41st week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080247501 | FIFO REGISTER UNIT AND METHOD THEREOF - A FIFO register unit is provided, comprising a first sub-register unit, an input multiplexer and an output multiplexer. The first sub-register unit comprises a first register, a second register and a third register. The first register comprises an input terminal to receive a first input data. The second register receives data from the first register. The third register receives the first input data from the input terminal, data from the first register or data from the second register and determines one of them to output as a first output data. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247502 | System and methods for tomography image reconstruction - The present invention is a tomographic reconstruction algorithm, which is highly effective improving image quality and accuracy by reducing or eliminating artifacts within images produced by limited data tomography. Using algebraic reconstruction techniques (ART), depending on whether or not an object has higher or lower densities, a current threshold value is set to either a high or low threshold parameter and then decreased or increased, respectively, to reduce or eliminate the artifacts in a reconstructed image. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247503 | MEASURING BLOOD VOLUME WITH C-ARM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - A system and method of obtaining perfusion data for cerebral tissue is described. The system includes a C-arm X-ray device and a computing system configured to obtain sets of rotational projection X-ray data suitable for reconstructing 3D voxel data sets. A first data set is obtained of the patient, and then contrast material is injected into the vascular system to obtain a second 1 data set. A first voxel data set is subtracted from the second voxel data set, and the resultant data set is processed so as to segment the contrast-enhanced vasculature from the remaining data. The segmented voxels are subtracted from the resultant voxel data set, so as to yield a functional data set representing the difference between the attenuation of the tissues after administering contrast agent and the tissues prior to administering the contrast agent, without the contrast enhanced vasculature. The attenuation of the functional data set represents the perfusion or cerebral blood volume (CBV). | 2008-10-09 |
20080247504 | DUAL-FOCUS X-RAY TUBE FOR RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT AND ENERGY SENSITIVE CT - A CT system includes a rotatable gantry having an opening for receiving an object to be scanned, at least one x-ray source coupled to the gantry and configured to project x-rays toward the object, a detector coupled to the gantry and having a scintillator therein and configured to receive x-rays that pass through the object, and a generator configured to energize the at least one x-ray source. The system includes a controller configured to energize the generator to project a first beam of x-rays toward the object from a first focal spot position of an anode, the first beam of x-rays having a ray traversing a path through the object, acquire imaging data from the first beam of x-rays, position the at least one x-ray source such that a second beam of x-rays projected from a second focal spot position of the anode has a ray directed to traverse the path through the object, the second anode focal spot position different than the first anode focal spot position, energize the generator to project the second beam of x-rays toward the object, and acquire imaging data from the second beam of x-rays. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247505 | XRAY DEVICE FOR PLANAR TOMOSYNTHESIS - The present invention is claimed as an apparatus and a method for acquiring multi-angle images for a region of interest. The apparatus includes a x-ray source producing a beam of radiation; a surface to support the region of interest that moves the region of interest to at least two locations; and a x-ray detector located to receive a portion of the beam that has passed through the region of interest, the x-ray detector producing from the received portion of the beam an image. In another apparatus the surface that supports the region of interest and the detector move simultaneously while the x-ray source remains fixed. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247506 | System for carrying out and monitoring minimally-invasive interventions - There is described a system for carrying out and monitoring minimally-invasive interventions with an x-ray device, in which at least one x-ray emitter and a x-ray detector are attached to one or more robot arms of one or more multi-axis articulated-arm robots, with which they are able to be moved for recording images from different projection directions on a predeterminable path around a patient support facility. The system includes a control and evaluation unit with interfaces for catheters and devices for carrying out the minimally-invasive intervention. The control and evaluation unit is embodied for the processing of measurement and/or image data which it receives from the catheters and devices and for control of the catheters and devices for recording the measurement and/or image data. With the proposed system the workflow is covered completely and seamlessly from the examination to the therapy, especially in the treatment of tachycardial arrythmias. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247507 | Rebinning for Computed Tomography Imaging - A tomographic apparatus includes a radiation source ( | 2008-10-09 |
20080247508 | Bucky warmer with holder - A device used to warm a mammography machine comprises a warmer and a holder for the warmer. The holder includes an enclosed heating element and non-insulating filler material adjacent the heating element. The heating element is precisely regulated to ensure that the sensitive imaging elements are not damaged by an overtemperature condition, while at the same time permitting a rapid heating of the warmer for high cycle use. The warmer warms surfaces of the mammography machine that contacts human skin. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247509 | RADIATION IMAGE OBTAINING SYSTEM - (Problem) To obtain radiation images providing a tomogram which is higher in quality. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247510 | ORTHOVOLTAGE RADIOSURGERY - A radiosurgery system is described that is configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. In some embodiments, inflammatory ocular disorders are treated, specifically macular degeneration. In some embodiments, other disorders or tissues of a body are treated with the dose of radiation. In some embodiments, the target tissues are placed in a global coordinate system based on ocular imaging. In some embodiments, the target tissues inside the global coordinate system lead to direction of an automated positioning system that is directed based on the target tissues within the coordinate system. In some embodiments, a treatment plan is utilized in which beam energy and direction and duration of time for treatment is determined for a specific disease to be treated and/or structures to be avoided. In some embodiments, a fiducial marker is used to identify the location of the target tissues. In some embodiments, an eye is held with force and in alignment with the system. In some embodiments, the device automatically turns off with excessive movement outside of alignment along an axis of the eye. In some embodiments, radiodynamic therapy is described in which radiosurgery is used in combination with other treatments and can be delivered concomitant with, prior to, or following other treatments. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247511 | Method for detecting a mass density image of an object - A method for detecting a mass density image of an object. An x-ray beam is transmitted through the object and a transmitted beam is emitted from the object. The transmitted beam is directed at an angle of incidence upon a crystal analyzer. A diffracted beam is emitted from the crystal analyzer onto a detector and digitized. A first image of the object is detected from the diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer when positioned at a first angular position. A second image of the object is detected from the diffracted beam emitted from the crystal analyzer when positioned at a second angular position. A refraction image is obtained and a regularized mathematical inversion algorithm is applied to the refraction image to obtain a mass density image. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247512 | Sagittal Focusing Laue Monochromator - An x-ray focusing device generally includes a slide pivotable about a pivot point defined at a forward end thereof, a rail unit fixed with respect to the pivotable slide, a forward crystal for focusing x-rays disposed at the forward end of the pivotable slide and a rearward crystal for focusing x-rays movably coupled to the pivotable slide and the fixed rail unit at a distance rearward from the forward crystal. The forward and rearward crystals define reciprocal angles of incidence with respect to the pivot point, wherein pivoting of the slide about the pivot point changes the incidence angles of the forward and rearward crystals while simultaneously changing the distance between the forward and rearward crystals. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247513 | Radiographying system and radiation image detecting device - A radiographing system wherein, in the “Receiving” state of having received the radiographing order from one control terminal apparatus, an FPD does not receive other radiographing reservation, or in the “Receiving” state of having received the radiographing order from one control terminal apparatus, a management server does not receive any other radiographing order. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247514 | X-Ray Imaging Device - An apparatus includes: an imaging unit | 2008-10-09 |
20080247515 | Rotor - The invention concerns a rotor combining the advantages of a single-piece wheel, which, when it is operating, only exhibits a slight and constant variation in shape (expansion shift) in the guiding region of its path, with those of a rimmed rotor with spokes, enabling, by virtue of its light weight, the bearings to be easily arranged. Further, because of its tendency to exhibit a tensile stress higher than a bending load, the rotor provides for a wide selection of rotor materials. The rotor has at least one segment arranged on the hub, enclosing at least a closed recess. A preferred embodiment concerns a rotor comprising at least three rotor segments uniformly distributed, said segments having each two recesses, such that the regions of materials surrounding them are in the form of three spokes arranged substantially parallel. The inventive rotor is particularly suitable for receiving graphite crystals, in the form or a vibrating disc for a back-scattering spectrometer. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247516 | Cable Guiding for a Ceiling Support of an X-Ray Device - The invention relates to a ceiling support system for a movable component ( | 2008-10-09 |
20080247517 | Technique for providing a telecommunications user with a service based on the user's location - A broadband telecommunications carrier routes a location-based service call, e.g., an emergency service call, through a facility shared by an information/call center. This facility receives the call, along with information indicative of the location of the call originating device and, thus, the caller's location. Based on such location information, it searches a database for contact information concerning the location-based service provider, e.g., an emergency dispatch service provider, in proximity to the call-originating device location. The call is then transferred to the service provider based on the contact information identified in the database. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247518 | WEB COMMUNICATING DEVICE FUNCTIONED AS BRIEFING CONTROLLER - The invention discloses a web communicating device, within which a web communicating function and a briefing controller function are coexisted, and a central processing unit is provided for processing the voice signal of a web communication and the control signal of a briefing controller is a way, such that a priority choice may be made for handling either mode in time; according to the invention, an online communication may be made by dialing a keypad to receive an agreement of the counter part, and the message may be further displayed on a display by changing the voice frequency through a voice control module; under a briefing mode, the briefing page may be controlled by the keypad, one key of which can make a lighting module emit visible light, in the meantime, the coming communication being hold or rejected through a preset function. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247519 | METHOD FOR DIALOG MANAGEMENT - A spoken dialog system and method having a dialog management module are disclosed. The dialog management module includes a plurality of dialog motivators for handling various operations during a spoken dialog. The dialog motivators comprise an error handling, disambiguation, assumption, confirmation, missing information, and continuation. The spoken dialog system uses the assumption dialog motivator in either a-priori or a-posteriori modes. A-priori assumption is based on predefined requirements for the call flow and a-posteriori assumption can work with the confirmation dialog motivator to assume the content of received user input and confirm received user input. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247520 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING CALLS - A system and apparatus for managing calls to voice mail is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail system having a controller element that receives a call redirected away from a targeted communication device without providing the targeted communication device notice of the call responsive to a voicemail redirection request supplied by signaling information associated with the call. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247521 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VOICEMAIL DELIVERY - A system and method for voicemail delivery is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a voicemail system having a controller element to initiate a communication session with a communication device of a called party to supply one or more recorded voicemail messages. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247522 | PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE, TELEPHONE TERMINAL, AND TELEPHONE SYSTEM HAVING THE PRIVATE BRANCH EXCHANGE AND THE TELEPHONE TERMINAL - A PBX transmits a superimposed signal to telephones via internal lines, the signal being generated from a transmission data signal modulated and converted into an analog form and a transmission voice signal. The PBX also receives a superimposed signal from the telephones via the internal lines, the signal being generated from a reception data signal and a reception voice signal. The PBX then retrieves the reception data signal and the reception voice signal separately, and digitally converts and modulates the reception data signal. The telephones also have similar functions as those of the PBX and communicate with the PBX via the internal lines. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247523 | Multiple virtual telephones sharing a single physical address - A shared multi-user IP telephone device for receiving, based on SIP, calls transmitted over VoIP network, a system using such a device and method thereof. The shared multi-user IP telephone device includes a storage device for storing user profiles, an ID extraction portion for receiving from the VoIP network a SIP packet including at least the callee's ID, and extracting the ID contained in the SIP packet, and a personalized feature presentation portion for searching in the storage device for the user profile corresponding to the ID according to the extracted ID for presenting the corresponding personalized feature according to the search result. Thus it is possible for everyone using such a phone to receive directly the call for him/herself without anyone else or other device forwarding the call. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247524 | Method and System for Providing Computer-Network Related Information About a Calling Party - A method and system for providing computer-network related information about a calling party. First, the called party receives a telephone number of a calling party. The called party's customer premises equipment (CPE) or elements in a telephone network then use the telephone number to index a database, which contains combinations of telephone numbers and computer-network addresses. Once the calling party's computer-network address is retrieved, calling-party-customized information present at the computer-network location specified by the computer-network address can be sent to and displayed on the called party's CPE. Also, the calling party's telephone number can be sent to an application in the computer network, causing the calling-party-customized information to be automatically displayed on the called party's CPE. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247525 | GAME-ON-HOLD - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a call from a user at an endpoint, placing the user on hold in response to a particular event, and rendering one or more games that are playable by the user at the endpoint. The rendering of the one or more games enables the user to play one or more of the games while the user is on hold. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247526 | SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING OPERATIONS IN AN IMS NETWORK - A system for improving operations in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network is provided. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Telephone Number Mapping (ENUM) system having a controller element to receive from a terminating Serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) first contact information for a communication device and second contact information for the terminating S-CSCF. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247527 | Communication terminal apparatus - The present invention provides a communication terminal apparatus comprising: an application execution unit operable to perform prescribed operations for communications; an address book updating unit operable to update first party information included in an address book to second party information, the address book being stored on an address book storage medium and including one or more pieces of party information and one or more names in one-to-one correspondence; and an application information updating unit operable to update a piece of party information that is stored on an application information storage medium and the same as the first party information to the second party information according to the updating by the address book updating unit, the application information storage medium storing thereon one or more pieces of party information and being referred to by the application execution unit. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247528 | Method and system for providing an audio conference - A method and system for providing an audio conference includes receiving audio from a moderator via a circuit-switched telephone network, transmitting a representation of the audio to a first listener group via the circuit-switched telephone network, and transmitting a representation of the audio to a second listener group via a packet-switched network. The audio conference is preferably transmitted to the first listener group and the second listener group in real-time or near real-time (e.g., within a few seconds). Although the method and system could be used with any suitable circuit-switched telephone network, the method and system are preferably used with a public switched telephone network. Further, although the method and system could be used with any suitable packet-switched network, the method and system are preferably used with the Internet. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247529 | Incoming Call Classification And Disposition - Incoming calls or other messages are automatically categorized and handled based on information gleaned from one or more of the following sources: user location (available contact modes, available contact devices), user-specified preferences, a dialog with the caller, and direct interaction with the callee over a non-telephonic channel. Based on speech recognition of dialog information with the caller and one or more of presence or location information, static rules and direct callee interaction, the disposition of an incoming call is determined by an automated Personal Virtual Assistant. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247530 | Outgoing call classification and disposition - An automated intelligent component (the Personal Virtual Assistant or PVA) is located between a caller and a callee. A caller calls the PVA and directs the PVA to make one or more calls to one or more call recipients. Based on the information obtained from a voice or text dialog with the caller and a combination of other available informational sources, the disposition of an outgoing call is determined and acted upon by PVA. During the call the PVA remains available to take further actions at the request of the call participants. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247531 | Techniques for Populating a Contact List - The invention relates to a system, device, computer readable medium, and process for populating a contact list using a client device with service provider contact information based on location information. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247532 | Method and System for Representing Quantitative Properties in a Computer Program and for Validating Dimensional Integrity of Mathematical Expressions - A software method and system for efficiently representing values of quantitative properties, or dimensions, such as scientifically measured or computed quantities. Each quantitative dimension may be represented by a class defined in an object-oriented programming language. Each quantity of a dimension is represented by an object of the class representing the dimension objects may be used without knowledge of the internal representation of its objects. The class provides storage and computational efficiency comparable to that of using a computer's native numbers of the same range and precision as the quantities involved. The classes may include object constructors, arithmetic operators, and constants representing conventional units of measurement. Type-safe operators and functions in a mathematical expression accept quantity objects as arguments and compute objects as results. The method and system provide for compile-time validation of the dimensional integrity of the expression. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247533 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALL TO ROLE - Methods and systems are provided for routing incoming customer service requests directly to the most appropriate destination within a call center without requiring customer knowledge of a specific telephone number or extension to call and without requiring the customer to select from a series of menus. The receiving location or inbound call center accepts a voice call from a customer. The incoming voice call includes an associated data stream. This data stream is processed by the inbound call center and is used to route the call to the appropriate destination or customer service representative, for example a specific person, a department, a subsidiary, an individual either working within a facility or working outside the facility, a subcontractor and combinations thereof. Additional functionality is provided by including additional data, e.g. data in addition to routing data, along with voice data. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247534 | Campaign manager - A process identifies multiple campaign activation points associated with a voice-based menu hierarchy such that the voice-based menu hierarchy is accessed by multiple callers. The process continues by identifying a campaign associated with the voice-based menu hierarchy and determining a campaign value associated with the campaign. Additionally, the process determines an opt-in rate associated with the campaign and determines a likelihood that callers will reach each campaign activation point. A score associated with the campaign is then calculated for each campaign activation point. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247535 | Method and apparatus for mitigating impact of nonlinear effects on the quality of audio echo cancellation - A method is provided for reducing the adverse impact of echo on audio quality in a two-communication system. The method includes two parts. The first part begins by detecting non-linear effects (e.g. clippings and audio glitches). If a non-linear effect is detected, the system temporarily disables adaptation of the adaptive filter. In this way, filter coefficients obtained before the non-linear effect happens will not be corrupted, so the AEC can quickly recover from the non-linear effects. The second part begins by monitoring a parameter reflecting signal quality (e.g., ERLE). If the signal quality parameter falls below a given value the system switches from a full-duplex mode of operation to a half-duplex mode of operation. In this way, when a non-linear effect that is undetectable or occurs repeatedly (e.g., speaker volume changes) and which can corrupt an acoustic echo canceller (AEC) for a relatively long period of time, the system switches from full-duplex operation to half-duplex operation. In half-duplex operation, communication can only happen in one direction at a time, and thus the echo path is broken, effectively eliminating echoes. When the non-linear effect is no longer present and the quality parameter rises to a normal level, communication returns to a full-duplex mode of operation and the AEC once again removes the echoes. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247536 | Spectral domain, non-linear echo cancellation method in a hands-free device - Disclosed is a non-linear echo canceller and method for cancelling echo during full duplex communication in a hands free communication system. An input signal from a far-end talker and an input signal from the output from an echo canceller are received. K spectral subbands are created for each input signal. The spectral echo residual power at each subband is estimated and compared to a clean signal power to calculate a signal to echo ratio. Gains are calculated based on each calculated ratio and non-linear echo is cancelled based on the calculated gains. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247537 | Reducing interference in DSL service from broadband over powerline signals - The specification describes a new technique for reducing interference in EDSL signals caused by local BPL transmission lines. It involves sampling the power line signal to derive a noise signal representing the BPL noise causing the EDSL interference, and mixing the BPL noise signal with the EDSL signal to cancel the BPL noise in the EDSL signal. The technique may be implemented by plugging into a conventional home electrical receptacle, and inserting a small noise canceling module in the EDSL line. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247538 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE PANEL AND STRUCTURE THEREOF - A method for manufacturing a panel having a surface of three-dimensional patterns and the structure thereof, first of all, provides a piece body, on the surface of which plane panel patterns are arranged by means of ink printing process, and which is thermally pressed into a plurality of projected three-dimensional panels. The piece body having projected three-dimensional panels is then placed between a lower mould and a first upper mould. A material of hard resin is injected into the clearance between the lower mould and the three-dimensional panel surfaces, and thus a transparent cladding layer capable of wear-resistance and protection for three-dimensional panels is formed. Next, material of hard resin is again injected into the space between the inner wall surfaces of the three-dimensional panels and a second upper mould for forming a supporting layer for supporting the three-dimensional panels. Afterwards, a material of rubber is injected into the space between a third upper mould and the inner wall surfaces of three-dimensional panels to form an elastic layer. At last, castings on the piece body and three molded layers are integrally cut according to respective contour to thus complete the manufacturing process of a single panel structure. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247539 | Method and system for secure data aggregation in wireless sensor networks - A method for transmitting sensed data in a wireless sensor network including multiple sensors, includes: encrypting the sensed data with an encryption key and a verification key to generate encrypted data in each of the multiple sensors that senses data; wirelessly receiving the encrypted data from the multiple sensors; determining that the sensed data from one of the multiple sensors is different from the sensed data from others of the multiple sensors without decrypting the encrypted data; and transmitting the encrypted sensed data determined to be different. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247540 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING DIGITAL CONTENTS STORED IN USB MASS STORAGE DEVICE - A method and apparatus for protecting digital content stored in a universal serial bus (USB) mass storage (UMS) device from unlimited distribution are provided. According to the method and apparatus, a UMS device generates a random key according to a request from a user and shows the generated random key to the user, and then, by using the random key, registration data is encrypted. Accordingly, only a USB host that registers the UMS device after the user connects the USB host directly to the UMS device, can freely use digital content of the UMS device, and even if encrypted registration data of the UMS is leaked out, unauthorized devices cannot register the UMS device. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247541 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONNECTING A CABLE NETWORK TO OTHER NETWORK AND/OR DEVICES - Methods and apparatus for connecting, e.g., bridging, a cable network to other networks and/or devices is described. A bridge device facilitates the distribution of cable provider content to end users operating IP based devices. The bridge device performs one of more of the following: interface protocol conversions, user device controlled tuner selection, transcoding of data, transrating of a data stream, decryption in accordance with a conditional access protocol and re-encryption in accordance with an authorized service domain protocol. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247542 | Apparatus for and a method of providing content data - Apparatus and a method are described to enable reading apparatus to access content data of an optical disc such as a DVD where the content data carried by the DVD is encrypted by an encryption technique that requires a decryption key or keys. Reproduced content data corresponding to the encrypted content data is provided and this reproduced content data, at least some of which may be encrypted using a different technique, is made available for access by a reading apparatus. The reproduced content data may be stored on the same optical disc as the encrypted content data or at a different location, for example on a storage medium which may be coupled to the reading apparatus or at a location on a network that can be accessed by the reading apparatus. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING DIGITAL RIGHTS OF COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OF PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED MULTIMEDIA FILES - A video network includes public kiosks having digital storage capacity. Centralized inventory control manages the video files stored at individual kiosks or network LANs. A user requests a multimedia file for download, and selects various ancillary files and control features, such as languages, subtitles, control of nudity, etc. The requested file is encrypted according to an encryption key, watermarked, and downloaded from a high-speed port of a public kiosk to a hand-held proprietary high speed memory device of a user. Payment is received at the time of request or at the time of download, and royalties are distributed by the video network to copyright holders. Computer applications or playback devices allow users to store and/or play video files that have been downloaded to a hand-held device while managing and enforcing digital rights of content providers through the watermarking and/or encryption. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247544 | Authentication in an Audio/Visual System Having Multiple Signaling Paths - A method and structure for authentication in a system having devices capable of communicating via multiple signal paths. Authentication is carried out between first and second devices. A first device communicates with a second device over a first data signaling path of an interface between the first and second devices in a first portion of an authentication process. A second device communicates with the first device over a second data signaling path of the interface between the first and second devices in a second portion of the authentication process. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247545 | Communication System and Communication Method - The present invention relates to communication system, communication method, information processor, method, device, program, and recording medium which permit plural algorithms to be treated and which can impart expansibility to communications. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247546 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING DIGITAL CONTENT STORED IN USB MASS STORAGE DEVICE USING TIME INFORMATION - Provided is a method of preventing digital content stored in a universal serial bus (USB) mass storage (UMS) device from being distributed without restriction. In the method, registration data is encrypted in order to allow a UMS device to decrypt and use digital content using time information only within a predetermined term of validity. Accordingly, even if encrypted registration data of a UMS device is disclosed, it is possible to make it difficult for unauthorized devices to store the registration data, thereby preventing content of the UMS device from being distributed without restriction. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247547 | Data transmitting apparatus and data receiving apparatus - A data communication apparatus which improves security against eavesdropping is provided for secret communication using Y-00 protocol. In a data transmitting apparatus | 2008-10-09 |
20080247548 | CONTENT PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ENCRYPTION PROCESSING METHOD - A content processing apparatus includes a read unit which reads encrypted key information from a recording medium, a decryption unit which decrypts the encrypted key information with a device key and dynamic information to obtain key information containing content keys, an update unit which updates the dynamic information, a key information processing unit which updates the key information by extracting a content key corresponding to a move target content from the key information, and removing the content key from the key information, a first encryption unit which encrypts the updated key information with the device key and the updated dynamic information, a second encryption unit which encrypts the content key with a shared key, and a write unit which overwrites the updated encrypted key information on the encrypted key information in the medium and writes the encrypted content key in the medium. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247549 | Remote diagnostic system for robots - A remote diagnostic system for robots including a number of at least two robots, wherein a controller of each robot of the system is locally connected to a service unit provided with local processing power, a remote service center provided with a connector server is arranged, and a communications infrastructure for transferring packets of information between a controller of a robot of the system and connector server via the service unit is arranged for performing remote monitoring and diagnostics at the remote service center, wherein the communications infrastructure uses internet and/or GPRS communication lines. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247550 | Pon System with Encryption Function and Encryption Method of Pon System - In a PON system, clocks of an optical network unit and an optical line terminal are synchronized. An optical network unit generates a new encryption key and transmits it to an optical line terminal. The optical network unit transmits a notification that includes an encryption key changing time to the optical line terminal. Finally, the optical network unit and the optical line terminal change previously held encryption keys to the new encryption key at the encryption key changing time. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247551 | Information processing apparatus and computer readable medium - An information processing apparatus includes: an acceptance unit that accepts formed information to be formed on a medium and target information to be recorded as an information image together with an image based on the formed information; a specification acceptance unit that accepts specification of the accepted formed information or information concerning the formation result of information image on the medium; an encryption key acquisition unit that acquires an encryption key based on the specified information; an information image generation unit that encrypts the target information using the acquired encryption key, and that generates the information image based on the encrypted target information; and an output unit that outputs a command for forming the information image on the medium together with the image to be formed. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247552 | Method and Device for Actively Correcting the Acoustic Properties of an Acoustic Space Listening Zone - The invention concerns a method and device for actively correcting acoustic properties of a listening zone ( | 2008-10-09 |
20080247553 | Stereophonic Sound Reproduction Device - A stereophonic sound reproduction device has a sound amplifying device that amplifies multi channel surround sound signals for respective channels and outputs the multi channel surround sound signals to a plurality of speakers that are located surrounding a listening position and a rear reverberation creation device, in the rear reverberation creation device, convolution computations are performed on direct sound or initial reflected sound contained in the sound signals of the respective channels of multi channel surround sound signals, and reverberation groups that have flat frequency characteristics and have non-uniform delay time intervals, and that have different delay time intervals for the respective channels while having the same envelope characteristics for the respective channels are created and output for the respective channels. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247554 | Wireless Digital Transmission of Low Frequency Effects and Surround Channels For Surround Sound System - A subwoofer ( | 2008-10-09 |
20080247555 | Stream segregation for stereo signals - Separating a source in a stereo signal having a left channel and a right channel includes transforming the signal into a short-time transform domain; classifying portions of the signals having similar panning coefficients; segregating a selected one of the classified portions of the signals corresponding to the source; and reconstructing the source from the selected portions of the signals. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247556 | OBJECTIVE QUANTIFICATION OF AUDITORY SOURCE WIDTH OF A LOUDSPEAKERS-ROOM SYSTEM - A source width estimation system may estimate an auditory source width of a sound. The system detects a first frequency modulated noise signal and a second frequency modulated noise signal. The detected noise signals may be processed to obtain an average value of a lateral width of a binaural activity over time and a plurality of sub-bands. The auditory source width of the noise signals may be determined from the average value of the lateral width of the binaural activity. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247557 | Information Processing Apparatus and Program - According to one embodiment, a signal processing apparatus includes a speaker configured to output the received input signal on which a delay detection signal which has a frequency component of an inaudible frequency on a received input signal is superposed to an acoustic space, an extracting section configured to extract the delay detection signal from the sending input signal outputted from microphone configured to collect sound in the acoustic space a calculating section configured to calculate a delay time between the received input signal and an acoustic echo component contained in the sending input signal, a delay section configured to delay the received input signal by a time corresponding to the delay time and generate a delayed received input signal, and an echo suppression processing section configured to suppress the acoustic echo component contained in the sending input signal by use of the delayed received input signal. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247558 | Robust and Efficient Frequency-Domain Decorrelation Method - An audio signal is processed by transforming the signal into a frequency domain representation having a plurality of frequency subbands. A decorrelated signal is derived from the frequency domain representation using a phase rotation. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247559 | ELECTRICITY ECHO CANCELLATION DEVICE AND METHOD - An electricity echo cancellation device applied at a terminal includes: an input buffer memory module, a network echo delay computation module and an adaptive filtering module. The adaptive filtering module includes an adaptive filter, a subtracter and a dual-ended voice detection module. An electricity echo cancellation method includes: calculating a network echo delay according to relevant information of an RTCP packet transmitted from the network; and dynamically adjusting a terminal input signal to be adaptively filtered according to the network echo delay. The present invention ensures the electricity echo cancellation effect at the final user end on the whole, and improves the effectiveness of electricity echo cancellation. Meanwhile method of the present invention can be realized with software, thus avoiding influences of hardware memory restricts on the echo cancellation effect. In addition, the present invention only needs a single-point deployment, and thus the cost is saved. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247560 | AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICE - An audio collector collects an ambient sound near a sound-catching ear and converts the collected ambient sound into a collected-sound electrical signal. A noise canceller generates an offset sound for acoustically canceling the ambient sound based on a phase-inverted collected-sound electrical signal obtained when a phase of the collected-sound electrical signal is inverted and emits the generated offset sound near the sound-catching ear. An ambient sound monitor generates a monitor sound which is a phase inversion sound of the ambient sound based on the phase-inverted collected-sound electrical signal and emits the generated monitor sound near the sound-catching ear. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247561 | VARIABLE FIT EAR INSERT - An ear insert for protecting the ear from loud noise can have a stem that is configured to be inserted into an ear canal. One or more attachments can be configured to attach to the stem in a manner that at least partially defines a fit of the ear insert within an ear canal. For example, rubber o-rings can be can be selected according to their size so as to provide a desirable fit of the insert within the ear canal. In this manner, the undesirable leakage of ambient noise into the ear canal is mitigated and hearing protection is enhanced. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247562 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING SHORT RANGE RADIO COMMUNICATION HEADSET - In a short range radio communication headset, signals transmitted by the short range radio communications are received while direct sounds propagated from an external are detected. Then, a digital signal adaptation processing using either received signals or the direct sounds as reference signals are applied, and a ratio between the received signals and the direct sounds is controlled by correlating the reference signals and another one of the received signals and the direct sounds that are not used as the reference signals and extracting necessary components. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247563 | Audio Device Integration System - An audio device integration system is provided. One or more after-market audio devices, such as a CD player, CD changer, MP3 player, satellite receiver, DAB receiver, or the like, is integrated for use with an existing OEM or after-market car stereo system, wherein control commands can be issued at the car stereo and responsive data from the audio device can be displayed on the stereo. Control commands generated at the car stereo are received, processed, converted into a format recognizable by the audio device, and dispatched to the audio device for execution. Information from the audio device, including track, disc, song, station, time, and other information, is received, processed, converted into a format recognizable by the car stereo, and dispatched to the car stereo for display thereon. One or more auxiliary input sources can be integrated with the car stereo, and selected between using the controls of the car stereo. Both an audio device and one or more auxiliary input sources can be integrated together, and a user can select between the device or the one or more auxiliary input sources by issuing selection commands through the car stereo. A docking station is provided for docking a portable audio or video device for integration with the car stereo. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247564 | Loudspeaker System for Motor Vehicles Utilizing Cavities Formed by Supporting Structures - In order to produce a powerful bass, bass boxes require a relatively large installation volume, for which insufficient space is frequently available in the interior of a motor vehicle, in particular in a passenger motor vehicle. When drivers and front-seat passengers require the sound installation to have a powerful bass, a bass box requires a volume in the order of magnitude of at least 10 to 15 liters. In order to restrict the physical space which is required for this purpose in the vehicle interior, the active sound transducer of the loudspeaker system is acoustically coupled on its rear face to a resonant area which is formed at least in parts by the cavity within a supporting structure of the vehicle. In this case, the sound transducer is acoustically coupled in the area surrounding an area of the vehicle in which at least two elements of the supporting structure meet one another, such that at least a portion of the resonant area is jointly formed by the cavities in these at least two elements of the supporting structure. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247565 | Position-Independent Microphone System - An audio system generates position-independent auditory scenes using harmonic expansions based on the audio signals generated by a microphone array. In one embodiment, a plurality of audio sensors are mounted on the surface of a sphere. The number and location of the audio sensors on the sphere are designed to enable the audio signals generated by those sensors to be decomposed into a set of eigenbeam outputs. Compensation data corresponding to at least one of the estimated distance and the estimated orientation of the sound source relative to the array are generated from eigenbeam outputs and used to generate an auditory scene. Compensation based on estimated orientation involves steering a beam formed from the eigenbeam outputs in the estimated direction of the sound source to increase direction independence, while compensation based on estimated distance involves frequency compensation of the steered beam to increase distance independence. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247566 | Sound source localization system and sound source localization method - A sound source localization system and a sound source localization method. The sound source localization system includes sound capturing devices and an arithmetic unit. The sound capturing devices sense a sound source to output time domain signals. The arithmetic unit transforms the time domain signals into frequency domain signals, performs a cross spectrum process according to the frequency domain signals to determine time differences of arrival, and locates the sound source according to the time differences of arrival and locations of the sound capturing devices. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247567 | Directional Audio Capturing - Method and system for digitally directive focusing and steering of sampled sound within a target area for producing a selective audio output accompanying video. In a preferred embodiment, the method and system is characterized by receiving position and focus data from one or more cameras shooting an event, and use this input data for generating relevant sound output together with the picture. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247568 | UPLINK NOISE CANCELLATION - A system comprising audio logic adapted to convert captured sound into an audio signal. The system also comprises transmission logic which causes noise to be added to the audio signal. The system further comprises processing logic adapted to at least partially remove the noise from the audio signal by subtracting a noise waveform from the audio signal to produce a result signal. The processing logic generates the noise waveform using power level information associated with the transmission logic. The transmission logic transmits the result signal to another electronic device. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247569 | Noise Suppressing Apparatus and Program - A noise suppressing apparatus suppresses a noise component of a sound signal which contains the noise component and a signal component. In the apparatus, a frequency analyzing section divides the sound signal into a plurality of frames such that adjacent frames overlap with each other along a time axis, and computes a first spectrum of each frame. A noise suppressing section suppresses a noise component of the first spectrum so as to provide a second spectrum of each frame in which the noise component is suppressed. A frequency specifying section specifies a frequency of a noise component of each frame. A phase controlling section varies a phase of the noise component corresponding to the specified frequency in the second spectrum by a different variation amount each frame. A signal synthesizing section combines the frames after the second spectrum of each frame is processed by the phase controlling section, such that adjacent frames overlap with each other along the time axis so as to output the sound signal. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247570 | Sound output device with earphone mode and speaker mode - A sound output device with an earphone mode and a speaker mode is provided. The sound output device changes a circuit resistance value of loudspeaker modules by adjusting a connecting state of the loudspeaker modules in the sound output device. Thus the sound output device is set to an output volume value of the earphone mode or of the speaker mode, so as to meet the requirements of the user, and to improve the convenience in use of the sound output device. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247571 | WIRELESS AUDIO TRANSFER SYSTEM, WIRELESS MICROPHONE, AUDIO TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AUDIO RECEIVING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS, AND AUDIO MIXER - Disclosed is a wireless audio transfer system. The wireless audio transfer system includes an audio transmitting apparatus including a microphone and a modulating/transmitting unit for transmitting radio waves modulated using an audio signal from the microphone, an audio receiving apparatus including a receiving/demodulating unit for receiving the radio waves transmitted from the audio transmitting apparatus and demodulating the audio signal and an audio output terminal for outputting the audio signal demodulated by the receiving/demodulating unit, and an image pickup apparatus including an audio input terminal for inputting the audio signal outputted from the audio receiving apparatus. In this wireless audio transfer system of the embodiment, the audio transmitting apparatus includes a connection terminal and a data transmitting unit, the audio receiving apparatus includes a first communication terminal and a data processing unit, and the image pickup apparatus includes a second communication terminal and a control unit. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247572 | Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (Mems) Capacitor Microphone and Method of Manufacturing Thereof - The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a MEMS capacitor microphone and further to such MEMS capacitor microphone. With the method a MEMS capacitor microphone can be manufactured by stacking pre-processed foils ( | 2008-10-09 |
20080247573 | Miniature capacitive acoustic sensor with stress-relieved actively clamped diaphragm - An acoustic sensor is disclosed which can be fabricated on a single chip with an electronic detection circuit by modular integration of the fabrication processes. An advantage of the disclosed acoustic sensor with on-chip signal detection circuit is smaller overall device size and lower sensitivity to electromagnetic interference and vibration. A second advantage of the disclosed acoustic sensor is the combined stress-relief and electrostatic clamping design of the diaphragm, which allows for further reduction of the diaphragm size, and hence device size, without compromising the microphone acoustic sensitivity, and at same time eliminates issues with diaphragm bow normally associated with stress-relief techniques. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247574 | PIEZOELECTRIC BUZZER DRIVING CIRCUIT - A piezoelectric buzzer driving circuit ( | 2008-10-09 |
20080247575 | DIRECTIONAL LOUDSPEAKER TO REDUCE DIRECT SOUND - A directional loudspeaker provides an enhanced listening environment by producing an indirect sound field of greater amplitude than that of the direct sound field. The directional loudspeaker includes loudspeaker elements positioned to provide a listener located below the loudspeaker elements with an impression of sound spaciousness in a vehicle environment. The loudspeaker elements may include baffles or acoustic lenses to deflect the indirect field away from the path to the listener position. The loudspeaker may also be operated with windows open by channeling the indirect sound field through an acoustic waveguide and deflector to the listener. A sound processor is also provided to accept a sound input, create an indirect and direct sound field, output the sound fields to loudspeaker elements, and also may provide electronic enhancement effects such as multi-channel sound or sound parameter adjustment. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247576 | Multimedia Device Integration System - An multimedia device integration system is provided. One or more after-market audio or video devices, such as a CD player, CD changer, digital media device (e.g., MP3 player, MP4 player, WMV player, Apple iPod, portable music center, or other device) satellite receiver (e.g., XM or Sirius receiver), DAB receiver, video device (e.g., DVD player), cellular telephone, or any other device or combinations thereof, is integrated for use with an existing OEM or after-market car stereo or video system, wherein control commands can be issued at the car stereo or video system and data from the after-market device can be displayed on the car stereo or video system. Control commands generated at the car stereo or video system are received, processed, converted into a format recognizable by the after-market device, and dispatched to the after-market device for execution. Information from the after-market device is converted into a format recognizable by the car stereo or video system, and dispatched to the car stereo or video system for display thereon. One or more auxiliary input sources can be integrated with the car stereo or video system, and selected using the controls of the car stereo or video system. A docking station is provided for docking a portable audio or video device for integration with the car stereo or video system. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247577 | Method for reducing noise using trainable models - The object is to improve the effect of a noise reduction algorithm for hearing apparatuses and in particular hearing aids. This is achieved by a method wherein the input signal is modeled by a wanted signal model and a noise signal model. In addition, a signal statistic of the input signal is recorded in a data logging unit. The wanted signal model and/or the noise signal model can now be changed as a function of said signal statistic. Finally the noise component of the input signal is reduced using the noise signal model and/or the wanted signal model. This means that the models used can be continuously adapted to the hearing apparatus user's current situation. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247578 | Hearing Aid Receiver With Vibration Compensation - In order to reduce feedback in a hearing aid, a hearing aid receiver is provided that comprises a housing having an inside surface and an outside surface, a motor, an active armature that is attached to the motor and attached to the inside surface of the housing, the active armature being driven in a vibrational manner by the motor, and an external passive component that is attached to the outside surface of the housing, the external passive component designed to vibrate in a direction opposed to vibrations of the active armature. A corresponding method for operating such a hearing aid receives is also provided. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247579 | System and Method For Designing Hearing Aid Components With A Flexible Cover - A method and appertaining system for implementing the method is provided for designing hearing aids having flexible parts. Three-dimensional data is provided that is related to both a soft part and a hard part of a hearing aid component into a computer-based system. Additionally, information is entered related to material characteristics for both the soft part and the hard part of the component. A component within the hearing aid shell is placed and moved in a model generated by the system. Forces, stresses, and/or amount of deformation for parts of the component based on the location of the component and at least one of another component and the shell are calculated, and the three-dimensional data model of the shell is revised based upon the calculated degree of deformation, forces, and/or stresses. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247580 | Hearing Aid Using Printed Circuit Board - A hearing aid using a printed circuit board (PCB) is provided which minimizes internal wires since components of the hearing aid are disposed on the PCB. Since individual soldering of amplifier terminals and components of the hearing aid in an existing hearing aid faceplate manufacturing process which consumes the longest time can be automatically performed on the PCB in which the hearing aid components are automatically soldered and disposed, a total process time can be remarkably shortened. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247581 | Construction of A Completely-In-Canal Hearing Instrument With Receiver Compartment - A construction of a CIC instrument is provided, along with a corresponding method of manufacturing such a CIC instrument, that prevents floating components from contacting with an insulated receiver and, therefore, assures feedback-free operation. This is achieved through the presence of a compartment for the receiver in which the receiver resides, and a cover placed on top of the receiver compartment in a mating recess of the receiver compartment. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247582 | Loudspeaker and Systems - The invention provides, in one aspect, a loudspeaker that has electrodynamically-driven piston mounted in one external wall and that has movable panels in one or more other external walls. Those panels are air-coupled to the piston, e.g., via air within the enclosure, such that vibrational motion of the piston causes the vibration of the panels, thereby, improving the overall air coupling of the piston to the external environment, e.g., the listening room. Further aspects of the invention provide an improved driver for use, e.g., in the aforementioned loudspeaker. The driver comprises a three-part piston having first and second diaphragms coupled back-to-back with one another and having a voice coil face-mounted (or front-mounted) within the second diaphragm. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247583 | Speaker, Method of Manufacture Therefore, and Speaker Attenuation System, Method and Apparatus - A speaker attenuation system includes an attenuating member comprised primarily of open cell foam or other suitable material and having a size and a shape operable to attenuate a speaker when positioned in a central beam region of the speaker. A positioning mechanism positions the attenuating member predominantly in the central beam region of the speaker by attaching the attenuating member to the speaker. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247584 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INTERNAL MICROPHONE ARRAY NOT PARALLEL TO SIDE EDGES THEREOF - An electronic device includes a case and a microphone array. The case includes a front surface, a rear surface, and side edges connecting the front surface and the rear surface. The microphone array includes a first microphone module and a second microphone module disposed in the case and arranged in a row not parallel to the side edges of the case. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247585 | Electrical Module Comprising a Mems Microphone - An electrical module includes a base plate having an acoustic channel that opens into a first cavity at a first end and that is closed off by a microphone chip at a second end. The microphone chip borders a second cavity that opens to an exterior of the electrical module. The second cavity is separated from the acoustic channel by the microphone chip. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247586 | Microphone unit, close-talking voice input device, information processing system, and method of manufacturing microphone unit - A microphone unit includes: a housing which has an inner space; a partition member which is provided in the housing and divides the inner space into a first space and a second space, the partition member being at least partially formed of a diaphragm; and an electrical signal output circuit which outputs an electrical signal based on vibrations of the diaphragm. In the housing, a first through-hole through which the first space communicates with an outer space of the housing and a second through-hole through which the second space communicates with the outer space are formed. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247587 | Condenser microphone, S/N ratio improvement therefor, and electronic device therefor - A condenser microphone includes a microphone chip and an LSI chip, which are stored in a microphone package having a sound hole. External sound enters the sound hole so as to propagate through the internal space of the microphone package, so that it is received by the microphone chip. The microphone package is designed to set the Helmholtz resonance frequency within the audio frequency range. The output signal of the microphone chip is supplied to an impedance converter included in the LSI chip. The output signal of the impedance converter is attenuated by an attenuation device with respect to the prescribed frequency band including the Helmholtz resonance frequency, which decreases when the condenser microphone is installed in the housing of an electronic device. Thus, it is possible to achieve the flat frequency characteristics in the output signal of the condenser microphone, which is thus improved in the S/N ratio. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247588 | MULTIPLE CHANNEL EARPHONE AND STRUCTURE THEREOF - A multiple channel earphone is provided, which includes a chamber main body and a main chamber support located in the chamber main body. A front field mixing chamber, a main chamber, and a back chamber are formed in the chamber main body. The main speaker is located on the main chamber support or a partition board, a sub-speaker is disposed on a protruding portion of the chamber main body, and the back chamber is formed between the sub-speaker and the main chamber support or the partition board. In an embodiment, the multiple channel earphone structure further includes at least one or more pairs of chamber extension tubes disposed outside the chamber main body. According to the length of each chamber extension tube and the space in the chamber main body, a composite sound field characteristic generated in the earphone structure is adjusted and output by the multiple channel earphone. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247589 | Earplug Earphone - An earplug earphone with a special engagement is provided. The earplug earphone includes a body and an earplug. The body has a protruding connecting portion, wherein the protruding connecting portion has a first engaging element on the inner side thereof. The earplug includes a protruding portion having a second engaging element. The earplug is fixed to the body by engagement of the engaging elements. After the protruding connecting portion is combined with the protruding portion, a buffering segment spaced apart in an appropriate distance is formed between the earplug and the body. The buffering segment has an advantage for the earplug to match different external auricles of different users and to be inserted in the ears of different users, thereby making the earplug earphone of the present invention further conform to ergonomics. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247590 | STRUCTURE OF OVER-THE-EAR HOOK - An over-the-ear hook is a one-piece tube that can hold an earphone for conducting sounds to the wearer's ear canal. The tube can be adjustable to the wearer's ear shape so as to allow the over-the-ear hook to rest securely behind any wearer's ear. To form an integral unit comprising the over-the-ear hook and the earphone: snugly ensconce the cable of said earphone in the groove cut in the surface of said tube as the opening of the groove is smaller than the diameter of said cable. The earphone can be easily detached from the over-the-ear hook after use for separate storage. Under the circumstances, the earphone cable needs not enlacing the over-the-ear hook for space-saving storage and would not be damaged thereof. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247591 | Earphone Jack - An earphone jack comprises a housing, at least one first contact member and one second contact member. A contact piece formed on the first contact member is elastically supported on a supporting portion of the second contact member and located a distance above the contact piece of the second contact member, so as to ensure a good signal transmission between the circuit and the earphone jack. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247592 | Socket Assembly - The invention relates to a consumer electronics device for enabling a presentation of media content. The device comprises a housing, a control means ( | 2008-10-09 |
20080247593 | LOUDSPEAKER MOUNTING ASSEMBLY - A loudspeaker mounting assembly includes a frame, a sleeve, and a tilt-angle adjustment mechanism. The frame may include an outer frame, an inner frame rotatable about a frame axis relative to the outer frame, and a frame wall extending away from a rear side. The sleeve is coupled to the inner frame at a pivot axis and is tiltable to a plurality of tilt angles relative to the inner frame. The tilt-angle adjustment mechanism is engageable with the sleeve to enable selection of a desired tilt angle. A loudspeaker may be mounted to the sleeve such that the loudspeaker may be swiveled about the frame axis and tilted about the pivot axis. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247594 | AUDIO NETWORK AS PART OF ADAPTER OR APPLIANCE - An audio network as part of adapter or appliance for an appliance performing a useful cycle of operation on an object unrelated to the delivery of sound media. The audio network comprises an appliance accepting a plurality of consumer electronic devices and sending acoustical signals from at least one of the devices to a remote speaker. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247595 | Electromagnetic lever diaphragm audio transducer - An electromagnetic transducer including a frame, a diaphragm disposed within the frame and coupled to the frame such that the diaphragm may rotate relative to the frame, a panel-shaped former connected to the diaphragm, a conductive coil connected to the former, and a magnetic assembly including a gap in which a magnetic field is provided. The gap is positioned to receive the conductive coil, and the conductive coil is electrically charged within the gap to move such that the diaphragm rotates about a rotational axis to generate sound waves. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247596 | Apparatus and Method For Detecting Objects - An apparatus for detecting an object is provided which detects the pitching of a vehicle, and detects the presence of an object the front of the vehicle itself with the pitching being taken into consideration. The apparatus includes a microcomputer that performs image processing for the image of the object to compute the velocity and acceleration of the object present in the picked-up image, and based on the computed acceleration of the object, to determine whether the image was captured when the vehicle itself was balanced. If the image is judged to be an image captured when the vehicle itself was not balanced, then the position of the object present in the picked-up image is computed based on another picked-up image that was captured when the vehicle itself was balanced. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247597 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING DIGITAL WATERMARK - A device includes: a reception unit that receives video image; an extraction unit that extracts the watermark patterns from the video image; a storage unit that stores an accumulated information pieces and a number of accumulation times; a calculation unit that calculates degrees of correlation between the accumulated information pieces and the watermark patterns; an accumulation unit that accumulates the watermark patterns in one of the accumulated information pieces having the degree of correlation that is larger than a threshold value and is the largest among the calculated degrees of correlation; a selection unit that selects a top N-pieces of the accumulated information pieces stored in the storage unit having largest number of the accumulation times, where N is a positive integer; and a watermark value calculation unit that obtains a digital watermark value from the accumulated information pieces selected by the selection unit. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247598 | Weak hypothesis generation apparatus and method, learning apparatus and method, detection apparatus and method, facial expression learning apparatus and method, facial expression recognition apparatus and method, and robot apparatus - A facial expression recognition system that uses a face detection apparatus realizing efficient learning and high-speed detection processing based on ensemble learning when detecting an area representing a detection target and that is robust against shifts of face position included in images and capable of highly accurate expression recognition, and a learning method for the system, are provided. When learning data to be used by the face detection apparatus by Adaboost, processing to select high-performance weak hypotheses from all weak hypotheses, then generate new weak hypotheses from these high-performance weak hypotheses on the basis of statistical characteristics, and select one weak hypothesis having the highest discrimination performance from these weak hypotheses, is repeated to sequentially generate a weak hypothesis, and a final hypothesis is thus acquired. In detection, using an abort threshold value that has been learned in advance, whether provided data can be obviously judged as a non-face is determined every time one weak hypothesis outputs the result of discrimination. If it can be judged so, processing is aborted. A predetermined Gabor filter is selected from the detected face image by an Adaboost technique, and a support vector for only a feature quantity extracted by the selected filter is learned, thus performing expression recognition. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247599 | Method for Detecting Objects Left-Behind in a Scene - A method detects an object left-behind in a scene by updating a set of background models using a sequence of images acquired of the scene by a camera. Each background model is updated at a different temporal scales ranging from short term to long term. A foreground mask is determined from each background model after the updating for a particular image of the sequence. A motion image is updated from the set of foreground masks. In the motion, image, each pixel has an associated evidence value. The evidence values are compared with a evidence threshold to detect and signal an object left behind in the scene. | 2008-10-09 |
20080247600 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, PLAYER DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, PLAYER SYSTEM, METHOD OF RECORDING IMAGE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An imaging device detects a face of a subject from an image in response to inputting of the image containing the subject, and generates face data related to the face. The imaging device generates face data management information managing the face data and controls recording of the input image, the generated face data and the face data management information on a recording unit with the input image mapped to the face data and the face data management information. The face data contains a plurality information components recorded in a predetermined recording order. The face data management information, in a data structure responsive to the recording order of the information components of the face data, contains a train of consecutively assigned bits. The information components are assigned predetermined flags in the recording order. Each flag represents the presence or absence of the information component corresponding to the flag in the face data. | 2008-10-09 |