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20110002380 | Method and apparatus for predictive frame selection supporting enhanced efficiency and subjective quality - A method and apparatus are provided for predictive frame selection supporting enhanced efficiency and subjective quality. The apparatus includes an encoder for encoding a picture using a selection scheme that selects between encoding the picture as a single direction inter predictive picture type and a bi-directional inter predictive picture type based on coding efficiency and a determination of a flickering artifact resulting from coding the picture as the bi-directional inter predictive picture type. | 01-06-2011 |
20110052084 | METHOD FOR MEASURING FLICKER - A method for accurately measuring flicker, by first determining an original value based on a difference between pixel values in corresponding locations in a first picture and a second picture. Next, a reconstructed value is determined, based on a difference between pixel values in corresponding locations in a reconstruction from an encoding of the first picture and a reconstruction from an encoding of the second picture. Then, a determination is made to include a comparison value, which is determined on a difference between the reconstructed value and the original value, in a measurement of flicker between the first picture and the second picture. | 03-03-2011 |
20110206138 | MULTIPLE THREAD VIDEO ENCODING USING HRD INFORMATION SHARING AND BIT ALLOCATION WAITING - A method of encoding video wherein multiple threads of GOPs are encoding in parallel from a buffer in a single pass. In the buffer GOPs having fewer frames than a low frame threshold at the end of a scene are merged with a preceding GOP. Hypothetical reference decoder (HRD) information is stored in the buffer for each GOP and HRD information for neighboring GOPs are merged in the buffer. | 08-25-2011 |
20110211633 | LIGHT CHANGE CODING - An encoding methodology for a video encoder encodes target light change (TLC) frames in order to improve the quality of the resulting decoded video. Backward prediction is applied instead of forward prediction to the frames that are detected as TLC frames. Additionally, the last frame of the TLC activity is forced to use only intra-coding modes. | 09-01-2011 |
20110216828 | I-FRAME DE-FLICKERING FOR GOP-PARALLEL MULTI-THREAD VICEO ENCODING - A method of encoding video is presented in which multiple groups of pictures (GOPs) are formed and encoded in parallel threads. Each encoded GOP has an initial I-frame followed by a series of P-frames. Each I-frame is deflicker coded with a first derived no flicker reference from the nearest coded frame of a preceding GOP and, the last P-frame in the series of the preceding GOP is deflicker coded with a second derived no flicker reference from the deflicker coded I-frame. | 09-08-2011 |
20110222604 | MULTIPLE THREAD VIDEO ENCODING USING GOP MERGING AND BIT ALLOCATION - A method of encoding video wherein an end of scene is detected, frames are partitioned and groups of pictures (GOPs) may be merged. In the method, an end of scene in a plurality of input frames is detected. The input frames are partitioned into GOPs. If the number of frames at the end of scene GOP is below a low frame threshold, then those frames are merged with a preceding GOP. The GOPs are buffered and multiple threads of GOPs are encoded in parallel from the buffer in a single pass. | 09-15-2011 |
20110310963 | Method and apparatus for bit allocation in offline video coding - The method and apparatus for offline video coding, as described herein, calculates per-frame QP offset contribution from the amount of temporal masking effect at a frame, and then properly combines the calculated per-frame QP offset contribution with the original QP offset contribution from the frame type. The resulting frame-level QP offset accounts for both the frame type and temporal masking effect, and hence, is more comprehensive | 12-22-2011 |
20120020415 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING PERCEPTUAL QUALITY - The present invention relates to a full-reference (FR) objective method for assessing perceptual quality of decoded video frames in the presence of packet losses and coding artifacts. A method of assessing perceptual quality is provided. First, a value indicating an amount of distortion in a corresponding portion is accessed. Then, that value is classified as packet-loss distortion or coding-artifact distortion. Next, the classified value is modified to account for visibility differences of the human visual system, based on the classification, and then the modified values are combined for the multiple portions, to form a value indicating a total amount of distortion for the multiple portions. | 01-26-2012 |
20120250767 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL PREDICTION WITHIN P-SLICES - Method and apparatuses are provided to enable bi-directional prediction (or bi-prediction) within P slices. A bi-predicted P slice is introduced herein as a new slice type in addition to existing I, P and B slices. A benefit of the new bi-predicted P slice is that it enables a video encoder to support temporal scalability without the need to use B pictures. Bi-predicted P slices enable the definition of a hierarchical GOP structure, which is a common method to allow temporal scalability in a video encoder. Another advantage of bi-predicted P slices is that it can improve coding efficiency over uni-directional P slices for some particular video content frames. | 10-04-2012 |
20140177701 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIME BUDGET ACHIEVEMENT IN REAL-TIME VIDEO ENCODING - A method and apparatus for encoding video is provided. A pre-analysis processor processes unencoded video data formed from a series of video pictures into respective video segments. An allocation processor allocates a first encoding time budget to a respective video segment respective video segment based on a size of the respective segment a target frame rate for the respective video segment, a second encoding time budget to individual pictures that form the respective video segment based on a picture-level complexity value and a type of picture, the second time budget for all individual pictures being substantially equal to the first time budget, and a third encoding time budget to individual blocks that form respective ones of the individual pictures based on a coding mode for the individual block and a block complexity value, the third time budget for all blocks being substantially equal to the second time budget for the respective individual picture that includes the blocks. An encoding processor encodes respective video segments using the third time budget to encode the video segment using the first, second and third time budgets. | 06-26-2014 |
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20090232225 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYTICAL AND EMPIRICAL HYBRID ENCODING DISTORTION MODELING - There are provided a method and apparatus for analytical and empirical hybrid encoding distortion modeling. An apparatus includes a distortion calculator for modeling video encoding distortion by dividing the video encoding distortion into a first portion and a second portion, calculating the first portion using empirical calculations, and calculating the second portion using analytical calculations. | 09-17-2009 |
20100111163 | Method for p-domain frame level bit allocation for effective rate control and enhanced video encoding quality - A method is claimed for encoding a group of pictures at a target bit rate. A pre-analysis procedure ( | 05-06-2010 |
20100278236 | REDUCED VIDEO FLICKER - Various implementations for reducing artifacts such as, for example, I-frame flicker are proposed. Particular implementations produce a no-flicker reference in which a picture intended to be coded as an I-frame is, first, coded as a P-frame using a reference picture from the previous GOP. Thus, continuity with the previous GOP is provided. According to a general aspect, a source image is inter-coded to produce coded source data. The coded source data is decoded to produce a modified source. The modified source is intra-coded to produce coded modified-source data. The coded modified-source data is decoded to produce a reference image. | 11-04-2010 |
20100278275 | DISTORTION ESTIMATION - According to an implementation, a value of distortion is determined ( | 11-04-2010 |
20110211643 | Method and apparatus for bit rate configuration for multi-view video coding - A method and apparatus are disclosed and described for providing bit rate configuration for multi-view video coding. In the video encoder, the method includes encoding image data for at least one picture for at least two joint views of multi-view video content, the at least two joint views including a base view and at least one dependent view. The bit rate configuration for encoding the image data is determined to include an average bit rate and a maximum bit rate for the base view and the average bit rate and the maximum bit rate for the at least two joint views ( | 09-01-2011 |
20110216820 | Method and apparatus for rate control for multi-view video coding - A method and apparatus are disclosed and described for providing rate control for multi-view video coding. The apparatus includes an encoder ( | 09-08-2011 |
20110216837 | Method and apparatus for video encoding with hypothetical reference decoder compliant bit allocation - A method and apparatus are provided for encoding with hypothetical reference decoder compliant bit allocation. The apparatus includes an encoder ( | 09-08-2011 |
20120249869 | STATMUX METHOD FOR BROADCASTING - A statistical multiplexing method is provided that comprises accessing a plurality of video sequences, wherein the video sequences are each assigned to a unique channel in a common broadcast system; collecting information from a plurality of the unique channels assigned to encode the corresponding video sequences; applying rho-domain analysis to the video sequences; and determining bitrate allocation for the channels responsive to the information collect and the rho-domain analysis. | 10-04-2012 |
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20090247148 | TECHNIQUES FOR FEEDBACK IN CELLULAR SYSTEMS TO MITIGATE INTERFERENCE IN DOWNLINK - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method, comprising broadcasting base station (BS) channel allocation methods and supported interference mitigation techniques in a whole cell by the base station and reporting classification information by mobile stations (MSs) within the cell to said base station about their preferred interference mitigation (IM) techniques. | 10-01-2009 |
20100246538 | ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY REUSE METHOD OF RADIO RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND ALLOCATION - A method for managing and allocating radio resources (RRMA method) of multiple radio resource types to subscriber stations is disclosed. The RRMA method includes bandwidth partitioning, into parts comprising “slots” with a given reuse pattern, a selection rule, to select a “cell, reuse pattern” pair serving each user, and an allocation rule, for distributing to each user an appropriate number of bandwidth slots from the selected “cell, reuse pattern” pair. After an adaptation period, the method reaches a desired fairness, while simultaneously reaching a maximal mean throughput, possible under this fairness. For big networks, the method provides basically decentralized radio resource management. The RRMA method is useful to cellular networks having a single set of orthogonal sub-channels (frequency/time slots) being reused by all network cells, such as time division multiple access (TDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), or OFDMA/TDMA cellular systems. Particularly, the method is applicable in fractional frequency reuse cellular networks. | 09-30-2010 |
20100248728 | USER GROUP-BASED ADAPTIVE SOFT FREQUENCY REUSE METHOD TO MITIGATE DOWNLINK INTERFERENCE FOR WIRELESS CELLULAR NETWORKS - A novel soft fractional frequency reuse (FFR) technique is disclosed. The novel FFR technique includes reuse partition and power restriction, dynamic user grouping, channel quality indicator feedback based on reuse, and a user group-based interference aware scheduler. The FFR technique reduces co-channel interference for cell edge users. | 09-30-2010 |
20110307146 | SAFETY DETECTION APPARATUS FOR EXITING A VEHICLE - A safety detection apparatus for exiting a vehicle is disclosed, according to an embodiment, the safety detection apparatus utilizes a circumstance detecting means such as an infrared detector, a radar detector, or a video monitor to detect a moving object signal. A parameter determining means generates a relative position signal and a relative velocity signal of the moving object to the vehicle based on the moving object signal detected by the circumstance detecting means. A safety analyzing means obtains the relative position signal and the relative velocity signal of the moving object from the parameter determining means and generates an exiting safety level signal, the exiting safety level signal is determined based on the relative position signal and the relative velocity signal of the moving object, a distance threshold, and a velocity threshold. A safety controlling means obtains the exiting safety level signal from the safety analyzing means and outputs a control instruction corresponding to the exiting safety level. | 12-15-2011 |
20120111553 | HEAT SPREADING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFORE - A heat spreading device of thermo siphon, the device comprising sectioning forming a first chamber portion and a second chamber portion, first plurality of conduits, and second at least two conduits, the second at least two conduits providing interconnection of the first and second chamber portions is disclosed. Integral parts/portions are provided, such as cavities, barrier and fins. | 05-10-2012 |
20140199976 | WIRELESS WAKE-UP DEVICE FOR CELLULAR MODULE - A control device may wake-up a target wireless device through a wired or wireless communications channel. In an implementation, the control device and the wireless device may include a cellular module (e.g., global systems for mobile communications (GSM) capability) to implement an on-demand wake-up call. The on-demand wake-up call may allow the control device to perform at least one task at the wireless device without user intervention at the wireless device. | 07-17-2014 |
20150078665 | HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURE DETECTION, VALIDATION, AND CONFIRMATION - Technologies may provide for detecting, validating, or confirming the validity of a handwritten signature. A logic architecture may be employed to detect a digital handwritten signature and validation data associated with a signature event, and to send the signature and the validation data to a trusted server. The logic architecture may validate the digital handwritten signature based on the signature and the validation data. Additionally, the logic architecture may present the digital handwritten signature with a reference to confirm the validity of the signature. The reference may be associated with identifying information corresponding to the event to confirm the validity of the signature. | 03-19-2015 |
20150124425 | Conductive Gasket - An apparatus may be provided. The apparatus may comprise a core and a covering material disposed on a portion of the core. At least one opening may be disposed in the core. The at least one opening may expose at least one interior surface on the core. The at least one interior surface may be devoid of the covering material. | 05-07-2015 |
20160105851 | WIRELESS WAKE-UP DEVICE FOR CELLULAR MODULE - A control device may wake-up a target wireless device through a wired or wireless communications channel. In an implementation, the control device and the wireless device may include a cellular module (e.g., global systems for mobile communications (GSM) capability) to implement an on-demand wake-up call. The on-demand wake-up call may allow the control device to perform at least one task at the wireless device without user intervention at the wireless device. | 04-14-2016 |
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20100168457 | MONOLITHIC ELECTROKINETIC PUMP FABRICATION - High-pressure electrokinetic (“EK”) pumps comprising a hybrid monolith provide a high surface charge density and a continuous stable skeleton morphology with micrometer- sized through-pores. The hybrid monolith of the subject invention has superior mechanical strength and better stability in comparison to prior art monoliths with equivalent mechanical stability. The surface charge of the hybrid monolith can be modified and/or made stable by the use of different chemical reagents. The chemical reagents and resulting modification to the monolith serves to expand the usefulness of the hybrid monolith to a variety of pumping applications including chip-based systems and other applications where the ability to pump an acidic solution is required. | 07-01-2010 |
20120125843 | METHODS AND MATERIALS FOR PERFORMING HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY - A method for performing hydrophobic interaction chromatography includes providing at least one wall defining a chamber having an inlet and an exit, and a stationary phase disposed within the chamber. The stationary phase comprises particles or monolith having a hydrophobic surface and a hydrophilic ligand. The method also includes loading a sample onto the stationary phase in the chamber and flowing the sample over the stationary phase. The sample is separated into one or more compositions by hydrophobic interaction between the stationary phase and the one or more compositions. | 05-24-2012 |
20140220278 | Porous Material And Devices For Performing Separations, Filtrations, And Catalysis And EK Pumps, And Mthods Of Making And Using The Same - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a porous monolith polymeric composition having utility in catalysis, chromatography, filtration, and electro-kinetic pumps, devices incorporating such composition and methods or making and using such monoliths. The monoliths are characterized by a substantially homogeneous skeletal core with little shrinkage, few voids and few channels. | 08-07-2014 |
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20090207094 | CONNECTOR AND RADIO FREQUENCY APPARATUS - An antenna is connected to a connector disclosed in the present disclosure, and the connector has a clamping slot adapted to fix a radio remote unit (RRU). A clamping slot tight side may be set on the connector to fasten the RRU, and an RRU fastening hole may be set on the connector to fasten the RRU. An RF apparatus integrated with a connector is also disclosed. According to the present disclosure, the antenna and the RRU are fixed to the connector. This makes it unnecessary to provide additional spaces and supports for installing the RRU. Hence, the RRU can be installed in a proper position and the installation costs can be reduced. In addition, the distance between the antenna and the RRU is shortened. Thus, the cable (when necessary) between the antenna and the RRU is shorter than that in the prior art. This greatly reduces signal transmission losses. | 08-20-2009 |
20090215493 | REMOTE RADIO UNIT - The present invention discloses a remote radio unit and a base station system. The remote radio unit includes an active part and a passive part, where the active part and the passive part are placed respectively on an active module and a passive module that are independent of each other and the active module and the passive module are connected via a pluggable connecting device. Because the passive part is more reliable and less liable to breakdown than the active part, when the active part needs to be repaired, it is unnecessary to dismantle the entire unit. Therefore, the repair is easier and faster and the repair cost is lower. The operation reliability of the base station system is also improved. | 08-27-2009 |
20090290242 | Lens actuation device, optical system and camera - A lens actuation device for an optical system includes a housing, a carrier at least partially installed in the housing, and a plurality of transducers arranged around the carrier in the housing. All the transducers are coupled with the mount, and at least one transducer includes at least one magnet and at least one coil. At least one transducer includes at least one yoke. All the transducers when powered on may generate independent or consistent movement to cause the mount to make linear movement, rotation, or both relative to the housing. An optical system adopting the lens actuation device and a camera using the same are also presented. The device of the present invention uses the transducers to drive the carrier, such that the lens set is driven to make linear movement, rotation, or both, thereby achieving the flexible manipulation of the lens. | 11-26-2009 |
20100080545 | MULTI-DRIVE MECHANISM LENS ACTUATOR - Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to lens actuators used, for example, in auto-focus and/or vibration compensation systems of digital cameras. | 04-01-2010 |
20100142063 | MINIATURE ACTUATOR AND OPTICAL APPARATUS - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to an actuator to adjust a position of a lens. | 06-10-2010 |
20130083231 | MULTI-DRIVE MECHANISM LENS ACTUATOR - Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to lens actuators used, for example, in auto-focus and/or vibration compensation systems of digital cameras. | 04-04-2013 |
20150350049 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING CNM - The present invention discloses a method and a device for generating a CNM, so as to improve a processing rate of a congestion problem. The method includes: monitoring a data volume of an output queue at a congestion point CP; monitoring a rate of a data stream corresponding to at least one congestion reaction point RP connected to the CP, and when the data volume of the output queue at the CP reaches a congestion threshold, obtaining identification information of a data stream that currently has a highest rate; generating a CNM for the data stream having the identification information, and sending the CNM to an RP corresponding to the identification information, so that the RP reduces, according to the CNM, the rate of the data stream corresponding to the RP. | 12-03-2015 |
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20080313165 | SCALABLE MODEL-BASED PRODUCT MATCHING - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to matching product information to products. In aspects, a product matching component receives product information. The product matching component normalizes the product information and obtains keywords from the product information. By querying a database of recognized products, the keywords are used to obtain a list of products that potentially match the product information. A confidence level is assigned to each of the potential matches in the list. A match may be returned for the highest matched product or for a selectable number of products whose confidence level(s) exceed a selectable threshold. | 12-18-2008 |
20120293512 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS CLIPPING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS DISPLAYING METHOD, AND GRAPHICS PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A three-dimensional (3D) graphics clipping method, a 3D graphics displaying method, and a 3D graphics processing apparatus using the same are provided. The 3D graphics clipping method includes following steps. A plurality of vertexes of a triangle is obtained, wherein a 3D object is constructed by using a plane of the triangle. Whether a view point is located between a first near clipping plane and a far clipping plane is determined. A second near clipping plane is set according to the determination result, and a view field is set between the second near clipping plane and the far clipping plane. A near clipping procedure is executed on the triangle according to the second near clipping plane. In the 3D graphics clipping method, a correct view field is determined in advance so that a graphics processing procedure is efficiently sped up and the accuracy of the near clipping procedure is increased. | 11-22-2012 |
20140264266 | PACKAGING STRUCTURE OF LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a light emitting diode packaging structure and the method of manufacturing the same. The light emitting diode packaging structure comprises: an insulating substrate with through holes formed on each side of the upper surface thereof, the through hole being filling with conductive metal; a n-type layer formed on the insulating substrate with a hole, which is filled with conductive metal; an active layer provided on the n-type layer; a p-type layer formed on the active layer; an insulating layer configured on one side of the n-type layer, the active layer and the p-type layer and to cover part of the upper surface of the p-type layer; a p-type electrode configured to cover the insulating layer and part of the upper surface of the p-type layer; a n-type electrode provided on a side of the upper surface of the n-type layer and configured to connect with the conductive metal in the through hole in the insulating substrate; a first back electrode provided at one side of back surface of the insulating substrate, the first back electrode connecting with the p-type electrode through the conductive metal in the through hole in the insulating substrate; a second back electrode provided at the other side of back surface of the insulating substrate, the second back electrode connecting with the n-type electrode through the conductive metal in the through hole in the insulating substrate; an optical element packaged on the base substrate, thereby finishing a device. | 09-18-2014 |
20150015266 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL ONLINE TESTING SYSTEM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES OR MODULES AND METHOD THEREOF - The disclosure provides a system and method for multi-functional online testing of semiconductor light-emitting devices or modules. The system comprises an electrical characteristic generating and testing equipment, one or more optical characteristic detecting and controlling equipments, an optical signal processing and analyzing equipment, one or more thermal characteristic detecting equipments, a central monitoring and processing computer, a multi-channel integrated drive controlling equipment, one or more multi-stress accelerated degradation controlling equipments, and one or more load boards. The present disclosure enables in-situ online monitoring and testing under accelerated degradation in a multi-stress accelerated degradation environment. | 01-15-2015 |