01st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100002804 | RADIO TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD - It is possible to provide a radio transmission device and a radio transmission method which can avoid degradation of a channel estimation accuracy using a reference signal formed by a ZC sequence even when the RS transmission band of a local cell is different from that of an adjacent cell. A mobile station decides a cyclic shift sequence corresponding to RB allocation information from an RS table which correlates different frequency bandwidths from a reference point of respective transmission bands to a spectrum start number of the cyclic shift sequence so as to satisfy a particular relationship based on the sequence length and transmits the decided cyclic shift sequence as RS to a base station. The base station uses the same RS table as the RS table of the mobile station and performs correlation calculation of the RS transmitted from the mobile station, thereby performing channel estimation. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002805 | SIGNAL DECODING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A signal decoding system includes a signal acquisition unit, and a decoding unit including a segmenting module and a decoding module; the signal acquisition unit is configured for receiving a data waveform and a clock waveform outputted from one or more electronic devices; the segmenting module is configured for dividing the data waveform and the clock waveform into segments; and the decoding module is configured for decoding each segmented data waveform. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002806 | APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING SIGNALS IN OFDM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an apparatus for receiving signals in an OFDM communication system using multiple transmission/reception antennas and a method thereof. The method includes modulating a predetermined part of a data stream based on a multi-dimensional reception procedure to generate a first modulated data stream; regenerating a symbol corresponding to the modulated data stream; eliminating the regenerated symbol from a remained data stream; modulating the eliminated data stream to generate a second modulated data stream; and outputting an output signal obtained by serializing the first modulated data stream and the second modulated data stream. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002807 | Frequency Demodulation with Threshold Extension - A frequency demodulator comprises a frequency discriminator configured to generate a frequency modulation signal from frequency modulated signal, circuitry for generating a phase modulation signal from the frequency modulation signal, and a click reduction signal processing (CRSP) circuit operable to remove noise enhancements from the phase modulation signal caused by clicks. By first converting the frequency modulation signal to a phase modulation signal, noise enhancements caused by clicks are more readily distinguished from other noise in the phase modulation signal. After the noise enhancements have been removed by the CRSP, the frequency modulation is recovered substantially free of clicks. Removal of the clicks results in an improved output signal-to-noise ratio, thereby advantageously extending the onset of the threshold effect. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002808 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING SISO DETECTION IN A WiMAX ENVIRONMENT - In accordance with some embodiments, a communication system is described that comprises a soft-output detector configured to receive a transmit signal and output reliability information regarding the received signal. In accordance with such embodiments, the detector comprises a symbol combiner configured to operate in both a repetition mode and a non-repetition mode, wherein repetition mode comprises receiving a plurality of signals for the transmit signal. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002809 | PHY sub-channel processing - Physical layer (PHY) sub-channel processing. A soft symbol decision stream is arranged into a number of sub-channels to reduce substantially the processing performed within a communication receiver on data that is not intended for that communication receiver. In other embodiments, a predetermined approach is employed to arrange the soft symbol decision stream into one or more frames; each frame may have one or more soft symbol blocks; and each soft symbol block may have one or more symbols. Each of the soft symbol blocks, within a frame, may be assigned to a sub-channel. Only the soft symbol blocks that contain information destined for the communication receiver need be decoded. Only the sub-channel that includes these soft symbol blocks, destined for this communication receiver, need be decoded. The soft symbol blocks not within the sub-channel may be discarded thereby recovering some of the processing capabilities of the communication receiver. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002810 | ADAPTIVE OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AVERAGE LENGTH - The invention provides an average length adaptive optimization method and apparatus. An adaptive optimization method for the average length used for phase recovery comprising: a residual phase difference calculation step, for receiving a current phase of a digital symbol obtained by phase recovery and a data modulation phase of the digital symbol obtained by data recovery, and calculating a residual phase difference of the digital symbol, which is a difference between the current phase and the data modulation phase of the digital symbol; a residual phase difference auto-correlation value calculation step, for calculating an auto-correlation value of the residual phase difference with displacement m, wherein −10≦m≦10, and m is an integral; an optimization step, for optimizing the average length based on the residual phase difference auto-correlation value. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002811 | SOFT REPETITION CODE COMBINER USING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION - An embodiment is a method and apparatus to decode a signal using channel information. A channel state estimator generates a tone value representing channel information. A quantizer quantizes the tone value. A combiner combines de-interleaved symbols weighed by the quantized tone value. A comparator compares the combined de-interleaved symbols with a threshold to generate a decoding decision. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002812 | MULTI-ANTENNA WIRELESS RECEIVER CHAINS WITH VECTOR DECODING - A receiver chain is provided for use in wireless data communication including a plurality of receive antennas and a vector Barker decoder or a CCK decoder. The vector Barker decoder operates on the plurality of received signals, preferably processed through a plurality of channel matched filters. The weightings of the plurality of channels can be done using a slicer variance, a PLL variance or another method. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002813 | Soft Scaling Method and Apparatus - A received signal of interest is processed by determining timing of interference spikes in the received signal of interest. Receivers can determine when certain types of interference spikes are expected to occur, e.g., based on when different users are scheduled to transmit data during an overlapping portion of the same transmission time interval. The interference timing information is used by the receiver to soft scale signal values recovered from the received signal of interest that coincide with the interference spikes separately from remaining ones of the signal values. This way, fast changing interference power can be accurately tracked during periods of known interference spikes while also accurately tracking slower changing interference power during other periods. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002814 | RECEIVER - A receiver for a telecommunications system, wherein the receiver is capable of using a plurality of available alternative receiver sub-systems and the receiver comprises selection means for selecting one of the plurality of receiver sub-systems for use in processing a received signal according to conditions of the propagation channel through which the received signal was received. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002815 | DYNAMIC FILTERING FOR ADJACENT CHANNEL INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION - A method for adjacent channel interference suppression comprises the steps of receiving a composite signal including a signal of interest and possibly one or more adjacent channel interferers, measuring the signal of interest and the possibly one or more adjacent channel interferers, and adjusting a location of at least one dynamic filter to extract the signal of interest. A receiver apparatus comprises an antenna configured to receive a composite signal including a signal of interest and possibly one or more adjacent channel interferers, an interference measurement circuit configured to measure the signal of interest and the possibly one or more adjacent channel interferers, at least one dynamic filter configured to extract the signal of interest, and a processor configured to adjust a location of at least one dynamic filter to extract the signal of interest. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002816 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION AND FINDING THE BASIS FUNCTIONS OF THE RECEIVED SIGNAL - A method is disclosed to detect a broad class of signals in Gaussian noise using higher order statistics. The method detects a number of different signal types. The signals may be in the base-band or the pass-band, single-carrier or multi-carrier, frequency hopping or non-hopping, broad-pulse or narrow-pulse etc. In a typical setting this method provides an error rate of 3% at a signal to noise ratio of 0 dB. This method gives the time frequency detection ratio which may be used to determine if the detected signal falls in Class Single-Carrier of Class Multi-Carrier. Additionally, this method may be used for a number of different applications such as multiple signal identification, finding the basis functions of the received signal. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002817 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - An adaptive timing synchronization process dynamically adapts timing synchronization parameters for both wide and local area channels based on channel estimates. Timing synchronization parameters are dynamically adapted according to C/I estimates calculated from WID/LID energies. The timing synchronization algorithm | 2010-01-07 |
20100002818 | Electronic apparatus, clock apparatus, and clock control apparatus - An electronic apparatus input and/or output a signal from and/or an external apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes: a clock section in which a frequency is set and which gives a clock signal having the set frequency; an input-output section which inputs and/or outputs the signal according to the clock signal given from the clock section; a frequency detecting section which detects a frequency of a signal given from the external apparatus; and a frequency setting section which determines the frequency of the clock signal based on the frequency detected by the frequency detecting section, and sets the frequency in the clock section. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002819 | TRACKER CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED TEST EQUIPMENT SYSTEMS - A digital data signal capture circuit for synchronization of received digital data signals includes a transition detector for determining a state transition of the received digital data signal. The transition detector samples the received digital data signal at a first time, a second time and a third time and determines whether the transition occurs between the first time and the second time and whether it occurs between the first time and third time and generates an increment/decrement signal indicating a position for the transition. A strobe adjust circuit generates a strobe signal based on the increment/decrement signal. A capture circuit captures the received digital data signal using the strobe signal. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002820 | MULTISTATION COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A multistation communication apparatus in which each of a plurality of primary stations ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002821 | CLOCK DETERMINATION FOR A SENSOR - A method for determining a clock for a sensor signal which has a synchronization signal, which method involves a control unit measuring the period between a first edge and a second edge of the synchronization signal, wherein both edges are either rising or falling, and the control unit taking the period as a basis for determining a clock for sampling data in the sensor signal. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002822 | PHASE COMPARATOR, PHASE COMPARISON DEVICE, AND CLOCK DATA RECOVERY SYSTEM - A comparison period detecting unit ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002823 | Controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration and direct energy conversion - A system and apparatus for controlled fusion in a field reversed configuration (FRC) magnetic topology and conversion of fusion product energies directly to electric power. Preferably, plasma ions are magnetically confined in the FRC while plasma electrons are electrostatically confined in a deep energy well, created by tuning an externally applied magnetic field. In this configuration, ions and electrons may have adequate density and temperature so that upon collisions ions are fused together by the nuclear force, thus forming fusion products that emerge in the form of an annular beam. Energy is removed from the fusion product ions as they spiral past electrodes of an inverse cyclotron converter. Advantageously, the fusion fuel plasmas that can be used with the present confinement and energy conversion system include advanced (aneutronic) fuels. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002824 | Neutron bundles for energy and element production - Neutron bundles are formed as a result of interactions between polarized atomic core neutrons and anti-polar neutrons injected into atomic cores. Neutron bundles are groups of neutrons that can be produced and used in a process for making elements and isotopes, and also used in a process for the production of nuclear binding energy as the ultimate clean fuel for energy with an unlimited supply. Elements and isotopes are formed upon the introduction of protons onto neutron bundles. Nuclear fusion energy is produced when neutron bundles are made to react with each other in equipment designed for this purpose that includes a neutron bundle nuclear chain reactor. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002825 | AUTOMATIC CONNECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CONNECTING THE DUCTS FOR GUIDING A THERMOCOUPLE FOR THE UPPER INTERNALS OF A NUCLEAR REACTOR - The invention relates to a device for connecting the upper ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002826 | BOLT FIXING DEVICE OF JET PUMP BEAM - A jet pump is provided with a riser as a coolant supply tube, an inlet mixer forming a turn-around path for the coolant, a diffuser and a jet pump beam provided with a bolt fixing device. The bolt fixing device includes: a head bolt of a jet pump beam for pushing and supporting the inlet mixer from an upper side of the riser, the head bolt being provided with a polygonal head portion; a lock cap provided on the polygonal head portion of the head bolt to be slidable in an axial direction thereof and integrally rotatable; a body housing disposed on an upper surface of the jet pump beam and adapted to accommodate the lock pin; a plurality of tapered external teeth formed on an outer peripheral side surface of the lock cap; and a plurality of internal tooth-shaped grooves formed to the body housing so as to be selectively engaged with the external teeth of the lock cap so as to fix the head bolt of the jet pump beam. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002827 | SHIFT REGISTER APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A shift register apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The technique manner submitted by the present invention utilizes two NMOS transistors for pulling down the voltage level of the scan signals output by the shift registers within the shift register apparatus to the low level gate voltage, wherein one of the NMOS transistors is controlled by a control unit, and the other NMOS transistor is controlled by a clock signal or the inverted clock signal provided to the shift registers. Therefore, shifting amount of the threshold voltage of those NMOS transistors can trend to be flat, and the reliability of those NMOS transistors can be promoted. In addition, since only one control unit is needed to dispose in each shift register so that the layout area of whole shift register apparatus can be reduced, and the panel with narrow frame size also can be achieved by the present invention. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002828 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - X rays are emitted without injecting an angiographic contrast material, and a non-injection image acquiring device | 2010-01-07 |
20100002829 | CONE-BEAM CT - Apparatus for CT cone beam scanning, comprising:
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20100002830 | STEREO TUBE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - A computed tomography system includes at least two x-ray sources ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002831 | PORTABLE X-RAY DETECTOR WITH GRID SENSING UNIT AND X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE SETTING FOR THE PORTABLE X-RAY DETECTOR - It is described a portable X-ray system ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002832 | Medical X-Ray Imaging Apparatus - The invention relates to a medical X-ray imaging apparatus comprising a frame part, an X-ray source for producing X-rays, radiation receiving means for detecting radiation transmitted through an object, and support means for supporting the X-ray source and the receiving means in positions on opposite sides of the object. The support means are connected to the frame part so as to rotate around the axis of rotation provided with actuator means for rotating the said support means around the said axis of rotation. The apparatus makes possible both panoramic imaging and CT imaging, as selected by the operator. The X-ray apparatus comprises means for adjusting the ratio of enlargement so as to be optimal for each method of imaging used respectively. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002833 | X-RAY ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND X-RAY ANALYSIS METHOD - Provided is an X-ray analysis apparatus including: an X-ray tubular bulb for irradiating a sample with a radiation beam; an X-ray detector for detecting a characteristic X-ray and a scattered X-ray and outputting a signal containing energy information on the characteristic X-ray and the scattered X-ray; an analyzer for analyzing the signal; a sample stage capable of moving an irradiation point relatively with respect to the sample within a mapping area set in advance; and an X-ray mapping processing section for discriminating an X-ray intensity corresponding to a specific element, determining an intensity contrast in which a color or lightness is changed in accordance with the X-ray intensity, and for performing image display at a position corresponding to the irradiation point, in which the X-ray mapping processing section determines the intensity contrast of the X-ray intensity at the irradiation point by setting in advance the X-ray intensity discriminated as to a reference material in which a component element and a concentration thereof are known as a reference. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002834 | Method and apparatus for assessing characteristics of liquids - A method to perform security screening at an airport on hand-carried baggage. The method includes requesting passengers with hand carried baggage to remove from the baggage a container that holds a liquid and perform an x-ray inspection on the hand carried baggage and on the container while the container remains outside the baggage. According to the method, the results of the x-ray inspection are used to determine if the baggage contains illegal objects and if the liquid is a security threat. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002835 | X-RAY INSPECTION APPARATUS AND X-RAY INSPECTION PROGRAM - An X-ray inspection apparatus detects, by an X-ray line sensor, X-rays irradiated towards a product placed on a conveyor and transmitted therethrough in order to detect the presence of foreign matter contained in the product. The X-ray inspection apparatus includes a determination unit and a calibrating unit. The determination unit is configured to determine, based on detection results by a line sensor obtained at each of prescribed positions of the conveyor, whether each of the prescribed positions of the conveyor is an appropriate position for calibrating the line sensor. The calibrating unit is configured to calibrate the line sensor based on detection results obtained by the line sensor at a position that is determined by the determination unit to be the appropriate position for calibrating the line sensor. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002836 | Imaging systems for ionising radiation - Flat panel images obtained during concurrent radiotherapy typically suffer from artefacts that relate to the pulses of MV energy. For a radiotherapeutic apparatus comprising a pulsed source of therapeutic radiation, a detector comprising control circuitry, an array of pixel elements, each having a signal output and an ‘enable’ input and being arranged to release a signal via the signal output upon being triggered by the enable input, and an interpreter arranged to receive the signal outputs of the pixel elements, the interpreter having a reset control, there are advantages in the control circuitry being adapted to reset the interpreter after a pulse of therapeutic radiation, prior to enabling at least one pixel of the array. Alternatively, the control circuitry can prompt a plurality of pulses by the pulsed source and then enable a plurality of pixels of the array. In effect, the therapeutic pulses are grouped into a short flurry of pulses. It is therefore preferred that the plurality of pixels comprises substantially all the pixels of the array. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002837 | ORTHOVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY - A radiosurgery system is described that is configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. In some embodiments, inflammatory ocular disorders are treated, specifically macular degeneration. In some embodiments, other disorders or tissues of a body are treated with the dose of radiation. In some embodiments, the target tissues are placed in a global coordinate system based on ocular imaging. In some embodiments, the target tissues inside the global coordinate system lead to direction of an automated positioning system that is directed based on the target tissues within the coordinate system. In some embodiments, a treatment plan is utilized in which beam energy and direction and duration of time for treatment is determined for a specific disease to be treated and/or structures to be avoided. In some embodiments, a fiducial marker is used to identify the location of the target tissues. In some embodiments, radiodynamic therapy is described in which radiosurgery is used in combination with other treatments and can be delivered concomitant with, prior to, or following other treatments. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002838 | HIGH PRECISION POSTURE CONTROL METHOD OF X-RAY MIRROR - A high precision posture control method for sustaining the posture of an X-ray optical element constantly at 1 μrad or less. A longitudinal condensation mirror ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002839 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS ANALYSIS IMAGE WITH TAKEN IMAGE, X-RAY IMAGING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Positioning images are created by a projection-image creating unit before imaging, and the positioning images are grouped and stored by a projection-image storage unit for each preset. When imaging is started, a positioning-information calculating unit calculates positioning parameters using the positioning images stored in the projection-image storage unit. An analysis-image-for-synthesis creating unit creates an analysis image using the positioning parameters, and an analysis-image synthesizing and displaying unit synthesizes the analysis image with a live image and displays a synthesized image. When an imaging direction of an X-ray angiography apparatus is changed, a positioning-information updating unit directly updates the positioning parameters based on an amount of change of the imaging direction. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002840 | FIELD EMISSION X-RAY APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS - Disclosed herein is an x-ray field emission apparatus, system and method, the apparatus having a hollow probe held at vacuum; a cathode enclosed within the probe, the cathode producing an electron stream when connected to a high negative potential; an anode enclosed within the probe and separated from the cathode by a gap, said the providing a target for the electron stream; and a shield assembly comprising a hollow shield electrode positioned within the probe and about the cathode. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002841 | FIELD EMISSION X-RAY APPARATUS, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS - There is disclosed herein a field emission x-ray apparatus comprising: a housing including proximal and distal housing ends; a probe including proximal and distal probe ends, wherein the proximal probe end is attach to the distal housing end and the distal probe end is sealingly closed by a cathode, and wherein the apparatus further includes an anode having proximal and distal anode ends with the distal anode end being separated from the cathode by a gap and the proximal anode end being attached to a heat sink; wherein said the further includes an outer probe surface and wherein the outer probe surface comprises a conductive probe surface coating. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002842 | CATHODE ASSEMBLY FOR RAPID ELECTRON SOURCE REPLACEMENT IN A ROTATING ANODE X-RAY GENERATOR - A cathode assembly for a rotating anode X-ray source comprises two parts: a focusing part that is mechanically connected to the remainder of the X-ray source and permanently aligned with respect to the anode and a separate emission part that holds the electron source and is removably connected to the focusing part. The electron source is permanently mounted in the emission part and precisely aligned to the focusing part. The focusing part and the emission part are mechanically connected aligned relative to one another at the time of replacement. This arrangement allows the emission part, including the electron source to be quickly removed and replaced by an inexperienced user while maintaining the accuracy of the X-ray source alignment. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002843 | STANDING WAVE ELECTRON LINEAR ACCELERATOR AND INSTALLATION ADJUSTING DEVICE THEREOF - The present invention discloses a standing wave linear accelerator, comprising: a microwave device configured to generate microwave; an electron beam emitting device configured to emit electron beam; an accelerating device configured to receive the microwave generated by the microwave device and form a microwave electric field, to accelerate electron beams generated from the electron beam emitting device and undertake the accelerated electron beam targeting to emit X ray beam; a synchronous device generating synchronous pulse signal; and a quick beam emitting device receiving the synchronous pulse signal generated by the synchronous device, wherein the microwave device runs and generates microwave in advance before the operation of the electron beam emitting device based on the synchronous pulse signal, and the quick beam emitting device drives the electron beam emitting device to emit electron beam after power of the microwave generated by the microwave device reaches stable state, so that the accelerating device emits X ray beam. In the accelerator, the microwave system and the electron beam emitting device do not work at the same time, and the accelerator electron beam emitting system is started only when the AFC is put into operation and runs stably. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002844 | X-RAY EXAMINATION APPARATUS - An X-ray examination apparatus ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002845 | DELUXE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION - An emergency notification system is provided including a switching unit, a plurality of communications devices communicatively in communication with the switching unit, an emergency response unit in communication with the switching unit, a plurality of receiving units in communication with the switching unit. Each of the communications devices is configured to transmit an emergency notification to the switching unit which includes a message and at least one receiving unit address. Further, the switching unit is configured to receive the emergency notification from at least one of the plurality of communication devices and to rebroadcast the emergency notification contained in the message to the emergency response unit and to the receiving unit corresponding to the receiving unit address. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002846 | PSAP CAPABILITIES DEFINING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING EMERGENCY TEXT MESSAGING - A system and method for routing an emergency data message to a PSAP may include receiving an emergency data message and cell code identifier indicative of a location of a wireless communications device of a user. A PSAP local to the user may be selected, and the emergency data message is sent to the selected PSAP. The location may be a centralized network location associated with an emergency network address, where the emergency network address is an easy address for users to remember. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002847 | EMERGENCY WARNING APPARATUS USING RELAY DRIVING BY ELECTRIC CUTTING AND BREAKDOWN - The purpose of the present invention is to provide an emergency warning apparatus that notifies the user via a wired/wireless interface network of power disconnection and breakdown or fire and crack when one or more of these problems occur in a facility or equipment in which the subject apparatus is installed. Its primary objective is to enable the user/operator to eliminate the cause behind the warning and minimize the secondary damage following those problems. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002848 | TELEPHONE FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED - A telephone for the visually impaired is disclosed, which comprises a frame and a receiver. The frame is configured with an operation panel and a receiver holder, whereas there are a keypad being disposed at a position on top of the operation panel and a first protruding dot being disposed at a position beneath the operation panel. Moreover, the receiver holder is an open structure that is formed extruding from a side of the frame and is configured with a pressing part. With the aforesaid devices, any visually impaired person is able to place the receiver on the receiver holder in a trouble-free manner while enabling the pressing part to be compressed exactly by the receiver; and he/she is able to recognize the exact location of the keypad for placing a dial as soon as the first protruding dot is felt by the hand of the visually impaired person. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002849 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR REALIZING A MULTIMEDIA CALL - A method for realizing a multimedia call includes the following steps. A call request initiated by a calling terminal is received. An indication of the multimedia negotiation capability of the calling terminal is acquired, in which the indication of the multimedia negotiation capability identifies whether the terminal has the capability of supporting multiple multimedia negotiations or not. It is determined, according to the indication of the multimedia negotiation capability, whether the calling terminal has the capability of supporting multiple multimedia negotiations or not. A multimedia call connection is performed according to the multimedia negotiation capability of the calling terminal. It is determined, according to the factor whether the calling terminal has the capability of supporting multiple multimedia negotiations or not, how to perform the multimedia call connection, so as to flexibly realize the multimedia call connection accordingly. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002850 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO MANAGE MULTIPLE IVRS - A method includes storing a profile associated with a user of a telephone and, based upon the profile, presenting the user with an option to search, browse, subscribe to, or bookmark content provided by a plurality of IVR content providers. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002851 | METHOD AND EQUIPMENTS FOR ESTABLISHING TELECOMMUNICATION - The present invention relates to a method for establishing telecommunication between at least a first and a second users within a telecommunication network comprising the following steps: | 2010-01-07 |
20100002852 | UNIFIED MESSAGING SYSTEM - Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a unified messaging system. The unified messaging system comprises a unified messaging system server and clients, such as personal computers, telephones, facsimile machines, and two-way paging machines connected via both land based and wireless connections. This system enables a user to access and retrieve a variety of messages, including voice mail messages, facsimiles, and electronic mail messages via a unified user interface that clearly distinguishes each message type using message identifiers, and segregates messages by type. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002853 | Audio interface - An audio interface includes interface circuitry configured to translate audio signals received from a military handset to audio signals compatible with a plain old telephone system (POTS) network. The interface circuitry presents a 6-pin (or 5-pin) audio port configured to couple the military handset to the interface circuitry. The interface circuitry further features a 2-wire POTS connector configured to couple the interface circuitry to the POTS network. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002854 | COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INTERFACE FOR USER FRIENDLY INTERACTIVE ACCESS TO ONLINE SERVICES - A method and a system for connecting a service provider and a user at a remote location relative to the service provider, via a network based telecommunications device, are provided. The method includes utilizing a network operable terminal for transmitting communications between the service provider and the user, employing a display screen depicting a user selectable options menu, corresponding with service functions offered by the service provider, and enabling the user to choose an option from the user selectable options menu to initiate a corresponding communication to the service provider. The system includes a user operable terminal including a user interface display screen with user selectable menu options that are changeable in accordance with differing modes of operation, an internal processing unit configured for providing at least one selectable menu option; and a gateway service platform configured for transmitting an option selected from the at least one selectable menu option to and from one of the user or the provider. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002855 | Communication terminal device adapted to physical characteristics of telecommunication network and method for adapting communication terminal device to physical characteristic of telecommunication network - The communication terminal device includes a handset, a central controller, a telephone network adaptor unit for converting analog signals transmitted/received between telecommunication network and the communication terminal device into digital signals, an interface unit physically isolating the central controller from the telephone network adaptor unit, and transmitting/receiving the converted digital signals between the central controller and the telephone network adaptor unit, and a telephone circuit unit which transmits the voice signals generated by processing the digital signals received from the telephone network adaptor unit to a handset through the interface unit and transmits the digital signals generated by processing the voice signals received from the handset to the telephone network adaptor unit through the interface unit. The telephone network adaptor unit is controlled by the central controller and changes the physical characteristics of the analog signals to be adapted to the physical characteristics of the telecommunication network. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002856 | Communication terminal device adapted to physical characteristics of telecommunication network and method for adapting communication terminal device to physical characteristics of telecommunication network - The communication terminal device includes a handset, a central controller, a telephone network adaptor unit for converting analog signals transmitted/received between telecommunication network and the communication terminal device into digital signals, an interface unit physically isolating the central controller from the telephone network adaptor unit, and transmitting/receiving the converted digital signals between the central controller and the telephone network adaptor unit, and a telephone circuit unit which transmits the voice signals generated by processing the digital signals received from the telephone network adaptor unit to a handset through the interface unit and transmits the digital signals generated by processing the voice signals received from the handset to the telephone network adaptor unit through the interface unit. The telephone network adaptor unit is controlled by the central controller and changes the physical characteristics of the analog signals to be adapted to the physical characteristics of the telecommunication network. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002857 | Addressing data loggers and telephones upon networks, including upon the PSTN, in parallel and in common in groups, with subsequent secondary addressing of devices uniquely - The present invention contemplates improved addressing of, and retrieval of data from, unique addressable data loggers connected by and upon networks, including the Public Service Telephone Network (PSTN). Collection of data from the data loggers distributed upon the network to a data-collecting central, base, station is by (1) network broadcast of a primary address recognized by many, or even all, data loggers. Data loggers so primarily addressed thereafter later individually uniquely respond to (2) broadcast secondary addresses and/or directives, which may be encrypted, so as to (3) deliver up logged data to the base station. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002858 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ISSUING A CREDIT - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method to monitor service outages of a service center, detect a service outage, identify one or more customers affected by the service outage, and assign a credit to each of the affected one or more customers. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002859 | Determining a Preferable Mode of Communicating with a Called Party - A called party's communications habits are determined from the party's communications history, and the habits and the called party's current state (presence) are analyzed in view of a calling party's parameters for a desired communication with the called party to determine a preferable mode and/or time for the desired communication. The preference is indicated to the calling party to assist the calling party in effecting the desired communication. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002860 | Shared Mapping of a Station Extension within a Distributed, Enterprise Telecommunications System, to an Associated Telephone Number - A method is disclosed that provides the sharing of a station-mapping description with a first private-branch exchange, where the description has been initialized and maintained at a second private-branch exchange. Such a description describes a logical association between a station extension of an enterprise deskset and a telephone number of an off-premises terminal, such as a cell phone. As a result of the sharing across private-branch exchanges, an incoming call from a second employee's cell phone can be recognized, by a first employee being called, as coming from the calling second employee. This is because the incoming call is identified with the telephone extension of the calling employee's deskset terminal in spite of the call being placed from the cell phone, or other telephone number at large. This is particularly important where a large company engineers its enterprise's telecommunications system across multiple private-branch exchanges. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002861 | Method for Obtaining Data at an Electronic Communication Device - A method for obtaining data at an electronic communication device enables transmission of data in response to a ring back tone. The method comprises transmitting from the electronic communication device to a network a call setup signal for a call to a callee device (step | 2010-01-07 |
20100002862 | TELEPHONE RELAY APPARATUS, TELEPHONE RELAY SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A telephone relay apparatus stores peripheral telephone numbers of a plurality of peripheral telephone terminals scheduled to be located at the periphery of each specific terminal user. When a line connecting request from an outgoing telephone terminal of an arbitrary telephone outgoing user to a specific telephone terminal is received, connection of a telephone call execution line from the outgoing telephone terminal to the specific telephone terminal is tried. Therefore, when the connection is connected, a telephone call between the telephone outgoing user and the specific terminal user can be immediately made. However, when the telephone call execution line to the specific telephone terminal is not connected, the peripheral telephone terminal is selected in a transfer trying order, and connection of the telephone call execution line is tried with the peripheral telephone numbers in the transfer trying order. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002863 | Workflow Management in Contact Centers - A method, system and computer program product are provided for monitoring a communication session in a contact center. An agent follows a structured workflow while handling the communications session, and trigger events are defined which are associated with significant steps in the workflow other than (or additional to) the connection and disconnection of the agent with the session. When a trigger event is detected indicating that the agent has reached a predefined significant step in the workflow, an event notification issues to another system of the contact center, such as a statistics package, or a supervisor workstation, or an event aggregator which receives such notifications from many agent stations. In a preferred embodiment, these event notifications are used by an automated outbound dialler to more accurately predict the time to the end of a communications session, thereby providing a better outbound dialling algorithm. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002864 | Method and System for Discerning Learning Characteristics of Individual Knowledge Worker and Associated Team In Service Delivery - A method and system for measuring the learning ability and productivity of knowledge workers related to the delivery of services in service industry sectors, such as information technology (IT), healthcare and accounting. The method and system applies broadly to service domains that have a strong correlation between the learning ability and skill level of workers wherein the correlation affects the quality of service delivery. Utilizing data mining techniques, the method and system captures, analyzes and benchmarks individual knowledge worker's skill(s) in order to normalize individual service agent proficiencies. The normalized service agent proficiencies allows the relative learning and skill indices of the individual service agents to be determined such that the skills and learning abilities of individual service agents to be determined. The method and system allows best practices and training thresholds to be determined. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002865 | Mutual Assistance Routing System for Improved Utilization of Customer Service Resources - The invention disclosed is a new system and method for providing the mutual sharing of resources devoted to customer service. The system utilizes a telecommunications switching apparatus to rout incoming customer contacts to one or more pools of customer service agents. The system provides for a universal customer service interface that allows customer service agents to assist customers of other related companies. The automated system for sharing customer service resources includes a mutual assistance routing system in communication with requesting users of customer service agents, responding providers of customer service agents, databases containing customer information, thereby allowing customers who contact the requesting user to be served by shared agents. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002866 | VOICE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A voice communicating apparatus in which a far-end voice of high sound quality can be outputted from a loudspeaker and an echo which is caused by the outputted far-end voice can be accurately removed with high precision. An analog far-end voice signal supplied from a telephone unit is directly outputted from the loudspeaker and a digital detection sound signal of the far-end voice and a near-end voice detected by a microphone is delayed by a predetermined time and supplied to an arithmetic operating part. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002867 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR THE ADAPTIVE FILTERING OF SIGNALS - The invention relates to a method for adaptive filtering in which a level of a reference signal necessary for the adaptive filtering is determined in the context of an adaptation by estimation, using a quantity equivalent to the reference signal, wherein the filtering is dependent on the electrical power of at least one signal extracted from a transmission channel to be filtered, and the equivalent quantity is determined by means of a mathematical function based on the electrical power of at least the extracted signal. The invention further relates to an arrangement with means for carrying out the method. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002868 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENCRYPTION OF BLOCKS OF DATA - A method for encryption of blocks of data ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002869 | ENCRYPTION CIRCUIT AND DECRYPTION CIRCUIT - A CBC encryption circuit, configured with an input register | 2010-01-07 |
20100002870 | PARTIAL ENCRYPTION AND FULL AUTHENTICATION OF MESSAGE BLOCKS - Methods and apparatus are presented for encrypting and authenticating data, wherein some data is encrypted and some data is not encrypted, but all of the data is authenticated. Masking modules ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002871 | DEVICE PROVIDED WITH REWRITABLE CIRCUIT, UPDATING SYSTEM, UPDATING METHOD, UPDATING PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A problem to be solved is that a conventional device is not equipped with a unit that enables efficient circuit update taking into consideration an unconfigured area in the reconfigurable circuit in the device. A data using device | 2010-01-07 |
20100002872 | DATA TRANSFORMATION APPARATUS, DATA TRANSFORMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A non-linear transformation processing structure having a high implementation efficiency and a high security is realized. Data transformation is performed using a first non-linear transformation part performing non-linear transformation using a plurality of small S-boxes; a linear transformation part receiving all the outputs from the first non-linear transformation part and performing data transformation using a matrix for performing optimal diffusion mappings; and a second non-linear transformation part including a plurality of small non-linear transformation parts that perform non-linear transformation on individual data units into which output data from the linear transformation part is divided. With this structure, appropriate data diffusion can be achieved without excessively increasing a critical path, and a structure with a high implementation efficiency and a high security can be achieved. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002873 | Cipher For Disk Encryption - Encryption is provided with additional diffusion components to construct a block cipher with a large and variable block size. The cipher incorporates an encryption system or algorithm such that the cipher is at least as secure as the encryption system or algorithm. Additional components of the cipher provide improved diffusion. This combination ensures that the cipher is at least as strong as the encryption algorithm, and at the same time it provides additional security properties due to its improved diffusion. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002874 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an information apparatus and method suitable for use in upgrading control programs readily by a user. In step S | 2010-01-07 |
20100002875 | Slice-Based Prioritized Secure Video Streaming - Slice-based prioritized secure video streaming comprises a transmitter receiving a slice comprising a plurality of macroblocks and selecting an encryption key based at least in part on a relative importance of secure transmission of the macroblocks. If the importance is high, a master key is selected. If the importance is medium, a first key derivable by applying a one-way function to the master key is selected. If the importance is low, a second key derivable by applying the one-way function to the first key is selected. The slice is encrypted using the encryption key. A receiver receives the encrypted slice, decrypts a header of the slice using the master key, to obtain an indication of a relative importance of secure transmission of the macroblocks. The receiver selects a decryption key based at least in part on the indication, and decrypts the slice using the decryption key. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002876 | ENCRYPTION APPARATUS, DECRYPTION APPARATUS, LICENSING APPARATUS AND CONTENT DATA GENERATION METHOD - In order to provide various service types to the users in a case of supplying the contents constituted from multiple resources via broadcast, the following apparatuses are provided. An encryption apparatus ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002877 | ADAPTIVE GENERATION OF A PSEUDO RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR SEED - A seed for use in a cryptographic operation for an electronic device is determined by estimating the number of entropy data bits needed to satisfy a predetermined security strength of the cryptographic operation. The estimation is based on an entropy strength of a string of entropy data bits. Entropy strength is a measure of randomness. Furthermore, guiding a determination of the seed differently according to the estimated number of entropy data bits may be performed. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002878 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING PASSWORD IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for inputting a password in a mobile terminal includes displaying a keypad cryptograph taking a form of a keypad image, in which the symbols arrangement of the input keys in the keypad cryptograph is different from a symbols arrangement of the input keys of a physical keypad of the mobile terminal, and inputting the password through the input keys of the physical keypad being adopted to input symbols indicated by the keypad cryptograph. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002879 | Method and apparatus for reducing communication system downtime when configuring a cryptographic system of the communication system - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for reducing communication system downtime when enabling cryptographic operation of a cryptographic system of the communication system where the cryptographic system includes a first cryptographic device operatively coupled to a plurality of second cryptographic devices via a communication network of the communication system. The method includes causing a pass-through mode of the second cryptographic devices to be suspended, sequentially determining a state of each of the second cryptographic devices, causing the second cryptographic devices and the first cryptographic device to substantially simultaneously operate in a secure mode if each of the second cryptographic devices is determined to have a first state, and causing the second cryptographic devices and the first cryptographic device to operate in the pass-through mode if at least one of the plurality of second cryptographic devices is determined to have a second state. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002880 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LAWFUL INTERCEPTION USING TRUSTED THIRD PARTIES IN SECURE VoIP COMMUNICATIONS - Disclosed is a system for lawful interception using a trusted third party in secure VoIP communication. A VoIP transmit terminal generates a secure packet using a master key received from a trusted third party and then communicates with a VoIP receive terminal. A collection device having received a lawful interception instruction from a key recovering system collects and transmits the secure packet to the key recovering system. The key recovering system decrypts the secure packet using the master key received from the trusted third party and provides the decrypted secure packet to a lawful interception requester or provides the master key received from the trusted third party and the secure packet to the lawful interception requester. It is possible to provide the perfect lawful interception in the secure VoIP communication environment, and to guarantee a perfect forward secrecy since the master key is changed for each call. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002881 | POLARIZATION-INSENSITIVE ONE-WAY QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION RECEIVER, TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER SYSTEM - Provided are an apparatus for receiving a quantum cryptographic key and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a quantum cryptographic key at high speed without polarization drift of an optical pulse signal and phase drift of an interferometer. The apparatus for receiving a quantum key includes: a polarization-insensitive optical phase modulator parts for receiving an optical pulse signal, and modulating and outputting a phase of the optical pulse signal without being affected by the polarization state of the optical pulse signal; an asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer for causing interference in and outputting the optical pulse signal received from the polarization-insensitive optical phase modulator parts; and a photon detectors for detecting the optical pulse signal received from the asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer. According to the apparatuses, it is possible to perform quantum cryptography communication at high speed without being affected by polarization drift of an optical pulse signal and phase drift of an interferometer. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002882 | Method and Device for Anonymous Encrypted Mobile Data and Speech Communication - The invention relates to a method for anonymising the communication of mobile terminals which permit speech communication, using an anonymising network which comprises a series of routers and which has at least one access node, wherein each mobile terminal establishes a connection with at least one access node, comprising the following steps:
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20100002883 | SECURITY PROCEDURE AND APPARATUS FOR HANDOVER IN A 3GPP LONG TERM EVOLUTION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for implementing a security procedure during handover of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in wireless communications that controls the behavior of a handover target if it cannot support the required security algorithms. The handover source can detect that the target does not support the required security algorithms and the WTRU can detect that security algorithms may change during handover. Security procedures for the WTRU include contingencies for Radio Link Failure and if the public land mobile network (PLMN) changes. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002884 | Optical Out-Of-Band Key Distribution - One aspect of the disclosure relates to an out-of-band communication system and associated process. The out-of-band communication system includes an encrypted data path that is configured to convey encrypted data. The out-of-band communication system includes an optical out-of-band channel that is physically distinct from the encrypted data path. The encrypted data path extends between an optical transmitter and an optical receiver. The optical out-of-band channel is configured to transmit key information from the optical transmitter to the optical receiver. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002885 | Efficient multiparty key exchange - A system for providing secure communications includes a telecommunications network. The system includes N nodes and a new node in communication with the network to form a session, where N is greater than or equal to three and is an integer. Each node has media streams, and a unique cryptographic media key for each media stream which each node sends to every other node of the session over the telecommunications network. One of the N nodes is a key master which distributes a master key to every other node in the session over the network. Each node encrypts with its own respective media key and the master key each of its media streams. When the new node first joins the session, the new node sends its unique cryptographic media keys for each of its media streams to the N nodes of the session. The key master then generates a new master key with the media keys of the new node and distributes the new master key to the new node and the N nodes using only a single signalling message to each of the N nodes and the new node without any other signalling messages to establish secure communications between the new node and the N nodes in the session. A method for providing secure communications. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002886 | HEARING SYSTEM AND METHOD IMPLEMENTING BINAURAL NOISE REDUCTION PRESERVING INTERAURAL TRANSFER FUNCTIONS - The binaural hearing system ( | 2010-01-07 |
20100002887 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BINAURAL HEARING SYSTEM AS WELL AS A BINAURAL HEARING SYSTEM - A hearing system and a method for operating a binaural hearing system include at least two hearing devices to be at least partly inserted into or to be worn behind the left and right ear of a user. Each hearing device includes at least one microphone to generate an electrical signal corresponding to an acoustic signal. The method includes determining contra-lateral information based on an acoustic signal recorded by a microphone of the contra-lateral hearing device, and determining ipsi-lateral information based on an acoustic signal recorded by a microphone of the ipsi-lateral hearing device. The method includes providing a coordination level, the coordination level being indicative of a degree of synchronization of the two hearing devices, and adjusting processes in the ipsi-lateral hearing device in accordance with the coordination level. The coordination level can be determined from the contra-lateral information and/or from the ipsi-lateral information, or be obtained from an external device. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002888 | Method and device for low-delay joint-stereo coding - In one aspect a coding of stereophonic audio signals based on inter-channel linear prediction is provided. Each of the two channels is predicted by filtering the center stereo image of both the channels. Optimal filter coefficients are calculated for both channels is a generalization of Mid/Side and Left/Right joint-stereo coding. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002889 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING SOUND SYSTEMS - The invention is directed to a display and method for conducting sound system design. The display is configured to simultaneously show a sound system model comprising both audio components and sound environment components, a plurality of parameters and a graphic representation of a calculated sound system performance attribute. In response to receiving input from the user and without any additional user intervention, the display re-displays a newly-calculated sound system performance attribute such as, for example, a graphic representation in the sound system model of a sound path associated with a user-selected reflected sound identifier. A processor also simulates, based on the sound system configuration, the sound performance that a user would expect to hear positioned in an identified listening position of the sound system model. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002890 | Electronic Device Having Active Noise Control With An External Sensor - An electronic device includes an enclosure for the electronic device and a duct extending from an interior to an exterior of the enclosure to exhaust airflow from the enclosure. The electronic device further includes an active noise control mechanism. The active noise control mechanism includes an internal sensor, an external sensor, and an acoustic wave generator. The internal sensor is arranged within the enclosure to sense a noise and generate an internal sensor output, and the external sensor is arranged outside of the enclosure to detect sounds and generate an external sensor output. Based on the internal sensor output and the external sensor output, the acoustic wave generator generates an acoustic wave within the duct to reduce the noise. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002891 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK - An acoustic-feedback detection apparatus includes: a first level detecting section configured to detect a signal level of sound signals obtained from a position in a sound-signal system in which a microphone and speaker are connected; a first extracting section configured to extract, from the sound signals of which the signal level is detected, signals in a band having a bandwidth predetermined for each of at least one predetermined center frequency; a second level detecting section configured to detect a signal level of the signals in each band, the signals being extracted by the first extracting section; and a determining section configured to determine whether or not acoustic feedback is occurring, on the basis of a threshold determined according to the signal level detected by the first level detecting section and a waveform of each signal level detected by the second level detecting section. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002892 | Active noise reduction system and active noise reduction method - As optimal candidate as a control signal (y*) for generating a control sound suppressing noise from a speaker is selected from among a plurality of control signal candidates (y | 2010-01-07 |
20100002893 | LOW LATENCY ULTRA WIDEBAND COMMUNICATIONS HEADSET AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR - A wireless communication system for use in aircraft includes a wireless headset having at least one ear cup with a housing. A first ultra wideband transceiver is disposed in the ear cup housing. A base station includes a second ultra wideband transceiver. The second ultra wideband transceiver wirelessly communicates with the first ultra wideband transceiver. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002894 | MEMS device and method of making the same - A MEMS device includes a vent hole structure and a MEMS structure disposed on a same side of a substrate. The vent hole structure adjoins the MEMS structure with an etch stop structure therebetween. The MEMS structure includes a chamber, the vent hole structure includes a metal layer having at least a hole thereon as a vent hole to connect the chamber of the MEMS structure through the etch stop structure. Accordingly, the MEMS device has a lateral vent hole. Furthermore, as the vent hole structure and the MEMS structure are disposed on the same side of the substrate, the manufacturing process is convenient and timesaving. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002895 | CONDENSER MICROPHONE AND MEMS DEVICE - An air gap is formed between a first film having a first electrode film and a second film having a second electrode film. The first film has a stopper protruding toward the second film, and a recess communicating with the air gap is provided in the center of the stopper. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002896 | Hearing Aid Having an Occlusion Reduction Unit and Method for Occlusion Reduction - A method is described for reduction of occlusion effects in an acoustic appliance which closes an auditory channel, wherein an audio signal in the transmission path of the acoustic appliance is processed by a signal processing unit and is emitted via an output transducer, which is arranged in the auditory channel, as an acoustic signal. A resultant sound signal is then detected by an auditory channel microphone and is supplied to a variable loop filter, which is arranged in a feedback loop of an occlusion reduction unit for the acoustic appliance. The output signal from the loop filter is injected into the transmission path of the audio signal. The occlusion reduction unit is in this case controlled adaptively, with at least one signal from the transmission path of the audio signal and/or from the feedback loop being used to control the loop filter for the occlusion reduction unit. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002897 | PRESSURE REGULATING SYSTEMS FOR EXPANDABLE INSERTION DEVICES - At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an earpiece comprising: an ambient sound microphone (ASM); an ear canal microphone (ECM); an ear canal receiver (ECR); and an inflatable sealing section, where the sealing section includes at least one pressure valve, where the at least one pressure valve opens when the pressure in the sealing section is greater than an ambient pressure. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002898 | USER FRIENDLY PORTABLE STEREO SET - The invention relates to a sound output device which comprises a first and a second sound element, where the first sound output element comprises a space which receives an electrical connection to the second sound output element and a protrusion which engages a recess in the second output element which thereby forms a fastening connection. The first and second output units can be connected to form an integral unit where the integral unit can receive an electrical cord which can be wound around the fastening connection. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002899 | VOICE CONFERENCE SYSTEM - A voice conference system capable of realizing a talk session with an unbounded feeling of presence in session in response to positions of conferees who are seated at mutual voice conference devices is provided. A conferee | 2010-01-07 |
20100002900 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING PRESSURE WAVES - Actuator apparatus for generating a physical effect, at least one attribute of which corresponds to at least one characteristic of a digital input signal sampled periodically in accordance with a clock, the apparatus comprising at least one array of moving elements each constrained to travel alternately back and forth along a respective axis in response to an alternating electromagnetic force applied to the array of moving elements, at least one latch operative to selectively latch at least one subset of said moving elements in at least on latching position there by to prevent the individual moving elements from responding to the electromagnetic force, an electromagnetic field control system operative to receive the clock and, accordingly, to control application of the electromagnetic force to the array of moving elements and a latch controller operative to receive the digital input signal and to control the latch accordingly. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002901 | SPEAKER - A speaker having improved sound quality by reducing a phase difference and also having an outstanding outward appearance is provided. In a speaker comprising a vibrating element | 2010-01-07 |
20100002902 | Graphical Retail Item Identification With Point-Of-Sale Terminals - Graphical retail item identification including receiving, from a digital camera, an image of a retail item to be identified; decoding, by an image decoding module, the image into one or more image processing tasks; assigning, by a task assignment engine, the one or more image processing tasks to one or more of the POS terminals, the one or more POS terminals characterized as image processing terminals; executing the image processing tasks by the image processing terminals, including reporting results of the image processing tasks to an item identification engine; and identifying, by the item identification engine upon completion of the image processing tasks by the image processing terminals, the retail item. | 2010-01-07 |
20100002903 | PROTECTION METHOD FOR PREVENTING HARD COPY OF DOCUMENT FROM BEING RELEASED OR REPRODUCED - A protection method for preventing a hard copy of a document from being released or reproduced is provided. The protection method comprises: selecting a pattern with a closed contour line and utilizing a level set method to process the pattern to generate at least a watermark; and embedding the watermark into the document. In addition, the protection method can further comprise: detecting the hard copy of the document to determine whether at least a watermark exists in the hard copy of the document; and forbidding releasing or reproducing the document when the watermark is detected in the hard copy of the document. | 2010-01-07 |