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20080216188 | PROCESS FOR SELECTING INDIVIDUALS AND DESIGNING A BREEDING PROGRAM - The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods for improving the efficacy of a plant breeding program aimed at altering phenotypic traits for which associations with genetic markers can be established. Genome-wide genetic values of individuals are computed based on the individuals' marker genotypes and the associations established between genetic markers and phenotypic traits. Individuals and breeding schemes are then selected based both on the individuals' genome-wide genetic value and on the distributions of these genetic values for the potential progenies derived through the breeding schemes under evaluation. The presently disclosed subject matter also provides systems and computer program products for performing the disclosed methods as well as plants selected, provided, or produced by any of the methods herein and transgenic plants created by any of the methods herein. | 09-04-2008 |
20100138950 | NOVEL MAIZE PLANT - The present invention relates to maize plants with a genome comprising a unique allele profile associated with the corresponding QTLs contributing to the expression of a variety of phenotypic traits of economic interest selected from the group of grain yield, grain moisture at harvest, early and late root lodging, stalk lodging, common smut incidence, fusarium ear rot incidence, sulcotrione resistance, and tassel architecture. | 06-03-2010 |
20110010148 | PROCESS FOR SELECTING INDIVIDUALS AND DESIGNING A BREEDING PROGRAM - The presently disclosed subject matter provides methods for improving the efficacy of a plant breeding program aimed at altering phenotypic traits for which associations with genetic markers can be established. Genome-wide genetic values of individuals are computed based on the individuals' marker genotypes and the associations established between genetic markers and phenotypic traits. Individuals and breeding schemes are then selected based both on the individuals' genome-wide genetic value and on the distributions of these genetic values for the potential progenies derived through the breeding schemes under evaluation. The presently disclosed subject matter also provides systems and computer program products for performing the disclosed methods as well as plants selected, provided, or produced by any of the methods herein and transgenic plants created by any of the methods herein. | 01-13-2011 |
20110154528 | MAIZE PLANTS CHARACTERIZED BY QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI (QTL) - The present invention relates to maize plants with a genome comprising a unique allele profile associated with the corresponding QTLs contributing to the expression of a variety of phenotypic traits of economic interest selected from the group of grain yield, grain moisture at harvest, early and late root lodging, stalk lodging, common smut incidence, fusarium ear rot incidence, sulcotrione resistance, and tassei architecture. The invention further relates to method for obtaining such a plant as well as assays and screening methods for identifying plants with the desired profile. | 06-23-2011 |
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20140295049 | Composition for Making a Tea Beverage or Herbal and Vegetable Broths - The present invention relates to an infusion product for making a beverage, more specifically to a plant-based composition for making a beverage, and to a herbal and/or vegetable composition or bouquet garni. The plants are fruits, herbs, medicinal plants, tea, vegetables and/or spices. The invention further relates to a method for producing said compositions or infusion product, its use for making a (tea) beverage, and a (tea) beverage so obtained. Further, the present invention relates to a fiber-web, preferably a tea bag, made from said fruits, herbs, medicinal plants, tea, vegetable and/or spices. | 10-02-2014 |
20150037389 | Edible Product Comprising Reconstituted Plant Material - The present invention relates to an edible product, which comprises a fibrous plant product and a plant extract applied thereto. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding method for producing said edible product and its use in at least one of food, food supplement, medicinal, cosmetic, well-being, nutraceutical or phytotherapeutical applications. The plants used may be all plants comprising one or more substances of interest for an edible product. | 02-05-2015 |
20150056255 | Product Comprising a Plant for Medicinal, Cosmetic, Coloring or Dermatologic Use - The present invention relates to a product for at least one of medicinal, cosmetic, coloring or dermatologic use. The product comprises a fibrous plant product and a plant extract which is applied thereto. Further, the invention relates to a corresponding method for producing said product and its use in at least one of medicinal, cosmetic, coloring or dermatologic products or applications or treatments. The plants used may be all plants comprising one or more substances of interest to achieve a desired medicinal, cosmetic, coloring or dermatologic effect. | 02-26-2015 |
20150374624 | Composition For Making a Tea Beverage or Herbal and Vegetable Broths - The present invention relates to an infusion product for making a beverage, more specifically to a plant-based composition for making a beverage, and to a herbal and/or vegetable composition or bouquet garni. The plants are fruits, herbs, medicinal plants, tea, vegetables and/or spices. The invention further relates to a method for producing said compositions or infusion product, its use for making a (tea) beverage, and a (tea) beverage so obtained. Further, the present invention relates to a fiber-web, preferably a tea bag, made from said fruits, herbs, medicinal plants, tea, vegetable and/or spices. | 12-31-2015 |
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20090030678 | Method for Binary Coding of Quantization Indices of a Signal Envelope, Method for Decoding a Signal Envelope and Corresponding Coding and Decoding Modules | 01-29-2009 |
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20090207933 | Encoding/Decoding of Digital Signals, Especially in Vector Quantization With Permutation Codes - The invention relates to the encoding/decoding of digital signals, especially using permutation codes involving a calculation of combinatorial expressions. According to the invention, the combinatorial expressions are represented by prime factor power decompositions, and determined by a preliminary reading of pre-recorded representations of decompositions of selected integers. | 08-20-2009 |
20090207934 | Encoding/Decoding of Digital Signals, Especially in Vector Quantization With Permutation Codes - The invention relates to the encoding/decoding of digital signals, especially using permutation codes involving a calculation of combinatorial expressions. According to the invention, the combinatorial expressions are represented by prime factor power decompositions, and determined by a preliminary reading of pre-recorded representations of decompositions of selected integers. | 08-20-2009 |
20100228551 | Encoding/Decoding of Digital Signals, Especially in Vector Quantization with Permutation Codes - The invention relates to the encoding/decoding of digital signals, especially using transposition codes involving a calculation of combinatorial expressions. According to the invention, the combinatorial expressions are represented by prime factor power decompositions, and determined by a preliminary reading of pre-recorded representations of decompositions of selected whole numbers. | 09-09-2010 |
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20090299755 | Method for Post-Processing a Signal in an Audio Decoder - A method of post-processing in an audio decoder a signal reconstructed by time and frequency shaping ( | 12-03-2009 |
20090326931 | HIERARCHICAL ENCODING/DECODING DEVICE - A system for coding a hierarchical audio signal, comprising, at least, a core layer using parametric coding by analysis by synthesis in a first frequency band, a band extension layer for widening said first frequency band into a second frequency band, or wideband. The system also comprises a wideband audio coding quality enhancement layer based on transform coding using a spectral parameter obtained from said band extension layer. Application to transmitting speech and/or audio signals over packet networks. | 12-31-2009 |
20100121646 | CODING/DECODING OF DIGITAL AUDIO SIGNALS - The invention relates to the coding/decoding of a signal into several sub-bands, in which at least a first and a second sub-bands which are adjacent are transform coded ( | 05-13-2010 |
20100145712 | CODING OF DIGITAL AUDIO SIGNALS - The invention concerns an encoder for an input audio signal (S(z)) comprising a combination module combining the input audio signal with an intermediate counter-reaction signal forming a modified input signal and a quantification module scalable for the rate ( | 06-10-2010 |
20100191538 | HIERARCHICAL CODING OF DIGITAL AUDIO SIGNALS - The invention relates to a method for scalar quantization-based coding of the samples of a digital audio signal (S), the samples being coded over a pre-determined number of bits in order to obtain a binary frame of quantization indices (I | 07-29-2010 |
20100241427 | LIMITATION OF DISTORTION INTRODUCED BY A POST-PROCESSING STEP DURING DIGITAL SIGNAL DECODING - The invention relates to the processing of a digital signal originating from a decoder and a noise reduction post-processing step, including, in particular, limitation of distortion introduced by the post-processing step in order to deliver a corrected output signal (S | 09-23-2010 |
20100306625 | TRANSMISSION ERROR DISSIMULATION IN A DIGITAL SIGNAL WITH COMPLEXITY DISTRIBUTION - The present invention relates to a method of transmission error concealment in a digital signal split up into a plurality of successive frames associated with different time intervals in which, on reception, the signal might comprise erased frames and valid frames and in order to replace at least the first erased frame (N) after a valid frame, at least two steps are performed, a first step (E | 12-02-2010 |
20100306629 | PROCESSING OF BIT ERRORS IN A DIGITAL AUDIO BIT FRAME - The invention relates to a method of processing bit errors in a bit frame emanating from a digital audio coder, comprising a step of receiving a current bit frame liable to comprise bit errors. According to the invention, the bit frame comprises sensitive bits to be protected which are catalogued in at least one category according to the type of parameter that they code and the method furthermore comprises the steps of receiving protection bits, of reading the sensitive bits received in the current bit frame, the number of sensitive bits being lower than the number of bits of the bit frame, of detecting bit errors as a function of said protection bits received and of said sensitive bits received and in the event of detecting at least one erroneous bit in said bit frame, of modifying the current bit frame before decoding, as a function of the category in which the erroneous bit is catalogued. The invention also pertains to a device implementing the method according to the invention as well as to a decoder and a coding/decoding system comprising such a device. | 12-02-2010 |
20100318349 | SYNTHESIS OF LOST BLOCKS OF A DIGITAL AUDIO SIGNAL, WITH PITCH PERIOD CORRECTION - The present invention relates to signal modification before pitch period repetition for the synthesis of blocks lost on decoding digital audio signals. The effects of repetition of transitories, such as the plosives of a speech signal, are avoided by comparing the samples of a pitch period with those of the previous pitch period. The signal is modified preferentially by taking the minimum between a current sample (e( | 12-16-2010 |
20110178617 | PRE-ECHO ATTENUATION IN A DIGITAL AUDIO SIGNAL - A method is provided for attenuating pre-echoes in a digital audio signal generated from a transform encoding, comprising, upon decoding and for a current frame of said digital audio signal: defining a concatenated signal from at least the reconstructed signal of the current frame, dividing said concatenated signal into subunits of samples having a predetermined length, calculating the time envelope of the concatenated signal, detecting the transition of the time envelope towards a high-energy area, determining the low-energy sub-units preceding a subunit in which a transition has been detected, and an attenuation step in said determined subunits. The attenuation is carried out according to an attenuation factor calculated for each of the determined subunits, based on the time envelope of the concatenated signal. The invention also relates to a device for implementing said method, and to a decoder including such a device. | 07-21-2011 |
20110224995 | CODING WITH NOISE SHAPING IN A HIERARCHICAL CODER - A method is provided for hierarchical coding of a digital audio signal comprising, for a current frame of the input signal: a core coding, delivering a scalar quantization index for each sample of the current frame and at least one enhancement coding delivering indices of scalar quantization for each coded sample of an enhancement signal. The enhancement coding comprises a step of obtaining a filter for shaping the coding noise used to determine a target signal and in that the indices of scalar quantization of said enhancement signal are determined by minimizing the error between a set of possible values of scalar quantization and said target signal. The coding method can also comprise a shaping of the coding noise for the core bitrate coding. A coder implementing the coding method is also provided. | 09-15-2011 |
20120185255 | IMPROVED CODING/DECODING OF DIGITAL AUDIO SIGNALS - A method of hierarchical coding of a digital audio frequency input signal into several frequency sub-bands, including a core coding of the input signal according to a first throughput and at least one enhancement coding of higher throughput, of a residual signal. The core coding uses a binary allocation according to an energy criterion. The method includes for the enhancement coding: calculating a frequency-based masking threshold for at least part of the frequency bands processed by the enhancement coding; determining a perceptual importance per frequency sub-band as a function of the masking threshold and as a function of the number of bits allocated for the core coding; binary allocation of bits in the frequency sub-bands processed by the enhancement coding, as a function of the perceptual importance determined; and coding the residual signal according to the bit allocation. Also provided are a decoding method, a coder and a decoder. | 07-19-2012 |
20130204630 | Controlling a Noise-Shaping Feedback Loop in a Digital Audio Signal Encoder - A method and apparatus are provided for controlling the shaping of encoding noise during the ADPCM encoding of a digital audio input signal. The noise-shaping is carried out through the use of feedback that comprises filtering noise. The method includes the following steps: obtaining a parameter for indicating a high spectral dynamic range of the signal, the parameter indicating a risk of instability of the feedback; detecting a risk of instability by comparing the indication parameter to at least one predetermined threshold; limiting the feedback in the event that a risk of instability is detected; and gradually reactivating the feedback over a predetermined number of frames subsequent to the current frame for which the feedback is limited. Also provided is an encoder with feedback, including a control module implementing the control method as described. | 08-08-2013 |
20130268268 | ENCODING OF AN IMPROVEMENT STAGE IN A HIERARCHICAL ENCODER - A method and coding device are provided for coding a digital audio input signal in a hierarchical coder, which includes a core coding stage with B bits and at least one current improvement coding stage k, delivering quantization indices which are concatenated to form the indices of a preceding embedded coder. The method includes: obtaining possible quantization values for the current improvement stage k by determining absolute reconstruction levels of just the current stage k on the basis of the indices of the preceding embedded coder; and quantizing the input signal of the hierarchical coder having undergone or not a perceptual weighting processing, on the basis of the possible quantization values so as to form a scalar quantization index for the stage k and a quantized signal corresponding to one of the possible quantization values. | 10-10-2013 |
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20100326166 | METHOD OF CORRECTING THE GAIN OF A CAPACITIVE MEMBER, AND A DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method of correcting the gain of a capacitive member having electrodes that are movable relative to each other including the steps of successively applying to one of the electrodes, reduced bias voltages having opposite signs and a common value below a threshold for which a remanent field generated by said reduced bias voltages can be measured, making corresponding measurements of the output signals from the capacitive member; taking an average, and correcting the gain of the capacitive member as a function of the measured output signal. | 12-30-2010 |
20110083508 | DRIFT-COMPENSATED INERTIAL ROTATION SENSOR - An inertial rotation sensor including a vibrating member having facing metal-plated portions forming a variable capacitance capacitor associated with a low impedance load circuit via a multiplexer/demultiplexer member. | 04-14-2011 |
20120324999 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANGULAR MEASUREMENT WITH COMPENSATION OF NON-LINEARITIES - Method of angular measurement by a resonator associated with a vibration setting device and with a vibration detector, which are linked to a processing circuit through which there travel control signals and measurement signals, the method comprising the steps of digitizing the measurement signals and of deducing an angular measurement from the measurement signals. The method comprises the steps of performing a spectral analysis of the digitized measurement signals so as to detect harmonic distortions therein and correcting at least some of the signals travelling through the processing circuit so as to attenuate the non-linearities. | 12-27-2012 |
20130000405 | METHOD OF ANGULAR MEASUREMENT BY MEANS OF A VIBRATING SENSOR TO WHICH MODULATED CONTROLS ARE APPLIED - Method of angular measurement by means of a sensor comprising an axisymmetric resonator associated with means for setting the resonator into vibration and with means for detecting an orientation of the vibration with respect to a reference frame of the sensor, comprising the steps of applying a precession control so as to slave an orientation of the vibration to an angular setpoint value and of determining an angular measurement on the basis of the precession control. The method comprises a phase of modulating the angular setpoint value in such a way that the said setpoint value uniformly sweeps an angular span of π radians and that a temporal derivative of the setpoint is deducted from the precession control prior to the determination of the angular measurement. | 01-03-2013 |