14th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140093043 | RADIATION EXPOSURE DOSE OBTAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - In the case where radiological imaging of a subject to be injected with a contrast agent is performed continuously and a radiation exposure dose of the subject due to the continuous radiological imaging is obtained based on a radiation image signal of each frame detected by a radiation image detector through the continuous radiological imaging, identifying a frame which includes an image signal representing an image of the contrast agent as a contrast agent frame from the radiation image signal of each frame, and correcting the radiation exposure dose based on information of the contrast agent frame and obtaining a radiation exposure dose of the subject for the radiological imaging of the contrast agent frame. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093044 | Method to Detect and Indicate Inaccuracies in Long Length Imaging - Method of generating radiation images of an elongate body by applying different computer-implemented stitching methods to the same set of partial radiation images. A warning is generated in case of substantial deviation between the applied stitching methods. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093045 | PORTABLE X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - There is provided a portable X-ray diagnostic apparatus. The X-ray diagnostic apparatus comprises an X-ray generation unit configured to generate X-rays, a display unit configured to display information about X-ray imaging by the X-ray generation unit, a column including a shaft extending in a first direction and configured to be rotatable about the shaft, a cart on which the display unit and the column are set, and an extendable boom configured to support the X-ray generation unit and extend in a second direction crossing the first direction, the boom obtaining, when storing the X-ray generation unit, a length to store the X-ray generation unit between the display unit and the column. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093046 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS - A radiation imaging apparatus includes an irradiation unit configured to irradiate radiation, a positioning unit configured to position the irradiation unit, and a cart unit configured to move while the irradiation unit and the positioning unit are mounted on the cart unit. The radiation imaging apparatus includes a moving unit configured to hold a display unit below the irradiation unit and to slide the display unit along a display screen of the display unit outwardly from the cart unit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093047 | X-ray Tube - An X-ray tube includes a radiopaque substrate including a window portion, an X-ray transmission window closing the window portion, an X-ray target provided at the window portion from an inner surface side of the substrate, a highly-evacuated container portion attached to the inner surface of the substrate, a cathode, a first control electrode and a second control electrode provided inside the container portion. A shielding electrode is provided at the inner surface of the substrate so as to surround the window portion. Electrons collide with the X-ray target to generate X-rays. Electrons reflected on the X-ray target between the shielding electrodes are absorbed by the shielding electrodes, so an inner surface of the container portion is not charged. The electron emission from the cathode is not affected by the reflected electrons, so a change in target current is small, and thus X-rays of substantially constant intensity can be radiated. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093048 | ACTIVE ABSORBER FOR LOW-FREQUENCY VIBRATING STRUCTURES - An active vibration absorber is provided for damping vibrations of a cantilevered portion of a support structure. The vibration absorber comprises a mass, wherein the mass is coupled without using a spring and through a drive that is controlled by a control device of the vibration absorber to a fastening means for fastening the drive to a support structure to be damped, so that upon a movement of the mass relative to the fastening means an inertial force caused by this movement is directly transmitted through the drive to the fastening means, and wherein the control device comprises a motion sensor and the control device is adapted to control the drive in function of the signals from the motion sensor. The active vibration isolator has a purpose of damping especially low-frequency vibrating structures including more than one mass-spring element so that the vibration amplitude thereof is significantly reduced. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093049 | DYNAMIC/ADAPTIVE TREATMENT PLANNING FOR RADIATION THERAPY - A facility for facilitating custom radiation treatment planning is described. During a distinguished radiation treatment session for a patient, the facility collects data indicating positioning of a predefined treatment site of the patient relative to a target treatment location throughout the distinguished radiation treatment session. The facility associates the collected positioning data with data describing one or more other aspects of the distinguished radiation treatment session. The facility provides the associated data to a treatment planning facility to determine a treatment plan for future radiation treatment sessions for the patient. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093050 | Dental Sensor Holder and Method of Holding a Dental Sensor - A dental sensor holder including a loop of material and an adjustable bond. The adjustable bond portion is located on the inside of the loop which may selectively be engaged to join adjacent portions of the loop into a functional bitewing. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093051 | MOBILE X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - A mobile X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray tube portion, an arm capable of holding the X-ray tube portion, and a moving handle portion provided on the X-ray tube portion and operable to move the mobile X-ray imaging apparatus. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093052 | TRANSMISSION-GEOMETRY ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL FOR IN-SITU SCATTERING AND SPECTROSCOPY INVESTIGATIONS - The present invention relates to a test chamber that can be used to perform a variety of X-ray and neutron spectroscopy experiments including powder diffraction, small-angle scattering, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and pair distribution functions, such chamber comprising a first electrode with an X-ray transparent window; a second electrode with an X-ray transparent window; a plurality of insulating gaskets providing a hermetic seal around the sample and preventing contact between said first and second electrodes; and an insulating housing into which the first electrode is secured. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093053 | Elimination of Typing Noise From Conference Calls - A method for eliminating typing noise from a conference call in which a plurality of participants communicate via a plurality of client devices connected to a conference server via a corresponding plurality of channels, includes determining a probability value for each channel of the plurality of channels representing a likelihood of a typing noise being present on the corresponding channel. A channel of the plurality of channels having a highest determined probability value is temporarily muted. It is testing whether the temporary muting has successfully remove the typing noise from the conference call. A warning is generated for a client device of the plurality of client devices that corresponds to the channel having a highest determined probability value when it is determined that the temporary muting has successfully removed the typing noise from the conference call. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093054 | Method and Apparatus for Correlating a Phone Call with a Display - A computerized method for correlating a phone call with a telephone-number, comprising receiving at a service facility, comprising an at least one processor, a query from a computer about a status of a phone call with a telephone-number, and sending to the computer a response with information related to the status, and an apparatus for performing the same. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093055 | INTERJURISDICTIONAL RECORDING MECHANISM - The present invention provides a system for recording an interaction including, a telephone call between a caller and a digital processing system placed over an interjurisdictional boundary, and may include a telephone call placed to at least one called recipient. For example, a caller may place a telephone call over an interjurisdictional boundary to a remote computer server. The server may use an interactive voice response (IVR) unit to obtain caller identification information, provide recording identification information to the caller, and receive authorization from the caller to record an interaction between the caller and a call recipient. The server can also obtain testamentary intent information. A telephone call may then be placed by the server to the recipient, and a two-party digital voice recording can be made on the remote server of a three-way telephone call, in which the server is one of the parties. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093056 | CALL EVALUATION DEVICE AND CALL EVALUATION METHOD - An call evaluation device pairs an utterance of the first speaker and an utterance of the second speaker, which are associated with the same screen identification information, to be a question and answer, obtains a totalized value of the number of question and answers for each screen identification information and an utterance time of the second speaker for each question and answer, and generates display information to cause an output device to display the totalized value of the number of question and answers for each screen identification information and the utterance time of the second speaker for each question and answer. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093057 | OUTLET ADD-ON MODULE - A method and an apparatus for upgrading an existing service outlet (e.g. LAN, telephone, power or CATV outlet) in a house by adding functionality thereto. The functionality is added by an add-on module, connected electrically and secured mechanically to the existing outlet. Several attachment devices are exampled, including surface attachment, side clamping, snap locking, strap securing and fastening screws. The add-on module may include a service connector for retaining the basic existing outlet function. The module may be attached in a permanent way or by using a detachable solution. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093058 | PHONE SYSTEM WITH METHODOLOGY FOR CALL PARKING - A phone system with a methodology for call parking is described. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a user of a communications endpoint device can use a user interface at the communications endpoint device to select persons to notify of a parked call. Upon successfully parking the call, the phone system notifies the selected persons in the manner specified in their account profiles. Such manner can include sending an e-mail to the selected person or sending a text message to the selected person. Advantageously, the manner for notifying the selected persons of the parked call is determined by the selected persons themselves through configuration of their account profiles thereby alleviating the user parking the call from having to determine the manner for notifying the selected persons. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093059 | ELIMINATION OF TYPING NOISE FROM CONFERENCE CALLS - A method for eliminating typing noise from a conference call in which a plurality of participants communicate via a plurality of client devices connected to a conference server via a corresponding plurality of channels, includes determining a probability value for each channel of the plurality of channels representing a likelihood of a typing noise being present on the corresponding channel. A channel of the plurality of channels having a highest determined probability value is temporarily muted. It is testing whether the temporary muting has successfully remove the typing noise from the conference call. A warning is generated for a client device of the plurality of client devices that corresponds to the channel having a highest determined probability value when it is determined that the temporary muting has successfully removed the typing noise from the conference call. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093060 | NUMBER NORMALIZATION AND DISPLAY - Methods, devices, and systems are provided such that enterprise network administrators may create and display a dial plan management arrangement using enterprise canonical format and number normalization and friendly display tables. A solution is provided for creating and managing call routing simply and graphically using enterprise canonical format rather than through a legacy routing scheme using of a series of tables with no graphic depiction and multiple formats. By using a single format with a graphical representation when administering dial planning, implementation and management are significantly simpler and more efficient. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093061 | PASSIVE, NON-AMPLIFIED AUDIO SPLITTER FOR USE WITH COMPUTER TELEPHONY INTEGRATION - A passive, non-amplified audio switch for a computer telephony system is provided. The passive, non-amplified audio switch provides a first telephone jack to receive audio in and send audio out to a first user. The passive, non-amplified audio switch provides a second telephone jack to receive audio in and send audio out to a second user. The passive, non-amplified audio switch further provides audio out and receives audio in from a voice platform, which transcribes audio using a speech to text engine. The passive, non-amplified audio switch provides that audio in from the second user is always provided to the voice platform for transcription. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093062 | METHOD OF BOOTSTRAPPING CONTACT CENTER - Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method to generate skill information. The method includes retrieving information relating to an agent of a contact center, wherein the information includes document and information repositories, knowledge sharing reports, mail repositories, and customer, supervisor, and peer feedbacks. The information may also include information from external sources including social network. The method further includes determining keywords from the retrieved information, and generating skill information for the at least one agent. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093063 | METHOD, CALL CENTER, AND SYSTEM FOR AGENT TERMINAL TO ANSWER CALL - A method for an agent terminal to answer a call includes: sending, by a call center, a request ring notification to all agent terminals whose skills meet a customer requirement and whose states are non-idle ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140093064 | COMMUNICATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A communication processing system according to the present invention is a communication processing system including user communication terminals each operated by a user and responder communication terminals each operated by a responder responding to an inquiry from the user. The communication processing system includes: a responder communication terminal information storing means for associating and storing each of the responder communication terminals and a responder attribute of the responder operating the responder communication terminal; and a connection controlling means for controlling to search the responder attribute corresponding to a user attribute of the user by referring to the responder communication terminal information storing means and connect the responder communication terminal associated with the responder attribute to the user communication terminal. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093065 | INCREASING CONTACT CENTER EFFICIENCY VIA MULTI-CAST AND MULTI-ITEM PRESENTATION - A contact center includes a resource selection module operable to determine and select a plurality of agents based on a work request. The plurality of agents includes agents suitable for the work request. Further, the plurality of agents includes agents having previous work requests in a presenting state. Furthermore, the plurality of agents includes agents working below individual capacity of the agents for simultaneously handling work requests. Further, the plurality of agents is dynamic and may increase in size. The contact center further includes a resource connector module operable to present the work request simultaneously to the plurality of agents. The resource connector module further may subsequently present the work request to newly available suitable agents. The resource connector module further routes the work request to an agent based on actual agent responsiveness. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093066 | METHOD FOR DETECTING DOUBLE-TALK CONDITION AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A method for detecting a double-talk condition and an echo cancellation system using the same are introduced herein. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method may be adapted to an double-talk detector of an echo cancellation system and includes the following steps: obtaining an input signal with a first power; computing a second power, wherein the second power is a power combination of at least one estimated signal; determining whether the double-talk condition occurs according to a relationship between the first power and the second power, when the first power is larger than the second power, the double-talk condition occurs. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093067 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING LINE-TO-LINE CROSSTALK DURING TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE SERVICE - A method, an apparatus, and a system for reducing line-to-line crosstalk during transmission of a digital subscriber line service are disclosed, where the method includes: before a service is provisioned, obtaining, by a service provider according to a service transmission rate and a topology scenario parameter that are provided by a service receiving side device, a power spectral density of a line in a process of receiving a service by the service receiving side device; and provisioning, by the service provider, a service for the service receiving side device according to the power spectral density. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093068 | INSTRUCTION SET FOR SKEIN256 SHA3 ALGORITHM ON A 128-BIT PROCESSOR - According to one embodiment, a processor includes an instruction decoder to receive a first instruction to perform first SKEIN256 MIX-PERMUTE operations, the first instruction having a first operand associated with a first storage location to store a plurality of odd words, a second operand associated with a second storage location to store a plurality of even words, and a third operand. The processor further includes a first execution unit coupled to the instruction decoder, in response to the first instruction, to perform multiple rounds of the first SKEIN256 MIX-PERMUTE operations based on the odd words and even words using a first rotate value obtained from a third storage location indicated by the third operand, and to store new odd words in the first storage location indicated by the first operand. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093069 | INSTRUCTION SET FOR MESSAGE SCHEDULING OF SHA256 ALGORITHM - A processor includes a first execution unit to receive and execute a first instruction to process a first part of secure hash algorithm 256 (SHA256) message scheduling operations, the first instruction having a first operand associated with a first storage location to store a first set of message inputs and a second operand associated with a second storage location to store a second set of message inputs. The processor further includes a second execution unit to receive and execute a second instruction to process a second part of the SHA256 message scheduling operations, the second instruction having a third operand associated with a third storage location to store an intermediate result of the first part and a third set of message inputs and a fourth operand associated with a fourth storage location to store a fourth set of message inputs. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093070 | MATRIX CODE FOR ENCRYPTION, STORAGE, AND TRANSMISSION OF DATA - A computing device utilizes matrix codes to securely communicate information with a variety of servers. The computing device receives public user data, and generates a display of a base matrix code for reading by a scanner associated with a first server, wherein the base matrix code includes the public user data in a first mask. Responsive to the display of the base matrix code to the scanner associated with the first server, the computing device receives first private user data from the first server. The computing device generates a display of a first combined matrix code for reading by a scanner associated with a second server, wherein the first combined matrix code includes the public user data in the first mask and includes the first private user data in a second mask. The computing device can receive the public and first private user data in a matrix code. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093071 | SUPPORT OF MULTIPLE PDN CONNECTIONS OVER A TRUSTED WLAN ACCESS - Modifications to authentication and authorization messages are used to allow an authentication server to query both an access network and a terminal device connecting over the access network to determine whether both nodes support the terminal device forming a plurality of packet data network connections that can support tunnels. This allows a non-3GPP access network to offer terminal devices the ability to connect to a 3GPP core network with multiple connections. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093072 | SECURITY KEY GENERATION IN LINK AGGREGATION GROUP TOPOLOGIES - A method, system and computer readable medium for security key generation in link aggregation group topologies. The method can include performing, using one or more processors, authentication on each port of a plurality of ports in a link aggregation group. The method can also include deriving, using the one or more processors, a connectivity association key for the link aggregation group. The method can further include computing, using the one or more processors, a security association key for each port in the plurality of ports, the security association key being based on the connectivity association key for the link aggregation group. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093073 | Method and System for a Hardware-Efficient Universal Hash Function - Disclosed method, system and computer readable storage medium embodiments for providing hardware-efficient universal hashing functions include performing a first hash function on a received input key or a bit sequence derived from the received input key to generate a hashed input key, selecting a plurality of input key portions from the hashed input key, accessing, a respective permutation table for each of the input key portions from a group of permutation tables to generate a permuted key portion, and combining at least the generated permuted key portions to form a hash value. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093074 | SECURE PROVISIONING OF SECRET KEYS DURING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MANUFACTURING - A method, of an aspect, includes challenging a set of Physically Unclonable Function (PUF) cells, of an integrated circuit device, and receiving a set of PUF bits from the PUF cells in response. A PUF key is generated based on the set of PUF bits. An encryption of the PUF key with an embedded key is output from the integrated circuit device. The integrated circuit device receives an encryption of a fuse key with the PUF key. Fuses of the integrated circuit device are programmed with at least one of the fuse key and the received encryption of the fuse key with the PUF key. Other methods, apparatus, and systems are also disclosed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093075 | SECURE TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORT STREAM - Provided are a secure transmission method and apparatus for transport stream (TS). The method is applied to a receiving terminal of a digital television broadcasting system, comprising: after receiving a TS, a first device in the receiving terminal encrypts the received TS using a key already negotiated with a second device in the receiving terminal and utilizing a determined encryption algorithm, and sends the encrypted TS to the second device in the receiving terminal; after receiving the encrypted TS, the second device in the receiving terminal decrypts the received encrypted TS using the key and utilizing a decryption algorithm corresponding to the encryption algorithm. Using the present invention can protect the security of the TS transmission. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093076 | BITWISE OPERATIONS AND APPARATUS IN A MULTI-LEVEL SYSTEM - A system uses multi-level encoding where each symbol of a plurality of symbols represents more than one bit of information in a user data symbol stream for transfer using a multilevel transmission channel. The user data symbols are represented in a digital bitwise form such that each symbol is presented as a plurality of bits and each bit is subject to a different probability of error. An error correction procedure is applied based on the different error probability that is associated with each bit in the plurality. The channel can be configured to support a mosaic tile structure, each tile containing a channel symbol such that a selected tile has a collective error probability that is different from other tiles. Customized coding can be applied to the tile structure to allocate a selected amount of error correction power to the selected tile based on an overall available correction power. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093077 | ZERO KNOWLEDGE PROOFS FOR ARBITRARY PREDICATES OVER DATA - A first computing device transfers first and second commitments to a second computing device. The first commitment is for private data and a first random number and the second commitment is for second and third random numbers. The method includes producing a result by evaluating a predicate and a first support function of a garbled circuit. The result includes a first part and a second part, referred to as the predicate result. The method includes transferring the result to the second computing device; receiving a second challenge from the second computing device; and producing a second response from a second support function using the second challenge. The method includes transferring the second response to the second computing device. The predicate result over the private data is true if a result of a check function is equal to a third commitment of the first part and the second response. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093078 | DYNAMIC LOSS PROTECTION - A method comprises determining a number of radio sources within a region proximate an electronic device and adjusting one or more loss prevention policies based on the number of radio sources within the region proximate the electronic device. Other embodiments may be described. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093079 | SECURELY JOINING A SECURE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - Securely joining a secure wireless communications network is described, for example, where a printer or other device is securely added to a home wireless network. In various embodiments, a temporary wireless network is established between a new joiner device and a second wireless communications device which is already a member of a secure home wireless network. In an example, the temporary wireless network is set up using a secret key known to the new joiner device and the second wireless communications device by virtue of physical proximity. In various examples, the secure, temporary wireless network is used to transfer credentials of the secure home network to the new joiner device which then joins the home network. In an example the temporary wireless network is cancelled once the new joiner device becomes a member of the secure home (or other) wireless network. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093080 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DIFFERENTIATE AND ASSIGNING IP ADDRESSES TO WIRELESS FEMTO CELLS H(E)NB (HOME (EVOLVED) NODEB) AND LGW (LOCAL GATEWAY) BY USING IKEV2 (INTERNET KEY EXCHANGE VERSION 2 PROTOCOL) PROCEDURE - A method and a system to differentiate and assign IP addresses of wireless femto cells H(e)NB (Home (evolved) NodeB) by using IKEv2 (Internet Key Exchange Version 2 protocol) procedure when supporting multiple logical entities or service are provided. The present disclosure relates to broad area of IP networks and particularly relates to a signaling mechanism to support multiple services by providing particular IP address to particular service within an IP based entity. Different methods to differentiate the assigned IP addresses for multiple IP request for different entities (logical or physical), the GW (IKEv2 peer)/H(e)NB (IKEv2 peer) attaches an unique identification in the payload for each entity using IKEv2 procedure. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093081 | AUTHENTICATION IN SECURE USER PLANE LOCATION (SUPL) SYSTEMS - A particular method includes receiving, at a secure user plane location (SUPL) server, an indication from a mobile device of one or more transport layer security (TLS) cipher suites supported by the mobile device; determining whether the one or more TLS cipher suites include a TLS pre-shared key (TLS-PSK) cipher suite that is supported by the SUPL server; in response to determining whether the one or more TLS cipher suites include the TLS-PSK cipher suite that is supported by the SUPL server, performing a generic bootstrapping architecture (GBA)-based authentication process to authenticate the mobile device, or determining whether the SUPL server supports a certificate-based authentication method; and in response to determining that the SUPL server supports the certificate-based authentication method, performing the certificate-based authentication method that includes sending a server certificate to the mobile device and receiving a device certificate from the mobile device. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093082 | TRAFFIC ENCRYPTION KEY MANAGEMENT FOR MACHINE TO MACHINE MULTICAST GROUP - A method for updating a group traffic key used for encrypting and decrypting multicast data in a wireless communication system is described. The method includes receiving, from the base station, a first message comprising a new group security seed; and updating the group traffic key based on the new group security seed. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093083 | SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR SECURING VOICE AUTHENTICATION AND END-TO-END SPEECH INTERACTION - A method, device, and system for secure end-to-end audio recognition is disclosed. A client device launches an application that connects with a server. The client device and server exchange cryptographic keys and establish a secure connection and a shared cryptographic key. The server transmits an encrypted audio prompt to the client device. The client device decrypts the encrypted audio prompt and stores the decrypted audio prompt in secure memory inaccessible to the operating system using an audio engine of the client device. The audio engine then retrieves the audio and renders it for the user through the speakers of the client device. The client device captures the user's audio response with a microphone and stores the audio response in the secure memory. The stored audio response is encrypted and transmitted to the server. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093084 | Secure Escrow Service - A method of restoring confidential information items of a first device to a second device by using a set of servers. The method generates a public and private key pair and ties the private key to the hash of executable code of the servers at the time of generating the public and private keys. The method receives the encrypted confidential information items in a secure object which is encrypted with a user-specific key and the public key. The method only provides the confidential information to the second device when the second device provides the same user-specific key as the key that encrypts the secure object and the hash of the executable code of the servers at the time of accessing the private key to decrypt the secure object matches the hash of the executable code running on the servers at the time of generating the private key. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093085 | PROVIDING A MULTI-CHANNEL AND A MULTI-ZONE AUDIO ENVIRONMENT - A multi-channel and multi-zone audio environment is provided. Various inventions are disclosed that allow playback devices on one or more networks to provide an effective multi-channel and a multi-zone audio environment using timing information. According to one example, timing information is used to coordinate playback devices connected over a low-latency network to provide audio along with a video display. In another example, timing information is used to coordinate playback devices connected over a mesh network to provide audio in one or more zones or zone groups. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093086 | Audio Encoding Method and Apparatus, Audio Decoding Method and Apparatus, and Encoding/Decoding System - Embodiments of the present invention disclose an audio encoding method. The method includes: obtaining audio data of N channels; and performing channel interleaving and packetization on the obtained audio data of the N channels to obtain data packets, where each data packet includes X*N segments of audio data, where X is a ratio of an amount of audio data included in one data packet to an amount of audio data included in one audio frame, X is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and in the X*N segments of audio data, at least X+1 segments of audio data belong to different audio frames. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093087 | VEHICULAR AUDIO PROCESSING UNIT AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING SAME - A vehicular audio processing unit includes a receiver that receives voice data by wirelessly communicating with audio equipment, an audio processor that applies predetermined audio processing to the voice data received by the receiver, a transmitter that transmits the voice data to which the audio processor applies the predetermined audio processing by wirelessly communicating with an audio output device that can output a sound, and a sensor that detects an operational status of a vehicle with which the unit is provided. The audio processor automatically modifies the predetermined audio processing based on the operational status detected by the operational status detector to the voice data received by the receive, thereby the user is not required to perform any operation for varying the voice output according to an operational status of the vehicle. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093088 | Method of checking earphone wearing state - An information processing apparatus that detects an output from a 3-axis acceleration sensor included in an earphone unit worn by a user while the user is in a still state; monitors the output of the 3-axis acceleration sensor while a nodding gesture is performed by the user; detects a time when an angle of the nodding gesture reaches a maximum; and determines an earphone wearing state based on the output from the 3-axis acceleration sensor in the still state and the output from the 3-axis acceleration sensor at the time of detecting the maximum nodding angle. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093089 | MEMS SPEAKER DEVICE WITH AN ELECTRONIC TEST CIRCUIT - A MEMS speaker device including a membrane that forms a first capacitor and a second capacitor, respectively, with a top plate and with a bottom plate. The device includes a driving circuit that operates, during a first operating period, to move the membrane into a first position, in which the membrane is close to the bottom plate, and during a second operating period, to move the membrane into a second position, in which the membrane is close to the top plate. The device includes a testing circuit having a measuring circuit, which generates a first signal, based on a capacitance of one of the first capacitor and the second capacitor and a second signal based on a capacitance of one of the first capacitor and the second capacitor; and a comparator, which compares the first and second signals with at least one first electrical reference quantity. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093090 | AUDIO HEADSET WITH AUTOMATIC EQUALIZATION - An accessory having an earbud for insertion into a user's ear is disclosed. The earbud may include a speaker and a microphone in which the speaker plays an audio signal for the user and the microphone receives the audio signal. The accessory includes a processor that is coupled to the speaker and the microphone to execute various operations. For example, the operations may include: determining a ratio of an energy estimation of the speaker audio signal to an energy estimation of the audio signal received by the microphone; determining a gain for the speaker audio signal based upon the ratio; based upon the gain, selecting a shelving filter; and applying the shelving filter to the speaker audio signal. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093091 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING A USER'S VOICE ACTIVITY USING AN ACCELEROMETER - A method of detecting a user's voice activity in a headset with a microphone array is described herein. The method starts with a voice activity detector (VAD) generating a VAD output based on acoustic signals received from microphones included in a pair of earbuds and the microphone array included on a headset wire and data output by an accelerometer that is included in the pair of earbuds. A noise suppressor may then receive the acoustic signals from the microphone array and the VAD output and suppress the noise included in the acoustic signals received from the microphone array based on the VAD output. The method may also include steering one or more beamformers based on the VAD output. Other embodiments are also described. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093092 | VOLUME CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A volume control device and a method thereof are provided. The volume control device adapted to a mobile electronic device comprises a signal generating unit generating a plus pulse signal and a minus pulse signal according to user's rotation operation, a detection unit detecting a connecting state between the volume control device and an earphone to generate a detection signal, and a control unit selecting one of a first volume modulation mode and a second volume modulation mode according to the detection signal. Under the first volume modulation mode, the control unit generates a first control signal according to the plus pulse signal or the minus pulse signal. Under the second volume modulation mode, the control unit generates a second control signal according to the plus pulse signal or the minus pulse signal. The mobile electronic device controls volume according to the first or second control signal. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093093 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING A USER'S VOICE ACTIVITY USING AN ACCELEROMETER - A method of detecting a user's voice activity in a mobile device is described herein. The method starts with a voice activity detector (VAD) generating a VAD output based on (i) acoustic signals received from microphones included in the mobile device and (ii) data output by an inertial sensor that is included in an earphone portion of the mobile device. The inertial sensor may detect vibration of the user's vocal chords modulated by the user's vocal tract based on vibrations in bones and tissue of the user's head. A noise suppressor may then receive the acoustic signals from the microphones and the VAD output and suppress the noise included in the acoustic signals received from the microphones based on the VAD output. The method may also include steering one or more beamformers based on the VAD output. Other embodiments are also described. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093094 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERSONALIZED VOICE OPERATED CONTROL - An earpiece ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140093095 | POROUS COVER STRUCTURES FOR MOBILE DEVICE AUDIO - A method is provided according to an example embodiment of the present invention for providing a porous cover structure for a mobile device for use with integrated audio components. Sound inlets and/or outlets in a mobile device cover may be replaced by one or more areas of microholes which are small enough to be invisible or almost invisible to the naked eye. The porous region may be located and dimensioned in a way that provides the best compromise between industrial design, mechanics, and audio requirements. Further, the audio component mechanics beneath the cover may be modified to take additional advantage of the porous cover structure, and the porous structure may also be used as an improved dust and liquid protection feature. A corresponding housing component and apparatus are also provided. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093096 | Crossover Frequency Adjustments for Audio Speakers - Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a crossover frequency between a plurality of audio speakers rendering audio content. In one example, a first subset of a plurality of audio speakers may be rendering a first sub-range of a range of audio frequencies of an audio content, and a second subset of speakers of the plurality of audio speakers may be rendering a second sub-range of the range of audio frequencies. In this example, the first sub-range and the second sub-range may be substantially separated at the crossover frequency. In one case, a playback volume at which the audio content is being rendered may be adjusted. In one instance, the crossover frequency may be adjusted in response to the volume adjustment to improve the audio content rendering quality by the respective subsets of audio speakers in the plurality of audio speakers. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093097 | Amplifying loudspeaker apparatus - An amplifying loudspeaker apparatus for an existing host device comprises a sensor coil for receiving an audio signal in electromagnetic form from an internal loudspeaker of the host device; a pre-amplifier and equalizer module connected to the sensor coil for amplifying and equalizing the audio signal to a suitable level and frequency response; and an audio power amplifier and a loudspeaker to reproduce the sound for the audio signal. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093098 | HANDHELD DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VOLUME - A handheld device communicates with an electronic device. The handheld device includes a setting unit, an audio sampling unit, and a controlling unit. The setting unit is used for setting a standard volume. The audio sampling unit samples a volume of the electronic device. The controlling unit calculates a difference value between the volume of the electronic device sampled by the audio sampling unit and the standard volume, and generates an adjusting signal for adjusting the volume of the electronic device to the standard volume. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093099 | Wireless Microphone Structure - A wireless microphone structure contains: a cartridge module, an audio output switch, a gain controller, an audio amplifier, and a sound mixer, after the cartridge module receiving sounds, the sounds are outputted from the sound mixer via the gain controller and an audio amplifier so that a power source supplies power via a regulator circuit, characterized in that: the sound mixer has an input port and an output port of a network cable so that an input port and an output port of each of at least one wireless microphone are connected together via the network cable. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093100 | USER TERMINAL APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A user terminal apparatus connected to an electronic device, and a method thereof, are provided. The apparatus includes a communicator that performs communication with the electronic device, an audio processor that processes an audio source to be transmitted to the electronic device, and a controller that adjusts a sound level of the audio source based on a reference volume unit of the electronic device, and controls the adjusted audio source to be transmitted to the electronic device in a streaming method. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093101 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SOUND OUTPUT - Provided is a mobile terminal and method for controlling a sound (audio) to be output, the mobile terminal including at least one application including sound (audio) data and requesting an output sound, a sound (audio) control unit to determine an output sound when a plurality of requests for the output sound is input by a plurality of applications being executed, and a sound (audio) output unit to output the determined sound by forming a virtual output path for each of the sound data to be output, and blocking other virtual output paths aside from a virtual output path mapped to the sound determined to be output by the sound control unit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093102 | SWITCHABLE ATTENUATION CIRCUIT FOR MEMS MICROPHONE SY - A switch control circuit monitors a signal produced by a MEMS or other capacitor microphone. When a criterion is met, for example when the amplitude of the monitored signal exceeds a threshold or the monitored signal has been clipped or analysis of the monitored signal indicates clipping is imminent or likely, the switch control circuit operates one or more switches so as to selectively connect one or more capacitors to a signal line from the microphone, i.e., so as to connect a selected capacitance to the signal line to attenuate the signal from the microphone and, therefore, avoid clipping. The switches may be MOSFET, MEMS or other types of switches co-located with the microphone in a common semiconductor package. Similarly, the capacitors, a circuit that processes the signals from the microphone and/or the switch control circuit may be co-located with the microphone in a common semiconductor package. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093103 | INCREASING GROUND NOISE REJECTION IN AUDIO SYSTEMS - An audio source device has an audio connector to which an external load can be connected. An audio signal is amplified and then driven through the connector, wherein the amplification process uses feedback from the return pin of the connector. The return pin is directly connected to a ground break resistor circuit. The ground break resistor circuit is connected between the return pin of the audio connector and circuit ground. A determination is made as to whether the connected external load has a low impedance or a high impedance. When a low impedance load is detected, such as a headset, the ground break resistor circuit is essentially short-circuited. When a high impedance load is detected, the ground break resistor circuit is maintained and its value is set in accordance with the detected load. Other embodiments are also described. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093104 | CLASS-G AMPLIFIER AND AUDIO SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE AMPLIFIER - A Class-G amplifier including a first and second driving transistor configured to receive an input voltage; a first supplying terminal connected to the first driving transistor to supply a first supplying voltage. The amplifier also comprises: a second supplying terminal connected to the second driving transistor to supply a second supplying voltage in absolute value higher than said first voltage; a first power transistor connected to the first driving transistor to form a first Sziklai pair structured to be activated by a first input voltage lower in absolute value than the first supplying voltage; a second power transistor connected to the second driving transistor to form a second Sziklai pair structured to be activated by an input signal comprised between the first supplying voltage and the second supplying voltage. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093105 | TECHNIQUE FOR GENERATING AUDIO DATA FOR LOOP REPRODUCTION ON THE BASIS OF PERFORMANCE DATA - A sequence of performance data to be loop-reproduced is read out repetitively for at least two cycles, and audio data repeating for at least two cycles are created on the basis of the read-out performance data. Audio data of a second or subsequent cycle of the created audio data have mixed therein a residual portion (release portion or reverberation portion) of a tone generated in a preceding cycle. The audio data of the second or subsequent cycle are stored as audio data for loop reproduction, and thus, the stored audio data for loop reproduction will include a residual portion of a tone generated in a preceding cycle. Thus, if the stored audio data for loop reproduction are reproduced repetitively, it is possible to achieve loop reproduction reflecting therein a residual portion of a tone generated in a preceding cycle. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093106 | Diaphragm - A diaphragm includes a central portion and an edge portion surrounding the central portion and smoothly connecting with the central portion. The edge portion has a main curved portion which is convex forward in the vibrating direction and a first side curved portion continued to an inner periphery of the main curved portion and connected with the central portion. The first side curved portion is convex backward in the vibrating direction. The rigidity of the diaphragm can be increased, without sacrificing the acoustic characteristics and reducing the size of the diaphragm. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093107 | Automated Audio Optimization System - An audio system is provided, as well as a method of using same, which utilizes a plurality of sensors integrated into the vehicle's seats to determine which of the seats are occupied. The system selects a pre-defined optimum acoustic sweet spot from a plurality of stored acoustic sweet spots based on which seats are occupied and based on a set of acoustic optimization configuration instructions. The system automatically adjusts the left-right speaker balance controller and the front-rear speaker fade controller to the specific left-right speaker balance setting and the specific front-rear speaker fader setting defined by the optimum acoustic sweet spot. The acoustic optimization configuration instructions, which define the optimum acoustic sweet spot for each combination of occupied vehicle seats, may be stored in the system's memory by a vehicle manufacturer, third party, or end user. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093108 | SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A sound processing device includes a shift detection unit that detects a shift of a listening point on which a user listens to a sound in a sound field space from a standard reference listening point, and a correction unit that corrects a sound signal based on first sound field correction data for correcting a sound field when the listening point is the standard reference listening point and second sound field correction data for correcting a sound field of the listening point when the listening point is shifted from the standard reference listening point. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093109 | CHANNEL CROSSTALK REMOVAL - Techniques for removing crosstalk from a system, e.g., an audio system, having first and second (e.g., left and right) channels. In an aspect, first and second output voltages of corresponding first and second amplifiers are sampled during a calibration mode, in which one of the amplifiers is driven with a reference voltage, and the output of the other of the amplifiers is configured to have a high impedance. The sampled first and second output voltages may be digitized for processing by a processor to estimate a crosstalk removal function. The crosstalk removal function may then be multiplied with the input signals and added in a cross-channel manner to the first and second input signals prior to amplification to remove crosstalk from the system. In certain aspects, multiple reference voltages may be applied during the calibration mode to improve the estimate of the crosstalk removal function. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093110 | HEARING AID WITH A WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER AND METHOD OF FITTING A HEARING AID - A hearing aid comprising a wireless transceiver ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140093111 | Narrow Mouth Horn Loudspeaker - An acoustic horn. In one implementation, the horn includes at least four wall sections, defining a passageway. The cross-sectional area of the mouth is at least ten times the cross sectional area of the throat. The wall sections are dimensioned so that at least one wall section has a dimension at the throat at least ten times a dimension at the throat of a second wall section. In another implementation the cross-section at the mouth is elongated and is be bounded by a continuous curve defining a geometric figure having a major axis at least ten times a minor axis. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093112 | Electropneumatic Horn System - An electropneumatic horn system including a monolithic rigid housing member having a receiving opening for removably housing, in a sealed and secure manner, an acoustic sound generator and compressor member, thereby preventing unintended separation and providing improved reliability of the electropneumatic horn system. The acoustic sound wave generator includes an acoustic duct chambering system associated throughout with the monolithic rigid housing member, and receives compressed air from the compressor member to produce sound and propagate the same externally. A horn mounting system enables ready attachment of the system to a consumer-desired surface either mechanically, magnetically, adhesively, or via any other known attachment or mounting system. Optional weather and water resistant systems prohibit unintended water access to the electric horn system enabling use of the system in exposed weather conditions for improved user convenience. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093113 | SPEAKER ASSEMBLY - Examples of speaker assemblies are described. A speaker assembly according to some embodiments may include a speaker enclosure with a first opening (e.g., a speaker opening) and a second opening (e.g. a bass reflex port), a speaker unit mounted to the enclosure at the first opening, and an acoustic damping mechanism mounted to the enclosure at the second opening. The acoustic damping mechanism may be a dual-layer mesh screen including a first mesh with a first acoustic resistance (AR) for providing acoustic damping, and a second mesh with a second AR lower than the first AR. The second mesh may be nearly acoustically transparent and may serve to increase the stiffness of the first mesh. The first mesh may be bonded to the second mesh, and the dual-layer mesh screen may be coupled to the bass reflex port for reducing noise associated with turbulence at the port. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093114 | ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDE AND COMPUTING DEVICES USING SAME - Computing devices and microphone assemblies including acoustic waveguides are described. According to some examples, a computing device may include an enclosure, a microphone which may be spaced apart and angled relative to the interior surface of the enclosure to which the microphone may be coupled. The computing device may further include an acoustic waveguide disposed between the microphone and the interior surface of the enclosure, the acoustic waveguide having a passage for allowing acoustic energy to be transmitted from a microphone opening in the enclosure to the receiving element of the microphone (also referred to as sensing element, or microphone sensor). | 2014-04-03 |
20140093115 | AMBIENT VENT CANALPHONE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A canalphone system may include a canalphone housing, and an ambient vent opening in the canalphone housing larger than 0.04 square inches. The system may also include an acoustic damper adjacent the ambient vent opening. The system may further include a liquid diverter carried by the canalphone housing that limits liquid flow into the ambient vent opening. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093116 | WATERPROOF EAR-JACK CONNECTOR - A waterproof ear-jack connector includes: an ear-jack connector housing, a contact terminal, and a baffle. The ear-jack connector housing is disposed with a space running through the ear-jack connector housing, the space is used for accommodating an earphone plug; the baffle is located at a tail opening of the ear-jack connector housing, and tightly contacts the tail opening of the ear-jack connector housing, so as to seal the tail opening of the ear-jack connector housing; the contact terminal tightly presses against an inner wall of the space, and passes through from a hole disposed on the baffle; and the shape of the hole matches a cross section of the contact terminal, so that the hole is plugged by the contact terminal. The ear-jack connector itself is equipped with a waterproof function, thereby facilitating the thinning of an electronic product. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093117 | COMMUNICATION AND SPEECH ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM - A communication and speech enhancement system featuring a first transducer designed to be temporarily affixed to a human such as a hospital patient to convert the audible vibrations of human speech into an electrical signal. The transducer provides this electrical signal to one or more electronic modules which modify and enhance the signal. The enhanced signal may then be amplified and converted back into audible sound by means of a second transducer. A user of the system controls the electronic modules through a user interface. In an embodiment, one or both of the user interface and second transducer feature smooth surfaces amenable to cleaning and sterilizing with liquid agents. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093118 | Recordable LED Fridge Magnet - This invention pertains to a recordable LED fridge magnet which can not only emit light and sound but also have the recording function. Designed with a casing cover for the recordable LED fridge magnet, there is a permanent magnet pad at the bottom. The electronic components, set between the casing cover and the bottom, are mounted on the printed circuit board. The electronic components comprises: laminated LED light, loudspeaker and electronic sound chip, microphone, play key, flash key and extended power outlet. The invention makes the conventional fridge magnet more functional and adds much more fun to cooking in the kitchen. It can also be used or developed as a voice memo on the fridge for grocery reminder. It is a great gift for every family to take home a recorded memorable moment captured at the sight-seeing spot. Most of all, it is reusable and recordable. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093119 | LOUDSPEAKER, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND MOBILE DEVICE USING THE LOUDSPEAKER - A loudspeaker includes a diaphragm, a magnetic circuit, and a frame. The frame includes an outer peripheral part supporting the diaphragm, a center part supporting the magnetic circuit, and a connection part connecting the center part to the outer peripheral part. The outer peripheral part molded with resin includes an inner wall, an outer wall facing the inner wall, and a reinforcing rib provided between the inner wall and the outer wall. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093120 | DIGITAL WATERMARKING METHODS, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS - The present invention relate generally to digital watermarking and data hiding. One claim recites a method including: obtaining first data and second color data, the first color data and the second color data represent data from a color image signal or color video signal; obtaining a digital watermark pattern, the pattern aiding detection of a watermark message; separating the digital watermark pattern into first frequency components and second frequency components; utilizing a programmed electronic processor or electronic processing circuitry, modifying the first color data by hiding the first frequency components therein; and utilizing a programmed electronic processor or electronic processing circuitry, modifying the second color data by hiding the second frequency components therein. Of course, other combinations and claims are provided too. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093121 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: applying distortion processing to each frame of the whole of or a section of video image data that contains plural successive frames and that is provided to plural users, the distortion processing being selected from amongst plural types of distortion processing such that a different distortion processing is applied for each of the users. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093122 | IMAGE IDENTIFIERS AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PRESENTING IMAGE IDENTIFIERS - A method of creating an image identifier of a target image. The method comprises providing a target image, identifying a plurality of connected component clusters in the target image, each the connected component cluster comprises a plurality of neighboring pixels having at least one common property, calculating a center of gravity for each the connected component cluster, generating an image identifier of the target image by using a plurality of elements to map the connected component clusters in a space, each the element represents a respective the at least one common property, a respective the center of gravity, and a size which corresponds with a number of the plurality of neighboring pixels of the respective the connected component cluster, and outputting the image identifier. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093123 | ANALYZER OF ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTION IMAGE - A flaw detection image analyzer ( | 2014-04-03 |
20140093124 | MAILBOXES AND MAILBOX SYSTEMS ENABLING ENHANCED SECURITY AND LOGISTICS, AND/OR ASSOCIATED METHODS - A system is presented that enhances mail security and logistics. The system in certain example embodiments provides image capturing units to capture images of both the user and the items being mailed and tracks the items while maintaining some identity of the individual mailing the item. The system can in certain example embodiments perform facial recognition on the user and/or optical character recognition on the items being mailed in order to enhance the security of the mailing process. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093125 | Personalized Advertising at a Point of Sale Unit - Methods and apparatuses are provided to deliver advertisements personalized for customers proximate a point of sale unit, e.g., a fuel dispenser. An image capturing unit captures at least one image of an object disposed in a specified range of the point of sale unit, e.g., within 6 feet of the point of sale unit. A processor determines a visually perceptible characteristic of the object based on the captured image(s), selects an advertisement based on the determined characteristic, and outputs the selected advertisement from an advertisement unit proximate the point of sale unit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093126 | LIGHT ID ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION FOR LIGHT RECEIVER POSITION DETERMINATION - A light receiver records images of light beams originating from a neighborhood of lights, and demodulates identifiers (IDs) from them at determined image positions. The receiver retrieves a set of neighbor IDs for each demodulated ID and a real-world position of the corresponding light. The receiver cross-references the demodulated IDs against the retrieved sets of neighbor IDs to reveal errors in the demodulated IDs. The receiver corrects the errors to produce correct IDs each indexing a real-world position that is correctly matched to one of the determined light beam positions. The receiver determines a position of the receiver relative to the light transmitter based on the correctly matched real-world and determined light beam positions. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093127 | Method and System for Using Fingerprints to Track Moving Objects in Video - A method and system for tracking moving objects in a sequence of images. In one illustrative embodiment, a current image in the sequence of images is segmented into a plurality of segments. Segments in the plurality of segments belonging to a same motion profile are fused together to form a set of master segments. A set of target segments is identified from the set of master segments. The set of target segments represent a set of moving objects in the current image. A set of fingerprints is created for use in tracking the set of moving objects in a number of subsequent images in the sequence of images. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093128 | THRESHOLD SETTING DEVICE FOR SETTING THRESHOLD USED IN BINARIZATION PROCESS, OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, THRESHOLD SETTING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A threshold setting device, an object detection device, a threshold setting method, and a computer readable storage medium are shown. According to one implementation, the threshold setting device includes, an image acquisition unit, a ratio acquisition unit, and a setting unit. The image acquisition unit acquires an image including a specific object. The ratio acquisition unit acquires ratio information related to a ratio of a plurality of colors present in the specific object. The setting unit sets, based on the ratio information acquired by the ratio acquisition unit, a threshold used in a binarization process performed on the image including the specific object acquired by the image acquisition unit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093129 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an object detection apparatus includes an acquisition unit, a first detector, a determination unit, and a second detector. The acquisition unit acquires frames in a time-series manner. The first detector detects a predetermined object in each of the frames. The determination unit stores detection results corresponding to the frames, compares a first detection result corresponding to a first frame of the frames with a second detection result corresponding to a second frame of the frames, and determines whether false negative of the predetermined object exists in the second frame. The second detector detects the predetermined object in the second frames when it is determined that false negative of the predetermined object exists. The second detector differs in performance from the first detector. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093130 | Systems and Methods For Sensing Occupancy - A computer implemented method for sensing occupancy of a workspace includes creating a difference image that represents luminance differences of pixels in past and current images of the workspace resulting from motion in the workspace, determining motion occurring in regions of the workspace based on the difference image, and altering a workspace environment based at least in part on the determined motion. The method also includes determining which pixels in the difference image represent persistent motion that can be ignored and determining which pixels representing motion in the difference image are invalid because the pixels are isolated from other pixels representing motion. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093131 | VISIBILITY IMPROVEMENT IN BAD WEATHER USING ENCHANCED REALITY - Methods and systems for improving driver visibility during bad weather and/or poor lighting for objects such as road signs, road lines, road markings, etc. The disclosed approach can enhance the captured images by exploiting priori knowledge about the scene and the objects that are stored in a database. In general, the orientation and location of a vehicle can be determined, and data can be retrieved which is indicative of stationary objects that are anticipated to be detectable at a current orientation and location of the vehicle. A captured scene is compared to data retrieved from the database using the information regarding the orientation and the location of the vehicle such that a matching scene indicates where objects are expected to appear in the captured scene and improve driver visibility with respect to the vehicle during poor driving conditions. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093132 | Collison Warning System - A method of estimating a time to collision (TTC) of a vehicle with an object comprising: acquiring a plurality of images of the object; and determining a TTC from the images that is responsive to a relative velocity and relative acceleration between the vehicle and the object. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093133 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING VEHICLE OCCUPANTS - Various techniques are disclosed for systems and methods using small form factor infrared imaging modules to monitor occupants in an interior compartment of a vehicle. For example, a vehicle-mounted system may include one or more infrared imaging modules, a processor, a memory, alarm sirens, and a communication module. The vehicle-mounted system may be mounted on, installed in, or otherwise integrated into a vehicle that has an interior compartment. The infrared imaging modules may be configured to capture thermal images of desired portions of the interior compartments. Various thermal image processing and analytics may be performed on the captured thermal images to determine the presence and various attributes of one or more occupants. Based on the determination of the presence and various attributes, occupant detection information and/or control signals may be generated. Occupant detection information may be used to perform various monitoring operations, and control signals may adjust various vehicle components. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093134 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE - A method and an apparatus for generating images are provided. The method includes generating a first sinogram for a state of an object from among states of the object based on a motion of the object, and a second sinogram for the states, based on data obtained from the object, and determining a region of interest (ROI) of the object based on the first sinogram. The method further includes extracting, from the second sinogram, third sinograms corresponding to the ROI, and estimating motion information of the ROI based on the third sinograms. The method further includes correcting the data based on the motion information. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093135 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTION MONITORING IN AN EMS ENVIRONMENT - A method for tracking interactions in an emergency response environment according to embodiments of the present invention includes receiving color images and depth information from within a field of view of a sensor array; maintaining an emergency encounter record; monitoring one or both of a position of an object and movement of the object in the emergency response environment based on the color images and depth information received by the sensor array; and recording an occurrence of a condition in the emergency encounter record, wherein the condition is based on the one or both of the position of the object and the movement of the object. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093136 | AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE DEGREE OF MATURATION FOR IRON ORE PELLETS - An automatic method or the classification of the Degrees of Maturation (DM) for fired iron ore pellets, independent of human intervention, based on the digital acquisition of microscopy images of polished cross sections, and their processing, analysis and classification by a suitable software procedure. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093137 | AUTOMATIC MORPHOMETRY AND CLASSIFICATION OF CRYSTALS OF IRON OXIDES - An automatic method for the classification of crystals of iron oxides, including the measurement of oxide crystal size and shape, by a digital microscopy procedure involving image acquisition, processing, analysis, and classification is described. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093138 | PLANT SPECIES IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A plant species identification apparatus for identifying plant species is disclosed. A reference data storage part stores reference spectral data which indicate a reflectance spectral feature classified by area segments including a sunlit portion and a shaded portion in addition to the plant species. A data input part acquires hyperspectral data to be a target. A determination part specifies the reflectance spectral feature of a pixel for each of pixels of the hyperspectral data from the reference data storage part and to determine the plant species of the pixels based on a classification of the reference spectral data. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093139 | IMAGE EVALUATION DEVICE, IMAGE EVALUATION METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - An image evaluation device includes a storage unit that stores sample image data that represent a virtual sample image simulating a sample image included in a sample printout that is recognized as a non-defective printout; a reading unit that reads an inspection object image included in an inspection object printout obtained by printing the sample image on a recording medium by a printing device using image data representing the sample image; an extraction unit that extracts a line defect including a linear pattern formed in a specific direction from the inspection object image represented by inspection object image data, based on a difference value between the sample image data and the inspection object image data; and an evaluation unit that evaluates a visibility of the line defect extracted by the extraction unit. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093140 | LIVENESS DETECTION - An image of a portion of a person's body is accessed, the image having been captured by an image capture device. Using the image, measurements of characteristics in the image are obtained, the characteristics in the image having been selected based on a statistical analysis of characteristics (i) in a plurality of first images taken directly of a person and (ii) in a plurality of second images taken of an image of a person. Based on a liveness function, a score for the image is determined using the obtained measurements of the characteristics in the image. A threshold value is accessed. The score of the image is compared to the accessed threshold value. Based on the comparison of the score of the image to the accessed threshold value, the image is determined to be have been taken by the image capture device imaging the portion of the person's body. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093141 | Method And System For Attaching A Metatag To A Digital Image - A system and method for tagging an image of an individual in a plurality of photos is disclosed herein. A feature vector of an individual is used to analyze a set of photos on a social networking website such as www.facebook.com to determine if an image of the individual is present in a photo of the set of photos. Photos having an image of the individual are tagged preferably by listing a URL or URI for each of the photos in a database. | 2014-04-03 |
20140093142 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Disclosed is an information processing apparatus capable of performing face recognition with high accuracy. An information processing apparatus, comprising: generation means for generating, based on an original facial image, a plurality of facial images, each of the facial images corresponds to the original facial image facing to a different direction each other; feature value extraction means for extracting feature values of the facial images based on the plurality of facial images generated by the generation means; feature value synthesis means for generating a synthesized feature value by synthesizing the feature values which are extracted by the feature value extraction means; and recognition means for performing face recognition based on the synthesized feature value. | 2014-04-03 |