47th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110286533 | INTEGRATED RECORDING AND VIDEO ON DEMAND PLAYBACK SYSTEM - An apparatus including an encoder and an editor is provided. The encoder is configured to receive an instruction datum, receive a content datum, receive a return processing signal that includes at least one of a wait signal, and an upload signal, synchronize the content datum, encode the content datum according to the instruction datum, and store the encoded datum. The editor is configured to control a one or more input devices, communicate to a remote device through a communication network, communicate a notice of available upload to the remote device upon completion of encoding, rebroadcast the notice of available upload at a predetermined cycle upon the encoder receiving the return processing signal of the wait signal, and upload the encoded datum upon the encoder receiving the return processing signal of the upload signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286534 | DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A carrier wave is generated by using a zero-cross point of an AC power source voltage as a reference timing, a data communication device connected to a first power line performs digital modulation with a normal-phase carrier wave, and a data communication device connected to a second power line near the first power line performs digital modulation with an anti-phase carrier wave. In this manner, unwanted radiation caused by a leak radio wave can be reduced while using power lines of two systems in independent data communication. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286535 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING A SIGNAL - The present invention relates to a method of transmitting and a method of receiving signals and corresponding apparatus. One aspect of the present invention relates to an efficient L1 signaling method for an efficient transmitter and an efficient receiver using the efficient L1 signaling method for an efficient cable broadcasting. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286536 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, BODY-INSERTABLE APPARATUS, AND TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - A transmitting apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives an external specifying signal for specifying a center frequency of data to be transmitted; a control unit that outputs a specifying signal corresponding to the center frequency; and a frequency switching circuit. The frequency switching circuit includes a center frequency adjuster that adjusts a center frequency of a carrier wave that carries the data to be transmitted; a frequency modulator that modulates a frequency of the carrier wave according to the center frequency and the data to be transmitted; and a frequency switching unit that switches the center frequency of the carrier wave on the basis of the specifying signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286537 | Telecommunications Method and System - A method for encoding data for transmitting over a telecommunications network comprising: embedding at least one control or pilot data block within a plurality of real data blocks in the frequency domain; transforming real data in the real data blocks with control or pilot data in the control or pilot data blocks; and modulating the real data blocks and control or pilot data block with one or more transmission sub-carrier signals. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286538 | DATA RETRANSMISSION SCHEME - Disclosed are improved retransmission schemes. In one embodiment, a retransmission method includes: receiving, at a protocol layer in a receiver, a data block transmitted from a protocol layer in a transmitter; determining that it is not possible to decode the data block; determining that it is not probable that the data block can be decoded; signaling, from the protocol layer in the receiver, to the protocol layer in the transmitter first feedback information indicating that the data block was received; and signaling, from the protocol layer in the receiver, to the protocol layer in the transmitter second feedback information including information related to the reception time of the data block and indicating that the data block is aborted. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286539 | ADAPTIVE MODULATION METHOD, RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND RADIO DEVICE - A radio device ( | 2011-11-24 |
20110286540 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING MULTI-STANDARD RADIO SERVICE DATA - The embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and a device for transferring radio service data. The method includes: designing a radio service frame timing mechanism and/or a rule of filling IQ data for a plurality of standards; configuring frame timing mechanisms corresponding to various services according to the designed radio service frame timing mechanism and/or the rule of filling IQ data for a plurality of standards; and transmitting multi-standard radio service data according to the configured frame timing information and/or methods of mapping IQ containers. The device includes a determination unit, a configuring unit and a transfer unit. Thus, uniform transmission of radio IQ data and frame synchronization for different standards may be enabled via a common radio interface between a Radio Equipment Controller (REC) and a Radio Equipment (RE). | 2011-11-24 |
20110286541 | Method for Transmitting a Midamble in a Radio Communication System - A method for transmitting a midamble in a radio communication system is provided. The method includes: allocating a radio resource of a carrier for the midamble, and transmitting the midamble by using the allocated radio resource, wherein the carrier includes a used band allocated for transmitting a signal and a guard band allocated for preventing interference from occurring in the used band, and the midamble is allocated to a radio resource including the guard band. Accordingly, a midamble which can be used in both a user equipment operating at a narrow band and a user equipment operating at a wide band can be transmitted when a radio communication system is in a multi-carrier mode. Further, the midamble can be transmitted also in a guard band, thereby improving accuracy of channel estimation. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286542 | HART TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER SYSTEMS - One embodiment of the present invention relates to a communications system. The system includes a Highway-Addressable Remote Transducer (HART) transmitter comprising a direct memory access (DMA) module configured to access at least one transmitter lookup table (LUT) using DMA transfers to modulate a HART data packet into a frequency-shift keying (FSK) data signal. The system also includes a HART receiver configured to demodulate a received FSK data signal into a demodulated HART data packet. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286543 | RADIO TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND RADIO TRANSMISSION METHOD - It is possible to improve the CQI reception performance even when a delay is caused in a propagation path, a transmission timing error is caused, or a residual interference is generated between cyclic shift amounts of different ZC sequences. For the second symbol and the sixth symbol of the ACK/NACK signal which are multiplexed by RS of CQI, (+, +) or (−, −) is applied to a partial sequence of the Walsh sequence. For RS of CQI transmitted from a mobile station, + is added as an RS phase of the second symbol and − is added as an RS phase of the sixth symbol. A base station ( | 2011-11-24 |
20110286544 | LINK ADAPTATION IN MULTI-CARRIER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method for transmitting information in a multi-carrier system includes: identifying a first set of carrier signals, associated with a first code rate; and identifying a second set of carrier signals, associated with a second code rate. The method also includes partitioning a first sequence of bits representing a single symbol into a first group of bits associated with the first code rate and at least a second group of bits associated with the second code rate; interleaving a subset of bits from the first group to map multiple bits from the first group to respective carrier signals in the first set of carrier signals to achieve the first code rate; and interleaving a subset of bits from the second group to map multiple bits from the second group to respective carrier signals in the second set of carrier signals to achieve the second code rate. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286545 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A DATA TRANSMISSION FROM A SENDER DEVICE, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND SENDER DEVICE - A sending device receives applications data blocks to be transmitted to a receiving device according to a clock rate defined by transport periods, the applications data blocks being encoded before transmission by application of a first source encoding up to the processing of a change request. The sending device determines a drift between a number of applications data blocks received by the sending device and a number of applications data blocks transmitted after encoding by the sending device. The sending device determines, taking account of the determined drift, a transition applications data block from which a second source encoding is applied in response to the change request. The transmission of the stream is then adapted in such a way that the transmission of the encoded transition data block is aligned with a start of a transport period. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286546 | DIGITAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DIGITAL BROADCAST SIGNAL - The disclosed method for processing a digital broadcast signal in a transmitter comprises encoding signaling data including transmission parameter channel data, wherein the transmission parameter channel data includes transmission parameter for mobile service data, forming data groups including the mobile service data, the encoded signaling data and known data sequences, formatting mobile service data packets including data in the data groups, and transmitting the digital broadcast signal including the formatted mobile service data packets during slots, the slots including first type slot and second type slot. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286547 | Control of a Digital Radio Frequency Interface - A control entity ( | 2011-11-24 |
20110286548 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING REFERENCE SIGNALS IN A MULTI-ANTENNA CONTEXT - A method and system of assigning reference signals to antennas and nodes in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system comprising N number of transmitting nodes, wherein N is an integer N≧1, is disclosed. The transmitting nodes are transmitting reference signals in a first slot and a second slot within sub-frames, over the same bandwidth. Each transmitting node has at least one transmit antenna, wherein different nodes can have different number of transmit antennas. The reference signals are of two different types, a first type of reference signals used for demodulation, and a second type of reference signals used for measurements. According to the method, reference signals of the first type is assigned to a number of transmitting nodes with at least one transmit antenna in the first and second slot in a predefined bandwidth; and reference signals of the second type is assigned to at least one transmitting node with at least transmit antennas in at least one of the first and second slot in a predefined bandwidth. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286549 | Method, Device And System For Signal Encoding And Decoding - A method, device and system for signal encoding and decoding, the method comprising: encoding a core layer signal to obtain a core layer signal code; selecting an enhancement sample point that requires enhancement layer signal encoding according to the core layer signal code and the number of bits that can be used by an enhancement layer; obtaining an enhancement layer signal code of the enhancement sample point; and outputting a bit stream, where the bit stream includes the core layer signal code and the enhancement layer signal code. In embodiments of the present invention, according to the number of bits that can be used by the enhancement layer, the enhancement sample point that requires enhancement layer signal encoding is selected; the enhancement layer signal of the selected enhancement sample point is encoded and decoded; when no sufficient bits are available for the enhancement layer, the enhancement quality of the core layer can be improved. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286550 | PREDICTIVE CLIPPING IN MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus for selectively clipping waveforms prior to transmission in a multi-carrier wireless communication system is provided. The design includes estimating peak values of the composite multi-carrier signal, determining a local threshold set including one local threshold for each carrier based on a configurable total threshold representing a maximum aggregate signal level for a sum of all signals to be transmitted over the multiple carriers, and clipping one signal to be transmitted over one carrier when the signal exceeds a corresponding local threshold and a sum of all signals to be transmitted over multiple carriers exceed the total threshold. Alternately, the design may include estimating peak signal values for signals to be transmitted in the multi-carrier system, and selectively clipping any signal wherein at least one peak signal value exceeds a local threshold and peak signal values for a sum of all signals to be transmitted exceed a global threshold. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286551 | WIDEBAND DIGITAL RECEIVER COMPRISING A SIGNAL DETECTION MECHANISM - A wideband microwave digital receiver comprises an antenna, an amplifier, and a digital IFM device for measuring the frequency of the received signal or signals. A consistency indicator indicates the consistency of the frequency measurements and is calculated by analyzing the values taken by said measurements obtained over two consecutive transforms. The presence of signal pulses at the input of the receiver is detected when said indicator signals the consistency of at least one frequency measurement. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286552 | WIDEBAND DIGITAL RECEIVER COMPRISING A PHASE JUMP DETECTION MECHANISM - A wideband digital receiver includes an antenna, an amplifier, and a digital IFM device for measuring the frequency of the received signal or signals based on the result of discrete Fourier transforms DFT applied to said received signals. The receiver includes means for periodically estimating the phase jumps of said signals by combining the measurements of the phase of said signals produced by the transforms DFT. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286553 | DC OFFSET CALIBRATION - A mobile communication device comprises a plurality of receivers, a phase detection circuit, and a DC offset calibration circuit. Each receiver comprises a receiver chain and a divide-by-2 circuit that supplies Local Oscillating (LO) signal for the receiver chain. The LO signals leak to each receiver chain and create an undesirable DC offset voltage. The DC offset depends on an LNA gain and a phase relation among the LO leakages. In a first novel aspect, a two-dimensional DC offset calibration (DCOC) table is prepared for each receiver chain. In a second novel aspect, the phase detection circuit detects the phase relation among the LO leakages for each receiver chain. Based on the LNA gain and the detected phase relation of each receiver chain, a DCOC code is selected from a corresponding DCOC table such that the calibration circuit calibrates the DC offset for each receiver effectively and efficiently. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286554 | RF receivers - A method and apparatus are provided for receiving an RF service. At least two RF channels | 2011-11-24 |
20110286555 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PRESENCE OF SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM BASED ON CR TECHNOLOGY - The present invention relates to a method of detecting the presence of a transmission signal of a transmitter in a reception signal in a wireless communication system based on CR technology. The method includes generating a frequency signal vector using a Fourier transform and a reception signal vector obtained by sampling the reception signal at a certain period, finding an eigenvalue and an eigenvector regarding a matrix, obtaining by approximating a covariance matrix of the frequency signal vector using a vectorized Fourier transform result of all channel impulse responses of the transmission signal linearly modulated, calculating a sufficient statistic on a basis of the frequency signal vector, the eigenvalue, and the eigenvector, finding a threshold which is a criterion for determining signal presence detection on a basis of a preset detection probability or a preset false alarm probability and the eigenvalue, and if the sufficient statistic is determined to be greater than the threshold, determining that the transmission signal exists. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286556 | ACQUISITION OF TIMING INFORMATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - A method for identifying a reference point in time in a wireless communication system includes: receiving a first repeated sequence of symbols; receiving a second repeated sequence of symbols; performing an autocorrelation between the first and second sequences of symbols; and identifying as the reference point in time an autocorrelation null between the first and second repeated sequences of symbols. Apparatus for identifying a reference point in time in a wireless communication system includes: means for receiving a first repeated sequence of symbols; means for receiving a second repeated sequence of symbols; means for performing an autocorrelation between the first and second sequences of symbols; and means for identifying as the reference point in time an autocorrelation null between the first and second repeated sequences of symbols. Other aspects, features, and embodiments are also claimed and described. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286557 | RECEIVING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a variable gain amplifier amplifies a reception signal, a mixer performs frequency conversion of the reception signal amplified by the variable gain amplifier, a detector detects the reception signal subjected to the frequency conversion, an automatic gain control unit controls, based on a detection level by the detector, a gain of the variable gain amplifier, and an operating-point optimizing unit optimizes an operating point of the variable gain amplifier by controlling, based on a reception state of the reception signal, an output signal from the mixer. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286558 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPRESSIVE SENSING TAP INDENTIFICATION FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATION - An apparatus and method for compressive sensing tap identification for channel estimation comprising identifying a set of significant taps in the time domain; representing a time-flat channel response using a Taylor series expansion with the set of significant taps; converting the time-flat channel response to a vectorized channel response; transforming the vectorized channel response to a compressive sensing (CS) polynomial frequency response; aggregating the CS polynomial frequency response into a stacked frequency response; converting the stacked frequency response into a measured pilot frequency response; estimating a channel parameter vector based on the measured pilot frequency response; and generating a reconstructed channel response from the channel parameter vector. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286559 | INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - There is provided a first device for use in a communication system, the communication system further comprising a plurality of second devices divided into a plurality of groups, the system having a plurality of orthogonal frequency carriers available for transmissions, each second device having a respective carrier frequency offset estimated from signals received from the first device, each of the second devices transmitting a respective stream of symbols using the respective estimated carrier frequency offset and one or more frequency carriers selected from the plurality of orthogonal frequency carriers, the first device comprising receiver circuitry for receiving respective signals from each of the second devices; a channel estimator for generating, from the received signals, an estimate of the channel over which the signals have been transmitted; an interference estimator for generating, from the received signals, an estimate of interference at the first device caused by errors in the carrier frequency offsets estimated by each second device; first circuitry for cancelling interference in the signals received at the first device using the estimate of the interference, the circuitry being configured to cancel interference between second devices within a first one of the plurality of groups; second circuitry for equalising the signals output from the first circuitry using the estimate of the channel; and third circuitry for cancelling interference in the signals output from the second circuitry, the third circuitry being configured to cancel the interference between second devices in a second one of the plurality of groups. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286560 | NETWORK SYSTEM WITH SYNCHRONIZATION AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a network system including a network line terminal coupled to a slave network unit and a master network unit over a first network includes: calculating a master round trip time between the network line terminal and the master network unit; sending a master message to the slave network unit, the master message having the master round trip time and a master local time; and calculating a slave local time based on the master round trip time and the master local time. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286561 | CLOCK-OUT AMPLITUDE CALIBRATION SCHEME TO ENSURE SINE-WAVE CLOCK-OUT SIGNAL - A clock generator includes, in part, a buffer, a peak detector and a control logic. The buffer generates a clock output signal in response to receiving a clock signal and a feedback signal that controls the gain of the buffer. If the peak detector detects that the amplitude of the output signal is higher than the upper bound of the predefined range, the gain value applied to the variable buffer is decreased. If the peak detector detects that the amplitude of the output signal is lower than the lower bound of the predefined range, the gain value applied to the variable buffer to increased. If the peak detector detects that the amplitude of the output signal is within the predefined range, no change is made to the gain value applied to the variable buffer. The control logic generates the feedback signal in response to the peak detector's output signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286562 | RECEIVER HAVING CLOCK RECOVERY UNIT BASED ON DELAY LOCKED LOOP - A receiver for receiving an input signal (a clock-embedded data (CED) signal), in which a clock signal is periodically embedded between data signals, includes a clock recovery unit configured to recover and output the clock signal and a serial-to-parallel converter configured to recover and output a data signal. The input signal (the CED signal) comprises a single level signal in which the clock signal is periodically embedded between the data signals at the same level. The clock recovery unit is configured based on a delay locked loop (DLL) without using an internal oscillator for generating a reference clock signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286563 | Control of a Laser Inertial Confinement Fusion-Fission Power Plant - A laser inertial-confinement fusion-fission energy power plant is described. The fusion-fission hybrid system uses inertial confinement fusion to produce neutrons from a fusion reaction of deuterium and tritium. The fusion neutrons drive a sub-critical blanket of fissile or fertile fuel. A coolant circulated through the fuel extracts heat from the fuel that is used to generate electricity. The inertial confinement fusion reaction can be implemented using central hot spot or fast ignition fusion, and direct or indirect drive. The fusion neutrons result in ultra-deep burn-up of the fuel in the fission blanket, thus enabling the burning of nuclear waste. Fuels include depleted uranium, natural uranium, enriched uranium, spent nuclear fuel, thorium, and weapons grade plutonium. LIFE engines can meet worldwide electricity needs in a safe and sustainable manner, while drastically shrinking the highly undesirable stockpiles of depleted uranium, spent nuclear fuel and excess weapons materials. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286564 | ACCELERATOR DRIVEN POWER GENERATION - A redundant, low cost accelerator driven system for power generation or waste treatment. The system generates fission from fertile nuclear materials and includes multiple charged particle sources, nested redundancy of low energy accelerator sections for reliability, and multiple subcritical reactors. Merging and splitting devices based on radiofrequency transverse kickers enable the nested redundancy. A control system provides RF buckets with identifiers, enabling the control of charged particles on an RF bucket basis through the accelerator, for the delivery to a desired subcritical reactor of a desired number of RF buckets of such predetermined characteristics to generate a desired reactor power. Consequently, the power level of each reactor may be controlled independently even though a large part of the high power accelerator system is used to feed multiple reactors simultaneously. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286565 | Techniques for On-Demand Production of Medical Radioactive Iodine Isotopes Including I-131 - A system for radioisotope production uses fast-neutron-caused fission of depleted or naturally occurring uranium targets in an irradiation chamber. Fast fission can be enhanced by having neutrons encountering the target undergo scattering or reflection to increase each neutron's probability of causing fission (n, f) reactions in U-238. The U-238 can be deployed as one or more layers sandwiched between layers of neutron-reflecting material, or as rods surrounded by neutron-reflecting material. The gaseous fission products can be withdrawn from the irradiation chamber on a continuous basis, and the radioactive iodine isotopes (including I-131) extracted. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286566 | NUCLEAR REACTOR OSCILLATION POWER RANGE MONITOR, AND METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, reactor oscillation power ranges monitor includes: a receiving unit which receives LPRM signals; an exclusion processing unit which searches the LPRM signals allocated to the cell for an LPRM signal corresponding to an exceptional condition; an averaging unit which averages the allocated LPRM signals; a time averaging unit which calculates a time average of the average flux value; a normalized value calculation unit which divides the average flux value by the time averaged flux value; an initialization unit which outputs an initialization signal identifying the cell allocated to an LPRM signal which is changed to correspond or not correspond to the exceptional condition; and a determination unit which derives at least one of amplitude and cycle of a power oscillation from the normalized value. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286567 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECLAIMING ENERGY FROM HEAT EMANATING FROM SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL - The present invention provides a system and method for reclaiming energy from the heat emanating from spent nuclear fuel contained within a canister-based dry storage system. The inventive system and method provides continuous passive cooling of the loaded canisters by utilizing the chimney-effect and reclaims the energy from the air that is heated by the canisters. The inventive system and method, in one embodiment, is particularly suited to store the canisters below-grade, thereby utilizing the natural radiation shielding properties of the sub-grade while still facilitating passive air cooling of the canisters. In another embodiment, the invention focuses on a special arrangement of the spent nuclear fuel within the canisters so that spent nuclear fuel that is hotter than that which is typically allowed to be withdrawn from the spent fuel pools can be used in a dry-storage environment, thereby increasing the amount energy that can be reclaimed. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286568 | Boiling Water Nuclear Plant and Method of Reducing Dose in Turbine System - An adsorbing substance made of a material having an acid center in its molecular frame is installed in a passage for steam generated in a reactor pressure vessel | 2011-11-24 |
20110286569 | FAST BREEDER REACTOR TYPE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT SYSTEM - A fast breeder reactor type nuclear power plant system including a reactor vessel provided with a core and a pipe of primary loop coolant for supplying primary loop coolant to the reactor vessel. One or more bending parts are formed on at least the pipe of primary loop coolant of the pipes, and a part of the bending part on a downstream side is provided with a flow path having a non-circular sectional configuration wherein the negative side of the bending part is formed in either a planar or flat shape. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286570 | SOLID HOLLOW CORE FUEL FOR FUSION-FISSION ENGINE - A fuel pebble for use in a fusion-fission engine includes a buffer material and a fertile or fissile fuel shell surrounding the buffer material. The fuel pebble also includes a containment shell surrounding the fertile or fissile fuel shell. The containment shell includes silicon carbide. The fuel pebble further includes a composite material layer surrounding the containment shell and a cladding layer surrounding the composite material layer. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286571 | SHIFT REGISTER WITH EMBEDDED BIDIRECTIONAL SCANNING FUNCTION - The present invention relates to a shift register having a plurality of stages electrically coupled to each other in series. Each stage includes a first and second TFT transistor. The first TFT transistor has a get electrically coupled to the output of the immediately prior stage, a drain electrically coupled to the boost point of the stage, and a source configured to receive one of the first and second control signals. The second TFT transistor has a get electrically coupled to the output of the immediately next stage, a drain and a source electrically coupled the drain and the source of the first transistor, respectively. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286572 | SHIFT REGISTER UNIT, GATE DRIVING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A shift register unit includes an input module for inputting a second clock signal or a third clock signal, and for inputting a frame starting signal, a first clock signal, a low voltage signal, a reset signal as well as a first signal and a second signal transmitted from a next neighboring shift register unit; a processing module for generating a gate driving signal and allowing a level of at least one of first junctions formed by at least two TFTs to be maintained at low level in a frame interval during which the second clock signal or the third clock signal inputted from the input module is maintained at low level; and an output module for transmitting the gate driving signal generated by the processing module. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286573 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LARGE FIELD OF VIEW IMAGING AND DETECTION AND COMPENSATION OF MOTION ARTIFACTS - A method and apparatus are provided to improve large field of view CT image acquisition by using at least two scanning procedures: (i) one with the radiation source and detector centered and (ii) one in an offset configuration. The imaging data obtained from both of the scanning procedures is used in the reconstruction of the image. In addition, a method and apparatus are provided for detecting motion in a reconstructed image by generating a motion map that is indicative of the regions of the reconstructed image that are affected by motion artifacts. Optionally, the motion map may be used for motion estimation and/or motion compensation to prevent or diminish motion artifacts in the resulting reconstructed image. An optional method for generating a refined motion map is also provided. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286574 | X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, X-ray detector, acquisition unit, rotating mechanism, input unit, and control unit. The input unit repeatedly inputs trigger signals originating from a specific phase of a periodic motion of a body of a subject or a periodic motion of an organ of the subject. The trigger signals being supplied from a measuring device which measures the periodic motion. The control unit causes the X-ray tube to start generating X-rays on the basis of the input of a first trigger signal of the repeatedly input trigger signals, and causes the X-ray tube to stop generating X-rays on the basis of the input of a second trigger signal next to the first trigger signal in order to repeatedly scan the subject over substantially one period of the movement while a scan position is fixed. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286575 | PORTABLE RADIOLOGICAAL IMAGING SYSTEM - In one embodiment, a portable radiological imaging system includes a portable base station having an X-ray source and a power supply, a wireless X-ray detector configured to receive X-ray radiation from the source and to generate image data based upon the received radiation, and a portable image processing system removably carried by the base station and configured to receive the image data from the detector and to process the image data to produce and display a user-viewable image derived from the image data. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286576 | Compact Endocavity Diagnostic Probes for Nuclear Radiation Detection - This invention relates to the field of radiation imaging. In particular, the invention relates to an apparatus and a method for imaging tissue or an inanimate object using a novel probe that has an integrated solid-state semiconductor detector and complete readout electronics circuitry. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286577 | Method for Obtaining a Structure Factor of an Amorphous Material, in Particular Amorphous Glass - An incident X-ray is emitted in a wide angular sector toward an amorphous material specimen which backscatters the X-rays. The method comprises:
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20110286578 | HANDHELD X-RAY SYSTEM INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD - In one embodiment, an X-ray system includes a handheld X-ray interface device. The handheld X-ray interface device includes a wireless interface for communicating with an imaging system and for receiving system operational data from the imaging system, wherein the handheld X-ray interface device is configured to provide a user detectable indication of the imaging system operational status based upon the received data. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286579 | HANDHELD X-RAY SYSTEM IMAGE VIEWING SYSTEM AND METHOD - In one embodiment, an X-ray system includes a handheld X-ray interface device. The handheld X-ray interface device includes a wireless interface for communicating with an imaging system and a user-viewable screen configured to display patient data and to receive user input. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286580 | High-voltage x-ray generator - A power supply for a device which has a load, comprising a first resonant generator and a second resonant generator, coupled in parallel, each generator having a phase output. The power supply further comprises a control circuit coupled to the first and second generators controlling the first and second phase outputs, wherein the first phase output and the second phase output are summed to provide a variable power supply to the load. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286581 | MULTIBEAM X-RAY SOURCE WITH INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - Multibeam field emission x-ray systems and related methods can include cathode elements, an anode assembly spaced from the plurality of cathode elements, and an extraction gate positioned between the plurality of cathode elements and the anode assembly. A potential difference can be applied between the extraction gate and at least one of the cathode elements to cause an emission of electrons from the respective cathode elements. Emission characteristics of the cathode elements can be measured, and the potential difference between the extraction gate and at least one of the cathode elements can be adjusted based on the emission characteristics measured. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286582 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An imaging system includes a plurality of imaging apparatuses, each of the imaging apparatuses includes a detector for performing an imaging operation for outputting image data corresponding to applied radiation or light and a controller for controlling the operation of the detector. The imaging apparatuses can independently perform an imaging operation and are movable in accordance with a relative positional relationship thereof. Sensing means obtain information indicative of the relative positional relationship between the imaging apparatuses. A control computer sends a control signal for determining operations of the imaging apparatuses to the controller. The control computer determines the operations of the imaging apparatuses by using the information obtained from the sensing means; and sets an appropriate scanning direction of each of the imaging apparatuses in accordance with the positional relationship thereof. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286583 | Enhanced Multiparty Conference Outdial - Methods are described for providing conference calls. Methods are performed in a conference call system and includes: receiving local contact information for a plurality of contacts stored in a local phone book of a user equipment associated with a caller; updating a contact database of the conference call system based on the local contact information; registering the caller with an interactive voice response system of the conference call system; receiving a spoken request from the caller; accessing the contact database with contact information and retrieving a phone number responsive to the spoken request; calling the retrieved phone number; and establishing contact between the caller and a person associated with the retrieved phone number. Systems and computer readable mediums are also described. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286584 | Certified Communications System and Method - The certification system and method acquires, records and then authenticates a voice communication between communicating parties by a service provider in a telecommunication system. The system acquires, maintains custody over, controls access to, and permits modification, supplementation and deletion of recorded communications session, and distributes a reproduction of an authenticated recording. The authenticated record includes the authenticated identity AU-ID of the parties which is ascertained and documented at the time of acquisition, upon any access, modification or supplementation to the recording and at the time of authentication. AU-ID is adjunct data to the recording. The supplemented recording may include a translation, a transcription and an emotional characteristic. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286585 | Telecommunication Call Management And Monitoring System With Voiceprint Verification - A secure telephone call management system is provided for authenticating users of a telephone system in an institutional facility. Authentication of the users of the telephone call management system is accomplished by using a personal identification number, biometric means, and/or radio frequency means. The secure telephone call management system includes accounting software capable of limiting access to the system based on funds in a user's account, and includes management software capable of implementing widespread or local changes to the system. The system monitors a conversation in the telephone call to detect a presence of a first characteristic in audio of the conversation, and terminates the telephone call if the first characteristic does not match a second characteristic of biometric information of a user or a called party. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286586 | MULTIMODAL INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM - Multi-modal interaction with a telephonic device using a call handling system is enabled by receiving a call at an interactive voice response (IVR) system of the call handling system, the call being received from a telephonic device of a caller. A voice communications session between the IVR and the telephonic device is established in response to the call. Whether the telephonic device is capable of processing multi-modal communications is determined. Based on determining that the telephonic device is not capable of processing multi-modal communications, the IVR is enabled to access and audibly deliver voice page content to the caller via the voice communications session. Alternatively, based on determining that the telephonic device is capable of processing multi-modal communications, the call handling system is configured to exchange multi-modal communications with the telephonic device during the call. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286587 | CALL INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE, CALL INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, CALL INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A call information providing system includes a voice data storage device and a call information providing device. The voice data storage device stores voice data indicating content of a call and a telephone number of a phone terminal used for a call so as to correspond to each other. The call information providing device transmits the information (or voice data itself), which specifies the voice data stored in the voice data storage device, to the email address of a user of the phone terminal used for the call by email. Accordingly, the content of the call and the email can be uniformly managed by the emailer of the email terminal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286588 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED INTERNET TELEPHONE SERVICE AND TERMINAL USING THE SAME - Provided are a method for providing a personalized internet phone, and a terminal using the same. The method includes operations: (S | 2011-11-24 |
20110286589 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TAGGING OUTGOING TELEPHONY CALLS - Systems and methods for determining and providing call disposition information for outgoing calls are provided. More particularly, the disposition of a call placed from a communication device is determined, and associated with a call log for that communication device. The call disposition information is displayed or otherwise output to a user when the call log is accessed by the user. The call disposition information can be determined by a call disposition application running on a communication server that provides the call disposition information to a communication device for display by that communication device. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286590 | FACSIMILE AWARE ALARM MONITORING STATION AND METHOD - A method and security system arrangement are disclosed for processing incoming signals at an alarm monitoring station. The method includes analyzing the incoming signals to assess if any particular incoming signal includes characteristics of a facsimile signal to thereby identify whether or not a given incoming signal is a facsimile signal. If the analyzing identifies that a given incoming signal includes characteristics of a facsimile signal, thus identifying that the given incoming signal is likely a facsimile signal, the alarm monitoring station refrains from initiating an alarm handling procedure to handle the given incoming signal. Caller ID information may be extracted from the facsimile signals received by the alarm monitoring station, and added to a call block list. Calls originating from caller IDs on the call block list may be blocked by the alarm monitoring station. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286591 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACTIVE MOBILE COLLABORATION - A communication system is provided that uses loosely-coupled client-server architectures to improve the efficiency of communications. The communication system includes client and facilitator applications. The client application is a component of processor-based mobile communication devices. The facilitator application is hosted on one or more servers or other processor-based devices, and communicates with the client application via one or more couplings. The facilitator application can also be distributed among one or more portable processor-based devices including the communication devices hosting the client application. The communication system improves efficiency of voice communications by allowing communication device users to dynamically manage how and when mobile calls take place, intelligently screen calls based on caller identity, urgency, and subject matter, determine which contacts in a directory are available to talk and which ones choose not to be disturbed, and increase accessibility of enterprise and personal contact information from mobile phones. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286592 | PLAYING EXPECTED WAIT TIME ON AGENT'S NOTIFICATION - Systems and methods for providing estimated wait times are provided. More particularly, an estimated wait time is calculated based at least in part on agent availability information entered by the agent. The agent availability information may be obtained from the agent through a user interface provided by a contact center communication device. The user interface may include soft keys. In addition, the estimated wait time can be provided to client communication devices. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286593 | System and Method of Adjusting the Sound of Multiple Audio Objects Directed Toward an Audio Output Device - Embodiments of the present invention include methods and apparatuses for adjusting audio content when more multiple audio objects are directed toward a single audio output device. The amplitude, white noise content, and frequencies can be adjusted to enhance overall sound quality or make content of certain audio objects more intelligible. Audio objects are classified by a class category, by which they are can be assigned class specific processing. Audio objects classes can also have a rank. The rank of an audio objects class is used to give priority to or apply specific processing to audio objects sin the presence of other audio objects of different classes. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286594 | STORAGE OF SENSITIVE DATA IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK - A method begins by a processing module applying a share encoding function on data to produce a plurality of encoded shares and generating a corresponding plurality of random numbers for the plurality of encoded shares. The method continues with the processing module generating an encryption key based on a common password and a corresponding one of the corresponding plurality of random numbers and encrypting the encoded share utilizing the encryption key to produce an encrypted share for each encoded share of the plurality of encoded shares. The method continues with the processing module facilitating storage of the corresponding plurality of random numbers and each of the encrypted shares. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286595 | STORING ACCESS INFORMATION IN A DISPERSED STORAGE NETWORK - A method begins by a processing module applying a share encoding function on data to produce a plurality of encoded shares and generating a plurality of random numbers. The method continues with the processing module obtaining a set of personalized authenticating values regarding user access to the data and generating a plurality of hidden passwords based on the set of personalized authenticating values. The method continues with the processing module generating an encryption key based on a corresponding one of the plurality of hidden passwords and a corresponding one of the plurality of random numbers and encrypting the encoded share utilizing the encryption key to produce an encrypted share for each encoded share of the plurality of encoded shares. The method continues with the processing module facilitating storage of the plurality of random numbers and each of the encrypted shares. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286596 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENCRYPTION WITH AUTHENTICATION INTEGRITY - A data integrity system including a transmitter, having a TX pseudorandom function generator, a TX switching function having a transmitting option and a TX combiner operative to receive, from a Host, an initialization data entity including at least one word, [TA1], in an initialization phase, to receive, during normal operation, two data entities of interest each including at least one data word of interest [TA2] and [TA3] respectively; to receive a first data entity including at least one word [TC1] comprising a randomized data entry, from the TX pseudorandom function generator, to generate a first XOR sum of the initialization data entity's word [TA1] and the at least one randomized data entity [TC1], in at least one iteration of an initialization phase; and, during normal operation, to generate and to output a second XOR sum [TA2⊕TC2=TB2] and a third XOR sum [TA3⊕TC3=TB3], wherein TB2 and TB3 are randomized data entities, wherein the words TA1, TA2 and TA3 are operative to initialize the data integrity system including enabling the data integrity system to encrypt the TA2 word and to generate an identifying hash value output using the TA3 word. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286597 | HOME AGENT PROXIED MIPv6 ROUTE OPTIMIZATION MODE - A method apparatus, processor, and computer program product for wireless communication, including employing a communication interface to obtain a binding update message from a mobile node (MN). A data process is employed to analyze the binding update message for a network address of a corresponding node (CN). A communication interface is employed to initiate a long-life secure association between the CN and a network agent serving the MN if the binding update message contains the network address of the CN, wherein the long-life secure association enables the MN and CN to participate in a route optimized (RO) mobile communication session. The method may include employing a data processor to generate a binding cache entry for the network entity or a network component serving the network entity, wherein the binding cache entry includes a security key that facilitates a route optimized communication session with the network entity or the network component. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286598 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a key retaining section retaining a key for use in writing data in a data storage area of another information processing apparatus or reading data stored in the data storage area, and a storage section that stores data. The information processing apparatus is used by being combined with the other information processing apparatus. The key retained in the key retaining section is protected with a key retained in the other information processing apparatus. The storage section is protected with the key retained in the other information processing apparatus. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286599 | DISTRIBUTED PUF - An electronic system ( | 2011-11-24 |
20110286600 | WIRELESS AUDIO SYSTEM - A system for wireless transmission between a device such as a game controller and a base transceiver linked with a host device. Multiple controllers can be linked with the base transceiver through radio frequency transmission, and audio signals can be selectively transmitted therebetween. Audio commands can be introduced with manual controls at the controller for transmission to the base transceiver. Audio signals can be generated, mixed or otherwise processed by the combination of the host device and base transceiver for selective transmission to one or more controllers. The combination of manual switches, audio commands, and radio frequency transmission provides unique combinations of interaction between a person and the host device. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286601 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An audio signal processing device includes a processing unit for convoluting head-related transfer functions with audio signals of a plurality of channels, and the processing unit includes a storage unit for storing data of a double-normalized head-related transfer function by normalizing a normalized head-related transfer function obtained by normalizing a head-related transfer function in a state in which a dummy head or a person is present in a position of the listener with a transfer characteristic in a pristine state in which the dummy head or the person is not present, using a normalized head-related transfer function obtained by normalizing a head-related transfer function in the state in which the dummy head or the person is present with a transfer characteristic in the pristine state, and a convolution unit for reading the data from the storage unit and convoluting the data with the audio signals. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286602 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED STREAMING AUDIO - A system and method for enhancement and management of streaming audio is disclosed. In one embodiment, the system provides a client-side decoder that is compatible with numerous audio formats, so that a user can enjoy relatively high-quality audio from various sources, even from sources that do not provide multi-channel or high-quality audio data. The system and method also include a management system for managing and controlling the use of licensed signal processing software to further enhance an audio stream. In one embodiment, the management system is used to manage a signal processing module that provides psychoacoustic audio processing to create a wider soundstage, an acoustic correction process to increase the perceived height and clarity of the audio image, and bass enhancement processing to create the perception of low bass from the small speakers or headphones typically used with multi-media systems and portable audio players. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286603 | AUTOMATIC ADJUSTMENTS OF AUDIO ALERT CHARACTERISTICS OF AN ALERT DEVICE USING AMBIENT NOISE LEVELS - The automatic adjustment of audio alert characteristics of an alert device using ambient noise levels is described. In one aspect of the invention, a machine-readable medium has executable instructions to cause a machine to perform a method to receive an audio sample of ambient noise and adjust a characteristic of the audio alert, such as, the volume level of the audio alert, based on the ambient noise level. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286604 | MICROPHONE ARRAY DEVICE - A microphone array device includes a first sound reception unit configured to obtain a first sound signal that is input from a first microphone, a second sound reception unit configured to obtain a second sound signal that is input from a second microphone, a noise state evaluation unit configured to compare the first sound signal and the second sound signal and to obtain an evaluation parameter to evaluate an influence of a non-target sound included in the second sound signal on a target sound included in the first sound signal according to a result of the comparison, a subtraction adjustment unit configured to set a suppression amount for the second sound signal based on the evaluation parameter and to generate a third sound signal; and a subtraction unit configured to generate a signal to be output based on the third sound signal and the first sound signal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286605 | NOISE SUPPRESSOR - A voice/noise section decision unit | 2011-11-24 |
20110286606 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NOISE CANCELLATION - A noise cancellation signal is generated based on detected ambient noise, such that the noise cancellation signal and a wanted sound signal can be applied to a speaker. Gain control is applied to the wanted sound signal based on a comparison between the detected ambient noise level and the wanted sound signal level, for example such that the level of the wanted sound signal after the gain has been applied exceeds the level of a detected ambient noise signal by a certain threshold. Steps may also be taken such that the total level of the wanted sound signal after the gain has been applied and of the detected ambient noise signal do not exceed a second threshold, to avoid saturating the speaker to which they are applied. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286607 | NOISE CANCELING HEADPHONE - Noise canceling headphones designed so that external noise coming from all directions can be effectively concerned by means of a canceling sound before being heard by a user. These feed-forward noise canceling headphones use noise canceling headphones ( | 2011-11-24 |
20110286608 | EARPIECE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication system is provided having at least one earpiece ( | 2011-11-24 |
20110286609 | MULTIPLE MICROPHONE BASED DIRECTIONAL SOUND FILTER - A system and method for use in filtering of an acoustic signal are provided for producing an output signal of attenuated amount of diffuse sound in accordance with predetermined parameters of desired output directional response and required attenuation of diffuse sound. The system includes a filtration module and a filter generation module including a directional analysis module and filter construction module. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286610 | SURFACE MICROMACHINED DIFFERENTIAL MICROPHONE - A differential microphone having a perimeter slit formed around the microphone diaphragm that replaces the backside hole previously required in conventional silicon, micromachined microphones. The differential microphone is formed using silicon fabrication techniques applied only to a single, front face of a silicon wafer. The backside holes of prior art microphones typically require that a secondary machining operation be performed on the rear surface of the silicon wafer during fabrication. This secondary operation adds complexity and cost to the micromachined microphones so fabricated. Comb fingers forming a portion of a capacitive arrangement may be fabricated as part of the differential microphone diaphragm. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286611 | DIGITAL AMPLIFIER - A digital amplifier is described with decreased high-frequency noise current flowing into GND via a capacitor in a low-pass filter output. Consequently output sound quality is improved because AC loops of noise current that occur are balanced while each switch is turned on. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286612 | PHANTOM POWER CONTROLLED SWITCH - A switching operation is performed in response to an externally applied DC control signal from an external load. An input connector receives an input audio signal from an external audio source, and an output connector that provides an audio output signal. A DC isolator couples the input audio signal from the input connector as the audio output signal on the output connector while isolating the externally applied DC control signal from the input connector. A switch is responsive to the externally applied DC control signal applied to the output connector so as to perform the switch operation. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286613 | Speaker System - An audio speaker comprises three modules stacked on one another to form a tower. The bottom module generates a magneto-strictive output that is coupled to the structure on which the bottom module stands to cause audio signal radiation from that structure. The top module has an upwardly facing cone speaker that radiates audio signals primarily in the upper audio frequency range. These two audio signal radiations combine to provide a more comprehensive frequency range signal than is normally obtained at the small size of the tower. An intermediate module plays media such as an audio card. The modules are releasably held together by embedded magnets in the adjacent facing surfaces of the modules. Signal information is transmitted between modules by terminals on adjacent facing surfaces. The upwardly facing surface has a set of recessed spring loaded upwardly extending terminals. The mating terminals on the downwardly facing surface are flush with the surface contact terminals. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286614 | INDIVIDUALIZATION OF SOUND SIGNALS - A system and method provide a user-specific sound signal for each of multiple users in a room, such as a vehicle cabin, on a sound system including at least a pair of loudspeakers for each user. The head position of each user is tracked and a user-specific binaural sound signal is generated based on the tracked head position of at least one user. Crosstalk cancellation and cross-soundfield cancellation are performed on the user-specific binaural sound signal to enable a user-specific sound signal to be output on the respective loudspeaker pair for each user. In this way, different user-specific sound signals, which may include completely different audio programs, can be provided for each user in the room. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286615 | WIRELESS STEREO HEADSETS AND METHODS - Wireless stereo headsets and methods of using the headsets are described. In one embodiment, a wireless stereo headset includes a first earpiece, having a first speaker and a first USB connector, and a second earpiece which has a second speaker and a second USB connector. The USB connectors are configured to charge a battery within each earpiece without a cable to connect the earpiece to a source of power, and the earpieces are shaped to matingly engage together such that the first speaker mates with the second USB connector and the second speaker mates with the first USB connector. In one embodiment, each of the first earpiece and the second earpiece can be configured to act as master device and when one becomes the master device, the other earpiece will in response act as the slave device. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286616 | HEARING DEVICE WITH A PASSIVE UNIT SEATED DEEP IN THE AUDITORY CANAL - Hearing devices and, more particularly hearing aids, can be inserted into the auditory canal in an improved fashion. A hearing device has a first unit, which can be completely inserted within a human auditory canal. The first unit has a first housing into which a sound-recording element, a receiver and, connected therebetween, an amplifier are integrated. The hearing device moreover has a second unit, which is outside of the first housing and can be inserted into the human auditory canal in addition to the first unit. The second unit is galvanically connected to the first unit and configured for wireless energy absorption and for supplying the first unit with current. Hence, the first unit, together with the second unit, does not require a battery as an energy source and can thus have a smaller configuration, and therefore it can optionally be introduced further into the auditory canal. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286617 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDING SHARED VOICE COIL TO PROVIDE HEARING AID COMPATIBILITY AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device is for use with a hearing aid including a hearing aid compatible (HAC) coil. The device may include a portable housing and a wireless receiver carried by the portable housing. The device may also include at least one image capture component and a positioning coil associated therewith and carried by the portable housing. A controller may also be carried by the portable housing for selectively operating the positioning coil for image capture, and for inductively coupling received signals from the wireless receiver to the HAC coil. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286618 | ENHANCED ENVELOPE ENCODED TONE, SOUND PROCESSOR AND SYSTEM - There is disclosed a system ( | 2011-11-24 |
20110286619 | Ribbon transducer with improved distortion characteristics - A ribbon-type electroacoustic transducer with improved electrical, electromechanical, electromagnetic characteristics is described. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286620 | HAT MOUNTED MUSIC SYSTEM - A hat mounted music system includes a semi-rigid hatband and a flexible crown and hat bill mounted to the hatband. A retaining pocket is mounted to the hatband and is sized and shaped to hold a portable music player. First and second headphone mounts are located to align with the ears of a user. The mounts have first and second hinges. First portions of the hinges are attached to the hatband and second portions of the hinges are attached to the mounts. The hinges permit movement of the mounts from a first, open position to a second, listening position. First and second headphone modules are adapted to fit the headphone mounts. Connection wires connect the player to the headphone modules. The headphone mounts are spring-loaded and are retained in the second position by a latching mechanism. A release device allows the headphone mounts to return to the first, open position. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286621 | Earphone Line, Earphone Line TAKE-UP Apparatus, Earphone Assembly and Mobile Terminal - The present invention provides an earphone line, an earphone line take-up apparatus, an earphone assembly and a mobile terminal. The earphone line comprises a bullet-proof fibre, insulated conductive wires and an earphone line skin, wherein: the earphone line further comprises conductors; the insulated conductive wires are wound around the bullet-proof fibre in a spiral fashion; the earphone line skin is attached to and wrapped on a surface of the insulated conductive wires to form a layer of super-thin, flexible and wear-resistant earphone line skin; and the conductors are at two ends of the earphone line and are to be connected to output and input ends of a signal connecting apparatus and of the earphone respectively during use. The present invention further provides a method for manufacturing the earphone line. Contrary to the traditional earphone line which is bulky and stiff and easy to be broken after hundreds of times of coiling, the new type earphone line of the present invention is very fine and flexible and possible to be coiled tens of thousands of times without being broken and can meet the life time requirement for the “built-in retractable earphone”. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286622 | CUP-SHAPED PORTABLE SPEAKER WITH MUSIC PLAYER ADAPTER - A portable speaker for a music play such as an iPod® player. The housing of the speaker is shaped and sized as a cup and can be placed inside a commonly seen cup holder, such as a cup holder in a car or other vehicles, a baby stroller, a foldable camping chair, etc. The speaker housing has a slot for receiving a music player, as well as electrical connectors for electrically connecting to the audio output of the music player. The sound producing devices are disposed within the speaker housing and face upwards and/or downwards. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286623 | MOVING PART AND ELECTRODYNAMIC TRANSDUCER PROVIDED WITH SUCH A MOVING PART - The invention relates to a moving part for an electro-dynamic transducer, including at least one mandrel supporting a winding of at least one coiled wire. The mandrel includes at least one first element rigidly connected inside at least one second element for guiding the moving part inside the transducer. The first element has a winding support for the coiled wire so that the coil is located inside the mandrel, as well as vibration transmitter, such as a diaphragm, the vibration being generated by the movement of the coil induced by the flow of current in the coil wire. The invention also relates to an electro-dynamic transducer including such a moving part. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286624 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WATERMARKING OF 3D MESH MODEL - Provided are a watermarking method and a watermarking apparatus for a mesh mode, which are applicable to a system which requires high precision, such as a rapid prototyping system. A reference coordinate system is set using 1-ring values of vertices of a 3D mesh model. The vertices are sorted based on the set reference coordinate system, and bit-information of the watermark consisting of bit string is, respectively, embedded into each of polygonal faces of the 3D mesh model in the sorted order. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286625 | SYSTEM REACTIONS TO THE DETECTION OF EMBEDDED WATERMARKS IN A DIGITAL HOST CONTENT - Methods, devices and computer program products for enabling secure and efficient extraction of embedded watermarks from digital host content are provided. Upon the reception of a multi-channel digital host content with embedded watermarks, a subset of the received channels are selected and combined together to from a composite content. The composite content is then examined to recover embedded watermarks. The particular subset of channels can be selected according to a probability value. Further, a set of new channels can be selected and combined after a particular time interval has elapsed. The number of selected channels can also be varied each time a new selection is made. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286626 | Virtual Remote Encoding System - Mail processing methods and systems. A method performed at a local delivery unit includes receiving an image of a mail item at the local delivery unit from an imaging and virtualization facility (IVF) that is geographically separated from the local delivery unit. The image and the mail item are associated with a mail item identifier. The method includes displaying the image to a user at the local delivery unit and receiving address information corresponding to the mail item from the user. The method includes associating the address information with the mail item identifier. Related apparatuses and systems are discussed. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286627 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING AND RECOGNITION WITH ROTATION INVARIANT FEATURE DESCRIPTORS - Various methods for tracking and recognition with rotation invariant feature descriptors are provided. One example method includes generating an image pyramid of an image frame, detecting a plurality of interest points within the image pyramid, and extracting feature descriptors for each respective interest point. According to some example embodiments, the feature descriptors are rotation invariant. Further, the example method may also include tracking movement by matching the feature descriptors to feature descriptors of a previous frame and performing recognition of an object within the image frame based on the feature descriptors. Related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286628 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION USING A LARGE DATABASE - A method of organizing a set of recognition models of known objects stored in a database of an object recognition system includes determining a classification model for each known object and grouping the classification models into multiple classification model groups. Each classification model group identifies a portion of the database that contains the recognition models of the known objects having classification models that are members of the classification model group. The method also includes computing a representative classification model for each classification model group. Each representative classification model is derived from the classification models that are members of the classification model group. When a target object is to be recognized, the representative classification models are compared to a classification model of the target object to enable selection of a subset of the recognition models of the known objects for comparison to a recognition model of the target object. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286629 | Method for reconstruction of a two-dimensional sectional image corresponding to a sectional plane through a recorded object and x-ray device - A method for reconstruction of a two-dimensional sectional image corresponding to a sectional plane through a recorded object from two-dimensional projection images recorded along a recording trajectory at different projection angles with an X-ray device is proposed. The sectional plane having at least two intersection points with the imaging trajectory is selected. After selection of the sectional plane, an intermediate function on the sectional plane is determined by backprojection of the projection images processed with a differentiation filter. The object densities forming the sectional image are determined from the intermediate function by a two-dimensional iterative deconvolution method. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286630 | Visualization of Medical Image Data With Localized Enhancement - Systems and methods for visualization of medical image data with localized enhancement. In one implementation, image data of a structure of interest is resampled within a predetermined plane to generate at least one background image of the structure of interest. In addition, at least one local image is reconstructed to visually enhance at least one local region of interest associated with the structure of interest. The local image and the background image are then combined to generate a composite image. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286631 | REAL TIME TRACKING/DETECTION OF MULTIPLE TARGETS - A mobile platform detects and tracks at least one target in real-time, by tracking at least one target, and creating an occlusion mask indicating an area in a current image to detect a new target. The mobile platform searches the area of the current image indicated by the occlusion mask to detect the new target. The use of a mask to instruct the detection system where to look for new targets increases the speed of the detection task. Additionally, to achieve real-time operation, the detection and tracking is performed in the limited time budget of the (inter) frame duration. Tracking targets is given higher priority than detecting new targets. After tracking is completed, detection is performed in the remaining time budget for the frame duration. Detection for one frame, thus, may be performed over multiple frames. | 2011-11-24 |
20110286632 | ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A RADAR AND AN IMAGING ELEMENT - An assembly comprising a radar and a camera for both deriving data relating to a golf ball and a golf club at launch, radar data relating to the ball and club being illustrated in an image provided by the camera. The data illustrated may be trajectories of the ball/club/club head, directions and/or angles, such as an angle of a face of the golf club striking the ball, the lie angle of the club head or the like. An assembly of this type may also be used for defining an angle or direction in the image and rotating e.g. an image of the golfer to have the determined direction or angle coincide with a predetermined angle/direction in order to be able to compare different images. | 2011-11-24 |