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Alain Sorin, Sesson-Sevigne FR
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20120269260 | METHOD FOR CODING A SEQUENCE OF IMAGES - The invention relates to a method for coding a sequence of images divided into blocks, comprising the following steps for a current block:—selecting, for the current block, a coding mode in a set of coding modes that comprises at least two coding modes, and a transform in a set of transforms that comprises at least a first transform and a second transform; and—coding the current block according to the coding mode and the transform selected. The coding mode and the transform, themselves, are selected according to the following steps:—selecting the coding mode in the set of coding modes while using the first transform, and—selecting the transform in the set of transforms while using the coding mode selected. | 10-25-2012 |
Alexander Sorin, Haifa IL
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20080319743 | ASR-Aided Transcription with Segmented Feedback Training - An ASR-aided transcription system with segmented feedback training is provided, the system including a transcription process manager configured to extract a first segment and a second segment from an audio input of speech uttered by a speaker, and an ASR engine configured to operate in a first speech recognition mode to convert the first speech segment into a first text transcript using a speaker-independent acoustic model and a speaker-independent language model, operate in a first training mode to create a speaker-specific acoustic model and a speaker-specific language model by adapting the speaker-independent acoustic model and the speaker-independent language model using either of the first segment and a corrected version of the first text transcript, and operate in a second speech recognition mode to convert the second speech segment into a second text transcript using the speaker-specific acoustic model and the speaker-specific language model. | 12-25-2008 |
20090144058 | Restoration of high-order Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients - A method for estimating high-order Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients, the method comprising initializing any of N-L high-order coefficients (HOC) of an MFCC vector of length N having L low-order coefficients (LOC) to a predetermined value, thereby forming a candidate MFCC vector, synthesizing a speech signal frame from the candidate MFCC vector and a pitch value, and computing an N-dimensional MFCC vector from the synthesized frame, thereby producing an output MFCC vector. | 06-04-2009 |
20130013313 | STATISTICAL ENHANCEMENT OF SPEECH OUTPUT FROM A STATISTICAL TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS SYSTEM - A method, system and computer program product are provided for enhancement of speech synthesized by a statistical text-to-speech (TTS) system employing a parametric representation of speech in a space of acoustic feature vectors. The method includes: defining a parametric family of corrective transformations operating in the space of the acoustic feature vectors and dependent on a set of enhancing parameters; and defining a distortion indictor of a feature vector or a plurality of feature vectors. The method further includes: receiving a feature vector output by the system; and generating an instance of the corrective transformation by: calculating a reference value of the distortion indicator attributed to a statistical model of the phonetic unit emitting the feature vector; calculating an actual value of the distortion indicator attributed to feature vectors emitted by the statistical model of the phonetic unit emitting the feature vector; calculating the enhancing parameter values depending on the reference value of the distortion indicator, the actual value of the distortion indicator and the parametric corrective transformation; and deriving an instance of the corrective transformation corresponding to the enhancing parameter values from the parametric family of the corrective transformations. The instance of the corrective transformation may be applied to the feature vector to provide an enhanced feature vector. | 01-10-2013 |
20130046540 | Restoration of high-order Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients - A method for estimating high-order Mel Frequency Cepstral Coefficients, the method comprising initializing any of N-L high-order coefficients (HOC) of an MFCC vector of length N having L low-order coefficients (LOC) to a predetermined value, thereby forming a candidate MFCC vector, synthesizing a speech signal frame from the candidate MFCC vector and a pitch value, and computing an N-dimensional MFCC vector from the synthesized frame, thereby producing an output MFCC vector. | 02-21-2013 |
20140074468 | System and Method for Automatic Prediction of Speech Suitability for Statistical Modeling - An embodiment according to the invention provides a capability of automatically predicting how favorable a given speech signal is for statistical modeling, which is advantageous in a variety of different contexts. In Multi-Form Segment (MFS) synthesis, for example, an embodiment according to the invention uses prediction capability to provide an automatic acoustic driven template versus model decision maker with an output quality that is high, stable and depends gradually on the system footprint. In speaker selection for a statistical Text-to-Speech synthesis (TTS) system build, as another example context, an embodiment according to the invention enables a fast selection of the most appropriate speaker among several available ones for the full voice dataset recording and preparation, based on a small amount of recorded speech material. | 03-13-2014 |
Anthony Sorin, Versailles FR
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20110127828 | METHOD OF MANAGING THE BRAKING OF AN AIRCRAFT, AND A CORRESPONDING BRAKING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method of managing the braking of an aircraft having landing gear with wheels fitted with friction brakes and with auxiliary brakes that enable energy to be dissipated by means other than friction, the method comprising the steps of: | 06-02-2011 |
20110266388 | METHOD OF MANAGING A GROUND CONNECTION OF AN AIRCRAFT - A method of managing a ground connection of an aircraft having landing gear with wheels that are subjected to static loads, some of which wheels are fitted with respective braking devices and others are fitted with respective independent drive devices, the method including the step of causing a modification to a distribution of the static loading to which the wheels of the landing gear are subjected in such a manner as to: | 11-03-2011 |
Antoine Sorin, Villeneuve Lez Avignon FR
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20090026138 | Process for Separating at Least One Actinide Element From Lanthanide Elements in an Aqueous Medium by Sequestration and Membrane Filtration - The invention relates to a process for separating, in an aqueous medium, at least one actinide element from one or more lanthanide elements by using at least one molecule which sequesters the said actinide element to be separated and membrane filtration, the said process successively comprising: | 01-29-2009 |
David Sorin, Versailles FR
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20120186810 | METHOD FOR MOBILITY CONTROL IN OIL-BEARING CARBONATE FORMATIONS - A method for enhancing recovery of oil from an oil-bearing carbonate formation within a reservoir. The method has the steps of (a) introducing a viscous gel under pressure into the oil-bearing carbonate formation and (b) extracting oil. The aqueous viscous gel has water and an amount of a non-polymeric viscosifying surfactant sufficient to provide the flooding fluid with an oil/water interfacial surface tension of about 10 mN/m or less and a viscosity of about 10 cP or more of the one or more non-polymeric surfactants. The one or more non-polymeric, viscosifying surfactants is selected from the group of one or more cationic surfactants, one or more zwitterionic surfactants, one or more anionic surfactants, one or more amphoteric surfactants, and combinations thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the aqueous viscous gel is also substantially free of solids. | 07-26-2012 |
Fabien Sorin, Paris FR
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20120263409 | PHOTODETECTING FIBER - Photodetecting fiber. The fiber detects and localizes an incident optical beam. A semiconducting core is in intimate contact with a material forming a resistive channel that breaks axial symmetry. The resistive channel has a resistivity between that of metals and the semiconducting core, enabling the imposition of non-uniform, convex electric potential distributions along the fiber axis allowing photo-current measurements along the fiber. | 10-18-2012 |
20120267820 | FIBER DRAW SYNTHESIS - Fiber draw synthesis process. The process includes arranging reactants in the solid state in proximate domains within a fiber preform. The preform is fluidized at a temperature below the melting temperature of the reactants. The fluidized preform is drawn into a fiber thereby bringing the reagents in the proximate domains into intimate contact with one another resulting in a chemical reaction between the reactants thereby synthesizing a compound within the fiber. The reactants may be dissolved or mixed in a host material within the preform. In a preferred embodiment, the reactants are selenium and zinc. | 10-25-2012 |
Fabien Sorin, Saintj-Sulpice FR
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20140212084 | Fiber Sensor - There is provided a sensor fiber including an electrically insulating material having a fiber length. At least one transduction element is disposed along at least a portion of the fiber length and is arranged for exposure to an intake species. A photoconducting element is in optical communication with the transduction element. At least one pair of electrically conducting electrodes are in electrical connection with the photoconducting element. The pair of electrodes extend the fiber length. | 07-31-2014 |
Joel Sorin, Domene FR
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20150270083 | TRIP CAUSE MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRONIC TRIP DEVICE - A management device ( | 09-24-2015 |
20150270725 | MONITORING DEVICE COMPRISING A MANAGEMENT OF BATTERY DISCHARGE AND METHOD OF BATTERY DISCHARGE MANAGEMENT - The monitoring device of an electric power supply is supplied by this electric power supply. It comprises a battery ( | 09-24-2015 |
Maxime Sorin, Dublin IE
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20090009157 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ENERGY IN MAGNETIC INTERACTIONS - An apparatus and method is provided for measuring magnetic force response time due to the magnetic viscosity of materials and for measuring total energy exchanged due to relative motion of magnetic materials. Voltage and current versus time through an electromagnet is measured and recorded. Corresponding force versus time is measured for magnetic forces applied to a material under test in response to energizing the electromagnet to determine effects of magnetic viscosity of the material under test. A test system is also provided for measuring energy exchanged due to the relative motion of magnetic materials. Absolute values of transferred mechanical energy and electrical energy are combined to determine the total energy exchanged by interaction of a permanent magnet and an electromagnet. | 01-08-2009 |
20110001379 | PASSIVE MAGNETIC BEARING - A passive magnetic bearing which has an exceptionally low friction couple. Radial and axial restraint is achieved through magnetic and mechanical means. The embodiment of the passive magnetic bearing has two axially magnetized rings, which each exhibit at least one pair of north and south poles. The magnetized rings are positioned in a manner where the poles are in a repulsive magnetic interaction such that the plane of symmetry which separates the like poles lies perpendicular to the axis of the rotation of a shaft and this radially constrains the movement of the shaft. Axial rigidity is added to the system by the use of ceramic bearings and related axial retaining mechanisms on one of the ring magnets thus maintaining the magnetic bearing in an otherwise unstable axial plane. | 01-06-2011 |
20110216465 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEM WITH NO MUTUAL INDUCTANCE AND AN INDUCTIVE GAIN - An electromagnetic system consists of an electric circuit comprising two solenoids wired in series, one mounted either side and proximate to a toroid. Voltage is applied across the toroid and the solenoids in a specific sequence which alters the inductance behaviour of the system, resulting in an inductance gain and no mutual inductance between the toroid and the two solenoids. | 09-08-2011 |
20110227440 | ELECTRIC MOTOR WITH NO COUNTER ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE - An electromagnetic motor system with no counter/back electromotive force due to the ability of the system to change from one magnetic state to another magnetic state in a defined sequence. In the first state a kinetic energy component is added to the system's rotor where two permanent magnetic materials, which are affixed to the rotor, are allowed to come into an angular range such that they act in a symmetrical manner on a fixed soft ferromagnetic material. This fixed soft ferromagnetic material also acts as the core of an electromagnetic coil and when the rotor's permanent magnets are at the closest proximity to the soft ferromagnetic core a voltage is applied across the coil, resulting in the soft ferromagnetic coil being saturated in a horizontal manner where previously it was polarized in a vertical manner while under the influence of the rotor's two permanent magnets. | 09-22-2011 |
20140026823 | WATER HEATER DEVICE WITH HEAT AND WATER RECOVERY - A system for rapid and efficient water heating is provided, with a water and heat recovery component. Using a thermal store as a heat exchanger the system mixes steam and cold water to deliver hot water at a user-controlled temperature. The high operating temperature of the thermal store and its thermal efficiency result in a compact, highly-efficient means of hot water delivery. Water and energy usage are further reduced through a means of recycling hot water through the system in operation. | 01-30-2014 |
Simha Sorin, Zoran IL
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20120287797 | TECHNIQUES FOR MINIMIZING THE BEAM FORMING TIME IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS - A method for beamforming in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the method is performed by a receiver wireless station. The method comprises receiving a frame transmitted by a transmitter wireless station over a wireless medium; analyzing a physical (PHY) header of the received frame to determine if a Short Interframe Space (SIFS) response is required; when a SIFS response is required, performing: constructing a response frame including a PHY header, wherein the PHY header includes at least a measured link quality field; inserting a measured signal quality in the measured link quality field; waiting a time equal to a SIFS period; and sending the response frame to the transmitter wireless station after the SIFS period has elapsed, wherein based on received measured values included in response frames the transmitter wireless station predicts a loss link to initiate a beamforming training, thereby reducing the beamforming time. | 11-15-2012 |
20140204928 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INITIAL SIGNAL ACQUISITION IN MULTIPATH FADING CHANNEL CONDITIONS - An apparatus and method for performing initial signal acquisition in a receiver of a millimeter wave wireless communication system. The apparatus comprises receiving a millimeter-wave signal including complementary sequences at the receiver; cross-correlating the received signal related to the received complementary sequences with respective predefined complementary sequences, wherein the received complementary sequences include a first type of complementary sequences and a second type of complementary sequences; performing a signal sequence detection by auto-correlating the cross-correlated first type of complementary sequences and comparing the auto-correlated results to an energy dependent threshold; and upon detection of the signal sequence, performing a timing synchronization to synchronize a start frame delimiter (SFD), wherein the timing synchronization includes in part a search for a peak in the cross-correlated first type of complementary sequences using a SFD search threshold. | 07-24-2014 |
Stephane Sorin, Maisons-Laffitte FR
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20140338873 | Stacked-Plate Heat Exchanger Including A Collector - The invention relates to a heat exchanger ( | 11-20-2014 |
Stéphane Sorin, Maison Laffite FR
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20140331956 | GAS INTAKE SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE ENGINE - The invention relates to a device for controlling the ingress of intake gases to an engine, notably an internal combustion vehicle engine comprising cylinders, said device taking the form of a compartmentalized guide piece ( | 11-13-2014 |
Sylvain Sorin, La Bruffiere FR
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20130304068 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR A TECHNIQUE FOR ATTACHING BONE FRAGMENTS USING A CANNULATED SCREW - The present invention relates to a surgical instrument for a technique for attaching bone fragments using a cannulated screw, the implantation of which is guided by a pin. The instrument ( | 11-14-2013 |
Sylvain (andre) Sorin, Braine I'Alleud BE
Sylvain Andre Sorin, Braine L'Alleud BE
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20080269099 | Low-builder, highly water-soluble, low-density solid laundry detergent composition - The present invention relates to a solid laundry detergent composition having a bulk density of from 100 g/l to 500 g/l, wherein the composition comprises: (a) from 1 wt % to 70 wt % anionic detersive surfactant; (b) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % zeolite builder; and (c) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % phosphate builder; wherein the composition comprises: (I) from 61 wt % to 90 wt % low-density particulate component, wherein the low-density particulate component has a bulk density of from 100 g/l to 426 g/l, and wherein the low-density particulate component comprises inorganic material and organic material; and (II) from 10 wt % to 39 wt % high-density particulate component, wherein the high-density particulate component has a bulk density of greater than 426 g/l; wherein the ratio of (i) the weight ratio of the inorganic material to the organic material comprised in the low-density particulate component (I) to (ii) the weight ratio of the inorganic material to the organic material comprised in the solid laundry detergent composition is from 0.3:1 to 5:1. | 10-30-2008 |
Takaaki Sorin, Kamakura-Shi JP
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20140377882 | MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR COLLECTING MAGNETIC PARTICLES AND UTILIZATION THEREOF - For collecting magnetic particles, there is used a magnetic material including a plurality of magnets that are arranged in contact one with another in parallel to a direction of magnetization in such a manner that south and north poles of adjacent magnets are reversed alternately or a magnetic material having at least one peak of a magnetic force in a magnetic pole surface, and the peak magnetic force is 600 gausses or more. | 12-25-2014 |
Tcaciuc Sorin, Satu Mare RO
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20130213956 | MICROWAVE OVEN CAVITY AND MICROWAVE OVEN - The present application in particular is directed to a microwave oven cavity ( | 08-22-2013 |