44th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130287191 | Correlating Call Detail Records With Telephony Switch Information - A method for processing a non-normalized local exchange routing guide (LERG) table to produce a normalized LERG table. The LERG tables have an NPA field, an NXX field, a Block_Id field, and a Switch_Id field. The method includes joining all distinct combinations of NPA and NXX in the non-normalized LERG table to all valid Block Ids to produce a NormLERG table. The method further includes populating a Switch Id field, in each NormLERG record having a distinct NPA-NXX value. The populating of the Switch_Id field is based on a number of corresponding non-normalized LERG records and on the Switch_Id field in one of the corresponding non-normalized LERG records and on a number of distinct Switch ID values in the corresponding non-normalized LERG records. Each of the corresponding non-normalized LERG records has a same one of the NPA-NXX values. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287192 | Methods for Providing Overdraft Protection for Post-Paid Communication Service Plans - Methods for adding minutes to a calling plan having a calling plan period. The methods including determining whether a threshold number of minutes have been reached during the calling plan period; and incrementally adding minutes to the calling plan when the threshold number of minutes has been reached. The cost per minute of the added minutes is less than the high-cost per minute rate normally associated with exceeding the threshold number of minutes during the calling plan period. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287193 | UNIVERSAL PREPAID COMMUNICATIONS - A communications system includes both cellular and land based telecommunications such as PSTN telephone, as well as cellular telephone. A subscriber may use prepaid cellular phone to make and receive calls via cellular network. A Mobile Switching Center (MSC) routes the subscriber's calls to and/or from wireline network for domestic connections and/or network for international connection. A Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) operates a prepaid vendor service control point (SCP), Prepaid Vendor Service Platform (PSP), and connected databases. A method of providing a universal communications account includes: providing at least one account to a customer, enabling use of the account for a first type of connection and a second type of connection; and debiting the account based at least in part on one of the first type of connection and the second type of connection. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287194 | MEDIA OPTIMIZATION USING TRANSCRIPTION ANALYSIS - A system and method for optimizing the price of a call to a business and the placement of a business' information within an ad buy on a Web page are disclosed. A call is received by a client from a potential consumer of a product. The call is transcribed into a text call stream on both the consumer and the client sides of the call. Patterns are extracted from the call. The patterns extracted may be applied against patterns relevant to the client. Patterns relevant to the client may be tied to certain goals of the business of the client that indicate successful business transactions between the consumer and the client or that indicate a service provide by the client. Extracted patterns may be used for targeting of advertisements based on a call containing patterns relevant to the client. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287195 | Telecommunications Service Provisioning and Banking of Customer Credits - Disclosed is a method and apparatus for providing telecommunication services based on customer groups. A customer group is offered a service plan that provides an incentive to early subscribers in the form of a more attractive pricing plan (i.e., discounts). For example, a particular subscriber may be provided a discount for each customer in the group who becomes a subscriber after the particular subscriber. The discounts and pricing plan may also be based, at least in part, on the total number of customers in the group that become subscribers. Further, in order to reduce customer churn, customer discounts or other incentives may be applied toward the end of a subscription plan period. Further, subscriber discounts and/or credits may be banked in a subscriber account. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287196 | Internet Protocol for IP Private Branch Exchanges - An Internet protocol query for Internet protocol private branch exchanges including a private branch exchange that is connected to the public switched telephone network for receiving a call setup request, the private branch exchange not being enabled for receiving calling name delivery information from a telecommunications circuit; at least one of an incumbent local exchange carrier switch and a competitive local exchange carrier switch in communication with the private branch exchange, the at least one of the incumbent local exchange carrier switch and the competitive local exchange carrier switch having the telecommunications circuit not enabled for calling name delivery information retrieval; a network in communication with the private branch exchange; and a calling name delivery database in communication with the network for receiving calling name delivery queries from the private branch exchange based on the call setup request. Methods for routing calls based on ENUM information is also included. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287197 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFERENCE CALL SCHEDULING VIA E-MAIL - A method and system for conference call scheduling using e-mail. The method and system can receive and parse an e-mail received from a conference moderator, containing scheduling and participant information and schedule a conference call with minimal further user intervention. In essence, the method and system can operate as a virtual administrative assistant to identify and collect telephone contact information for each of the proposed conference call participants, using a customizable hierarchy of internal and external sources of contact information. In this manner, the conference moderator does not need know telephone contact information for each conference call participant. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287198 | AUTOMATIC RECONNECTION OF A DROPPED CALL - A system is configured to receive an indication that a connection with a user device is to be lost, the connection being associated with a call between the user device and another user device; provide an instruction, to one or more devices, to maintain the call when the connection is lost, the one or more devices being responsible for processing the call; detect that the connection is lost; provide, to the one or more devices, a first notification that the connection is lost, the first notification causing the one or more devices to maintain the call based on the instruction to maintain the call when the connection is lost; detect that the connection is re-established; and provide, to the one or more devices, a second notification that the connection is re-established, the second notification causing the one or more devices to re-establish the call. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287199 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIMEDIA RING BACK TONE SERVICE - A method, system and apparatus for implementing a Multimedia Ring Back Tone (MRBT) service are provided. The method includes: receiving a call request originated by a calling terminal; parsing a tone playing policy specifying whether to play a caller tone or a callee tone or whether to filter a tone; performing caller tone media negotiation or callee tone media negotiation, or performing no tone negotiation according to the parsing result; and playing the caller tone or the callee tone to the caller, or playing no tone. With the technical solution of the present invention, the caller tone service can be implemented in the IMS domain. Whether a caller tone or a callee tone is played to the caller is determined according to a preset policy. Furthermore, the tone filtering service is also implemented. This gives a user freedom in experiencing the MRBT service. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287200 | INTERACTIVE CONTENT FOR CLICK-TO-CALL CALLS - In a click-to-call (C2C) communication environment, a web client of a computing terminal is configured to initiate a C2C call when a user selects a call tag provided in a web page being presented to the user. The call is intended to be established between a remote endpoint associated with the call tag and one of either the computing terminal or another terminal associated with the user. If the C2C call is directed to an automated system and placed in a queue or on hold, the present invention allows supplemental content intended for the user to be delivered to the web client from which the C2C call was initiated. The web client may present the supplemental content to the user. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287201 | Data and Call Routing and Forwarding - One or more aspects of the disclosure relate to various functions and processes related to routing of calls originating from other service providers. For example, a method includes receiving a request to route a call or a call session, such as a session initiation request, from a second service provider and proceeding to route the requested call or session through a call routing facility of the first service provider to a requested destination of the call. Routing the call through the call routing facility may include determining a service provider type and/or an origination number type for the call, determining routing information for the call using the type information, and causing routing of the call to a destination of the call based on the routing information. Further aspects of the disclosure relate to various functions and processes related to accessing routing data and/or information from a routing database. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287202 | WORK ASSIGNMENT DEFERMENT DURING PERIODS OF AGENT SURPLUS - A contact center is described along with various methods and mechanisms for administering the same. The contact center proposed herein provides the ability to, among other things, support deferring work item routing decisions for a predetermined amount of time even when agents that are technically qualified to handle the work item are available. The deferment of work item routing decisions helps to achieve better matching and, therefore, increases contact center efficiency even though decisions are delayed. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287203 | Reduction of Loudspeaker Distortion for Improved Acoustic Echo Cancellation - Methods and apparatuses for improved echo cancellation are disclosed. In one example, an audio signal to be output at a loudspeaker is received and processed to generate an optimized audio signal. The optimized audio signal produces a reduced distortion when output at the loudspeaker. The method further includes utilizing the optimized audio signal to reduce echo in a transmit audio signal. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287204 | COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOUBLE-ENCRYPTING DATA FOR SUBSEQUENT ANONYMOUS STORAGE - Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out receiving level-one encrypted data including at least one associated encrypted identifier; encrypting with a level-two encryption key at least a part of the level-one encrypted data to produce level-two encrypted data; receiving a hash of the at least one associated encrypted identifier; associating the hash with the level-two encrypted data; and transmitting the level-two encrypted data and associated hash of the at least one associated encrypted identifier. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287205 | PARALLEIZEABLE INTEGRITY-AWARE ENCRYPTION TECHNIQUE - A parallelizable integrity-aware encryption technique is provided. In at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a parallelizable integrity-aware encryption method comprises whitening at least one message block with a first mask value, encrypting the whitened at least one message block using a block cipher and a first key, and whitening the encrypted at least one message block with a second mask value to generate at least one corresponding output ciphertext block. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, a parallelizable integrity-aware encryption method comprises applying a XOR function to all blocks of a message to compute a XOR-sum, applying a first mask value to the XOR-sum; encrypting the masked XOR-sum using a block cipher and a first key, and applying a second mask value to the encrypted XOR-sum to generate an integrity tag. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287206 | ENCRYPTION SYSTEM, ENCRYPTION PROCESSING METHOD OF ENCRYPTION SYSTEM, ENCRYPTION DEVICE, ENCRYPTION PROGRAM, DECRYPTION DEVICE, DECRYPTION PROGRAM, SETUP DEVICE, SETUP PROGRAM, KEY GENERATION DEVICE, KEY GENERATION PROGRAM, KEY DELEGATION DEVICE, AND KEY DELEGATION PROGRAM - In a wildcard-applicable anonymous hierarchical identity-based encryption system, it is aimed to make the number of pairing operations a fixed number. A user identifier ID and a pattern P are used. The user identifier ID includes k number of hierarchy identifiers. The pattern P includes either of a hierarchy identifier, a wildcard value and a blank value for each hierarchy. An encryption device | 2013-10-31 |
20130287207 | MULTIPLE HASHING IN A CRYPTOGRAPHIC SCHEME - Methods, systems, and computer programs for producing hash values are disclosed. A first hash value is obtained by applying a first hash function to a first input. The first input can be based on an implicit certificate, a message to be signed, a message to be verified, or other suitable information. A second hash value is obtained by applying a second hash function to a second input. The second input is based on the first hash value. The second hash value is used in a cryptographic scheme. In some instances, a public key or a private key is generated based on the second hash value. In some instances, a digital signature is generated based on the second hash value, or a digital signature is verified based on the second hash value, as appropriate. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287208 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING FILE EXECUTION FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMS - A system includes a build system processor configured to generate a private encryption key and configured to add the private encryption key to at least one of a plurality of source files. Each of the plurality of source files includes instructions configured to be executed by an industrial controller processor. The processor is also configured to generate a plurality of binary files from the plurality of source files. The processor is further configured to construct a whitelist file including first hash key values determined for the plurality of binary files and configured to encrypt the whitelist file using the private key to provide an encrypted whitelist file. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287209 | ENCRYPTION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A constant multiplier inputs a base and a modulo n, performs modular exponentiation modulo n with a prescribed constant as the exponent and with base a, and outputs the result of this calculation as base b. A personal key converter inputs a personal key d and calculates a personal key d′ as the quotient when d is divided by the prescribed constant. A correction key generator generates a correction key d″ as the remainder of the aforementioned division. A first modular exponentiation unit performs modular exponentiation base b with d′ as the exponent. A second modular exponentiation unit performs modular exponentiation base a with d″ as the exponent, and outputs a correction value. A correction calculation unit multiplies the outputs of the first and second modular exponentiation units and outputs the result as the encryption processing result. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287210 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA STORAGE APPARATUS - An access terminal apparatus provides a group determination key being a decryption key to a data center apparatus previously, and then transmits grouping information generated from a keyword of storage target data and having been encrypted to the data center apparatus, with encrypted data of the storage target data and tag data of the encrypted data of the storage target data. The data center apparatus stores the encrypted data relating it to the tag data, decrypts a part of the grouping information with the group determination key, derives an index value from a bit value obtained by the decryption, and stores the derived index value and the tag data relating them with each other. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287211 | SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING A SERVICE AND CORRESPONDING PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD - A system for accessing a service comprises two contact-less readers and one portable device. A first contact-less reader is configured to send to the portable device, through a first range radiofrequency link, a first message comprising first data. The first data includes an identifier allocated to the portable device and an associated key for encrypting data. The portable device is configured to send to a second contact-less reader, through a second range radiofrequency link, a second message comprising second data. The second data includes the identifier received from the first message. The second data is encrypted by using the data encryption key received from the first message. The second range radio frequency is higher than the first range radio frequency. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287212 | Method And Apparatus For Multiplexing Audio Program Channels From One Or More Received Broadcast Streams To Provide A Playlist Style Listening Experience To Users - Methods and apparatuses provide personalized radio by outputting selected songs from multiple channels from one or more source streams. Users can specify favorite channels for building their personal playlists, or multiple default playlist channels can be provided by genre or other criteria. User like/dislike inputs via the radio receiver generate filter data used to search all channels for matches or block songs from playback. Filter data can also be based on virtual DJ recommendations. Channel searching for matches involves monitoring real-time song and artist labels or other metadata for all channels carried in a separate data channel. Personalization can also be provided by using filter data to select content from a mixed channel comprising content from a selected group of channels. Connectivity options and web interfaces are provided to facilitate transfer and sharing of customization parameters for personalized radio configuration. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287213 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device with a speaker, an amplifier for driving the speaker and a speaker grill provided on the front surface of the speaker includes a pickup detection unit for detecting that the electronic device has been picked up from water and a water discharge sound generation unit for generating a water discharge sound signal for discharging water having entered inside the speaker grill according to the detection of the pickup from the water and inputting the generated water discharge sound signal to the amplifier. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287214 | Scene Change Detection Around a Set of Seed Points in Media Data - Techniques for scene change detection around seed points in media data are provided. Media features of many different types may be extracted from the media data. One or more statistical patterns of media features in a plurality of time-wise intervals around a plurality of seed time points of the media data may be determined using one or more types of features extractable from the media data. At least one of the one or more types of features comprises a type of features that captures structural properties, tonality including harmony and melody, timbre, rhythm, loudness, stereo mix, or a quantity of sound sources as related to the media data. A plurality of beginning scene change points and a plurality of ending scene change points in the media data may be detected, based on the one or more statistical patterns, for the plurality of seed time points in the media data. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287215 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING AUDIO - An apparatus and method for outputting audio signals of a portable communication device are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of audio tables including different volume control values or tone control values, and allows a user to selectively set audio tables corresponding to each of audio paths equipped with the portable communication device. Further, the apparatus analyzes a surrounding environment during a voice call, determines the absence or presence of noise, and suitably controls a volume or a tone of audio signals based on the result of the determination before outputting the audio signals. Accordingly, the apparatus can provide an improved calling condition in various calling environments. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287216 | ESTIMATION AND SUPPRESSION OF HARMONIC LOUDSPEAKER NONLINEARITIES - A harmonic echo power estimator estimates power of echo generated by harmonic loudspeaker nonlinearities in a user equipment having an echo path between a loudspeaker input and a microphone output. The estimator includes a frequency band mapper that maps each frequency band in a set of loudspeaker output signal frequency bands into a corresponding array of loudspeaker input signal frequency bands, where each frequency band in the set is mapped into several frequency bands in the corresponding array. A power estimator determines a power estimate of each input signal in each array of frequency bands. A power estimate combiner combines determined power estimates in each array of frequency bands into a corresponding estimate of loudspeaker input power generating harmonic loudspeaker nonlinearities. A power estimate transformer transforms the estimates of loudspeaker input power across the echo path into power estimates of the echo generated by the harmonic loudspeaker nonlinearities. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287217 | NOISE HANDLING DURING AUDIO AND VIDEO RECORDING - The disclosure is directed to techniques for noise handling in audio or video recording. Sounds that may be generated during the audio recording, such as by activation of switches, may appear as undesired artifacts in the recording. Techniques and apparatus are described whereby, when an undesired sound is generated, an inverse of the sound is applied to the sound, thereby canceling the unwanted sound from the recording. Further, the techniques can be adapted to many kinds of portable electronic devices having many kinds of switches and many kinds of undesirable sounds. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287218 | LEAKAGE-MODELING ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELING FOR EARSPEAKERS - A personal audio device, such as a headphone, includes an adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal that measures the ambient audio, and the anti-noise signal is combined with source audio to provide an output for a speaker. The anti-noise signal causes cancellation of ambient audio sounds that appear at the reference microphone. A processing circuit uses the reference microphone to generate the anti-noise signal, which can be generated by an adaptive filter. The processing circuit also models an acoustic leakage path from the transducer to the reference microphone and removes elements of the source audio appearing at the reference microphone signal due to the acoustic output of the speaker. Another adaptive filter can be used to model the acoustic leakage path. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287219 | COORDINATED CONTROL OF ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION (ANC) AMONG EARSPEAKER CHANNELS - A personal audio device including earspeakers, includes an adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal for each earspeaker from at least one microphone signal that measures the ambient audio, and the anti-noise signals are combined with source audio to provide outputs for the earspeakers. The anti-noise signals cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds at the respective earspeakers. A processing circuit uses the microphone signal(s) to generate the anti-noise signals, which can be generated by adaptive filters. The processing circuit controls adaptation of the adaptive filters such that when an event requiring action on the adaptation of one of the adaptive filters is detected, action is taken on the other one of the adaptive filters. Another feature of the ANC system uses microphone signals provided at both of the earspeakers to perform processing on a voice microphone signal that receives speech of the user. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287220 | Ambient Noise Cancellation for Voice Communication Device - A system and method for reducing or entirely canceling background or ambient noise from a voice transmission from a communications device. A communications device, such as a mobile telephone, is configured with an ambient noise compensation signal generator that is connected between a microphone and a mixer. The original output of the microphone and a compensation signal generated by the ambient noise compensation signal generator are mixed together prior to being passed to a transmitter. In one embodiment a buffer is provided between the microphone and the mixer to help synchronize the timing of the signals to be mixed. In another embodiment a second microphone is employed to detect ambient noise. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287221 | EARPHONE JACK CIRCUIT AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An earphone jack circuit includes an earphone jack configured to receive an earphone plug, a frequency modulation (FM) signal processing circuit electrically connected to the earphone jack, and an amplifying circuit. The FM signal processing circuit includes a first matching circuit electrically connected to the earphone jack, and an amplifying circuit electrically connected to the first matching circuit. The first matching circuit receives an initial FM signal from the earphone jack and executes a first filtering process for the initial FM signal when the earphone plug is inserted into the earphone jack. The amplifying circuit amplifies the filtered FM signal. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287222 | EARBUDS WITH ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION - To avoid undesirable electrostatic discharge events while maintaining low leakage currents, earbuds may be provided with controlled electrostatic discharge paths. The discharge paths may include discrete components such as resistors or more distributed resistive components such as resistive elastomers. A resistive elastomer may be incorporated into an interior portion of an earbud between an earbud housing structure and a ground path. A resistive elastomer may also be used in forming an ear bud tip. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287223 | UNIDIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE - The present invention provides a unidirectional microphone by adding an output from an omnidirectional condenser microphone unit and an output from a bi-directional ribbon microphone unit together. A condenser microphone unit | 2013-10-31 |
20130287224 | NOISE SUPPRESSION BASED ON CORRELATION OF SOUND IN A MICROPHONE ARRAY - A microphone array includes a left microphone, a right microphone and a processor to receive a right microphone signal from the right microphone and a left microphone signal from the left microphone. The processor determines a timing difference between the left microphone signal and the right microphone signal. The processor determines whether the timing difference is within a time threshold. The processor time shifts one of the left microphone signal and the right microphone signal based on the timing difference. The processor also sums the shifted microphone signal and the other microphone signal to form an output signal. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287225 | SOUND ENHANCEMENT METHOD, DEVICE, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A sound enhancement technique that uses transfer functions a | 2013-10-31 |
20130287226 | REDUCED-DELAY SUBBAND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for signal processing, receiving a time domain signal having a sample-rate Fs and generating N time domain signal bands, each having a bandwidth equal to Fs/N. Receiving the N signal bands and transforming a first time domain signal band to a frequency domain at a first resolution and a second time domain signal band to the frequency domain at a second resolution, where the first resolution may be different from the second resolution. Determining one or more first filter coefficients using the frequency domain components from the first signal band and one or more second filter coefficients using the frequency domain components from the second signal band. Transforming the first and second filter coefficients from the frequency domain to a time domain. Applying the first and second time domain filter coefficients to the first and second time domain signals, respectively. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287227 | MUSICAL DYNAMICS ALTERATION OF SOUNDS - An improved method and arrangement for altering musical dynamics of a sound S included in a sound signal is disclosed. The altering of the musical dynamics is performed by filtering and amplification of the sound signal. The filtering is performed by the use of a parametric equalizer, the parametric equalizer having a first gain G | 2013-10-31 |
20130287228 | INTELLIGENTLY INCREASING THE SOUND LEVEL OF PLAYER - Techniques for optimizing a player based on the addition of a second player are disclosed. In an embodiment, when a first player no longer needs to play certain audio frequencies due to the addition of a second player, the gain of the first player is automatically increased as part of the setup process. In another embodiment, when a first player needs to play certain audio frequencies, for example due to the removal of a second player, the gain of the first player is automatically decreased. Many other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287229 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS - A processing method and a processing apparatus for processing an output audio signal from an audio capture device. The output audio signal can be processed by a first processing module in a manner such that a preliminary signal and a first stage processed signal can be derived. The processing method includes providing power estimation signals, providing at least one cross power estimation signal, providing a leakage approximation and providing a control signal estimation. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287230 | Apparatus and Method Pertaining to Volume Control - An apparatus comprises a volume-control user interface, a transmitter, an audio amplifier (having a corresponding amplification range), and a control circuit operably coupled to the foregoing components. This control circuit is configured to respond to a volume change made via the volume-control user interface that is within the amplification range of the audio amplifier by making a corresponding change to a volume level for an audio signal being transmitted by the transmitter. The control circuit is also configured to respond to a volume change made via the volume-control user interface that exceeds the amplification range of the audio amplifier by transmitting a volume-increase command. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287231 | System and Method for a Programmable Voltage Source - In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a charge pump includes providing a first programmable voltage to a plurality of clock generators having outputs coupled to first nodes of corresponding groups of charge pump capacitors, and selecting a second node of one capacitor from one of the corresponding groups of charge pump capacitors. The clock generators produce a plurality of clock signals having amplitudes proportional to the first programmable voltage. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287232 | PIEZOELECTRIC PARTIAL-SURFACE SOUND TRANSDUCER - A piezoelectric sound transducer using a piezoelectric plastic material is developed from a substrate layer and a layer of a piezoelectric plastic material deposited thereon, the piezoelectric plastic layer covering the substrate layer not completely but having openings. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287233 | ACOUSTIC ACTUATOR AND ACOUSTIC ACTUATOR SYSTEM - An acoustic actuator according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: an actuator element generating a corresponding sound in response to an applied electrical signal; a supporting member supporting the actuator element so as to form a movement axis of the actuator element; and an edge member connected with the actuator element. The actuator element includes: a piezoelectric unit having at least one piezoelectric member of which a length is larger than a width by at least √{square root over (2)} times; and a membrane unit including at least one membrane member generating the corresponding sound in response to the applied electrical signal, by being fixedly adhered to the piezoelectric unit so as to extend in a length direction of the at least one piezoelectric member and by forming wave movement in the extending direction in response to a current applied to the piezoelectric unit. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287234 | Flat Ceiling Mounted Loudspeaker - A ceiling speaker mountable in a ceiling tile for mounting in a suspended ceiling of a room, includes a central woofer, and at least four surrounding pivoting tweeters that are independently adjustable so as to provide broad flat coverage throughout the room. A crossover network directs low frequency signals to the woofer and high frequency signals to the tweeters and an optional stereo separator circuit directs left and right signals to different pairs of the tweeters. A method for adjusting sound dispersion produced by the ceiling speaker is also disclosed. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287235 | HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION CONVOLUTION METHOD AND HEAD-RELATED TRANSFER FUNCTION CONVOLUTION DEVICE - A head-related transfer function (HRTF) convolution method arranged, when an audio signal is reproduced acoustically by an electro-acoustic conversion unit disposed in a nearby position of both ears of a listener, to convolute an HRTF into the audio signal, which allows the listener to listen to the audio signal such that a sound image is localized in a perceived virtual sound image localization position, the method including the steps of: measuring, when a sound source is disposed in the virtual sound image localization position, and a sound-collecting unit is disposed in the position of the electro-acoustic conversion unit, a direct-wave direction HRTF regarding the direction of a direct wave, and reflected-wave direction HRTFs regarding the directions of selected one or more reflected waves, from the sound source to the sound-collecting unit, separately beforehand; and convoluting the obtained direct-wave direction HRTF, and the reflected-wave direction HRTFs into the audio signal. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287236 | HEARING AID WITH IMPROVED COMPRESSION - A hearing aid includes a microphone for conversion of acoustic sound into an input audio signal, a signal processor for processing the input audio signal for generation of an output audio signal; and a transducer for conversion of the output audio signal into a signal to be received by a human, wherein the signal processor includes a compressor with a compressor input/output rule that is variable in response to a signal level of the input audio signal. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287237 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DIRECTIONAL CHARACTERISTIC, AND HEARING SYSTEM - A directional characteristic of a microphone facility of a hearing system is more reliably controlled. The method determines a first feature value in respect of speech in a first signal of a microphone facility assigned to a first direction and a second feature value in respect of speech in a second signal of the microphone facility assigned to a second direction. A control value is obtained from the difference of the two feature values. The directional characteristic of the microphone facility is controlled with this control value. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287238 | SOI ANALOGIC FRONT CIRCUIT FOR MEDICAL DEVICE - The present disclosure provides an SOI analog front circuit for a medical device, characterized in that it comprises an automatic gain control loop and a 2-order-3-bit-quantization Sigma-Delta analog-to-digital converter, wherein: the automatic gain control loop is configured to implement automatic control of loop gain and output an analog signal to the 2-order-3-bit-quantization Sigma-Delta analog-to-digital converter; and the 2-order-3-bit-quantization Sigma-Delta analog-to-digital converter is configured to convert the analog signal output from the automatic gain control loop into a digital code and output the digital code to a DSP for processing. The analog front circuit for the medical hearing aid device may be implemented by integration of three comparators, an analog-digital hybrid automatic gain control loop and a 2-order-3-bit-quantization Sigma-Delta analog-to-digital converter on a single chip using SOI process with high reliability and low power consumption. The analog front circuit has high accuracy, high reliability, and low power consumption. The analog front circuit may be applied in the medical hearing aid device. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287239 | Optical Electro-Mechanical Hearing Devices with Combined Power and Signal Architectures - An audio signal transmission device includes a first light source and a second light source configured to emit a first wavelength of light and a second wavelength of light, respectively. The first detector and the second detector are configured to receive the first wavelength or light and the second wavelength of light respectively. A transducer electrically coupled to the detectors is configured to vibrate at least one of an eardrum or ossicle in response to the first wavelength of light and the second wavelength of light. The first detector and second detector can be coupled to the transducer with opposite polarity, such that the transducer is configured to move with a first movement in response to the first wavelength and move with a second movement in response to the second wavelength, in which the second movement opposes the first movement. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287240 | EARPHONE RECEIVING ASSEMBLY AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - An earphone receiving assembly for receiving an earphone includes a main body surrounding an accommodating space for receiving the earphone and defining an opening communicating with the accommodating space, a cover releasably locked in the opening, and a releasing assembly. The releasing assembly includes a fastening member secured to the main body and a rotating member rotatably assembled to the fastening member. The cover is slidably assembled to the rotating member. When the cover is released from being locked within the opening, the rotating member rotates and lifts the cover from the opening to expose the earphone. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287241 | EAR JEWELRY WITH WIRELESS AUDIO DEVICE - An audio device worn in a piercing in an ear of a user. The audio device extends through the piercing and includes a wireless communications unit disposed at a first end and a sound-production unit coupled to an opposite second end thereof. The signal path from a master device to the sound-production unit for producing audio outputs thus passes through the pinna of the ear. The sound-production unit may include an ornamental cover such that the device can be worn as jewelry. The speaker and the wireless communications unit may be removable from a body of the device to enable the body to be worn alone as jewelry and to allow replacement of the wireless communications unit with a wired connection. The device may include a control surface useable to provide inputs to the master device coupled to the device. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287242 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130287243 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a housing, a speaker, a securing board, and at least one guiding board. The securing board defines an opening to allow the speaker to be exposed outside the securing board. The securing board includes a first side and a second side opposite to the first side. During assembly the securing board to the housing, the guiding board enables the first side to be supported by the guiding board, and the second side rotates towards the speaker around the first side. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287244 | LOUDSPEAKER WITH REINFORCED FRAME - An exemplary loudspeaker includes a frame, a yoke engaged with the frame, a magnet fixed to the yoke, a magnet fixed to the yoke, a diaphragm attached to the frame, and a voice coil attached to the diaphragm. The frame includes an annular flange and a supporting bracket. The supporting bracket includes two mounting portions respectively extending down from opposite sides of the annular flange and an annular connecting portion located between the two mounting portions. The yoke is embedded in the annular connecting portion. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287245 | LOUDSPEAKER WITH REINFORCED FRAME - An exemplary loudspeaker includes a frame, a yoke engaged with the frame, a magnet fixed to the yoke, a magnet fixed inside the yoke, a diaphragm attached to the frame, and a voice coil attached to the diaphragm. The frame includes a flange and a supporting bracket. The flange includes two parallel straight portions and two curve portions connected between the two parallel straight portions respectively. The supporting bracket includes a main body, two first extending portions extending from the main body and fixed to the straight portions, two second extending portions extending from the main body and fixed to the curve portions, and a through hole defined in a center of the main body. The yoke is received in the through hole of the main body. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287246 | FRAME FOR SPEAKER, SPEAKER USING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND MOBILE DEVICE USING SPEAKER - A connector housing made of resin includes a hole through which an eyelet terminal is inserted, a first wall for regulating a position of the eyelet terminal in an inserting direction of the eyelet terminal, and a second wall for regulating the position of the eyelet terminal in a direction opposite to the inserting direction of the eyelet terminal. The eyelet terminal includes a stopper contacts a wall surface and is provided at a place corresponding to the wall surface for regulating the position of the eyelet terminal in the inserting direction of the eyelet terminal, and a protrusion engaged with the second wall. The second wall is provided on a side wall surface of the hole. The above structure prevents the eyelet terminal from being taken off from the connector housing. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287247 | FINGERPRINTING OF DATA - A fingerprinting apparatus, including: a plurality of receiving units to receive a plurality of input datasets, each of the plurality of input datasets divided into a plurality of input segments, at least one of the plurality of input datasets uniquely marked; a selector to select at least one input segment from one of at least two different input datasets of the plurality of input datasets; and at least one combiner to arrange the selected at least one input segment to produce an output dataset having a plurality of output segments, such that the number of output segments is equal to the number of input segments in each input dataset. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287248 | REAL-TIME VIDEO TRACKING SYSTEM - A method for detecting and tracking a target includes detecting the target using a plurality of feature cues, fusing the plurality of feature cues to form a set of target hypotheses, tracking the target based on the set of target hypotheses and a scene context analysis, and updating the tracking of the target based on a target motion model. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287249 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOVING OBJECTS USING VIDEO CAPTURING DEVICE - Provided is a system for detecting moving objects. The system includes a video capturing device and a detection unit. The video capturing device captures “n” pieces of consecutive images during a time period, where “n” represents a positive integer. The detecting unit selects one of the images as a reference images and processes the other n−1 pieces of images. The detecting unit differentiates the n−1 pieces of images relative to the reference image, grays the differentiated n−1 pieces of images, binarizes the grayed n−1 pieces of imaged, blurs the binarized n−1 pieces of images, dilates the blurred n−1 pieces of images, and detects edges from the dilated n−1 pieces of images. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287250 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT IN IMAGE DATA, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE SAME - Disclosed is a system for tracking an object in an image. A method for tracking an object in an image according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes generating an object model represented by multiple patch histograms of an object that is divided into N partial patch regions and histograms are built from each patch region, forming an object model; estimating the probability of each image pixel being an object pixel; and determining the most promising location of an object in the image by using the estimated object probability values. According to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to more improve separability from a background than a case in which a single histogram mode is used, to increase tracking performance, and to more accurately search the object region than a mean-shift method of the related art. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287251 | IMAGE RECOGNITION DEVICE, IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND IMAGE RECOGNITION PROGRAM - An image recognition device includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image, and an object recognition unit configured to calculate gradient directions and gradient values of intensity of the image acquired by the image acquiring unit, to scan the gradient values of each acquired gradient direction with windows, calculate a rectangular feature value, and extract a window in which a target object is recognized to be present using a classifier based on the calculated rectangular feature value through the use of a first recognition unit, and to calculate a predetermined feature value from the window extracted by the first recognition unit and recognize the target object using a classifier based on the predetermined feature value through the use of a second recognition unit. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287252 | Computer Vision Based Method for Extracting Features Relating to the Developmental Stages of Trichuris Spp. Eggs - There is provided a computer vision based method for extracting features relating to the developmental stages of | 2013-10-31 |
20130287253 | REVERSE GEO-CODING FOR TRACK PATH - Methods and systems are disclosed for associating non-geographical information to track paths. Among other things, meaningful labels for the track paths can be formulated. In one aspect, a method performed by an application executing on a computer system includes receiving a set of images taken during a trip, a corresponding set of acquisition times, and a track path of the trip. The method further contains identifying landmarks near the received track path. Furthermore, the method includes receiving from a human user of the application a landmark selection from the identified landmarks and one or more image selections from the received set of images. In response to receiving the human user's selections, the method can associate the one or more selected images with the selected landmark. Additionally, the method included matching the received set of images to the received track path based on the association. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287254 | Method and Device for Detecting an Object in an Image - A method for detecting at least one object in an image including a pixel array, by means of an image processing device, including searching out the silhouette of the object in the image only if pixels of the image are at the minimum or maximum level. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287255 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETECTING REAL SIZE OF ORGAN OR LESION IN MEDICAL IMAGE - A method of detecting a real size of an object from a medical image is provided. The method includes: receiving depth information of the object which is a distance between the object and a skin of a patient; measuring a distance between the pinhole and the skin; detecting a magnified size of the object from the medical image; and calculating the real size of the object based on the depth information of the object, the distance between the pinhole and the skin, and the magnified size of the object, and the distance between the pinhole and the scintillator. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287256 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME IMAGE RECOGNITION ON A MOBILE DEVICE - The various embodiments herein provide a method and system for real time image searching on a mobile device. The method comprises of installing an image recognition application in the mobile device, capturing one or more images using the mobile device and recognizing a plurality of images in successive frames by ranking one or more feature points of the captured images through the image recognition application. The ranking of feature points is performed by generating a random forest for the images, obtaining a plurality of features points in the captured images using a feature based method, matching the images captured through the mobile device with the plurality of images stored in the random forest, designating a rank for the tracked feature points in the images, determining the stable features of the images, recognizing the matched image based on stable features and delivering the content based on the recognized object. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287257 | FOREGROUND SUBJECT DETECTION - Classifying pixels in a digital image includes receiving a primary image from a primary image sensor. The primary image includes a plurality of primary pixels. Depth information from a depth sensor is also received. The depth information and the primary image are cooperatively used to identify whether a primary pixel images a foreground subject or a background subject. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287258 | CODE SYMBOL READING SYSTEM - A digital-imaging based system reads graphical indicia, including code symbols, on objects such as, but not limited to, code symbol menus by the user pointing his or her finger at the particular code symbol on the code symbol menu to be read, while digital images of the code symbol menu and the pointing finger are automatically captured, buffered and processed. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287259 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device for tracking a subject included in a first image, in a second image captured after the first image includes: a segmentation unit that divides the first image into a plurality of segments based on similarity in pixel values; an indication unit that indicates a position of the subject in the first image; a region setting unit that sets, as a target region, a region including at least an indicated segment which is a segment at the indicated position; an extraction unit that extracts a feature amount from the target region; and a tracking unit that tracks the subject by searching the second image for a region similar to the target region using the extracted feature amount. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287260 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS, SUBSTANCE IDENTIFYING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An X-ray CT apparatus of an embodiment displays an image of the inside of an object based on projection data obtained by scanning the object, and comprises a generator, a converter, an image forming part and an identifier. The generator scans the object with each of X-rays of different energy levels and generates multiple projection data. The converter converts the multiple projection data into multiple new projection data corresponding to multiple reference substances. The image forming part reconstructs each of the multiple new projection data converted by the converter, thereby forming multiple reference substance images corresponding to the multiple reference substances. The identifier identifies a target substance based on a correlation of pixel values in the multiple reference substance images. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287261 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TRAFFIC FLOW - A system for managing traffic flow is used in an electronic device in communication with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and traffic signals. The UAV captures a real-time image of each road, and detects position and direction of the real-time image when the UAV captures the real-time image. The UAV transmits the real-time image of each road, the position, and the direction to the electronic device. The system analyzes the real-time image to gather a number of the vehicles and a number of people in the real-time image. The electronic device marks the number of the vehicles and the number of people on the position of an electronic map corresponding to the position and the direction of the real-time image, and dynamically manages statuses of traffic signals according to the number of the vehicles and the number of people marked on the electronic map. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287262 | Optical Overhead Wire Measurement | 2013-10-31 |
20130287263 | ANTI-COUNTERFEITING TEST METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM BASED ON TEXTURES - The present invention relates to anti-counterfeiting field, and more particularly, to an anti-counterfeiting method, device and system based on textures of an object to be tested. The method includes: providing a light source based on a pre-determined anti-counterfeiting test model, projecting light emitted by the light source on a pre-determined test area, obtaining a pre-determined number of pictures of the pre-determined test area by means of a pre-determined optical sensor, acquiring texture characteristics of the pre-determined test area from the pictures, computing similarity between the texture characteristics and pre-stored texture characteristics and outputting a test result based on the similarity. The present invention implements anti-counterfeiting function by using the texture characteristics of the object itself and improves the anti-counterfeiting level greatly without increasing complexity of the production of the object. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287264 | DEFECT CATEGORISATION - A method of categorising defects in a media item. The method comprising the steps of: receiving a binarised image of the media item, where the binarised image comprises a plurality of pixels, each pixel having either a potential defect intensity or a non-defect intensity; and identifying one or more blobs comprising contiguous pixels each having a potential defect intensity. For each identified blob, the method involves comparing a size of the blob with a damage threshold; ignoring the blob if the blob size is smaller than the damage threshold; and for each identified blob having a size exceeding or equalling the damage threshold, categorising the identified blob. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287265 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE AND CONTENT PROCESSING OF DRIVER'S LICENSES - Systems and methods are provided for processing and extracting content from an image of a driver's license captured using a mobile device. In one embodiment, an image of a driver's license (DL) is captured by a mobile device and corrected to improve the quality of the image. The corrected image is then further processed by cropping the image, identifying the format and layout of the DL, binarizing the image and extracting the content using optical character recognition (OCR). Multiple methods of image cropping may be implemented to accurately assess the borders of the DL, and a secondary layout identification process may be performed to ensure that the content being extracted is properly classified. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287266 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR RESTRICTING EXECUTABLE PROCESSING - An apparatus and method for restricting executable processing carried out in an information terminal, the method including: accepting an operation by an operator; in response to the accepted operation, executing processing corresponding to the operation; requesting an input of identification information; performing authentication of the identification information input in response to the request; in the case where an input of identification information is requested in the identification information requesting step, acquiring image data storing the acquired image data extracting an area including an image recognized as a person from the acquired image data enabling execution of processing and deletion of the image data when an authentication succeeds and preventing deletion of the image data when the authentication fails. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287267 | IC CARD FOR AUTHENTICATION AND A METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING THE IC CARD - An IC card includes a first visible layer including a natural material having a unique visual pattern. A storage device is configured to store a digital reference image of the unique visual pattern to be visually compared with the unique visual pattern for authentication. An authentication method based on the IC card is also provided. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287268 | BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A biometric authentication device includes: a storage unit configured to store a three-dimensional shape of a posture of a body of a user; a three-dimensional shape calculation unit configured to calculate a three-dimensional shape of a body from biometric information of the user detected by a biometric sensor; a posture calculation unit configured to calculate a posture of the body from the biometric information detected by the biometric sensor; a synthesis unit configured to synthesize a three-dimensional shape from the three-dimensional shape stored in the storage unit in accordance with the posture calculated by the posture calculation unit; and a comparison unit configured to compare the three-dimensional shape calculated by the three-dimensional shape calculation unit with the three-dimensional shape synthesized by the synthesis unit. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287269 | CREATING SOCIAL NETWORK GROUPS - Embodiments generally relate to creating groups in a social network system. In one embodiment, a method includes recognizing at least one person in the at least one photo associated with a target user in a social network system, where the recognizing is based at least in part on social relevance. The method also includes creating a group in the social network system, where the group includes the at least one person recognized in the at least one photo. The method also includes associating the group with the target user. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287270 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE METHODS FOR DIFFICULT FORENSIC FINGERPRINT COLLECTION - Techniques are disclosed herein for artificial intelligence machine learning to increase collection of digital livescan fingerprints. According to certain embodiments of the invention, processing parameters can be automatically machine-optimized for processing scan images of fingerprints (and other areas) to increase the amount of detected minutia. The processing parameters can alter and change over time to reflect historical successes and failures of particular optimizations. This allows a fingerprint collection device to learn over time and become more accurate (i.e., more successful at detecting minutia). Additionally, the techniques further include receiving input from a user regarding physical traits of a scanned subject, to further customize the processing parameter optimization. Various other features are provided herein. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287271 | FINGER ASPERITY RESISTIVE DISCHARGE WAFER-SCALE INTEGRATION FOR FORENSIC PALM PRINT COLLECTION - Techniques are disclosed herein for artificial intelligence machine learning to increase collection of digital livescan fingerprints. According to certain embodiments of the invention, processing parameters can be automatically machine-optimized for processing scan images of fingerprints (and other areas) to increase the amount of detected minutia. The processing parameters can alter and change over time to reflect historical successes and failures of particular optimizations. This allows a fingerprint collection device to learn over time and become more accurate (i.e., more successful at detecting minutia). Additionally, the techniques further include receiving input from a user regarding physical traits of a scanned subject, to further customize the processing parameter optimization. Various other features are provided herein. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287272 | Methods and Apparatus of Integrating Fingerprint Imagers with Touch Panels and Displays - The present invention provides systems and methods of an apparatus that comprises a layer of fingerprint imagers, an addressing circuit, a fingerprint controller, an electronic storage devices, a layer of touch panel and a display panel. The touch panel behind the layer of fingerprint imagers can sense touch position when touched. The specific fingerprint imagers can be activated according to the touch panel coordinates when touched by a user. After fingerprint is captured, the system evaluates quality of the captured fingerprint and admits fingerprint for recognition when its quality is above a threshold value. User of a computing system can be accepted or rejected based on the comparison between the captured fingerprint and an authorized fingerprint list. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287273 | ANTI-MISOPERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SAME - An anti-operation system in an electronic apparatus includes a detecting module, an identifying module, and a controlling module. The detecting module detects whether there is a touch-controlled program being activated and controls a pattern detection device to detect the detailed pattern of the object touching on the touch device. The identifying module verifies the pattern detected by the pattern detection device by reference to at least one predetermined fingerprint pattern. The controlling module determines whether an instruction apparently given should be acted upon or ignored according to a result of the verification made by the identifying module. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287274 | Methods and Apparatuses of Unified Capacitive Based Sensing of Touch and Fingerprint - The present invention describes methods and apparatuses for sensing touches and/or fingerprint images with an integrated device comprising, a transparent touch-fingerprint capacitive sensing array comprising a collection of capacitive sensing cells, a multi-resolution scanline driver circuitry, a multi-resolution column driver circuitry, and a readout circuitry coupling with said transparent touch-fingerprint capacitive sensing array wherein said readout circuitry can transmit digital or analog output of selected capacitive sensing cells. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287275 | Volume Of Efficacy Model Capture - A system and method for determining, planning, and/or administering a therapy of a selected material from a catheter to a selected specific region of an anatomy is disclosed. The catheter can be used to deliver a drug to the patient to achieve a volume of efficacy (VOE) within a selected target, region, or volume. The drug delivered can be used for treating at least a symptom in the patient. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287276 | IMAGE CREATION, ANALYSIS, PRESENTATION, AND LOCALIZATION TECHNOLOGY - Image processing, creation and analysis techniques include using computer technology to identify a plurality of structures of interest in an image, such as spinal discs in a medical diagnostic image. Such techniques can also be used to improve image creation through the use of localizers which can help identify portions of an image, and the use of computer programs to combine multiple images into a single image for review. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287277 | SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM - An optical coherence tomography device is disclosed for improved imaging. Reduced levels of speckle in the images generated by the device are obtained by forming a B-scan from a plurality of A-scans, wherein each resolution cell of the B-scan is generated through compounding of a subset of the A-scans and wherein at least some of the subset of A-scans are separated by at least half the diameter of a speckle cell both tangent to and orthogonal to the B-scan at that cell. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287278 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO DETECT AND CORRECT MOTION IN LIST-MODE PET DATA WITH A GATED SIGNAL - A PET scanner ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130287279 | DUAL-ENERGY TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM - The invention relates to an imaging system ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130287280 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE APPLICABLE PATH OF MOVEMENT FOR AN OBJECT IN TISSUE - The invention relates to a method for determining at least one applicable path ( | 2013-10-31 |
20130287281 | Method of Removing the Spatial Response Signature of a Two-Dimensional Computed Radiography Detector From a Computed Radiography Image. - Method of removing the spatial response signature of a detector from a computed radiography image by adaptively filtering and spatially warping the characteristic response signature of the detector prior to demodulation. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287282 | IMAGE PROCESSING DISPLAY DEVICE AND AN IMAGE PROCESSING DISPLAY PROGRAM - To provide an image processing display and an image processing display program that is able to prevent interference with catheter treatment even when the distal end of a catheter is located behind a treatment apparatus on X-ray fluoroscopic images. The image processing display according to embodiments displays X-ray fluoroscopic images to be obtained by looking through a region including blood vessels using X-rays during treatment, and comprises a treatment apparatus image extractor and an image processor. The treatment apparatus image extractor, based on X-ray fluoroscopic images, extracts treatment apparatus images representing the treatment apparatus having the property of absorbing X-rays. The image processor determines the distal end position of the catheter to superimpose and display images representing the determined distal end position of the catheter on the region of the X-ray fluoroscopic images showing the treatment apparatus. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287283 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING QUALITY REVIEW SCORING OF BIOMARKERS AND IMAGE ANALYSIS METHODS FOR BIOLOGICAL TISSUE - Exemplary embodiments include methods, systems, and devices for enabling users to provide quality scores for indicating the quality of image analysis methods performed on images of biological tissue. An exemplary user interface displays results of an image analysis method performed on an image of biological tissue in an overlaid manner on an image of biological tissue. The exemplary user interface enable a user to provide, directly on the user interface, one or more quality scores to indicate the user's assessment of the quality of the image analysis performed on the image. Exemplary embodiments store the quality scores provided by the user in association with the image analysis method and the image of biological tissue. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287284 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING PAYMENT DOCUMENTS DURING MOBILE IMAGE PROCESSING - Systems and methods are provided for processing an image of a financial payment document captured using a mobile device and classifying the type of payment document in order to extract the content therein. These methods may be implemented on a mobile device or a central server, and can be used to identify content on the payment document and determine whether the payment document is ready to be processed by a business or financial institution. The system can identify the type of payment document by identifying features on the payment document and performing a series of steps to determine probabilities that the payment document belongs to a specific document type. The identification steps are arranged starting with the fastest step in order to attempt to quickly determine the payment document type without requiring lengthy, extensive analysis. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287285 | CIGARETTE INSPECTION DEVICE - A cigarette inspection device designed to obtain an image showing filter end faces of a bundle C of filtered cigarettes arranged side by side with their axes parallel to one another, analyze the image and determine whether the bundle is short of filtered cigarettes comprises a first determination section which determines how many filtered cigarettes are arranged side by side from contours of filter end faces in the image generated, and determines whether the bundle consists of a predetermined number of filtered cigarettes, and a second determination section which determines whether the first determination section has falsely recognized one cigarette as two. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287286 | Methods and Systems for Modifying a Parameter of an Automated Procedure - A variety of systems and methods are described which enable quantitative information to be extracted regarding automated procedures, including those performed at a high speed that may require a user input, without having to interrupt the procedure. In addition, these systems and methods serve to provide information on one or more parameters of the automated procedure, whereby they may be modified, if required, to improve the automated procedure or the results from such a procedure. The systems and methods provided are especially useful in automated hair transplantation procedures. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287287 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEFECT IDENTIFICATION - A method of identifying defects including producing, with an imaging system, an original image of a fabricated article having a feature thereon, the feature having an intended height and extracting a contour image from the original image, the contour image having an outline of those portions of the feature having a height approximate to the intended height. The method also includes producing a simulated image of the article based upon the contour and creating a defect image based on the differences between the simulated image and the original image, the defect image including any portions of the feature having a height less than the intended height. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287288 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE OFFSET DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO SURFACES - A method and device for determining the offset distance between a first surface and a second surface is disclosed. The method and device determine a first reference surface, which is based on the three-dimensional coordinates of the first surface, and a second reference surface, which is based on the three-dimensional coordinates of the second surface. The offset distance is determined as the distance between a first point on the first reference surface and a second point on the second reference surface. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287289 | Synthetic Reference Picture Generation - A synthetic image block in a synthetic picture is generated for a viewpoint based on a texture image and a depth image. A subset of samples from the texture image are warped to the synthetic image block. Disoccluded samples are marked, and the disoccluded samples in the synthetic image block are filled based on samples in a constrained area. The method and system enables both picture level and block level processing for synthetic reference picture generation. The method can be used for power limited devices, and can also refine the synthetic reference picture quality at a block level to achieve coding gains. | 2013-10-31 |
20130287290 | IMAGE REGISTRATION OF MULTIMODAL DATA USING 3D GEOARCS - An accurate, flexible and scalable technique for multi-modal image registration is described, a technique that does not need to rely on direct feature matching and does not need to rely on precise geometric models. The methods and/or systems described in this disclosure enable the registration (fusion) of multi-modal images of a scene with a three dimensional (3D) representation of the same scene using, among other information, viewpoint data from a sensor that generated a target image, as well as 3D-GeoArcs. The registration techniques of the present disclosure may be comprised of three main steps, as shown in FIG. | 2013-10-31 |