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20080205761 | Radical Set Determination For HMM Based East Asian Character Recognition - Exemplary techniques are described for selecting radical sets for use in probabilistic East Asian character recognition algorithms. An exemplary technique includes applying a decomposition rule to each East Asian character of the set to generate a progressive splitting graph where the progressive splitting graph comprises radicals as nodes, formulating an optimization problem to find an optimal set of radicals to represent the set of East Asian characters using maximum likelihood and minimum description length and solving the optimization problem for the optimal set of radicals. Another exemplary technique includes selecting an optimal set of radicals by using a general function that characterizes a radical with respect to other East Asian characters and a complex function that characterizes complexity of a radical. | 08-28-2008 |
20080219556 | Radical-Based HMM Modeling for Handwritten East Asian Characters - Exemplary methods, systems, and computer-readable media for developing, training and/or using models for online handwriting recognition of characters are described. An exemplary method for building a trainable radical-based HMM for use in character recognition includes defining radical nodes, where a radical node represents a structural element of an character, and defining connection nodes, where a connection node represents a spatial relationship between two or more radicals. Such a method may include determining a number of paths in the radical-based HMM using subsequence direction histogram vector (SDHV) clustering and determining a number of states in the radical-based HMM using curvature scale space-based (CSS) corner detection. | 09-11-2008 |
20090099847 | Template constrained posterior probability - Detailed herein is a technology which, among other things, reduces errors introduced in recording and transcription data. In one approach to this technology, a method of detecting audio transcription errors is utilized. This method includes selected a focus unit, and selecting a context template corresponding to the focus unit. A hypothesis set is then determined, with reference to the context template and the focus unit. A probability is calculated corresponding to the focus unit, across the hypothesis set. | 04-16-2009 |
20120280974 | PHOTO-REALISTIC SYNTHESIS OF THREE DIMENSIONAL ANIMATION WITH FACIAL FEATURES SYNCHRONIZED WITH SPEECH - Dynamic texture mapping is used to create a photorealistic three dimensional animation of an individual with facial features synchronized with desired speech. Audiovisual data of an individual reading a known script is obtained and stored in an audio library and an image library. The audiovisual data is processed to extract feature vectors used to train a statistical model. An input audio feature vector corresponding to desired speech with which the animation will be synchronized is provided. The statistical model is used to generate a trajectory of visual feature vectors that corresponds to the input audio feature vector. These visual feature vectors are used to identify a matching image sequence from the image library. The resulting sequence of images, concatenated from the image library, provides a photorealistic image sequence with facial features, such as lip movements, synchronized with the desired speech. This image sequence is applied to the three-dimensional model. | 11-08-2012 |
20120284029 | PHOTO-REALISTIC SYNTHESIS OF IMAGE SEQUENCES WITH LIP MOVEMENTS SYNCHRONIZED WITH SPEECH - Audiovisual data of an individual reading a known script is obtained and stored in an audio library and an image library. The audiovisual data is processed to extract feature vectors used to train a statistical model. An input audio feature vector corresponding to desired speech with which a synthesized image sequence will be synchronized is provided. The statistical model is used to generate a trajectory of visual feature vectors that corresponds to the input audio feature vector. These visual feature vectors are used to identify a matching image sequence from the image library. The resulting sequence of images, concatenated from the image library, provides a photorealistic image sequence with lip movements synchronized with the desired speech. | 11-08-2012 |
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20090041354 | Hidden Markov Model Based Handwriting/Calligraphy Generation - An exemplary method for handwritten character generation includes receiving one or more characters and, for the one or more received characters, generating handwritten characters using Hidden Markov Models trained for generating handwritten characters. In such a method the trained Hidden Markov Models can be adapted using a technique such as a maximum a posterior technique, a maximum likelihood linear regression technique or an Eigen-space technique. | 02-12-2009 |
20090055162 | HMM-BASED BILINGUAL (MANDARIN-ENGLISH) TTS TECHNIQUES - An exemplary method for generating speech based on text in one or more languages includes providing a phone set for two or more languages, training multilingual HMMs where the HMMs include state level sharing across languages, receiving text in one or more of the languages of the multilingual HMMs and generating speech, for the received text, based at least in part on the multilingual HMMs. Other exemplary techniques include mapping between a decision tree for a first language and a decision tree for a second language, and optionally vice versa, and Kullback-Leibler divergence analysis for a multilingual text-to-speech system. | 02-26-2009 |
20090132444 | CONSTRAINED LINE SEARCH OPTIMIZATION FOR DISCRIMINATIVE TRAINING OF HMMS - An exemplary method for optimizing a continuous density hidden Markov model (CDHMM) includes imposing a constraint for discriminative training, approximating an objective function as a smooth function of CDHMM parameters and performing a constrained line search on the smoothed function to optimize values of the CDHMM parameters. Various other methods, devices and systems are disclosed. | 05-21-2009 |
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20090092762 | Method of manufacturing a metallic layer on a non-metallic surface - A method of manufacturing a metallic layer on a non-metallic surface is disclosed. The method of manufacturing a metallic layer on a non-metallic surface includes the steps of: roughening the non-metallic surface; continuously feeding a first metallic wire and a second metallic wire above the non-metallic surface; positioning the first metallic wire and the second metallic wire so that the first metallic wire and the second metallic wire are in contact with each other at one end; applying a first voltage to the first metallic wire and applying a second voltage to the second metallic wire, wherein a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is large enough to produce an electric arc; melting the first and second metallic wire with the electric arc so as to form the metallic layer on the non-metallic surface; and forming a protection layer on the metallic layer to avoid the metallic layer from peeling off the non-metallic surface. | 04-09-2009 |
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20130089768 | BATTERY PACK HAVING COOLING SYSTEM - A battery pack having a cooling system is disclosed. The battery pack includes battery units linked in series or in parallel and arranged in a plane; thermal conducting bars each has a number of side walls and two ends, averagely located among the battery units and substantially contacted to the battery units by the side walls, for conducting heat out of the battery units to the two ends; and a housing for containing the battery units and thermal conducting bars and conducting heat from the ends of the thermal conducting bars to outside of the housing. At least one end of the thermal conducting bar is connected to the housing and becomes an internal supporting structure of the housing. | 04-11-2013 |
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20150077039 | CHARGING STATION HAVING BATTERY CELL BALANCING SYSTEM - A charging station which has a battery cell balancing system is disclosed. The charging station includes: a number of balancing charging units, each has: a detecting element for detecting a state of charge of a battery cell; and a charging element for processing charging to the battery cell; a power unit for providing electric power; and a charging control unit, linked to the balancing charging units, and the power unit, for controlling the electric power from the power unit to the charging element to charge the battery cell. The battery cell is linked in serial or parallel with other battery cells in a battery pack. The charging control unit stops the power unit to charge the battery cell when the state of charge of the battery cell detected by the detecting element is full or exceeds a predetermined value. | 03-19-2015 |
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20120256587 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND CHARGING MODULE HAVING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device for displaying information of a rechargeable battery of an electric vehicle and a charging module using the display device are disclosed in the present invention. The display device includes a battery capacity unit, a lifetime unit, an information collecting unit and a display unit. It can display the charging state, lifetime, cycle count and health state of the rechargeable battery. The charging module includes a power unit for providing power. It can display battery information when charging the rechargeable battery. The invention provides a convenient way to let customers know the status of the batteries of their electric vehicles and decide if the batteries need to be charged or replaced. | 10-11-2012 |
20120262110 | CHARGING MODULE AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A rechargeable battery assembly for an electric vehicle is disclosed in the present invention. It includes at least one rechargeable battery module which has a number of rechargeable battery cells linked in series or in parallel for providing power to the electric vehicle, and a management unit, installed with a first program, for managing the rechargeable battery cells; and a charging module for providing power to the rechargeable battery module, including an updating unit connected to the charging module for automatically detecting version of the first program and updating the first program while a newer version is available while electrically connected to the rechargeable battery module. Battery management system of the rechargeable battery assembly can be updated by the updating unit. Therefore, the rechargeable battery module can be applied to different requirements with its best performance. | 10-18-2012 |
20120262111 | CHARGING SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CHARGING ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A charging system of an electric vehicle and a method for charging the electric vehicle are described in the present invention. The system uses a smart card for battery management when charging a battery. Furthermore, the system can prevent the battery or the electric vehicle from being stolen. Compared to existing charging systems for electric vehicles, the present invention can save more cost for users and provide safety mechanism for battery or electric vehicle. | 10-18-2012 |