| 24th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
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| 20090150075 | Angular Velocity Correcting Device, Angular Velocity Correcting Method, and Navigation Device - Angular velocity correcting devices, angular velocity correcting methods, and navigation devices are disclosed. In some implementations, a first sensor sensitivity correcting method for considering variation of sensor sensitivity due to an oblique angle of an angular velocity detecting sensor with respect to a horizontal plane and a sensitivity error of the angular velocity detecting sensor and correcting the sensor sensitivity is enabled. A second sensor sensitivity correcting method for considering the variation of the sensor sensitivity due to the oblique angle of the angular velocity detecting sensor with respect to the horizontal plane without considering the sensitivity error and correcting the sensor sensitivity is enabled. The sensitivity error is calculated on the basis of a ratio of the sensor sensitivity obtained by the first sensor sensitivity correcting method to the sensor sensitivity obtained by the second sensor sensitivity correcting method. The angular velocity from the angular velocity detecting sensor using the sensitivity error is corrected. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150076 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC LOGGING OF A FORMATION - A method and apparatus are disclosed for synthesizing desired antenna responses from a combination of measured antenna responses, as well as antenna arrays particularly suited to provide the measurements. Those arrays may include cross dipole and double cross dipole antennas. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150077 | Pulsed X-Ray Signal Processing - Method and system for analyzing electrical pulses contained in a pulse train signal representative of the interaction of x-ray bursts with a nuclear detector configured for subsurface disposal. The pulse train signal is sampled to form a digitized signal. The total energy deposited at the detector during an x-ray burst is determined from the digitized signal, and a count rate of x-ray pulses from the burst is determined. A subsurface parameter is determined using the total energy deposit. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150078 | Method and signal processing means for detecting and discriminating between structural configurations and geological gradients encountered by kinetic energy subterranean terra-dynamic crafts - The present invention is directed to signal processing means for detecting and discriminating between geological layers encountered by kinetic energy subterranean vehicles in flight (terra-craft), using a raw signal representing deceleration of the terra-craft. The signal processing means uses autocorrelation and filtering to amplify the rate of deceleration, allowing the same to be compared to extensive data compiled for the US government regarding rates of deceleration in known materials, using various craft geometry. In this way, the unknown material encountered by the terra-craft can be identified by comparing the deceleration of the craft through a layer of material to the known data for the craft geometry. The signal processing means may further comprise a plurality of circuits to detect and annunciate varying layers in a media, and to track in real time the location of the projectile. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150079 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR CONTAMINATION LEVELS IN A FORMATION FLUID - Apparatus and methods to monitor contamination levels in a formation fluid are disclosed. An example method involves obtaining first property data indicative of a first fluid property of a formation fluid and second property data indicative of a second fluid property of the formation fluid. A correlation between the first and second property data is generated and third data is fitted to the correlation. A fitting parameter is determined based on the third data indicative of an amount of change of the first property data relative to an amount of change of the second property data. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150080 | METHODS OF GENETIC ANALYSIS INVOLVING THE AMPLIFICATION OF COMPLEMENTARY DUPLICONS - The invention relates to methods for genetic analysis of DNA sequences containing complementary duplicons which are duplicated and linked DNA sequences separated by an intermediate sequence. Furthermore, the invention relates to the Bidirectional Amplification of Complementary Duplicons (BACD) using a single primer. The amplification of complementary duplicons can be used for a variety of purposes such as, but not limited to, determining the species from which a sample comprising genomic DNA is derived, or used as a marker for a trait of interest. Also provided are means for analysing large datasets which can be used to identify primers useful for the genetic analysis methods of the invention. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150081 | Automatic analyzer for enzyme immunoassays - An automatic analyzer for enzyme immunoassays, of the type that comprises a serum dispensing assembly, a reagent dispensing assembly, an incubation assembly, a washing assembly, a reader assembly and a data processing and storage assembly. The analyzer comprises a unit for containing at least one well for performing analyses on a serum and at least one test-tube which contains a respective reagent; the unit is accommodated detachably within a respective internal frame of the analyzer. The reagent dispensing assembly, the incubation assembly, the washing assembly and the reader assembly can move from a first configuration of maximum distance from the unit accommodated in the frame to a second configuration of substantial overlap with at least one portion of the unit. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150082 | Method and system for realizing collaboration between bio-signal measurement devices - The present invention relates to technology for realizing collaboration between bio-signal measurement devices used for personal health care. In a method of realizing collaboration between bio-signal measurement devices, connection to a plurality of bio-signal measurement devices for measuring bio-signals from a user is made, and a plurality of pieces of bio-signal data is received from the bio-signal measurement devices. First features are calculated from respective pieces of bio-signal data. Data required for calculation of second features is selectively received from the calculated first features, second features are calculated. The calculated first and second features are normalized, and the normalized first and second features are transmitted to at least one application program. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150083 | ANALYZER, ANALYSIS METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An analyzer includes a determining unit that determines whether an analysis result of a sample corresponding to a controlled specimen having a known value is normal or not based on an analysis result of the controlled specimen. The analyzer also includes a generating unit that generates analysis information in which a determination result by the determining unit is associated with each analysis result of samples; and an output unit that outputs the analysis information generated by the generating unit. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150084 | GENOME IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM - The present invention belongs to the field of genomics and nucleic acid sequencing. It involves a novel method of sequencing biological material and real-time probabilistic matching of short strings of sequencing information to identify all species present in said biological material. It is related to real-time probabilistic matching of sequence information, and more particular to comparing short strings of a plurality of sequences of single molecule nucleic acids, whether amplified or unamplied, whether chemically synthesized or physically interrogated, as fast as the sequence information is generated and in parallel with continuous sequence information generation or collection. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150085 | METHOD OF DETERMINING INITIAL CONCENTRATION OF NUCLEIC ACID IN SAMPLE USING REAL-TIME AMPLIFICATION DATA - Disclosed is a method of determining an initial concentration of a target nucleic acid within a sample using real-time nucleic acid amplification data. Amplification efficiencies of the target nucleic acid with respect to amplification time are obtained from signals of amplified products, and an amplification efficiency function with respect to amplification time is formulated employing the amplification efficiencies. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150086 | WIDE RANGE KINETIC DETERMINATION OF PERACID AND/OR PEROXIDE CONCENTRATIONS - A use composition monitor determines the concentration of peracid and/or peroxide in a use composition using a kinetic assay procedure. A sample mixture containing a sample of the use composition, a diluent and at least one reagent is prepared and analyzed using, for example, an optical detector. Response data obtained by the detector is indicative of the optical absorbance of the sample mixture as a function of time. A processor analyzes the response data to determine a corresponding best fit linear relationship. Depending upon an expected concentration range, the initial absorbance and/or the slope of the best fit equation are used to calculate the concentrations of the peracid and peroxide in the use composition. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150087 | CHROMATOGRAPHY USING MULTIPLE DETECTORS - Methods and related apparatuses and mixtures are described for chromatographic analysis. The described system includes a pressurized source of a mobile phase and a flow path in fluid communication with the pressurized source such that the mobile phase flows through the flow path. The system also includes an injector in fluid communication with the flow path and downstream of the pressurized source, the injector being configured to inject a sample into the flow path. A first column located downstream of the injector, contains a stationary phase, and forms part of the flow path. A first detector is positioned to detect properties of fluid in the flow path at a location downstream of the injector and upstream from the first column. A second detector is positioned to detect properties of fluid in the flow path at a location downstream of the first column. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150088 | METHOD OF ANALYZING BEHAVIOR OF POLLUTANTS THROUGH PREDICTION OF TRANSVERSE DISPERSION COEFFICIENT USING BASIC HYDRAULIC DATA IN STREAM - Disclosed herein is a method of analyzing the behavior of pollutants in a stream through the prediction of a transverse dispersion coefficient. The method includes the steps of (a) surveying and storing stream data, including the flow velocity, depth, sinuosity, width and longitudinal dispersion coefficient of a target stream; (b) deriving a transverse dispersion coefficient by arranging only dimensionless factors that influence transverse mixing through dimensional analysis, and assuming that the transverse dispersion coefficient is a product of power functions; (c) collecting hydraulic data and transverse dispersion coefficient data of domestic and foreign streams; (d) deriving the predicted value of the transverse dispersion coefficient from the transverse dispersion coefficient through regression analysis; (e) obtaining a numerical solution by constructing a numerical model using the flow velocity, depth, sinuosity, width and longitudinal dispersion coefficient of the stream and the transverse dispersion coefficient. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150089 | Selective resonance of chemical structures - Chemical compositions may be selectively or preferentially excited by the application of scores comprising a series of energy inputs. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150090 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF INFLUX OF AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS - An apparatus and method for detection of airborne contaminants and prevention of influx of the contaminants into an enclosed space, such as a vehicle cabin. A first sensor array samples exterior air prior to influx of the exterior air into the enclosed space. The first sensor array generates data uniquely corresponding to each contaminant. Data corresponding to predetermined contaminants is stored in computer memory. A user may also cause data corresponding to a contaminant selected by the user to be stored in the computer memory. Upon identification of a contaminant, an actuator is operative to control a position of a valve to prevent influx of the exterior air into the enclosed space. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150091 | CHROMATOGRAPHY DATA SYSTEM - There is provided a user interface which enables all users to input a purpose of use of a chromatography data system, recognize a series of operation flow of the analysis of chromatograph data according to the input purpose, improve an operability and prevent an operation error regardless of the user's knowledge on analyzing the chromatograph data or the user's proficiency in the chromatography data system. In a chromatograph data processing, the present invention relates to recognizing chromatograph data analyzing means on a picture and displaying the chromatograph data analyzing means on the picture in accordance with purpose of use. According to the present invention, the chromatography data system can be easily operated regardless of the knowledge on the analysis of chromatograph data or proficiency in the chromatography data system. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150092 | ELECTRIC ULTIMATE DEFECTS ANALYZER DETECTING ALL DEFECTS IN PCB/MCM - A method and a system of testing electronic components assemblies, each assembly comprising a multiplicity of tracks, each connecting a multiplicity of ports. The system may enable applying heat energy upon at least one part of the at least one track; measuring energy diffusion within a predefined time interval of the heated part of the track; calculating at least one distribution energy diffusion profile associated according to the measured diffusion, where the profile represents the diffusion of energy versus time; and identifying defects in the at least one track, according to the analysis of the diffusion profile. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150093 | EDDY CURRENT DATA INTERPOLATION/EXTRAPOLATION - A method of synthesizing nondestructive examination data of a component that combines data sets acquired at least two different frequencies. At least one of the data sets is interpolated or extrapolated to the equivalent of data acquired at one of the other frequencies employing a third, reference set of eddy current inspection data that is acquired at each of the inspection frequencies being combined. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150094 | GUIDED WAVES FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING OF PIPES - A method for the nondestructive testing of pipeline, and internal or external coatings, using guided ultrasonic waves excited from the inside or outside diameter, wherein at least two transducers are employed to send and receive ultrasound, wherein a data normalization scheme is employed to account for transducer variability, and wherein the hardware arrangement has a number of pulser channels and a number of receiver channels for the collection and storage of signals. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150095 | Ultrasonic Method For Detecting Banding In Metals - A method for non-destructively detecting the presence of banded regions in a metal is described. The method involves sending an ultrasonic wave into the metal and obtaining reflected signals. The reflected signals are compared with each other to determine variations in signal intensity. A banded region within the metal can be observed as a weaker reflected signal than a reflected backwall signal, thus accurately identifying a location of banding within the metal. Metal articles with a low percent of banding are also described. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150096 | ELECTRONIC FLOW CHARACTERISTIC INDICATING FLOW METER - An electronic flow meter having sensors to determine the temperature and flow rate of a fluid flowing through the flow meter and into a downstream circuit, such as a cooling water circuit, of known diameter is flowing under turbulent or laminar conditions based upon a calculation of a corresponding Reynolds number and comparison of the calculated Reynolds number to Reynolds numbers indicative of the desired flow characteristic. A display is provided to indicate the flow characteristic of the fluid flowing through the flow meter as determined by the processor. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150097 | Systems and Methods For Utilizing Cell Based Flow Simulation Results to Calculate Streamline Trajectories - Systems and methods for utilizing finite difference simulation results to compute streamline trajectories, which may be used to analyze the results with other streamline techniques. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150098 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHOTOEMISSION-BASED DEFECT DETECTION - An IREM image of an IC is obtained. The emission intensity at each emission site is measured/calculated and is compared to reference intensity. The calculated intensity may be plotted against reference intensities. In general, the majority of the plotted intensities would lie in a given range within a straight line. However, for devices that exhibit an abnormal emission, the plot would result in an easily observable deviation from the line. The calculated intensity is used to make a determination of logical “1” or “0” for each device, which is automatically stored together with the corresponding test vector. The calculated logical states are then tabulated and compared against tabulation of reference logical states. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150099 | Method for fault location in electric power lines - A method for locating faults in three-terminal and multi-terminal power lines, applicable in electric power systems for overhead and underground cable transmission and distribution lines. The inventive method is characterised in that it measures current for fault and pre-fault conditions and in one terminal station of the system line phase voltage for fault and pre-fault conditions is measured, a hypothetical fault location is assumed, the distances to the hypothetical fault locations are calculated and fault resistance is calculated, the actual fault point is selected by first comparing the numerical values concerning the distances to the hypothetical fault locations and rejecting those results whose numerical values are negative or bigger than one in relative units, and then by analysing the values of the calculated fault resistances for the fault locations and rejecting those results of the calculations for which the value of fault resistance is negative, and if there is still more than one calculation result remains not rejected then performing selection of the valid result by analysing the values of the calculated respective equivalent source impedances. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150100 | METERING ASSEMBLY AND CUSTOMER LOAD PANEL FOR POWER DELIVERY - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for alternate power delivery are provided. A metering assembly includes a power meter module. The power meter module includes a power control module and a power monitor. The power control module is coupled to a transfer switch that receives both primary power and alternate power. The transfer switch has an output coupled to an electrical circuit load. The power control module is configured to receive a request from the transfer switch for the alternate power to be supplied through the transfer switch to the electrical circuit load. The power control module is configured to enable the transfer switch to supply the alternate power to the electrical circuit load in response to the request. The power monitor is configured to determine an amount of the alternate power provided to the electrical circuit load. The power control module is configured to enable the alternate power to be decoupled from the electrical circuit load if the determined amount of the alternate power provided to the electrical circuit load is greater than a power trip setpoint. A plurality of metering assemblies may be provided to monitor a corresponding number of transfer switches coupled to electrical circuit loads in a facility. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150101 | Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Device and Battery Pack - A semiconductor integrated circuit device for calculating a remaining battery capacity of a battery from which the semiconductor integrated circuit device receives power supply, and reporting the calculated remaining battery capacity to a battery-using appliance which also receives power supply from the battery includes a clock generating unit configured to generate a first clock signal and a second clock signal having a higher frequency than a frequency of the first clock signal; a selecting unit configured to select one of the first clock signal and the second clock signal and output the selected clock signal; a calculating unit configured to operate according to the selected clock signal to calculate the remaining battery capacity; and a communicating unit configured to operate according to the selected clock to report the calculated remaining battery capacity to the battery-using appliance. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150102 | Spectral Analysis with adaptive resolution - The present invention discloses a method of spectral analysis, backward compatible (both methodically and computationally) with traditional Fourier-based techniques, but free from limitation of static time-frequency resolution, which is often a cause of measurement inaccuracy. It is disclosed a techniques to combine convenience of Fourier-based techniques with advantages of MRA. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150103 | Computer-Based Method and System for Simulating Static Timing Clocking Results - A method, system and computer-readable medium are presented for creating unique clock waveform checking commands for an event simulator to validate that the logical creation matches the timing definitions. The method includes selecting one or more clock signals for validation; specifying timing definitions of the selected clock signals; automatically categorizing the selected clock signals based on their synchrony; automatically matching each selected clock signal to a corresponding clock cycle by parsing the specified timing definitions; specifying one or more test cases for an event simulator, wherein the test cases simulate logic for generating each selected clock signal; validating that the logic for generating each selected clock signal matches the specified timing definitions for each selected clock signal. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150104 | CALIBRATION DEVICE, CALIBRATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A CALIBRATION PROGRAM - A calibration device comprises a relative-value correction unit that performs a normalization for the measured output value based on a possible range of a measured output value and a normalization for a desired output value corresponding to the measured output value based on a range of the desired output value, an absolute-value correction unit that performs a normalization for the measured output value and the desired output value based on the range of the desired output value, a relative-value calibration unit that calibrates the measured output value normalized by the relative-value correction unit with reference to a characteristic of the desired output value normalized by the relative-value correction unit, and an absolute-value calibration unit that calibrates the measured output value normalized by the absolute-value correction unit with reference to the desired output value normalized by the absolute-value correction unit. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150105 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING ACQUIRED SPECTRA FOR USE IN SPECTRAL ANALYSIS - A method for calibrating acquired spectra for use in spectral analysis includes performing Gaussian peak fitting to spectra acquired by a plurality of NaI detectors to define peak regions. A Na and annihilation doublet may be located among the peak regions. A predetermined energy level may be applied to one of the peaks in the doublet and a location of a hydrogen peak may be predicted based on the location of at least one of the peaks of the doublet. Control systems for calibrating spectra are also disclosed. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150106 | METHOD OF CALIBRATION FOR NONLINEAR OPTICAL SENSOR - A use composition monitor determines the concentration of peracid and/or peroxide in a use composition using a kinetic assay procedure. A sample mixture containing a sample of the use composition, a diluent and at least one reagent is prepared and analyzed using, for example, an optical detector. Response data obtained by the detector is used to determine the concentrations of peracid and/or peroxide in the use composition based upon an evaluation function determined by a calibration method. The calibration method includes determining coefficients of the evaluation function based upon known concentrations, and measured response data of calibration samples. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150107 | METHOD FOR COMMISSIONING ACTUATORS - The disclosure relates to a method for commissioning pneumatically operated actuators that are controlled by a positioner. To determine the drive type, a constant flow of pneumatic fluid is applied to the actuator during commissioning while a drive-specific characteristic curve of the fed back position is recorded over time. Then the measured characteristic curve is compared with a given specimen characteristic curve. The drive type is inferred from the level of difference or agreement between the drive-specific characteristic curve and the specimen characteristic curve. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150108 | Hysteresis compensation in a coordinate measurement machine - A single-scale, single-drive coordinate measuring machine that compensates for hysteresis error caused by friction at the non-driven end of the bridge. The coordinate measuring machine is calibrated to estimate hysteresis effects at one or more distances from the scale. Measurements of workpieces are adjusted based on the calibration data and the distances of the carriage from the scale at the point of the measurements. The scale and the drive system may be positioned on opposite guideways. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150109 | CALIBRATION PROCEDURE FOR RIVET HEIGHT GAGES - A method, apparatus, and computer usable program product for calibrating rivet height gages. In one embodiment, the process calculates a size of sphere required to create a sphere-based ring gage to simulate a contact point between a rivet height gage and a sharp edge of a specified sharp-edged ring gage. The process identifies an expected protrusion height from a top of the rivet height gage to a reference surface formed by tops of a set of spheres of the size of sphere required to simulate the contact point. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150110 | Method of using a bipolar transistor as a self-calibrated thermometer and/or temperature sensor - This invention relates a method to use a bipolar transistor as temperature sensor and/or self-calibrated thermometer which is immune to errors generated by parasitic elements as resistances and ideality factors and their evolution. In this invention the product of the collector current values I | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150111 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CALIBRATION MAPS FOR AN ALGORITHM OF ESTIMATION OF A CONTROL QUANTITY OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - Described herein is a method for optimizing a plurality of calibration maps for an algorithm of estimation of a control quantity of an internal combustion engine, each of the maps comprising a plurality of calibration values of said control quantity estimated by said algorithm. The optimization method comprises measuring the control quantity, estimating the control quantity, and individually optimizing each calibration map based on the measured control quantity and the estimated control quantity. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150112 | SCAN METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TESTING CHIP HAVING MULTIPLE CORES - A method of testing chips for manufacturing defects or operational based defects. The method may be used with any chip having logically function elements, including chips having multiple cores configured to be physically and logically identical. The method may be used to limit the total number of bits required to test the cores by demultiplexing and/or compacting the bits provided to the cores and/or outputted from the cores during a scan test. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150113 | MODULE FOR MEASURING PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES LINKED TO EXERCISE, SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES LINKED TO EXERCISE AND INCLUDING THE MODULE, AND METHOD OF APPLYING THE MODULE - Provided are a module, for measuring physical attributes linked to exercise, comprising: a pad that is attachable or wearable to the body of a person; a signal sensing unit installed on the pad to sense at least one type of physical attributes signal that changes according to motions of the body; and a transmitting unit transmitting the physical attributes signal sensed by the signal sensing unit, a system including the module, and a method of applying the module. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150114 | ACTIVITY MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - An activity monitor, comprises housing for attachment to a person; at least one accelerometer disposed within the housing; and a processor disposed within the housing, for processing signals from the accelerometer to assess activity of the person. A method assesses activity of a person, including: sensing acceleration at a first location on the person; processing the acceleration, over time, to assess activity of the person; and wirelessly communicating information indicative of the activity to a second location. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150115 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, MOBILE SPEED DETECTING METHOD USED IN THE DEVICE AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A mobile terminal device, which is capable of suppressing lowering of a resultant speed when speed data cannot be correctly measured by a rake receiver due to control of AFC or the like, is provided. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150116 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY SETTING INITIALLY-ESTIMATED ROTATIONAL FREQUENCY IN MOTOR FREQUENCY MEASURING SYSTEM - A method automatically sets initially-estimated rotational frequency for a motor frequency measuring system based on pulse signals output from an encoder. Initially, a counter is reset to zero, and a count threshold and an initially-estimated rotational frequency are set. The possible motor frequencies are divided into multiple frequency ranges with specific starting frequencies. A pulse width threshold is set according to the initially-estimated rotational frequency. A new motor frequency is calculated by the count threshold and a corresponding elapsed time. The initially-estimated rotational frequency is set to be a frequency in a frequency range higher than the new motor frequency. Therefore, the initially-estimated rotational frequency can be adaptively set according to an updated frequency measurement. Moreover, the count threshold can be monotonously increased with the updated frequency measurement to enhance measurement accuracy. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150117 | METHOD OF DETERMINING THE DIMENSIONS OF A MAILPIECE - A method of determining the dimensions of a mailpiece by means of a portable measuring device having a housing provided with an opening having a side reference surface along which the mailpiece is guided under a position sensor in a first pass along a first dimension of the mailpiece, after which pass a value for the first dimension of the mailpiece is determined by a processing unit and is communicated to a franking system to which the portable measuring device is connected, and in a second pass along a second dimension of the mailpiece, after which pass a value for the second dimension of the mailpiece is determined by the processing unit and is communicated to the franking system. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150118 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE WIRELESS TRACKING AND CONTROL - A method and system for determining a secondary mileage estimate for a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes measuring a travel speed of the vehicle over a period of time; integrating the current speed over said period of time to generate a secondary mileage estimate; and at least one of storing said secondary mileage estimate or transmitting said secondary mileage estimate to a server. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150119 | MEASURED VALUE TRANSFORMATION METHOD AND MEASURED VALUE TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM - A plurality of first measured values (x | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150120 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING USER PREFERENCE - A method and apparatus for predicting content preferences of an active user with reference to content preferences of other users that are similar to those of the active user, the method including: measuring similarity ratios of the active user and other users using an overlapping ratio of use of content items commonly used between the active user and the respective other users; generating a recommender list for the active user based on the measured similarity ratios; and predicting a preference rating of the first user with respect to an unused content item based on a preference rating of an other user included in the recommender list with respect to the unused content item. Accordingly, the similarity ratio between the users can be accurately measured so that reliability of a preference rating prediction system can be increased. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150121 | PERFORMANCE MONITORING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR FLUID MACHINERY - A performance monitoring apparatus for a fluid machinery which includes a predicted performance curve calculator for obtaining a curve representing the relationship between a pressure coefficient and a flow coefficient by non-dimensional characteristics per a plural fluid control quantities from a compression ratio or a pressure difference and an inlet flow rate of the fluid machinery, and a performance monitoring calculator for obtaining an actual performance head from fluid control quantities, a suction pressure, a discharge pressure, a suction temperature, a compression coefficient, a gas average molecular weight, and a specific heat ratio at the time of the operating fluid machinery, and obtaining a predicted performance head from a predicted performance curve, fluid control quantities, and an inlet flow rate; and calculating a performance degradation from the ratio of the predicted performance head to the actual performance head. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150122 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING A FAN INTERFACE OF A MOTHERBOARD - A system for testing a fan interface on a motherboard is provided. A fan simulator receives a PWM signal from a fan interface of the motherboard, converts the PWM signal to a TACH signal and outputs the TACH signal to a computer via the fan connector. A difference between the actual rotation speed from the TACH signal and a preset desired rotation speed of the fan simulator is determined and analyzed by comparing the difference with a preset allowable error margin. A related method is also provided. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150123 | METHOD OF LAYING OUT A DATA CENTER USING A PLURALITY OF THERMAL SIMULATORS - A method is provided for facilitating installation of one or more electronics racks within a data center. The method includes: placing a plurality of thermal simulators in the data center in a data center layout to establish a thermally simulated data center, each thermal simulator simulating at least one of airflow intake or heated airflow exhaust of a respective electronics rack of a plurality of electronics racks to be installed in the data center; monitoring temperature within the thermally simulated data center at multiple locations, and verifying the data center layout if measured temperatures are within respective acceptable temperature ranges for the data center when containing the plurality of electronics racks; and establishing the plurality of electronics racks within the data center using the verified data center layout, the establishing including at least one of reconfiguring or replacing each thermal simulator with a respective electronics rack. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150124 | MODEL BASED WORKFLOW FOR INTERPRETING DEEP-READING ELECTROMAGNETIC DATA - One embodiment of the invention involves a method for determining whether an electromagnetic survey will be able to distinguish between different subsurface conditions in an area that includes developing a three-dimensional electromagnetic property model of the area, and simulating an electromagnetic response of a field electromagnetic data acquisition system using the three-dimensional electromagnetic property model to determine if expected differences in an electromagnetic response of a electromagnetic data acquisition system are within detectability limits of the system. Another embodiment involves a model-based method of inverting electromagnetic data associated with a subsurface area that includes developing a three-dimensional electromagnetic property model of the area, and restricting changes that may be made to the model during the electromagnetic data inversion process. Other related embodiments of the inventive method are also described and claimed. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150125 | Computer Method and Apparatus for Chaining of Model-To-Model Transformations - Computer method, apparatus and system chains model-to-model transformations. In a series of model transformations, there are respective bridges before and after each model transformation. For each pair of consecutive model transformations in the series, the respective bridge (i) receives a model output from a first model transformation of the pair, the received model being in the respective output model format of the first model transformation of the pair, (ii) prepares the received model as input to a second model transformation of the pair, including preparing the received model to be in the respective input model format of the second model transformation of the pair, and (iii) inputs the prepared model to the second model transformation of the pair. The series of model transformations and respective bridges provide chaining of the model-to-model transformations. Each model transformation in the series is able to be separately configured. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150126 | System and method for sparse gaussian process regression using predictive measures - An improved system and method is provided for sparse Gaussian process regression using predictive measures. A Gaussian process regressor model may be construction by interleaving basis vector set selection and hyper-parameter optimization until the chosen predictive measure stabilizes. One of various LOO-CV based predictive measures may be used to find an optimal set of active basis vectors for building a sparse Gaussian process regression model by sequentially adding basis vectors selected using a chosen predictive measure. In a given iteration, a predictive measure is computed for each of the basis vectors in a candidate set of basis vectors and the basis vector with the best predictive measure is selected. The iterative addition of basis vectors may stop when predictive performance of the model degrades or no significant performance improvement is seen. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150127 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR NUMERICAL BLACK OIL DELUMPING - A method for black oil delumping is disclosed which comprises: converting a black oil wellstream into a compositional wellstream thereby enabling the composition and component molar rates of a production well in a black oil reservoir simulation to be reconstituted. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150128 | Method for detecting people of interest from information sources - A method for detecting people of interest from information sources. Method performs automatic community model generation based on uni-parity data. Correlation analysis is employed to identify links within the community. Method may be particularized for solving specific problems, for example, such as determining the activities between individuals within a money laundering ring. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150129 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING HEATED AIRFLOW EXHAUST OF AN ELECTRONICS SUBSYSTEM, ELECTRONICS RACK OR ROW OF ELECTRONICS RACKS - Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating simulation of heated airflow exhaust of an electronics subsystem, electronics rack or row of electronics racks. The apparatus includes a thermal simulator, which includes an air-moving device and a fluid-to-air heat exchanger. The air-moving device establishes airflow from an air inlet to air outlet side of the thermal simulator tailored to correlate to heated airflow exhaust of the electronics subsystem, rack or row of racks being simulated. The fluid-to-air heat exchanger heats airflow through the thermal simulator, with temperature of airflow exhausting from the simulator being tailored to correlate to temperature of the heated airflow exhaust of the electronics subsystem, rack or row of racks being simulated. The apparatus further includes a fluid distribution apparatus, which includes a fluid distribution unit disposed separate from the fluid simulator and providing hot fluid to the fluid-to-air heat exchanger of the thermal simulator. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150130 | SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR DEVELOPMENT, CONTROL, PROGRAMMING, SIMULATION, AND EMULATION OF FIXED AND RECONFIGURABLE LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES - A software system for development, control, programming, simulation, and emulation of fixed, software-configurable, software-reconfigurable, and software-controlled Lab-on-a-chip (“LoC”) devices. Files may be used to specify LoC configurations for models, emulation, and fabrication, and scripts can be implemented to control numerical simulations as well as physical emulations of modeled LoC devices. Other features include a control software design tool, fabrication design systems, and an authoring/editing tool for specification files. In some cases, an active data visualization system provides visualizations of real-time data generated by past and current simulations and emulations. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150131 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING DIAGNOSTICS REGARDING UNDERLYING ROOT CAUSES IN TURBINE ENGINES - A method for performing diagnostics for an engine comprises the steps of identifying an engine component as potentially being related to operational data of an engine, calculating a deviation from a thermodynamic model, and comparing the deviation with root cause deviation measures. The deviation relates the engine component to an adjustment to the thermodynamic model with respect to a variable of the thermodynamic model, based at least in part on the operational data. Each root cause deviation measure relates one of a plurality of potential root causes to the thermodynamic model with respect to the variable of the thermodynamic model. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150132 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING MULTIPLE GROUND STATION RANGING FOR SPACECRAFT - A spacecraft emulation system for emulating the operation of a spacecraft and the operation of a plurality of ground stations is coupled to spacecraft status and control clients that request connections to one of the plurality of simulated ground station ranging and tracking servers. The connection requests are made to a common address with a port address that is unique to a specific ground station. Separate range servers and tracking servers are instantiated for each ground station and return data specific to the ground station. The spacecraft emulation system determines ranging and tracking data for the plurality of simulated ground stations but supplies said data on a ground station by ground station basis. The status and control system transparently determines which ground station is simulated. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150133 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULATING ONE OR MORE OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ELECTRONICS RACK - Apparatus and method are provided for facilitating simulation of one or more operating characteristics of an electronics rack. The apparatus includes a rack frame, one or more air-moving devices associated with the rack frame, and an adjustable heat source associated with the rack frame. The one or more air-moving devices establish airflow through the rack frame from an air inlet side to an air outlet side thereof, wherein the established airflow through the rack frame is related to airflow through the electronics rack to be simulated. The adjustable heat source heats air passing through the rack frame, with heated air exhausting from the air outlet side of the rack frame simulating heated air exhausting from the electronics rack. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150134 | Simulating Patient-Specific Outcomes - The invention encompasses systems, methods, and apparatus for predicting clinical outcomes and monitoring an individual's response to a therapeutic regimen. The invention further encompasses methods for predicting cardiovascular risk based a genetic marker status and methods for modifying a computer to reflect genetic data and for incorporating genetic markers into a virtual population. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150135 | METHOD FOR MODELING PERFORMANCE OF EMBEDDED PROCESSORS HAVING COMBINED CACHE AND MEMORY HIERARCHY - A method allocating firmware objects between different types of memory in a product model based on a frequency of access of each firmware object in trace data. The allocated firmware objects and trace data are used to simulate the performance of the product model. Memory access statistics obtained during the simulation may be used to analyze product model performance in the frequency and time domains. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150136 | DYNAMIC-BASED VERIFICATION APPARATUS FOR VERIFICATION FROM ELECTRONIC SYSTEM LEVEL TO GATE LEVEL, AND VERIFICATION METHOD USING THE SAME - In this invention, the instrumentation circuit or instrumentation code is added to the original design by the verification software, which is executed in a computer. The simulation consists of a front-end simulation and a back-end simulation. The front-end simulation can use an equivalent model at different abstraction level, or a simulation model for the back-end simulation. The back-end simulation uses the simulation result of front-end simulation so that it can run one or more simulation runs sequentially or in parallel. Or models at lower level of abstraction are simulated together with a model at higher level of abstraction in parallel using two or more simulators. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150137 | Method for generating performance evaluation model - A method for generating performance evaluation model may be provided which executes, by using first models of function modules which are described in a transaction level, a first simulation of system operation at the transaction level between the function modules, records transactions which are generated in the first simulation per function module, executes, by using second models of the function modules which are described in a hardware level, a second simulation of circuit operation of each of the function modules to determine a delay time of each function module of the recorded transactions, and assigns information of the delay time to the first model and generating a third model per function module. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150138 | Apparatus and method for analyzing circuit - In an aspect of the present invention, a circuit analyzing method includes: generating an analysis object circuit model by connecting a package model as a lumped parameter circuit model of a package, a noise source model as a lumped parameter circuit model of a noise source circuit, a noise-receiving circuit model as a lumped parameter circuit model of a noise-receiving circuit, and a substrate model as a lumped parameter circuit model of a substrate between the noise source circuit and a noise-receiving circuit; and performing a circuit simulation to the analysis object circuit model to calculate a power supply voltage waveform in the noise-receiving circuit. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150139 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSLATING A SPEECH - There is provided a method for translating a speech, includes recognizing the speech into a text which includes a long sentence containing a plurality of simple sentences, segmenting the long sentence into the simple sentences, and translating each simple sentence into a sentence of a target language. A long sentence segmentation module is inserted between the speech recognition module and the machine translation module in the method, wherein the long sentence in the text recognized can be split into several simple and complete sentences. In this way, difficulties in translation are relieved, and translation quality is improved. Further, there is also provided a user interface which allows the user to modify the segmentation results conveniently. The modifying operations of the user are recorded to update the segmentation model online to improve the effect of the automatic segmentation step by step. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150140 | EFFICIENT STEMMING OF SEMITIC LANGUAGES - A system for stemming words of Semitic languages, the system including an affix scanner configured to scan a word of a Semitic language for at least one affix according to a predefined scanning sequence and determine if at least one predefined scanning criterion is met, and a stemmer configured to remove the affix from the word if the predefined scanning criterion is met. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150141 | Method and system for learning second or foreign languages - The present invention provides a method for providing linguistically interesting terms to a user, the method comprising processing a received digital text by a natural language processing technology, and then comparing the processed digital text with a linguistically interesting term database with a plurality of predetermined linguistically interesting terms. When the processed digital text has at least one predetermined linguistically interesting term, then at least one predetermined linguistically interesting term is extracted and is identified in a display. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150142 | BEHAVIOR DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, BEHAVIOR LEARNING APPARATUS AND METHOD, ROBOT APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM RECORDED WITH PROGRAM - A robot includes a knowledge acquisition unit for extracting words from external instruction information, a network construction unit for constructing a network from the extracted words and updating weightings between the words, and a behavior determination unit for determining a behavior on the basis of a word network in which relationships between the words are weighted on a network. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150143 | MDCT domain post-filtering apparatus and method for quality enhancement of speech - A post-filtering apparatus and method for speech enhancement in a modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) domain are disclosed. In the apparatus and method, previous and current MDCT coefficients are used for obtaining a speech spectrum coefficient similar to a real speech spectrum, and a convex function is used for transforming the speech spectrum coefficient and obtaining a post-filter coefficient so that difference can increase in the case where the speech spectrum coefficient is small but decrease in the case where the coefficient is large. Then, the post-filter coefficient is applied to the MDCT coefficient. With this configuration, both the current and previous MDCT values are used, so that it is possible to obtain a spectrum coefficient similar to the real speech spectrum and to obtain a more accurate filter coefficient. Further, the coefficient is adaptively transformed through the convex function, thereby enhancing speech quality. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150144 | Robust voice detector for receive-side automatic gain control - A voice detector improves voice output quality. The voice detector may be incorporated into a cellphone, hands-free car phone, or any other device that provides voice output. The voice detector provides excellent voice output quality even when signal dropouts and other significant signal artifacts are present in the received signal. Not only does the high quality voice output improve the listening experience, it also benefits downstream processing systems that further process the voice signal. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150145 | Learning word segmentation from non-white space languages corpora - Illustrative embodiments provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for learning word segmentation from non-white space language corpora. In one illustrative embodiment, the computer implemented method receives text input characters and calculates a ratio-measure for each pair of characters in the input characters. The computer implemented method further determines whether the ratio-measure of each pair of characters is equal to a predetermined threshold value. Responsive to determining the ratio-measure is less than the predetermined threshold value, and a local-minimum value, the computer method further identifies the pair as a weak pair and breaks the weak pair of characters. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150146 | MICROPHONE ARRAY BASED SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND TARGET SPEECH EXTRACTING METHOD OF THE SYSTEM - A microphone-array-based speech recognition system using a blind source separation (BBS) and a target speech extraction method in the system are provided. The speech recognition system performs an independent component analysis (ICA) to separate mixed signals input through a plurality of microphone into sound-source signals, extracts one target speech spoken for speech recognition from the separated sound-source signals by using a Gaussian mixture model (GMM) or a hidden Markov Model (HMM), and automatically recognizes a desired speech from the extracted target speech. Accordingly, it is possible to obtain a high speech recognition rate even in a noise environment. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150147 | RECORDING AUDIO METADATA FOR STORED IMAGES - A method of processing audio signals recorded during display of image data from a media file on a display device to produce semantic understanding data and associating such data with the original media file, includes: separating a desired audio signal from the aggregate mixture of audio signals; analyzing the separated signal for purposes of gaining semantic understanding; and associating the semantic information obtained from the audio signals recorded during image display with the original media file. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150148 | VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND MEMORY PRODUCT - A voice recognition apparatus can reduce false recognition caused by matching with respect to the phrases composed of a small number of syllables, when it performs a recognition process, by a pronunciation unit, for voice data based on voice produced by a speaker such as a syllable and further performs recognition by a method such as the Word Spotting for matching with respect to the phrases stored in the phrase database. The voice recognition apparatus performs a recognition process for comparing a result of the recognition process by a pronunciation unit with the extended phrases obtained by adding the additional phrase before and/or behind the respective phrases. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150149 | Identifying far-end sound - Frames containing audio data may be received, the audio data having been derived from a microphone array, at least some of the frames containing residual acoustic echo after having acoustic echo partially removed therefrom. Probability distribution functions are determined from the frames of audio data. A probability distribution function comprises likelihoods that respective directions are directions of sources of sounds. An active speaker may be identified in frames of video data based on the video data and based on audio information derived from the audio data, where use of the audio information as a basis for identifying the active speaker is controlled by determining whether the probability distribution functions indicate that corresponding audio data includes residual acoustic echo. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150150 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A HANDHELD DEVICE BY VALIDATING VOICE SOUNDS - A method for controlling access to a handheld device ( | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150151 | Audio processing apparatus, audio processing system, and audio processing program - Disclosed herein is an audio processing apparatus for processing a plurality of pieces of audio data of sounds picked up by a plurality of microphones. The apparatus includes: a speaker identification section configured to identify a speaker based on the audio data; a simultaneous speech section identification section configured to, when at least first and second speakers have been identified, identify speech sections during which the first and second speakers have made speeches, and identify a section during which the first and second speakers have made the speeches at the same time as a simultaneous speech section; and an arranging section configured to separate audio data of the first speaker and audio data of the second speaker from the simultaneous speech section, and allow the audio data of the first speaker and the audio data of the second speaker to be outputted at mutually different timings. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150152 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST SEARCH IN CALL-CENTER MONITORING - A method and apparatus for indexing one or more audio signals using a speech to text engine and a phoneme detection engine, and generating a combined lattice comprising a text part and a phoneme part. A word to be searched is searched for in the text part, and if not found, or is found with low certainty is divided into phonemes and searched for in the phoneme parts of the lattice. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150153 | GRAPHEME-TO-PHONEME CONVERSION USING ACOUSTIC DATA - Described is the use of acoustic data to improve grapheme-to-phoneme conversion for speech recognition, such as to more accurately recognize spoken names in a voice-dialing system. A joint model of acoustics and graphonemes (acoustic data, phonemes sequences, grapheme sequences and an alignment between phoneme sequences and grapheme sequences) is described, as is retraining by maximum likelihood training and discriminative training in adapting graphoneme model parameters using acoustic data. Also described is the unsupervised collection of grapheme labels for received acoustic data, thereby automatically obtaining a substantial number of actual samples that may be used in retraining. Speech input that does not meet a confidence threshold may be filtered out so as to not be used by the retrained model. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150154 | Method and system of generating and detecting confusing phones of pronunciation - A method of generating and detecting confusing phones/syllables is disclosed. The method includes a generating stage and a detecting stage. The generating stage includes: (a) input a Mandarin utterance; (b) partition the Mandarin utterance into segmented phones/syllables and generate the most likely route in a recognition net via Forced Alignment of Viterbi decoding; (c) compare the segmented phones/syllables with a Mandarin acoustic model; (d) determine whether a confusing phone/syllable exists; (e) add the confusing phone/syllable into the recognition net and repeat step (b), (c), and (d) when the confusing phone/syllable exists; (f) stop and output all generated confusing phones/syllables to a confusing phone/syllable file when a confusing phone/syllable does not exist. The detecting stage includes: (g) input a spoken sentence; (h) align the spoken sentence with the recognition net; (i) determine the most likely route of the spoken sentence; and (j) compare the most likely route of the spoken sentence with the target route of the spoken sentence to detect pronunciation error and give high-level pronunciation suggestions. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150155 | KEYWORD EXTRACTING DEVICE - The present invention aims at extracting a keyword of conversation without preparations by advanced anticipation of keywords of conversation. A keyword extracting device of the present invention includes an audio input section | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150156 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A NATURAL LANGUAGE VOICE USER INTERFACE IN AN INTEGRATED VOICE NAVIGATION SERVICES ENVIRONMENT - A conversational, natural language voice user interface may provide an integrated voice navigation services environment. The voice user interface may enable a user to make natural language requests relating to various navigation services, and further, may interact with the user in a cooperative, conversational dialogue to resolve the requests. Through dynamic awareness of context, available sources of information, domain knowledge, user behavior and preferences, and external systems and devices, among other things, the voice user interface may provide an integrated environment in which the user can speak conversationally, using natural language, to issue queries, commands, or other requests relating to the navigation services provided in the environment. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150157 | SPEECH PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A word dictionary including sets of a character string which constitutes a word, a phoneme sequence which constitutes pronunciation of the word and a part of speech of the word is referenced, an entered text is analyzed, the entered text is divided into one or more subtexts, a phoneme sequence and a part of speech sequence are generated for each subtext, the part of speech sequence of the subtext and a list of part of speech sequence are collated to determine whether the phonetic sound of the subtext is to be converted or not, and the phonetic sounds of the phoneme sequence in the subtext whose phonetic sounds are determined to be converted are converted. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150158 | Portable Networked Picting Device - A portable picting device automatically converts an audio signal from a microphone into a digital data stream, parses a series of words from the digital data stream, and detects any words that match tags in a tag/image database. An image corresponding to the matching tag(s) is then retrieved and transmitted to a display. The images may be stored on a remote network, such as the Internet. In the illustrative embodiment the display is integrated into an article of clothing such as a shirt. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150159 | Voice Searching for Media Files - A consumer electronic device has a controller, a speech processing circuit, and a memory to store media files such as audio or video files. The device allows the user to use his or her voice to fast-forward or rewind through the media file to a desired position. Particularly, the device searches one or more selected media file for an audible sound such as a keyword or phrase uttered by the user. If the device locates the audible sound, the device renders the media file having the audible sound starting from that position. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150160 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PERFORMING SPEECH RECOGNITION USING GESTURES - Embodiments of the present invention improve methods of performing speech recognition using human gestures. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a speech recognition method comprising detecting a gesture, selecting a first recognition set based on the gesture, receiving a speech input signal, and recognizing the speech input signal in the context of the first recognition set. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150161 | SYNCHRONIZING PARAMETRIC CODING OF SPATIAL AUDIO WITH EXTERNALLY PROVIDED DOWNMIX - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a binaural cue coding (BCC) scheme in which an externally provided audio signal (e.g., a studio engineering audio signal) is transmitted, along with derived cue codes, to a receiver instead of an automatically downmixcd audio signal. The cue codes are (adaptively) synchronized with the externally provided audio signal to compensate for time lags (and changes in those time lags) between the externally downmixed audio signal and the multi-channel signal used to generate the cue codes. If the receiver is a legacy receiver, then the studio engineered audio signal will typically provide a higher-quality playback than would be provided by the automatically downmixed audio signal. If the receiver is a BCC-capable receiver, then the synchronization of the cue codes with the externally provided audio signal will typically improve the quality of the synthesized playback. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150162 | STEREO ENCODING APPARATUS, STEREO DECODING APPARATUS, AND THEIR METHODS - A stereo audio encoding apparatus capable of preventing degradation of the sound quality of a decoded signal, while reducing the encoding bit rate. In the apparatus, a spatial information analyzing part ( | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150163 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTICHANNEL UPMIXING AND DOWNMIXING - Loudspeakers in domestic or automotive environments are rarely placed ideally with respect to the sources supplying them, and the stereo and surround images are seldom satisfying. According to the invention there is provided a method and apparatus for combining a precise knowledge about the relative positions of the loudspeakers that were intended (the virtual loudspeakers) and a precise knowledge about the actual placement of listening loudspeakers into a vector space that enables calculation of running corrections to the signals used in order to simulate the presence of the virtual loudspeakers. Specifically the corrections may comprise gain/attenuations determined based on the distances in vector space between the virtual and actual loudspeakers and delays determined from these distances. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150164 | TRI-MODEL AUDIO SEGMENTATION - Apparatus, methods, and machine readable media that segment audio streams based upon application of three models to the audio stream are disclosed. One method includes extracting audio features from an audio stream and identifying a set of candidate change points between segments of the audio stream based upon the extracted audio features. The method further includes discarding a candidate change point between a first segment and a second segment in response to determining that a single multivariate Gaussian model represents the extracted audio features of the first segment and the second segment better than a first multivariate Gaussian model represents the extracted audio features of the first segment and a second multivariate Gaussian model represents the extracted audio features of the second segment. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150165 | ENCODING AND DETECTING APPARATUS - An encoding data processing apparatus generates a marked version of an audio signal provided on an audio channel. The marked copy is generated by embedding data representative of a payload data word into the audio signal. The encoding data processing apparatus comprises a code word generator operable to generate a water mark code word from the payload data word and to read data representing the water mark code word into a shuffle data store. A shuffle processor is operable to generate pseudo randomly at least one address within an address space of the shuffle data store for each predetermined period and to read data representing part or parts of the water mark code word out from the data store at locations identified by the randomly generated address, and a data embedding processor operable to receive the audio signal and to embed the data representing the part or parts of the water mark code word read out from the shuffle data store into the audio signal for each predetermined period. In one example, the audio signal is one of a plurality of audio signals, each of which is provided on one of a plurality of audio channels of a media item, and the marked copy is generated by embedding the part or parts of the data representative of a payload data word into the audio signal of one or more of the audio channels. As such, even though different parts of the water mark code word may be embedded into the different audio channels, because of the pseudo-random generation of addresses, there is an increased likelihood that if there is a sufficient of the marked audio signal available, then the water mark code word can be recovered from the different audio channels or one of the audio channels. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150166 | HIRING PROCESS BY USING SOCIAL NETWORKING TECHNIQUES TO VERIFY JOB SEEKER INFORMATION - The present invention discloses a network accessible software application that includes an interface permitting a set of profile providers to input personal biographical information, which includes job history information and education information. The application can also include an interface enabling a set of commentators to view biographical information provided by the set of profile providers and to add input regarding this information. Software of the application can establish/calculate at least one verification score against the personal biographical information based at least in part upon the added input from the set of commentators. Further software can convey the personal information along with the verification score to a set of profile consumers. At least a portion of the commentators can have a social networking connection to the profile providers for whom the added input is provided. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150167 | METHOD FOR ORGANIZING DATA PRESENTED TO A USER IN A VEHICLE - A method for organizing data presented to a user in a vehicle includes monitoring, at a call center, a routine of the user. Monitoring takes into account a then-current day, a then-current time of day, a then-current vehicle location, and a point of interest associated with the routine. At least one point of interest parameter, a time of day parameter, a day parameter, and a vehicle location boundary is generated based on the user's routine. The method further includes recognizing that the user is outside the vehicle location boundary on a day associated with the day parameter and at a time associated with the time of day parameter. The call center generates at least one datum based on the at least one point of interest parameter and a then-current location of the vehicle, and transmits the at least one datum to a telematics unit operatively disposed in the vehicle. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150168 | Litigation document management - Software for litigation document management is communicably coupled with a rules repository. The example software is operable to identify a litigation matter. The software can then execute an electronic discovery process across a plurality of object types for the identified litigation matter to identify relevant objects using the rules repository, where the electronic discovery process operable to automatically discover relationships among a plurality of the relevant objects perhaps in response to user input. The software is further operable to place a legal hold on at least a first of the relevant objects. The software can then visualize information for at least a portion of the relevant objects. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150169 | Document acquisition and authentication system - A document acquisition and authentication system comprising a web-based application that on behalf of its users can automatically: a) collect Digital Documents, b) create standardized descriptive metadata related to each Digital Document, c) use that descriptive metadata to organize, sort, and filter the collected Digital Documents, d) collect and create evidence that third party users can use to judge the authenticity of particular Digital Documents, e) protect the users privacy during the collection, storage, and sharing of the Digital Documents. The web-based application provides users with functionalities including user management, Source management, automatic and manual document acquisition, and document management and sharing. The System can receive Digital Documents that users manually upload into it and it enables users to manually enter standardized descriptive metadata. The System can then automatically handle the other functions for the Digital Documents. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150170 | Method and apparatus for fraud reduction and product recovery - Certain exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for fraud reduction and/or product recovery. For example, in certain exemplary embodiments, a database includes a plurality of product entries, with each product entry having at least a status field associated therewith. A first interface to the database is configured to enable a first authorized user to add product entries and/or change the status identifiers of the product entries. A second interface to the database is configured to enable a second authorized user to input information regarding a product to be checked against the database to determine whether it was legitimately acquired. Product checking programmed logic circuitry is configured to determine whether the product to be checked was legitimately acquired. The second interface is further configured to provide an indication to the second authorized user whether the product was legitimately acquired. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150171 | Automatic e-mail delivery, mutli-media marketing software program - The present invention is a marketing program system that has a database storing critical action dates, inputted by individuals requesting information, that trigger automatic deliveries from program system users' media files and generic media files to requesting individuals. It is hosted on a server with protected login accessibility by participating businesses and has numerous functions to follow the logical progress from inquiry, sale and repeat business, continuing to serve the individual until they opt-out. The functions are triggered both automatically and/or manually by participating program users with cancellation and deletion capability. The program is customer friendly and intended to assist a customer or potential customer by delivering information requested in a timely manner. An individual must have access to a computer and e-mail address to receive the deliveries since the deliveries are primarily static or static & flash presentations, PDF documents, Word documents and other electronic media delivered via e-mail. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150172 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING PATIENT INFORMATION - A method of communicating a patient care message is disclosed. The method comprises inputting patient information into the patient care message; inputting an urgency indicator into the patient care message; inputting health condition information into the patient care message; transmitting the patient care message electronically, wherein the patient care message comprises the patient information, the urgency indicator, and the health condition information. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150173 | MEDICATION DISPENSING SYSTEM - A medication dispensing system provides convenient patient access to health care provider prescribed medications without traveling to an off-site retail pharmacy. A physician input system such as a PDA receives prescription information from the health care provider and communicates the prescription information to at least a prescription computer. The prescription computer performs at least one transaction with at least one insurance company system and subsequently determines the cash price owed by the patient for the medication. The prescription computer also causes a prescription label printer to print a prescription label to be affixed to the vial containing the filled prescription. A technician fills the prescription based on the prescription information and completes a transaction with the patient for the cash price owed on the prescription. An order computer uses the prescription information to order medications to replenish the medications prescribed from a medication wholesaler, and a report printer prints a log of the activity of the medication dispensing system. | 2009-06-11 |
| 20090150174 | Healthcare management system having improved printing of display screen information - A healthcare management system generates stylized reports of the physiological information from a display portion of the user interface using a pre-formatted report structure for each of a plurality of different display screens. | 2009-06-11 |
