19. The method of claim 15, wherein initialized risk scores are based on one or more of: file type, file location, file author, file owner, file user, filename patterns, document metadata, and keywords located in the file.
20. The method of claim 15, further comprising adjusting the rule set based on adjustments to the risk scores as performed in at least some of (b) to (d).
21. A method for measuring risk associated with persons within a population, the method comprising:
a) initializing risk scores of said persons based on a rule set;
b) adjusting the risk scores in response to ongoing monitoring of events associated with activities of said persons;
c) identifying commonalities across said persons within the population; and
d) at least partially propagating risk scores between said persons based on said identified commonalities.
22. The method of claim 21, wherein adjusting the risk scores in response to ongoing interaction with the data files is based on operator input indicative of risk, events associated with interaction with said persons, or a combination thereof.
23. The method of claim 21, wherein propagating risk scores between persons is performed in response to interactions between said persons.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein propagating risk scores between persons comprises:
a) adjusting the risk score of an identified person based on operator input indicative of risk, events associated with activities of said person, or a combination thereof; and
b) at least partially propagating the risk score associated with a first person to a second person in response to interaction between the first person and the second person.

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 computerized system for displaying, geolocating, and making measurements, comprising:
a computer system executing image display and analysis software reading:
an oblique image having corresponding location data indicative of a position and orientation of an image capturing device used to capture the oblique image, the oblique image depicting an object of interest; and
at least one data table storing ground plane data indicative of a plurality of first facets that closely approximates at least a portion of the terrain depicted within said oblique image, said at least one data table also comprising a TGP vertical plane data indicative of a second facet representing a mathematical model of the object of interest depicted within the oblique image,

wherein the image display and analysis software executed by the computer system displays at least a portion of the oblique image depicting the object of interest, receives one or more selected points within the oblique image on the object of interest and calculates a measurement of the object of interest using pixel location of the one or more selected points within the oblique image, the location data and the TGP vertical plane data.
2. The computerized system of claim 1, wherein the image display and analysis software is configured to utilize a single ray projection technique to calculate the measurement of the object of interest using the geo-location data and the TGP vertical plane data.
3. The computerized system of claim 1, wherein the image display and analysis software is configured to calculate a desired measurement within the oblique image utilizing the geo-location data and the ground plane data indicative of the plurality of first facets.
4. The computerized system of claim 1, wherein the TGP vertical plane data includes real-world three-dimensional location values representative of at least two points on the object of interest depicted in the oblique image and positioned at a distance farthest from a centerline of the object of interest.
5. The computerized system of claim 4, wherein the TGP vertical plane data includes at one real-world three-dimensional location value representative of a three-dimensional location where the object of interest over lies the Earth and having an elevation value indicative of an elevation of the terrain underneath the object of interest.
6. The computerized system of claim 1, wherein the object of interest is a utility tower.
7. The computerized system of claim 1, wherein the image display and analysis software executed by the computer system displays at least a portion of the oblique image depicting the object of interest by providing a webpage that when rendered by a processor executing a Web browser displays at least a portion of the oblique image depicting the object of interest.
8. A method for taking measurements within a displayed oblique image, comprising:
receiving one or more signal indicative of first selection and pixel location of a first pixel within the displayed image of a first point on an object of interest depicted within the displayed oblique image;
retrieving from a data file, location data indicative of a position and orientation of an image capturing device used to capture the displayed image, and a TGP vertical plane approximating a center of mass of the object of interest; and
determining a real-world location of the first point utilizing the pixel location within the oblique image, the location data and the TGP vertical plane data.
9. An automated method of creating three dimensional lidar data, comprising:
capturing images of a geographic area with one or more image capturing devices as well as location and orientation data for each of the images corresponding to the location and orientation of the one or more image capturing devices capturing the images, the images depicting an object of interest;
capturing three-dimensional lidar data of the geographic area with one or more lidar system such that the three-dimensional data includes the object of interest;
storing the three-dimensional lidar data on a non-transitory computer readable medium;
analyzing the images with a computer system to determine the three dimensional location of points on the object of interest; and
updating the three-dimensional lidar data with the three dimensional location of points on the object of interest determined by analyzing the images.
10. The automated method of claim 9, wherein the one or more image capturing devices and the one or more lidar system are mounted to an airplane, and wherein capturing images and three-dimensional lidar data are defined further as flying over the geographic area.
11. The automated method of claim 9, wherein the object of interest includes a utility tower, and wherein the step of analyzing the images is defined further as utilizing GIS data of a utility network to assist in locating the object of interest within one or more images.
12. The automated method of claim 9, wherein the object of interest includes a utility tower, and wherein the step of analyzing the images is defined further as scanning the images with an edge detection algorithm to locate utility wires depicted within the images, prior to determining three dimensional location of points on the utility tower.
13. A method for analyzing a utility network comprising:
capturing images of a geographic area encompassing at least a portion of the utility network with one or more image capturing devices, the images including utility wires and utility towers having crossbars as well as location and orientation data for each of the images corresponding to the location and orientation of the one or more image capturing devices capturing the image; and
analyzing at least one of the images with a computer system running a utility network detection algorithm with a gabor filter to identify pixel locations within the at least one image of cross-bars depicted within the images.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the gabor filter is a first gabor filter having a first longitudinal axis, the pixel locations are first pixel locations, and wherein analyzing further comprises analyzing the at least one of the images with the computer system running the utility network detection algorithm with a second gabor filter having a second longitudinal axis substantially aligned with the utility wires depicted in the at least one image to identify second pixel locations within the at least one of the images of the utility wires depicted within the at least one of the images, wherein the first longitudinal axis extends within a range between 85 to 95 degrees relative to the second longitudinal axis.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of converting the first and second pixel locations to real-world three dimensional coordinates using the first and second pixel locations and the location and orientation data corresponding to the location and orientation of the one or more image capturing devices capturing the images and storing the real-world three dimensional coordinates within a three-dimensional model of the utility network.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the three-dimensional model of the utility network is a Method 1 structure model.