49th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 68 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130325378 | Predicting Energy Savings - A mechanism is provided for estimating energy/power consumption of a fixed-frequency operating mode while system is running in dynamic power management mode. For each time interval in a plurality of time intervals within a time period: a first processor identifies a modeled total nominal power value for at least one second processor during a current time interval, stores the modeled total nominal power value for the current time interval in a storage, identifies a dynamic power management mode power value for the at least one second processor in the data processing system during the current interval, and stores the dynamic power management mode power value for the current time interval in the storage. Responsive to the time period expiring, a comparison is produced of a plurality of modeled total nominal power values and a plurality of dynamic power management mode power values over the time period. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325379 | INTERNAL RESISTANCE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING INTERNAL RESISTANCE - An internal resistance estimation device for estimating an internal resistance of an electric storage device includes a current measurement portion, a voltage measurement portion, and a controller. The current measurement portion is configured to measure a charge current to the electric storage device. The voltage measurement portion is configured to measure a terminal voltage of the electric storage device. The controller is configured to estimate an internal resistance of the electric storage device based on the charge current and the terminal voltage measured in a restrictive period of charge time for charging the electric storage device. The restrictive period is a period in which a time variation in charge current is constant. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325380 | AC Active Load - An AC active load device for use with a generator and a controller to supply a variable impedance when supplied with an AC waveform. The AC active load device uses a transformer and one or more transistors to generate an average max load impedance greater than 1000 ohms over varying voltage levels. The transistor functions as a dynamically-controlled resistor to the generator when the generator supplies the AC voltage to the transformer. The transistors may be GaN FETs or LDMOSFETs. The transformer steps down a voltage supplied by a generator to a voltage below the threshold voltage of the transistors. A control voltage is supplied to the gate of the transistors and may be controlled by a controller. A voltage and current are outputted to the controller from the AC active load device. The AC active load device may be used to calibrate the generator. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325381 | PROCESS CONTROL LOOP CURRENT VERIFICATION - Some embodiments are directed to a process device comprising a process variable sensor configured to generate an output signal indicative of a sensed process variable; loop current output circuitry configured to control a loop current on a two wire process control loop to a value based on the output signal; loop current measurement circuitry coupled to the process control loop and configured to generate a measured loop current value based on the loop current; and loop current verification circuitry configured to approximate the loop current value based on the output signal and properties of a low pass filter, and generate a diagnostic signal based on a comparison of the approximated loop current value and the measured loop current value. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325382 | SIDE-CHANNEL ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON PROFILE - A side channel analysis apparatus based on a profile includes a waveform collection unit configured to collect leaked information from a target device of a side channel analysis; and a preprocessing unit configured to preprocess a waveform data correspond to the leaked information collected from the waveform collection unit before analyzing same. Further, the side channel analysis apparatus includes an analysis unit configured to analyze the waveform data preprocessed in the preprocessing unit; and a profile configuration unit configured to make each process of the waveform collection unit, the preprocessing unit, and the analysis unit into a process and configure a profile for managing each process by connection of each process. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325383 | Monitoring and Analysis of Power System Components - Various methods and systems are provided for monitoring and analysis of electrical components. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining raw radio frequency (RF) component data associated with an electrical component, cross-correlating the raw RF component data with a synchronized pseudo-random sequence (PRS) signal injected into the electrical component to determine a correlated impulse response, and determining a condition of the electrical component based at least in part upon the correlated impulse response. In another embodiment, a system includes a signal injection system coupled to an electrical component. The signal injection system injects a synchronized PRS signal into the electrical component. A data capture device obtains raw RF component data synchronized with the PRS signal through a RF antenna. A data analysis device cross-correlates the raw RF component data with the PRS signal to determine characteristics associated with the electrical component. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325384 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASCERTAINING A PHYSICAL VARIABLE IN A POSITION TRANSDUCER SYSTEM - A method for ascertaining a value of a physical variable in a position transducer system includes the steps of providing a computation model, which maps a response of the position transducer system, wherein the computation model includes a model function and one or multiple parameter(s); ascertaining a value of at least one system variable at one or multiple points in time; determining the parameters of the computation model from one or multiple value(s) of the at least one system variable determined at different points in time; and determining the value of the physical variable as a function of the one or the multiple determined parameters. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325385 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING ALTITUDE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method of measuring an altitude in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes receiving a reference altitude from an information providing device fixed and installed at a certain point, measuring a current atmospheric pressure of the certain point, calculating an altitude of the certain position using the measured current atmospheric pressure and a reference atmospheric pressure, and storing a difference between the reference altitude and the calculated altitude of the certain point as an altitude error. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325386 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WITH GYRO SENSOR, GYRO SENSOR CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A mobile electronic equipment includes a gyro sensor that detects an angular velocity, a first housing with the gyro sensor disposed therein, a second housing movably connected to the first housing, an angle formed between the respective housings being changed by movement of the first housing, and a control unit that calculates a change in an angle formed between the first housing and the second housing before and after the movement as a measured angle, based on output data of the gyro sensor. The control unit calculates a correction value for the output data of the gyro sensor based on the measured angle and a reference angle set in advance (see FIG. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325387 | SHAPE SENSING DEVICE-SPECIFIC - A medical instrument, system and method for calibration are provided. The instrument includes a body ( | 2013-12-05 |
20130325388 | SENSOR VALIDATION METHOD, PATIENT MONITOR, PHYSIOLOGICAL SENSOR, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A PATIENT MONITOR - In order to increase sensor manufacturing yield without compromising patient safety, at least one first value is determined respectively for at least one sensor feature parameter indicative of characteristics of a physiological sensor and the determined value(s) is/are stored in a predefined memory location prior to use of a physiological sensor. In response to the physiological sensor being connected to a patient monitor, at least one second value is defined respectively for the at least one sensor feature parameter and the at least one first value of each of the at least one sensor feature parameter is retrieved from the predefined memory location. Each of the at least one second value is compared with respective at least one first value and a decision is made, based on the comparison, on the acceptance of the physiological sensor. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325389 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING SHORT-CIRCUIT OF CIRCUIT LAYOUT AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for inspecting short-circuit of circuit layout and a device using the same are provided, the method including: obtaining a circuit layout, wherein the circuit layout including a plurality of components; searching at least one of physical short-circuit components on the circuit layout among the components; adjusting the at least one of the physical short-circuit components so as to set the at least one of the physical short-circuit components to an open circuit state; inspecting whether the circuit layout has a short-circuit; and recovering the at least one of the physical short-circuit components to the at least one of the physical short-circuit components before adjustment. Thus, the short-circuit errors needed to be corrected in the circuit layout are detected exactly. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325390 | RF ESD DEVICE LEVEL DIFFERENTIAL VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT - A testing assembly for measuring voltage across a circuit during an electrostatic discharge event is provided. The assembly includes a high-frequency read-out device configured for coupling with an input of the circuit and coupling with an output of the circuit, each of the couplings including components configured for substantially blocking high-frequency electric signals while passing low frequency electric signals. A method of operation and a computer program product are also disclosed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325391 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR SENSING TEMPERATURE - The present invention relates to a circuit and a method for sensing a temperature. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a circuit for sensing a temperature including: a bipolar transistor unit connected to a current source to output an output voltage which is inversely proportional to temperature; a variable reference voltage unit for providing a variable reference voltage which varies according to setting; a first amplifying unit for receiving the output voltage of the bipolar transistor unit and the variable reference voltage and performing differential amplification to output the amplified voltage; and a second amplifying unit for variably amplifying a variation of the output voltage of the first amplifying unit using a feedback variable resistor is provided. Further, a method for sensing a temperature using the same is provided. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325392 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT DETECTION METHOD - A mobile terminal includes a first fixed-interval timer that counts a first interval; a second fixed-interval timer that counts a second interval longer than the first interval; a motion acceleration detection unit that obtains a first period of acceleration data from an acceleration sensor at the first interval and detects motion acceleration based on the first period of acceleration data; a walking state detection unit that, when the motion acceleration is detected based on the first period of acceleration data, obtains a second period of acceleration data, which is longer than the first period, from the acceleration sensor and detects a walking state or a non-walking state based on the second period of acceleration data; and a continuous walking determining unit that determines that continuous walking is detected when the walking state is detected a predetermined number of times or more within the second interval. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325393 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING COORDINATES - A method for determining the coordinates of a point on the surface of an object is provided. A source system, such as an OBIRCH system, is used to analyze and detect faults in an integrated circuit on a semiconductor die. The die includes three reference points and the detected fault(s) are defined with reference to the reference points. When the die is transferred to a FIB or other system for fault analysis, a processor determines the coordinates of the fault(s) for the FIB system using the three reference points. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325394 | Methods and Systems for Processing Social Interactive Data and Sharing of Tracked Activity Associated with Locations - A method includes determining a location of a first monitoring device used while performing an activity. The first monitoring device is worn by a first user. The method includes determining a location of a second monitoring device used while performing an activity. The second monitoring device is worn by a second user. The method further includes determining whether the locations of the first and second monitoring devices are within a range and whether the activities are similar. The method includes sending a prompt to the first monitoring device upon determining that the activities are similar and the locations are within the range. The prompt includes a request for permission from a first user account to allow a second user account to access information from the first user account regarding the activity performed using the first monitoring device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325395 | CO-OPTIMIZATION OF SCATTEROMETRY MARK DESIGN AND PROCESS MONITOR MARK DESIGN - An automated method for co-optimizing a scatterometry mark and a process monitoring mark is provided. Embodiments include generating a series of pattern profiles on a photoresist on a wafer; providing the series of pattern profiles, resist process parameters, and scatterometry critical dimension parameters as inputs for a scatterometry measurement; performing scatterometry measurement to generate spectra from the series of pattern profiles; and optimizing a sensitivity precision correlation for the resist process parameter. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325396 | Methods and Systems for Metrics Analysis and Interactive Rendering, Including Events Having Combined Activity and Location Information - A method includes receiving location data of a monitoring device when carried by a user and receiving motion data of the monitoring device. The motion data is associated with a time of occurrence and the location data. The method includes processing the received motion data to identify a group of the motion data having a substantially common characteristic and processing the location data for the group of the motion data. The group of motion data by way of processing the location data provides an activity identifier. The motion data includes metric data that identifies characteristics of the motion data. The method includes transferring the activity identifier and the characteristics of the motion data to a screen of a device for display. The activity identifier being a graphical user interface that receives an input for rendering more or less of the characteristics of the motion data. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325397 | DIMENSION MEASURING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A dimension measuring apparatus for measuring a dimension between a first contour data which is an evaluation reference of a pattern to be evaluated and a second contour data which is the pattern to be evaluated generates first correspondence information between a point on the first contour data and a point on the second contour data, determines consistency of a correspondence included in the first correspondence information, corrects an inconsistent correspondence, and generates second correspondence information, when associating a point on the first contour data and a point on the second contour data with each other. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325398 | Three-Dimensional Perceived Softness Of Baby Care Products - Methods of determining three-dimensional perceived softness of baby care products based on assessed parameters of the products, for use in the design of new baby care products or changes in their raw materials. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325399 | Calendar Integration Methods and Systems for Presentation of Events Having Combined Activity and Location Information - A method includes receiving geo-location data collected over time period. The geo-location data is associated with a monitoring device. The method further includes receiving motion tracking data of the monitoring device. The motion tracking data is collected over time period. The method includes identifying one or more activities. The activities are identified based on inference rules that identify certain activities to have occurred when at least part of the motion tracking data is correlated to the received geo-location data. The method further includes defining a metric for one or more of the identified activities. The metric is associated to a calendar date. The method includes sending the metric to a calendar application with integration instructions. The integration instructions define the calendar date to which the metric will be added. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325400 | System and method for determining the presence of spectral components in the spectra of mixture - The present invention discloses a system and method for detecting the spectra of unknown components in the spectrum of a mixture and/or for verifying the presence of suspected components in the spectrum of a mixture. The system and method involves using the algorithm to perform a regression that includes the target and known spectra in a mixture, calculating a residual where the coefficient for the target spectrum is zero, called the extracted spectrum, and comparing the extracted spectrum and the target spectrum. The system and method may be used with chemometrics algorithms, multiple known spectra, and/or multiple target spectra. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325401 | ADAPTIVE WEIGHTED STOCHASTIC GRADIENT DESCENT - A system and method for solving an optimization problem are disclosed which are based on adaptive weighted stochastic gradient descent. The method includes receiving data to be sampled in optimizing an integral of a second function and, for a number of iterations, sampling the data according to a modified distribution function which depends on at least one parameter, updating at least one parameter of the second function, and updating at least one parameter of the modified distribution function. In a subsequent one of the iterations, the modified distribution function used in sampling the data is based on the updated at least one parameter of the distribution function. Information is output, which can be based on the integral function with the at least one updated parameter. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325402 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE INSTALLATION OF FAULT CIRCUIT INDICATORS ON AN ELECTRICAL FEEDER - A method for maximizing the benefits of Fault Circuit Indicators on an electrical feeder has two steps. In the first step a data set for the feeder is obtained based on historical data. In the second step, the number of FCIs and their location is calculated based on the data set obtained in the first step. The number of FCIs and their location is determined utilizing a simulation algorithm that ensures each FCI is used efficiently and provides actionable information to the utility's crew. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325403 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING CONSUMPTION AND/OR A REMAINING RANGE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE AND MOTOR VEHICLE - A method calculates a remaining range and/or consumption of a motor vehicle with an energy storage system for a drive which acts on at least one wheel of the motor vehicle. The remaining range and/or the consumption can be calculated in a first fashion by using a first algorithm and in a second fashion by using a second algorithm. The second fashion requires a higher degree of expenditure on calculation than the first fashion. Switching over between the first fashion and the second fashion occurs as a function of the energy stored in the energy storage system. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325404 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERACTIVE GOAL SETTING AND RECOMMENDER USING EVENTS HAVING COMBINED ACTIVITY AND LOCATION INFORMATION - A method for generating recommendations for achieving goals is described. The method includes receiving a goal for a user account. The goal is associated with an activity that is trackable via a monitoring device. The method further includes receiving tracking data associated with the monitoring device. At least part of the tracking data is associated to the activity. The method includes receiving geo-location data associated with the monitoring device. The geo-location data is correlated to the tracking data. The method includes analyzing the received tracking data and geo-location data to characterize a current performance metric for the activity and generating a recommendation for the user account. The recommendation identifies the current performance metric and a suggested action and location for increasing the current performance metric to achieve the goal. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325405 | Modular Alternator and Starter Tester with a Four Link Hood Hinge - A diagnostic tool for testing the performance of a component of a vehicle may include a processor configured to process test information from an alternator of the vehicle and control and activate the alternator of the vehicle having identification information to be tested. The diagnostic tool may also include a memory configured to store the test information of the alternator and software that operates the alternator of the vehicle. The diagnostic tool may further comprise a removable modular component comprising an operational circuitry that allows for the diagnostic tool to operate, wherein the removable modular component is replaced based at least in part on a determination that the operational circuitry is faulty, wherein the memory and the removable modular component are in communication with the processor. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325406 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHECKING A CONTROL DEVICE - A control device may include an actuator for actuating a final control element on a cooling system of an internal combustion engine and a sensor for scanning a position of the final control element. A method for checking the control device may include the steps of triggering the actuator with a predetermined control signal, determining a progression of the control position scanned by the sensor, and determining the functional capability of the mechanical coupling of the actuator to the final control element on the basis of the predetermined control signal and the determined progression. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325407 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHARING SENSING INFORMATION OF PORTABLE DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for sharing sensing information of a portable device. The apparatus includes a sensor control unit for collecting sensing information sensed by sensors. A communication control unit collects sensing information from peripheral devices. An information management unit stores the collected sensing information. An information collection unit determines a sensing information collection range based on a sensing information request from an application and a sensing information collection policy, receives the sensing information from at least one of the sensor control unit, the communication control unit, and the information management unit based on the determined sensing information collection range, converts the received sensing information into a format requested by the application based on the sensing information request, and transmits the converted information to the application. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325408 | TWO DIMENSIONAL NMR OF DIFFUSION AND RELAXATION FOR MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION - Processing nuclear magnetic resonance data to obtain information regarding material properties is described. This processing can include, for example, compression techniques that can be implemented to lower the required operating memory. In some embodiments, a compression technique can be chosen based on the available operating memory of the computer system. By doing so, an efficient compression algorithm can be selected. In some embodiments, a Lanczos bidiagonalization algorithm, for example, an IRLBA algorithm, can be used for data compression. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325409 | NUMERICAL MODELING OF LINEWELD CONNECTIONS - A computer-implemented method for modeling a lineweld connecting two modeled parts includes receiving lineweld properties from a user, wherein the properties include a lineweld path. The computer-implemented method also includes positioning a plurality of fastener definitions at discrete points along the lineweld path, defining beam element definitions between adjacent fastener definitions, and analyzing the lineweld based on the fastener definitions and beam element definitions. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325410 | METHOD FOR REAL TIME ESTIMATION OF EMBODIED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IN A BUILDING DESIGN - A novel method for determining embodied environmental impact in a building design from a CAD model is disclosed. The method associates CAD model elements with data related to CAD modeling practice and material constants. The method recognizes and accounts for the fact that models alone rarely contain sufficient levels of detail to calculate material-based results such as embodied environmental impact or carbon content. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325411 | TOPOGRAPHY SIMULATION APPARATUS, TOPOGRAPHY SIMULATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - In one embodiment, a topography simulation apparatus includes a division module configured to divide a surface of a substance into a plurality of computing elements. The apparatus further includes a determination module configured to extend straight lines in a plurality of directions from each computing element, and configured to determine whether each straight line contacts the surface of the substance and determine which computing element each straight line contacts. The apparatus further includes a calculation module configured to calculate, based on results of the determinations, a direct flux which is a flux of a reactive species directly reaching each computing element, and a form factor indicating a positional relationship between the computing elements. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325412 | DETERMINING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND METHOD - There is provided a determining apparatus which includes a first extractor configured to extract space inside an electronic device from a model indicating the electronic device, the electronic device including a plurality of audio output apparatus and a plurality of ribs, a second extractor configured to extract the plurality of ribs from the model, a divider configured to divide the space into a plurality of chambers, the plurality of chambers being partitioned by the plurality of ribs, and a determining unit configured to determine respective rear chambers to each of the plurality of audio output apparatus so that the rear chambers satisfies a certain parameter, the rear chambers being formed by combination of one or more chambers determined by the determining unit. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325413 | RESULTS-BASED TOOL SELECTION, DIAGNOSIS, AND HELP SYSTEM FOR A FEATURE-BASED MODELING ENVIRONMENT - In modeling environments, a user typically interacts with a feature-based model by manipulating a feature of the model using a tool that is capable of achieving a number of different results with respect to the feature. An interface may be displayed that allows for manipulations to be made based on a result to be achieved, rather than by providing a generalized tool to achieve the result. Accordingly, the number of options that are presented on the interface may be reduced by eliminating extraneous options that are associated with the tool but not directly applicable to the desired result. A dynamic help system may be provided that provides targeted, dynamically-generated information relating to the result to be achieved. Furthermore, warnings may be displayed on the interface in real time during the model design process. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325414 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING DENTAL PROSTHESIS STRUCTURES ON IMPLANTS - Method for modelling positions of implants in the patient's mouth in order to calculate the program for milling the structure of the prosthesis, which can be coupled onto the implants, where the operation of modelling the implants includes: a placing posts, which can be detected by X-ray, on the implants in the patient's mouth; performing a CAT scan of the patient's mouth with the posts; converting the CAT result into a three-dimensional computer model for the CAD/CAM manipulation thereof; defining the posts in the computer model; CAD/CAM modelling of the structure on the computer model with the defined posts; and generating a file containing positions and orientations for calculating the structure milling program. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325415 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EDITING A VIRTUAL, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DENTAL MODEL BY MEANS OF A VIRTUAL TOOL - The invention concerns a device ( | 2013-12-05 |
20130325416 | Contribution Model - Contribution-based segmentation classification measures a contribution that an entity provided to a group dynamic. Contribution-based segmentation classification forms a network structure that represents relationships among a set of entities and produces a random partition of the set of entities into a fixed number of groups of entities. For each of a plurality of iterations, contribution-based segmentation classification sequentially associates each entity with each group, and measure a modularity for the network, adds the measured modularity to a vector of modularities for the respective entity using the groups as a base, and compute a distance between each of the entities using the modularity vectors to form clusters of vectors according to the computed distance, and segments the entities according the formed clusters. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325417 | Numerical Simulation Of A Structure Having A Heat-Affected Zone Using A Finite Element Analysis Model - Methods and systems for conducting numerical simulation of a structure having HAZ using a FEA model are disclosed. A FEA model includes at least a group of finite elements representing a welded structural part that encompasses at least one HAZ is defined and received in a computer system. Each finite element in the group is configured with at least one integration point according to FEA. The group of finite elements is associated with a set of HAZ material properties representing structural behavior of the welded structural part inside and outside the HAZ. Corresponding material properties are then determined and assigned to each integration point by interpolating the associated set using the shortest heat-propagation distance between each integration point and the heat source locations (e.g., spotwelds' centroid) with an automated procedure that requires no additional input after the HAZ material properties have been defined. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325418 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO GENERATE MOLEDULAR FORMULA DISTRIBUTIONS BEYOND A PREDETERMINED THRESHOLD FOR A PETROLEUM STREAM - Methods for generating molecular formula distributions beyond a predetermined threshold for a petroleum stream are disclosed. An initial molecular formula distribution within a predetermined threshold is obtained for a petroleum stream. A correlation between two or more molecular properties of the initial molecular formula distribution is identified, and the initial molecular formula distribution is extrapolated beyond the predetermined threshold along the correlation. The extrapolated molecular formula is renormalized based on renormalized based on renormalization data obtained from the sample. The renormalized molecular formula distribution can then be blended with the initial molecular formula distribution, reconciled to secondary analytical measurements, and/or used to create a model of composition and/or a molecular composition-based model of a resid upgrading process. Systems for implementing the methods are also disclosed. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325419 | RESERVOIR SIMULATION WITH SCALABLE GRID COMPUTING - Larger, expandable high performance computing (HPC) clusters which are of different generations and performance speeds are provided for reservoir simulation. This provides scalability and flexibility for running computation-intensive reservoir simulation jobs on HPC machines. Availability of larger numbers of processors in a processor pool makes simulation of giant models possible and also reduces fragmentation when multiple jobs are run. A hardware performance based domain decomposition is performed which results in computation load balancing. The reservoir domain is decomposed efficiently to reduce communication overhead. Adaptive detection of the available mix of computation resources is performed, and reservoir simulation decomposition methodology adjusts the distribution of load based on the available hardware and different processor generation resources to minimize the reservoir simulation runtime. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325420 | System and Method for Testing Causality of Tabulated S-Parameters - A system. The system includes a computing device having a processor, and a causality checker module communicably connected to the processor. The causality checker module is configured to utilize a rational function approximation to a frequency response to determine if a transfer function of a linear time invariant system is causal. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325421 | Method and device for monitoring an actuator system - A method for monitoring an actuator in a physical system, including: providing a computer model that describes the actuator, the behavior of the actuator being represented by a computer model function and by one or more parameters (α, μ, κ, β, γ, δ, η) of the computer model function; determining or adapting the values of the parameters (α, μ, κ, β, γ, δ, η) of the computer model with the aid of one or more particular system quantities; determining an error when a specified error condition is fulfilled, the error condition defining when at least one of the parameters (α, μ, κ, β, γ, δ, η), and/or at least one quantity determined from a plurality of the parameters (α, μ, κ, β, γ, δ, η), lies outside a corresponding specified target deviation range (S+/−Δ) for the relevant parameter (α, μ, κ, β, γ, δ, η) or the relevant quantity. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325422 | Analysis Supporting Method and Analysis Supporting Apparatus - To enable a response surface to be built with reduced analysis time and to thereby shorten time for objective value calculation using the response surface. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325423 | Trim Line Determination In A Deep Draw Manufacturing of A Sheet Metal Part - Methods and systems of determining a trim line in deep draw manufacturing of a sheet metal part are disclosed. A computerized model of a sheet metal part and the addendum surface geometry are defined. At least one flange portion in the computerized model is identified. Perform a numerical simulation of unfolding of the flange towards the addendum surface by applying a first set of numerical loads to each pair of adjacent finite elements. The first set of numerical loads is configured for flattening out the pair of finite elements with a bending moment determined using relative orientations of the pair finite elements and material properties of the part. A second set of numerical loads is applied to close any remaining gap between the unfolded flange and the addendum thereafter. The outer edge of the flange portions in their final unfolded configuration is designated as a trim line. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325424 | Systems and Methods Of Creating Computerized Model For A Deep Draw Manufacturing Simulation Of A Sheet Metal Part - Systems and methods of creating a computerized model for a deep draw manufacturing simulation of a sheet metal part are disclosed. A series of computer generated visual diagrams are sequentially displayed upon receipt of a request from the user. The request is for creating a computerized model for a specific type of deep draw manufacturing simulation. The computerized model includes certain number of components for each particular type of simulations. The diagrams are configured for attracting the user's attention as to which component is being processed. Each diagram includes icons displayed in three different indicative schemes. The first indicative scheme shows components that have not been processed. The second indicative scheme shows a currently-processed component, while the third indicative scheme shows previously-processed components. The order of the series of diagrams is predetermined for each particular type of simulation hence minimizing human error in creation of the computerized model. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325425 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATMOSPHERIC MODELING BASED ON GPS MEASUREMENT - Systems and methods described herein include improved data gathering, climate modeling and weather forecasting techniques. In particular, the systems include using Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements obtained from a network of GPS devices for simultaneously determining atmospheric parameters such as water vapor content, temperature and pressure, and correcting for errors in the GPS measurements, themselves. The systems and methods described herein include a central processor for receiving data from a plurality of GPS devices and updating a computerized climate or weather forecasting model. Advantageously, by using data from a plurality, and in some embodiments a very large number of GPS devices, the systems and methods described herein may solve for both propagation velocity of electromagnetic signals through the atmosphere (used for calculating atmospheric parameters useful in climate modeling) and GPS position error values (used for error correction at each GPS device). | 2013-12-05 |
20130325426 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING EQUIPMENT FAILURES AND MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES - A computer implemented method may be used for analyzing equipment failures and maintenance schedules. An equipment maintenance system generates a model of equipment and components of each piece of equipment. In one embodiment, the model is a tree representation. The equipment maintenance system may then determine estimated failure information for each component based on a selected statistical model. The equipment maintenance system may also generate a maintenance schedule based on the determined estimated failure information for each component of the equipment. In one embodiment, the equipment maintenance system displays the equipment maintenance information. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325427 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTING NOTIONAL SOURCE SIGNATURES FROM NEAR-FIELD MEASUREMENTS AND MODELED NOTIONAL SIGNATURES - Methods and systems for computing notional source signatures from modeled notional signatures and measured near-field signatures are described. Modeled near-field signatures are calculated from the modeled notional signatures. Low weights are assigned to parts of a source pressure wavefield spectrum where signatures are less reliable and higher weights are assigned to parts of the source pressure wavefield spectrum where signatures are more reliable. The part of the spectrum where both sets of signatures are reliable can be used for quality control and for comparing the measured near-field signatures to modeled near-field signatures. When there are uncertainties in the input parameters to the modeling, the input parameters can be scaled to minimize the differences between measured and modeled near-field signatures. Resultant near-field signatures are computed by a weighted summation of the modeled and measured near-field signatures, and notional source signatures are calculated from the resultant near-field signatures. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325428 | Assembly of Metagenomic Sequences - Systems and methods for assembly of metagenomic sequences are described herein. In one embodiment, a plurality of metagenomic sequences is represented in three dimensional space to obtain a plurality of sequence vectors. Based on plurality of the sequence vectors, a cuboid having a plurality of grids is defined in the three dimensional space such that it encompasses the plurality of metagenomic sequences. Further, the plurality of metagenomic sequences is assembled into one or more contigs based on traversal of the plurality of grids. In one implementation, the one or more contigs are assembled such that a contig includes metagenomic sequences probably originating from the same genome. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325429 | Compounds and Methods for the Treatment of Viral Infections - High throughput and virtual screening methods are disclosed that can identify potential anti-viral agents. The virtual screening methods identify agents that interact with a viral nucleoprotein binding site. The high throughput methods identify compounds that inhibit viral infection by binding to viral nucleoprotein. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical formulations useful for treating or preventing viral infections, especially influenza A. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325430 | Computer-Implemented Method of Preoperatively Determining the Optimized External Shape of a Prosthetic Femoral Hip Stem - Computer-implemented method of preoperatively determining the optimized external shape of a prosthetic femoral hip stem for use in partial cementing hip replacement procedures and of a reamer for reaming a cavity in the femur of a patient for implanting the prosthetic femoral hip stem, comprising: a) setting an initial external shape of the prosthetic femoral hip stem based on the reconstructed femur anatomy of a patient, b) generating an associated initial reamer by negatively offsetting the initial external shape of the prosthetic femoral hip stem by an uniform offset value δ, c) calculating contact stresses at the interface of the prosthetic femoral hip stem and the patient's femur when reamed by the initial reamer and d) optimizing the offset value δ, so that the contact stresses are within a predetermined acceptable range. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325431 | ORTHODONTIC DIGITAL SETUPS - Methods for recognizing a virtual tooth surface, defining a virtual tooth coordinate system, and simulating a collision between virtual teeth are provided. Methods include receiving input data specifying a point on the rendered surface model associated with a tooth, deriving a perimeter on the surface model of the tooth, and analyzing the surface model along a plurality of paths outwardly extending from points on the perimeter. Methods also include receiving point input data, receiving axis input data that defines first and second axes associated with the virtual tooth, computing a substantially normal vector for a portion of the tooth surface surrounding the point, and computing a coordinate system. Methods also include receiving permissible movement input data directed to permissible movement of a first virtual tooth, bringing the first virtual tooth into contact with a second virtual tooth, and displaying data resulting from the simulation. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325432 | METHOD FOR ENABLING THE PLANNING OF A TREATMENT OF A TUMOUR USING A THERAPEUTIC VIRUS - A method for enabling the planning of a treatment of a tumour within a body using a therapeutic virus, wherein the virus distribution in the body is calculated by simulating the virus replication process, starting from an initial virus distribution, and the calculated virus distribution is provided for the planning. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325433 | Model for Simulation Within Infrastructure Management Software - Systems and methods for simulation within a cloud computing environment. According to one embodiment, the system or method comprises a cloud computing environment with infrastructure management software and a cloud-based managed infrastructure. An interface is identified within infrastructure management software by first identifying a dataflow from the infrastructure management software to the infrastructure, and then, based on the dataflow, identifying a component within the infrastructure management software that is interacting with the infrastructure. A simulation class is then implemented using the identified interface, where the simulation class populates the infrastructure management software with metadata from an infrastructure database such that the infrastructure is simulated. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325434 | VOICE COMMUNICATION DEVICE WITH FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION - Methods and devices for voice communications and foreign language translation are disclosed. One method includes selecting one of a plurality of microphones of an earpiece unit, receiving a selected voice communication of a first language from the selected microphone and translating the selected voice communication from the first language to a second language, the second language different from the first to create a translated voice communication, and transducing the translated voice communication at a speaker within the earpiece unit. Preferably the microphones are oriented in different directions and are directional microphones. The present invention further optionally provides for the sensing and transmission of pulse oximeter measurements and temperature measurements. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325435 | LANGUAGE LISTS FOR RESOURCE SELECTION - A device may be configured to enable a user to select a language, and may fulfill resource requests from applications by selecting, from among resources respectively associated with a language, a resource associated with the selected language of the user. However, this resource selection process may be inadequate if the user selects multiple languages; if a resource associated with the selected language of the user is unavailable, but resources associated with related languages are available; or if the user and/or the application specifies an ordering for the selection among the languages. Presented herein are techniques for performing the resource selection by, for respective languages selected by the user, calculating a weight representing a suitability of the language for the resource request; generating a selection order of the selected languages according to the weights; and selecting a resource based on the position of the associated language in the selection order. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325436 | Large Scale Distributed Syntactic, Semantic and Lexical Language Models - A composite language model may include a composite word predictor. The composite word predictor may include a first language model and a second language model that are combined according to a directed Markov random field. The composite word predictor can predict a next word based upon a first set of contexts and a second set of contexts. The first language model may include a first word predictor that is dependent upon the first set of contexts. The second language model may include a second word predictor that is dependent upon the second set of contexts. Composite model parameters can be determined by multiple iterations of a convergent N-best list approximate Expectation-Maximization algorithm and a follow-up Expectation-Maximization algorithm applied in sequence, wherein the convergent N-best list approximate Expectation-Maximization algorithm and the follow-up Expectation-Maximization algorithm extracts the first set of contexts and the second set of contexts from a training corpus. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325437 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Mood State Determination - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for determining an overall mood score of a document. For example, the document is received from a computer-readable medium. A text segment in a document is identified to be indicative of a mood of the document. The text segment is mapped to a mood scale among a predetermined set of mood scales. A mood weight associated with the mood scale for the text segment is generated. An overall mood score of the document is determined based at least in part on the mood weight. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325438 | Touchscreen Keyboard with Corrective Word Prediction - The present disclosure provides a touchscreen keyboard with corrective word prediction. A method for correcting text input on an electronic device is described. The method comprises: displaying a virtual keyboard on a touchscreen, the virtual keyboard including a plurality of keys; receiving input from the virtual keyboard; generating one or more predicted sets of characters in accordance with the received input; and displaying a predicted set of characters at a designated location when the received input does not match one of the predicted sets of characters. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325439 | DISAMBIGUATING WORDS WITHIN A TEXT SEGEMENT - Determining a subject type for an entity in a text segment. A text segment is selected, which includes one or more single-word or multi-word entities. Natural language processing is performed on the selected text segment to identify entities that constitute subjects of the selected text segment. One entity is selected. A variant annotation is associated with the selected entity. The variant annotation reflects multiple subject types for the selected entity and a value for each subject type. The most probable subject type is determined for the selected entity, based on a combination of natural language processing rules and dictionary listings. The value of the annotation is incremented for the subject type corresponding to the most probable subject type for the selected entity, so that the highest value of the annotation indicates the most probable subject type for the selected entity within the selected text segment. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325440 | GENERATION OF EXPLANATORY SUMMARIES - A method for generating sum maries of text is described. The method includes the step of extracting features from text of text lists from summaries. The explanatoriness of the text is then evaluated, wherein evaluating the explanatoriness of text includes evaluating the features of the text, including at least the step of evaluating the discriminativeness of the features of the text by comparing the text to a first text data set, wherein the first text data set is derived from a topic label. The evaluated text is then ranked based on the explanatoriness evaluation. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325441 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING ADAPTATION DATA - Computationally implemented methods and systems include managing adaptation data, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of a particular party, facilitating transmission of the adaptation data to a target device, in response to an indicator related to a speech-facilitated transaction of a particular party, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of the particular party, and determining whether to update the adaptation data, said determination at least partly based on a result of at least a portion of the speech-facilitated transaction In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325442 | Methods and Systems for Automated Text Correction - The present embodiments demonstrate systems and methods for automated text correction. In certain embodiments, the methods and systems may be implemented through analysis according to a single text correction model. In a particular embodiment, the single text correction model may be generated through analysis of both a corpus of learner text and a corpus of non-learner text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325443 | Library of Existing Spoken Dialog Data for Use in Generating New Natural Language Spoken Dialog Systems - A machine-readable medium may include a group of reusable components for building a spoken dialog system. The reusable components may include a group of previously collected audible utterances. A machine-implemented method to build a library of reusable components for use in building a natural language spoken dialog system may include storing a dataset in a database. The dataset may include a group of reusable components for building a spoken dialog system. The reusable components may further include a group of previously collected audible utterances. A second method may include storing at least one set of data. Each one of the at least one set of data may include ones of the reusable components associated with audible data collected during a different collection phase. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325444 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH REDUCED KEYBOARD AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF PROVIDING IMPROVED DISAMBIGUATION - An improved handheld electronic device having a reduced keyboard provides facilitated language entry by making available to a user certain words that a user may reasonably be expected to enter. In some situations, certain words can be stored, for example, in a temporary dictionary for use in particular situations. For instance, the names of the recipients of an electronic message might be stored in a temporary dictionary for rapid retrieval when entering a salutation in the message. As another example, a number of the words in an existing electronic message may be stored in a temporary dictionary and made available to a user when replying to or forwarding the message since the existing message might include words that the user might reasonably be expected to type in the reply message or the forwarded message. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325445 | METHOD FOR GENERATING TEXT THAT MEETS SPECIFIED CHARACTERISTICS IN A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCORPORATING THE SAME - Incoming e-mails, instant messages, SMS, and MMS, are scanned for new language objects such as words, abbreviations, text shortcuts and, in appropriate languages, ideograms, that are placed in a list for use by a text input process of a handheld electronic device to facilitate the generation of text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325446 | SPEECH RECOGNITION ADAPTATION SYSTEMS BASED ON ADAPTATION DATA - The instant application includes computationally-implemented systems and methods that include acquiring indication of a speech-facilitated transaction between a particular party and a target device, receiving adaptation data correlated to the particular party, the receiving facilitated by a particular device associated with the particular party, processing audio data from the particular party at least partly using the received adaptation data correlated to the particular party, and updating the adaptation data based at least in part on a result of the processed audio data, such that the updated adaptation data is configured to be transmitted to the particular device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325447 | SPEECH RECOGNITION ADAPTATION SYSTEMS BASED ON ADAPTATION DATA - The instant application includes computationally-implemented systems and methods that include acquiring indication of a speech-facilitated transaction between a particular party and a target device, receiving adaptation data correlated to the particular party, the receiving facilitated by a particular device associated with the particular party, processing audio data from the particular party at least partly using the received adaptation data correlated to the particular party, and updating the adaptation data based at least in part on a result of the processed audio data, such that the updated adaptation data is configured to be transmitted to the particular device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325448 | SPEECH RECOGNITION ADAPTATION SYSTEMS BASED ON ADAPTATION DATA - The instant application includes computationally-implemented systems and methods that include managing adaptation data, the adaptation data is at least partly based on at least one speech interaction of a particular party, facilitating transmission of the adaptation data to a target device when there is an indication of a speech-facilitated transaction between the target device and the particular party, such that the adaptation data is to be applied to the target device to assist in execution of the speech-facilitated transaction, and facilitating acquisition of adaptation result data that is based on at least one aspect of the speech-facilitated transaction and to be used in determining whether to modify the adaptation data. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325449 | SPEECH RECOGNITION ADAPTATION SYSTEMS BASED ON ADAPTATION DATA - The instant application includes computationally-implemented systems and methods that include managing adaptation data, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of a particular party, facilitating transmission of the adaptation data to a target device, wherein the adaptation data is configured to be applied to the target device to assist in execution of a speech-facilitated transaction, facilitating reception of adaptation result data that is based on at least one aspect of the speech-facilitated transaction between the particular party and the target device, determining whether to modify the adaptation data at least partly based on the adaptation result data, and facilitating transmission of at least a portion of modified adaptation data to a receiving device. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325450 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPEECH ADAPTATION DATA - Computationally implemented methods and systems include detecting speech data related to a speech-facilitated transaction, acquiring adaptation data that is at least partly based on at least one speech interaction of a particular party that is discrete from the detected speech data, wherein at least a portion of the adaptation data has been stored on a particular device associated with the particular party, obtaining a destination of one or more of the adaptation data and the speech data, and transmitting one or more of the speech data and the adaptation data to the acquired destination. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325451 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPEECH ADAPTATION DATA - Computationally implemented methods and systems include detecting speech data related to a speech-facilitated transaction, acquiring adaptation data that is at least partly based on at least one speech interaction of a particular party that is discrete from the detected speech data, wherein at least a portion of the adaptation data has been stored on a particular device associated with the particular party, obtaining a destination of one or more of the adaptation data and the speech data, and transmitting one or more of the speech data and the adaptation data to the acquired destination. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325452 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPEECH ADAPTATION DATA - Computationally implemented methods and systems include receiving speech data correlated to one or more words spoken by a particular party, receiving adaptation data that is at least partly based on at least one speech interaction of a particular party that is discrete from the received speech data, wherein at least a portion of the adaptation data has been stored on a particular device associated with the particular party, obtaining target data regarding a target configured to process at least a portion of the received speech data, and determining whether to apply the adaptation data for processing at least a portion of the received speech data, at least partly based on the acquired target data. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325453 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPEECH ADAPTATION DATA - Computationally implemented methods and systems include receiving speech data correlated to one or more words spoken by a particular party, receiving adaptation data that is at least partly based on at least one speech interaction of a particular party that is discrete from the received speech data, wherein at least a portion of the adaptation data has been stored on a particular device associated with the particular party, obtaining target data regarding a target configured to process at least a portion of the received speech data, and determining whether to apply the adaptation data for processing at least a portion of the received speech data, at least partly based on the acquired target data. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325454 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING ADAPTATION DATA - Computationally implemented methods and systems include managing adaptation data, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of a particular party, facilitating transmission of the adaptation data to a target device, in response to an indicator related to a speech-facilitated transaction of a particular party, wherein the adaptation data is correlated to at least one aspect of speech of the particular party, and determining whether to update the adaptation data, said determination at least partly based on a result of at least a portion of the speech-facilitated transaction In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325455 | VOCAL SOURCE EXTRACTION BY MAXIMUM PHASE DETECTION - Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include receiving a time domain voice signal, and extracting a single pitch cycle from the received signal. The extracted single pitch cycle is transformed to a frequency domain, and the misclassified roots of the frequency domain are identified and corrected. Using the corrected roots, an indication of a maximum phase of the frequency domain is generated. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325456 | SPEECH SPEED CONVERSION FACTOR DETERMINING DEVICE, SPEECH SPEED CONVERSION DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A speech speed conversion factor determining device has a physical index calculation unit including a sound/silence judgment unit that distinguishes between sound and silent intervals of an input signal, a fundamental frequency calculation unit that calculates a fundamental frequency of the signal in the sound intervals and determines stable and unstable intervals, a frequency smoothing unit that smoothes the fundamental frequency in the stable intervals, a pseudo fundamental frequency calculation unit that calculates, for the intervals, a pseudo fundamental frequency by interpolation , and a fundamental frequency general shape connection unit that connects the smoothed and pseudo frequencies to obtain sampled values of a general shape of the frequency, such that the sampled values are output as an index, based on which conversion factor are calculated. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325457 | ENCODING APPARATUS, DECODING APPARATUS, ENCODING METHOD AND DECODING METHOD - An encoding apparatus includes a first layer encoder that encodes a signal, a first layer decoder that decodes first layer encoded data, a first layer error transform coefficient calculator that transforms a first layer error signal into a frequency domain and a second layer encoder that encodes the first layer error transform coefficient to acquire second layer encoded data. The second layer encoder includes a band determiner that determines a band to be encoded by the second layer encoder, and a first shape vector encoder that refers the first layer error transform coefficient included in the band to generate a first shape vector and first shape encoded information, a target gain calculator calculates target gain per subband, a gain vector generator generates a gain vector using a plurality of target gains, and a gain vector encoder encodes the gain vector to acquire gain encoded information. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325458 | DYNAMIC MICROPHONE SIGNAL MIXER - A system and method of signal combining that supports different speakers in a noisy environment is provided. Particularly for deviations in the noise characteristics among the channels, various embodiments ensure a smooth transition of the background noise at speaker changes. A modified noise reduction (NR) may achieve equivalent background noise characteristics for all channels by applying a dynamic, channel specific, and frequency dependent maximum attenuation. The reference characteristics for adjusting the background noise may be specified by the dominant speaker channel. In various embodiments, an automatic gain control (AGC) with a dynamic target level may ensure similar speech signal levels in all channels. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325459 | SPEECH RECOGNITION ADAPTATION SYSTEMS BASED ON ADAPTATION DATA - Computationally implemented methods and systems include receiving indication of initiation of a speech-facilitated transaction between a party and a target device, and receiving adaptation data correlated to the party. The receiving is facilitated by a particular device associated with the party. The adaptation data is at least partly based on previous adaptation data derived at least in part from one or more previous speech interactions of the party. The methods and systems also include applying the received adaptation data correlated to the party to the target device, and processing speech from the party using the target device to which the received adaptation data has been applied. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325460 | METHOD OF PROVIDING VOICE RECOGNITION SERVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - A method and an electronic device provide a voice recognition service. The method includes displaying one or more application programs according to a voice command input through a microphone, determining an additional service to be driven in a selected application program in consideration of the voice command when the any one of the one or more application programs is selected, and displaying the additional service. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325461 | BUSINESS PLATFORM VOICE INTERACTIONS - According to some embodiments, a user device may receive business enterprise information from a remote enterprise server. The user device may then automatically convert at least some of the business enterprise information into speech output provided to a user of the user device. Speech input from the user may be received via and converted by the user device. The user device may then interact with the remote enterprise server in accordance with the converted speech input and the business enterprise information. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325462 | AUTOMATIC TAG EXTRACTION FROM AUDIO ANNOTATED PHOTOS - A system and method for assigning one or more tags to an image file. In one aspect, a server computer receives an image file captured by a client device. In one embodiment, the image file includes an audio component embedded therein by the client device, where the audio component was spoken by a user of the client device as a tag of the image file. The server computer determines metadata associated with the image file and identifies a dictionary of potential textual tags from the metadata. The server computer determines a textual tag from the audio component and from the dictionary of potential textual tags. The server computer then associates the textual tag with the image file as additional metadata. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325463 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING RELATED CONTENT BASED ON EYE MOVEMENTS - An apparatus, system, and method for identifying related content based on eye movements are disclosed. The system, apparatus, and method display content to a user concurrently in two or more windows, identify areas in each of the windows where a user's eyes focus, extract keywords from the areas where the user's eyes focus in each of the windows, search a communications network for related content using the keywords, and notify the user of the related content by displaying it concurrently with the two or more windows. The keywords are extracted from one or more locations in the two or more windows in which the user's eyes pause for a predetermined amount of time or, when the user's eyes pause on an image, from at least one of the text adjacent to and the metadata associated with that image. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325464 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING WORDS AND PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - The disclosure provides a method for displaying words. In the method, a speech signal is received. A pitch contour and an energy contour of the speech signal are extracted. Speech recognition is performed on the speech signal to recognize a plurality of words corresponding to the speech signal and determine time alignment information of each of the plurality of words. At least one display parameter of each of the plurality of words is determined according to the pitch contour, the energy contour and the time alignment information of each of the plurality of words. Thus, the plurality of words is integrated into a sentence according to the at least one display parameter of each of the plurality of words. Then, the sentence is displayed on at least one display device. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325465 | MEDICAL IMAGE READING SYSTEM - A teleradiology processing system comprises a central reading station having a plurality of computer work areas, a plurality of transcriptionist stations each having a transcriptionist computer and a shared audio communication channel that facilitates audio communication between the central reading station and each of the transcriptionist stations. A database stores a plurality of medical case files, where the database is accessible by each of the plurality of transcriptionist computers. In operation, each transcriptionist computer takes control of a uniquely assigned one of the plurality of computer work areas of the central reading station to provide information from a pre-fetched medical case. Moreover, each transcriptionist computer prepares a report based upon a received code transmitted to the corresponding transcriptionist station over the shared audio communication channel. Each report, once approved by the specialist at the central reading station, is written to the database. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERACTIVE VIDEO USING VOICE - System for controlling interactive video using voice commands incorporates: a control module, a voice-to-text conversion module, a text comparison module, an interactive content overlay module, a dynamic content display module, and a content storage module. The control module is implemented as a mobile application executing on a suitable mobile device, which is configured to transmit voice commands received from the user to the server. The voice-to-text conversion module operates on the server and performs conversion of the user's voice commands to text commands. The text comparison module is deployed on provider's server and performs comparison of the words in the converted text commands received from the conversion module with the keywords stored in the interactive video file. The interactive content overlay module displays the interactive content corresponding to the user's commands by overlaying it over the video content displayed to the user. The dynamic content display module dynamically displays the interactive content to the user. The content storage module controls the storing of the content on the server. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325467 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING AUDIO MESSAGES - Systems and methods for presenting audio messages are provided. In some aspects, a method includes receiving an audio message from a first user and generating a text-based representation of the audio message. The method also includes generating one or more identification tags based on the text-based representation of the audio message. At least one of the one or more identification tags includes a subject of the audio message. The method also includes presenting at least one of the text-based representation of the audio message or the one or more identification tags to a second user using a graphical user interface. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325468 | CONVERSATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING SAME - Disclosed are a conversation management method and a device for executing same are disclosed. The device includes: a calculation unit for calculating the importance of an utterance intention, the similarity between utterance intentions, and the relative distance between utterance intentions using at least one of a plurality of utterance intentions in a corpus and an utterance intention in a sequence relationship with the at least one utterance intention; a similarity calculating unit for calculating the similarity between conversation flows by comparing a conversation flow obtained from a corpus and a conversation flow obtained from a user utterance by means of the importance and similarity of an utterance intention; and an utterance intention verifying unit for calculating an evaluation score of an utterance intention by evaluating a user utterance according to the relative distance between utterance intentions. Accordingly, the present invention enables the flow-processing of various conversations which are not processed in a typical information obtaining conversation device, and also determines the ranking of appropriate utterance intentions in each conversational situation by means of a score calculated by a ranking function in order to output the ranking. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325469 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING VOICE RECOGNITION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for providing a voice recognition function and an electronic device thereof are provided. The method provides a voice recognition function in an electronic device that includes outputting, when a voice instruction is input, a list of prediction instructions that are candidate instructions similar to the input voice instruction, updating, when a correction instruction correcting the output candidate instructions is input, the list of prediction instructions, and performing, if the correction instruction matches with an instruction of high similarity in the updated list of prediction instructions, a voice recognition function corresponding to the voice instruction. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325470 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF A SPEAKER BY PHONOGRAMS OF SPONTANEOUS ORAL SPEECH AND BY USING FORMANT EQUALIZATION - A system and method for identification of a speaker by phonograms of oral speech is disclosed. Similarity between a first phonogram of the speaker and a second, or sample, phonogram is evaluated by matching formant frequencies in referential utterances of a speech signal, where the utterances for comparison are selected from the first phonogram and the second phonogram. Referential utterances of speech signals are selected from the first phonogram and the second phonogram, where the referential utterances include formant paths of at least three formant frequencies. The selected referential utterances including at least two identical formant frequencies are compared therebetween. Similarity of the compared referential utterances from matching other formant frequencies is evaluated, where similarity of the phonograms is determined from evaluation of similarity of all the compared referential utterances. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325471 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES FOR DATA CLUSTERING AND/OR CLASSIFICATION - Some aspects include transforming data, at least a portion of which has been processed to determine at least one representative vector associated with each of a plurality of classifications associated with the data to obtain a plurality of representative vectors. Techniques comprise determining a first transformation based, at least in part, on the plurality of representative vectors, applying at least the first transformation to the data to obtain transformed data, and fitting a plurality of clusters to the transformed data to obtain a plurality of established clusters. Some aspects include classifying input data by transforming the input data using at least the first transformation and comparing the transformed input data to the established clusters. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325472 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES FOR DATA CLUSTERING AND/OR CLASSIFICATION - Some aspects include transforming data, at least a portion of which has been processed to determine frequency information associated with features in the data. Techniques include determining a first transformation based, at least in part, on the frequency information, applying at least the first transformation to the data to obtain transformed data, and fitting a plurality of clusters to the transformed data to obtain a plurality of established clusters. Some aspects include classifying input data by transforming the input data using at least the first transformation and comparing the transformed input data to the established clusters. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325473 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DUAL SCORING FOR TEXT-DEPENDENT SPEAKER VERIFICATION - Embodiments of systems and methods for speaker verification are provided. In various embodiments, a method includes receiving an utterance from a speaker and determining a text-independent speaker verification score and a text-dependent speaker verification score in response to the utterance. Various embodiments include a system for speaker verification, the system comprising an audio receiving device for receiving an utterance from a speaker and converting the utterance to an utterance signal, and a processor coupled to the audio receiving device for determining speaker verification in response to the utterance signal, wherein the processor determines speaker verification in response to a UBM-independent speaker-normalized score. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325474 | SPEECH RECOGNITION ADAPTATION SYSTEMS BASED ON ADAPTATION DATA - Computationally implemented methods and systems include receiving indication of initiation of a speech-facilitated transaction between a party and a target device, and receiving adaptation data correlated to the party. The receiving is facilitated by a particular device associated with the party. The adaptation data is at least partly based on previous adaptation data derived at least in part from one or more previous speech interactions of the party. The methods and systems also include applying the received adaptation data correlated to the party to the target device, and processing speech from the party using the target device to which the received adaptation data has been applied. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325475 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING END POINT USING DECODING INFORMATION - An apparatus for detecting an end point using decoding information includes: an end point detector configured to extract a speech signal from an acoustic signal received from outside and detect end points of the speech signal; a decoder configured to decode the speech signal; and an end point detector configured to extract reference information serving as a standard of actual end point discrimination from decoding information generated during the decoding process of the decoder, and discriminate an actual end point among the end points detected by the end point detector based on the extracted reference information. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325476 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING WAVE FIELD SYNTHESIS SIGNALS - An apparatus and method for generating a wave field synthesis (WFS) signal in consideration of a height of a speaker are disclosed. The WFS signal generation apparatus may include a waveform propagation distance determination unit to determine a propagation distance of a waveform propagate from a sound source based on a height of a speaker, and a WFS signal generation unit to generate a WFS signal corresponding to the speaker using the propagation distance of the waveform. | 2013-12-05 |
20130325477 | SPEECH SYNTHESIS SYSTEM, SPEECH SYNTHESIS METHOD AND SPEECH SYNTHESIS PROGRAM - A speech synthesis system includes: a training database storing training data which is set of features extracted from speech waveform data; a feature space division unit which divides a feature space which is a space concerning to the training data into partial spaces; a sparse or dense state detection unit which detects a sparse or dense state to each partial space which is the divided feature space, generates sparse or dense information which is information indicating the sparse or dense state and outputs the sparse or dense information; and a pronunciation information correcting unit which corrects pronunciation information which is used for speech synthesis based on the outputted sparse or dense information. | 2013-12-05 |