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20100159925 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RETRY OF PACKET DATA CALLS - A method and system for retry of a packet data call. The method can include the steps of attempting ( | 06-24-2010 |
20100169436 | Method for Facilitating User of a Communication Device to Control Multiple Concurrent Communication Sessions - A method of operating a communication device to facilitate a user to control multiple concurrent communication sessions. In operation, the communication device receives a plurality of incoming communications from a plurality of recipients, in which each recipient corresponds to at least one of the multiple concurrent communication sessions. The communication device further detects a user response from a user interface of the communication device in response to receiving the incoming communications. Next, the communication device correlates the user response with at least one of the received incoming communications or previously received communications corresponding to the recipients. Further, the communication device selects at least one of the plurality of recipients based on the correlation and sends the user response to the selected at least one of the plurality of recipients. | 07-01-2010 |
20110148917 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A BACKGROUND SETTING TOGETHER WITH ICONS AND/OR APPLICATION WINDOWS ON A DISPLAY SCREEN THEREOF - An electronic device is operable to display images on a display screen of the device's display. The images include at least one icon and at least one image to be used as a background setting for the display screen. The electronic device includes the display, at least one storage device, and a processing unit. The storage device(s) digitally stores the images and operating instructions for displaying the images. The processing device is operable in accordance with the operating instructions to: retrieve the images from the storage device, determine at least one portion of the background setting that is of higher importance than a remainder of the background setting to produce at least one high importance portion of the background setting, and instruct the display to display the background setting and the icons on the display screen such that the high importance portion(s) of the background setting is viewable. | 06-23-2011 |
20110161998 | Systems and Methods Providing Content on a Display Based Upon Facial Recognition of a Viewer - Disclosed is a display system and a method of a display system including a display device configured to provide visual output in a direction, and a camera associated with the display, the camera image collector being pointed in the direction of the visual output, the camera configured to collect facial data. A processor is provided to correlate facial data with content data so that the display will display specific content while the camera collects the facial data. A user's mobile communication device can detect the display system and transmit facial data to the display system. When a user is positioned so that the camera of the system can collect facial data of the user's face, the system can push specific content based upon facial recognition of the user correlated with the user's preferences or other criteria. A determination as to content to display is based upon facial recognition. | 06-30-2011 |
20120135774 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING OVERHEAD INFORMATION WITHIN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for obtaining overhead information by a mobile is provided herein. During operation, the mobile will be communicating with a first system on an active data channel. The mobile node will be able to measure pilot PN phase and amplitude for a second system that is a potential candidate to handoff and will have that information available. The data channel of the active service is used to query a proxy server that provides overhead information for the second base station. More particularly, when PN phase and amplitude information is provided to the proxy server, the proxy server will identify the base station and provide the overhead information needed to associate with the second base station. | 05-31-2012 |
20130005341 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCANNING FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK - A method and apparatus for performing the method are provided. The method includes operating a mobile device in a first network while a timer of the mobile device is running to prevent the mobile device from scanning for a second network. The method also includes determining a distance that the mobile device is from a reference location, where the reference location is associated with where the mobile device is prevented from scanning for the second network. The method further includes adjusting the timer when the determined distance from the reference signal exceeds a threshold. When the determined distance exceeds the determined distance, the mobile device can scan for the second network. | 01-03-2013 |
20130034020 | LINK SHARING WITHIN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and apparatus for choosing members of a local-area network and choosing a network coordinator among the members is provided herein. During operation a mobile node will determine presence information for nodes within its local area. These nodes will be solicited by the node to be part of a local-area network. Of all nodes that accept the request to form a local area network, a network coordinator for the local-area network will be chosen by determining which node's data budget allows for the cheapest transfer of data. The node with the best data budget is then chosen to be a network coordinator. | 02-07-2013 |
20130176854 | DYNAMIC TCP LAYER OPTIMIZATION FOR REAL-TIME FIELD PERFORMANCE - A method and system that mitigates data session degradation over a radio link connection with an end server by allocating resources at a wireless communication device based on real-time radio frequency (RF) channel conditions. A performance tracking and resource allocation (PTRA) logic monitors radio access bearer (RAB) configuration and radio link quality for communication links between the WCD and the end server. The PTRA logic sets a maximum transmission unit (MTU) size parameter to a pre-established size associated with the measured radio link quality. In response to detecting a change in the RAB configuration, the PTRA logic performs a real-time round trip time (RTT) measurement utilizing individual RTTs associated with packet segments transmitted at a lower protocol layer. In addition, the PTRA logic modifies at least one of a transmission control protocol (TCP) receive window (RWIN) and a TCP transmit window (TWIN) using the real-time RTT measurements and RAB configuration. | 07-11-2013 |
20140038536 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING PRESENCE OF A JAMMING SIGNAL - A communication device performs a method for detecting presence of a jamming signal. The method includes retrieving a scan list comprising multiple radio channels within a first frequency range of operation of the communication device. The method further includes scanning at least a subset of the channels on the scan list to determine, for each scanned channel, whether energy that exceeds an energy threshold is detected on the scanned channel. Moreover, the method includes determining a first quantitative measure based on a first plurality scanned channels having energy that exceeds the energy threshold, and comparing the first quantitative measure to at least a first jamming signal detection threshold. Additionally, the method includes indicating, on the communication device, presence of a jamming signal when the first quantitative measure satisfies the at least a first jamming signal detection threshold. | 02-06-2014 |
20140038662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING FOR PHASE SHIFT IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Various embodiments of methods and apparatus' for compensating for a phase shift on a communication device are described herein. In an embodiment, an antenna of a communication device is tuned based on a characteristic of the communication device, thereby causing a phase shift of a signal that is to be transmitted via the antenna. A property of the signal at the antenna after the phase shift is measured. The phase shift is compensated for based on the measured property. | 02-06-2014 |
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20100230449 | APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING COMPONENTS TO A VEHICLE - A mounting apparatus is provided for securing a component to a base on a vehicle. The component has a first longitudinal lip extending along a first side thereof and a second longitudinal lip extending along a second side substantially opposite the first side. The mounting apparatus comprises an elongate track assembly configured to be fixedly coupled to the base and having first and second edge sections. The first edge section is configured to secure the first lip, and the second edge section is configured to form a wall. A wedge assembly is coupled to the track assembly for engaging the wall and the second lip to secure the component on the track assembly. | 09-16-2010 |
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20120155988 | REDUCED-CORROSION FASTENED ASSEMBLY - A reduced-corrosion assembly includes a first and a second component joined by a fastener having a head and a body. A coating covers a section of the body. The assembly also includes a washer, a compression limiter, and a nut arranged on the first component and adapted to engage the fastener body to thereby tighten the assembly. When the assembly is tightened, the compression limiter is arranged on the fastener body between the first and second components, while the second component is arranged on the fastener body between the compression limiter and the washer. Furthermore, the washer is arranged on the fastener body between the fastener head and the second component, while the coating covers the body substantially up to where the nut engages the body such that corrosion of the assembly is limited or reduced. A vehicle employing the reduced-corrosion fastening system is also provided. | 06-21-2012 |
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20110197716 | Rod Tensioning Device - A device is for tensioning a rod having a threaded portion and includes an actuator adapted to provide a tensioning axial force and a tie-rod adapted to transmit the axial force from the actuator to the threaded portion of the rod. The tie-rod includes a plurality of jaws, the jaws being movable radially between a closed position at which the jaws are engaged with the rod threaded portion and an open position at which the jaws are disengaged from the threaded portion, each jaw having an outer surface. A locking element includes a sleeve slidable axially along the tie-rod and disposable about the jaws, the sleeve having an inner frustoconical surface contactable with the outer surfaces of the jaws. | 08-18-2011 |
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20140060255 | TENSION DEVICE FOR PRESTRESSING AN ASSEMBLY BY MEANS OF A THREADED ROD, AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE TENSION DEVICE - Device for tensioning a threaded rod comprising an actuator able to exert an axial tensile force on the threaded rod with respect to a structure to be tensioned, the said tension device comprising a cylinder, a piston, a tubular skirt in contact with the cylinder and a surface of the said structure to be tensioned, and a tie for transmitting the axial tensile force of the actuator towards an end of the threaded rod. The tie and the tubular skirt each comprise at least two semicylindrical parts each having two substantially planar axial surfaces, the two axial surfaces of one semicylindrical part being joined radially respectively with one of the two axial surfaces of the other semicylindrical part, so as to form a part of revolution. | 03-06-2014 |
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20080287772 | Motion Compensation in PET Reconstruction - Method and apparatus motion compensation in Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. PET and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are performed simultaneously and the latter is used to determine motion of the subject during the acquisition process. The PET image data are then corrected according to the subject motion so determined. | 11-20-2008 |
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20100021082 | Interactive Manual Deformable Registration of Images - An image processing method is described that allows a user to deform an overlay image for the purpose of registration with a source image. The user defines a stretch vector for example by ‘clicking and dragging’ a mouse pointer and an algorithm deforms the overlay image according to a linear interpolated roll-off function. | 01-28-2010 |
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20100092052 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING MEDICAL IMAGING DATA - In a method and apparatus for analyzing medical imaging data of a subject from an imaging modality using a tracer, data from detection of tracer emission events at least one region of a scanned imaging volume are obtained, and the data processed to establish sub-periods or time points within a scan period for the emission events. A rate of change of emission events per unit time for a given region is then calculated, for example by obtaining a number of emission events in each sub-period in the given region, and fitting a line through the values for the sub-periods. | 04-15-2010 |
20100290680 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING MEDICAL IMAGE DATA - In a method and apparatus for calibrating image data from a given medical imaging protocol, reference image data is obtained from a scan of a reference object using the medical imaging protocol, and the obtained reference image data of the reference object is compared to standard reference image data for the reference object. The obtained reference image data is then modified to reduce an error between the obtained reference image data and the standard reference image data. Subject image data id then obtained from a scan of a subject using the medical imaging protocol, and modified based on the modified reference image data. A value of a variable is obtained from the modified subject image data, for display with unmodified subject image data. | 11-18-2010 |
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20120170820 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COMPARING 3D AND 2D IMAGE DATA - In a method or apparatus of comparing two image data sets from medical imaging data of a subject, a first, three-dimensional image data set of the subject is obtained. A second, two-dimensional image data set of the subject is also obtained. The first data set is registered with the second data set. Data from the first, three-dimensional image data set is processed to determine a voxel in the first data set which corresponds to a given pixel in the second, two-dimensional image data set. | 07-05-2012 |
20120230572 | Method and System for Multi-Organ Segmentation Using Learning-Based Segmentation and Level Set Optimization - A method and system for automatic multi-organ segmentation in a 3D image, such as a 3D computed tomography (CT) volume using learning-base segmentation and level set optimization is disclosed. A plurality of meshes are segmented in a 3D medical image, each mesh corresponding to one of a plurality of organs. A level set in initialized by converting each of the plurality of meshes to a respective signed distance map. The level set optimized by refining the signed distance map corresponding to each one of the plurality of organs to minimize an energy function. | 09-13-2012 |
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20150073765 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF RESPIRATORY MOTION FROM 3D THORACIC IMAGES - A method and system for prediction of respiratory motion from 3D thoracic images is disclosed. A patient-specific anatomical model of the respiratory system is generated from 3D thoracic images of a patient. The patient-specific anatomical model of the respiratory system is deformed using a biomechanical model. The biomechanical model is personalized for the patient by estimating a patient-specific thoracic pressure force field to drive the biomechanical model. Respiratory motion of the patient is predicted using the personalized biomechanical model driven by the patient-specific thoracic pressure force field. | 03-12-2015 |