Pham, AU
Dean Pham, Pyrmount, New South Wales AU
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20160117744 | A RETAIL SYSTEM - A retailing system for providing interaction between a customer and a retailer to assist in the completion of a sale, comprising, a customer interface arranged to display to a customer information about at least one item, an input module arranged to receive input regarding a potential sale of the at least one item from the customer for provision to a database via a communications system, wherein the database is arranged to provide the input from the customer to at least one other user associated with the retailer on a retailer interface viewable by the at least one other user, wherein the at least one other user utilises the interface to review the input and interact with the customer to assist in the completion of the sale. | 04-28-2016 |
Duc-Son Pham, Shelley ,w.a. AU
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20120063641 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ANOMALIES FROM DATA - The present disclosure concerns methods and/or systems for processing, detecting and/or notifying for the presence of anomalies or infrequent events from data. Some of the disclose methods and/or systems may be used on large-scale data sets. Certain applications are directed to analyzing sensor surveillance records to identify aberrant behavior. The sensor data may be from a number of sensor types including video and/or audio. Certain applications are directed to methods and/or systems that use compressive sensing. Certain applications may be performed in substantially real time. | 03-15-2012 |
Duong Pham, Victoria AU
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20100329379 | ESTIMATING CHANNEL CONDITIONS IN A MIMO OFDM COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of estimating channel conditions for use in a MIMO communication system includes the steps of, at a receiver: computing a SINR metric for all pre-coding matrices; computing a first capacity metric for the bandwidth from the SINR metrics, and selecting a rank which maximizes the first capacity metric; computing a second capacity metric for each frequency channel from the SINR metrics and the selected rank, and selecting one or more pre-coding matrices which maximize the second capacity metric; computing a third capacity metric from the second capacity metric, selected rank and selected pre-coding matrices for each transmission layer within each frequency channel, and selecting one or more frequency channels which maximize the third capacity metric; and transmitting the selected rank, selected pre-coding matrices and selected frequency channels to the transmitter for use in subsequent data transmissions. | 12-30-2010 |
20120002746 | INSERTION OF DOWNLINK DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNALS INTO OFDM FRAMES - A method of inserting downlink demodulation Reference Signals into Resource Blocks of slots within Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) frames at an OFDM transmitter forming part of an OFDM system, the transmitter having at least one antenna and the system having at least one transmission layer, includes the steps of: for each antenna, inserting cell-specific Reference Signals at sub-carriers indices evenly spaced by a fixed sub-carrier spacing; and selectively inserting UE-specific Reference Signals into nodes of a rectangular lattice formed from unused Resource Elements in a group of Resource Blocks of two consecutive slots, the nodes being located at the same sub-carrier indices as the cell-specific Reference Signals and further being equally spaced by a fixed number of symbol indices within the group of Resource Blocks. | 01-05-2012 |
20120281574 | METHOD OF SYNCHRONISATION CHANNEL (SCH) INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of SCH interference cancellation in a mobile communication system, including the steps of: (a) receiving a chip equalised signal on one or more streams, each signal having a CPICH and a plurality of chips in one or more slots; (b) generating a PSC pattern and an SSC pattern for a P-SCH and an S-SCH associated with the signal; (c) estimating the power of P-SCH and S-SCH; (d) estimating a power ratio for each of the P-SCH to CPICH and the S-SCH to CPICH; (e) SCH interference cancelling in the first 256 chips of the n-th slot. | 11-08-2012 |
20120320961 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR OFDM SYSTEMS - A device for performing channel estimation in an OFDM system includes a non-volatile memory, a G matrix selector and a channel estimate generator. The non-volatile memory stores a set of G matrices indexed by signal to noise ratio, the G matrices being precalculated for a plurality of signal to noise ratios using a fixed Doppler frequency and a fixed delay spread. The G matrix selector uses a quantised signal to noise ratio to select a G matrix from the set of G matrices stored in the non-volatile memory. The channel estimate generator multiplies the selected G matrix by LS estimates for the reference signal to obtain a channel estimation. | 12-20-2012 |
20150131753 | GENERATING PRECODERS FOR USE IN OPTIMISING TRANSMISSION CAPACITY BETWEEN AN ENODEB AND UE IN A DL MU-MIMO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - This method of generating precoders is used in optimising transmission capacity between an eNodeB and UEs in a DL MU-MIMO communication system. The method includes the steps of computing correlation values between pairs of precoding matrices (PMs) of the reported precoding matrix indicators (PMIs) (step | 05-14-2015 |
Duong Pham, Mulgrave AU
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20120120841 | METHOD OF PCI AND CQI ESTIMATION IN CDMA SYSTEMS - A method includes: receiving symbols from antenna(s); calculating average-channel estimates of the symbols over a measurement period; forming a channel matrix from the average-channel estimates; calculating a power ratio between a closed-loop mode and an open-loop mode for each PCI using the channel matrix; calculating RSCP value(s) and ISCP value(s) corresponding to the antenna(s); averaging the RSCP value(s) and ISCP value(s) over the antenna(s) to provide averaged RSCP and ISCP; calculating open-loop SINR from the averaged RSCP and ISCP; calculating SINR for stream(s) for each PCI from the power ratio and the open-loop SINR; determining TBS for a single stream from a single-stream-CQI table using calculated SINR; determining TBS for all streams from a dual-stream-CQI table using calculated SINR; comparing the TBS of the single stream and TBS of the dual stream to determine whether to select single stream or dual stream; and determining PCI and CQI for the stream(s). | 05-17-2012 |
20150236767 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING TRANSMISSION CAPACITY IN A DL MU-MIMO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A method according to the present invention is for selecting User Equipment (UE) for scheduling/precoding within the coverage area of a communications node having a predefined codebook. The method includes: receiving at the communications node feedback information from each of the UEs within the coverage area of the communications node wherein the feedback information includes at least one precoder matrix indicator (PMI); generating at the communications node a precoder matrix based on the reported precoder matrix indicator from each UE; determining at the communications node correlation values for each UE in the coverage utilising the precoder matrix; identifying a pair of UEs having minimum correlation values; and selecting the identified UEs for scheduling/precoding if the minimum correlation value is less than or equal to a threshold value. | 08-20-2015 |
Duy Hoang Pham, Eveleigh AU
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20110082723 | RATING AGENTS PARTICIPATING IN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS - This invention concerns computer system and method for rating agents participating in electronic transactions. In particular, the invention provides a computer system for rating agents participating in electronic transactions, the system comprising a data store to store a set of rules to describe expected behaviours of a first agent for interactions that take place during an electronic transaction with a second agent, wherein at least one rule describes the expected behaviours in terms of a primary expected behaviour and at least one alternative expected behaviour. The system also comprises a monitoring engine operable to monitor actual behaviours of the first agent for interactions that place during the electronic transaction; and a compliance engine operable to calculate a degree of compliance between the monitored actual behaviours and the expected behaviours. | 04-07-2011 |
Hung Pham, Coburg, Victoria AU
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20150366947 | A Method of Purifying Therapeutic Proteins - The present invention relates generally to a method of reducing the level of at least one protein selected from the group consisting of plasminogen, tissue plasminogen activator and other protease(s) in a solution comprising at least one protein selected from the group consisting of fibrinogen, Factor VIII and von Willebrand factor (VWF), the method comprising: (i) passing a feedstock comprising at least one protein selected from the group consisting of fibrinogen, Factor VIII and VWF through a hydrophobic charge-induction chromatographic resin under conditions selected such that at least one protein selected from the group consisting of plasminogen, tissue plasminogen activator and other protease(s) present in the feedstock is bound to the resin; and (ii) recovering a solution comprising the at least one protein selected from the group consisting of fibrinogen, Factor VIII and VWF which passes through the resin, wherein the concentration of the at least one protein selected from the group consisting of plasminogen, tissue plasminogen activator and other protease(s) in the solution is reduced by at least 50% compared to the feedstock. Also provided are solutions and pharmaceutical formulations comprising the fibrinogen and/or Factor VIII and/or VWF recovered by such methods, and uses thereof. | 12-24-2015 |
Hung Pham, Coburg AU
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20140154233 | METHOD OF PURIFYING THERAPEUTIC PROTEINS - The present invention relates generally to a method of reducing the level of plasminogen and/or tissue plasminogen activator and/or other protease(s) in a solution comprising fibrinogen and/or Factor VIII and/or von Willebrand factor (VWF), the method comprising: (i) passing a feedstock comprising fibrinogen and/or Factor VIII and/or VWF through a hydrophobic charge-induction chromatographic resin under conditions selected such that the plasminogen and/or tissue plasminogen activator and/or other protease(s) is bound to the resin; and (ii) recovering the solution comprising fibrinogen and/or Factor VIII and/or VWF which passes through the resin; wherein the concentration of the plasminogen and/or tissue plasminogen activator and/or protease(s) in the recovered solution is reduced by at least 50% compared to the feedstock. Also provided are solutions and pharmaceutical formulations comprising the fibrinogen and/or Factor VIII and/or VWF recovered by such methods, and uses thereof. | 06-05-2014 |
20150158906 | Method of Purifying Therapeutic Proteins - The present invention relates generally to a method of reducing the level of at least one protein selected from the group consisting of plasminogen, tissue plasminogen activator and other protease(s) in a solution comprising at least one protein selected from the group consisting of fibrinogen, Factor VIII and von Willebrand factor (VWF), the method comprising: | 06-11-2015 |
Phuc N. Pham, Kent Town AU
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20100091920 | IMPROVING RECEIVER PERFORMANCE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Methods and apparatus are described for improving receiver performance in a multicarrier communication network in which an encoded symbol ( | 04-15-2010 |
Phuc Ngoc Pham, Prospect AU
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20150103959 | RECEIVER PERFORMANCE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Methods and apparatus are described for improving receiver performance in a multicarrier communication network in which an encoded symbol is transmitted over a transmission channel in the communications system. A model of the transmission channel is estimated, said model characterising an effect of intercarrier interference on at least one carrier in the multicarrier system. The received symbol is decoded using the estimated model to remove a predicted effect of intercarrier interference. A pre-processor is also described for operation in conjunction with a communications receiver in the network. The pre-processor includes a channel estimator operable to estimate at least one feature of the communication channel based on a received signal. The pre-processor modifies the received signal dependent on the at least one estimated feature and provides the modified signal to the communications receiver. | 04-16-2015 |
20160099816 | RECEIVER PERFORMANCE IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK - Methods and apparatus are described for improving receiver performance in a multicarrier communication network in which an encoded symbol is transmitted over a transmission channel in the communications system. A model of the transmission channel is estimated, said model characterising an effect of intercarrier interference on at least one carrier in the multicarrier system. The received symbol is decoded using the estimated model to remove a predicted effect of intercarrier interference. A pre-processor is also described for operation in conjunction with a communications receiver in the network. The pre-processor includes a channel estimator operable to estimate at least one feature of the communication channel based on a received signal. The pre-processor modifies the received signal dependent on the at least one estimated feature and provides the modified signal to the communications receiver. | 04-07-2016 |
Quang Tuan Pham, North Ryde AU
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20140153829 | SUPERPIXEL-BASED REFINEMENT OF LOW-RESOLUTION FOREGROUND SEGMENTATION - A computer-implemented method performs foreground segmentation of an input image. The method receives a first foreground segmentation at a first resolution of the input image and determines a plurality of labelled seed points based on the first foreground segmentation of the input image. The method associates each of the plurality of pixels in the input image with one of the determined labelled seed points to obtain a second foreground/background segmentation of the input image, and performs foreground separation on the input image at a second resolution by classifying each of the segments of the second segmentation as one of foreground and background based on the label of the associated seed point. | 06-05-2014 |
20150146022 | RAPID SHAKE DETECTION USING A CASCADE OF QUAD-TREE MOTION DETECTORS - A method of determining stability of a camera comprises capturing an image with the camera and then (A) determining a magnitude of motion for each region of a current sub-division of the image. A step (B) then determines a number of the magnitudes of motion not larger than a magnitude threshold associated with the current sub-division, and where the determined number is greater than or equal to a region threshold associated with the number of regions in the current sub-division, (i) determining the camera to be stable, or otherwise (ii) dividing the current sub-division of the image into a further sub-division and repeating steps (A) and (B) upon the further sub-division. | 05-28-2015 |
20150178937 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING A SCENE MODEL - A method of updating a scene model for a foreground segmentation of an input image captured from a camera, is disclosed. One or more visual elements of the input image are determined. A spatial relationship between at least one of the visual elements and the scene model for a foreground segmentation of the input image is determined. The method updates the scene model for determining the foreground segmentation of the input image based on the determined spatial relationship. | 06-25-2015 |
20150178970 | POST-PROCESSED BOKEH RENDERING USING ASYMMETRIC RECURSIVE GAUSSIAN FILTERS - A method of blurring an image using a spatially variable blur is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: for each pixel of a scan line of pixels in the image: obtaining a measure representative of image depth at the pixel; determining a blur kernel width for the pixel based on the measure representative of image depth at the pixel; and where an increase in the determined blur kernel width with respect to a blur kernel width of a previous pixel in the scan line is detected: determining, from the determined blur kernel width, a tapered blur width adapted to provide an asymmetric filter response for the pixel; and applying the tapered blur width to a filter to output a blurred pixel value for the pixel by using a plurality of filter coefficients determined based on blur width values of one or more previously blurred pixels. | 06-25-2015 |
Son Bao Pham, Chatswood AU
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20100100815 | EMAIL DOCUMENT PARSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A preferred example of the process flow of the inventive method ( | 04-22-2010 |
Son Bao Pham, Chatrswood AU
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20100114562 | DOCUMENT PROCESSOR AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A computer implemented method of processing a digitally encoded document having a text composed by an author by using a processor to analyse the segmentation, punctuation and linguistics of text and storing the results in a digitally accessible format. Author traits are then predicted using a machine learning system based on the results of the segmentation, punctuation and linguistics analysis of the text. | 05-06-2010 |
Thinh Pham, Kensington AU
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20090156385 | Manufacture and use of engineered carbide and nitride composites - Carbides and nitrides are provided containing a controlled amount of pre-determined diluents and methods for their manufacture and use are disclosed. The pre-determined diluents include at least one of the silica, silicon metal, carbon, alumina, boron oxide, alkaline earth oxides such as calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, alkali oxides such as sodium oxide, potassium oxide, iron oxide, titanium oxide, and other components typically present in glass, ceramics, or metals. The carbides and nitrides with pre-determined diluents are formed by optionally pyrolyzing a precursor material to form a carboneous mixture and heat treating the carboneous mixture for a pre-determined time and at an elevated temperature during which carbon and/or nitrogen reacts with silica in the mixture to form carbides and/or nitrides and controlled amounts of pre-determined diluents. The carbides and nitrides disclosed herein may be used as blowing agents in a glass, ceramic, or metal forming processes or for promoting dispersion of the carbides and nitrides throughout a glass, ceramic, or metal composite. | 06-18-2009 |
Thi Thuy Pham, New South Wales AU
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20110129417 | ADMINISTRABLE COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to a composition suitable for administration to a subject, the composition comprising pharmacologically acceptable particulate material dispersed throughout a pharmacologically acceptable liquid carrier, the particulate material being maintained in the dispersed state by a steric stabiliser, wherein the steric stabiliser is a polymeric material comprising a steric stabilising polymeric segment and an anchoring polymeric segment, one or both of which are derived from one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers that have been polymerised by a living polymerisation technique, wherein the steric stabilising polymeric segment is different from the anchoring polymeric segment, and wherein the anchoring polymeric segment has an affinity toward the surface of the particulate material and secures the stabiliser to the particulate material. | 06-02-2011 |
Thi Thuy Binh Pham, Earlwood AU
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20150037252 | Method for the Treatment of a Solid Tumour - The present invention relates generally to a method of treating a neoplastic condition and to agents useful for same. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a method of facilitating the treatment of a solid tumor in a localised manner via the co-administration of particulate material and a cellular toxin. The method of the present invention is useful in a range of therapeutic treatments including the treatment of primary and metastatic tumors. | 02-05-2015 |
Thi Thuy Binh Pham, Rydalmere AU
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20100048750 | VESICULATED POLYMER PARTICLES - The invention provides a method of preparing an aqueous dispersion of vesiculated polymer particles, the method comprising: preparing a dispersion of polymerisable particles within a continuous aqueous phase, the polymerisable particles having a structure that is defined by an outer organic phase that comprises one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers and surrounds an inner aqueous phase, said inner aqueous phase defining a single void within the polymerisable particle, wherein a RAFT agent functions as a stabiliser for the outer organic phase within the continuous aqueous phase, and wherein a RAFT agent functions as a stabiliser for the inner aqueous phase within the outer organic phase; and polymerising the one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers under the control of a RAFT agent functioning as said stabiliser to form the aqueous dispersion of vesiculated polymer particles. | 02-25-2010 |
20120128743 | POLYMER PARTICLES - The present invention relates to a method of forming polymer on the surface of polymer particles, the method comprising: | 05-24-2012 |
Tien Quoc Pham, Barden Ridge AU
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20100209345 | Fluorinated Ligands for Targeting Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptors - The invention provides fluorinated compounds of formula (I): The compounds may be used in diagnosis or treatment of a disorder in a mammal characterised by an abnormal density of peripheral benzodiazepine receptors. | 08-19-2010 |
Tuan Quang Pham, North Ryde New South Wales AU
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20110096981 | Focus Finding And Alignment Using A Split Linear Mask - Disclosed is a method for determining a focus parameter for aligning a wafer (W) in an exposure tool ( | 04-28-2011 |
Tuan Quang Pham, New South Wales AU
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20130156314 | GEODESIC SUPERPIXEL SEGMENTATION - An aspect of the present invention provides a method of segmenting an input image into a plurality of segments. The method comprises the steps of: deriving an image representative of boundary strength of each of a plurality of pixels in the input image; adding a random noise pattern to at least a portion of the derived image; determining a plurality of local minima in the derived image with the random noise pattern added, each of the plurality of local minima comprising a point with a lowest measure of boundary strength within a pre-defined region in the derived image; and associating each of the plurality of pixels in the input image with one of the determined local minima to segment the image based on a geodesic distance transform of the measure between the determined local minima and the pixels. | 06-20-2013 |
Tuan Quang Pham, North Ryde AU
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20090003601 | ALPHA-MASKED IMAGE MATCHING - A method and system is disclosed for authenticating a physical medium ( | 01-01-2009 |
20090148051 | CORRELATABILITY ANALYSIS FOR SPARSE ALIGNMENT - Disclosed herein is a method of estimating a geometrical relationship between a first image ( | 06-11-2009 |
20090154832 | ALPHA-MASKED RST IMAGE REGISTRATION | 06-18-2009 |
20150279049 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus comprises a video input unit, a region division unit configured to divide an image acquired by the video input unit into a plurality of regions each including pixels of similar attributes, a feature extraction unit configured to extract a feature from each divided region, a background model storage unit configured to store a background model generated from a feature of a background in advance, and a feature comparison unit configured to compare the extracted feature with a feature in the background model and determine for each of the regions whether the region is the background. | 10-01-2015 |
Tuan Quang Pham, Epping AU
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20130028472 | MULTI-HYPOTHESIS PROJECTION-BASED SHIFT ESTIMATION - A method for determining a shift between two images, determining a first correlation in a first direction, the first correlation being derived from a first image projection characteristics and a second image projection characteristics, and a second correlation in a second direction, the second correlation being derived from the first image projection characteristics and the second image projection characteristics. The method determines a set of hypotheses from a first plurality of local maxima of the first correlation and a second plurality of local maxima of the second correlation. The method then calculates a two-dimensional correlation score between the first image and the second image based on a shift indicated in at least one of the set of hypotheses, and selecting one of the set of hypotheses as the shift between the first image and the second image based on the calculated two-dimensional correlation score. | 01-31-2013 |
20130063566 | DETERMINING A DEPTH MAP FROM IMAGES OF A SCENE - A technique determines a depth measurement associated with a scene captured by an image capture device. The technique receives at least first and second images of the scene, in which the first image is captured using at least one different camera parameter than that of the second image. At least first and second image patches are selected from the first and second images, respectively, the selected patches corresponding to a common part of the scene. The selected image patches are used to determine which of the selected image patches provides a more focused representation of the common part. At least one value is calculated based on a combination of data in the first and second image patches, the combination being dependent on the more focused image patch. The depth measurement of the common part of the scene is determined from the at least one calculated value. | 03-14-2013 |
20130266210 | DETERMINING A DEPTH MAP FROM IMAGES OF A SCENE - Methods for determining a depth measurement of a scene which involve capturing at least two images of the scene with different camera parameters, and selecting corresponding image patches in each scene. A first approach calculates a plurality of complex responses for each image patch using a plurality of different quadrature filters, each complex response having a magnitude and a phase, assigns, for each quadrature filter, a weighting to the complex responses in the corresponding image patches, the weighting being determined by a relationship of the phases of the complex responses, and determines the depth measurement of the scene from a combination of the weighted complex responses. | 10-10-2013 |