51st week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 59 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120323500 | APPARATUSES FOR MONITORING POWER TONG OPERATION - Apparatuses for monitoring power tong operation are disclosed. The apparatus comprising: a sealed enclosure housing a computer and a battery; a torque sensor connected to send signals to the computer; and a turns counter connected to send signals to the computer; in which the battery is connected to supply power to the computer, the torque sensor, and the turns counter. An external display may be connected to receive display signals from the computer. The computer may be a microcontroller with a central processing unit, a motherboard, and a memory unit. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323501 | FABRIC-BASED PRESSURE SENSOR ARRAYS AND METHODS FOR DATA ANALYSIS - A fabric-based pressure sensor array includes: (1) a first layer including M elongated conductive strips coated thereon; (2) a second layer including N elongated conductive strips coated thereon, the M elongated conductive strips extending crosswise relative to the N elongated conductive strips to define M×N intersections; and (3) a unitary textile sheet extending between the first layer and the second layer so as to overlap the M×N intersections, the textile sheet having a variable resistivity in response to applied pressure so as to define M×N pressure sensors at locations corresponding to the M×N intersections. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323502 | FLOW VOLUME MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND FLOW VELOCITY MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A flow volume measurement device or a flow velocity measurement device include a measurement cell including a main pipe, an incident tube that is connected to the main pipe, an emission tube that is connected to the main pipe, and a first purge-fluid supply tube that is connected to the incident tube, a purge-fluid supply unit that supplies purge fluid into the first purge-fluid supply tube of the measurement cell, a light emitting unit that emits a laser beam to the measurement cell, a light receiving unit that receives the laser beam emitted from the light emitting unit and having passed through the measurement cell, and outputs a received amount of light as a light reception signal, a calculation unit that calculates a flow volume or a flow velocity of exhaust fluid flowing in the measurement cell, based on a light reception signal output from the light receiving unit. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323503 | Measuring apparatus, control apparatus and measuring device for fill-level measuring - Measuring with a waveguide device and a measuring device in different spatial regions of a container is described. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323504 | MAGNETIC FORCE CHARACTERISTIC COMPUTING METHOD, MAGNETIC FORCE CHARACTERISTIC COMPUTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A prestored database showing a correspondence of δ (depth)/ΔHcJ (coercivity increment) and a prestored database showing a correspondence of Dy introduction amount/ΔHcJ are used to obtain distribution of an introduction amount in a magnet from shape information of the magnet and information of a Dy introduction face and compute distribution of ΔHcJ in the magnet from the distribution of a Dy introduction amount. Regarding a magnet having a coercivity that is distributed non-uniformly, a J/H curve is computed using the computed distribution of ΔHcJ, and a demagnetizing factor at a predetermined temperature (100° C.) is computed using a temperature coefficient. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323505 | METHOD FOR DE-EMBEDDING IN NETWORK ANALYSIS - A method is provided for de-embedding fixtures and/or probes from measurements of devices where probes and fixtures are connected between the ports of a network analysis instrument and a device-under-test. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323506 | Semiconductor Defect Signal Capturing and Statistical System and Method - This invention, embodied in software, is a defect signature detection and analysis system to group and classify defects received from semiconductor inspection tools into categories which identify the defect source. This system includes on-line monitoring devices, signal analytical and statistical devices and information database. The signal analytical device includes an analysis unit, capturing unit and an information queue. The capturing unit includes a number of sub-units, including sequential, overlap and iterative detection, grouping, and undefined signal detection. The system uniquely uses image processing techniques on non-image data to group individual defects into larger clusters, thereby increasing the probability of correct classification of the defect modes on semiconductor wafers, while decreasing incorrect or missing classifications. The system improves accuracy and integrity of these captured defect signals, enabling the statistical methods of the present invention to substantially replace the manual inspection of the prior art, and to decrease semiconductor manufacturing cost. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323507 | FAULT DETECTION APPARATUS AND FAULT DETECTION METHOD - According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes an first storage unit to store a value output by a communication unit, a second storage unit to store positional data indicating a place the modules, an third storage unit to store an output model indicating the relationship between a sunshine condition and an electrical output, a estimation unit to estimate a sunshine condition for each module based on the value and the output model, a forth storage unit to store the sunshine condition estimated, a correction unit to correct the sunshine condition, and a detection unit to calculate an expected electrical output for each module based on the corrected sunshine condition and the output model, and to detect a fault in the modules. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323508 | LOW VOLTAGE DETECTOR - A low voltage detector ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120323509 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING VIRTUAL MACHINE ENERGY CONSUMPTION - A method and apparatus for estimating virtual machine energy consumption, and in particular, a method and apparatus for estimating virtual machine energy consumption in a computer system. The method includes: obtaining system energy consumption of the system hardware resources; obtaining event information of a plurality of functional units into which the system hardware resources are divided, and mapping the event information to the respective virtual machines; and calculating energy consumption of the virtual machines according to a plurality of energy consumption coefficients corresponding to the plurality of functional units and according to the event information mapped to the functional units of the respective virtual machines. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323510 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING LOAD POWER CONSUMPTION UTILIZING A POWER METER - Systems, methods, and apparatus for evaluating load power consumption utilizing a power meter are provided. A power line signal for a structure associated with a power meter may be measured by the power meter. The power line signal may be decomposed by the power meter into respective power consumption data for a plurality of individual loads powered by the power line signal. The power consumption data for a load included in the plurality of individual loads may be compared by the power meter to expected power consumption data for the load. Based at least in part upon the comparison, the power meter may determine whether the load is operating within one or more desired parameters. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323511 | BATTERY STATE NOTIFYING UNIT, BUS BAR MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND BATTERY STATE MONITORING SYSTEM - [Problem to be Solved] | 2012-12-20 |
20120323512 | Battery Charge Determination - A method of determining a current state of charge of a battery having an internal resistance comprises estimating the current state of charge of the battery at a current time as a function of a previous state of charge of the battery at a previous time, a battery voltage of the battery during a time interval between the previous time and the current time, and a value of the internal resistance of the battery. The method improves the determining of the current state of charge of a battery. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323513 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING CHARGE DENSITY DISTRIBUTION - The invention provides a method and apparatus for the detection of charge density distribution at the surface of a material sample. The apparatus comprises an electric potential sensor for measuring surface charge on a material sample, wherein the electrical potential sensor includes a probe for capacitively coupling the electric potential sensor to the surface of the material sample, an amplifier for generating a measurement output, the probe being connected to an input of the amplifier and the measurement output being supplied at an output of the amplifier, and a feedback arrangement driven from the output of the amplifier for enhancing the input impedance of the amplifier. A positioning system mounts the probe of the electric potential sensor above the material sample and moves the probe at a constant height over a surface of the said sample, and a processing system receives and processes the measurement output of the electric potential sensor for generating a digital record of the charge density distribution at the surface of the material sample. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323514 | PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR DEVICE, AND POLARIZATION METHOD OF PIEZOELECTRIC BODY OF PIEZOELECTRIC SENSOR DEVICE - A piezoelectric sensor device includes a piezoelectric element, a polarization processing unit and a controller. The piezoelectric element has a pair of electrodes sandwiching a piezoelectric body. The polarization processing unit is configured to execute polarization processing in which polarization voltage is applied to the polarization element. The controller is configured to control an execution timing of the polarization processing by the polarization processing unit, and includes a characteristics value acquisition unit configured to acquire a characteristics value relating to a polarization volume of the piezoelectric body, a determination unit configured to determine whether a polarization property is in a stable state or in an unstable state based on the characteristics value, and a polarization controller configured to control the polarization processing unit to apply the polarization voltage to the piezoelectric body when the determination unit determines that the polarization property of the piezoelectric body is in the unstable state. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323515 | USER-MOUNTED DEVICE CALIBRATION USING EXTERNAL DATA - Systems, methods, and computer media for calibrating user-mounted devices are provided. An external device capable of providing calibration data to a user-mounted device worn by a user is identified. An identification acknowledgement is received from the external device. A device calibration mode is entered in which calibration data describing the user-mounted device is received by the user-mounted device. The calibration data is based at least in part on sensor data acquired and normalized by the external device. The calibration data is then received. The calibration data includes at least one determined pose or body measurement of the user and a calculated alignment of the user-mounted device relative to the user. The user-mounted device is calibrated using the received calibration data. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323516 | PATIENT ALIGNMENT SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL MEASUREMENT AND OBJECT COORDINATION FOR RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEM - A patient alignment system for a radiation therapy system. The alignment system includes multiple external measurement devices which obtain position measurements of components of the radiation therapy system which are movable and/or are subject to flex or other positional variations. The alignment system employs the external measurements to provide corrective positioning feedback to more precisely register the patient and align them with a radiation beam. The alignment system can be provided as an integral part of a radiation therapy system or can be added as an upgrade to existing radiation therapy systems. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323517 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION IN STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING - A method for compensating for environment induced variations in structural health monitoring data is described. The method includes imparting a vibration onto a structure first location, the structure at a first temperature, receiving a comparison signal resulting from the vibration at a second location, accessing data representing a reference signal previously received at the second location, based on vibration at the first location, the reference signal received when the structure was at a second temperature, dividing the signals across multiple time windows, performing a cross correlation between the signals in each window to maximally correlate the signals within each window, performing a weighted regression on time to estimate time shift, the weights based on reference signal energy in each window, to determine a relationship between time and time shift, and using the relationship between time and time shift of the comparison signal to reduce the effects of environment on the comparison signal. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323518 | METHODS SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR RANKING TESTS USED TO IDENTIFY FAULTS IN A SYSTEM - Methods, systems and apparatus are provided for ranking tests of interest. A set of failure modes of interest and a set of tests of interest are determined A differentiation factor is then computed for each of the tests of interest, and each of the tests of interest can then be ranked based on their respective differentiation factors. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323519 | TEST APPARATUS - A pattern generator PG generates control data which specifies a threshold voltage to be compared with a signal under test input to an I/O terminal, and generates expected value data which represents an expected value for the comparison result between the signal under test and the threshold voltage. A threshold voltage generator generates the threshold voltage having a voltage level that corresponds to the control data at every setting timing indicated by a first timing signal. A level comparator compares the voltage level of the signal under test with its corresponding threshold voltage. A timing comparator latches the output of the level comparator at a strobe timing indicated by a second timing signal so as to generate a comparison signal. A timing adjustment unit adjusts the phase of the first timing signal. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323520 | MOTION DETERMINATION - Described herein are systems and methods that can employ a motion detection algorithm to determine whether a sensor has experienced a motion event or a no motion event. The sensor can be any sensor that can be used to identify and/or characterize motion. Upon receiving a signal from the sensor, moments of the signal can be calculated. Then, the moments can be compared to determine whether the signal is Gaussian. If the signal is a Gaussian signal, the algorithm determines that the signal is due to a no motion event. If the signal is a non-Gaussian signal, the algorithm determines that the signal is due to a motion event. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING GESTURES - Systems and methods for recognizing the gestures of an entity, notably a human being, and, optionally, for controlling an electrical or electronic system or apparatus, are discussed. The system uses sensors that measure signals, preferentially representative of inertial data about the movements of said entity, and implements a process for enriching a dictionary of said gestures to be recognized and a recognition algorithm, for recognition among the classes of gestures in said dictionary. The algorithm implemented is preferably of the dynamic time warping type. The system carries out preprocessing operations, such as the elimination of signals captured during periods of inactivity of the entity, subsampling of the signals, and normalization of the measurements by reduction, and preferentially uses, to classify the gestures, specific distance calculation modes and modes for merging or voting between the various measurements by the sensors. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323522 | Method and an Apparatus for Monitoring an Characteristic of an Object in Mechaninal Contact with a Mobile Terminal - An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform, actuating within an apparatus a motion in at least one actuation direction, monitoring the motion in the apparatus in at least one monitoring direction, and determining from the monitoring an characteristic of an object in contact with the apparatus. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323523 | SPEED DETECTION DEVICE - To include a pulse counting unit, a pulse timing unit, an overflow detection unit that holds a detected matter in an overflow register, a capture unit that holds an output of the pulse counting unit in a pulse counting register and holds an output of the pulse timing unit in a pulse timing register, and a computation unit (frequency calculation unit) that reads the pulse counting register, the pulse timing register, and the overflow register to calculate a frequency computation value, and when the pulse timing unit has overflowed, the computation unit adds a predetermined constant acquired by a period of a capture clock a period of a timing clock to pulse timing data at the previous interrupt to obtain pulse timing data acquired by a period of time from the last pulse edge a period of the timing clock. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323524 | COORDINATE DETECTING DEVICE AND COORDINATE DETECTING PROGRAM - A coordinate detecting device includes a detecting unit configured to detect the capacitance of each of a plurality of electrodes which are arranged in a predetermined direction, a storage unit configured to store the detected capacitance of each electrode, and an arithmetic processing unit configured to perform an arithmetic process on the basis of the capacitance of each electrode stored in the storage unit. The detecting unit sequentially detects the capacitance of the plurality of electrodes from one end to the other end of the predetermined direction. The arithmetic processing unit determines a coordinate region of a detection target in the predetermined direction on the basis of a comparison value between capacitance variations of adjacent electrodes and the magnitude of the detected capacitance variation of each electrode. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323525 | LONGITUDE/LATITUDE TEN-DIMENSION XYZ DIGITAL-DISPLAYING SPECTROMETER - A longitude/latitude ten-dimension XYZ digital-displaying spectrometer includes an imaging device combined with the digital-displaying spectrometer to work with a Z axis position processing unit and a coordinate processing unit and arranged in information connection with a plurality of displaying elements to allow of calculation of Z0° in horizontal of East, West, South, North, and the circumference with respect to the horizontal level of the compass through the combination of the imaging device with the processing units and displaying of the angles through the displaying elements, so as to provide an improvement of precise reading of the angles in the ten dimensions. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323526 | POLISHING ESTIMATION/EVALUATION DEVICE, OVERPOLISHING CONDITION CALCULATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM THEREOF - A polishing estimation/evaluation device includes a dividing unit, an overpolished area extracting unit, and a dummy modifying unit. The dividing unit divides a layout of an integrated circuit into a plurality of partial areas. The overpolished area extracting unit refers to an overpolishing condition indicating whether overpolishing occurs in a vicinity of a partial area based on a wiring density in the partial area and a wiring density in surrounding areas of the partial area, and extracts a partial area where the overpolishing occurs from the plurality of partial areas obtained by the division by the dividing unit. The dummy modifying unit modifies dummy wiring in the partial area where the overpolishing occurs extracted by the overpolished area extracting unit and/or dummy wiring in surrounding areas of the partial area to reduce the number of partial areas where the overpolishing occurs. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323527 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PARAMETER REPRESENTATIVE OF THE STATE OF VIGILANCE OF A VEHICLE DRIVER - A method for determining a parameter representative of the state of vigilance of a vehicle driver, on the basis of information, termed TLC values, representative of the residual time before the vehicle crosses a traffic line, includes, at each instant t0 of measurement of a TLC value, calculating an indicator parameter representing the state of vigilance PerTLC(t0) such that: | 2012-12-20 |
20120323528 | Systems and Methods for Acquiring and Characterizing Time Varying Signals of Interest - Methods of making classifications. One method acquires groups of data, derives features of potential interest in a first data group, and analyzes features using a classification tree and a statistically based classification process to draw a classification conclusion on identity with an associated level of confidence. Features associated with a signal of potential interest may be derived with at least a second group of data. A statistical algorithm may perform linear discrimination analysis, or a quadratic discrimination analysis or a logistic regression classification analysis. A related method includes acquiring signal data with a sensor device comprising piezo-electric material and detecting a signal by performing detections on signal data from the sensor device. Determinations are provided when detections surpass defined thresholds of confidence. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323529 | METHOD FOR LOCATING AND DETECTING THE POSITION OF THE WHEELS OF A VEHICLE - A method for locating the position of the wheels of a vehicle, each wheel being equipped with a sensor capable of emitting a location signal and the vehicle being equipped with a receiver capable of receiving the location signals emitted by the sensors. The method includes the step of determining a signature of the location signal emitted by the sensor of each wheel as a function of the position of the wheel on the vehicle, and the step of storing in the receiver the signature and the corresponding position of each of the wheels. The receiver is equipped with at two least two antennas, called first and second antennas, the signature of the location signal emitted by the sensor of each wheel being determined from the strength difference between the strength of the signal received by the first antenna and the strength of the signal received by the second antenna. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323530 | VIRTUAL SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATION OF STEAM TURBINE SECTIONAL EFFICIENCIES - Systems and methods of estimating an efficiency of a section of a steam turbine are disclosed. The systems and methods include determining a set of measurement data obtained directly from a set of sensors on the steam turbine, determining a set of derived data relating to measurements that cannot be obtained directly from the set of sensors, and estimating the efficiency of the section using the set of measurement data and the set of derived data. The systems and methods disclosed use physics-based models combined with nonlinear filtering techniques to estimate steam turbines' efficiencies when physical sensors are not available. These models capture the behavior of different components of the power plant, including all steam turbine sections, admission and crossover pipes, flow junctions, admission and control valves. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323531 | ENGINE NOISE MONITORING AS ENGINE HEALTH MANAGEMENT TOOL - A system and method are provided for determining the health of an engine. The method includes a plurality of standard noise spectra collected from engines with known defects. A noise spectrum of the engine being monitored is sensed and compared to the plurality of standard noise spectra from the engines with known defects. From the comparison, a type and a degree of defect is identified based upon the comparison. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323532 | VEHICLE COUNTING DEVICE AND VEHICLE COUNTING METHOD - A vehicle counting device including: a frequency analysis unit that analyzes a frequency of a surrounding sound detected by a vehicle sound detection microphone; a vehicle sound candidate selection unit that selects, as one or more vehicle sound candidates, one or more sounds included in the surrounding sound, based on the analysis by the frequency analysis unit, each of the one or more sounds being in a frequency band where a sound pressure is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; a phase curve calculation unit that calculates, for each of the one or more vehicle sound candidates, a phase curve; and a vehicle count determination unit that classifies the one or more phase curves into at least one group, based on shapes of the one or more phase curves, and determines a total number of the at least one group as the number of the nearby vehicles. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323533 | FILTERS FOR SPECTRAL ANALYSIS DATA - Cosmic spike filters are provided, which remove noise spikes in spectral data. Spikes are eliminated by locating, smoothing and filtering the spikes using replicates to improve the accuracy of the spike detection process compared to when only one replicate is used. Cosmic spike filters are also provided that combine a data collection approach and a statistical approach to remove cosmic spike noise from the collected signal without distorting the true signal. Still further, a statistical approach is provided to identify and remove negative peaks from a spectrum, where the negative peaks are caused by bad pixels in a charge coupled device. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323534 | METHOD OF PLACING A TOTAL STATION IN A BUILDING - A method for locating a position determining device in an interior construction site of a building to provide line-of-sight access to a plurality of construction points in the interior construction site, includes accessing a three-dimensional model of the site by a computer system, the model including coordinates of construction points in the site to be located with a position determining device. The method further includes determining a location for placing a position determining device by the computer system, in which no obstructions at the site preclude line-of-sight access by the position determining device to the plurality of construction points. The method may further include receiving spatial data by the computer system, and deriving the three dimensional model by the computer system based upon the spatial data. The position determining device may comprise a robotic total station or other such device. The method is implemented on a computer system. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium has computer-readable instructions embodied thereon which, when executed, cause the computer system to implement the method. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323535 | Quantification of Structure Fitness Enabling Evaluation and Comparison of Structure Designs - System and methods for evaluating and coordinating the design and implementation of a structure is disclosed. The system includes an attributes engine, configured to receive design data for a structure; quantify a plurality of measures of various attributes of the structure based on the design data; from the quantified plurality of measures of various attributes of the structure, determine a structure fitness function, F, whereby: | 2012-12-20 |
20120323536 | Methods and systems for applying mass scaling in finite element analysis - Methods and systems for applying mass scaling in finite element analysis is described. Elements with a critical time step smaller than a user desired time step are identified. Out of these elements, elements located in a particular region requiring realistic simulated dynamic responses are processed with selective mass scaling and the rest are processed with regular mass scaling. Selective mass scaling requires more computation but can better preserve dynamic structural characteristics. The aforementioned method is referred to as a mixed mode mass scaling. Mixed mode mass scaling allows engineering simulation to be conducted within a reasonable turnaround time, because only a portion of the FEA model is subjected to more computation intensive selective mass scaling. Selective mass scaling technique includes reducing effects caused in three translational and three rotational rigid body modes of shell element. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323537 | DETECTING IMPACT OF EXTRINSIC EVENTS ON A TIME SERIES - In one embodiment, an event impact signature detector may analyze a time series with external events. A data interface | 2012-12-20 |
20120323538 | Design of Curved Fiber Paths for Composite Laminates - A computational optimization process uses the variable stiffness performance of composite laminates attributed to steered fiber to guide the design of stream functions describing the fibers to build it. This design process combines a finite element-based analysis tool, failure criteria and geometry optimization to determine steered angles associated with stream functions by an optimization program to meet target performance requirements, e.g., load condition(s), and failure criteria for quasi-static or dynamic events. The fiber angle distribution and thickness buildup are computed based on the stream function. The simulated structure is analyzed using finite element analysis. The disclosed process allows the designer to impose manufacturing constraints such as fiber steering radius. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323539 | Method and Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium Thereof for Thermal Analysis Modeling - A method and a non-transitory computer readable medium thereof for thermal analysis modeling are provided. The method includes establishing an electrothermal network π model on the basis of electronic modules of an electronic system to define a heat source, propagation paths and a common base of the electronic system. Observation points in the electronic system are defined, in which each observation point is located at an isothermal surface enclosing a volume surrounding a reference point, and where the reference point is the heat source or one observation point. A heat conduction temperature difference and a heat convection temperature difference are calculated according to a power density function, a thermal conductivity coefficient and a distance vector between the reference point and each observation point. A temperature distribution is established according to the heat conduction and the heat convection temperature difference and a defined temperature of the common base. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323540 | METHOD FOR SIMULATING RUBBER COMPOUND - A computerized simulation method to obtain a loss tangent of a rubber compound comprising a rubber matrix and filler particles, wherein a model of the rubber compound is generated; as deformation conditions thereof, two different values of strain are defined; deformation simulations are made under the two different values of the strain, to compute a normal strain and a shear strain of each element under each of the two different values of the strain, and to compute an energy loss of each element by the use of the computed strain; and the loss tangent of the rubber compound is computed from the sum of the energy losses of all of the elements, a strain amplitude caused by the difference between the two different values of the strain, and an elastic modulus of the rubber compound model. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323541 | SEISMIC IMAGING METHOD CONSIDERING A CONTOUR OF THE SEA BOTTOM - A seismic imaging method for imaging a subsurface structure is provided. The seismic imaging method calculates a coefficient matrix of a wave equation according to a contour of the sea bottom within a global grid. This method can be used to accurately estimate signals reflected on or transmitted through the sea bottom because it accurately reflects more detailed contours of the sea bottom within the global grid. Moreover, computational overburden is minimized. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323542 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING PARAMETER VALUES OF THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method for calculating values of parameters of a TFT includes calculating a set of simulated current-voltage (I-V) values using state-density-functions over an entire energy band in a band gap of an amorphous semiconductor of the TFT. The method further includes comparing the set of simulated I-V values with a set of measured I-V values of the TFT to determine a value of a parameter of the TFT. The method may further include calculating values of an acceptor state-density-function g | 2012-12-20 |
20120323543 | METHOD AND DETECTION ASSEMBLY FOR THE DETECTION OF CHANGES IN A BUILDING STRUCTURE OF A WIND TURBINE - A method for detecting changes in a building structure of a first wind turbine is provided. A reference value representing the eigenfrequency of the first wind turbine is monitored over time, whereby substantial changes in the reference value are used as an indication of changes in the building structure. Further, a detection assembly for such detections is provided. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323544 | RESERVOIR CALIBRATION PARAMETERIZATION METHOD - A method is described for producing an amended realization of a geostatistical model of a hydrocarbon reservoir using the Karhunen-Loève (KL) expansion. The KL expansion may be used to produce amended realizations for history matching and is widely used. However, it is necessary in order to use the KL expansion to perform singular value decomposition of the covariance matrix of the model to provide eigenvectors and eigen values for use in the expansion. In a typical geostatistical model, the covariance matrix is too large for singular value decomposition to be performed. Prior solutions to this problem involved reducing the resolution of the model so as to reduce the size of the covariance matrix. In the method described, a plurality of random realizations are generated and an approximation of the covariance matrix is constructed from the realizations, the approximation matrix having smaller dimensions than the true covariance matrix. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323545 | DEVICE FOR PLANNING A TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION - A device for planning a transcatheter aortic valve implantation is disclosed. The device includes a segmentation module for segmenting the aorta ascendens with the aorta annulus, the aortic valves and the coronary ostia as well as the left ventricle; a determination module, which determines on the basis of the segmented data the aorta annulus plane and from this one or more angiography projections for setting an angiography device, with which the aorta annulus and the coronary ostia are able to be detected in the optimum manner for positioning the transcatheter heart valve; and an output module that outputs this information. The proposed device supports the user in the planning of a transcatheter aortic valve implantation. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323546 | Method For Pre-Operative Visualization Of Instrumentation Used With A Surgical Guide For Dental Implant Placement - A surgical guide to be placed in a patient's mouth. The patient's mouth is scanned to obtain surgical-region scan data at a region where an implant is to be located. The patient's mouth is also scanned in the opened position to acquire dental conditions opposite from the surgical region so as to obtain opposing-condition scan data. A virtual model is developed using the surgical-region scan data and the opposing-condition scan data. Using the virtual model, a surgical plan is developed that includes the location of the implant to be installed in the patient. A virtual surgical guide is also developed based on the surgical plan. The dimensions of instrumentation to be used with the surgical guide are checked to ensure they will fit within the mouth by use of the opposing-condition scan data. After checking, final surgical-guide manufacturing information is obtained for manufacturing the surgical guide. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323547 | METHOD FOR INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM ANALYSIS AND ENDOVASCULAR INTERVENTION PLANNING | 2012-12-20 |
20120323548 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND PROGRAM STORAGE DEVICE FOR SIMULATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMANCE AS A FUNCTION OF PROCESS VARIATIONS - Disclosed are embodiments of a method, a system and a program storage device for simulating electronic device performance as a function of process variations. In these embodiments, functions of a primary model parameter for each of multiple secondary model parameters across multiple different process conditions can be determined based on a relatively small number of target sets of device characteristics. These functions can then be used to augment a simulator so that during subsequent simulations of the electronic device over a wide range of varying process conditions, a change in a value for the primary model parameter will automatically result in corresponding changes in values for the secondary model parameters. By augmenting the simulation environment in this manner, the disclosed embodiments efficiently provide more robust simulation results over prior art techniques. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323549 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A SCALABLE PARALLEL PROCESSOR - A system and method of parallel processing includes a computer system including a first processor, the first processor being a control flow type processor, a second processor, the second processor being a data flow type processor. The second processor is coupled to a second memory system, the second memory system including instructions stored therein in an order of execution and corresponding events data stored therein in the order of execution. A first one of the instructions are stored at a predefined location in the second memory system. The system also includes a run time events insertion and control unit coupled to the first processor and the second processor. The first processor, the second processor and the run time events insertion and control unit are on a common integrated circuit. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323550 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYSTEM INTEGRATION TEST (SIT) PLANNING - A method is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The programming instructions are operable to receive a system architecture model of a system and receive trigger coverage rules. Additionally, the programming instructions are operable to determine system integration test (SIT) coverage for each connection and interface of the system architecture model and select a set of use cases execution scenarios to satisfy the SIT coverage. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323551 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGHLY PARALLEL PROCESSING OF PARAMETERIZED SIMULATIONS - Systems and associated methods for highly parallel processing of parameterized simulations are described. Embodiments permit processing of stochastic data-intensive simulations in a highly parallel fashion in order to distribute the intensive workload. Embodiments utilize methods of seeding records in a database with a source of pseudo-random numbers, such as a compressed seed for a pseudo-random number generator, such that seeded records may be processed independently in a highly parallel fashion. Thus, embodiments provide systems and associated methods facilitating quicker data-intensive simulation by enabling highly parallel asynchronous simulations. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323552 | Apparatus and Method for Hardware Initiation of Emulated Instructions - A method of emulating an instruction includes identifying a fault instruction. The fault instruction is saved in a register. The fault instruction is associated with a software emulated operation. The software emulated operation is initiated with an access to the fault instruction in the register. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323553 | Mobile Emulator Integration - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to recommending data sources. In aspects, a request to provide recommendations of data enrichments for a database is received at a recommendation engine. The recommendation engine may perform static and dynamic analysis of data associated with the database and may further refine recommendations based on policies. The recommendation engine may then provide the recommendations, if any, of data enrichments to allow a software developer, for example, to indicate whether the data enrichments are to be used. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323554 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TUNING PARAMETERS IN STATISTICAL MACHINE TRANSLATION - A method for tuning translation parameters in statistical machine translation based on ranking of the translation parameters is disclosed. According to one embodiment, the method includes sampling pairs of candidate translation units from a set of candidate translation units corresponding to a source unit, each candidate translation unit corresponding to numeric values assigned to one or more features, receiving an initial weighting value for each feature, comparing the pairs of candidate translation units to produce binary results, and using the binary results to adjust the initial weighting values to produce modified weighting values. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323555 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD ENABLING TRANSLITERATION OF A TEXT INPUT - An improved mobile electronic device enables the inputting of text in one alphabet, Traditional Chinese in the present example, by transliteration of inputs in another alphabet, BoPoMoFo in the present example. Since some of the inputs can be ambiguous, transliteration of an ambiguous input is delayed until a detection of a finalization event, thus avoiding the outputting of unnecessary transliteration results, and thus advantageously avoiding a distraction to the user. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323556 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING PINYIN AND A DYNAMIC MEMORY STATE FOR MODIFYING A HANYU VOCABULARY TEST - A system and method for using pinyin and a dynamic memory state for modifying a Hanyu vocabulary test are provided. The system uses a Chinese input method for conducting the Hanyu vocabulary test, and includes an input device, an output device, a computing processing device, and a word database. The computing processing device includes a user login verification unit, a screening and sampling unit, a grading and timing unit, and a recording and analyzing unit. The user uses the input device and output device to operate the system. After the user is verified by the user login verification unit, the screening and sampling unit samples a test bank from the word database based on the test record of the user. The grading and timing unit calculates the answering time and determines if the user has answered the questions correctly. The recording and analyzing unit records and analyzes a test result of the user, and then stores the test result to the word database. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323557 | Speech Recognition Using Context-Aware Recognition Models - Inputs provided into user interface elements of an application are observed. Records are made of the inputs and the state(s) the application was in while the inputs were provided. For each state, a corresponding language model is trained based on the input(s) provided to the application while the application was in that state. When the application is next observed to be in a previously-observed state, a language model associated with the application's current state is applied to recognize speech input provided by a user and thereby to generate speech recognition output that is provided to the application. An application's state at a particular time may include the user interface element(s) that are displayed and/or in focus at that time. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323558 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A PREDICTING MODEL - A method for creating a predictive model is disclosed herein, including the steps of determining trends and patterns in electronic data, using at least a first machine language algorithm, refining the determination of the algorithm, searching for social models that describe the identified trends and patterns using at least a second machine language algorithm, verifying causal links, constructing at least one model about human node behavior and interactions, utilizing the social models to do at least one of the following: validate hypotheses, predict future behavior, and examine hypothetical scenarios, and automatically updating predictions when new data is introduced. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323559 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus is provided for determining a lyric importance level, comprising a memory and a processor executing instructions stored in the memory. The processor executes instructions stored in the memory to acquire lyric information, the lyric information identifying: lyrics of a song; and lyric location information indicating locations of the lyrics within the song. The processor further executes instructions stored in the memory to acquire section information, the section information identifying: sections of the song; section importance levels corresponding to the sections; and section location information indicating locations of the sections within the song. The processor still further executes instructions stored in the memory to identify, based on the lyric location information and the section location information, one or more sections corresponding to a subset of the lyrics; and determine, based on the section importance levels, a lyric importance level of the subset. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323560 | METHOD FOR SYMBOLIC CORRECTION IN HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACES - Disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for symbolic correction in human-machine interfaces that comprise (a) implementing a language model; (b) implementing a hypothesis model; (c) implementing an error model; and (d) processing a symbolic input message based on weighted finite-state transducers to encode 1) a set of input hypothesis using the hypothesis model, 2) the language model, and 3) the error model to perform correction on the sequential pre-segmented symbolic input message in the human-machine interface. According to a particular embodiment, the processing step comprises a combination of the language model, the hypothesis model, and the error model performed without parsing by employing a composition operation between the transducers and a lowest cost path search, exact or approximate, on the composed transducer. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323561 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TEXT DISAMBIGUATION - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device enables editing during text entry and also provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. Additionally, the device can facilitate the selection of variants by displaying a graphic of a special key of the keypad that enables a user to progressively select variants generally without changing the position of the user's hands on the device. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323562 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING IMAGE TEXT DOCUMENTS IN BIT-MAPPED FORMATS TO SEARCHABLE TEXT AND FOR SEARCHING THE SEARCHABLE TEXT - A system and method for searching optical character recognition results of image text documents includes an image text transformer that linguistically analyzes the optical character recognition results within a context of multiple lexicons to form edited text results and creates a reflection repository having reflection files therein corresponding to the image documents from the optical character recognition results. A search engine searches the reflection files and a user device displays a first reflection file from the reflection files or a first image document from the image documents in response to searching. The files are displayed on a display associated with a user device. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323563 | GENERATING SNIPPET FOR REVIEW ON THE INTERNET - A method and system for generating snippet for review on the Internet. The method includes the steps of: receiving a review and a set of feedbacks corresponding to the review, where the review includes a plurality of evaluating sentences that evaluates product features of a product; calculating support degrees of each of the plurality of evaluating sentences by using the set of feedbacks; extracting, by relying on calculated support degrees of each of the evaluating sentences, at least one of the evaluating sentences from the plurality of evaluating sentences; and designating extracted evaluating sentence as a snippet of the review; where at least one of the steps is carried out by using a computer device. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323564 | PROGRAM SEARCH DEVICE AND PROGRAM SEARCH METHOD - A program search device includes: a table storage unit that stores an allowed word table; a program stream acquiring unit that acquires a program stream generated according to a broadcasting code of ethics; a table update unit that extracts caption data or program information, which is a first text data item related to the content of a program; a program storage unit that stores a program included in the acquired program stream; a data acquiring unit that acquires a second text data item; a data processing unit that divides the second text data item into morphemes, replaces the divided morpheme with a predetermined symbol; an index giving unit that gives a set of the recombined third text data item; and a program extracting unit that extracts the program stored in the program storage unit. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323565 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING TEXT - An apparatus, a method, an applications programming interface and a computer program product for analyzing text. The text is transmitted between users of a text based network mediated system. The text is analyzed by intended word filter rule processing elements to determine a presence of a variation word of an intended word in the text. A method for creating the intended word filter rule processing elements is also disclosed. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323566 | AUTOMATED DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS BY ANALYZING VOICE ACTIVITY - Methods, systems, and media for determining a response to be generated in an environment are provided. The methods, systems, and media monitor the environment for a voice activity of an individual. The voice activity of the individual is detected and analyzed. A content descriptor of the voice activity is determined based on the voice activity of the individual. A demographic descriptor of the individual is determined based on the voice activity of the individual. The content descriptor, the demographic descriptor, and known information are correlated to determine the response to be generated in the environment. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323567 | Packet Loss Concealment for Speech Coding - A speech coding method of significantly reducing error propagation due to voice packet loss, while still greatly profiting from a pitch prediction or Long-Term Prediction (LTP), is achieved by limiting or reducing a pitch gain only for the first subframe or the first two subframes within a speech frame. The method is used for a voiced speech class; a pitch cycle length is compared to a subframe size to decide to reduce the pitch gain for the first subframe or the first two subframes within the frame. Speech coding quality loss due to the pitch gain reduction is compensated by increasing a bit rate of a second excitation component or adding one more stage of excitation component only for the first subframe or the first two subframes within the speech frame. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323568 | Source Code Adaption Based on Communication Link Quality and Source Coding Delay - Method and arrangement in a network node for adapting a property of source coding to the quality of a communication link in packet switched conversational services in a communication system. The method comprises obtaining ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120323569 | SPEECH PROCESSING APPARATUS, A SPEECH PROCESSING METHOD, AND A FILTER PRODUCED BY THE METHOD - According to one embodiment, a speech processing apparatus includes a histogram calculation unit, a cumulative frequency calculation unit, and a filter production unit. The histogram calculation unit is configured to calculate a first histogram from a first speech feature extracted from speech data, and to calculate a second histogram from a second speech feature different from the first speech feature. The cumulative frequency calculation unit is configured to calculate a first cumulative frequency by accumulating a frequency of the first histogram, and to calculate a second cumulative frequency by accumulating a frequency of the second histogram. The filter production unit is configured to produce a filter having a characteristic to get the second cumulative frequency near to the first cumulative frequency. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323570 | RECONSTRUCTION OF A SMOOTH SPEECH SIGNAL FROM A STUTTERED SPEECH SIGNAL - Described herein are methods, systems, apparatuses and products for reconstruction of a smooth speech signal from a stuttered speech signal. One aspect provides for accessing a stored speech signal having stuttering; identifying at least one stuttered region in the stored speech signal; modifying the at least one stuttered region in the stored speech signal; and responsive to modifying the at least one stuttered region, reconstructing a smooth speech signal corresponding to the stored speech signal. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323571 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INCREASING SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY IN NOISY ENVIRONMENTS | 2012-12-20 |
20120323572 | Document Extension in Dictation-Based Document Generation Workflow - An automatic speech recognizer is used to produce a structured document representing the contents of human speech. A best practice is applied to the structured document to produce a conclusion, such as a conclusion that required information is missing from the structured document. Content is inserted into the structured document based on the conclusion, thereby producing a modified document. The inserted content may be obtained by prompting a human user for the content and receiving input representing the content from the human user. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323573 | Non-Scorable Response Filters For Speech Scoring Systems - A method for scoring non-native speech includes receiving a speech sample spoken by a non-native speaker and performing automatic speech recognition and metric extraction on the speech sample to generate a transcript of the speech sample and a speech metric associated with the speech sample. The method further includes determining whether the speech sample is scorable or non-scorable based upon the transcript and speech metric, where the determination is based on an audio quality of the speech sample, an amount of speech of the speech sample, a degree to which the speech sample is off-topic, whether the speech sample includes speech from an incorrect language, or whether the speech sample includes plagiarized material. When the sample is determined to be non-scorable, an indication of non-scorability is associated with the speech sample. When the sample is determined to be scorable, the sample is provided to a scoring model for scoring. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323574 | SPEECH TO TEXT MEDICAL FORMS - Event audio data that is based on verbal utterances associated with a medical event associated with a patient is received. A list of a plurality of candidate text strings that match interpretations of the event audio data is obtained, based on information included in a medical speech repository, information included in a speech accent repository, and a matching function. A selection of at least one of the candidate text strings included in the list is obtained. A population of at least one field of an electronic medical form is initiated, based on the obtained selection. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323575 | SPEAKER ASSOCIATION WITH A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF SPOKEN CONTENT - Speaker content generated in an audio conference is visually represented in accordance with a method. Speaker content from a plurality of audio conference participants is monitored using a computer with a tangible non-transitory processor and memory. The speaker content from each of the plurality of audio conference participants is monitored. A visual representation of speaker content for each of the plurality of audio conference participants is generated based on the analysis of the speaker content from each of the plurality of audio conference participant. The visual representation of speaker content is displayed. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323576 | AUTOMATED ADVERSE DRUG EVENT ALERTS - Event audio data that is based on verbal utterances associated with a pharmaceutical event associated with a patient may be received. Medical history information associated with the patient may be obtained, based on information included in a medical history repository. At least one text string that matches at least one interpretation of the event audio data may be obtained, based on information included in a pharmaceutical speech repository, information included in a speech accent repository, and a drug matching function, the at least one text string being associated with a pharmaceutical drug. One or more adverse drug event (ADE) alerts may be determined based on matching the at least one text string and medical history attributes associated with the at least one patient with ADE attributes obtained from an ADE repository. An ADE alert report may be generated, based on the determined one or more ADE alerts. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323577 | SPEECH RECOGNITION FOR PREMATURE ENUNCIATION - Methods of automatic speech recognition for premature enunciation. In one method, a) a user is prompted to input speech, then b) a listening period is initiated to monitor audio via a microphone, such that there is no pause between the end of step a) and the beginning of step b), and then the begin-speaking audible indicator is communicated to the user during the listening period. In another method, a) at least one audio file is played including both a prompt for a user to input speech and a begin-speaking audible indicator to the user, b) a microphone is activated to monitor audio, after playing the prompt but before playing the begin-speaking audible indicator in step a), and c) speech is received from the user via the microphone. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323578 | Text-to-Speech Device and Text-to-Speech Method - A sound control section ( | 2012-12-20 |
20120323579 | DYNAMIC ACCESS TO EXTERNAL MEDIA CONTENT BASED ON SPEAKER CONTENT - An audio conference is supplemented based on speaker content. Speaker content from at least one audio conference participant is monitored using a computer with a tangible non-transitory processor and memory. A set of words is selected from the speaker content. The selected set of words is determined to be associated with supplemental media content from at least one external source. The supplemental media content is made available to at least one audience member for the audio conference. The supplemental media content is selectively presented to the at least one audience member. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323580 | EDITING TELECOM WEB APPLICATIONS THROUGH A VOICE INTERFACE - Systems and associated methods for editing telecom web applications through a voice interface are described. Systems and methods provide for editing telecom web applications over a connection, as for example accessed via a standard phone, using speech and/or DTMF inputs. The voice based editing includes exposing an editing interface to a user for a telecom web application that is editable, dynamically generating a voice-based interface for a given user for accomplishing editing tasks, and modifying the telecom web application to reflect the editing commands entered by the user. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323581 | Systems and Methods for Voice Personalization of Video Content - Systems and methods are disclosed for performing voice personalization of video content. The personalized media content may include a composition of a background scene having a character, head model data representing an individualized three-dimensional (3D) head model of a user, audio data simulating the user's voice, and a viseme track containing instructions for causing the individualized 3D head model to lip sync the words contained in the audio data. The audio data simulating the user's voice can be generated using a voice transformation process. In certain examples, the audio data is based on a text input or selected by the user (e.g., via a telephone or computer) or a textual dialogue of a background character. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323582 | Hierarchical Audio Frequency Encoding and Decoding Method and System, Hierarchical Frequency Encoding and Decoding Method for Transient Signal - Hierarchical audio coding and decoding method and system and hierarchical audio coding and decoding method for transient signals are provided. In the present invention, by introducing a processing method for transient signal frames in the hierarchical audio coding and decoding methods, a segmented time-frequency transform is performed on the transient signal frames, and then the frequency-domain coefficients obtained by transformation are rearranged respectively within the core layer and within the extended layer, so as to perform the same subsequent coding processes, such as bit allocation, frequency-domain coefficient coding, etc., as those on the steady-state signal frames, thus enhancing the coding efficiency of the transient signal frames and improving the quality of the hierarchical audio coding and decoding. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323583 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication terminal includes: a decoder which decodes an input bitstream received from another communication terminal, to generate an output audio signal and outputs the generated output audio signal to a speaker; an echo canceller which obtains an input audio signal representing sound captured by a microphone placed in a space to which the speaker outputs the sound, and removes, for respective subbands, an echo component included in the obtained input audio signal and corresponding to the output audio signal, to generate an audio signal for transmission; an encoder which codes the audio signal for transmission to generate an output bitstream and transmits the generated output bitstream to another communication terminal; and a control unit which controls, for the respective subbands, echo cancellation processing according to a reproduction band of at least one of the output audio signal and the audio signal for transmission. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323584 | BITSTREAM SYNTAX FOR MULTI-PROCESS AUDIO DECODING - An audio decoder provides a combination of decoding components including components implementing base band decoding, spectral peak decoding, frequency extension decoding and channel extension decoding techniques. The audio decoder decodes a compressed bitstream structured by a bitstream syntax scheme to permit the various decoding components to extract the appropriate parameters for their respective decoding technique. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323585 | Artifact Reduction in Time Compression - Various techniques are disclosed for reducing artifacts generated by time compression. by adapting the time compression based on the state of the received audio. The amount of time compression may be bounded based on audio characteristics. Another feature provides a way of determining the most correlated portions of segments of audio. Voiced speech may be distinguished from unvoiced speech. Another feature provides a way of distinguishing between silence, voiced speech, and unvoiced speech. Time compression may be adapted during periods of lengthy silence. Another feature allows for reducing time compression during sensitive portions of the received audio. One or more of these features may be present in different embodiments. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323586 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED GEMSTONE PRE-CERTIFICATES - A system and method for providing authentication information associated with a gemstone. At least one database stores electronic gemstone information and electronic certificate information for a plurality of gemstones. First electronic gemstone information representing a first determination of at least one characteristic of a first gemstone is received from a merchant. A pre-certificate that represents at least some of the characteristics of the gemstone is generated and provided to the merchant. Second electronic gemstone information associated with a final certificate is received and an accuracy of the first determination is made by comparing the second determination with the first determination. A notification is transmitted to the first computing device that represents the accuracy. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323587 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING THE SALES PRICE OF A PROPERTY - A sale price of a property is estimated based on the listed sale price, and information about previous sales which have been made by the seller, and/or a listing agent responsible for selling the property, and/or a firm that employs the listing agent. The information used to make an estimate may include the original listing price and the ultimate sale price for previous sales. The time at which the property is likely to sell may also be estimated. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323588 | AUTOMATING DISPLAYS BASED ON ADMISSIONS, DISCHARGES, AND TRANSFERS - Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and graphical user interfaces for automating displays based on admissions, transfers, and discharges are provided. In embodiments, admission notifications that patients have been admitted to rooms in a healthcare facility are received. Information is accessed for the patients admitted to the rooms. The information for the patients is automatically displayed, without user intervention, to clinicians in the corresponding rooms. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323589 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSURING COMPLIANCE - Systems and methods for collecting information, verifying authenticity of such information, processing, maintaining, and managing such information are described. The system can be a standalone unit or can comprise a combination of various units configured to function together. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323590 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRONIC MEDICAL SOURCE - Systems and methods for collecting information, verifying authenticity of such information, processing, maintaining, and managing such information are described. The system can be a standalone unit or can comprise a combination of various units configured to function together. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323591 | SMART CLINICAL CARE ROOM - Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for transitioning a clinical care room from a first scene to a second scene in order to facilitate completion of a real-world activity are provided. The first scene in the clinical care room is presented where the clinical care room has one or more zones. The first scene is associated with a first group of setting for components within the one or more zones. An input corresponding to the real-world activity is received. Incident to receiving the input, the second scene is provided. The second scene is associated with a second group of settings for the components. The second group of setting is optimized to facilitate completion of the real-world activity. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323592 | MINIMIZING DISRUPTION DURING MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION - Methods, computer systems, and computer readable media for reducing disruptions to a clinician during medication administration are provided. An input is received indicating that the medication-administration process has been initiated by the clinician. The medication-administration process is associated with one patient in a clinical care room. Incident to receiving this input, the clinician is prevented from receiving messages concerning patients and other matters not related to the one patient in the clinical care room. In addition, one or more visual indicators are provided to alert other clinicians, patients, and visitors that the clinician has begun the medication-administration process. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323593 | TELERADIOLOGY IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A teleradiology image processing system configured to process radiology read requests and digital radiology image data is disclosed. In one embodiment, a radiology processing system includes a series of processing components configured to receive digital radiology data from a medical provider, extract relevant information and radiology scan images from the digital radiology data, and initiate and control a workflow with a qualified remote radiologist who ultimately performs a read of the radiology scan images. Further embodiments also facilitate data processing within the image processing system in response to medical facility rules and preferences; translation or conversion of digital images to other formats; compilation of patient and medical facility data obtained from the digital radiology data into medical records or data stores; assignment of radiology studies within a teleradiology workflow in response to licensing and credentialing rules; and billing functions in response to completed reads by the remote radiologist. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323594 | PROGNOSTIC AND PREDICTIVE GENE SIGNATURE FOR NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER AND ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY - The application provides methods of prognosing and classifying lung cancer patients into poor survival groups or good survival groups and for determining the benefit of adjuvant chemotherapy by way of a multigene signature. The application also includes kits and computer products for use in the methods of the application. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323595 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NURSE ASSIGNMENT AND PATIENT LIST MANAGEMENT INTERACTION WITH ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD - Systems, apparatus, and methods to facilitate review and modification of patient assignment are provided. An example method includes displaying, via a user interface, assignments between a clinician and one or more patients including a status of each assignment between the clinician and each of the one or more patients. The example method includes facilitating, via the user interface, a change in at least one assignment via the user interface. The example method includes propagating the change based on an update to assignment status via the user interface. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323596 | Systems and Methods for Managing Payments and Related Payment Information for Healthcare Providers - Systems and methods for managing payments and related payment information for healthcare providers, where payments are made by payors other than a patient, are disclosed. In some embodiments the system provides different services to member and non-member providers. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323597 | Consolidated Healthcare and Resource Management System - A technical procedure and information enhancement system comprising a multi-function colored display; a computing device having memory and processors; a touch-free gesture-responsive computer input device; computer-readable media containing computer instructions for displaying a plurality of electronic pages selected from the group consisting of a pre-procedural page, a procedure preparation page, an intra-procedural page and a post-procedural page; connection to the internet; a backup memory; a microphone; one or more video cameras situated to record the medical procedure, speakers, and an electronic signature pad. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323598 | Using Alternative Sources of Evidence in Computer-Assisted Billing Coding - A computerized billing code generator reviews billing source data containing both admissible data (such as physician's notes) and inadmissible data (such as nurse's notes). The billing code generator determines whether to generate a request to review the first data based on both the first data and the second data. For example, the billing code generator may generate the request in response to determining that the second data contains information that is inconsistent with information contained in the first data. As another example, the billing code generator may generate the request in response to determining that the second data contains information that is not contained within the first data. | 2012-12-20 |
20120323599 | SCHEDULING OF DOSE CALCULATION TASKS INCLUDING EFFICIENT DOSE CALCULATION - A system comprises a therapy tasks scheduling module ( | 2012-12-20 |