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| 20090023156 | Methods and reagents for quantifying analytes - The present invention relates to methods and reagents for quantifying analytes. More specifically, the present invention related to methods and reagents for measuring one or more analytes present in a sample. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090023225 | Methods and devices for analyte detection - Methods for detecting one or more analytes, such as a protein, in a fluid path are provided. The methods include resolving, immobilizing and detecting one or more analytes in a fluid path, such as a capillary. Also included are devices and kits for performing such assays. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20110132761 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ANALYTE DETECTION - Methods for detecting one or more analytes, such as a protein, in a fluid path are provided. The methods include resolving, immobilizing and detecting one or more analytes in a fluid path, such as a capillary. Also included are devices and kits for performing such assays. | 06-09-2011 |
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| 20080212677 | Efficient Video Block Mode Changes in Second Pass Video Coding - This disclosure describes techniques for second pass video coding in a multi-pass video coding scenario. The coding modes for some video blocks encoded during a second pass may be changed relative to the coding modes used for such video blocks in the first pass. However, motion information does not change for those video blocks that have the changed modes. In particular, mode changes can be made in the second coding pass relative to the modes used in the first coding pass without changing the manner in which motion information will be derived at the decoder, e.g., due to similarities between the original modes of the first pass and changed modes used in the second pass. The second pass coding techniques may also include quantization parameter adjustments, and the mode changes can cause such quantization parameter adjustments to have more profound refinements effects on the second pass coding. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080260042 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR QUALITY CONTROLLED ENCODING - This disclosure describes techniques for controlling a perceived quality of multimedia sequences to try to achieve a desired constant perceptual quality regardless of the content of the sequences. In particular, an encoding device may implement quality control techniques to associate a sequence segment with a content “class” based on the content of the segment, determine a perceptual quality metric of the sequence segment, and adjust at least one encoding parameter used to encode the segment is encoded such that for the perceptual quality of the sequence segment converges to the desired quality. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090109341 | DETECTING SCENE TRANSITIONS IN DIGITAL VIDEO SEQUENCES - This disclosure describes techniques for detecting scene transitions in a digital video sequence. An encoding device may, for example, analyze a distribution of pixel values over a plurality of frames to detect locations at which the scene transitions occur. In particular, the encoding device analyzes the distribution of pixel locations having values in a mid-range of possible pixel values to identify locations in the plurality of frames that experience a significant short-term increase in the number of pixel locations having mid-range pixel values. A significant short-term increase in the number of pixel locations with pixel values in the mid-range of possible pixel values is indicative of a soft transition. In this manner, occurrences of gradual scene transitions are detected by identifying locations within the plurality of frames that have significant short-term increases in the number of pixel locations having mid-range pixel values. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100020886 | SCALABILITY TECHNIQUES BASED ON CONTENT INFORMATION - Apparatus and methods of using content information for encoding multimedia data are described. A method of processing multimedia data includes classifying content of multimedia data, and encoding the multimedia data in a first data group and in a second data group based on the content classification. The first and second groups are associated with quality levels. A user can request a target quality level. | 01-28-2010 |
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| 20110138018 | MOBILE MEDIA SERVER - Mobile media server (MMS) includes MMS hosts and an MMS clients utilized for ubiquitous sharing of media content. An MMS host, which may be deployed on a mobile terminal such as a cellular telephone, can establish a logical link with an MMS client over an IP interface and initiate a streaming session with the MMS client. The MMS host may further retrieve media content from any source, such as a network source, locally stored content, or a camera and/or microphone on the MMS host, and serve the media content to the MMS client over the logical link. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110164176 | TRANSPORT LAYER MODIFICATION TO ENABLE TRANSMISSION GAPS - White space devices are operable to communicate information over white space and, more specifically, to quiet a transmitter to enable sensing signals in the white space. A method for inconspicuous quieting of a transmitter in a white space communication device modifies a transport stream for transmission by the transmitter of the white space device to provide a null window of time. The null window does not contain essential information. At least a portion of the modified transport stream is transmitted by the transmitter of the white space device. The transmitter is quieted during the null window, and white space sensing is performed during the null window. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110164177 | APPLICATION LAYER MODIFICATION TO ENABLE TRANSMISSION GAPS - Television white space devices are operable to communicate information over television white space and, more specifically, to quiet a transmitter for sensing signals in the television white space. A method for inconspicuous quieting of the transmitter in a television white space device inserts, from an application layer, information into a transport stream for transmission by the transmitter of the television white space device to produce a null window of time within the transport stream at a predetermined time. The method also transmits the transport stream by the transmitter of the television white space device and quiets the transmitter during the null window of time. The method senses, by a white space sensor of the television white space device, existing signals in the white space during the null window of time. | 07-07-2011 |
