All The Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a content capture mechanism configured for capturing content including an object; and
a processor configured for automatically associating an information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content capture mechanism is further configured for detecting, from a sensor associated with the object, object data associated with the object.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content capture mechanism is a first content capture mechanism, the apparatus further comprising:
a second content capture mechanism configured for detecting, from a sensor associated with the object, object data associated with the object.
4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the content capture mechanism is a first content capture mechanism, the apparatus further comprising:
a second content capture mechanism configured for detecting other content associated with the object.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a communication interface configured for receiving, from a sensor associated with the object, object data associated with the object.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a wireless communication interface configured for receiving, from a remote device, object data associated with the object.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
at least one storage module configured for storing at least one of the captured content, the information structure, and the tagged content.
8. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
a communication interface configured for propagating the tagged content toward a remote device.
9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured for automatically associating the information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content by one of:
associating a content tag with the object included within the content, and associating the information structure with the content tag such that selection of the content tag enables access to the information structure; or
associating the information structure with a content tag, and associating the content tag with the object included within the content such that selection of the content tag enables access to the information structure.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured for associating a content tag with the object included within the content by:
determining a position of the object within the content; and
associating the content tag with the object included within the content using the determined position.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is configured for determining a position of the object within the content by:
receiving position information from at least one sensor associated with the object; and
determining the position of the object within the content using the position information.
12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured for automatically associating the information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content by:
receiving object information associated with the object and populating the information structure with at least a portion of the object information.
13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured for receiving object data associated with the object.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the object data comprises at least one of:
object information associated with the object; and
at least one network address from which object information associated with the object may be retrieved.
15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the information structure is configured to securely store object information associated with the object.
16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the content comprises at least one of text, audio, and video.
17. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus is a camera or a video recorder.
18. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor configured for:
receiving content captured by a content capture mechanism, wherein the content includes an object;
receiving object information associated with the object when a sensor associated with the object is detected; and
automatically associating an information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content, wherein the information structure includes at least a portion of the object information associated with the object.
19. A method for using a user device for automatically tagging content, comprising:
capturing, at the user device, content including an object;
receiving, at the user device, object information associated with the object when a sensor associated with the object is detected; and
automatically associating, at the user device, an information structure with the object included within the content to form thereby tagged content, wherein the information structure includes at least a portion of the object information associated with the object.
20. An apparatus, comprising:
a content capture mechanism configured for capturing content including an object; and
a communication interface configured for receiving information associated with the object when a sensor associated with the object is detected.

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 gas turbine engine having a main axis of rotation defining axial, radial and circumferential directions, a combustor, a static vane ring assembly and a turbine assembly supported within an outer case, the vane ring assembly being axially positioned between the combustor and the turbine assembly for directing combustion gases from the combustor to pass through the turbine assembly, the turbine assembly comprising:
an array of circumferentially adjacent blade outer air seal segments forming a static turbine shroud surrounding a turbine rotor; and
an array of circumferentially adjacent blade outer air seal support segments forming a static support ring around the turbine shroud, each of the blade outer air seal support segments including at least one radially and outwardly extending front leg at a forward end of the blade outer air seal segment, the at least one front leg engaging with the outer case, the forward end including a radial surface adjacent to the vane ring assembly and thereby receiving an axial load from the static vane ring assembly, each of the blade outer air seal support segments further including a pair of circumferentially spaced and radially elongated rear prongs at a rearward end of the blade outer air seal support segment, the rear prongs only radially and outwardly abutting the outer case to transfer a moment of force created by said axial load from the vane ring assembly, to the outer case.
2. The gas turbine engine as defined in claim 1 wherein the rear prongs are positioned at respective opposed circumferential sides of the support segment.
3. The gas turbine engine as defined in claim 1 wherein the static support ring comprises a first segmented front flange, each support segment including a circumferential segment of the first front flange axially and forwardly extending from a radial outer end of a circumferentially extending radial wall at the forward end of the support segment, each circumferential segment of the first front flange and the wall forming the front leg of each support segment.
4. The gas turbine engine as defined in claim 1 wherein the static support ring comprises a second segmented front flange, each support segment including a circumferential segment of the second front flange axially and forwardly extending from the forward end of one of the support segments to form the radial surface adjacent the static vane ring assembly.
5. The gas turbine engine as defined in claim 3 wherein the circumferentially extending radial wall of each support segment defines at least one aperture extending through the wall, the aperture receiving a fastener extending therethrough, the fastener engaging with the outer case and being accessible from the rearward end and between the rear prongs.
6. The gas turbine engine as defined in claim 3 wherein the circumferentially extending radial wall of each support segment defines two apertures extending through the wall, the apertures receiving respective fasteners extending therethrough, the fasteners engaging with the outer case and being accessible from the rearward end and between the rear prongs.
7. The gas turbine engine as defined in claim 6 wherein each support segment comprises a third axially elongated rear prong at the rearward end and being located circumferentially between the two rear prongs, each of the fasteners being accessible from the rearward end between the third rear prong and an adjacent one of the two rear prongs.
8. A blade outer air seal support segment for supporting at least one of blade outer air seal segments which in combination form a static turbine shroud, within a gas turbine engine having a main axis of rotation defining axial, radial and circumferential directions, the blade outer air seal support segment being a circumferential part of a blade outer seal support ring surrounding the static turbine shroud and comprising:
a forward end, a rearward end, and opposed circumferential sides;
a radial wall positioned at the forward end and circumferentially extending between the opposed circumferential sides, a first circumferential flange segment extending axially forwardly from a radially outer end of the circumferentially extending radial wall to thereby form a front leg having an inverted L-shaped cross section for engagement with an outer case of the engine;
a pair of radially and outwardly extending elongated rear prongs, positioned axially at the rearward end of the support segment and circumferentially at the respective opposed circumferential sides of the support segment for radially abutting the outer case, the prongs in combination with the radial wall defining a space between the forward and rearward ends of the support segment, the space having a rearward access between the rear prongs.
9. The blade outer air seal support segment as defined in claim 8 comprising a second circumferential flange segment extending axially forwardly from the forward end of the support segment adjacent a radial inner side of the support segment to provide a radial surface for receiving an axial load from an adjacent component of the engine.
10. The blade outer air seal support segment as defined in claim 8 wherein the radial wall comprises at least one aperture for receiving a fastener extending axially through the radial wall and into the space.
11. The blade outer air seal support segment as defined in claim 8 comprising a third radially and outwardly extending elongated rear prong, positioned axially at the rearward end of the support segment and circumferentially between the pair of rear prongs at the opposed circumferential sides of the support segment.
12. The blade outer air seal support segment as defined in claim 11 wherein the radial wall comprises two circumferentially spaced apertures for receiving respective fasteners extending axially through the radial wall into the space, the apertures being circumferentially aligned with openings defined between the third rear prong and one of the pair of rear prongs and between the third rear prong and the other of the pair of rear prongs, respectively.

1. A method for dynamically configuring an image processing function into at least a first and second detection state on the basis of function parameters, wherein transitions between said first and second detection states are determined by at least a first state transition condition and wherein said image processing function includes extracting features from an image frame, matching extracted features with reference features associated with one or more target objects and estimating pose information on the basis of matched features, said method comprising:
configuring said image processing function in a first detection state on the basis of a first set of function parameter values;
processing a first image frame in said first detection state;
monitoring said image processing function for occurrence of said at least first state transition condition; and,
if said at least one state transition condition is met, configuring said image processing function in said second detection state on the basis of a second set of function parameter values for processing a second image frame in said second detection state.
2. The method according to claim 1 wherein said at least first state transition condition is: the detection of at least one target object in said first image frame, the detection of a predetermined number of objects in said first image frame, the absence in said first image frame of at least one previously recognized target object; andor, the generation of pose information according to a predetermined accuracy andor within a certain processing time.
3. The method according to claim 1 wherein said first detection state is determined by a first set of function parameter values so that said image processing function is configured for fast detection one or more objects in said first image frame.
4. The method according to claim 1 wherein said second detection state is determined by a second set of function parameter values so that the image processing function is configured for accurate determination of pose information of at least one object in a second image frame, said object previously being detected by said image processing function in said first detection state.
5. The method according to claim 1 wherein said second detection state is determined by a second set of function parameter values so that the image processing function is configured for accurate determination of pose information of at least one object in a second image frame, said at least one object previously being detected in said first image frame by said image processing function in said first detection state; and, for fast detection of one or more objects in said second frame that were not previously detected in said first image frame by said image processing function in said first detection state.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein said first and second set of parameter values are configured such that in the first detection mode a smaller number of extracted features is used than in the second detection mode.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein said first and second set of parameter values are configured such that in the first detection mode image frames of a lower resolution are used than the image frames used in the second detection mode.
8. The method according to claim 1, wherein said first and second set of parameter values are configured such that in the first detection mode the maximum computation time andor the (maximum) number of iterations for pose estimation is smaller than the computation time andor (maximum) number of iterations spent on pose estimation in the second detection mode.
9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said first and second set of parameter values are configured such that in the first detection mode a larger error margin andor lower number of inlier data points for pose estimation is used than the error margin andor number of inlier data points for pose estimation in said second detection mode.
10. The method according to claim 1, wherein said image processing function is configurable in a further third state, wherein transitions between said first and third detection states are determined by at least a second transition condition, said method further comprising:
monitoring said image processing function for occurrence of said at least second transition condition; and,
if said at least second state transition condition is met, configuring said image processing function in said third detection state on the basis of said third set of function parameter values for processing a second image frame in said second detection state.
11. The method, according to claim 1, wherein said processing of said first and second image frames further comprises:
providing sets of reference features, each set being associated with a target object;
determining corresponding features pairs by matching said extracted features with said reference features;
determining the detection of said target object on the basis of said corresponding features.
12. The method according to claim 1, wherein image processing function is part of an augmented reality device comprising an image sensor for generating image frames and a graphics generator for generating a graphical item associated with at least one detected target object on the basis of pose information.
13. The method according to claim 1, wherein a state manager is configured to configure said image processing function into at least said first or second detection state and to monitor said first state transition conditions, wherein function parameters values associated with said detection states and information associated with said first state transition condition is stored in a memory.
14. The method according to claim 1 wherein function parameters include parameters for determining andor controlling: the number of features to be extracted from an image, the number or maximum number of iterations andor processing time for processing features, at least one threshold value for deciding whether or not a certain condition in said image processing function is met, the resolution an image is to be processed in by said image processing function.
15. A dynamically configurable image processing module comprising:
a processor configured to execute a processing function configurable into at least a first and second detection state on the basis of function parameters, wherein said image processing function includes extracting features from an image frame, matching extracted features with reference features associated with one or more target objects and estimating pose information on the basis of matched features;
a state manager operably connected to and configured to configure said image processing function in one of detection states and configured to manage transitions between said detection states on the basis of least a first state transition condition, said state manager being configured to:
configure said image processing function in a first detection state on the basis of a first set of function parameter values for processing a first image frame;
monitor said image processing function for occurrence of said at least first state transition condition; and, if said at least one state transition condition is met; and,
configure said image processing function in said second detection state on the basis of a second set of function parameter values for processing a second image frame in said second detection state.
16. An augmented reality device comprising:
image sensor configured to generate image frames;
a dynamically configurable image processing module connected to the image sensor and configured to detect one or more target objects in an image frame and configured to generate pose information associated with at least one detected object the dynamically configurable image processing module:
a processor configured to execute a processing function configurable into at least a first and second detection state on the basis of function parameters, wherein said image processing function includes extracting features from an image frame, matching extracted features with reference features associated with one or more target objects and estimating pose information on the basis of matched features;
a state manager configured to configure said image processing function in one of detection states and configured to manage transitions between said detection states on the basis of least a first state transition condition, said state manager being configured to:
configure said image processing function in a first detection state on the basis of a first set of function parameter values for processing a first image frame;
monitor said image processing function for occurrence of said at least first state transition condition; and, if said at least one state transition condition is met; and,
configure said image processing function in said second detection state on the basis of a second set of function parameter values for processing a second image frame in said second detection state
a graphics generator connected to the dynamically configurable image processing module and configured to generate a graphical item associated with said detected object on the basis of said pose information.
17. An augmented reality system comprising:
a feature database comprising reference features associated with one or more target objects, said one or more target objects being identified by object identifiers;
a content database comprising one or more content items associated with said target objects, said one or more content items being stored together with one or more object identifiers;
at least one augmented reality device, wherein said augmented reality device is connected to said feature database and configured to:
retrieve reference features from said feature database on the basis of one or more object identifiers; and,
retrieve one or more content items associated with one or more objects on the basis of said object identifiers.
18. The augmented reality device according to claim 16, further comprising a communication module configured to access said content database andor said feature database via a data communication network.
19. A computer program product, implemented on computer-readable non-transitory storage medium, the computer program product configured for, when run on a computer, executing a method for dynamically configuring an image processing function into at least a first and second detection state on the basis of function parameters, wherein transitions between said first and second detection states are determined by at least a first state transition condition and wherein said image processing function includes extracting features from an image frame, matching extracted features with reference features associated with one or more target objects and estimating pose information on the basis of matched features, said method comprising:
configuring said image processing function in a first detection state on the basis of a first set of function parameter values;
processing a first image frame in said first detection state;
monitoring said image processing function for occurrence of said at least first state transition condition; and,
if said at least one state transition condition is met, configuring said image processing function in said second detection state on the basis of a second set of function parameter values for processing a second image frame in said second detection state.
20. The method according to claim 7, said lower resolution images being a downscaled version of one or more images originating from an image sensor.

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 fitting for a conduit, the fitting comprising:
a first fitting component adapted to receive a conduit along a central axis;
a gripping member comprising a gripping portion adapted to engage the conduit when the gripping member is tightened to the conduit;
a second fitting component adapted to be joined to the first fitting component to provide a seal between the gripping member and at least one of the first and second fitting components; and
a live-loading mechanism adapted to hold the gripping member in live-loaded engagement with the conduit when the first fitting component is separated from the second fitting component.
2. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the live-loading mechanism comprises a flexing portion of the gripping member that elastically deforms into a flexed position when the gripping member is tightened to the conduit.
3. The fitting of claim 2, wherein the flexing portion is configured to be flexed beyond a condition of elevated potential energy to a condition of less elevated potential energy, such that the gripping member resists movement out of the condition of less elevated potential energy when the gripping member is no longer being tightened to the conduit.
4.-14. (canceled)
15. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the gripping portion is configured to produce an area of plastic deformation in the conduit, further wherein the live-loading mechanism is configured to prevent elastic movement of the gripping portion with respect to the area of plastic deformation in the conduit when the first fitting component is separated from the second fitting component.
16. A gripping arrangement for a fitting, the arrangement comprising:
a gripping member comprising a gripping portion configured to grip conduit to form an area of plastic deformation in the conduit when the gripping member is tightened to the conduit; and
a live-loading mechanism configured to hold the gripping member in live-loaded engagement with the area of plastic deformation in the conduit when the gripping member is no longer being tightened to the conduit.
17. The gripping arrangement of claim 16, wherein the live-loading comprises a flexing portion of the gripping member that elastically deforms into a flexed position when the gripping member is tightened to the conduit.
18. The gripping arrangement of claim 17, wherein the flexing portion is configured to be flexed beyond a condition of elevated potential energy to a condition of less elevated potential energy, such that the gripping member resists movement out of the condition of less elevated potential energy when the gripping member is no longer being tightened to the conduit.
19. A method for maintaining gripping engagement between a conduit and an annular gripping member for a fitting, the method comprising:
tightening the annular gripping member around the conduit to grip the conduit;
elastically deforming a live-loading mechanism to store mechanical energy; and
directing the stored mechanical energy from the live loading mechanism into the gripping member such that the gripping member maintains live-loaded engagement with the conduit when the gripping member is no longer being tightened to the conduit.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein tightening the annular gripping member around the conduit comprises flexing the live-loading mechanism beyond a condition of elevated potential energy to a condition of less elevated potential energy, such that the annual gripping member resists movement out of the condition of less elevated potential energy when the annular gripping member is no longer being tightened to the conduit.
21. The fitting of claim 1, wherein the gripping member comprises first and second axially spaced gripping portions.
22. The fitting of claim 2, wherein the gripping member comprises first and second gripping portions axially spaced by the flexing portion.
23. The fitting of claim 2, wherein the gripping member comprises first and second fitting engaging portions axially spaced by the flexing portion.
24. The fitting of claim 23, wherein the first fitting engaging portion is configured to engage the first fitting component, and the second fitting engaging portion is configured to engage the second fitting component.
25. The fitting of claim 23, wherein when the first fitting component is tightened with the second fitting component, the first and second fitting engaging portions are axially compressed to elastically deform the flexing portion into a flexed condition.
26. The fitting of claim 23, wherein when the first fitting component is tightened with the second fitting component, the first and second fitting engaging portions are radially compressed to force the gripping portion into gripping engagement with the conduit.
27. The gripping arrangement of claim 16, wherein the gripping member comprises first and second axially spaced gripping portions.
28. The gripping arrangement of claim 17, wherein the gripping member comprises first and second gripping portions axially spaced by the flexing portion.
29. The fitting of claim 17, wherein the gripping member comprises first and second fitting engaging portions axially spaced by the flexing portion.
30. The method of claim 19, wherein tightening the annular gripping member around the conduit to grip the conduit comprises forcing first and second axially spaced gripping portions of the gripping member into gripping engagement with the conduit.
31. The method of claim 19, wherein elastically deforming the live-loading mechanism to store mechanical energy comprises axially compressing the gripping member to elastically deform a flexing portion of the gripping member to a flexed position.