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Alex Goertz, Zurich CH
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| 20100118653 | Vertical seismic profiling velocity estimation method - A method includes providing a first velocity model obtained from a VSP survey representative of an upper region of a subterranean formation. Wavefield equations from the first velocity model are datumed to a datum line between the upper region and a target area beneath the upper region to obtain datumed wavefield equations. The method further includes obtaining interferometric common shot data and interferometric common midpoint data from the datumed wavefield equations at the datum line. The first velocity model, the datumed wavefield equations, and the interferometric common midpoint data are then used to generate a second velocity model representative of velocities in the target area. | 05-13-2010 |
Alexander Goertz, Zurich CH
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| 20120113751 | STATICS CALCULATION - A method and system of for determining near surface velocity structure and statics corrections includes acquiring multicomponent seismic data associated with a sensor location, computing spectrograms for all orthogonal components of the multicomponent seismic data using a processing unit, calculating a median H/V spectrum, calculating an initial Rayleigh ellipticity solution associated with the sensor location and inverting the values associated with the median H/V spectrum with a forward-modelled Rayleigh ellipticity solution to determine a velocity depth distribution associated with the sensor location. | 05-10-2012 |
David Eric Goertz, Rotterdam NL
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| 20080200815 | Intravascular Ultrasound Techniques - Intravascular ultrasound techniques provide for intravascular imaging using contrast agents and nonlinear techniques. An ultrasound imaging device for detecting internal properties of a target body comprises an ultrasound transducer positioned at a distal end portion of a catheter, for transmitting excitation pulses and for receiving echo signals. A signal processor analyses echo signals at harmonics and/or subharmonics of the transmit frequency. The catheter may include a contrast agent delivery conduit extending along the catheter, the delivery conduit having an exit orifice proximal to the ultrasound transducer. The device may discriminate between echo signals respectively arising from interaction with tissue and from the interaction with contrast agent. The device may generate an image of the site of interest using non-linear components of the received ultrasound echo signals. | 08-21-2008 |
Henricus J.j. Goertz, Geleen NL
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| 20090022950 | PROCESS FOR MAKING A PLASTIC MOULDED ARTICLE WITH A DECORATED SURFACE - Processes for making a plastic moulded article with a decorated surface includes introducing a decorated film in a mould, and filling of the mould with a plastic composition by means of injection moulding. The decorated film is preferably at least one layer consisting essentially of a thermoplastic elastomer containing polyether segments. The plastic composition is preferably injection moulded to form a moulded article thereof having openings therethrough which are covered by the decorated film. In especially preferred embodiments, the moulded article is a housing front for a cellular telephone. | 01-22-2009 |
Jeffrey R. Goertz, Liberty, MO US
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| 20100280871 | ATM EXCEPTION BALANCING SYSTEM - An ATM exception balancing system is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a method of resolving image ATM transaction exceptions and enabling reconcilement of ATM transactions. An exception record can be created and stored for each batch of image ATM transactions wherein the credit and the debit for the batch of image ATM transactions do not match, and the exception record can be displayed to an analyst. Input can be received from the analyst indicating a resolution of an exception. Possible resolutions can include a general ledger entry, a customer adjustment, and/or an ICA/WIP entry. The system can optionally provide for reporting and performance analysis. Image ATM cash transactions, image ATM check transactions, or both, can be included. | 11-04-2010 |
Kevin Goertz, Waterloo CA
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| 20120117225 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MEDIA STREAM QUALITY SIGNAL - Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for computing quality scores for a media session delivered using an adaptive streaming protocol, where the quality score may be an estimate of a mean opinion score. The quality score reflects the impact of network delivery on a viewer's quality of experience (QoE). In particular, the quality score is generally based on the effects of stream switch events, as stream switches may be the result of impaired network delivery. Other network events, such as re-buffering events may also be incorporated in the score. | 05-10-2012 |
Kevin Goertz US
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| 20120110167 | DEVICE WITH VIDEO BUFFER MODELING AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A device includes a frame data analyzer that generates buffer increment data based on frame data sent from the media server to the media client and further based on acknowledgement data sent from the media client to the media server. A playback data generator generates playback data based on frame data buffer contents and further based on player state data. A frame buffer model generator generates a buffer fullness indicator and the frame data buffer contents, based on the buffer increment data and the playback data. A player state generator generates the player state data, based on the buffer fullness indicator and further based on media client data, media server data and player command data. | 05-03-2012 |
Magnus Goertz, Lidingo SE
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| 20090189878 | LIGHT-BASED TOUCH SCREEN - A light-based touch screen, including a housing for a display screen, a plurality of infra-red light emitting diodes (LEDs), fastened on the housing, for generating light beams, at least one LED selector, fastened on the housing and connected with the plurality of LEDs, for controllably selecting and deselecting one or more of the plurality of LEDs, a plurality of photodiode (PD) receivers, fastened on the housing, for measuring light intensity, at least one PD selector, fastened on the housing and connected with the plurality of PD receivers, for controllably selecting and deselecting one or more of the plurality of PD receivers, an optical assembly, fastened on the housing, for projecting light beams emitted by the plurality of LEDs in substantially parallel planes over the housing, and a controller, fastened on the housing and coupled with the plurality of PD receivers, (i) for controlling the at least one LED selector, (ii) for controlling the at least one PD selector, and (iii) for determining therefrom position and velocity of an object crossing at least one of the substantially parallel planes, based on output currents of the plurality of PD receivers. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100238138 | OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEMS USING REFLECTED LIGHT - A touch screen system, including a near-infrared transparent screen including a plurality of reflective elements embedded therein, a circuit board including circuitry for controlled selective activation of electronic components connected thereto, at least one light source connected to the circuit board, for emitting light, and at least one light detector connected to the circuit board, for detecting light emitted by the at least one light source and reflected by the reflective elements. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238139 | OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEMS USING WIDE LIGHT BEAMS - A touch screen system, including a screen, a plurality of light sources coupled with the screen, for emitting light, a plurality of photo diodes coupled with the screen, for detecting the light emitted by the light sources, and for identifying the location of a touch on the screen when an absence of the emitted light is detected, and a plurality of lenses coupled respectively with the plurality of light sources to generate wide beams of light over a portion of the screen wherein substantially connected areas of the screen are covered by neighboring wide beams. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20110043485 | SCANNING OF A TOUCH SCREEN - A user interface for receiving input commands in a mobile terminal includes a display device (D) for presenting visual information. Arrays of light sources ( | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110163998 | LIGHT-BASED TOUCH SCREEN WITH SHIFT-ALIGNED EMITTER AND RECEIVER LENSES - A touch screen including a housing, a display mounted in the housing, a plurality of collimating lenses mounted in the housing along two opposite edges of the display and arranged along the two edges so as to be shift-aligned relative to one another, a plurality of light pulse emitters mounted in the housing that are spaced apart from and transmit light pulses through the collimating lenses of one of the two edges over the display, a plurality of light pulse receivers mounted in the housing that are spaced apart from and receive the light pulses through the collimating lenses of the opposite of the two edges, and a calculating unit, mounted in the housing and connected to the receivers, that determines a location of a pointer on the display that partially blocks the light pulses transmitted by the emitters, based on outputs of the receivers. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167628 | COMPONENT BONDING USING A CAPILLARY EFFECT - A method of attaching a component to a substrate, including providing a component guide attached to a substrate, the component guide having a cavity substantially conforming to contours of a portion of a component, attaching a first solder pad to the component, inserting the component into the guide cavity, providing a second solder pad, offset from the first solder pad and near the cavity, and inserting the component, the component guide and the substrate into an oven heating the solder pads, wherein the component is drawn further into the guide cavity by a capillary effect of the heated solder pads. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169781 | TOUCH SCREEN CALIBRATION AND UPDATE METHODS - A method of calibrating optical components in a light-based touch screen, including providing (i) a display, (ii) a row of light pulse emitters that sequentially transmit light pulses over the display according to calibrated pulse current and pulse duration controls, and (iii) a row of light pulse receivers that receive the light pulses and that output values representing the received light pulses, each receiver having expected values for emitter-receiver pairs when the light pulses are not blocked, determining if each receiver output value for a receiver-emitter pair is within a respective designated range from the corresponding receiver expected value, and when a receiver output value for a receiver-emitter pair is outside the designated range, recalibrating the emitter, including adjusting at least one of the emitter pulse current and pulse duration such that subsequent receiver output values are within the designated range, and updating the receiver expected value for the receiver-emitter pair based on subsequent output values of the receiver. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110175852 | LIGHT-BASED TOUCH SCREEN USING ELLIPTICAL AND PARABOLIC REFLECTORS - A touch screen system, including a housing, a display mounted in the housing, a plurality of light pulse emitters mounted in the housing below the display, a plurality of light pulse receivers mounted in the housing below the display, a first light guide, mounted in the housing along a first edge of the display, including a first substantially parabolic reflective surface for reflecting light pulses transmitted by the emitters, and a first substantially elliptical refractive surface, positioned substantially above the first substantially parabolic reflective surface, for refracting the reflected light pulses over the display, a second light guide, mounted in the housing along an opposite edge of the display, including a second substantially elliptical refractive surface for further refracting the light pulse refracted by the first substantially elliptical refractive surface, and a second substantially parabolic reflective surface, positioned substantially below the second substantially elliptical refractive surface, for reflecting the further refracted light pulses to the receivers, and a calculating unit, mounted in the housing and connected to the receivers, to determine a location of a pointer on the display that partially blocks the light pulses refracted by the first light guide, based on outputs of the receivers corresponding to light pulses refracted by the second light guide. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110181552 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A pressure-sensitive touch screen including a housing, at least one light receiver rigidly mounted in the housing, a display flexibly mounted in the housing substantially above the at least one receiver, which depresses in response to pressure of a touch, and a calculating unit connected to the at least one light receiver for receiving outputs indicating amounts of received light by the at least one receiver, and for determining that the display is being depressed based on an increase in an output of the at least one receiver. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110210946 | LIGHT-BASED TOUCH SCREEN USING ELONGATED LIGHT GUIDES - A touch screen including a housing, a display mounted in the housing, a plurality of collimating lenses mounted in the housing and arranged along a first edge of the display, a plurality of light pulse emitters mounted in the housing that are spaced apart from and serially transmit light pulses through the collimating lenses over the display, a light guide mounted in the housing along the edge of the display opposite the first edge, for receiving the light pulses, the light guide including a reflective strip that reflects light pulses to one end of the light guide, a light pulse receiver mounted in the housing near the one end of the light guide, for receiving the reflected light pulses, and a calculating unit, mounted in the housing and connected to the receiver, for determining a location of a pointer on the display that partially blocks light pulses transmitted by the emitters, based on outputs of the receiver. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120094723 | USER INTERFACE - A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program code which, when executed by a mobile handheld device that has a touch sensitive display, instructs the device (i) to display a notification of an incoming phone call, and (ii) to accept the call in response to a mufti-step operation comprising an object touching the touch sensitive display, and the object gliding along the touch sensitive display in a specific direction. | 04-19-2012 |
Magnus Goertz, Stockholm SE
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| 20100017872 | USER INTERFACE FOR MOBILE COMPUTER UNIT - A computer readable medium storing a computer program with computer program code, which, when read by a mobile computer unit, allows the computer to present a user interface for the mobile computer unit. The user interface includes a touch sensitive area in which a portion of a first window and a portion of a second window are displayed. The user scrolls the first window when an object touches a corresponding location in the touch sensitive area at which the first window is displayed, and scrolls the second window when an object touches a corresponding location in the touch sensitive area at which the second window is displayed. The user interface displays a plurality of keys which are selected when an object touches a corresponding key location and are activated when the object applies additional pressure to the corresponding key location. Alternatively, the key is activated when an object touches its corresponding location. The user interface presents keys in a manner facilitating entry of Chinese characters using stroke and Pinyin input. | 01-21-2010 |
Magnus Goertz, Lindingo SE
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| 20110169780 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING A TOUCH LOCATION ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A method of determining a touch coordinate on a touch screen, including providing a display, a plurality of collimating lenses along two opposite edges of the display, the collimating lenses being arranged along the two edges so as to be shift-aligned relative to one another, a plurality of light pulse emitters that transmit light pulses through the collimating lenses of a first of the two edges over the display, and a plurality of light pulse receivers that receive the light pulses through the collimating lenses of the opposite of the two edges, and that output values representing the received light pulses, wherein light pulses emitted by each emitter are detected by at least two of the receivers, wherein each receiver detects light pulses emitted by at least two emitters, and wherein each receiver has expected values for emitter-receiver pairs when light pulses are not blocked, selecting receiver output values for emitter-receiver pairs that deviate significantly from corresponding receiver expected values, wherein the selected values indicate at least that light pulses transmitted by two emitters are blocked from reaching one receiver, or that light pulses transmitted by one emitter are blocked from reaching two receivers, associating a screen coordinate along a first screen axis with each selected receiver output, and calculating a touch coordinate by interpolating the associated screen coordinates according to the respective deviations between the selected receivers' output values and corresponding expected values. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169782 | OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN USING A MIRROR IMAGE FOR DETERMINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION INFORMATION - A touch screen system including a reflective display surface, a camera mounted so as to capture an image of (i) the reflective display surface, (ii) a pointer approaching the reflective display surface, and (iii) a reflection of the pointer on the reflective display surface, and a processor coupled with the camera that determines a three-dimensional location of the pointer relative to the reflective display surface, based on the positions of the pointer and the reflection of the pointer in the image captured by the camera. | 07-14-2011 |
Magnus George Goertz, Lidingo SE
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| 20110007032 | ON A SUBSTRATE FORMED OR RESTING DISPLAY ARRANGEMENT - A touch screen apparatus, including a display unit including a touch surface, a number of light pulse emitting units, connecting to the display unit, for emitting light pulses over and across the touch surface, a number of light pulse receiving units, connected to the display unit, for measuring amounts of light received from the light pulse emitting units, circuitry, connected to the light pulse emitting units and to the light pulse receiving units, for selectively activating, at any given time, one or more of the light pulse emitting units and the light pulse receiving units, wherein the circuitry activates three or more light pulse emitting units and only one light pulse receiving unit during a designated time interval, and a calculating unit, connected to the light pulse receiving units, to determine the location of an object touching the touch surface, based on the measured amounts of light received at the receiving units. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110134064 | ON A SUBSTRATE FORMED OR RESTING DISPLAY ARRANGEMENT - A touch screen including a display unit on which a plurality of icons are displayed, a touch detector operable to detect contact between a pointer and the display unit at a plurality of locations on the display unit, the plurality of locations forming a pattern that substantially surrounds more than one displayed icon, and a calculating unit to disambiguate an intended one of the plurality of icons, based on the pattern of locations that is detected by the touch detector, by determining which of the displayed icons are substantially completely surrounded, and by selecting an appropriate one of the substantially completely surrounded displayed icons. | 06-09-2011 |
Michael Goertz, Redwood City, CA US
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| 20100278352 | Wind Suppression/Replacement Component for use with Electronic Systems - Systems and methods to reduce the negative impact of wind on an electronic system include use of a first detector that receives a first signal and a second detector that receives a second signal. A voice activity detector (VAD) coupled to the first detector generates a VAD signal when the first signal corresponds to voiced speech. A wind detector coupled to the second detector correlates signals received at the second detector and derives from the correlation wind metrics that characterize wind noise that is acoustic disturbance corresponding to at least one of air flow and air pressure in the second detector. The wind detector controls a configuration of the second detector according to the wind metrics. The wind detector uses the wind metrics to dynamically control mixing of the first signal and the second signal to generate an output signal for transmission. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100280824 | Wind Suppression/Replacement Component for use with Electronic Systems - Systems and methods to reduce the negative impact of wind on an electronic system include use of a first detector that receives a first signal and a second detector that receives a second signal. A voice activity detector (VAD) coupled to the first detector generates a VAD signal when the first signal corresponds to voiced speech. A wind detector coupled to the second detector correlates signals received at the second detector and derives from the correlation wind metrics that characterize wind noise that is acoustic disturbance corresponding to at least one of air flow and air pressure in the second detector. The wind detector controls a configuration of the second detector according to the wind metrics. The wind detector uses the wind metrics to dynamically control mixing of the first signal and the second signal to generate an output signal for transmission. | 11-04-2010 |
Raymond Goertz, Eindhoven NL
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| 20090200915 | METHOD LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE WITH A EU(III)-ACTIVATED PHOSPHOR AND SECOND PHOSPHOR - This invention relates to a light emitting device based on a Xe or Xe/Ne excimer discharge, e.g. a full colour display screen or a xenon excimer lamp, comprising a phosphor blend of a red-emitting Eu(III)-activated phosphor and an UVlight emitting phosphor. Full colour plasma display panels (PDPs) according to the present invention comprising a phosphor blend of a red-emitting Eu(III)-activated phosphor and an UV-light emitting phosphor for the red pixels show an improved colour point and a shorter decay time compared to the use of the respective single red emitting Eu(III) activated phosphor. Xenon excimer lamps for illumination purposes (e.g. for LCD backlighting or X-Ray image illumination) comprising a phosphor blend of a redemitting Eu(III) activated phosphor and an UV-light emitting phosphor show an improved colour rendering. The invention is also related to a phosphor blend of a red-emitting Eu(III)-activated phosphor and an UV-light emitting phosphor. | 08-13-2009 |
Samuel Dean Goertz, Houston, TX US
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| 20090313872 | FIREARM WITH UNDERARM GUN STOCK - A novel firearm includes an underarm gun stock. The stock of the firearm is to be positioned under the forearm of the firearm user. Alternatively, the firearm has no underarm stock, but the action and barrel of the firearm are disposed beneath the forearm or the wrist of the user. The novel firearms promote a more steady shot with a single hand, the ability to support heavier firepower in a more compact package, and other advantages not found in prior art handguns or rifles. | 12-24-2009 |