30th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 53 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130191045 | Flow Meter Device and Method of Operation - A flow meter device is coupled to at least one sensor that measures a flow speed and provides status signals from which the flow speed can be determined. The flow meter receives and processes the flow measurement data provided by the at least one sensor. The at least one sensor is enabled at defined time instances for a defined interval time. The flow meter receives at least one status signal from the sensor each time the sensor is enabled and processes the status signals to generate a trigger event when certain conditions arise. A processing unit wakes up from a sleep mode when a trigger event is generated by the flow meter device. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191046 | Integrated, portable sample analysis system and method - An integrated, portable sample analysis system and method. A viscometer subsystem receives a first portion of a sample. A spectrometer subsystem receives a second portion of the sample. A syringe pump subsystem receives a third portion of the sample and is configured to urge the third portion of the sample through a filter which collects particles in the sample thereon. An x-ray analysis subsystem is configured to x-ray the particles. The x-ray analysis subsystem also receives a fourth portion of the sample in order to determine the composition of any dissolved material in the sample. A processing subsystem provides a report concerning the sample and its viscosity, physical properties, particulate count and size distribution, and the composition of particulate and dissolved elements in the sample. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191047 | ON-CHIP POLY-TO-CONTACT PROCESS MONITORING AND RELIABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - An on-chip poly-to-contact process monitoring and reliability evaluation system and method of use are provided. A method includes determining a breakdown electrical field of each of one or more shallow trench isolation (STI) measurement structures corresponding to respective one or more original semiconductor structures. The method further includes determining a breakdown voltage of each of one or more substrate measurement structures corresponding to the respective one or more original semiconductor structures. The method further includes determining a space between a gate and a contact of each of the one or more original semiconductor structures based on the determined breakdown electrical field and the determined breakdown voltage. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191048 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING DAMAGE TO A MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTION (MTJ) ELEMENT - A method of estimating damage to a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) element that includes providing an MTJ element having a magnetic barrier layer, the magnetic barrier layer having a periphery, a cross-sectional area and a thickness and comprising an inner region of undamaged magnetic barrier material and an outer region of damaged magnetic barrier material between the inner region and the periphery, determining a first value indicative of an electrical characteristic of the MTJ element, determining a second value indicative of the electrical characteristic that the MTJ element would have had if the outer region of damaged magnetic barrier material were not present and if the inner region of undamaged magnetic barrier material extended to the periphery, and calculating a value indicative of the size of the outer region of damaged magnetic barrier material from the first value and the second value. Also a computer configured to perform the method. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191049 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM THROUGH PARTIAL DISCHARGES ANALYSIS - A method for monitoring partial discharges in an electric power transmission system includes the steps of: detecting electric pulses from a component of the electric power transmission system, repeating a battery of different tests adapted to provide each a result indicative of partial discharge activity, the tests being continuously performed in succession one after the other in a preset period of time, each including a set of operations of acquisition and evaluations of the detected electrical pulses, and differing each other for a plurality of different combinations of values taken by test parameters used for executing the acquisition and evaluation operations; analyzing the results obtained with time by the batteries of tests executed at different execution times in the present period of time; and generating an alarm depending on the outcome of the analysis step. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191050 | METHOD OF LOCATING INTERNAL ARCING IN A GAS-INSULATED LINE AND AN ASSOCIATED DEVICE - A method and a device for locating internal arcing that occurs in a compartment (CP | 2013-07-25 |
20130191051 | DETECTION OF LOSS OR MALFUNCTIONS IN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS - The invention proposes a method for detecting loss or malfunctions in a meshed electrical distribution network. The method comprises a step of receiving average measured voltage values and average measured current values associated with one or more points of supply within the electrical distribution network, and a step of receiving average measured voltage values and average measured current values associated with a plurality of points of consumption within the electrical distribution network. Furthermore, the method comprises the step of calculating first conductivity parameters based on said received average measured voltage values and average measured current values and the step of receiving further average measured voltage values and average measured current values associated with said points of supply within the electrical distribution network. Still further the method comprises the steps of receiving further measured average voltage values and average current values associated with said points of consumption within the electrical distribution network and analyzing said further received average measured voltages and average measured currents using said calculated conductivity parameters to detect any deviations of measured currents values from calculated currents values with respect to a given point of consumption or point of supply. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191052 | REAL-TIME SIMULATION OF POWER GRID DISRUPTION - A method and system for monitoring the electric grid and predicting failures and/or other issues. Streams of data about a power grid are received from a plurality of remote power grid sensors and converted into a univariate time sequence. Anomaly patterns are identified in the univariate time sequence and analyzed or simulated to predict the power grid disruption. The anomaly patterns are compared to power disruption contingencies stored in a database to simulate and/or predict the present or future power disruption represented by the anomaly pattern. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191053 | INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CONSTANT CALIBRATION CAPABILITIES FOR HIGH ACCURACY MEASUREMENTS - An intelligent electronic device with constant calibration capabilities for high accuracy measurements and method thereof are provided. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191054 | DIGITAL CIRCUIT POWER MEASUREMENTS USING NUMERICAL ANALYSIS - Power consumed by a digital circuit that contains multiple sub-circuits may be computed. Each sub-circuit may include more than one transistor and have at least one input. A signal transition sensor may be connected to an input to each sub-circuit and configured to count the number of signal transitions at the input or to time the duration of a signal transition at the input. Weight information may be stored that is indicative of an amount of power that is being consumed by each sub-circuit based on a count that is counted by or a time duration that is timed by each signal transition sensor that is connected to an input of that sub-circuit. The amount of power being consumed by the digital circuit may be computed based on a count that is counted by or a time duration that is timed by each signal transition sensor and the weight information. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191055 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A management apparatus includes an obtaining part configured to obtain a first log data of a first electronic device that is capable of transmitting the first log data, a generating part configured to generate a second log data of a second electronic device that is unable to transmit the second log data, a calculating part configured to calculate a first power consumption amount consumed when the first and second electronic devices are used during a predetermined period, and an outputting part configured to output the power consumption amount calculated by the calculating part. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191056 | METHOD OF DETERMINING PWM VALUES FOR LED MODULES - A method for obtaining PWM values for an LED module having n LED chips from various color ranges, wherein n>1, wherein for each LED chip a PWM value for producing a target color value is obtained, is characterized in that a calibration measurement is performed in which the wave lengths (λ | 2013-07-25 |
20130191057 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPID DATA COLLECTION FROM PRESSURE SENSORS IN A PRESSURE SENSING SYSTEM - A system and method for the management of data collection from a pressure sensing apparatus. The system allows rapid measurement of pressure exerted upon a surface and may be useful in preventing bed sore development in a bed bound subject. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191058 | INTELLIGENT ANALYSIS METHOD OF LEAKAGE CURRENT DATA FOR CHIP CLASSIFICATION - An intelligent analysis method of leakage current data for chip classification is provided. The analysis method includes steps of: providing a plurality of given patterns to a chip and measuring a plurality of leakage currents of the chip corresponding to the given patterns; finding a minimum value of the leakage currents and deriving an uninfected process parameter according to the minimum value; calculating a plurality of σ-Iddq values based on the uninfected process parameter and the given patterns; and applying a clustering algorithm to the σ-Iddq values to classify whether the chip is a defect-free one. By employing the novel method, it is advantageous of high efficiency and precision without involving any threshold-value determination, visual inspection and/or pattern modification. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191059 | EARTH/GROUND CLAMP FOR MEASURING EARTH RESISTANCE OF ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS - An earth clamp for testing contact voltage, comprising a measuring circuit formed of a voltage inducing transformer and a current measuring transformer, adapted to be mutually coupled by an earth conductor whose earth impedance is to be measured, a microcontroller to deliver an alternating voltage to the voltage inducing transformer and, in response, to receive a reference voltage generated in the earth conductor and an earth current i | 2013-07-25 |
20130191060 | METHOD OF MEASURING A PHYSICAL PARAMETER AND ELECTRONIC INTERFACE CIRCUIT FOR A CAPACITIVE SENSOR FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - The method is for measuring a physical parameter via an electronic circuit connected to a two differential capacitor sensor having two fixed electrodes and a common moving electrode. The circuit supplies first and second digital measuring signals. Each measuring cycle consists on biasing fixed electrodes by a first biasing and a second biasing reverse of the first biasing, alternated with biasing the electrodes by the measuring voltage based on first and second digital signals. Each conversion starts by a small step value added to or subtracted from each digital signal in each cycle. If the successive identical amplifier output states counted or counted down by a counter is higher than a threshold, a large step value is added to or subtracted from the digital signals in each cycle. Re-adaptation to the small step value occurs when a sign change is detected in the counter, until the conversion end. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ESTIMATING/CALIBRATING TDC GAIN - A method of estimating gain of a time-to-digital converter (TDC) includes: capturing a TDC output sample; calculating a gradient in response to the TDC output sample; and adjusting a TDC normalizing gain based on the calculating step. Another method of calibrating gain of a TDC includes: capturing a phase error which is derived from a TDC output sample, a reference phase and a variable phase; calculating a gradient in response to the phase error; and adjusting a TDC normalizing gain based on the calculating step. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191062 | Domain Identification and Separation for Precision Measurement of Waveforms - A machine-implemented method for computerized digital signal processing obtains a digital signal from data storage or from conversion of an analog signal and determines, from the digital signal, Measuring Matrices (MM). Each measuring matrix has a plurality of cells, each cell having an amplitude corresponding to the signal energy in a frequency bin for a time slice. Cells in each measuring matrix having maximum amplitudes within a time slice are identified as maximum cells. Maxima that coincide in time and frequency are identified and a correlated maxima matrix (PMM) is constructed showing the coinciding maxima and the adjacent marked maxima are linked into partial chains. If only one MM is constructed, multiple types of maxima are identified to generate the (PMM). The partial chains are isolated by parameters for a single domain or multiple domains to identify partial chains and possible separation of complex compound waveforms in the digital signal. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191063 | MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND MOTION ANALYSIS METHOD - A motion analysis system includes first to N-th (N is an integer of 2 or more) sensor units which is attached to an object, an analysis unit which obtains a plurality of items of sampling data output from the sensor units, to analyze a motion of the object, a synchronization signal sending unit which transmits a first synchronization signal group including N first synchronization signals in order from the first to the N-th sensor unit, and transmits a second synchronization signal group including N second synchronization signals in order from the N-th to the first sensor unit, with respect to sensor unit, and a reference synchronization signal generation unit which generates a reference synchronization signal which is to be a reference with respect to the first to N-th sensor units, based on the first and second synchronization signal groups received by sensor unit. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191064 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WATER QUALITY SENSOR FAULTS USING SENSOR DATA - Disclosed in an apparatus and method for restoring sensor data faults remotely that are caused due to an impurity attached to a water quality sensor, by using sensor data, the apparatus including, a fault determining unit to determine whether the water quality sensor is faulty using fault related data when the sensor data received from a sensor node is an outlier value, and a cleaning device requesting unit to request operation of a cleaning device that removes an impurity of the water quality sensor when the water quality sensor is determined to be normal. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191065 | CLOCK FAULT DETECTOR - A method and apparatus for providing clock fault detection is presented. A first clock of a plurality of clocks on a printed circuit board (PCB) is designated as a reference clock. A reference clock counter is in communication with the reference clock, counting cycles of the reference clock. A counter is provided for each other clock of the plurality of clocks, each counter counting cycles of a respective clock. The reference clock counter and each of the counters are started at a same time. When the reference clock counter reaches a maximum count value the value of each of the counters is stored and a determination is made whether the stored values are expected values. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191066 | Dynamic Electric Power Line Monitoring System - A device and method of precise distance measurement of a transmission line to any object below it is disclosed, along with a network of such devices. The technique employs ultrasonic or laser sensor technology to measure the distance to the nearest object, be it vegetation or a crossing conductor below, and reports that distance wirelessly to the system operator or transmission asset owner. The ultrasonic measurement package may be part of a Transmission Line Security Monitor, which mounts to a transmission line conductor and is powered by the transmission line, transmitting the data by radio links. The technology is equally applicable to encroachment of objects from the side (for example, other transmission lines), as well as to other electrical lines, such as distribution lines, or to other sensing. A built-in transceiver allows the device to communicate with other devices and forward alerts from these devices in a daisy-chain fashion to the intended recipient. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191067 | Systems and Methods for Reliable Motion Control of Virtual Tour Applications - The present invention relates to systems and methods for reliably detecting motion control of mobile devices executing virtual tour applications. In one embodiment, a computerized mobile device reliably detects angular rotations. The mobile device includes a magnetometer for generating directional values representing the respective angular rotations. The mobile device detects abrupt change(s) in additional directional values relative to the prior directional values, and if an abrupt change in an additional directional value is detected, then an appropriate weight is assigned to the additional data value. In addition to generating directional values, the magnetometer may also generate corresponding magnitude values. The mobile device evaluates the corresponding magnitude values and if an amplitude of a magnitude value is greater than a threshold, then the mobile device decreases a confidence value associated with the corresponding directional value. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191068 | HEAD TRACKING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a head tracking system that determines an absolute head position of a user's head. The head tracking system comprises a first positioning system and a second positioning system. The first positioning system comprises a reference unit that is fixedly installed remote from the head and defining a first coordinate system. The first positioning system further comprises a positioning unit attached to the head and configured to communicate with the reference unit to establish position data including indicators indicating a head position in the first coordinate system when the positioning unit is within a field of view of the reference unit. The second positioning system comprises a digital compass attached to the head and configured to establish second position data including indicators indicating a head position in a second coordinate system. The head tracking system further comprises a head position determining module configured to determine the absolute head position based on at least one of the first position data and the second position data. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191069 | Adaptive Step Detection - A pedometer with a three-axis accelerometer provides reliable step counts while worn on the wrist. Three-axis accelerometer data is combined into a single combined data stream. Each positive slope region around an inflection point in the combined data stream that has positive slope, a magnitude that exceeds an amplitude threshold value and that spans a time period that exceeds a time threshold value is identified. Each negative slope region around an inflection point in the combined data stream that has negative slope, a magnitude that exceeds an amplitude threshold value and that spans a time period that exceeds a time threshold value is identified. A step count is incremented for each occurrence of an identified positive slope region that is separated by an identified negative slope region as a step. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191070 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING RAILROAD TIES - A system for inspecting railroad ties in a railroad track includes a light generator, an optical receiver and a processor. The light generator is oriented to project a beam of light across the railroad track while moving along the railroad track in a travel direction. The optical receiver is oriented to receive at least a portion of the beam of light reflected from the railroad track and configured to generate image data representative of a profile of at least a portion of the railroad track. The processor is configured to analyze the image data by applying one or more algorithms configured to find boundaries of a railroad tie and determine one or more condition metrics associated with the railroad tie. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191071 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC MODAL PARAMETER EXTRACTION IN STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS ANALYSIS - A system and method for automatic modal parameter extraction in structural dynamics analysis are disclosed. In one embodiment, a stabilization diagram of a structure is obtained using a frequency domain parameter extraction technique. The stabilization diagram is a graph of measured transfer functions which include stable poles of the structure for each modal order versus frequencies which include modal frequencies of each stable pole. Further, a user is allowed to input user modal parameters, such as a maximum damping ratio, maximum number of stable poles to be selected from the stabilization diagram, and minimum separation in frequency between consecutive stable poles. Furthermore, stable poles having a damping ratio less than or equal to the maximum damping ratio are obtained. A histogram having bins, with a width equal to the minimum separation in frequency, is obtained. Also, the modal parameter of the structure is automatically extracted using the histogram. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191072 | MODULAR REFRIGERATION UNIT HEALTH MONITORING - A method for modular refrigeration unit (MRU) health monitoring includes receiving log data on a log data input from the MRU by a MRU health monitor, the log data comprising a plurality of datapoints, each of the plurality of datapoints comprising a position of a control valve of the MRU and a corresponding time; determining by the MRU health monitor a plurality of MRU parameters from the log data; determining a plurality of MRU health flags based on the MRU parameters; adding the plurality of MRU health flags to determine an MRU health score; determining whether the MRU health score is higher than a replacement threshold; and indicating replacement of the MRU in the event the MRU health score is higher than the replacement threshold. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191073 | Evaluating Sprinkler Head Performance within a Turf Irrigation System - Systems and methods for evaluating individual sprinkler head performance within a turf irrigation system are disclosed. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191074 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A MISFIRE CONDITION IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - A method detects a “misfire” condition in an internal-combustion engine including a driving shaft and phonic wheel that is splined to the shaft and coupled to a sensor. The method comprises steps of: detecting intensity of a signal generated by passage of teeth of the wheel by the sensor, sampling the signal generated by the passage of the teeth, processing the sampled signal by applying a discrete Fourier transform, representing the sampled signal processed by a virtual phasor that represents in a vector form the signal that has been sampled and processed, determining a corresponding theoretical phasor for the virtual phasor that represents theoretical evolution of the signal that has been sampled and processed over time, comparing the theoretical phasor with the virtual phasor, and determining presence of a “misfire” condition by comparing the theoretical phasor with the virtual phasor that represents the signal that has been sampled and processed. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191075 | Status Tracking Method and Apparatus for Diagnostic Testing - A status tracker tracks the state of a patient during a diagnostic test sequence to eliminate redundant steps between diagnostic procedures. The status tracker maintains a list of preconditions required for each diagnostic procedure, reads a current patient status from a memory register and verifies the current setting of the patient status corresponding to a specific precondition. If the precondition is required and the current setting is not valid, the state tracker further formats a test preparation step corresponding to the precondition for display to instruct a patient technician to satisfy the precondition. Otherwise, if the precondition is not required and the corresponding setting is valid, the status tracker formats an instruction to reverse the corresponding patient status or condition. The status tracker additionally receives feedback indicating when a precondition has been satisfied or the corresponding patient status has been reversed, and updates the patient status in memory. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191076 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING, DIAGNOSTICS, AND PROGNOSTICS - A monitoring and diagnostic (M&D) center includes continuous monitoring systems (CMS) for one or more remote sites. Measurement data taken at the remote site(s) is used to generate and analyze output. An on-site validation tool performs diagnostics and prognostics with output generated over different periods of time with different algorithms to generate recommendations regarding hardware upgrades, design improvements, or modified maintenance schedule. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191077 | AUTOMATED BENCHMARKING OF SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE - Methods for automated benchmarking of views of one or more windows of an application. The methods analyzes content of a window to benchmark views in the window automatically once a target application and/or target window have been specified for benchmarking by a user. Benchmarking is performed without requiring the addition or modification of any code in the target application. Views of a window may be analyzed directly through the window or through a view list or view hierarchy associated with the window. In some embodiments, views of a window are benchmarked through the application that creates the window. In some embodiments, a window is benchmarked directly through a resource file that defines the window without use of an application. In some embodiments, the method benchmarks one or more commands of a data file. In some embodiments, one or more introspectable objects in a collection is automatically benchmarked. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191078 | OVERLAYING BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE DATA ON A PRODUCT DESIGN VISUALIZATION - In a method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable device having instructions for overlaying business intelligence data on product design visualization, one or more visualization data files with visualization data for rendering a visualization of an object are received, business intelligence data for the object is received, business intelligence data for a portion of the object is correlated to at least a portion of visualization data from the one or more visualization data files, a determination is made when the portion of the object is being rendered with the portion of the visualization data on the display screen, a determination is made that the portion of the object has associated business intelligence data, and an overlay of a visual indicator for business intelligence data is displayed onto at least a portion of the visualization for the object. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191079 | POROUS BLOCKER BAR FOR PLATE-FIN HEAT EXCHANGER - A plate-fin heat exchanger adapted to reduce thermal fatigue is described. The plate-fin heat exchanger includes a cold fluid pathway running along a first axis, a hot fluid pathway running along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and at least one porous blocker bar running along the first axis. The porous blocker bar includes a set of pores adapted to control the flow along the hot fluid pathway and coupled to an inlet of the hot fluid pathway. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191080 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDRESSING ASSEMBLY ISSUES DURING DESIGN AND ASSEMBLY PLANNING OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS - A method comprises using a computer system to acquire information for design and assembly planning of commercial aircraft. The computer system uses an assembly situation model to identify causes of issues with an assembly situation. The assembly situation model includes an initial state, a final state, and an assembly process for transitioning from the initial state to the final state. The computer system stores each cause in computer memory as a relational form of parameters. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191081 | CREATING A WELL PATH - A method or methods, and systems and computer program products for performing or executing such method(s), comprising developing a well plan based on a plurality of points in three-dimensional space, refining the well plan to remove noise, smoothing the refined well plan, adjusting resolution of the smoothed well plan, converting the resolution-adjusted well plan into a plurality geometric shapes, mapping the plurality of geometric shapes to ones of a plurality of drillable shapes via image processing and pattern recognition, and optimizing the mapped well plan by synthesizing into at least one drillable profile. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191082 | Method of Modelling Buildings on the Basis of a Georeferenced Image - A method of modelling real objects represented in an image of the terrestrial surface, in particular buildings, on the basis of a geographically referenced image, the image being produced by an aerial or space sensor associated with a physical picture-capture model, comprises at least the following steps: choosing a parametric model of the external surface of the said real object; for several suites of parameters of the said model: projecting the parametrized model into the image by applying the physical picture-capture model, and evaluating the fit between the projected model and the radiometric characteristics of the image; and determining the parameters of the model for which the fit is the best so as to model the said object with these parameters. The method of modelling applies notably to teledetection, digital geography, to the construction of urban 3D databases or their updating. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191083 | TECHNIQUES FOR CREATING POP-UP CARDS FROM 3D MODELS - One embodiment of the invention is a pop-up engine that generates a pop-up card from a sliced 3D graphics model. In operation, the pop-up engine processes a sliced 3D model to identify locations where the sliced 3D model is to attach to a plane surface of a pop-up card. For a given set of slices associated with a sliced 3D model, the pop-up engine identifies at least two slices that intersect at a folding line of the plane surface. The pop-up engine then identifies locations on the slices that are the farthest from the folding line. The pop-up engine marks the identified locations as connection points, where the 3D model is to attach to the plane surface. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191084 | EVALUATING FIT OF AN EARPIECE BASED ON DYNAMIC DATA - The attenuation and other optical properties of a medium are exploited to measure a thickness of the medium between a sensor and a target surface. Disclosed herein are various mediums, arrangements of hardware, and processing techniques that can be used to capture these thickness measurements and obtain dynamic three-dimensional images of the target surface in a variety of imaging contexts. This includes general techniques for imaging interior/concave surfaces as well as exterior/convex surfaces, as well as specific adaptations of these techniques to imaging ear canals, human dentition, and so forth. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191085 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING PATIENT-SPECIFIC INSTRUMENTATION FOR CHONDRAL GRAFT TRANSFER - A system for creating a patient-specific instrument model for chondral graft plugging comprises a bone model generator for producing a bone/cartilage model of an articular region of a bone from images thereof. A defect geometry identifier identifies a graft geometry from a defect region of said bone/cartilage model. A donor locator locates an autograft at a donor site or identifies an allograft from a database, using said bone/cartilage model and the graft geometry. A patient-specific instrument model generator creates a model of a graft-plugging patient-specific instrument from said bone/cartilage model, and the graft geometry, the graft-plugging patient-specific instrument model comprising a bone/cartilage interface surface shaped as a function of the bone/cartilage model for the at least one graft-plugging patient-specific instrument to be selectively positioned on the bone/cartilage to pose the autograft or the allograft at the defect region. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191086 | Facilitating the Design of Information Technology Solutions - A method includes determining an anticipated usage pattern for an information technology system and a desired service level for the information technology system. The method includes determining a utilization saturation point for the information technology system and selecting a number of servers in the information technology system. The method also includes calculating one or more performance characteristics for the information technology system based on the anticipated usage pattern, the desired service level, the utilization saturation point, and the number of servers and comparing the one or more performance characteristics for the information technology system with one or more desired performance characteristics for the information technology system. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191087 | METHOD OF CALCULATING DYNAMIC PRESSURE AT THE LEVEL OF AN AIRCRAFT SURFACE - The invention is aimed at a method simulating the aerodynamic flow around an aircraft, so as to detect the aerodynamic loads exerted on a predetermined surface of the aircraft. The method includes a phase of determining a value denoted QA of global dynamic pressure at the level of the predetermined surface of the aircraft. The method includes steps of carrying out simulations of aerodynamic flow around the predetermined surface of the aircraft for given environmental conditions, on the basis of a mesh produced around the shape of the aircraft, determining a local dynamic pressure qA around the predetermined surface of the aircraft, and then calculating the global dynamic pressure QA. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191088 | MUSIC SEARCHING METHODS BASED ON HUMAN PERCEPTION - A method for characterizing a musical recording as a set of scalar descriptors, each of which is based on human perception. A group of people listens to a large number of musical recordings and assigns to each one many scalar values, each value describing a characteristic of the music as judged by the human listeners. Typical scalar values include energy level, happiness, danceability, melodicness, tempo, and anger. Each of the pieces of music judged by the listeners is then computationally processed to extract a large number of parameters which characterize the electronic signal within the recording. Algorithms are empirically generated which correlate the extracted parameters with the judgments based on human perception to build a model for each of the scalars of human perception. These models can then be applied to other music which has not been judged by the group of listeners to give to each piece of music a set of scalar values based on human perception. The set of scalar values can be used to find other pieces that sound similar to humans or vary in a dimension of one of the scalars. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191089 | Energy Usage in Injection Molding Simulations - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for determining energy indicator values for a plurality of thermoplastic materials. An energy indicator value represents expected energy requirements for performing an injection of the material in a mold cavity. An injection of each of a plurality of thermoplastic materials in a first modeled mold cavity is simulated. A respective value of a first expected energy parameter is determined for each of the plurality of thermoplastic materials based on the simulated injections. A respective energy indicator is determined, for each of the plurality of thermoplastic materials, based at least on the corresponding value of the first expected energy parameter. The respective energy indicator value of one or more of the plurality of thermoplastic materials is presented. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191090 | Iterative Inversion of Data from Simultaneous Geophysical Sources - Method for reducing the time needed to perform geophysical inversion by using simultaneous encoded sources in the simulation steps of the inversion process. The geophysical survey data are prepared by encoding ( | 2013-07-25 |
20130191091 | Machine, Computer Program Product and Method to Carry Out Parallel Reservoir Simulation - A machine, computer program product, and method to enable scalable parallel reservoir simulations for a variety of simulation model sizes are described herein. Some embodiments of the disclosed invention include a machine, methods, and implemented software for performing parallel processing of a grid defining a reservoir or oil/gas field using a plurality of sub-domains for the reservoir simulation, a parallel process of re-ordering a local cell index for each of the plurality of cells using characteristics of the cell and location within the at least one sub-domain and a parallel process of simulating at least one production characteristic of the reservoir. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191092 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING PRIMARY TIME CONSTANT OF POWER GRID - A method for calculating a primary time constant of a power grid. It comprises the steps of: establishing an electromechanical transient model of the power grid using the widely used power system analysis software package (PSASP) according to the actual power grid parameters and network topology; establishing an electromagnetic transient model under PASAP using the actual power grid parameters for a site which requires the calculation of the primary time constant of the power grid, and setting a ground short circuit fault at the site; obtaining a transient short circuit current of the short circuit point of the power grid using a hybrid simulation method of the electromechanical and electromagnetic transient models; filtering out a periodic component in the transient short circuit current to obtain a non-periodic component attenuated with time, and finding the attenuation time constant of the non-periodic component which is the primary time constant of the power grid. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191093 | SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING NEW INDUSTRIAL PLANT OPERATIONAL READINESS COSTS - Systems and methods of estimating a plant owner readiness are presented. When a plant owner is preparing for a phase deliverable of a plant construction project (e.g., ownership or operating of the plant), the readiness of the owner can be determined. Furthermore, the cost of achieving readiness can be estimated based on attributes of the plant under construction and based previous plant construction project checklists or readiness models. Contemplated systems can also recommend a readiness plan along with a likelihood of plan success. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191094 | WORK CONTENT CREATION APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND WORKFLOW CREATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A work content creation apparatus that carries out: deriving a motion range for a component that moves from animation data representing movement in 3-dimensional space of a component with a component name for work subject to processing, and based on a motion pattern and a motion condition stored in a first storage section, deriving a motion condition relationship to motion pattern of the component in the motion range; based on a correspondence relationship stored in a second storage section, deriving a work name corresponding to the motion condition relationship to motion pattern; and based on a correspondence relationship stored in a third storage section, deriving work content corresponding to the work name and the component name as work content of work performed on the component. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191095 | SIMULATION OF A GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENON - A method for simulating a geological phenomenon which resulted in the formation of a geological region, comprising the following steps:
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20130191096 | FLUID DISTRIBUTION METHOD FACILITATING COOLING OF ELECTRONICS RACK(S) AND SIMULATING HEATED AIRFLOW EXHAUST OF ELECTRONICS RACK(S) - 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. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191097 | ERYTHROPOIETIC STIMULATING AGENT (ESA) DOSAGE DETERMINATION - An Erythropoietic Stimulating Agent (ESA) dosing system/method determines patient-specific ESA therapies for patients affected by insufficient hemoglobin production that may benefit from ESA treatment. The ESA dosing system includes a model that represents a process by which red blood cells are produced in humans. The model may include one or more parameters, the values of which are patient-specific. The model takes into account patient-specific historical hemoglobin (Hgb) data and corresponding historical ESA dosage data to estimate the patient-specific values of the model parameters, and determines a target therapeutic dose of the ESA that may maintain the patient's Hgb within a target range. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191098 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SIMULATIONS OF COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS USING GENE EXPRESSION INDEXING IN COMPUTATIONAL MODELS - A method has been developed for using genome-wide transcription profile (i.e., gene-expression level) values to derive a gene expression index used as a kinetic value for every biological reaction and process assigned to each and every gene. This kinetic value is used in computational biology programs, i.e., mathematical models integrating genome, transcriptome, proteome, reactome, fluxome, metabolome, physiome, and phenome, in any combination, for simulations or theoretical systematic analyses of all life forms. This approach allows a model to be generated for any individual organism at any state of life, health condition, or disease/traumatic process. The model can include any or all biological reactions and processes, because an exact kinetic value becomes available; and, thereby, the outcomes represent stable or dynamic states of the individual organism at the time the biological specimen or sample was collected. Model systems without and with regulatory steps and mechanisms can be used to assess the present state of the specimen or sample and an acute response to an intervention within the system for the former and to predict some future state or status of treatment by testing single or multiple interventions within the regulated, dynamically responsive system for the latter; providing a prognostic value. Additionally, for multicellular organisms, the model can be tissue or cell type specific, depending on the source of the sample. Because of this capability, combined simulations can be generated with subsets of cells/tissues/organs/organ systems represented in a single model, in essence a reconstruction of the partial or complete organism in a single (or separate but integrated) computational model(s). Because all gene-expression values become available with genome-wide transcriptomic methods, surrogate tissue or cell samples can be used to predict other cells, tissues, or whole organism-level status; a utility essential for personalized individual medical care and history recording. This hierarchical computational approach is based upon the assumption that the transcriptome drives the reactome; and the proteome and metabolome, and other organism-level functions thereby effected, are resultant accompaniments to this basic integrative process in all organisms. If the genome and gene annotation (function) are known, or once they become known, for an organism and the transcriptome can be generated (even if from the genome of another related species, e.g., bovine genome used for buffalo), then this method can be used to generate a computational model representing that organism, inclusive of all living domains, Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. The secondary data sets generated by the simulations are used for commercial and health care or promotion purposes of maximized yield or biomass production, health monitoring for improvement or sustained quality (for plants and animals, as well as smaller multicellular or unicellular organisms, such as insects and parasites, and microbes in ecological and environmental management, toxicology, agriculture, horticulture, and health management in general), bioremediation and biomining of pollutants, toxic substances, and precious metals, metabolic management for weight control, biomarker identification for commercial value (e.g., novel biofuels and sources), disease identification and management for prognosis, drug target identification, development, and testing, wound and tissue healing, overcoming drug resistances of bacteria, fungus, and cancer cells, development of novel singular or multiple therapies to individualize cancer treatments to the patient and specific molecular characteristics of the cancer cells or for treatment of metabolic disorders, and, in general, any biology-based approach to impact the improvement of humankind where study and testing of cellular based specimens is included. Additionally, the linking of the biological reactions to the life-sustaining and life-reproducing processes within the simulations generates data sets on individuals and ever increasing numbers of group samples in diverse categories in order that more global applications such as epidemiology, ecobiology, longitudinal growth and development analytics, and population dynamics studies can be implemented and performed. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191099 | PROCESS FOR GENERATING A COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM INCLUDING INFORMATION ON THE FUNCTIONING OF A JOINT - A process for generating a computer-accessible medium including information on the functioning of a joint includes the following steps: (i) obtaining an image dataset with the aid of a radiological examination of the joint, (ii) building a computer model of the joint using the image dataset, (iii) performing a biomechanical or kinematic simulation using the computer model and determining one or more biomechanical or kinematic simulation results, and (iv) receiving the biomechanical or kinematic simulation results as a multimedia object and integrating the multimedia object with a computer-accessible medium. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191100 | BLOOD FLOW COMPUTATION IN VESSELS WITH IMPLANTED DEVICES - A method for modeling blood flow through a flow diverter includes receiving a medical image containing blood vessels. Vessel geometry is extracted from the received medical image. Inlets and outlets are tagged within the extracted vessel geometry. A desired flow diverter is selected. A model of the selected flow diverter is generated within the imaged blood vessel, the model representing the flow diverter as a tube having a porous surface characterized by a viscous resistance and an inertial resistance. A course of blood flow though the flow diverter is predicted based on the generated model, the extracted vessel geometry, and the tagged inlets and outlets. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191101 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING MUSCLE FORCE THROUGH DYNAMIC GAIN OPTIMIZATION OF A MUSCLE PID CONTROLLER - Systems and methods for determining muscle force are presented. Proportional, integral, and derivative control is used to simulate muscle forces for multiple muscles contributing to a kinematic profile. The simulated muscle forces arc modified by dynamic gains that are calculated in order to achieve a muscle recruitment objective such as minimizing collective muscle effort while still achieving the kinematic motion. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191102 | Apparatus and Method for Simulating a Target - An apparatus for simulating a target at a variable distance and speed includes a transceiver, isolators, a signal delayer, a wave mixer and a signal attenuator. The isolators receive a signal from the transceiver. The signal delayer receives the signal from the isolators and accordingly simulates a delay value at a distance. The wave mixer is connected to the signal delayer. A Doppler shift is introduced into the apparatus through the wave mixer. The signal attenuator is connected to the isolators and the wave mixer for producing an adjustable attenuated signal corresponding to a variable distance. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191103 | System and Method of Waveform Analysis to Identify and Characterize Power-Consuming Devices on Electrical Circuits - Waveform analysis is performed to identify and characterize power-consuming devices operating on a building electrical circuit. Current waveforms are measured from the building circuit with electrical devices operating thereon. The waveforms are separated into wavelets and analyzed to identify a representative wavelet model which is transmitted to a server for analysis. The server compares the representative wavelet model to a predictive model built from waveform signatures of known electrical devices operating on a circuit. When the predictive model matches the representative wavelet model, the electrical devices contributing to the representative wavelet, their operating mode(s) (e.g., “on”, “off”, “paused”, “hibernating”) and/or their performance state(s) (e.g., normal operation, deterioration, or failure modes) can be identified. This information can be communicated as feedback to the consumer to facilitate more efficient and more cost-effective energy usage. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191104 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MODELING ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS - A system, method and computer program product for modeling electronic circuits via a sparse solution, or a sparse representation of a recurrent single or multi kernel support vector regression machine is provided. In one embodiment, the sparse representation may be attained, for example, by limiting a number of training data points for the method involving support vector regression. Each training data point may be selected based on the accuracy of a non-recurrent or fully recurrent model using an active learning principle applied to the non-successive or successive (time domain) data. A training time may be adjusted, for example, by (i) selecting how often one or more hyperparameters are optimized; or (ii) limiting the number of iterations of the method and consequently the number of support vectors. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191105 | VIRTUAL SYSTEMS TESTING - According to exemplary embodiments, a computer program product for testing virtual systems includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method comprises randomly selecting commands from a pool of commands, generating by a computer a test sequence from the randomly selected commands and simulating performance of the test sequence for a simulated virtual system that is a model of a virtual system. The method also includes recording simulated results of the simulated performance, performing the test sequence on the virtual system, recording actual results of the test sequence being performed on the virtual system, and determining by a computer if the virtual system is operating properly based on a comparison of the simulated results to the actual results. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191106 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEPLOYING INDUSTRIAL PLANT SIMULATORS USING CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES - A system and method for operating a remote plant simulation system is disclosed. The system and method uses a light application at the plant to collect relevant data and communicate it to a remote plant simulation. The remote plant simulation uses the relevant data, including data from the actual process, to create a process simulation and communicate the display data to the light application operating at the plant where it is displayed to a user. The remote system offers the advantage of offering decreased cost and improved simulation as the equipment cost, operator cost and set up cost is shared by a plurality of users. Further, the data may be stored remotely and subject to data analytics which may identify additional areas for efficiency in the plant. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191107 | MONITORING DATA ANALYZING APPARATUS, MONITORING DATA ANALYZING METHOD, AND MONITORING DATA ANALYZING PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to improve prediction accuracy for a performance value of a monitoring target system even if the performance value is substantially different for each of patterns of use. A monitoring data analyzing apparatus includes a regression-model recalculating section 14 configured to combine regression models, which are generated for each of a plurality of groups into which log data including monitoring data in a monitoring target system set as a target of performance management is classified, using the log data belonging to the groups corresponding to the regression models and test target log data, which is the log data set as a target of a performance test, to recalculate the regression models. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191108 | Translation of a Selected Text Fragment of a Screen - Disclosed is a method for translating text fragments displayed on a screen from an input language into an output language and displaying the result. Translation may use electronic dictionaries, machine translation, natural language processing, control systems, information searches, (e.g., search engine via an Internet protocol), semantic searches, computer-aided learning, and expert systems. For a word combination, appropriate local or network accessible dictionaries are consulted. The disclosed method provides a translation in grammatical agreement in accordance with grammatical rules of the output language in consideration of the context of the text. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191109 | Translating Sentences Between Languages - A method and computer system for translating sentences between languages from an intermediate language-independent semantic representation is provided. On the basis of comprehensive understanding about languages and semantics, exhaustive linguistic descriptions are used to analyze sentences, to build syntactic structures and language independent semantic structures and representations, and to synthesize one or more sentences in a natural or artificial language. A computer system is also provided to analyze and synthesize various linguistic structures and to perform translation of a wide spectrum of various sentence types. As result, a generalized data structure, such as a semantic structure, is generated from a sentence of an input language and can be transformed into a natural sentence expressing its meaning correctly in an output language. The method and computer system can be applied to in automated abstracting, machine translation, natural language processing, control systems, Internet information retrieval, etc. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191110 | METHOD FOR CHARACTER CORRECTION - A computer program product is provided and includes a non-transitory tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and on which instructions are stored for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes enabling retrieval of a keyboard pressed sequence of characters of a first type, permitting a re-selection of characters of a second type, which are associated with the keyboard pressed sequence of the characters of the first type and permitting modification of the keyboard pressed sequence of the characters of the first type to initiate a search for and retrieval of characters of the second type. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191111 | LANGUAGE IDENTIFICATION FOR DOCUMENTS CONTAINING MULTIPLE LANGUAGES - Multiple nonoverlapping languages within a single document can be identified. In one embodiment, for each of a set of candidate languages, a set of non-overlapping languages is defined. The document is analyzed under the hypothesis that the whole document is in one language and that part of the document is in one language while the rest is in a different, non-overlapping language. Language(s) of the document are identified based on comparing these competing hypotheses across a number of language pairs. In another embodiment, transitions between non-overlapping character sets are used to segment a document, and each segment is scored separately for a subset of candidate languages. Language(s) of the document are identified based on the segment scores. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191112 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING LANGUAGE OF TEXT IN A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - Incoming e-mails, instant messages, SMS, and MMS, are analyzed by a handheld electronic device to identify the language of text. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191113 | USER OPINION EXTRACTION METHOD USING SOCIAL NETWORK - A user opinion extraction method that includes: searching for social network groups that respectively have made one or more connections to a site having a domain that relates to software to be developed using a search module; analyzing structures of social networks for the retrieved social network groups using an analysis module; selecting a social network group from which user opinions are to be extracted based on a result of the analysis and collecting user opinions from SNS sentences that are mutually transmitted and received between a plurality of nodes within the selected social network group using a collection module; calculating degrees of influences of the collected user opinions on the social network group using a calculation module; and extracting at least one user opinion from among the collected user opinions in order of a higher degree of the influence on the social network group using an extraction module. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191114 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING UNIVERSAL COMMUNICATION - Provided is a system for providing universal communication, by generating a universal communication signal including a frequency component including light, a sound, a language, a dialect, an electromagnetic wave, and a vibration, by recording/storing the generated universal communication signal, and by converting an input signal into a universal communication signal, to enable communication between a human and a communication media or a non-human entity. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191115 | Methods and Systems for Transcribing or Transliterating to an Iconphonological Orthography - Described are methods of developing an iconographical, phonological, orthography for any spoken language. Such “iconophonological” orthographies can be applied to languages for which no written form exists, or can be used to supplement or replace extant writing systems. The iconicity of the orthographies represents features of the vocal tract, which limits the number of icons to easily learned sets. This simplification, and the phonological correspondence between the icons and spoken language, makes the orthographies easy to learn. The orthographies can use letters that represent the linguistic characteristics of the spoken language. By incorporation of cultural aesthetics, some embodiments bring a sense of ethnic belonging, and thus create an immediate emotional bond with the orthography. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191116 | LANGUAGE DICTATION RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - Language dictation recognition systems and methods for using the same. In at least one exemplary system for analyzing verbal records, the system comprises a database capable of receiving a plurality of verbal records, the verbal record comprising at least one identifier and at least one verbal feature and a processor operably coupled to the database, where the processor has and executes a software program. The processor being operational to identify a subset of the plurality of verbal records from the database, extract at least one verbal feature from the identified records, analyze the at least one verbal feature of the subset of the plurality of verbal records, process the subset of the plurality of records using the analyzed feature according to at least one reasoning approach, generate a processed verbal record using the processed subset of the plurality of records, and deliver the processed verbal record to a recipient. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191117 | VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION IN PRESENCE OF BACKGROUND NOISE - In speech processing systems, compensation is made for sudden changes in the background noise in the average signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) calculation. SNR outlier filtering may be used, alone or in conjunction with weighting the average SNR. Adaptive weights may be applied on the SNRs per band before computing the average SNR. The weighting function can be a function of noise level, noise type, and/or instantaneous SNR value. Another weighting mechanism applies a null filtering or outlier filtering which sets the weight in a particular band to be zero. This particular band may be characterized as the one that exhibits an SNR that is several times higher than the SNRs in other bands. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191118 | NOISE SUPPRESSING DEVICE, NOISE SUPPRESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a noise suppressing device including a framing unit that frames an input signal, a band division unit that obtains a band division signal, a band power computation unit that obtains a band power from each band division signal, a noise determination unit that determines whether each band is stationary noise or non-stationary noise, a noise band power estimation unit that estimates a band power of noise of each band, a noise suppression gain decision unit that decides a noise suppression gain of each band, a noise suppression unit that obtains a band division signal whose noise is suppressed, a band synthesis unit that obtains a framed signal whose noise is suppressed, and a frame synthesis unit that obtains an output signal whose noise is suppressed. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191119 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM - From a mixed signal in which a first signal and a second signal are mixed, the second signal is removed at low processing cost and without delay. As a result, an estimated first signal which has low residue of the second signal and low distortion is obtained. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191120 | CONSTRAINED SOFT DECISION PACKET LOSS CONCEALMENT - Methods, systems, and apparatuses for performing packet loss concealment are disclosed. In response to determining that an encoded frame representing a segment of a signal is bad, an encoded parameter within the encoded frame is decoded based on bit information (such as soft bit information) associated with the encoded parameter to obtain a decoded parameter. Whether the decoded parameter violates a parameter constraint is determined. If a parameter constraint violation is detected, an estimate of the decoded parameter is generated. Either the decoded parameter or estimate of the decoded parameter is passed to a decoder for use in decoding the encoded frame. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191121 | DEVICES FOR REDUNDANT FRAME CODING AND DECODING - A method for redundant frame coding by an electronic device is described. The method includes determining an adaptive codebook energy and a fixed codebook energy based on a frame. The method also includes coding a redundant version of the frame based on the adaptive codebook energy and the fixed codebook energy. The method further includes sending a subsequent frame. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191122 | Voice Electronic Listening Assistant - The invention comprises music and information delivery systems and methods. One system comprises a voice activated sound system wherein a user speaks and the sound system recognizes the speech and searches an internet database like Rhapsody™ to obtain a list of matching audio files and display the list on a dashboard screen of a vehicle. The user is able to identify the audio file by voice activation and the system is configured to receive the audio file. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191123 | Automatic Door - In some implementations a storage device having a voice-recognition engine stored thereon is coupled to a microcontroller, a device-controller for an automatic door is operably coupled to the microcontroller. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191124 | VOICE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a voice processing apparatus including a feature quantity calculation section extracting a feature quantity from a target frame of an input voice signal, a sound pressure estimation candidate point updating section making each frame of the input voice signal a sound pressure estimation candidate point, retaining the feature quantity of each sound pressure estimation candidate point, and updating the sound pressure estimation candidate point based on the feature quantity of the sound pressure estimation candidate point and the feature quantity of the target frame, a sound pressure estimation section calculating an estimated sound pressure of the input voice signal, based on the feature quantity of the sound pressure estimation candidate point, a gain calculation section calculating a gain applied to the input voice signal based on the estimated sound pressure, and a gain application section performing a gain adjustment of the input voice signal based on the gain. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191125 | TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORTING SYSTEM AND TRANSCRIPTION SUPPORTING METHOD - A transcription supporting system for the conversion of voice data to text data includes a first storage module, a playing module, a voice recognition module, an index generating module, a second storage module, a text forming module, and an estimation module. The first storage module stores the voice data. The playing module plays the voice data. The voice recognition module executes the voice recognition processing on the voice data. The index generating module generates a voice index that makes the plural text strings generated in the voice recognition processing correspond to voice position data. The second storage module stores the voice index. The text forming module forms text corresponding to input of a user correcting or editing the generated text strings. The estimation module estimates the formed voice position indicating the last position in the voice data where the user corrected/confirmed the voice recognition. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191126 | Subword-Based Multi-Level Pronunciation Adaptation for Recognizing Accented Speech - Techniques are described for training a speech recognition model for accented speech. A subword parse table is employed that models mispronunciations at multiple subword levels, such as the syllable, position-specific cluster, and/or phone levels. Mispronunciation probability data is then generated at each level based on inputted training data, such as phone-level annotated transcripts of accented speech. Data from different levels of the subword parse table may then be combined to determine the accented speech model. Mispronunciation probability data at each subword level is based at least in part on context at that level. In some embodiments, phone-level annotated transcripts are generated using a semi-supervised method. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191127 | VOICE ANALYZER, VOICE ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM - A voice analyzer includes a plate-shaped body, a plurality of first voice acquisition units that are placed on both surfaces of the plate-shaped body and that acquire a voice of a speaker, a sound pressure comparison unit that compares sound pressure of a voice acquired by the first voice acquisition unit placed on one surface of the plate-shaped body with sound pressure of a voice acquired by the first voice acquisition unit placed on the other surface and determines a larger sound pressure, and a voice signal selection unit that selects information regarding a voice signal which is associated with the larger sound pressure and is determined by the sound pressure comparison unit. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191128 | CONTINUOUS PHONETIC RECOGNITION METHOD USING SEMI-MARKOV MODEL, SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING THE SAME - A continuous phonetic recognition method using semi-Markov model, a system for processing the method, and a recording medium for storing the method. In and embodiment of the phonetic recognition method of recognizing phones using a speech recognition system, a phonetic data recognition device receives speech, and a phonetic data processing device recognizes phones from the received speech using a semi-Markov model. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191129 | Information Processing Device, Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition Method, and Program - System and method for performing speech recognition using acoustic invariant structure for large vocabulary continuous speech. An information processing device receives sound as input and performs speech recognition. The information processing device includes: a speech recognition processing unit for outputting a speech recognition score, a structure score calculation unit for calculation of a structure score that is a score that, with respect for each hypothesis concerning all phoneme pairs comprising the hypothesis, is found by applying phoneme pair-by-pair weighting to phoneme pair inter-distribution distance likelihood and then performing summation, and a ranking unit for ranking the multiple hypotheses based on a sum value of speech recognition score and structure score. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191130 | SPEECH SYNTHESIS METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A speech synthesis method for an electronic system and a speech synthesis apparatus are provided. In the speech synthesis method, a speech signal file including text content is received. The speech signal file is analyzed to obtain prosodic information of the speech signal file. The text content and the corresponding prosodic information are automatically tagged to obtain a text tag file. A speech synthesis file is obtained by synthesizing a human voice profile and the text tag file. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191131 | ELECTRONIC BOOK WITH VOICE EMULATION FEATURES - A method and system for providing text-to-audio conversion of an electronic book displayed on a viewer. A user selects a portion of displayed text and converts it into audio. The text-to-audio conversion may be performed via a header file and pre-recorded audio for each electronic book, via text-to-speech conversion, or other available means. The user may select manual or automatic text-to audio conversion. The automatic text-to-audio conversion may be performed by automatically turning the pages of the electronic book or by the user manually turning the pages. The user may also select to convert the entire electronic book, or portions of it, into audio. The user may also select an option to receive an audio definition of a particular word in the electronic book. The present invention allows a user to control the system by selecting options from a screen or by entering voice commands. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191132 | VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A vehicle-to-vehicle communication device generates voice information that includes a voice message and added information regarding an output of the voice message. The voice information is transmitted in one direction of a subject vehicle via a transmission unit, and voice information from another vehicle is received via a reception unit. The vehicle-to-vehicle communication device plays the voice message of the voice information received by the reception unit based on the added information of the voice information. In such manner, information regarding a travel situation is appropriately transmitted by the vehicle-to-vehicle communication device. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191133 | APPARATUS FOR AUDIO DATA PROCESSING AND METHOD THEREFOR - An apparatus for audio data processing and a method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes a processing unit and an audio decoder. The processing unit receives an audio data stream, and the audio data stream includes a first frame header that complies with a communication protocol and an audio data encoded in an audio compression format. The processing unit parses the audio data stream to split the first frame header and the audio data, generates at least one frame information according to the first frame header, and acquires a second frame header according to the frame information. Here, the second frame header complies with an international audio and video coding standard. The audio decoder is coupled to the processing unit, receives the second frame header and the audio data from the processing unit, and decompresses the audio data according to the second frame header. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191134 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING AN AUDIO SIGNAL USING A SHAPING FUNCTION - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for decoding an audio signal using a shaping function. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the method for decoding an audio signal comprises the following steps: taking frame data of the audio signal as an input; restoring a fixed codebook of the frame data using a random function; calculating a shaping function using an adaptive codebook of the frame data; shaping the restored fixed codebook using the shaping function; and synthesizing the audio signal from the frame data using the shaped fixed codebook and adaptive codebook. According to the present invention, the fixed codebook may be restored using the shaping function calculated on the basis of the adaptive codebook upon the occurrence of frame data loss, thus emphasizing a pitch period and reducing the influence of the fixed codebook between the pitch periods so as to reduce the degradation in the quality of the synthesized signal. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191135 | System, Method and Computer Program Product for Enabling a Customer to Select a Care Path for Treatment of a Medical Indication, to Select Providers Based on Quality and Cost and to Estimate Medical Costs - In one embodiment, disclosed herein is a method for selecting a treatment care path. The method includes receiving identification of a health condition and at least one medical outcome after treatment of the health condition. Further, the method includes identifying at least one medical treatment to achieve the medical outcome, the treatment care path including the at least one or medical treatment. Additionally, the method includes identifying one or more treatment options for each of the at least one medical treatment; and providing a cost estimate for each of the one or more treatment options. Finally, the method includes optimizing the treatment care path by, for each of the at least one medical treatments, selecting one or more treatment options based on the cost estimate thereof. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191136 | Provider Data Management and Routing - A provider data management and routing system comprising a provider data consolidation and routing unit configured to consolidate healthcare provider data for a plurality of payers and to route the consolidated healthcare provider data to the payers, a provider interface coupled to the provider data management and routing unit and configured to forward the healthcare provider data to the provider data management and routing unit, and a plurality of payer interfaces coupled to the provider data management and routing unit and configured to receive the managed and routed healthcare provider data from the provider data consolidation and routing unit. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191137 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONICALLY PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - The present invention relates to a method for electronically prescribing controlled substances on a wide area network that includes a health care provider system (HCP system), an electronic prescription system (EP system), a third party identification validation system (third party IDV system), and a pharmacy system, and includes: a) the EP system receiving from the HCP system an electronic prescription entered by a provider for a controlled substance, a first identification factor, and a second identification factor; b) the EP system authenticating the first identification factor and transmitting the second identification factor to the third party IDV system for authentication; and c) upon the first identification factor being approved by the EP system and the EP system receiving approval of the second identification factor from the third party IDV system, the electronic prescription being certified for transmission to the pharmacy system as a certified electronic prescription for the controlled substance. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191138 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRNICALLY PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - The present invention relates to a method for electronically prescribing controlled substances on a wide area network that includes a health care provider system (HCP system), an electronic prescription system (EP system), a third party identification validation system (third party IDV system), and a pharmacy system, and includes: a) the EP system receiving from the HCP system an electronic prescription entered by a provider for a controlled substance, a first identification factor, and a second identification factor; b) the EP system authenticating the first identification factor and transmitting the second identification factor to the third party IDV system for authentication; and c) upon the first identification factor being approved by the EP system and the EP system receiving approval of the second identification factor from the third party IDV system, the electronic prescription being certified for transmission to the pharmacy system as a certified electronic prescription for the controlled substance. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191139 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONICALLY PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - The present invention relates to a method for electronically prescribing controlled substances on a wide area network that includes a health care provider system (MCP system), an electronic prescription system (EP system), a third party identification validation system (third party IDV system), and a pharmacy system, and includes: a) the EP system receiving from the HCP system an electronic prescription entered by a provider for a controlled substance, a first identification factor, and a second identification factor; b) the EP system authenticating the first identification factor and transmitting the second identification factor to the third party IDV system for authentication; and c) upon the first identification factor being approved by the EP system and the EP system receiving approval of the second identification factor from the third party IDV system, the electronic prescription being certified for transmission to the pharmacy system as a certified electronic prescription for the controlled substance. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191140 | CAREGIVER PROCESSES AND SYSTEMS - Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and systems for coordinating care for a care recipient among one or more caregivers. Caregivers can organize and assign tasks related to a diagnosis, illness, condition, behavior, living condition, etc. of a care recipient. Interactive systems and methods are disclosed that allow multiple caregivers to accomplish a plurality of tasks, generate care related reports, and/or monitor medication compliance. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191141 | Allocation of Financial Incentives for Employee Wellness Programs - System and method for providing participants, and in particular employees, a choice of how to allocate their non-typical benefits, i.e. earned reward amounts or incentives of an employee wellness program, and to manage these additional benefits in conjunction with other employee benefit programs such as health benefits, retirement benefits, 401(k) plans etc. in a manner that provides maximum benefit, interaction, and understanding of selected benefit allocation. The system provides increased user control to increase the perceived value of the rewards earned as well as increase to the participants' engagement in the behavior being incentivized. The system also provides a way to integrate various benefit programs providing a more user friendly and efficient system that encourages employee interaction and understanding. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191142 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING PATIENT REFERRALS - Practitioners are certified to perform a medical procedure, such as an orthodontic procedure. Certified practitioners are maintained in a referral directory and classified within tiers based on criteria such as the number of procedures that they have performed. Inquiries are solicited from prospective patients, and referral lists are provided to those patients who request them. The referral lists are obtained from the referral directory with doctors from higher tiers who have performed more procedures receiving preferential inclusion on the referral lists. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191143 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUGGESTING MEALS BASED ON TASTES AND PREFERENCES OF INDIVIDUAL USERS - A system and method for generating meal suggestion messages using an expert system and then pushing those suggestions to users. Meal suggestions are tailored to users based on their tastes and preferences. Users specify preferences related to a diet plan, food preferences, meal time preferences, and meal preparation preferences. An expert system considers each user's preferences and nutritional data to generate meal suggestion messages consistent with the user's preferences and dietary goals. Meal suggestions are pushed to the user according to the user's preferred time for eating each meal. The user can accept or reject the suggested meal or one or more foods within a suggested meal. For rejected meal suggestions, a meal substitution message is generated and sent. The expert system uses accepted and rejected meal suggestions to determine if certain foods or entire meals should no longer be recommended to individual users or to system users as a whole. | 2013-07-25 |
20130191144 | MEDICAL SUPPLY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MEDICAL SUPPLY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A medical supply management apparatus comprises a medical supply specifying unit configured to specify a medical supply carried in a specified carrying-in area, a discrimination unit configured to discriminate whether or not the medical supply specified by the medical supply specifying unit is included in a medical supply predetermined to be carried in the carrying-in area and an informing unit configured to inform the information needed to specify the medical supply that is not included in a medical supply predetermined to be carried in and the message that the medical supply carried in is not included in a medical supply predetermined to be carried in, when the medical supply which is not included in the medical supply predetermined to be carried in is carried in according to the discrimination result of the discrimination unit. | 2013-07-25 |