16th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130094546 | METHOD FOR SEAMLESSLY CHANGING POWER MODES IN AN ADSL SYSTEM - A DMT system and method with the capability to adapt the system bit rate on-line in a seamless manner. The DMT system provides a robust and fast protocol for completing this seamless rate adaptation. The DMT system also provides a framing and encoding method with reduced overhead compared to conventional DMT systems. The DMT system and method provide seamless rate adaptation with the provision of different power levels. This framing and encoding method enables a system with seamless rate adaptation capability. The system and method of the invention can be implemented in hardware, or alternatively in a combination of hardware and software. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094547 | INTERFERENCE REMOVAL METHOD IN MULTI-NODE SYSTEM AND TERMINAL USING SAME - The present invention provides an interference removal method in a multi-node system. The interference removal method comprises receiving node information from a base station; receiving a first signal from an objective node and a second signal from an interference node; and removing interference due to the second signal by applying a receive filter to a receive signal including the first and the second signal, where the node information includes at least one of information about a reference signal included in the second signal and information about a pre-coding matrix applied to the second signal and the receive filter is determined based on the node information. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094548 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CHANNEL INFORMATION, DEVICE THEREOF, BASE STATION, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING FOR BASE STATION THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to transmission and reception using a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna in a wireless communication system in which a method includes: receiving a reference signal to estimate a channel; estimating a suitable pre-coding matrix from the estimated channel similar to a Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) matrix which has at least two different DFT code books; providing a relatively large DFT matrix subset with a pre-coding matrix phase different from the set of said suitable pre-coding matrix; generating channel information which includes multiple access information on at least one DFT matrix which is small enough to be similar to said subset pre-coding matrix; and transmitting said channel information generated in said channel information generating step. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094549 | MULTI GIGABIT MODEM FOR MMWAVE POINT TO POINT LINKS - A millimeter wave modem assembly, which includes an input/output interface module configured to receive and transmit standardized data streams in accordance with dedicated interface specifications, and includes an encoder module configured to encode the standardized data streams to form coded digital bits, and also includes a physical layer module configured to convert the coded digital bits into digital symbols and into digital samples, and to convert the digital samples into the digital symbols and then into the coded digital bits; and further includes a data conversion module configured to perform a high rate conversion of the digital samples to form an analog signal suitable for wireless transmission over a link in accordance with the dedicated interface specifications. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094550 | SHARED FEEDBACK FOR ADAPTIVE TRANSMITTER PRE-DISTORTION - A modem is described. The modem includes a transmitter. The transmitter includes a digital pre-distortion module and a power amplifier. The modem also includes one or more selected shared receivers. The one or more selected shared receivers generate a feedback signal for the digital pre-distortion module. The modem further includes a feedback switch. The feedback switch selectively couples the one or more selected shared receivers to an output of the transmitter. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094551 | Method and System for a Low-Power Client in a Wide Area Network - A network device may be operable to receive an indication from a cable modem termination system (CMTS) that media access control (MAC) management messages will be transmitted by the CMTS at fixed intervals. Subsequent to receiving the indication, the network device may be operable to power down one or more components of the network device and set a sleep timer to a value equal to an integer multiple of the fixed interval minus a transition period. The network device may power up the one or more components of the network device upon expiration of the sleep timer. The network device may power up the one or more components of the network device upon an amount of traffic in a buffer of the network device reaching a threshold. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094552 | Communication on a Pilot Wire - Systems and methods are disclosed for communicating on a pilot wire between Electric Vehicle Service Equipment (EVSE) and an Electric Vehicle (EV). In an example embodiment, a modem is coupled to the pilot wire that couples the EVSE and the EV. The modem transmits both pulse width modulation (PWM) command signals and power line communication (PLC) signals to a remote device via the pilot wire. The modem interleaves the PWM and PLC signals on the pilot wire so that latency requirements for the PWM signals are maintained. The modem supports parallel protocol stacks in which PLC signals are processed in a first path and PWM signals are processed in a second path that bypasses the first path and provides the PWM signals directly to a MAC layer. The modem may create a modified frame for the PLC signals to maintain the latency requirements. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094553 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATION OF SUPPLY MODULATION IN TRANSMITTER - A transmit apparatus having a supply modulator is provided. The apparatus includes a detector and the supply modulator. In the method, the detector detects an output signal of the supply modulator. Also, the supply modulator receives the detected output signal of the supply modulator from the detector and calibrates a modulation characteristic of the supply modulator. The transmit apparatus having a supply modulator includes a modulator/demodulator (modem) and the supply modulator. The modem provides a calibration signal for calibrating a modulation characteristic of the supply modulator, to the supply modulator. The supply modulator outputs a modulated signal in accordance with the calibrated modulation characteristic of the supply modulator based on the calibration signal from the modem. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094554 | Systems and Methods for Signal Frequency Division in Wireless Communication Systems - An exemplary system comprises at least one antenna, first and second signal paths, and an N-plexer. The antenna may be configured to receive first and second diversity receive signals. The antenna is further configured to transmit first and second diversity transmit signals. The first signal path may have a frequency converter configured to downconvert the first diversity receive signal to an intermediate frequency and to upconvert the first diversity transmit signal to a radio frequency. The second signal path may have a frequency converter configured to downconvert the second diversity receive signal to an intermediate frequency and to upconvert the second diversity transmit signal to the radio frequency. The N-plexer may be configured to provide the first and second diversity receive signals to a cable and to provide from the cable the first and second diversity transmit signals to the first signal path and the second signal path, respectively. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094555 | Method and Apparatus for Optimizing Dynamic Range in DMT Modems - A digital subscriber line XDSL communication system for optimizing dynamic range in digital multi-tone modulated (DMT) modems. The system comprises a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) and at least one modem. The DSLAM distributes a near end crosstalk (NEXT) model of anticipated disturbance from neighboring disturber subscriber lines. The at least one modem has a transmit path and a receive path. The at least one modem couples to the DSLAM and is responsive to the distributed NEXT model to adjust a dynamic range of an analog portion of the receive path to accommodate the anticipated disturbance modeled in the distributed NEXT model. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094556 | Feedback Receiver for Antenna Tuner Calculations - Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a feedback receiver comprising a threshold comparator configured to determine if the amplitude of a baseband signal is within a selection corridor (e.g., defined by an upper and lower threshold value). If the amplitude is within the selection corridor, a feedback receiver is configured to accumulate RF signal samples (e.g., amplitude and phase samples) over a time period. The accumulated RF signal samples, which correspond to substantially constant baseband amplitude values, are then averaged. The calculated averages are utilized for impedance measurements used tune an antenna tuner to limit impedance mismatch. By limiting RF amplitude and phase sample collection to associated baseband signals having an amplitude falling within the selection corridor, substantially equal average amplitudes and phases can be achieved over a relatively short measurement period (i.e., without the need for long measurement period). | 2013-04-18 |
20130094557 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR LOW POWER AUDIO VISUAL INTERFACE CALIBRATION - Methods and apparatus for calibration of interface operation of a display device. In one exemplary embodiment of the invention, an embedded DisplayPort (eDP) source element (such as a graphics processing unit (GPU)) configures itself to support the minimum requirements necessary to support a sink element (such as a screen display). Unlike prior art solutions, minimum sink requirements are identified during a calibration process, and the source is configured accordingly. By tailoring the source to the specific requirements of the sink, the device can initialize faster, consume less power, etc. Moreover, in another aspect of the present invention, if a device does not initialize to an expected configuration based on prior calibration settings, the device can be flagged as having faulty or failing components. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094558 | SAMPLING PHASE SELECTION METHOD FOR A STREAM OF DATA BITS - A sampling phase selection method for a data stream is provided, wherein the data stream has a variable data rate in a fixed time period. The method comprises generating a calibration signal, wherein the time interval of the calibration signal is longer than the fixed time period of the data stream, generating a first clock sequence and a subsequent second clock sequence, wherein the first and the second clock sequence are composed of a plurality of continuous clock phases and the number of the clock phases of the first clock sequence are the same as that of the clock phases of the second clock sequence, selecting one of the phases of the first and the second clock sequence, in turn, to provide a sampling phase, performing a plurality of samplings on the data stream to generate a flag signal, and selecting a final sampling phase according to the flag signals with different sampling phases. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094559 | Interface Circuit and Method for Enabling an Output Driver of the Interface Circuit - An interface circuit includes an interface terminal, a voltage detection device, an output driver and an enable logic. The interface terminal is configured to connect to an interface line. The voltage detection device is configured to detect a voltage present at the interface terminal. The output driver is configured to apply an output signal to the interface terminal. The enable logic is configured to generate an enable signal for the output driver based on an evaluation signal output by the voltage detection device, wherein the enable signal affects an enabling of the output driver if the evaluation signal shows that the voltage present at the interface terminal meets a given condition. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094560 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus including: a receiver to receive signals including reference signals at each of a plurality of different reception intervals; and a processor to estimate phase differences between the signals based on the reference signals, to determine a plurality of phase difference candidates for each of the reception intervals based on the phase differences, to select, from among a plurality of combinations of the phase difference candidates for the reception intervals, a combination of the phase difference candidates between the signals, and to estimate a frequency deviation of the signals based on the phase difference candidates included in the combination. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094561 | TECHNIQUES FOR ADAPTIVELY ADJUSTING DECISION LEVELS OF A PAM-N DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALIZER - A PAM-N decision feedback equalizer (DFE) comprises a coefficient computation unit; a feedback unit that mitigates, using computed feedback coefficients, effects of interference from data symbols; an error-and-decision unit for at least computing a least error value respective to one of a plurality of decision levels, wherein the least error value indicates a difference of a pseudo equalized input PAM-N data symbol from an optimal position of the one of the plurality of decision levels, wherein the one of the plurality of decision levels corresponds to a modulation level used to modulate data in the input PAM-N data symbol; and a calibration unit for adaptively setting the plurality of decision levels based, in part, on the least error value, thereby enabling for compensating for gain changes resulted by a cable on which the input PAM-N data symbol is received and further compensating for embedded offsets of the error-and-decision unit. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094562 | TRANSMITTER AND TRANSMITTING METHOD USING DELAY LOCKED LOOP - An NFC transmitter using a delay-locked loop and an NFC transmission method thereof are provided. The NFC near field communication (NFC) transmitter includes a delay-locked loop (DLL) that outputs a reference clock and a delayed clock using the reference clock and a value of a duty code which are input, a clock output unit that receives the reference clock and the delayed clock, outputs the reference clock in any of a high section and a low section of input data, and outputs a converted clock having a duty ratio using the reference clock and the delayed clock in the other of the high section and the lower section of the input data, and an RF signal generator that generates an RF signal using a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) signal input from the clock output unit. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094563 | METHOD OF CONFIGURING AND TRANSMITTING AN MMT TRANSPORT PACKET - The present invention provides a MMT transport packet structure and a method and an apparatus configuring the structure. A method of configuring an MPEG Media Transport (MMT) transport packet for transmitting an MMT payload format, the method comprising: configuring the MMT transport packet so that the | 2013-04-18 |
20130094564 | RATE-DISTORTION-COMPLEXITY OPTIMIZATION OF VIDEO ENCODING - A system and method provide a video coding system for optimizing encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity for a video hosting service. The system comprises an encoding module configured to encode multiple videos with a bitrate control strategy, a pair of complexity allocation control parameters and one or more target output video formats specifications, which include target resolution, target bitrate and target quality information. The encoding module obtains encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity performance samples from the encoding. From the encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity performance samples, the encoding module is configured to select optimal encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity performance samples. The encoding computation profile mapping module is configured to obtain multiple computation levels from the optimal encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity performance samples. For each computational level, a pair of optimized complexity allocation control parameters and number of encoding passes are selected. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094565 | RATE-DISTORTION-COMPLEXITY OPTIMIZATION OF VIDEO ENCODING GUIDED BY VIDEO DESCRIPTION LENGTH - A system and method provide a video description length (VDL) guided constant quality video encoding strategy with bitrate constraint and a video coding system for optimizing encoding bitrate, distortion and complexity of an input video. The method obtains an overall VDL, temporal VDL and spatial VDL of the input video and compares the overall VDL, temporal VDL and spatial VDL of the input video with a reference VDL, temporal VDL and spatial VDL. Based on the comparison, the method adjusts the encoding bitrate, the overall encoding complexity, temporal encoding complexity and spatial encoding complexity of the input video and encodes the input video with the adjusted encoding bitrate, overall encoding complexity, temporal encoding complexity and spatial encoding complexity of the input video. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094566 | VIDEO MULTI-CODEC ENCODERS - Systems and methods for a video multi-codec encoder are provided. Video input data including a plurality of video frames is accepted. At least one codec Y subsystem is applied to frame data that includes at least one video frame of the plurality of video frames, where the frame data includes at least an unencoded portion of the plurality of video frames before one or more of the at least one codec Y subsystem is applied. The at least one codec Y subsystem includes at least partial Y | 2013-04-18 |
20130094567 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING BLOCK MATCHING ON A VIDEO STREAM - A data processing system for processing a video stream comprises memory array circuitry, memory access circuitry, and video processing circuitry. The memory array circuitry is characterized by a width and a height. The memory access circuitry is operative to cause, through a series of write operations, a series of two-dimensional data representations of different respective regions in a frame of the video stream to be stored in the memory array circuitry. The write operations occur such that only data missing from the memory array circuitry is written to the memory array circuitry during each write operation and such that the data is written modulo at least one of the width and the height of the memory array circuitry. Lastly, the video processing circuitry is operative to perform block matching on the video stream at least in part utilizing the series of two-dimensional data representations stored in the memory array circuitry. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094568 | Method and Apparatus for In-Loop Filtering - A method and apparatus for in-loop processing of reconstructed video are disclosed. The reconstructed video data is partitioned into image units. The image unit corresponds to a Largest Coding Unit (LCU), a slice, or a tile. Horizontal deblocking is applied to the reconstructed video data across vertical image-unit boundaries and then vertical deblocking operates on n pixels of horizontal-deblocked video data on each side of horizontal image-unit boundaries. According to various embodiments of the present invention, the horizontal deblocking is applied to at least one of said n reconstructed lines to generate at least a horizontal-deblocked line for line p | 2013-04-18 |
20130094569 | SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET MERGED WITH ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTER IN VIDEO CODING - Techniques for performing sample adaptive offset (SAO) and adaptive loop filter (ALF) processes in a video coding process are described. The SAO and ALF processes may be combined. In one example, the determination of offset values for a SAO filter process may be based on classifications used in an ALF process. In one example, an ALF classification that indicates a particular directional characteristic of a video block may be used to determine how and whether an SAO filter process is applied to each sample within the video block. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094570 | Adaptive Motion Estimation Cache Organization - In some embodiments, a motion estimation search window cache is adaptively re-organized according to frame properties including a frame width and a number of reference frames corresponding to the current frame to be encoded/decoded. The cache reorganization may include an adaptive mapping of reference frame locations to search window cache allocation units (addresses). In some embodiments, a search window is shaped as a quasi-rectangle with truncated upper left and lower right corners, having a full-frame horizontal extent. A search range is defined in a central region of the search window, and is laterally bounded by the truncated corners. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094571 | LOW LATENCY VIDEO COMPRESSION - A method and system are described for low-latency video. In the method a frame, selected from a group of frames, is divided into P-regions and an I-region based on an assigned refresh pattern in a refresh loop. An I-region bit budget and a P-region bit budget are determined. Quantization parameters are determined using the I-region bit budget and the P-region bit budget. Macroblocks of the selected frame are encoded based on the quantization parameters. The I-complexity and P-complexity are updated and a new frame bit budget is determined. The dividing, determining of the I-region bit budget, determining of the P-region bit budget, determining of quantization parameters and encoding are repeated for each remaining frame in the group of frames. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094572 | PERFORMING TRANSFORM DEPENDENT DE-BLOCKING FILTERING - In general, techniques are described for performing transform dependent de-blocking filtering, which may be implemented by a video encoding device. The video encoding device may apply a transform to a video data block to generate a block of transform coefficients, apply a quantization parameter to quantize the transform coefficients and reconstruct the block of video data from the quantized transform coefficients. The video encoding device may further determine at least one offset used in controlling de-blocking filtering based on the size of the applied transform, and perform de-blocking filtering on the reconstructed block of video data based on the determined offset. Additionally, the video encoder may specify a flag in a picture parameter set (PPS) that indicates whether the offset is specified in one or both of the PPS and a header of an independently decodable unit. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094573 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING AND DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, AND SYSTEM OF CODING AND TRANSMITTING IMAGE INFORMATION - A decoding method decodes a bit stream in an image decoding apparatus. The method includes receiving a luma quantization parameter and a weight parameter that is added to the luma quantization parameter as the bit stream. The method also includes decoding, in a decoding unit in the image decoding apparatus, the bit stream, and generating a luma component of quantized coefficients and a chroma component of quantized coefficients. Further, the method includes performing, in a dequantization unit in the image decoding apparatus, dequantization on the luma component of quantized coefficients using the luma quantization parameter and the chroma component of quantized coefficients using a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of the luma quantization parameter weighted by an add operation of the weight parameter. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094574 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING AND DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, AND SYSTEM OF CODING AND TRANSMITTING IMAGE INFORMATION - A decoding method decodes a bit stream in an image decoding apparatus. The method includes receiving a weight parameter that is added to a luma quantization parameter as the bit stream. The method also includes decoding, in a decoding unit in the image decoding apparatus, the bit stream, and generating a luma component of quantized coefficients and a chroma component of quantized coefficients. Further, the method includes performing, in a dequantization unit in the image decoding apparatus, dequantization on the luma component of quantized coefficients using the luma quantization parameter and the chroma component of quantized coefficients using a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of the luma quantization parameter weighted by an add operation of the weight parameter. In addition, the method includes performing, in a transform unit in the image decoding apparatus, an inverse orthogonal transform. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094575 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING AND DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, AND SYSTEM OF CODING AND TRANSMITTING IMAGE INFORMATION - A decoding method decodes a bit stream in an image decoding apparatus. The method includes decoding, in a decoding unit in the image decoding apparatus, the bit stream, and generating a luma component of quantized coefficients and a chroma component of quantized coefficients. The method also includes performing, in a dequantization unit in the image decoding apparatus, dequantization on the luma component of quantized coefficients and the chroma component of quantized coefficients using a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by an addition operation. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094576 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING AND DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, AND SYSTEM OF CODING AND TRANSMITTING IMAGE INFORMATION - An image decoding apparatus for decoding a bit stream includes a receiving unit that receives the bit stream and a weight parameter that is added to a luma quantization parameter. Further, the image decoding apparatus includes a decoding unit that decodes the bit stream and generates a chroma component of quantized coefficients. The image decoding apparatus also includes a setting unit that sets a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of the luma quantization parameter weighted by an addition operation that adds the weight parameter. Additionally, the image decoding apparatus includes a dequantization unit that performs dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using the chroma quantization parameter. In addition, the image decoding apparatus includes a transform unit that performs an inverse orthogonal transform. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094577 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING AND DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, AND SYSTEM OF CODING AND TRANSMITTING IMAGE INFORMATION - An image decoding apparatus for decoding a bit stream includes a receiving unit that receives the bit stream and a weight parameter that is added to a luma quantization parameter. The image decoding apparatus also includes a decoding unit that decodes the bit stream and generates a chroma component of quantized coefficients. Further, the image decoding apparatus includes a dequantization unit that performs dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by the weight parameter. In addition, the image decoding apparatus includes a transform unit that performs an inverse orthogonal transform. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094578 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING AND DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, AND SYSTEM OF CODING AND TRANSMITTING IMAGE INFORMATION - An image decoding apparatus for decoding a bit stream includes a decoding unit that decodes the bit stream and generates a chroma component of quantized coefficients. The image decoding apparatus also includes a dequantization unit that performs a dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by an addition operation. Further, the image decoding apparatus includes a transform unit that performs an inverse orthogonal transform. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094579 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING AND DECODING IMAGE INFORMATION, AND SYSTEM OF CODING AND TRANSMITTING IMAGE INFORMATION - An image decoding apparatus for decoding a bit stream includes a decoding unit that decodes the bit stream and generates a chroma component of quantized coefficients. In addition, the image decoding apparatus includes a setting unit that sets a chroma quantization parameter calculated on the basis of a luma quantization parameter weighted by an addition operation that adds a weight parameter. In addition, the image decoding apparatus includes a dequantization unit that performs dequantization on the chroma component of quantized coefficients using the chroma quantization parameter. Further, the image decoding apparatus includes a transform unit that performs an inverse orthogonal transform. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094580 | DETECTING AVAILABILITIES OF NEIGHBORING VIDEO UNITS FOR VIDEO CODING - As part of a video encoding or decoding operation on video data, a video coder performs a coding operation for a current video unit of the video data. As part of performing the coding operation for the current video unit, the video coder determines the availabilities of one or more video units that neighbor the current video unit. In order to determine the availability of a video unit that neighbors the current video unit, the video coder identifies, based on availabilities of video units that neighbor a parent video unit of the current video unit, an entry in a lookup table. The identified entry indicates the availability of the video unit that neighbors the current video unit. The video coder then performs a coding operation on the current video unit based on whether the video unit that neighbors the current video unit is available. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094581 | MOVING-PICTURE ENCODING APPARATUS AND MOVING-PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an encoding apparatus includes a prediction unit, a classifying unit, a first transformer, a second transformer, an order controller, and an entropy coder. The prediction unit obtains a predictive residual signal to be encoded, by using a mode selected from intra-prediction modes. The first transformer obtains first transformation coefficients by subjecting the signal to an orthogonal transformation by use of a first transformation basis if the selected mode is classified into a mode having a prediction direction. The first transformation basis is preset so that a coefficient density after the orthogonal transformation is higher than a coefficient density. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094582 | VIDEO CODING METHOD AND VIDEO DECODING METHOD - A video coding device codes video data, by performing motion compensation with sub-pel resolution by using an adaptive interpolation filter for calculating a pixel value of a sub pixel for interpolation between full pixels configuring an input image included in the video data. The video coding device includes a motion compensation unit setting a filter property for an adaptive interpolation filter on a predetermined process unit basis, determining, for each of sub-pel positions relative to a full pixel, a plurality of filter coefficients of the adaptive interpolation filter having the set filter property, and performing the motion compensation with sub-pel resolution, by applying the adaptive interpolation filter having the determined filter coefficients to the input image. The video coding device includes a subtraction unit generating a prediction error, by subtracting, from the input image, a prediction image generated in the motion compensation, and a coding unit coding the prediction error. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094583 | MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD AND MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD - According to a picture coding method, a coded picture is stored, as a reference picture, into a storage unit; commands indicating correspondence between reference pictures and reference indices for designating reference pictures and coefficients used for generation of predictive images are generated; a reference picture being used when motion compensation is performed on a current block in a current picture to be coded is designated by a reference index; a predictive image is generated by performing linear prediction on a block being obtained by motion estimation within the designated reference picture, by use of a coefficient corresponding to the reference index; a coded image signal including a coded signal obtained by coding a prediction error being a difference between the current block in the current picture to be coded and the predictive image, the commands, the reference index and the coefficient is outputted. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094584 | ENCODING DEVICE, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING DEVICE, AND DECODING METHOD - The present technology relates to an encoding device and an encoding method, and a decoding device and a decoding method that are capable of reducing the calculation amount of orthogonal transform processing or inverse orthogonal transform processing. A DWT unit ( | 2013-04-18 |
20130094585 | TRACKING A REFERENCE PICTURE ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for tracking a reference picture on an electronic device is described. The method includes receiving a bitstream. The method also includes decoding a portion of the bitstream to produce a decoded reference picture. The method further includes tracking the decoded reference picture in a decoded picture buffer (DPB) with reduced overhead referencing. The method additionally includes decoding a picture based on the decoded reference picture. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094586 | Direct Memory Access With On-The-Fly Generation of Frame Information For Unrestricted Motion Vectors - A method for performing motion estimation based on at least a first VOP stored in a memory includes the steps of: receiving a request to read a data block indicative of at least a portion of the first VOP for predicting a second VOP that is temporally adjacent to the first VOP; utilizing a DMA module for determining whether the data block is a UMV block; translating a block address for retrieving at least a portion of the data block from the memory as a function of one or more parameters generated by the DMA module; and generating a complete data block as a function of the portion of the data block retrieved from the memory and the one or more parameters generated by the DMA module. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094587 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A SALIENCY VALUE OF A BLOCK OF A VIDEO FRAME BLOCKWISE PREDICTIVE ENCODED IN A DATA STREAM - The invention is made in the field of saliency determination for videos block-wise predictive encoded in a data stream. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094588 | IMAGE INFORMATION ENCODING METHOD AND ENCODER, AND IMAGE INFORMATION DECODING METHOD AND DECODER - An image processing method includes decoding encoded image data to generate a decoded image signal including a luma signal and a chroma signal. The method further includes detecting a condition that a reference field has a different parity from a current field and that the number of chroma pixels is vertically different from the number of luma pixels. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094589 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ENCODING AND DECODING THE SIGNIFICANCE MAP FOR RESIDUAL COEFFICIENTS OF A TRANSFORM UNIT - Decoding includes identifying a scan pattern by which the bitstream is decoded. A set index value is decoded from the bitstream that specifies a set of flags according to the scan pattern that contains a last significant coefficient flag of the significance map, and individual significance flags are decoded and the decoded values written into the significance map according to the scan pattern and including the specified set of flags. Encoding a significance map includes identifying a scan pattern by which the significance map is scanned to form a list of significant coefficient flags. Encoding identifies a group of significant coefficient flags including a last significant coefficient flag and referencing the identified group with a scan index value. The significance map is then scanned in accordance with the scan pattern up to and including an entirety of the identified group and the scanned flag values then encoded. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094590 | VIDEO DECODING DEVICE FOR EXTRACTING EMBEDDED METADATA AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A video decoding device includes a metadata extraction device that extracts metadata and a video signal from a processed video signal, wherein the metadata is time-coded in accordance with at least one time stamp of the video signal. A metadata display generator generates metadata display data in response to the metadata. A video decoder decodes the video signal to generate a decoded video signal. An output interface generates a video/metadata output by synchronizing the metadata display data to the decoded video signal in accordance with the at least one time stamp. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094591 | VIDEO DECODING DEVICE FOR SELECTING EMBEDDED METADATA AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A video decoding device includes a metadata extraction device that extracts metadata and a video signal from a processed video signal, wherein the metadata is time-coded in accordance with at least one time stamp of the video signal. The metadata extraction device generates a selected portion of the metadata based on selection data and the metadata. A metadata display generator generates metadata display data in response to the selected portion of the metadata. A video decoder decodes the video signal to generate a decoded video signal. An output interface generates a video/metadata output by synchronizing the metadata display data to the decoded video signal in accordance with the at least one time stamp. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094592 | Virtual Memory Access Bandwidth Verification (VMBV) in Video Coding - A method is provided that includes determining a target picture virtual memory access (VMA) bandwidth rate, wherein the target picture VMA bandwidth rate indicates a maximum VMA bandwidth rate for motion compensation of a picture, and verifying the target picture VMA bandwidth rate for a compressed video bit stream. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094593 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING VIDEO IMAGE COMPRESSION USING GESTURE - A method for adjusting video image compression using a gesture, adapted to compress a video image displayed by an electronic device having a touch screen, is provided. In the method, a video image is displayed on the touch screen. Next, a first touch operation executed by a user on the video image is detected by using the touch screen, and a region of interest (ROI) and a non-ROI in the video image are determined according to the first touch operation. Then, compression methods for the ROI and the non-ROI are adjusted and used to compress the video image in the ROI and the non-ROI. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094594 | METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AND TRANSMITTING M-UNIT - A method for configuring and transmitting an M-unit in a system are provided. The method for configuring an M-unit in a system includes receiving an MFU (Media Fragment Unit) from a media encoder, and configuring an M-unit including the MFU in payload, wherein the M-unit is configured to include an M-unit header including information required to be discriminated in every M-unit and a reference header including information not dependent on the M-unit. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094595 | Method for Channel Estimation Using Cell Specific Reference Symbols - The invention relates to a method in a user equipment for channel estimation, the user equipment communicating within a wireless communication system comprising at least two cells arranged in a layered structure, the at least two cells using at least partly overlapping bandwidth. The user equipment communicates with a base station of an underlaid cell of the layered structure, and the Select resource method comprises the steps of: selecting, from elements carrying CRSs among resource blocks scheduled for the user equipment in the underlaid cell, resource elements carrying cell specific reference symbols, wherein the resource blocks are within bandwidth used by the underlaid cell; and performing the channel estimation by utilizing the selected resource elements carrying cell specific selected resource reference symbols. The invention also relates elements carrying CRSs to user equipment implementing the method. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094596 | DUAL-CHANNEL RECEIVER FOR POWERLINE COMMUNICATIONS - The presently disclosed subject matter relates to powerline communications (PLC) in an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) environment. A communications signal is applied to a power line by a PLC transmitting device. A receiver is provided that evaluates communications signals based on the power coupled to the power line by the transmitting device. In one present embodiment, PLC signal voltage and current levels are multiplied together to evaluate signal power to reproduce received PLC signals. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094597 | Joining Process for G3 Networks - Systems and methods for routing protocols for power line communications (PLC) are described. In some embodiments, a method performed by a PLC device, such as a PLC meter, may include identifying at least one bootstrapping agent and a personal area network (PAN) identifier for one or more networks that are operating within a personal operating space of the PLC device. The device selects a target bootstrapping agent to use for the join process with a target network. The target bootstrapping agent may be selected from a list of bootstrapping agents associated with the target PAN identifier. If the attempt to join the target network fails, then the device further determines if other bootstrapping agents are associated with the target PAN identifier. The device selects an alternate target bootstrapping agent from the other bootstrapping agents that are associated with the target PAN identifier and reattempts the join process. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094598 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A FOREIGN OBJECT IN AN INDUCTIVE WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER SYSTEM - An inductive wireless power transfer system comprises a transmitter configured to generate an electromagnetic field to a coupling region in response to an input signal. The inductive wireless power transfer control logic is configured to determine an input power of the input signal. The control logic is configured to determine a presence of a foreign object within the coupling region in response to a comparison of the input power and an output power of an output signal of a receiver within the coupling region. Related inductive wireless power transfer systems and methods for detecting a foreign object in an inductive wireless power transfer coupling region of an inductive wireless power transfer system are disclosed. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094599 | ALTERNATING CURRENT ROTATING MACHINE CONTROL DEVICE - An alternating current rotating machine control device that shares information among power conversion devices and instruments. A power conversion system has a a top level control device, a master station, multiple power conversion devices, instruments (such as a temperature sensor and a pressure sensor), and the like. The top level control device is connected to two of the power conversion devices by a first communication line. These power conversion devices two or more communication functions, and are connected to a remaining power conversion device, a temperature sensor, and a pressure sensor by a second communication line. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094600 | METHOD OF MANAGING TRANSFERS OF DATA BY AN INTERFACE OF BLUETOOTH TYPE - The embodiments of this invention describe a method for managing the transfer of data between a peripheral comprising a Bluetooth type interface and a computer device comprising a Bluetooth type interface configured to manage Bluetooth profiles allowing the transfer of audio type data characterised in that the exchange of digital non-audio type data between the peripheral and the computer device is achieved by encoding the digital data in audio format and by transmitting those digital data by means of the audio channel of the Bluetooth interface. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094601 | MULTIPLE INPUTS AND MULTIPLE OUTPUTS WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH EXPANSION MODULE - A wireless communication system with multiple inputs and multiple outputs for simultaneously transmitting or receiving a plurality of sub-signals with a first direction of polarization or a second direction of polarization is disclosed. The system includes N antennas, an expansion module and N signal processors. The expansion module is connected to each of the antennas and each of the signal processors, to be selectively operated under a receiving mode or a transmitting mode, for integrating or allocating the sub-signal with the first direction of polarization corresponding to one of the antennas and the sub-signal with the second direction of polarization corresponding to another antenna, based on control signals provided by each of the signal processors. Accordingly, the system can expand the number of input and output interfaces by twice without additional and complete components for receiving or transmitting. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094602 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCTION OF PEAK-TO-AVERAGE POWER RATIO OF TRANSMISSION SIGNALS COMPRISING OVERLAPPING WAVEFORMS - The present invention provides a method and system for reducing the peak to average power ratio (PAP) of a signal with low computational complexity. According to one embodiment, the present invention is applied to reduce the PAP of an OFDM signal. According to an alternative embodiment, the present invention, is applied to reduce the PAP of a CDMA signal. Rather than seeking the optimum solution, which involves significant computational complexity, the present invention provides for a number of sub-optimal techniques for reducing the PAP of an OFDM signal but with much lower computational complexity. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094603 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ENCODING BITS TO SYMBOLS FOR A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A device and method for encoding bits to symbols for a communication system are described. In one embodiment, a method for encoding bits to symbols for a communication system includes receiving a set of N-bit data to be transmitted, where N is an integer, generating side scrambling values using a polynomial, scrambling the set of N-bit data using the side scrambling values to produce scrambled data, mapping the scrambled data to a particular set of M symbols from a plurality of sets of M symbols, where M is an integer and M is smaller than N, and outputting the particular set of M symbols for transmission over a transmission medium. Other embodiments are also described. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094604 | Precoding For Coordinated Multi-Point Joint Transmission - The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory) for implementing precoding for a coordinated multi-point joint transmission in LTE wireless systems using a specific product structure for a multi-point precoding matrix with designed and/or specified usage of multi-point codebooks for generating spatial data stream between a UE having multiple antennas and a plurality of cells. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094605 | Method and Arrangement for Conveying Additional Bits in a Communication System - Methods and nodes in a communication system for conveying N additional bits with a block of data. A method in an encoding node involves determining ( | 2013-04-18 |
20130094606 | MULTI-STAGE DIGITALLY-CONTROLLED POWER AMPLIFIER - A multi-stage digitally-controlled power amplifier (DPA) includes a radio-frequency (RF) clock input, an amplitude control word (ACW) input, a plurality of drivers, and an output stage. The RF clock input is arranged for receiving an RF clock. The ACW input is arranged for receiving a digital ACW signal. The drivers are coupled to the RF clock, and arranged for producing a plurality of intermediate signals, wherein at least one driver of the drivers is responsive to at least one bit of the digital ACW signal. The output stage is coupled to the intermediate signals, and arranged for producing an output signal. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094607 | TRANSMITTER EMPLOYING PULLING MITIGATION MECHANISM AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - A transmitter includes a power amplifier (PA) and a direct current (DC) voltage tuning circuit. The PA is arranged for receiving a radio-frequency (RF) clock derived from a clock source, and producing an output signal according to at least the RF clock. The DC voltage tuning circuit is arranged for tuning at least one DC voltage supplied to the PA for pulling mitigation of the clock source. A method of pulling mitigation of a source clock by a power amplifier (PA) includes adjusting a direct current (DC) voltage supplied to the PA. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094608 | Communication System, Communication Apparatus and Communication Control Method - A communication system that applies different modulation methods to a first data portion and a second data portion which constitute communication data, includes: a receiving strength detection unit which detects a receiving strength of the communication data; a receiving strength transmission unit transmitting the receiving strength to a transmission portion which transmits the communication data; a receiving unit which receives the transmitted receiving strength; and a transmission power control unit which controls transmission power for transmitting each of the first and second data portions based on the transmitted receiving strength. Therefore, the communication system can improve the demodulation characteristics and reduce a power consumption of a communication apparatus at a receiving side | 2013-04-18 |
20130094609 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING RECEIVER TRANSPARENT Q-MODE - In a receiver transparent Q-mode, i.e., a Q-mode that is only implemented by a transmitter, the receiver is unaware of the Q-mode state of the transmitter. In this type of Q-mode configuration, the transmitter could enter and exit Q-mode as desired while the receiver, could, for example, continue to function as if operating normally, such as in “showtime.” Through this approach, it is not necessary for the receiver to detect the transmitter's entry and exit of Q-mode. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094610 | Digital Multi-band Predistortion Linearizer with Nonlinear Subsampling Algorithm in the Feedback Loop - A concurrent multi-band linearized transmitter (CMLT) has a concurrent digital multi-band predistortion block (CDMPB) and a concurrent multi-band transmitter (CMT) connected to the CDMPB. The CDMPB can have a plurality of digital baseband signal predistorter blocks (DBSPBs), an analyzing and modeling (A&M) stage, and a signal observation feedback loop. Each DBSPB can have a plurality of inputs, each corresponding to a single frequency band of the multi-band input signal, and its output corresponding to a single frequency band; each output connect corresponding to an input of the CMLT. The A&M stage can have a plurality of outputs connected to and updating the parameters of the DBSPBs, and a plurality of inputs connected to either both outputs of the signal observation loop or the output of the subsampling loop and to outputs of the DBSPBs. The A&M stage can perform signals' time alignment, reconstruction of signals and compute parameters of DBSPBs. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094611 | DIGITALLY-CONTROLLED POWER AMPLIFIER WITH BANDPASS FILTERING/TRANSIENT WAVEFORM CONTROL AND RELATED DIGITALLY-CONTROLLED POWER AMPLIFIER CELL - A digitally-controlled power amplifier (DPA) with bandpass filtering includes a radio-frequency (RF) clock input, an amplitude control word (ACW) input, and a plurality of DPA cells. The RF clock input is arranged for receiving an RF clock. The ACW input is arranged for receiving a digital ACW signal. The DPA cells are coupled to the RF clock and the digital ACW signal, wherein at least one of the DPA cells is gradually turned on and off in response to at least one bit of the digital ACW signal. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094612 | MULTI-BAND WIDE BAND POWER AMPLIFIER DIGITAL PREDISTORTION SYSTEM - A high performance and cost effective method of RF-digital hybrid mode power amplifier systems with high linearity and high efficiency for multi-frequency band wideband communication system applications is disclosed. The present disclosure enables a power amplifier system to be field reconfigurable and support multiple operating frequency bands on the same PA system over a very wide bandwidth. In addition, the present invention supports multi-modulation schemes (modulation agnostic), multi-carriers and multi-channels. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094613 | PRECODING SIGNALING IN A MIMO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method for performing data transmission between a transmitter and a receiver. The method includes the steps of generating a feedback message at the receiver in response to data received from the transmitter, assigning an identifier for the feedback message, storing the feedback message in association with the identifier in the receiver, transmitting the feedback message and the identifier to the transmitter, determining, at the transmitter, transmission format for data to be transmitted to the receiver based on the feedback message received from the receiver; and transmitting data and a control message, by the transmitter, using the determined transmission format, with the control message comprising the identifier of the feedback message based on which the transmission format is determined. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094614 | OFDM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING A REDUCED PEAK-TO-AVERAGE POWER RATIO - An OFDM system embeds sequence information in the transmitted signal that reduces peak average power ratio (PAP) with minimal impact on the overall system efficiency. A marker is embedded onto the transmitted information that is used to identify the combining (inversion) sequence at the receiver. In one embodiment, selected tones in a cluster are rotated when the corresponding phase factor rotates the cluster. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094615 | EXPLICIT SKEW INTERFACE FOR REDUCING CROSSTALK AND SIMULTANEOUS SWITCHING NOISE - Methods and apparatus are disclosed, such as those involving an inter-chip interface configured to receive and process electronic data. One such interface includes a receiver circuit that includes a clock tree configured to receive a clock signal at a clock tree input. The clock tree distributes a plurality of clock signals delayed from the clock signal such that one or more of the clock signals have a delay different from the delays of the other clock signals. The receiver circuit further includes a plurality of data input latches configured to receive a plurality of data elements over two or more different points in time. This configuration at least partially reduces crosstalk and simultaneous switching output noise. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094616 | DIGITAL DOWN CONVERSION AND DEMODULATION - A method and apparatus for digital down conversion and demodulation of a radio frequency (RF) signal are disclosed. A sampling frequency for sampling the RF signal is chosen, based on a bandwidth and a safety margin, so that a bandwidth of the sampled signal falls substantially within a predetermined frequency zone. The sampled signal may be digitally demodulated at a demodulation frequency selected to be substantially equal to a baseband alias of a carrier frequency of the signal. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094617 | DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEIVER APPARATUS AND DIGITAL BROADCAST RECEPTION METHOD - This invention provides detailed operations of a transmitter apparatus and a receiver apparatus that are capable of reproducing, possibly without delays, up-to-the minute earthquake reports conveyed via digital broadcasts. There are included a receiving unit for receiving the conveyed signal; a broadcast modulating unit for demodulating the digital broadcast signal from the conveyed signal received by the receiving unit; an emergency alarm broadcast activation flag detecting unit for detecting the emergency alarm broadcast activation flag from the conveyed signal received by the receiving unit; and an earthquake movement alarm information demodulating unit for demodulating the earthquake movement alarm information signal from the conveyed signal received by the receiving unit. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094618 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM UTILIZING A HIERARCHICALLY MODULATED SIGNAL AND METHOD THEREOF - A communication system utilizing a hierarchically modulated signal and method thereof are provided, wherein a receiver system is configured to receive a hierarchically modulated signal. The receiver system includes a receiver device configured to receive the hierarchically modulated signal, which is a function of a time domain, and including a high priority data stream that has a single carrier type modulation, and a low priority data stream having data bits that are spread over a plurality of data symbols of a high priority data modulation. The receiver system further includes a low priority processor device, which includes an OFDM decoder configured to convert the low priority data stream of the hierarchically modulated signal that is a function of the time domain to be a function of a frequency domain by utilizing a FFT, such that an output is emitted that is representative of the low priority data stream. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094619 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PACKET DETECTION - Systems, methods, and devices for detecting packets in signals are described herein. The apparatus comprises a receiver configured to receive a signal comprising a plurality of samples. The apparatus comprises circuitry. The circuitry is configured to apply a match filter to the plurality of samples to produce a plurality of blocks of samples, each block comprising a number of samples. The circuitry is configured to correlate a subset of the samples of a first block with a subset of the samples of a second block to produce an output. The circuitry is configured to compare the output to a threshold value to determine whether the signal comprises a data packet. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094620 | ESTIMATION OF A MULTIPATH SIGNAL IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Described herein is a method and system for estimating a time-varying multipath communication channel. The system comprises a receiver for receiving a signal comprising a data packet transmitted over the multipath communication channel. The system also comprises a frequency-domain channel estimator that generates a frequency-domain channel estimate based on the received signal. The system further comprises a time-domain channel modeller that receives the frequency-domain channel estimate and generates an estimate of parameters in a time-domain model of the multipath communication channel. The model characterises the multipath communication channel as a delay line with a plurality of taps, each tap having tap parameters defining a delay, a Doppler and a gain for the tap. The tap parameters are constant over the data packet. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094621 | Method and System for Channel Estimation Processing for Interference Suppression - Aspects of a method and system for channel estimation for interference suppression are provided. In this regard, one or more circuits and/or processors of a mobile communication device may generate and/or receive a first set of channel estimates and a second set of channel estimates. The one or more circuits and/or processors may modify the second set of channel estimates based on a comparison of a measure of correlation between the first set of channel estimates and the second set of channel estimates with a threshold. The first set of channel estimates and/or the modified second set of channel estimates may be utilized for cancelling interference in received signals. The first set of channel estimates may be associated with a first transmit antenna of a base transceiver station and the second set of channel estimates may be associated with a second transmit antenna of the base transceiver station. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094622 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF NETWORKED FIRE ALARM PANELS - A system and method for synchronizing a plurality of networked fire alarm panels is disclosed. A plurality of fire panels (i.e., nodes) are arranged on a peer-to-peer network, such as a token ring network. One node is designated as a SyncHost, and the remaining nodes are periodically reset to the clock time associated with the SyncHost to ensure all nodes remain substantially synchronized to a single time. Upon alarm, the visual notification devices (i.e., strobe lights) of all the fire panels (nodes) will flash at substantially the same time. To accomplish the synchronization, the SyncHost sends periodic attendance polls around the network, noting the transit times of the polls. The nodes also note times associated with the polls. The SyncHost sends a sync message to the nodes, and each of the nodes resets its clock according to the sync message and internal compensations. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094623 | SAFETY/RELIEF VALVE DISCHARGE LINE HEADER IN A BOILING WATER REACTOR - To install a safety/relief valve(S/RV) discharge line header in addition, on a current S/RV discharge lines in a BWR, can provide a steam release path to many quencher devices. Then the steam blowdown during the S/RV discharge can be more even or symmetrically distributed into the suppression pool in a BWR. The S/RV discharge line header is installed at the middle sections of either all or a portion of S/RV discharge pipes. A current S/RV discharge pipe is installed with a S/RV and a vacuum breaker and its discharge tailpipe is welded with the end of a quencher device inlet. The proposed discharge lines include components such as reactor safety/relief valves, discharge pipes, vacuum breakers, a discharge line header, quencher devices, etc. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094624 | METHOD FOR CORE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY DETERMINATION - A method for core sample effective thermal conductivity provides for scanning a core sample by X-ray micro-computed tomography scanner and transferring a three dimensional scan image to an image analysis computer for processing. Then a layer thickness to be analyzed is set and a layer with maximum thermal resistance is defined within the image. The value of core effective thermal conductivity is defined by the allocated layer. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094625 | X RAY SOURCE GRATING STEPPING IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGE METHOD - An X-ray imaging system comprising: an X-ray source, a source grating, a fixed grating module and an X-ray detector, which are successively positioned in the propagation direction of X-ray; an object to be detected is positioned between the source grating and the fixed gating module; said source grating can perform stepping movement in a direction perpendicular to the optical path and grating stripes; wherein the system further comprises a computer workstation for controlling said X-ray source, source grating and X-ray detector so as to perform the following processes: the source grating performs stepping movement in at least one period thereof; at each stepping step, the X-ray source emits X-ray to the object to be detected, and the detector receives the X-ray at the same time; wherein after at least one period of stepping and data acquisition, the light intensity of X-ray at each pixel point on the detector is represented as a light intensity curve; the light intensity curve at each pixel point on the detector is compared with a light intensity curve in the absence of the object to be detected, a pixel value of each pixel point is calculated from change in said light intensity curve; an image of the detected object is reconstructed according to the calculated pixel value. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094626 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X-ray source, an X-ray detector, a rotating mechanism, a control unit, and a reconstruction unit. The source irradiates an object with X-rays. The detector outputs projection data by detecting X-rays transmitted through the object. The rotating mechanism rotates the source and the detector around the object. The control unit acquires projection data, while making the rotating mechanism rotate the source and the detector, such that the number of views in a specific view angle range becomes larger than that in other view angle ranges. The reconstruction unit configured to reconstruct an image by using acquired projection data of each view. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094627 | PORTABLE AND VERSATILE X-RAY OR GAMMA IMAGING DEVICE FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION OF SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES, INTEGRATING TRANSMISSION AND BACKSCATTERING IMAGING TECHNIQUES - Portable and versatile X-ray or gamma imaging device for non-destructive examination of suspicious packages, integrating transmission and backscattering imaging. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094628 | PORTABLE DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY DETECTOR LOSS PREVENTION - A method for managing a portable x-ray detector for an x-ray imaging apparatus registers at least one portable detector with a processor that is associated with the x-ray imaging apparatus. A generated signal is indicative of the location of the registered portable x-ray detector relative to the x-ray imaging apparatus. An alert indication is provided when the generated signal indicates separation of the registered portable x-ray detector from the x-ray imaging apparatus beyond a predetermined distance. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094629 | POLYMER LAYER ON X-RAY WINDOW - An x-ray window includes a mount with a support frame and an aperture. A window film has a stack of layers including: a thin film layer comprising a material selected from the group consisting of diamond, graphene, diamond-like carbon, beryllium, and combinations thereof; a boron hydride layer; and a polymer layer. The window film, including the thin film layer, the boron hydride layer, and the polymer layer, extends across the aperture and is supported by the support frame. The window film is attached to the support frame, defining a sealed joint. The layers are capable of withstanding a differential pressure of at least 1 atmosphere. The window film is substantially transmissive to x-rays having an energy in the range of 100-20,000 electronvolts. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094630 | MOBILE C-ARM X-RAY DEVICE HAVING AN ANTI-TILT DEVICE - A mobile C-arm x-ray device includes a C-arm and a C-arm supporting apparatus that is movable on wheels. The C-arm is rotatably arranged on the C-arm supporting apparatus about a vertical axis of rotation. An anti-tilt device that rotates about the vertical axis of rotation at the same time and in the same direction as the C-arm during a rotation movement of the C-arm reduces the tilting hazard of the mobile C-arm x-ray device. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094631 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PRE-QUALIFY USER COMMUNITIES FOR COMMUNICATION SERVICES - Example methods and apparatus to pre-qualify user communities for communication services are disclosed. An example method comprises configuring a first remote network demarcation associated with a first loop to a loop-back state, interrogating the first loop to determine a first parameter representative of the first loop, configuring a second remote network demarcation associated with a second loop to the loop-back state, interrogating the second loop to determine a second parameter representative of the second loop, and compiling a report based on the first and second parameters, the report containing a value that represents a degree to which a communication service can be provided to a user community associated with the first and second loops. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094632 | CROSS-MEDIA VOICE MAIL NOTIFICATION AND DELIVERY - The subject matter herein relates to voice mail systems and, more particularly, cross-media voice mail notification and delivery. Various embodiments described herein provide systems, methods, software, and data structures that operate to, or facilitate, dispatching of voice mail notification messages to voice mailbox owners. In some embodiments, the notifications are sent to the voice mailbox owners in a text format, such as a short message service text message, email, or other text based service. These and other embodiments are described herein. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING AN INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE (IVR) SYSTEM - Current interactive voice response (IVR) systems only allow customers to interact with a company's database using a telephone keypad or by speech recognition. Such IVR systems require a customer to listen to and remember instructions or options presented by the IVR system. The instructions may be complicated, or there may be many options. An embodiment of the present invention enhances an IVR system by composing visual representations of states of the IVR system to display to the customer and enabling the customer to interact with the IVR via the visual representations. The use of the visual representations enables a user to interact with the IVR in a simplified and more expedient manner in part because a linear set of options is presented in a randomly-accessible list or tree structure format. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094634 | Method, System and Software for Implementing an Automated Call Routing Application in a Speech Enabled Call Center Environment - A system, method and software for implementing an automated call routing application in a speech enabled call center environment are provided. In operation, the invention provides for the identification of a call center transaction selection from a natural language user utterance and the invocation of one or more scripts operable to route the user to a call center service agent configured to service the selected transaction. In the event a transaction selection cannot be readily identified or can only be partially identified, the invention provides for the initiation of a dialog module or script directed to eliciting a discernable transaction selection and/or the presentation of one or more menus from which the user may select an available call center transaction. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094635 | System and Method for Indexing Voice Mail Messages by Speaker - The invention provides a system and method for indexing and organizing voice mail message by the speaker of the message. One or more speaker models are created from voice mail messages received. As additional messages are left, each of the new messages are compared with existing speaker models to determine the identity of the callers of each of the new messages. The voice mail messages are organized within a user's mailbox by caller. Unknown callers may be identified and tagged by the user and then used to create new speaker models and/or update existing speaker models. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094636 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING AUDIO CLIPS WITH OBJECTS - A system and method for associating an audio clip with an object is provided wherein the voice-based system, such as a voicemail system, is used to record the audio clips. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094637 | System And Method For Callee-Caller Specific Greetings For Voice Mail - A method for customization of voice mail messaging. The method includes recording a plurality of voice mail messages, defining selection criteria for each of the plurality of voice mail messages, establishing a first call for which one of the plurality of voice mail messages will be selected, identifying parameters of the first call, matching the parameters with the selection criteria, selecting the one of the plurality of messages based on the matching step, and playing the selected message on the first call. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094638 | Apparatus and Method For Performing Precognitive Lawful Intercept In Group Calls - A method and apparatus for performing lawful intercept in a group call is described. A group call for is established and at least one target member device of the group call is identified as corresponding to a subject to be tracked. Call content for communications corresponding to the call is then tracked from the beginning of the call. A query is presented to a law enforcement authority to determine whether the law enforcement authority wishes to receive call data collected before the target joined the call or after the target leaves the call. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094639 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DIAL TONE AND A RING TONE - Provided is a system for providing a dial tone and a ring tone to a receiver terminal having one or more virtual numbers. A ring tone setting unit sets a ring tone corresponding to each of the one or more virtual numbers. An alarm sound providing server includes a controller configured to output, to the receiver terminal, a ring tone set for a corresponding virtual number according to the corresponding virtual number of the receiver terminal included in a call connection request signal transmitted from a caller terminal. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094640 | TOLL-FREE REVERSE LEAST COST ROUTING PRICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present disclosure describes systems and methods for performing reverse least cost routing and price management. In particular, a telecommunications carrier monitors network traffic for a wholesale carrier customer using the carrier's telecommunication services. A new pricing scheme and/or rate for network usage by the wholesale carrier may be generated based on a set of policies created by the carrier, such as when it is determined that the wholesale customer's network usage has decreased. The generated rates and/or pricing schemes may be provided to the wholesale carrier customer in real time. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094641 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ANALYZE CALLS TO ADVERTISED TELEPHONE NUMBERS - A system and method for analyzing information associated with voice calls placed during a telephone number advertising campaign is described. The system receives information characterizing voice calls to advertiser telephone numbers and information from advertisers such as information about the outcome of the voice call (e.g., conversion information). The system correlates the voice call information with the advertiser information and generates reports based on the correlated information. The system can perform or enable the performance of other actions based on the correlated information. For example, the system may modify an ongoing advertising campaign based on an analysis of the correlated information. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094642 | CALL SCHEDULING SYSTEM - Disclosed are call schedule systems and techniques for establishing a phone call with one or more participants. A scheduled time can be set for the phone call and one or more messages related to joining the phone call at the scheduled time can be sent to one or more recipient devices. At the scheduled time of the phone call, a notification can be generated to determine whether to start the phone call. In this regard, one or more phone calls can be simultaneously transmitted to the one or more recipient devices in response to an action initiating the start of the phone call. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094643 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING ANONYMOUS CALLS - A method and apparatus at an apparatus for handling an incoming call ( | 2013-04-18 |
20130094644 | TELEPHONE AND AUTO-REDIALING METHOD - Disclosed is a telephone including: an audio database for storing a tone or a message received when a phone call is not connected; an audio recognition unit that determines whether a tone or a message received, when making a phone call, matches the tone or the message stored in the audio database; and a redialing unit that carries out redialing when it is determined by the audio recognition unit that the received tone or message matches the tone or message stored in the audio database. | 2013-04-18 |
20130094645 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UBIQUITOUS ACCESS TO DIALING PLANS FOR ENTERPRISE NETWORKS - The invention comprises a method and apparatus for providing at least one network endpoint of an enterprise customer network access to at least one dialing plan. Specifically, the method comprises receiving at least one dialing plan request from the at least one network endpoint, retrieving at least one address mapping in response to the at least one dialing plan request, and responding to the at least one dialing plan request using the at least one address mapping. | 2013-04-18 |