Our invention is related to a landmark building recognition system which recognizes landmark buildings in an image and then localizes the recognized buildings on a map with related information. The system consists of one database to store the models of a set of landmark buildings which are learned .....
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It has been discovered that the Chinese fruit known as shanzha, and extracts and purified component derived therefrom, can be administered orally to animals to reduce levels of cholesterol in the blood. The mechanism of action is believed to include the “up-regulation” of LDL receptors on cell surf.....
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Data as may be employed in telecommunication is segmented into blocks, each block having associated therewith a metric of distortion as a function of the number of bits in the block to represent the quality of the data contained in the block. Within the blocks, bits are ordered according to signifi.....
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