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1. A method of processing a performance query to a dimensionally-modeled fact collection by processing dimension coordinates that exist within a dimensional data model, wherein facts of the dimensionally-modeled fact collection are accessible according to the dimensional data model and wherein the dimension coordinates...
9280724
14104524
1
1. A pose classification apparatus comprising: a first image analyzer and a second image analyzer which are configured to estimate a body part for each pixel of an input image including a human body; a body part decider configured to calculate reliabilities of analysis results of the first image analyzer and the second...
8454235
13070216
1
1. A radiographic imaging system comprising: an imaging apparatus which irradiates radiation from a radiation source onto a subject, takes a radiographic image of said subject by detecting radiation that penetrated said subject by means of a radiation detector, and outputs image data of said radiographic image; an imag...
20160189001
14692426
0
1. A computer-implemented method for classifying images using an electronic device, the method comprising: extracting parameters from each of the images via a processor of the electronic device; quantizing the parameters of each of the images to obtain quantization data of each of the images; and classifying the images...
5499194
08221239
1
1. A method of digitising a surface of a workpiece comprising the steps of: scanning the surface with a probe to produce a digitised coordinate data signal representing coordinates of a plurality of points on the workpiece surface; and filtering said coordinate data signal to reject portions of said coordinate data sig...
20150287247
14671938
0
1. A method performed by data processing apparatus, the method comprising: obtaining a three-dimensional model of a first object; receiving an input identifying an additional component; generating a digital representation of the additional component; integrating the digital representation of the additional component wi...
20170182657
15430042
0
1. A robotic gripping system comprising: a robotic hand including, a plurality of displacement measuring cells configured to measure a contour of a surface in contact with the robotic hand, and a plurality of linear displacement sensors, each linear displacement sensor in series with a corresponding displacement measur...
8536866
12679921
1
1. A magnetic resonance method comprising: acquiring a spatial map of Z-spectra that encompass the water center frequency using saturation power and duration selected such that the Z-spectra are not obscured by magnetization transfer and are dominated by direct water saturation effects so that the Z-spectra are substan...
9704258
15241097
1
1. A depth map generating method comprising: dividing, through a processing component, a plurality of pixels of an image into a plurality of superpixels according to colors of the pixels; averaging, through the processing component, a plurality of depth values corresponding to the pixels within each of the superpixels ...
8478601
12656541
1
1. A voice recognition apparatus comprising: a voice input element for inputting voice of an user; a voice pattern memory for storing a plurality of voice patterns respectively corresponding to a plurality of phrases, which are preliminary set; a voice recognition element for calculating a similarity degree between the...
7860854
10767216
1
1. An image processing system for searching images on a network, the image processing system comprising: (a) one or more processors; (b) a search engine configured to process images according to a matching algorithm; (c) an image analyzer coupled to said search engine, said image analyzer for comparing first and second...
8554816
12869342
1
1. A computer-implemented state filter comprising receiving, using a computer, a multivariate data set; receiving, using the computer, information about a particular signal state, wherein said information is represented by a state vector of interest; generating, using the computer, a set of orthonormal vectors from the...
20150243084
14612579
0
1. An image generating device comprising: a background image acquirer configured to acquire an image of a background on which an image of an object is to be superimposed; a color extractor configured to extract a color about one or a plurality of places in the image of the background; a light source decider configured ...
9875540
14904309
1
1. A medical image processing system, comprising a computer which is configured to execute a computer-implemented medical image processing method of matching a medical image of an anatomical structure of a patient's body with an atlas-based representation of the anatomical structure, the medical image processing method...
8023691
11672330
1
1. A method of identifying locations on a map, wherein the map is to be displayed via a computer display, the method comprising: receiving data representing a first image; analyzing, using a processor, the data to obtain information steganographically encoded therein, wherein the information comprises or links to first...
20170094235
15280882
0
1. A method of projecting text characters onto a textured surface, the method comprising: determining, from a captured image of the textured surface, a measure of the texture on the surface for a region of the textured surface over which the text characters are to be projected; selecting, based on a function of the det...
20040128137
10168935
0
1. A voice actuated control system for controlling appliances comprising: a microphone for receiving audio signals; a speech recognition system for receiving audio signals; said speech recognition system having a low power sound activation mode for detecting the presence of audio signals and a speech recognition mode f...
20140270053
14348216
0
1. A computed tomography (CT) scanner, comprising: an x-ray source; an x-ray detector; and a computer system operatively coupled to the x-ray source and x-ray detector, and configured to perform the steps of: obtaining a patient size data; establishing a target noise equation, the target noise equation being a function...
9298589
14629322
1
1. A computing system comprising: memory containing executable code; one or more processors, which, when executing the executable code, cause the computing system to perform a computer-implemented method of analyzing tracing data to identify functions for which tracing may be selectively enhanced or reduced, and wherei...
20090153669
12042156
0
1. A method for calibrating a camera comprising: (a) obtaining a two-dimensional (2D) homography that maps each of parallelograms projected onto images taken by arbitrary two cameras into a rectangle, wherein the 2D homography is defined as a rectification homography and wherein new cameras that have virtual images are...
20140033300
14043230
0
1. A method for verifying an identity of a user accessing a user device, comprising: receiving a request to verify the user identity accessing the user device; receiving a plurality of multimedia identification signals from the user device; querying a deep-content-classification (DCC) system to find a match between at ...
20150347819
14375668
0
1. A computer-implemented method for training a deep learning neural network for compact face representations, the method comprising: presenting face images to the neural network; the neural network processing the face images to produce compact representations of the face images, wherein the compact representations hav...
10130311
15158478
1
1. A system for patient user-specific rehabilitation, the system comprising: one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having executable instructions encoded thereon such that when executed, the one or more processors perform operations of: monitoring, using a Mobile Patient Monitor (MPM), se...
8380959
12205702
1
1. A device comprising: a housing; a storage device disposed in the housing, the storage device including a plurality of executable applications stored therein and each executable application of the plurality of executable applications are assigned an allocation strategy from a plurality of different allocation strateg...
20120094478
13331267
0
1. A method of making a semiconductor device, the method comprising: forming a layer over a substrate; forming a plurality of spaced apart features of imagable material over the layer; forming sidewall spacers on the plurality of features; filling a space between a first sidewall spacer on a first feature and a second ...
20080317353
11849294
0
1. A method for searching images with figures, suitable for searching a plurality of images related to at least one figure in an image collection, the method comprising: an image analysis stage, comprising: comparing figures between images of an image collection and respectively assigning an identity to each of the fig...
8574157
11674854
1
1. A method for producing a three-dimensional image of an object, comprising: insonifying one or more regions of the object from source transducers external to the object using ultrasound energy; receiving return echoes from the object at receiving transducers external to the object; determining an error between image ...
20150339811
14716653
0
1. An electronic device, comprising: a processor configured to determine a haziness confidence level based on multiple modalities and to determine whether to perform an action based on the haziness confidence level.
8649431
12391518
1
1. A method of encoding an image comprising: creating a prediction block of a current block by performing one of intra prediction and inter prediction on the current block; determining n filters from a natural image based on a predetermined model; filtering the prediction block and pixels adjacent to the prediction blo...
9672631
12866758
1
1. A method of automatically reconstructing a model of a branching tubular organ via a hybrid approach that defines endoluminal airway surfaces from a chest scan and segmentation data, the model being used to provide guidance to a user of an endoscope, the method comprising: receiving three-dimensional (3D) digital ima...
8437054
11424290
1
1. A method for identifying a region of substantially uniform color in a digital image, said method comprising: in a computing system, determining a first plurality of select pixels surrounding an image-content edge in a digital image, wherein said determining a first plurality of select pixels comprises filtering said...
20040017487
10391734
0
1. An image acquiring apparatus comprising: a pixel shifting section which changes the relative position between luminous flux incident on an imaging element and the imaging element to a plurality of specific positions; an imaging section which photographs in at least one of a plurality of specific positions including ...
20030139684
10376799
0
1. A method of estimating an electrophysiologic response contained in a measured electrophysiologic signal, said method comprising: obtaining a plurality of samples of said measured electrophysiologic signal; defining a plurality of bins, each of said bins corresponding to a range of values of a sorting parameter; for ...
20160322191
15103154
0
1. A method for measuring and correcting sample drift distortion in a scanning microscopy system, the method comprising: obtaining an image series of a sample acquired using a scanning microscope by rotating scan coordinates of the microscope between successive image frames; determining at least one measurement of an a...
9818037
15014957
1
1. A method for estimating heading misalignment between a device and a person, wherein the device comprises an optical sensor capable of capturing an image, the method comprising: capturing an image of the person by the optical sensor; extracting at least one physical feature of the person from the image; and estimatin...
9020806
13690424
1
1. A computer-implemented method performed at least in part on at least one processor, comprising: generating a sentence completion question based at least in part on a language model, including locating a sentence based upon data processed in association with the language model; using a class-based maximum entropy N-g...
20140253738
13792143
0
1. A method for calibrating an array camera including a plurality of imaging components where the plurality of imaging components include a reference imaging component and a plurality of associate imaging components associated with the reference imaging component, the method comprising: capturing an image of a test pat...
20090220044
12093456
0
1 - Method of servoing an X-ray source ( 800 ) in a radiography device comprising a MOS-type image sensor ( 810 ) with pixels ( 10 ) provided with separate read ( 30 ) and refreshment ( 20 ) controls, respectively, in which, during a radiography operation, read controls of a plurality of image sensor pixels are called ...
9201424
14010937
1
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a computing device via a camera coupled at an orientation and position to a vehicle autonomously navigating a path in an environment, a plurality of images indicative of a plurality of objects positioned within a threshold distance from the path in the environment of the vehicle du...
20140219526
14173482
0
1. An image analysis device comprising: circuitry configured to: receive one or more input images; detect a plurality of anatomical landmarks on the one or more input images using a pre-determined face model; extract a plurality of geometric and local texture features based on the plurality of anatomical landmarks; sel...
20160170054
14571656
0
1. A method of wavefield separation comprising: computing a matching operator between pressure sensor and particle motion sensor responses of co-located pressure and particle motion sensors based on pressure and particle motion wavefield measured by the co-located pressure and particle motion sensors and depths of the ...
6023967
08948303
1
1. A method of measuring tire wear on a tread surface, comprising the steps of: applying a single layer of reflective paint to said tread surface of said tire, measuring an intensity of light reflected from said single layer of reflective paint while said single layer is on said tread surface of said tire to obtain a f...
8494301
12883261
1
1. A method of providing a refocused image, comprising using a processor to perform the steps of (a) acquiring at least two captured images of a scene with differing focus settings; (b) using the at least two captured images to provide an all-in-focus image; (c) generating a range map from the at least two captured ima...
20020072842
09984425
0
1. A road friction coefficient estimating apparatus for a vehicle comprising: an actual value estimating means for estimating an actual value of a vehicle motion parameter; a high friction coefficient road reference value estimating means for estimating a high friction coefficient road reference value of said vehicle m...
8868612
14258505
1
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a computing device comprising at least one processor, user input comprising description details of at least one desired object; retrieving at the computing device a plurality of objects from a database sharing one or more of the description details of the user input; constructing ...
20010041019
09778010
0
1. A method comprising: obtaining a first set of information representing an artifact to a first degree of quality, obtaining a second set of information representing the artifact to a second degree of quality different from the first degree of quality; determining which of the first set of information and the second s...
8902322
13673642
1
1. An imaging system, comprising: a support frame; four image sensors carried by the support frame; each image sensor comprising a lens system having an optical axis and a focal plane array aligned with the optical axis of the lens system; each image sensor having a field of view that is at least substantially cotermin...
20090109510
11925034
0
1. A method for generating a compressed bitmap in a printing environment, the: method comprising: associating a meta-data structure with each portion of a plurality of portions of a bitmap memory wherein each meta-data structure includes a type of data field indicating a type of data associated with said each portion a...
20120151405
13354786
0
1. A method of assessing uncertainty of features in images rendered in a medical visualization system, comprising: accepting user input to apply at least one sensitivity lens to a region of interest of a portion of a visualization of a rendered image; and electronically displaying different visualizations of the portio...
9940713
15351471
1
1. A method for using navigators for inter-scan motion correction during imaging of a subject with a magnetic resonance imaging device, the method comprising: performing an anatomical localizer scan of a region of interest within the subject to identify one or more anatomical landmarks defining orientation of a surroun...
20100146465
12306340
0
1. Method of optimizing a global integrated circuit layout comprised of a number of polygons having a predetermined geometrical relation relative to each other, comprising: providing an initial global integrated circuit layout; assessing local quality numbers, each as a function of a local pattern of shapes in said ini...
9633063
14171702
1
1. A method comprising: obtaining, by a processing device, redaction data identifying content to be redacted in a document and non-redaction data identifying content not to be redacted in the document; determining, by the processing device, that (i) a phrase from the document is included in one of the redaction data an...
20130058525
13555824
0
1. An object tracking device that tracks an object included in a frame image, the object tracking device comprising: a storage unit configured to store a template image of an object to be a track target; an image input unit configured to receive a frame image in a time series; a search region setting unit configured to...
10068385
14969563
1
1. A processor-implemented method for generating 3-Dimensional (3D) object image variations, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor-based system, a 3D model of an object; synthesizing, by the processor-based system, a color and depth (RGB-D) image pair of the object based on the 3D model; rendering, by the pr...
20160133079
14928731
0
1. An image processing device comprising: an image acquisition unit that drives an image sensor, acquires a first image by reading a surface of a medium exposed to a visible first light, and acquires a second image by reading a surface of the medium exposed to an ultraviolet second light; an edge image generating unit ...
20130207652
13633908
0
1. A system for parallel image processing in MR imaging, comprising: a plurality of MR imaging RF coils for individually receiving MR imaging data representing a slice or volume of patient anatomy; an MR imaging system for using the plurality of RF coils for acquiring a corresponding plurality of insubstantially comple...
20150124086
14594554
0
1. An apparatus for tracking an object in three-dimensional space, comprising: a projection surface; a light source disposed in spaced relation to said projection surface; the projection surface and the light source defining there between a volume of space illuminated by said light source; a light sensor responsive to ...
20170024889
14807448
0
1. A processor-implemented method to automatically calibrate a static camera in a vehicle, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a captured image file; detecting a plurality of vehicles in the captured image file; determining a 2D projected shape, size, location, direction of travel, and a plurality of feat...
8665345
13110085
1
1. A digital video camera system comprising: an image sensor configured to capture a digital image; an optical system configured to form an image of a scene onto the image sensor; a storage memory configured to store captured video sequences; and a processing system configured to: capture a video sequence of the scene ...
7840626
12702934
1
1. A method for analyzing a spectral image of a sample, comprising: a) measuring a spectral image of the sample with a spectroscopic imaging system, whereby the spectral image is represented by a matrix of spectral image data D; b) factoring the matrix of spectral image data D into the product of a matrix of orthogonal...
20160292062
15065214
0
1. An apparatus for detection of duplicate bug reports comprising: a receiver module configured to receive first bug report and a word matrix, wherein the word matrix comprises a ranked list of dissimilar duplicate words; an extractor module to extract at least one keyword from the first bug report for creating a first...
20110044531
12741872
0
1. A method of extracting depth information from at least two images, the method comprising: acquiring a first image and a second image from a scene; estimating the disparity of at least one point in the first image with at least one corresponding point in the second image to generate a disparity map; segmenting at lea...
20060269121
11501843
0
1. A system for measuring a pattern on a sample, comprising: a data processing system that processes a set of two-dimensional distribution data of intensities from the sample, to calculate: a set of edge points indicative of position of edges of said pattern in a two-dimensional plane from said two-dimensional distribu...
20110207480
13100681
0
1. A computer-implemented method executed on a mobile communications device, comprising: receiving a name of a location from a user interface; configuring the device for wirelessly accessing a shared image database and causing a search of the shared image database, using as a search criterion the name of the location, ...
20140063177
13602664
0
1. A method comprising: establishing a videoconference session between participants at different endpoints, each endpoint comprising at least one computing device and one or more displays; receiving a plurality of video streams at an endpoint, where each video stream comprises video content; classifying each video stre...
20120150433
13396900
0
1. A method for identifying cross street information, the method comprising: receiving location information from a user, the location information identifying a location of interest; comparing, with a processor, the received location information to information stored in a cross-street database to identify a road segment...
9251192
13307091
1
1. An information matching apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the processor executes: calculating matching result values representing identicalness, similarity, and relevance between a plurality of records by matching the plurality of records based on a specified judgment ...
9008400
14036232
1
1. A method for generating a matrix to correct artifacts in a magnetic resonance image, said magnetic resonance image being reconstructed from measurement data acquired using a magnetic resonance pulse sequence that comprises activating at least one magnetic field gradient, having a gradient field strength, during radi...
5432886
07832600
1
1. A speech recognition device comprising: means for supplying an input speech signal; means for converting said input speech signal into an input pattern indicative of features of said input speech signal; a similarity measure calculating unit for calculating primary similarity measures between said input pattern and ...
7876320
11791626
1
1. A face image synthesis apparatus comprising: a storage device configured to store a plurality of face images and a plurality of feature points including an origin and being set to each of the plurality of face images; and a 2D arithmetic processing unit configured to generate a plurality of deformed face images, ori...
9324172
14675744
1
1. A method of processing images captured using an in vivo capsule camera, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of images captured by the in vivo capsule camera as to-be-processed images; applying large-overlap image stitching to the to-be-processed images, wherein said applying the large-overlap image stitchin...
8005811
12166082
1
1. A machine-accessible medium of a document usage system which includes one or more document computer systems in communication with a network, containing instructions effective, when executing in a data processing system, to cause said data processing system to perform operations comprising: receiving a search request...
20140257688
13794316
0
1. A processor-implemented method for estimating a position of a mobile station (MS) the method comprising: identifying a subset of Points of Interest (POIs) in a plurality of POIs by matching MS captured images of each POI in the subset with corresponding stored POI images, each POI being associated with a correspondi...
20070217701
11691418
0
1. A method for compressing an image comprising pixels, the method comprising: identifying edge pixels using gradient pixels identified in a plurality of pixels selected from the image, in a first low-pass filtered set of the plurality of pixels, and in a second low-pass filtered set of the plurality of pixels; determi...
7823123
11377459
1
1. A method comprising: providing two or more distinct information systems, each information system containing an information system ontology and corresponding information system data model; providing a context ontology, the context ontology capturing common concepts and relating the various representations of a common...
9589209
15141714
1
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: aggregating a user image selection into a preference training database for a user account associated with a user, wherein the user image selection represents a record of the user's preference over at least one of adjusted versions of a base image when the adjusted versions a...
20160253838
14632607
0
1. A method for rendering, comprising: retrieving, by at least one processor and from a framebuffer, a depth value associated with a pixel; determining, by the at least one processor, whether a fragment depth value associated with a fragment of a splat is within a non-zero offset of the depth value associated with the ...
9633652
13854133
1
1. A method of speaker dependent speech recognition, comprising: building a universal background model (UBM) for a user responsive to unknown speech from only the user; adapting the universal background model (UBM) to build a single Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) responsive to a registration code phrase spoken by the use...
8378680
12886617
1
1. A system for concurrent acquisition of an MR anatomical image of an anatomical region of interest and an MR angiogram image of a vessel structure in the region of interest without the use of a contrast agent, comprising: an MR imaging system for, in a first repetition time interval, generating a non-selective magnet...
20020126002
09799664
0
1. A detecting device for detecting moving target vehicles from a moving host vehicle, said detecting device comprising: a first detector means mounted to said host vehicle and aligned to a stationary target area for generating at least a first output representative of said stationary target area at least at a time T 1...
20050069035
10674932
0
1. A method, comprising: approximating at least one non-power-of-2 element of a matrix as a power-of-2 element such that all elements of a resultant matrix are power-of-2 elements; and encoding video data using the resultant matrix.
20100046797
12464191
0
1. A method for audience monitoring, comprising: receiving an input of audience imaging information; detecting foreground on the input; performing blob segmentation on the input to generate segmented blobs; and analyzing human presence for at least one segmented blob by determining at least one selected from a group co...
8782567
13289731
1
1. A method for providing recognition of gestures made by a user using a gesture filter representing a gesture, comprising: receiving information indicative of a user motion or pose, the information being captured by a camera; determining from the information that the information is further indicative of a change in th...
20110270270
13099418
0
1. A method for determining an insertion trajectory of a tool for reaching a moving target object prior to its insertion into a tissular matrix, wherein the tissular matrix comprises obstacles, and wherein the target object has an initial position, the method comprising: acquiring images of the tissular matrix; constru...
9088886
13800503
1
1. A method of operating a data processing system to infer demographic information for a user of a wireless communication device, the method comprising: processing a plurality of call detail records (CDRs) to generate a plurality of call graphs having different time slices based on time ranges when data in the CDRs was...
20170008172
14794648
0
1. A method to provide grasp point selection for robotic grippers, the method comprising: obtaining a three-dimensional image of an object to be grasped by a robotic gripper; determining two or more sets of candidate grasp points on two or more surfaces of the object based on the three-dimensional image; exerting a loc...
9984312
15631740
1
1. An image registration device, comprising: at least one processor configured to execute: an artificial neural network in which a correlation between features is learned; a feature extractor configured to extract, using the artificial neural network, a first feature group from a first medical image and a second featur...
20090319451
12374076
0
1. A method of assigning a test pattern to a class chosen from a predefined set of classes, comprising: calculating a class membership probability for said test pattern; calculating a confidence interval for said class membership probability based upon a number of training patterns in a neighbourhood of said test patte...
20060256414
11430413
0
1. A hologram-reproducing method adapted to obtain a reproduced image by irradiating a hologram-recording material with a reference-light beam so that a reproduction signal-light beam is generated and picking up an image of the reproduction signal-light beam, the hologram-reproducing method comprising the steps of: gen...
20150199964
14600503
0
1. A method comprising: characterizing, by a computing device, a speech input based on a dynamic noise adaptation (DNA) model reflecting effects of background noise; characterizing the speech input based on a null noise DNA model reflecting a null noise mismatch condition; and performing Bayesian model selection and re...
8184870
13029868
1
1. A subject discriminating apparatus comprising: an image input means for receiving a target image, which is a target of discrimination; a characteristic amount calculating means for calculating at least one characteristic amount, which is employed in discriminating a predetermined subject that includes at least one s...
9142024
12506798
1
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining visual information from a first image of an object, the object comprising at least a first feature and a second feature, each feature having a respective visual marker and a respective inertial sensor attached, the first feature being moveable with respect to the s...
8958129
14253905
1
1. A method of forming a screened image comprising: providing a contone image; providing a screening tile structure of M by N cells; providing a dither magnitude curve; providing a spot function for each of the cells in the screening tile; providing a displacement vector for each of the cells in the screening tile; con...
10062099
14340970
1
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more devices, causes performance of operations comprising: obtaining a first image, of a particular product, taken by a device operated by a user; identifying a first physical location of the device when the image was ta...
9588962
14663797
1
1. A method comprising: receiving, by an interface from a user, a definition of an instance of a concept, wherein the instance is specific to a particular field of knowledge of the user; in response to receiving the definition, generating, by a hardware processor, a user ontological model based on the definition, where...
9164014
14376552
1
1. A thin section fabrication apparatus, comprising: an epi-imaging data acquisition unit that radiates epi-illumination, performs imaging on a surface of an embedding block in which a biological sample is embedded, and acquires imaging data; a diffusion imaging data acquisition unit that radiates diffusion illuminatio...
7583808
11091027
1
1. A computer implemented method for constructing a location model, the location model for locating and tracking sources of acoustic signals, comprising a processor for performing steps of the method, comprising the steps of: acquiring, with an array of microphones placed at unknown positions in an environment, an acou...
20140125792
14233182
0
1. A bead filler inspection apparatus comprising: an imaging section that captures an image of a join portion of a bead filler formed by being wound onto a rotating support body and joined, and a region containing a boundary between an outer edge of the bead filler and the support body; an edge detection section that d...
20150310028
14791300
0
1. A method for intelligent media naming comprising: a computing device, comprising hardware and software that the hardware executes, identifying a plurality of media files within a data store, each of the media files lacking user established file names; the computing device analyzing the plurality of media files for i...
7586496
11745893
1
1. A computer-implemented method of reducing a number of texture samples used for anisotropic texture map filtering, the method comprising: receiving a logratio value based on a logarithm of a minor axis of an elliptical representation of a pixel in texture space and a logarithm of a major axis of the elliptical repres...