| 05th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
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| 20090030611 | GPS Navigation Device With Car Rear-Viewing Function - A GPS navigation device with a car rear-viewing function is disclosed herein, which includes a monitor, a GPS navigation module receiving a GPS navigation information and providing it to the monitor, a car rear-viewing module providing a car rear image from a camera to the monitor, a switch unit, and a micro control unit. When the shift lever of the car is located in a reverse gear position, the micro control unit sends a switch command to the switch unit to allow the car rear-viewing module to transmit the car rear image to the monitor. In contrast, when the shift lever is not located in the reverse gear position, the monitor is switched to be controlled by the GPS navigation module for displaying the navigation information. Therefore, there is no need to install an additional monitor for displaying the GPS navigation information and the car rear image information, respectively. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030612 | GPS-based attitude determination system with self-diagnosis function - A GPS-Based ADS for determining attitude and heading of a moving body comprises a GPS receiver, an inertial sensor unit, a blockage area calculator, a sensor anomaly detector and a monitor. The GPS-Based ADS provides information useful for making a judgment on appropriateness of installation sites and mounting conditions of a GPS antenna and inertial sensors based on blockage area information concerning each satellite signal blockage area obtained by the blockage area calculator and sensor signal anomaly information concerning each inertial sensor anomaly obtained by the sensor anomaly detector. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030613 | Vehicle Departure Detecting Device - Lane width information Winf acquired by a traffic lane detector is retrieved (step S | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030614 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR FORMATION TESTER DATA PROCESSING - A method for data processing includes transforming measurement data acquired in the time domain during an oilfield operation into a second domain to produce transformed data; identifying distortions in the transformed data; removing the distortions from the transformed data; and transforming back from the second domain to the time domain to produce cleaned-up data. The transforming measurement data may use a Fourier transform or a wavelet transform. The method may further include compressing the cleaned-up data or reconstructing signals from the cleaned-up data. A method for data processing includes decomposing measurement data, which are acquired in an oilfield operation, using a low pass filter to produce a first dataset; decomposing the measurement data using a high pass filter to produce a second dataset; removing distortions from the second dataset to yield a corrected second dataset; and reconstructing a corrected dataset from the first dataset and the corrected second dataset. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING MAGNETIC SIGNALS AND DETECTING CASING AND RESISTIVITY - A method of locating a conductive target from a wellbore includes generating a current flowing across an insulated gap in a downhole tool positioned in the wellbore, measuring an azimuthal magnetic field with at least one external magnetometer located proximate the exterior of the downhole tool, measuring a secondary magnetic field using a magnetometer disposed inside the downhole tool, computing at least one of a direction and a distance to the conductive target. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030616 | Probablistic imaging with azimuthally sensitive MWD/LWD sensors - A method for forming a borehole image of an azimuthally sensitive borehole or formation parameter is disclosed. Such a borehole image may be formed, for example, by processing logging sensor data with a predetermined sensor response function (also referred to herein as a probability density function) to acquire probabilistically distributed sensor data. The sensor data may be distributed in either one-dimension (azimuthal) or two-dimensions (azimuthal and axial). Certain embodiments of this invention may be advantageously utilized in LWD imaging applications and provide for superior image resolution and noise rejection as compared to prior art binning techniques. Exemplary embodiments of the invention also advantageously conserve logging sensor data such that integration of the distributed data over the entire circumference of the tool provides a non-azimuthally sensitive logging measurement. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030617 | Biosensor Calibration System - A biosensor system determines an analyte concentration using one or more calibrated correlation equations for an optical and/or electrochemical analysis of a biological fluid. The biosensor system may be implemented using a measurement device and a sensor strip. The measurement device senses circuit patterns on an encoding pattern of the sensor strip. The measurement device determines calibration information in response to the circuit patterns, and uses the calibration information to calibrate one or more of the correlation equations. The measurement device uses the calibrated correlation equations to determine the analyte concentration. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030618 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND SOFTWARE ARRANGEMENT FOR ANALYZING AND CORRELATING MOLECULAR PROFILES ASSOCIATED WITH ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES - A system, method and software arrangement according to exemplary embodiments of the present invention are provided which can use molecular profiles obtained from unaltered human tissue specimens for clinical purposes including disease diagnoses and treatment evaluations. For example, spatial distributions of chemical species including metabolites within the tissue may be obtained using radiological techniques such as magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging. Disease-specific profiles may be obtained by comparing the distributions of chemical species obtained in ex vivo tissues with pathological observations made on them using statistical analysis. The disease-specific profiles may then be correlated with in vivo or ex vivo molecular profiles to obtain spatial maps that can provide a more sensitive and accurate detection of diseased tissue. Thus, such exemplary systems, methods and software arrangements can include the ability to receive information relating to the distribution of at least three chemical species in the tissue of interest, compare this information statistically to a predetermined profile and, based on the statistical correlation between the information and the profile, determine certain characteristics of the tissue of interest such as, e.g., the presence or absence of diseased tissue. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030619 | VEHICULAR USER HOSPITALITY SYSTEM - A vehicular user hospitality system recognizes a situation concerning vehicle use according to a combination of a disturbance stimulation type and hospitality intention category. With an intention estimation table, the system determines a reference intention parameter value for providing an intensity reference of a hospitality intention for each of safety, convenience, and comfort categories. The system settles an intention intensity reference using a reference intention parameter value specific to each situation. The system supplements the reference intention parameter value with the current disturbance stimulation value to determine an intention intensity parameter value to be appropriately used as a function selection reference value while considering a disturbance stimulation magnitude. Using a function specification table, function specification information for specifying a function of a hospitality operating portion is extracted according to a combination of the disturbance stimulation type and the hospitality intention category to thereby determine a control content. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030620 | System and method for electronic publication of scientific data and analysis - Electronic publication systems are disclosed that enable the analysis and publication of layout files, which contain an analysis strategy and embedded raw data. The published layout files can be accessed by reader applications that are able to read the layout files and modify the analysis strategy within the layout file using the embedded raw data. In many embodiments, the reader applications are unable to access the embedded raw data. In several embodiments, the reader applications prevent the saving or printing of layout files. One embodiment of the invention includes a publication computer connected to a network, a user computer connected to the network and the publication computer is configured to generate a file including an analysis strategy based on the raw data and in which the raw data is embedded. In addition, the publication computer is configured to transfer the file to the user computer, the user computer is configured to receive the file, the user computer is configured to perform modifications of the analysis strategy using the embedded raw data and the user computer is configured to prevent access to the embedded raw data within the file. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030621 | JIG ASSEMBLY FOR MEASURING PERFORMANCE OF DOOR OF VEHICLE - A jig assembly for measuring performance aspects of a door of a vehicle. A shifting member includes guide rails and motors, the motors controlled by a controller to move the guide rails. The shifting member is configured such that one of several removable jigs can be connected thereto. Each jig cooperates with the controller to measure a specific performance aspect of the door. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030622 | Non-linear Junction Based Electronics Detection - Line anomalies on a line under test are detected by generating a test signal at a first power level and coupling the test signal to the line under test. A response level is received from the line under test at a second and third harmonic frequency of the first test signal. A second test signal is generated at an increased power level and coupled to the line under test and a response level from the line is received at a second and third harmonic frequency of the second test signal. The process is repeated by raising the power level of the test signal until a current level supplied to the line by a test signal exceeds an acceptable threshold level. The response levels are compared to stored data to locate any line anomalies present. The stored data represents harmonic response data obtained from the same line at a previous time. A graphical or mathematical representation of the response data is produced such that the response data can be easily compared to locate any anomalies. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030623 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETERMINING THE AREA OF VULNERABILITY FOR ESTIMATION OF VOLTAGE SAGS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING EMBODIED THEREON COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR THE METHOD - Provided is a system for determining the area of vulnerability for estimation of voltage sages including: a system information reader reading information on a power system; a unit for determining the area of vulnerability calculating a voltages at a target bus corresponding to ends of a fault line by using the system information and a first residual voltage equation that is a voltage relationship between points in the fault line in the power system where a fault is simulated and the target bus where a voltage change due to the fault occurs, calculating a voltage at the target bus corresponding to a point between the ends when the voltages at the target bus corresponding to the ends are not higher than a predetermined voltage threshold, deriving a second residual voltage equation that is an approximate quadratic interpolation equation for the first residual voltage equation by using the voltages at the target bus corresponding to the ends and the point between the ends of the fault line, calculating the voltage of the target bus corresponding to the point of the fault line by using the second residual voltage equation, and determining the point of the fault line corresponding to a voltage of the target bus equal to or lower than the predetermined voltage threshold as the area of vulnerability; and a result output unit outputting results of the determination of the area of vulnerability. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030624 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING POWER INTEGRITY OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - A power integrity system executes one or more test algorithms, such as a suite of test software that may be written in low level language that is coupled with a test environment housing an integrated circuit and/or printed circuit board, in order to identify possible power integrity issues with the integrated circuit and/or printed circuit board. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030625 | Fuel efficiency measurement system and method for fuel cell vehicle - A fuel efficiency measurement system includes a fuel supply tank for supplying hydrogen to be used as a fuel to a fuel cell of the vehicle during measurement of fuel efficiency and a precision electronic balance for detecting a weight of the fuel supply tank so as to perform the measurement of fuel efficiency based on a vehicle driving distance and a change in weight of the fuel supply tank measured by the electronic balance during measurement of fuel efficiency. According to the fuel efficiency measurement system, it is possible to more accurately calculate fuel efficiency without using hydrogen of a hydrogen tank installed in the vehicle. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030626 | REMAINING ELECTRICAL CHARGE/REMAINING CAPACITY ESTIMATING METHOD, BATTERY STATE SENSOR AND BATTERY POWER SOURCE SYSTEM - The present invention provides a battery remaining electrical charge/remaining capacity estimating method which makes it possible to obtain a convergence value of a battery open circuit voltage with high accuracy and in a short time. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030627 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR DETERMINING AN ESTIMATED BATTERY STATE VECTOR - A system, a method, and an article of manufacture for determining an estimated battery state vector indicative of a state of a battery are provided. The method determines a first estimated battery state vector indicative of the state of the battery at a first predetermined time based on a plurality of predicted battery state vectors, a plurality of predicted battery output vectors, and a first battery output vector. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030628 | SIGNAL ANALYSER - A method of processing a signal comprises receiving a signal, filtering the signal with a plurality of band pass filters, each band pass filter having a Q factor of at least 1/v2, and extracting data from the output of the filters. The primary data extraction comprises identifying local peaks in the output of the filters, each local peak being a local peak in both the time and frequency directions. The method advantageously further comprises executing a curve fitting procedure, the output of which procedure comprises curve data defining a curve that at least approximates to a portion of the extracted data. The method can further comprise varying the Q factor of at least one band pass filter as the signal is filtered. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030629 | NON-LINEAR FREQUENCY AND PHASE MEASUREMENT SCHEME - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for measuring a frequency or a phase of a measuring signal, wherein the frequency (f | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030630 | OPTICAL INSPECTION TOOL FEATURING MULTIPLE SPEED MODES - An optical inspection tool can feature a double-speed and other modes whereby the inspection rate is increased by using pixel binning. For instance, the tool may include an array of pixels provided by one or more detectors. Some or all of the pixels in one or more of the detectors may be binned according to inspection requirements. Based on the reduction in effective pixels due to the binning, in some embodiments, the rate of imaging and scanning rate of the wafer (or other object) can be increased. Different portions of the array may be binned differently to provide for increased throughput during inspections; for instance, the binning arrangement across an array can be correlated to the features that will be imaged using the array. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030631 | METHOD FOR ENHANCING THE MEASUREMENT CAPABILITY OF MULTI-PARAMETER INSPECTION SYSTEMS - A method for improving the measurement capability of multi-parameter inspection systems includes performing a measuring procedure to acquire a measured signature of a sample, calculating weighting factors representing a correlation between structural parameters of the sample by using a weighting algorithm, transforming the weighting factors into a sampling function by using a transforming rule, updating the measured signature to form an updated measured signature and generating a plurality of updated nominal signatures according to the sampling function, and comparing the updated measured signature and the updated nominal signatures to determine the structural parameters of the sample. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030632 | METHODS FOR PLASMA MATCHING BETWEEN DIFFERENT CHAMBERS AND PLASMA STABILITY MONITORING AND CONTROL - Methods for matching semiconductor plasma processing chambers using a calibrated spectrometer are disclosed. In one embodiment, plasma attributes are measured for a process in a reference chamber and a process in a sample chamber. Measuring the plasma attributes during process perturbations allows for the correlation of process parameters to the plasma optical emission spectra. The process parameters can then be adjusted to yield a processed substrate which matches that of the reference chamber. Methods for monitoring the stability of a plasma processing chamber using a calibrated spectrometer are also disclosed. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030633 | Device, Method, Program, and Recording Medium for Error Factor Measurement, and Output Measurement Device and Input Measurement Device Provided with the Device for Error Factor Measurement - Measurement of error factors of a signal source when a connection tool is connected to a signal source whether error factors of the connection tool are known or not is enabled. There is provided an error factor measurement device including a connection tool characteristic measurement unit which measures characteristics of a connection tool based on measurement results of first and second signals, a reflection-to-output ratio measurement unit which measures the ratio relating to a measurement result of a reflection in a second (first) signal generation unit and a measurement result before the first (second) signal is reflected by a first (second) output terminal, an error factor recording unit which records respective components Ei | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030634 | Temerature-averaging field device compensation - An average-temperature compensated field device comprises a field module, a temperature-averaging sensor, a microprocessor, and an interface. The field module is configured to characterize a process parameter. The temperature-averaging sensor is configured to generate a compensation signal characterizing an extended region of the field device. The microprocessor is configured to compensate a process signal as a function of the compensation signal. The interface is configured to communicate the process signal via a field device communication protocol. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030635 | Self calibrating cable for a high definition digital video interface - An HDMI cable may exhibit frequency dependent signal attenuation, inter symbol interference, and inter-pair skew. A boost device integrated with the cable can compensate for such impairments of the cable. A self calibrating cable with a boost device of the embodiment of the invention is described, in which parameters that control the response of the boost device are set optimally in a self-calibrating process comprising looping the boosted cable on itself through a calibration fixture that contains a calibration control device. The boost device includes pattern generators and a sampling circuit. Each high speed channel of the cable is separately tested and calibrated with the help of one of the other channels serving as a sampling channel. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030636 | Method and System for Performing Optical Proximity Correction with Process Variations Considerations - A method for performing optical proximity correction with process variations considerations is disclosed. The maximum aerial gradient direction for a control point associated with an edge is initially determined. Then, a variational edge placement error | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030637 | METHOD OF MEASURING POSITION DETECTION ERROR IN MACHINE TOOL - A machine tool position detection error measurement method that eliminates the effects of pitch, yaw, and roll of the axes at the point of machining of a CNC machine tool and improved machining accuracy. The method comprises a step of compensating positioning accuracy of a positioning-error-measuring linear scale using a laser distance-measuring device, a step of mounting the compensated positioning-error-measuring linear scale parallel to a linear axis of the machine tool, and a step of comparing a motion amount obtained from the position detector by moving the linear axis a certain amount and a motion amount read from the positioning-error-measuring linear scale mounted parallel to the linear axis and storing a difference therebetween as error data of the position detector for the machine tool. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030638 | SELF-CALIBRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ON-AXIS ROTARY ENCODERS - A self-calibration method and apparatus for on-axis rotary encoders comprising the steps of: receiving output signals from a detector during a spindle-free response period, the signals including a plurality of data sets wherein each data set comprises the periods between sampling events occurring in one revolution of the encoder at an angular speed, selecting a data set pair from the output signals, wherein the data set pair contains two linearly uncorrelated data sets; defining a model of the angular distances between each sampling event occurring in one revolution of the encoder as a function of one or more damping coefficients and the periods between each sampling event as contained in the data set pair; solving the model for the angular distances for the data set pair using circular closure and dynamic reversal techniques; and establishing an encoder error map using the selected solved angular distances from the model. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030639 | Method for Correcting Measured Values Resulting from the Bending of a Substrate - A method for correcting the measured values of positions of structures ( | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030640 | SUBSTRATE AND MASK ALIGNING APPARATUS - A substrate and mask aligning apparatus includes a controlling portion | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030641 | MONITORING AND COMPENSATING FOR TEMPERATURE-RELATED ERROR IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR - A method for compensating for a temperature-related error in an electrochemical sensor without using separate sources of temperature measurement by measuring sensor current, temporarily lowering sensor voltage to a first level below a reaction-sustaining threshold, measuring a first offset current, adjusting sensor voltage to a second level below the threshold, measuring a second offset current, calculating a difference between the offset currents, deriving a temperature compensation value from the difference based on empirical data, and adding the value to the measured sensor current. A computer system may execute the method as an algorithm stored in memory, provide automatic control of the sensor, and provide continuous display of corrected output values. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030642 | AUTOMATIC TEST METHOD AND APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The present invention provides an automatic test method and an apparatus using the same for testing functions of a product by automatically pressing keys of the product. The automatic test method includes the steps of: inputting motion parameters of at least two driven mechanisms into a microcomputer; producing pulse waves by a motion control card disposed in the microcomputer after the microcomputer handling the motion parameters of the driven mechanisms; leading at least one touch head to move along a first direction and a second direction perpendicular with the first direction until the touch head being above the key of the product by the driven mechanisms after receiving the pulse waves; and pressing the key to test the function of the product through depressing the touch head. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030643 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING STATISTICS FOR MOVIE THEATERS - A movie theater includes an infrared camera disposed in an auditorium of a movie theater which infrared camera captures an image of one or more persons in the movie theater; and an algorithm that determines the number of persons present in the movie theater. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030644 | Tracing Thermal Data Via Performance Monitoring - A computer implemented method, data processing system, and processor are provided for tracing thermal data via performance monitoring. A performance monitor is set into a tracing mode. Temperatures are sensed by a digital thermal sensor over a time period. The sensed temperatures are stored in a data structure and a trace of the sensed temperatures is graphically displayed. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030645 | SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATION OF POSITION AND SPEED IN A PERMANENT MAGNET ROTOR OF AN ELECTRICAL MOTOR - Procedure for estimating the electrical drive speed and position of a permanent magnet rotor of a brushless electrical linear or rotating motor, especially for a drive control circuit, using multi-phase current measurements on the motor, whose measurement values, depending on the estimated position, are transformed into a rotor-related d,q reference frame i.e. into a direct current vector component and a quadrature current vector component, and the direct and quadrature vector components of current and a voltage, together with the estimated speed, are fed as input variables to a mathematical motor model, and the motor model generates a first output variable and a second output variable, whereby the first output variable in the d,q reference frame corresponds to the d or direct vector component as well as to a position estimation error, and the second output variable in the d,q reference frame corresponds to the q or quadrature component as well as to a speed estimation error, and the two output variables are fed to a tracking controller for estimating and outputting the position and/or speed, whereby from the motor model a third output variable is computed, by
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| 20090030646 | AC magnetic tracking system with phase locking - Plural transmitter coils of a magnetic locating system are driven with widely-separated main frequencies. One of the transmitter coils is also driven with a marker frequency close to the main frequency applied to that coil. The receiver determines a phase relationship with the transmitter based on the main and marker frequencies, so that the receiver does not suffer from phase ambiguity. The main and marker frequencies may interfere with one another, and the receiver may correct for such interference based on known characteristics of the signals at the main and marker frequencies. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030647 | System and Method for Using Structured Shapes to Increase Laser Scanner Accuracy - A system and method for determining the rectangular coordinate position of a first object spaced apart from and opposing a second object by placing at least three three-dimensional structures at different known locations on the top surface of the first object and a corresponding number of pulse transceivers at known locations on the bottom surface of the second object, directing a series of pulses having a known speed from each of the transceivers along a path crossing the highest point of a corresponding one of the structures, determining the shortest and second shortest distances travelled by the transmitted pulses and using that data together with other known data to locate edges of the first object and calculate the rectangular coordinate position of the first object with respect to the second object. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030648 | Apparatus and Method of Measuring Workpieces - A method and apparatus for measuring a surface using a surface sensing device mounted on a scanning head on a member of a coordinate positioning apparatus. The coordinate positioning apparatus may be operated to produce relative movement between the scanning head and the surface profile and the scanning head includes a drive for producing rotational movement of the surface sensing probe about one or more axis. A desired measurement profile on the surface which the surface sensing device will track and the desired motion of the orientation of the surface sensing device as the surface' sensing device follows the measurement profile are defined. This data is used to derive the required path of the relative motion between the member of the coordinate positioning apparatus and the surface, such that the surface sensing device prescribes a trajectory along the measurement profile. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030649 | Method and Procedure for Detecting Cable Length in a Storage Subsystem with Wide Ports - A mechanism detects cable length in a storage subsystem with wide ports. The mechanism uses in-situ bidirectional cable wrapping for determining different cable lengths. The mechanism under-margins transmitter output to failure for each external port and even for each PHY within a wide port. Based on the transition point from “good” wrap to “bad” wrap, the cable length may be determined. The transition point identifies if the cable is long or short, at which point the optimum tuning parameters can accordingly be set. A calibration mechanism calibrates the high speed transmitter/receiver pair characteristics, and, thus, optimizes the transmission performance between subsystems. The calibration mechanism mitigates the need for frequent error correction and does not incur the performance degradation associated with error correction techniques. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030650 | CONTOUR MEASURING METHOD FOR MEASURING ASPECTS OF OBJECTS - An exemplary contour measuring method for measuring aspects of objects includes: (1) providing a contour measuring probe ( | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030651 | SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING CONTENT OF DIGITAL DATA - A system for identifying a work represented by digital data. This system detects events in data of the content of an unknown work and measures a metric between the events. The system then compares the detected events and metrics from an unknown work with the events and metrics of a known work. If the events and metrics match, the unknown work is identified as a copy of the known work. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030652 | Monitoring and Reporting Normalized Device System Performance - Apparatus and computer program products are provided to monitor and report performance data of a device such as a data storage drive. A plurality of quantitative values are obtained from feedback and measurement mechanisms in a data storage device of a first model during operation of the storage device. The plurality of quantitative values are normalized. Then, one or more qualitative values are generated from one or more normalized quantitative values and evaluated against corresponding baseline performance values established for the first model. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030653 | Method And Control System For Operating A Technical Installation Comprising A Plurality Of Components, In Particular A Combustion System For Generating Electric Energy - The invention relates to an inventive method and a corresponding control system according to which: during the operation of the technical installation, each component that is in operation or out of commission triggers an evaluation of at least one other component by means of a value; the values of each component are totalled and the totalled values are used to determine the next components that are to be activated or deactivated. At least one initialisation value is assigned to at least one component and added to the totalled values of the component. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030654 | Noise Suppression System, Sound Acquisition Apparatus, Sound Output Apparatus, and Computer-Readable Medium - The sound acquisition apparatus broadcasts a sound “output notice request” through a communication network. In response to the request by the sound acquisition apparatus, the sound output apparatus gives notification of starting a sound output operation, the sound acquisition apparatus requests the sound output apparatus to transfer “output sound data”. The sound output apparatus then transfers “output sound data” representing the sound outputted by its own speaker to the sound acquisition apparatus in response to this request. The sound acquisition apparatus then suppresses a noise component from sound data acquired through a microphone using the transferred “output sound data”. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030655 | Analysis Methods for unmixing the response of non-linear, cross-reactive sensors and related system to single and multiple stimulants - Disclosed herein are methods of analysis for unmixing non-linear, cross-reactive sensors and related system. Use of the disclosed methods, related systems and computer program product permits better analysis of the magnitudes of various stimulants including but not limited to chemical concentrations. One method may add one or more additional signal vectors to the sensor response before linearizing each channel. A second method may add one or more exponential terms to the response curve when using curve parameterization to unmix the sensor response. A third method may use non-linear iterative solutions that estimates an optical depth, linearizes the optical depth, solves for a correction to the estimated optical depth, and updates the optical depth. Also, the disclosed methods and related systems include combinations of the methods described herein. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030656 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATING FOR MISALIGNMENT OF A TARGET PIECE OF MATERIAL TO WHICH A DESIGN IS TO BE APPLIED - A method and system for compensating for misalignment of a piece of target material to which a design is to be applied is described. One embodiment receives first and second sets of coordinates corresponding to the location, respectively, of first and second reference points on the target piece of material; modifies, based on the received first and second sets of coordinates, design data that specifies a predetermined position and orientation of the design on the target piece of material with respect to the first and second reference points to produce modified design data, the modified design data compensating for at least one of translational and rotational misalignment of the target piece of material with respect to a design-application mechanism; and applies the design to the target piece of material in accordance with the modified design data. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030657 | SURFACE TESSELATION OF SHAPE MODELS - The invention relates to a method ( | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030658 | PDC DRILL BIT USING OPTIMIZED SIDE RAKE ANGLE - A fixed cutter drill bit and a method for designing a fixed cutter drill bit includes simulating the fixed cutter drill bit drilling in an earth formation. A performance characteristic of the simulated fixed cutter drill bit is determined. A side rake angle distribution of the cutters is adjusted at least along a cone region of a blade of the fixed cutter drill bit to change the performance characteristic of the fixed cutter drill bit. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030659 | SEPARABLE INTEGRATION VIA HIGHER-ORDER PROGRAMMING - Separable integration is provided for simulation contexts where modeling and integration can be considered separately when programmatically implementing the simulations, for example. Thus, modeling concepts can be defined relating to the simulation, and integration of the modeling concept can happen separately to provide more variety to meet modeling specifications. In one embodiment, a state-space form equation can be computed for a modeling concept equation (an equation of motion, for example) and an integration scheme can be applied to the state-space form equation regardless of the modeling equation from which it was computed. In this regard, integration can be focused on to provide a plurality of schemes for different contexts, for example. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030660 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING FULLY DETAILED THREE-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC PACKAGE AND PCB BOARD MODELS - A process is provided, which includes receiving geometrical information for a plurality of layers of an electronic structure within at least one output data file from an electronic structure design tool. At least one numerical analysis data file is created from the output data file, which contains the geometrical information and has a file structure compatible with a numerical analysis tool for characterizing the electronic structure. The numerical analysis tool is used to read the numerical analysis data file and generate a three-dimensional meshed geometric model of the electronic structure from the numerical analysis data file, wherein the model includes three-dimensional geometric models of each layer. The model can then be used, for example, to solve numerical thermal, mechanical or electrical equations that are applied to the model. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030661 | Three-Dimensional Process Planning - Systems and methods are described for three-dimensional process planning. In one embodiment, one or more manufacturing requirements are received, and an authoritative three-dimensional (3D) computer-aided design (CAD) model of a component is generated or selected. A sub-process associated with the authoritative 3D CAD model of the component is generated based on the one or more manufacturing requirements. The authoritative 3D CAD model of the component is associated with the sub-process using a product-to-process relationship, and the sub-process (or the product-to-process relationship) is included into a process plan. The authoritative 3D CAD model of the component is displayed in a display of a 3D definition of the product in accordance with the product-to-process relationship. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030662 | System And Method For Non-Linear Modeling - A computer-implemented system and method of non-linear modeling in a computer system having a limited precision processor is provided. A non-linear model is initialized by forming an objective function having one or more functional components and a marginal variance matrix. The model is then iteratively solved using the computer processor until it has converged to a feasible solution. In doing so, the feasibility of computing the objective function is evaluated by determining if the marginal variance matrix is positive definite, thereby indicating whether or not the computer processor is capable of calculating a feasible solution to the non-linear model. If the marginal variance matrix is positive definite, then the objective function and its gradient are computed using the marginal variance matrix. If the marginal variance matrix is not positive definite, then a surrogate marginal variance matrix is constructed that is positive definite and a surrogate objective function is constructed having components continuous first derivatives. The surrogate objective function and its gradient are then computed using the surrogate marginal variance matrix. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030663 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODELING STOCHASTIC BEHAVIOR OF A SYSTEM OF N SIMILAR STATISTICAL VARIABLES - A system and method for modeling stochastic behavior of a system of N similar statistical variables using N uncorrelated/independent random model parameters. More particularly, a system and method of modeling device across chip variations and device mismatch. The method includes modeling stochastic behavior of a system of N similar statistical variables using N uncorrelated/independent random model parameters. The method includes providing a system of N similar statistical variables, wherein each stochastic variable has a same standard deviation. The method further includes partially correlating each and every pair of stochastic variables among N variables, wherein a degree of partial correlation is a same for all pairs of variables. A statistical model is constructed to represent a system of N stochastic variables in which only N independent stochastic model parameters are used. A one-to-one mapping relation exists between N model parameters and the N variables. The method further includes finding unique values of the N model parameters given a set of values of the N variables. Reversely, the method also includes finding the values of the N variables given a set of values of the N model parameters. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030664 | System and Method for Generating a Visual Representation of a Wavelength Division Multiplexing Optical Network and Nodes Thereof - Systems for, and methods of, generating a visual representation of a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical network and nodes thereof. In one embodiment, a system for generating a visual representation of multiple nodes of a WDM optical network includes: (1) a connectivity, pass-through and error identifier configured to identify connectivity and any pass-throughs and termination errors with respect to at least some nodes of the WDM optical network and (2) a connectivity, pass-through and error displayer coupled to the connectivity, pass-through and error identifier and configured to generate the visual representation that indicates the connectivity and the any pass-throughs and termination errors. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030665 | Automatic, Hierarchy-Independent Partitioning Method For Transistor-Level Circuit Simulation - A method of providing simulation results includes detecting any power net and rail in a circuit netlist. The circuit can be divided into net-partitioned blocks. Using these net-partitioned blocks, a topological analysis can be performed to identify cuttable/un-cuttable devices and synchronization requirements. Then, the circuit can be re-divided into rail-partitioned blocks. Using these rail-partitioned blocks, a sparse solver can identify potential partitions, but eliminate fill-ins as determined by the topological analysis. A cost function can be applied to the potential partitions as well as the identified cuttable/un-cuttable devices to determine final cut points in the circuit and dynamic inputs to the final blocks. Simulation can be performed on the final blocks and simulation results can be generated. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030666 | Software Entity for the Creation of a Hybrid Cycle Simulation Model - Disclosed is a software entity for constructing a Hybrid Cycle Simulation model comprising Compiled Data Units (CDUs) for use in design verification. The simulation model may contain a plurality of 1-cycle CDUs, optimized for simulation throughput, and 2-cycle CDUs, optimized for simulation accuracy, or a mixture thereof. Utilizing a netlist tool extracting hierarchical design source components for use, the construction checks that all inputs and outputs of any hierarchical design source components bind, and employs Object Traversal Directives for incorporating the selected CDUs into the simulation model. A data management method is used for tracking the validity of the components in the model. Additionally, a software entity (FACDDR) permits high bandwidth simulation of design components normally requiring cycle accurate simulation. FACDDR provides linkages for standard logic elements for abstracting one or more design interface components out of a cycle simulation environment and design interface emulation of an interface which interacts with a cycle simulation model through an API to extract present value of driving side signals of an interface and to set the cycle simulation model on the receiving side. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030667 | REAL-TIME DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION WITH LOCATION TRACKING - A machine-implemented method for simulating a supply chain for a product may include receiving real-time information regarding delays from at least one link in a product supply chain, simulating events in a supply chain based on the received information, and determining, based on the simulation, whether the costs and/or level of service relative to the product is unacceptable. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030668 | SIGNED/UNSIGNED INTEGER GUEST COMPARE INSTRUCTIONS USING UNSIGNED HOST COMPARE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRECISE ARCHITECTURE EMULATION - Architecture for efficient translation and processing of PowerPC guest instructions on an x86 host machine. In an x86-based architecture, signed integer values are projected into the unsigned integer value space for processing by the host using the negation of the left-most (sign) bit. Compare operations are performed in the unsigned space and the compare results are written into the host flags register. Once the compare results are written into the host flags register, the flag values can be read out and used in a table lookup to retrieve the corresponding values for the guest register. The guest flag values are then passed into the guest flags register for processing by the guest application. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030669 | Efficient Review of Data - A server may provide information to a processing device for displaying a parser user interface. The displayed parser user interface may include an input portal for inputting text input. The parser user interface may further include controls for selecting a level of compression. Upon selection of one of the controls, the server may process the text input and may produce text output which may include a placeholder symbol to replace specific words from the text input and/or abbreviated representations to replace other specific words from the text input. The server may send information to the processing device to display the produced text output, as well as other information. The server may further provide information to the processing device for displaying a speed reader user interface. The speed reader user interface may include controls for starting, stopping, and pausing a speed reading operation as well as other controls. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030670 | REAL-TIME MULTI-LINGUAL ADAPTATION OF MANUFACTURING INSTRUCTIONS IN A MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for real-time multi-lingual adaptation of manufacturing instructions in a manufacturing management system. In one embodiment of the invention, a manufacturing language adaptation method can be provided. The method can include identifying an operator receiving manufacturing instruction, determining a primary language preference for the operator and determining whether or not the manufacturing instructions have been translated into the primary language preference. If it is determined that the manufacturing instructions have been translated into the primary language preference, the manufacturing instructions can be presented to the operator in the primary language preference. Otherwise the manufacturing instructions can be submitted to a translation engine for translation into the primary language preference. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030671 | Machine translation method for PDF file - Disclosed is a machine translation method for a PDF file. A machine translation device extracts source language text and non-text from the input source language PDF file through image transformation, corrects the extracted source language text by using the source language text extracted from text information, restores a part that is contextually separated by the non-text from among the extracted source language text, generates a source language XML/HTML file by rearranging the extracted text and non-text so as to satisfy the contextual flow of the source language PDF file, separates source language text from a tag of the source language XML/HTML file, generates target language text by using translation knowledge and a transformation engine specified for the technical field corresponding to the source language PDF file, inserts the translated target language text other than source language text into XML/HTML file, and transforms the generated target language XML/HTML file into a target language PDF file to be output. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030672 | Automatic Natural Language Translation During Information Transfer - Information elements such as text, tables, graphics, and hyperlinks, are intercepted during their transfer from a computer source to a computer destination, such as during a cut-and-paste operation. It is determined if each intercepted information element is expressed in a natural language which matches a user-specified natural language intended for the destination, and if not, one or more natural language handling actions such as translation or isolation of the information elements is performed in order to match the desired destination language. Translated information elements are delivered to the destination, and isolated elements are placed in a data store for later review and/or exchange with other elements. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030673 | Automatically identifying unique language independent keys correlated with appropriate text strings of various locales by key search - A method, system and computer program product for automatically identifying unique language independent keys. A “key search” is performed which searches for various language independent keys in a properties file associated with a value or text string entered in a first locale. A second locale is suggested to narrow the number of language independent keys displayed in connection with the value entered in the first locale. Upon receiving the value for the second locale, another key search is performed, where this key search is performed on the language independent keys displayed in connection with the first value entered in association with the first locale. A unique language independent key may be identified based on this subsequent key search. By performing key searches and suggesting a second locale to narrow the number of language independent keys, the time in identifying a unique language independent key is reduced and efficiency is improved. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030674 | Automatically Identifying Unique Language Independent Keys Correlated With Appropriate Text Strings of Various Locales By Value and Key Searches - A method, system and computer program product for automatically identifying unique language independent keys. A “value search” is performed which provides a listing of values for a locale. Upon the user selecting a value in the listing, a “key search” is performed to search for various language independent keys associated with the selected value. A second locale is suggested as well as a listing of values for the second locale that are the same in meaning as the value selected by the user for the first locale in order to narrow the number of language independent keys displayed in connection with the value selected for the first locale. Upon the user selecting a value for the second locale, a subsequent key search is performed on the language independent keys displayed in connection with the first value. A unique language independent key may be identified based on this subsequent key search. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030675 | Apparatus and method of encoding and decoding audio signal - In one embodiment, the method includes receiving the audio signal having a plurality of random access units. The random access unit includes one or more frames and at least one of the frames is a random access frame. The random access frame is a frame encoded such that previous frames are not necessary to decode the random access frame. The embodiment further includes reading location information from the audio signal. The location information indicates whether random access unit size information is stored or not in the audio signal. If the random access unit size information is stored, the location information further indicates a location where the random access unit size information is stored in the audio signal. Random access unit size information is read according to the location information. The random access unit size information indicates a distance between random access frames in bytes. The random access units are decoded based on the random access size information. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030676 | METHOD OF DERIVING A COMPRESSED ACOUSTIC MODEL FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - A method of deriving a compressed acoustic model for speech recognition is disclosed herein. In a described embodiment, the method comprises transforming an acoustic model into an eigenspace at step | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030677 | SCALABLE ENCODING APPARATUS, SCALABLE DECODING APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF THEM - A scalable encoding apparatus capable of suppressing the quality degradation of a decoded signal without increasing the bit rate. In this apparatus, a core layer encoding part ( | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030678 | Method for Binary Coding of Quantization Indices of a Signal Envelope, Method for Decoding a Signal Envelope and Corresponding Coding and Decoding Modules | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030679 | AMBIENT NOISE INJECTION FOR USE IN SPEECH RECOGNITION - A method of ambient noise injection for use with speech recognition in a production vehicle. The method includes the steps of monitoring audio including user speech, receiving an utterance from the user speech, retrieving vehicle-specific ambient noise, and prepending the vehicle-specific ambient noise to the utterance before pre-processing and decoding the utterance. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030680 | Method and System of Indexing Speech Data - A method and system of indexing speech data. The method includes indexing word transcripts including a timestamp for a word occurrence; and indexing sub-word transcripts including a timestamp for a sub-word occurrence. A timestamp in the index indicates the time and duration of occurrence of the word or sub-word in the speech data, and word and sub-word occurrences can be correlated using the timestamps. A method of searching speech transcripts is also provided in which a search query in the form of a phrase to be searched includes at least one in-vocabulary word and at least one out-of-vocabulary word. The method of searching includes extracting the search terms from the phrase, retrieving a list of occurrence of words for an in-vocabulary search term from an index of words having timestamps, retrieving a list of occurrences of sub-words for an out-of-vocabulary search term from an index of sub-words having timestamps, and merging the retrieved lists of occurrences of words and sub-words according to their timestamps. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030681 | CONTROLLING A SET-TOP BOX VIA REMOTE SPEECH RECOGNITION - A device may receive over a network a digitized speech signal from a remote control that accepts speech. In addition, the device may convert the digitized speech signal into text, use the text to obtain command information applicable to a set-top box, and send the command information to the set-top box to control presentation of multimedia content on a television in accordance with the command information. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030682 | System and method for publishing media files - A method for publishing a digital media file. The method includes the steps of receiving the digital media file containing speech, converting the speech to text, identifying a keyword in the text, retrieving, for the keyword, a corresponding URL from a database, inserting into the text a hyperlink linking the keyword with the corresponding URL, and making the media file and the text available to a subscriber. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030683 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING DIALOGUE STATES USING PARTICLE FILTERS - Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable media for tracking dialog states in a spoken dialog system. The method comprises casting a plurality of dialog states, or particles, as a network describing the probability relationships between each of a plurality of variables, sampling a subset of the plurality of dialog states, or particles, in the network, for each sampled dialog state, or particle, projecting into the future, assigning a weight to each sampled particle, and normalizing the assigned weights to yield a new estimated distribution over each variable's values, wherein the distribution over the variables is used in a spoken dialog system. Also disclosed is a method of tuning performance of the methods, systems, and computer-readable media by adding or removing particles to/from the network. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030684 | USING SPEECH RECOGNITION RESULTS BASED ON AN UNSTRUCTURED LANGUAGE MODEL IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITY APPLICATION - A method and system for entering information into a software application resident on a mobile communication facility is provided. The method and system may include recording speech presented by a user using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility, transmitting the recording through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility, transmitting information relating to the software application to the speech recognition facility, generating results utilizing the speech recognition facility using an unstructured language model based at least in part on the information relating to the software application and the recording, transmitting the results to the mobile communications facility, loading the results into the software application and simultaneously displaying the results as a set of words and as a set of application results based on those words. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030685 | USING SPEECH RECOGNITION RESULTS BASED ON AN UNSTRUCTURED LANGUAGE MODEL WITH A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - Speech recorded by an audio capture facility of a navigation facility is processed by a speech recognition facility to generate results that are provided to the navigation facility. When information related to a navigation application running on the navigation facility are provided to the speech recognition facility, the results generated are based at least in part on the application related information. The speech recognition facility uses an unstructured language model for generating results. The user of the navigation facility may optionally be allowed to edit the results being provided to the navigation facility. The speech recognition facility may also adapt speech recognition based on usage of the results. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030686 | Method and system for computing or determining confidence scores for parse trees at all levels - In a confidence computing method and system, a processor may interpret speech signals as a text string or directly receive a text string as input, generate a syntactical parse tree representing the interpreted string and including a plurality of sub-trees which each represents a corresponding section of the interpreted text string, determine for each sub-tree whether the sub-tree is accurate, obtain replacement speech signals for each sub-tree determined to be inaccurate, and provide output based on corresponding text string sections of at least one sub-tree determined to be accurate. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030687 | ADAPTING AN UNSTRUCTURED LANGUAGE MODEL SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM BASED ON USAGE - A user may control a mobile communication facility through recognized speech provided to the mobile communication facility. Speech that is recorded by a user using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility is transmitted through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility. The speech recognition facility generates results using an unstructured language model based at least in part on information relating to the recording. The results are transmitted to the mobile communications facility where an action is performed on the mobile communication facility based on the results and adapting the speech recognition facility based on usage. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030688 | TAGGING SPEECH RECOGNITION RESULTS BASED ON AN UNSTRUCTURED LANGUAGE MODEL FOR USE IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITY APPLICATION - Entering information into a software application resident on a mobile communication facility comprises recording speech presented by a user using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility, transmitting the recording through a wireless communication facility to a speech recognition facility, transmitting information relating to the software application to the speech recognition facility, generating results utilizing the speech recognition facility using an unstructured language model based at least in part on the information relating to the software application and the recording, tagging the results with information about the words in the results, transmitting the results and tags to the mobile communications facility, and loading the results and tags into the software application. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030689 | Mobile voice recognition data collection and processing - Voice recognition methods, systems and interfaces are used to collect data and produce databases that are then searched and used to produce reports or electronic filings. The databases are developed using a hierarchically designed command structure and a hierarchy of relational databases for the entry and recognition of voice commands. The invention uses an Adaptive Grammar that allows a very high probability for accurate recognition and a rapid recognition response to be achieved. The invention allows for multiple users and multiple mobile computers to maximize voice recognition capabilities. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030690 | SPEECH ANALYSIS APPARATUS, SPEECH ANALYSIS METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A speech analysis apparatus analyzing prosodic characteristics of speech information and outputting a prosodic discrimination result includes an input unit inputting speech information, an acoustic analysis unit calculating relative pitch variation and a discrimination unit performing speech discrimination processing, in which the acoustic analysis unit calculates a current template relative pitch difference, determining whether a difference absolute value between the current template relative pitch difference and a previous template relative pitch difference is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold or not, when the value is not less than the threshold, calculating an adjacent relative pitch difference, and when the adjacent relative pitch difference is equal to or less than a previously set margin value, executing correction processing of adding or subtracting an octave of the current template relative pitch difference to calculate the relative pitch variation by applying the relative pitch difference as the relative pitch difference of the current analysis frame. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030691 | USING AN UNSTRUCTURED LANGUAGE MODEL ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPLICATION OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION FACILITY - A user may control a mobile communication facility through recognized speech provided to the mobile communication facility. Speech that is recorded by a user using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility. A speech recognition facility generates results of the recorded speech using an unstructured language model based at least in part on information relating to the recording. An application resident on the mobile communications facility is identified, wherein the resident application is capable of taking the results generated by the speech recognition facility as an input. The generated results are input to the application. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030692 | Natural Language System and Method Based on Unisolated Performance Metric - A natural language business system and method is developed to understand the underlying meaning of a person's speech, such as during a transaction with the business system. The system includes a speech recognition engine, and action classification engine, and a control module. The control module causes the system to execute an inventive method wherein the speech recognition and action classification models may be recursively optimized on an unisolated performance metric that is pertinent to the overall performance of the natural language business system, as opposed to the isolated model-specific criteria previously employed | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030693 | AUTOMATED NEAR-END DISTORTION DETECTION FOR VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - In one embodiment, a method for providing voice quality assurance is provided. The method determines voice information for an end point in a voice communication system. The voice information may be from an ingress microphone. The method determines if the voice quality is considered degraded based on an analysis of the voice information. For example, the voice information may indicate that it is distorted, too loud, too soft, is subject to an external noise, etc. Feedback information is determined if the voice quality is considered degraded where the feedback information designed to improve voice quality at an ingress point for a user speaking. The feedback information is then outputted at the end point to the user using the end point. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030694 | STORED VALUE GIFT CARD WITH VOICE RECORDING AND PLAYBACK - A gift card is provided which integrally combines a voice storage/playback unit with a stored value card and on two separate portions of a base substrate, with the two portions separated by a releasable connection portion. Upon purchasing the gift card, a gift giver records a personal voice message and provides the gift card to the recipient. Upon receiving the gift card, a recipient may immediately playback the recorded personal voice message through simple manipulation of the card. Thereafter, the two parts of the card may be separated by manipulation of the connection portion, and the stored value portion may be used in the matter of the conventional stored value cards. The voice storage/playback portion may be stored for safekeeping and played back by the gift recipient at will. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030695 | System And Method For Hazard Mitigation In Voice-Driven Control Applications - A speech recognition and control system including a sound card for receiving speech and converting the speech into digital data, the sound card removably connected to an input of a computer, recognizer software executing on the computer for interpreting at least a portion of the digital data, event detection software executing on the computer for detecting connectivity of the sound card, and command control software executing on the computer for generating a command based on at least one of the digital data and the connectivity of the sound card. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030696 | USING RESULTS OF UNSTRUCTURED LANGUAGE MODEL BASED SPEECH RECOGNITION TO CONTROL A SYSTEM-LEVEL FUNCTION OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITY - A user may control a mobile communication facility through recognized speech provided to the mobile communication facility. Speech that is recorded by a user using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility. A speech recognition facility generates results of the recorded speech using an unstructured language model based at least in part on information relating to the recording. A function of the operating system of the mobile communication facility is controlled based on the results. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030697 | USING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION FOR DELIVERING RESULTS GENERATED FROM A SPEECH RECOGNITION FACILITY USING AN UNSTRUCTURED LANGUAGE MODEL - A user may control a mobile communication facility through recognized speech provided to the mobile communication facility. Speech that is recorded by a user using a mobile communication facility resident capture facility. A speech recognition facility generates results of the recorded speech using an unstructured language model based at least in part on information relating to the recording. Determining a context of the mobile communications facility at the time speech is recorded, and based on the context, delivering the generated results to a facility for performing an action on the mobile communication facility. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030698 | USING SPEECH RECOGNITION RESULTS BASED ON AN UNSTRUCTURED LANGUAGE MODEL WITH A MUSIC SYSTEM - Speech recorded by an audio capture facility of a music facility is processed by a speech recognition facility to generate results that are provided to the music facility. When information related to a music application running on the music facility are provided to the speech recognition facility, the results generated are based at least in part on the application related information. The speech recognition facility uses an unstructured language model for generating results. The user of the music facility may optionally be allowed to edit the results being provided to the music facility. The speech recognition facility may also adapt speech recognition based on usage of the results. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030699 | PROVIDING A CODEBOOK FOR BANDWIDTH EXTENSION OF AN ACOUSTIC SIGNAL - A codebook spectral envelope may be used to extend the bandwidth of a bandwidth limited signal. A system includes codebooks that list codebook spectral envelopes. A codebook spectral envelope may be selected based on a characteristic of the spectral envelope of the bandwidth limited signal. Modifications of selected codebook spectral envelopes may generate a bandwidth extension signal that may be added to the bandwidth limited signal to improve the quality of the signal. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030700 | Apparatus and method of encoding and decoding audio signal - In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an audio data frame having at least first and second channels. The first and second channels are synchronously subdivided into blocks such that the lengths of the blocks into which the second channel is subdivided correspond to the lengths of the blocks into which the first channel is subdivided if the first and second channels are correlated with each other and difference coding is used. The first and second channels are decoded and the subdivided blocks of the first and second channels are interleaved if the first and second channels are synchronously subdivided. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030701 | Apparatus and method of encoding and decoding audio signal - In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an audio data frame having at least first and second channels. The first and second channels are independently subdivided into blocks if the first and second channels are not correlated with each other. The first and second channels are decoded, and the subdivided blocks of the first and second channels are not interleaved if the first and second channels are independently subdivided. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030702 | Apparatus and method of encoding and decoding audio signal - In one embodiment, the method includes receiving an audio data frame having at least one channel. The channel is subdivided into a plurality of blocks, and at least two of the blocks are capable of having different lengths. The embodiment further includes obtaining indicator information indicating whether determining of a prediction order for each block is allowed, and determining the prediction order from the audio signal indicating the prediction order for each block if the indicator information indicating that determining of the prediction order for each block is allowed. The channel is decoded using the prediction order. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030703 | Apparatus and method of encoding and decoding audio signal - In one embodiment, the method includes receiving audio frame data having at least first and second channel data. The first and second channel data includes a plurality of blocks, where the blocks are classified by a block type. The first and second channel data is provided jointly if the first and second channel data are paired with each other. Block information indicating the block type is obtained. The block information corresponds to the first and second channel data being common when the first and second channel data are paired. The first and second channel data are lossless decoded based on the block information. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030704 | ACOUSTIC SIGNAL ENCODING DEVICE, AND ACOUSTIC SIGNAL DECODING DEVICE - An acoustic signal encoding device for down-mixing at different ratios to encode a multichannel signal with a small number of channels, and an acoustic signal decoding device for decoding the signal encoded by the acoustic signal encoding device. In these devices, weighting means ( | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030705 | PROJECT MANAGEMENT BLACK BOX PROTECTIONS - Techniques for project management black box protections are provided. A first principal associated with a first processing environment and a first stage of a project's lifecycle requests that an action be taken on its behalf. The first principal is authenticated and policy is evaluated when the first principal is successfully authenticated. Moreover, the action is taken on behalf of the principal when the policy permits and the when the principal was successfully authenticated. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030706 | Method and System for Enhanced Cross-Team Change Request Management - In a data processing system having multiple logically coupled branch systems that share interdependent products and services, a system for providing enhanced cross-team change request management. In one embodiment, the system includes a consumer branch system that generates a consumer change request. A trunk system manages cross-team change requests between the branch systems in a shared database and stores a first cross-team change request that associates the consumer change request with a first provider branch system. In response to the first provider branch system determining that a supplemental consumer change request is required to address the first consumer change request, the first provider branch system generates a second cross-team change request within the trunk system. The second cross-team change request associates the supplemental consumer change request with a second provider branch system. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RESEARCHING REAL ESTATE - A method of researching real estate properties online uses a local Rich Internet Application (RIA) to perform an online search through a real estate web service and stores the results of the search locally so that they may be accessed offline. The results of the search may be further used by a map web service to generate maps of, and driving directions between, selected properties, and this information may also be stored locally for offline retrieval. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030708 | Methods, Systems, and Computer-Readable Media For Placing Orders - Included are embodiments for customized ordering. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving an indication to send a previously created customized order to a vendor and retrieving at least one component of the customized order according to the indication. Some embodiments include determining the vendor associated with the customized order and sending the at least one component of the customized order to the vendor in a first manner, the vendor being configured to receive the customized order. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030709 | PERSONNEL LISTING ANALYSIS BASED ON ORGANIZATIONAL POSITION AND ROLE - A system, method and program product for generating a hierarchical display of a subset of individuals from within an organization. A system is provided that includes: a merging system for comparing a list of selected individuals with a master hierarchy of individuals within the organization; a rendering system for generating a sub-hierarchy that includes a portion of the master hierarchy large enough to include each of the selected individuals; and a coding system for visually distinguishing all of the selected individuals in the sub-hierarchy from other individuals not in the list of selected individuals. | 2009-01-29 |
| 20090030710 | CENTRALIZED DISPUTE RESOLUTION SYSTEM FOR COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS - A centralized dispute resolution system for use in commercial credit or debit card transactions. The inventive system utilizes a common data storage, interfaces, processes, procedures, rules, and other elements of a dispute resolution system that are made available to cardholders, merchants, card issuers, payment processors, and other parties that may be involved in a dispute or in a process intended to resolve a dispute. The system may be implemented using a client-server architecture with communication between clients and one or more server elements provided by a communications network. | 2009-01-29 |
