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| 20090094263 | ENHANCED UTILIZATION OF NETWORK BANDWIDTH FOR TRANSMISSION OF STRUCTURED DATA - Systems and methods are described that improve the efficiency of byte caching mechanisms when transmitting or receiving structured data. Some of these techniques may normalize the structured data before transmission over the network. Other techniques may use templates or semantic differences. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20110201387 | REAL-TIME TYPING ASSISTANCE - An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing feedback and guidance to touch screen device users to improve the text entry user experience and performance through the use of indicators such as feedback semaphores. Also disclosed are suggestion candidates, which allow a user to quickly select next words to add to text input data, or replacement words for words that have been designated as incorrect. According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving text input data, providing an indicator for possible correction of the text input data, displaying suggestion candidates associated with alternative words for the data, receiving a single touch screen input selecting one of the suggestion candidates, and modifying the input data using the word associated with the selected suggestion candidate. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202836 | TYPING ASSISTANCE FOR EDITING - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for providing feedback and guidance to touch screen device users to improve the text entry user experience and performance. According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a text entry, receiving input on a touch screen in the form of a first single touch input located over a word of previously entered text, and presenting the user with one or more suggestion candidates indicated possible replacement words related to the selected word. The user can then select one of the suggestion candidates using a second single touch input to replace the selected word with a word associated with the selected suggestion candidate. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202876 | USER-CENTRIC SOFT KEYBOARD PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGIES - An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing feedback and guidance to touch screen device users to improve text entry user experience and performance by generating input history data including character probabilities, word probabilities, and touch models. According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving first input data, automatically learning user tendencies based on the first input data to generate input history data, receiving second input data, and generating auto-corrections or suggestion candidates for one or more words of the second input data based on the input history data. The user can then select one of the suggestion candidates to replace a selected word with the selected suggestion candidate. | 08-18-2011 |
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| 20100004926 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFICATION AND SEGMENTATION OF AUDIO CONTENT, BASED ON THE AUDIO SIGNAL - An apparatus for classifying an input audio signal into audio contents of a first and second class, comprising an audio segmentation module adapted to segment said input audio signal into segments of a predetermined length; a feature computation module adapted to calculate for the segments features characterizing said audio input signal; a threshold comparison module adapted to generate a feature vector for each of said one or more segments based on a plurality of predetermined thresholds, the thresholds including for each of the audio contents of the first class and of the second class a substantially near certainty threshold, a substantially high certainty threshold, and a substantially low certainty threshold; and a classification module adapted to analyze the feature vector and classify each one of said one or more segments as audio contents of the first class, of the second class, or as non-decisive audio contents. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20110038485 | NONLINEAR FILTER FOR SEPARATION OF CENTER SOUNDS IN STEREOPHONIC AUDIO - In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention there is provided a system, a method and a circuit for processing a stereo audio signal. According to some embodiments, the system for processing a stereo audio signal may include an audio processing circuit. The audio processing module or circuit may be operatively connected to an audio input interface and to an output audio interface. Through the audio input interface, the audio processing circuit may be adapted for receiving a 2-channels stereo audio signal. The audio processing module may be adapted for determining an output mono audio signal representing the center sound and a stereo audio signal representing the stereo sound without the center. Through the output interface the audio processing circuit may provide each of an output mono audio signal representing the center sound and a stereo audio signal representing the stereo sound without the center. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110081025 | EFFICIENT FILTER FOR ARTIFICIAL AMBIENCE - A circuit, method, and system for producing artificial ambience effect for an input audio signal, mono, stereo, or surround. The ambience effect enhances artificial reverberation, replaces artificial reverberation, or synthesizes extra audio channels, such as surround channels. The circuit may include a transient reduction module and a reverberation filter. The transient reduction module may be adapted to reduce transients in an input audio signal of one or more channels. The reverberation filter maybe adapted to receive a transient-reduced signal of one or more channels corresponding to the transient-reduced signal. | 04-07-2011 |
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| 20100008031 | ERGONOMIC HANDHELD DEVICE - A mobile device comprising a touch screen and a method for activation thereof using one hand. The device is provided with physical controls or virtual such as touch-screen controls arranged in areas reachable when using one hand, preferably for right-handed persons the right hand side of the device and the vertically middle area of the device. The user interface of various options and applications is arranged so that the relevant operations are performed via controls located in these areas. The controls may change dynamically according to the application or operation. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100287468 | Apparatus and method for displaying menu items - The subject matter discloses a graphic user interface, comprising a touch screen application activated by a user's thumb and a main menu comprising one or more main options to be selected by a user using the user's thumb positioned on the screen in an area associated with a selected main option. The GUI also comprises one or more submenus comprising one or more secondary options to be selected by a user using the user's thumb positioned on the screen in an area associated with a selected secondary option. Each submenu is associated with a main option and a second menu is displayed when a main option is selected. The one or more secondary options are arranged in an elliptical arrangement having a center, wherein the center of the elliptical arrangement is a function of the location of the user's thumb. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100287492 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MENU ITEMS - In a hand-held device, a graphic user interface (GUI), comprising an active area in which a selected one or more items is displayed, said selected one or more items can be manipulated when displayed in said active area. The GUI also comprises a grid displaying non-selected items, wherein at least one row in the grid contains two or more items, wherein the items in the active area and the grid are displayed in an order maintained when a new item is selected and replaces the one or more items in the active area. Another GUI may combine a grid and one or more rows displaying items in a list arrangement. | 11-11-2010 |
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| 20090209900 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPENING VASCULAR OBSTRUCTIONS - The present invention is directed to a device and method for opening obstructed body internal passages and for sensing and characterizing tissues and substances being in contact with the device of the invention. In general, the device of the present invention comprises a catheter tube capable of inducing vibrations in a guidewire contained therein, wherein said vibrations of the guidewire are utilized for opening a passage through an occlusion. The in-vivo vibrations may be induced by means of a magnetic field actuating means ( | 08-20-2009 |
| 20100217275 | DEVICE FOR INDUCING VIBRATIONS IN A GUIDEWIRE - The invention relates to the field of minimal invasive catheterization, in particular to an apparatus for opening and/or removing obstructions occluding body internal passages by means of an active guidewire comprising a coil to which an alternating voltage can be applied. In that way the guidewire can vibrate if an external magnetic field is applied. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100228151 | MULTI-STIFFNESS GUIDEWIRE - The invention relates to an active oscillating guidewire ( | 09-09-2010 |
| 20110196397 | MEDICAL DEVICE WITH A GUIDEWIRE FOR PENETRATING OCCLUSIONS - A medical device includes an outer catheter having a longitudinal axis, a movable device that can pass through the catheter and is movable along the longitudinal axis relative to the catheter, and a magnetic drive engine toward a distal end of the catheter. The magnetic drive engine includes at least two components with respective magnetic field-generating coils and magnets, that move relative to one another. One of the two components is coupled to the movable device for driving vibratory motion in the movable device along the longitudinal axis. An exemplary movable device is a guidewire over which the catheter is fed. The device typically includes a second catheter threaded inside the first catheter. The first or outer catheter shields the magnetic engine and its moving components. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110245859 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIZING OF TISSUE OPENINGS - A device for determining a physical parameter of a tissue opening is provided. The device includes an expandable member which is designed for positioning within a tissue opening such as a valve annulus. The expandable member is capable of expanding while applying an inward radial force indicative of a diameter thereof. When the expandable member is positioned within the tissue opening and expanded, an increase in the inward radial force induced by contact between the expandable member and tissue surrounding the opening can be utilized to derive information relating to the physical parameter of the tissue opening. | 10-06-2011 |
