02nd week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110007870 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR ASSESSING THE THREAT STATUS OF AN ARTICLE AT A SECURITY CHECK POINT - A method for performing security screening at a checkpoint is provided. The method includes providing an X-ray imaging system having a scanning area and providing a supporting device for supporting articles to be scanned in the scanning area, wherein the supporting device has at least two reference areas manifesting respective X-ray signatures when exposed to X-rays, the X-ray signatures being distinguishable from one another. The method further includes placing an article to be scanned on the supporting device, introducing the article to be scanned in the scanning area while the article is supported by the supporting device and using the X-ray imaging system for deriving the X-ray signatures of the reference areas and for obtaining an X-ray image of the article while the supporting device is in the scanning area. The method further includes using the X-ray signatures to derive X-ray attenuation information from the X-ray image and using the X-ray attenuation information in determining if the article is a security threat. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007871 | CONVEYER BELT WITH OPTICALLY VISIBLE AND MACHINE-DETECTABLE INDICATORS - A method for correlating optically visible objects with objects detectable through a non-invasive imaging system is described. The method includes conveying an object on a conveyer belt through the non-invasive imaging system. The conveyer belt can include optically visible indicia and machine-detectable indicia. The object and the machine-detectable indicia can be displayed on a display in communication with the non-invasive imaging system. The machine-detectable indicia viewed on the display can be correlated with the optically visible indicia on the conveyer belt after the object has exited the non-invasive imaging system to identify the object. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007872 | X-RAY TUBE TARGET AND METHOD OF REPAIRING A DAMAGED X-RAY TUBE TARGET - An x-ray tube target and method of repairing a damaged x-ray tube target. The x-ray tube target includes an original substrate and a portion of the original substrate that includes a new portion of a substrate and a new target track that is attached to a void in the original substrate. The method includes removal and replacement of damaged materials on used anode targets of x-ray tubes, thereby enabling recovery of used anode targets without the use of expensive and time consuming layer deposition methods. The method also avoids the high costs and long development cycles associated with known repair and refabrication methods for anode targets of x-ray tubes. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007873 | IMAGING ARRAY DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM AND USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to an imaging system, computer readable medium, and method for dynamic imaging of an object to be examined. The imaging system includes detection array comprising an array of modular devices positioned such that one or more modular devices are capable of simultaneously receiving at least a portion of a first output signal from an emission source of an object to be imaged, each of said modular devices comprising a detector device, wherein each of the modular devices in the array is capable of converting at least a portion of the first output signal to a second output readout. The imaging system further includes a processing unit operatively coupled to the detection array and capable of processing the second output readouts of one or more of the modular devices, wherein said processing comprises adjusting the relationship between any combination of a second output collection rate for each active modular device, a second output readout rate, a frame rate for each active modular device, binning factor, and a number of active modular devices determining an image field of view to maintain a total output data acquisition rate below a maximum data acquisition rate of the processing unit and to obtain an image of the object. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007874 | MULTIPLE ENERGY X-RAY SOURCE | 2011-01-13 |
20110007875 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING COLLISION TIMING BETWEEN ELECTRON BEAM AND LASER LIGHT - An electron beam detection device ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007876 | Graphite Backscattered Electron Shield for Use in an X-Ray Tube - The present invention is a shielded anode having an anode with a surface facing an electron beam and a shield configured to encompass the anode surface. The shield has at least one aperture and an internal surface facing the anode surface. The shield internal surface and anode surface are separated by a gap in the range of 1 mm to 10 mm. The shield of the present invention is fabricated from a material, such as graphite, that is substantially transmissive to X-ray photons. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007877 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF COOLING A LIQUID METAL BEARING IN AN X-RAY TUBE - An x-ray tube includes a center shaft having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface forming a portion of a cavity therein, a mount having an inner surface, the mount having an x-ray target attached thereto, and a liquid metal positioned between the outer surface of the center shaft and the inner surface of the mount. The x-ray tube further includes a flow diverter positioned in the cavity, the flow diverter having a wall with an inner surface, and a plurality of jets passing through the wall, wherein the plurality of jets are configured such that when a fluid is flowed into the flow diverter and passes along its inner surface, a portion of the fluid passes through the plurality of jets and is directed toward the inner surface of the center shaft. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007878 | IMAGING SYSTEM USING MULTISOURCE COLLIMATION AND A METHOD ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING MULTISOURCE COLLIMATION - Disclosed is a collimator assembly for a multi-radiation-source medical imaging system (e.g. CT) and a medical imaging system utilizing the collimator. According to some embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a collimator assembly including at least two apertures, which apertures are adjustable substantially synchronously by one or more actuators. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007879 | Dental radiograph sensor positioning device - A dental radiograph sensor positioning device utilizing an elongated member which is fixed to a pair of supports. The first and second supports include holders for the radiograph sensor and are used interchangeably for this purpose. When one of the supports is held to the sensor, the other support is used as a grip for the user of the device. In this manner the device of the present invention may be used to obtain digital images from all four dental quadrants. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007880 | Call Setup Penalty Cost Categorization - Embodiments of systems and methods presently disclosed generally relate to categorizing penalty costs associated with calls. More specifically, embodiments relate to identifying penalty costs generated in response to setting up calls in a network and determining one or more reasons for the penalty costs. Further still, embodiments relate to generating one or more reports of penalty costs. Further yet, embodiments relate to notifying specified personnel of the penalty cost report(s). | 2011-01-13 |
20110007881 | Method and Device for Accessing Voicemail Commands - A communication device ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007882 | Method and interference engine for processing telephone communication data - A method and an inference engine for processing telephone communication data of telephone parties of a telephone network are provided to allow better services and better allocation of resources in a telephone network. The inference engine comprises an obtainer for obtaining telephone communication data that associates telephone parties identifiable by telephone network identifiers with usage data that describes usage of one or more services of a telephone network. Further, the inference engine also comprises a generator for generating contact structure data for a set of the telephone parties based on the telephone communication data, wherein the contact structure data expresses a degree of connectivity between each member of at least a part of the set and one or more other members. The generated data gives the required information to improve services and resource allocation in the network. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007883 | INTERCOM SYSTEM - An entry station for an intercom system comprises a touch-screen user interface operable to facilitate a dialling function. A communications module is provided which is arranged to communicate with at least one destination terminal in accordance with the dialling function. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A USER WITH NOTIFICATION INFORMATION IN THE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention proposes a method and apparatus for providing a user with notification information during a call period in a telecommunication system based on SIP protocol. In the present invention, after receiving a calling response message from a network server, a user equipment retrieves notification information from the calling response message and presents it to the user by a display screen (e.g. the display screen of a cell phone). If there needs several communications between the user equipment and the network server, the user only needs to choose corresponding service according to the notification information presented on the display screen, wherein the notification information presented on the display screen comprises one item or a plurality of items for the user to choose. It saves time and avoids the misoperation due to the fact that the user didn't listen to the voice notification information clearly. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007885 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FAX ROUTING - In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems are provided for processing facsimiles. A call processing system receives a first message transmitted from a first carrier system regarding a facsimile call to a phone address. The first message includes an identifier associated with the user. The identifier is used to determine if the user is authorized to receive call processing system services. If the user is authorized, a second message is transmitted to the first carrier system, the second message indicating that the first carrier system is to connect the call to the call processing system. The call processing system is connected to the call. A facsimile is received via the call at the call processing system. Information regarding the facsimile call is provided over a network, wherein some or all of the information is displayed in a call log visually accessible by the user. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007886 | TELEPHONE CONVERSATION RELAY SERVER, VOICE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION SYSTEM, AND VOICE TELEPHONE CONVERSATION RELAY METHOD - A call relay server includes a call control information storage unit that stores, for each user, a proxy phone number and terminal identification information on a main terminal and a sub terminal; and a call control unit that, when a call start request is received from the main terminal or the sub terminal, judges if the terminal is a main terminal or a sub terminal based on terminal identification information on a request source, establishes a call with the main terminal or the sub terminal and then makes a call to a call destination using the proxy phone number of the user, and forwards an incoming call, addressed to the proxy phone number, to the sub terminal if terminal identification information on the sub terminal is stored but, otherwise, forwards the incoming call to the main terminal. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007887 | CONTEXTUAL PHONE NUMBER VALIDATION - A validation service offers the ability to validate a telephone conference. The validation service can verify that a telephone number and a pass code can be used to access the telephone conference at the time the telephone conference is scheduled. The validation service can also inform users about changes to the scheduled telephone conference, and provide alternative telephone numbers that can be used to access the telephone conference. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007888 | CALLBACK SYSTEM, TRANSMITTING TERMINAL, TELEPHONE RELAY SERVER, CALLBACK METHOD AND CALLBACK PROGRAM - The callback system comprises: a transmitting terminal which comprises a storing section configured to store an attribute data which is uniquely determined and given, and a transmission request processing section configured to transmit a callback request including the attribute data for starting a callback communication; a database configured to relate and store a callback transmission source telephone number used in the callback communication for each attribute group prepared by collecting a plurality of the attribute data; a charging target judging section configured to receive the callback request and extract the callback transmission source telephone number which corresponding to the attribute data included in the callback request, as a selection callback transmission source telephone number from the database; and a transmission processing section configured to carry out the callback communication with the transmitting terminal, with the selection callback transmission source telephone number as a transmission source telephone number. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007889 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING A QUALITY PROCESS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented method of performing a quality evaluation. The method may include selecting from a plurality of interaction recordings at least one interaction recording according to at least one KPI. The method may include associating a selected interaction recording with a predefined evaluation form, presenting interactions selected for evaluation to an evaluator and performing a predefined action based on a result of the evaluation. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007890 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RINGING - A method and apparatus is provided for ring-trip detection in a line card having an analog-to-digital converter for processing voice signals. The method includes receiving a ringing control signal, transmitting a ringing signal to a subscriber line in response to the ringing control signal, and receiving a portion of the ringing signal from the subscriber line. The method includes converting the portion of the ringing signal to a digital signal using the analog-to-digital converter, and providing a ring-trip indication in response to the digital signal. The apparatus includes first circuitry capable of processing a voice signal, the circuitry including a analog-to-digital converter for processing the voice signal. The apparatus includes a ringing generator, second circuitry, and ring-trip detection logic. The generator is capable providing a ringing signal to a subscriber line in response to receiving a ringing control signal. The second circuitry is capable of delivering the portion of the ringing signal to the analog-to-digital converter of the first circuitry, wherein the analog-to-digital converts the portion of the ringing signal to a digital signal. The ring-trip detection logic is capable of providing a ring-trip indication in response to the digital signal. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007891 | MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY - A microphone assembly includes a microphone array carrier having a top surface and a plurality of side faces adjacent to the top surface. The top surface and the plurality of side faces each have a substantially planar portion. The substantially planar portion of each of the side faces extends substantially perpendicular to the substantially planar portion of the top surface. Each side face has a side opening extending through the side face and the top surface has a top opening extending through the top surface. The microphone assembly also includes a plurality of microphones corresponding to the side faces. Each microphone is mounted with a microphone boot in a side opening and is isolated from the microphone array carrier by the microphone boot. The microphone assembly also includes a housing extending around the microphone array carrier and sound isolating material disposed between the microphone array carrier and the housing. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007892 | Portable Electronic Device - A portable electronic device including a first section, a second section and a connecting section. The first section has a user input section and a first tubular housing member. The first tubular housing member forms a majority of opposite exterior lateral sides of the first section. The second section has a display and a second tubular housing member. The second tubular housing member forms a majority of opposite exterior lateral sides of the second section. The connecting section movably connects the second section with the first section. The first tubular housing member at least partially houses the user input section. The second tubular housing member at least partially houses the display. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007893 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINGERPRINTING AND COPY PROTECTING OPTICAL RECORDING MEDIA - A method for generating a unique identity for objects having measurable properties. The teachings include deriving unique features of the object and using them to generate a fingerprint for the device. The teachings also include techniques for providing appropriate signal processing for the incoming information from any physical device to be fingerprinted. The invention also includes methods for access control to optical recording media and physical devices. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007894 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING DEVICE - stores, in | 2011-01-13 |
20110007895 | Secure Configuration of a Computing Device - In accordance with a broad aspect, a method is provided to securely configure a computing device. A configuration indication is received into the computing device, including receiving a digital signature generated based on the configuration indication. Generation of the digital signature accounts for a unique identifier nominally associated with the computing device. The received configuration indication may be verified to be authentic including processing the unique identifier, the received configuration indication and the received digital signature. The computing device may be operated or interoperated with in accordance with the received configuration indication. In one example, a service interoperates with the computing device. The configuration indication and digital signature may be provided from the computing device to the service, and the service may interoperate with the computing device in accordance with the configuration indication and the digital signature. For example, the computing device may be a portable media player, and the service may provide media to the computing device based on a capacity indication of the configuration indication. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007896 | Data Exchange Apparatus and Method - Data exchange apparatuses and methods are provided. Two data exchange apparatuses are able to use a plurality of channels. One of the data exchange apparatus plays the active mode, while the other data exchange apparatus plays the passive mode. The active data exchange apparatus selects a first channel and transmits a data exchange request to the passive data exchange apparatus automatically through the first channel. The passive data exchange apparatus transmits an acknowledgment signal to the active data exchange apparatus automatically. Both the active and passive data exchange apparatuses select a second channel according to the acknowledgment signal and then exchange data through the second channel. People who owned a data exchange apparatus of the present invention can easily gather information according to his or her requirement from people who also own a data exchange apparatus. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007897 | COMMUNICATION NODE AND NETWORK SYSTEM - As one aspect, a communication node is provided which transmits data using an assigned frame. The communication node includes a data information storing section which stores information in which plural types of data storage information are related to identifiers, the data storage information indicating a relationship between one or more time slots configuring a frame and data stored in the time slots, and the identifiers identifying the data storage information. The communication node further includes an identifier selecting section which selects one of the identifiers, an identifier transmitting section which transmits the selected identifier included in a predetermined position of the frame, and a data transmitting section which refers to the data storage information corresponding to the selected identifier and transmits data which is specified by the data storage information and is included in a time slot based on the data storage information. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007898 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING ENCRYPTED USEFUL DATA OBJECTS - An apparatus and method for transferring encrypted useful data objects (NDO) to a first telecommunication terminal (TG | 2011-01-13 |
20110007899 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING OVER-THE-AIR SERVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a system and method for providing Over-The-Air (OTA) service. The system according to the present invention includes an OTA server for, when OTA data is requested by a mobile terminal, encrypting the requested OTA data using a preset OTA key depending on the type of the requested OTA data, and creating a message for providing the encrypted OTA data; and a message center for receiving the created message, and sending the created message to the mobile terminal. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007900 | AUTOMATIC DATA ENCRYPTION AND ACCESS CONTROL BASED ON BLUETOOTH DEVICE PROXIMITY - A method, apparatus, and system for using Bluetooth devices to secure sensitive data on other Bluetooth devices is described. A Bluetooth device is paired with a “trusted” Bluetooth device. When contact with the trusted device is lost, designated sensitive data on the secured Bluetooth device is automatically encrypted. When contact is restored, the data is automatically decrypted. In an alternate embodiment, a secured device can be associated with multiple trusted devices, and the secured device designate different sensitive data for each trusted device. In this way, multiple users can share a common, “public” Bluetooth device without concern that the other users will access their sensitive data on the device when the device is not being used by that user. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007901 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A communication device ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007902 | Approach for managing access to messages using encryption key management policies - Controlling access to disseminated messages includes implementing one or more key management policies that specify how various encryption keys are maintained and in particular, when encryption keys are made inaccessible. Deleting a particular key renders inaccessible all copies of messages, known or unknown, associated with the particular key, regardless of the location of the associated messages. A message may be directly or indirectly associated with a deleted key. Any number of levels of indirection are possible and either situation makes the message unrecoverable. The approach is applicable to any type of data in any format and the invention is not limited to any type of data or any type of data format. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007903 | Universal file packager for use with an interoperable keychest - There is provided a system and method for a universal file packager for use with an interoperable key chest. There is provided a method for distributing media contents to distributors, comprising obtaining a first key, a second key and a content, encrypting the second key using the first key to generate an encrypted second key, encrypting the content using the second key to generate an encrypted content, generating a key information file including the encrypted second key, generating a universal file including the encrypted content and a first network address for a central key repository (CKR), providing the key information file for storage in the CKR, and providing the universal file to the distributors. The universal file can then be provided to users for digital e-commerce and transferred across different distributors with the CKR negotiating key access for granting new interoperable DRM licenses. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007904 | ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - A corrective measurement part of a processing control part | 2011-01-13 |
20110007905 | ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - In a processing control unit | 2011-01-13 |
20110007906 | Wind Noise Classifier - A special purpose machine measures and modulates communication signals that are parsed into frames. Frames of signals modulated and measured to have certain qualities are deemed to be the result of wind noise. Frames of wind noise are cancelled from further use within a communication system. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007907 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR ADAPTIVE ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION - An adaptive active noise cancellation apparatus performs a filtering operation in a first digital domain and performs adaptation of the filtering operation in a second digital domain. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007908 | Speaker Capacitive Sensor - Methods and apparatuses for capacitive sensing are disclosed. In one example, a speaker includes a diaphragm and an electrically conductive material. The speaker electrically conductive material is adapted to form an electrode to measure capacitance. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007909 | CLASS H AMPLIFIER - A class H amplifier circuit includes a Buck converter | 2011-01-13 |
20110007910 | VOLUME CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A volume control device used in a portable electronic device includes an input unit, an adjustment unit connected to the input unit; and an output unit connected to the adjustment unit. The input unit receives transmitted communication signals or audio signals of audio files played by the portable electronic device and transmits the audio signals to the adjustment unit, the adjustment unit automatically adjusts the voltages of the audio signals to a predetermined adjusted voltage range and transmits the adjusted audio signals to the output unit, and the output unit automatically adjusts the voltage of the audio signals transmitted from the adjustment unit to a selected broadcast voltage range and broadcasts the audio signals. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007911 | METHODS FOR LOCATING EITHER AT LEAST ONE SOUND GENERATING OBJECT OR A MICROPHONE USING AUDIO PULSES - In a first aspect, there is provided a method for locating a position of at least one sound generating object using at least one audio pulse, with the at least one audio pulse being detected by a plurality of stationary microphones located at a first position being spaced apart by a pre-determined distance. In a second aspect, there is provided a method for locating a position of a microphone using audio pulses emitted from a plurality of sound generating objects. The at least one audio pulse may preferably be in a form of a logarithmic swept sine (LSS) signal, as the LSS signal is detectable at both low volumes and amidst background noises. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007912 | DOUBLE INTEGRAL METHOD OF POWERING UP OR DOWN A SPEAKER - An audio subsystem having a waveform generation circuit that generates a power-up signal for controlling an electric signal used to drive a speaker during a power-up period in which the power-up signal has a positive second derivative during a first sub-period of the power-up period and has a negative second derivative during a second sub-period of the power-up period. The first sub-period spans at least one-fourth of the power-up period, and the second sub-period spans at least one-fourth of the power-up period. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007913 | MAGNET ASSEMBLY FOR A LOUDSPEAKER - The present invention relates to a magnet assembly ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007914 | ELECTROSTATIC LOUDSPEAKER - An electrostatic loudspeaker includes a backplate having a metal film acting as one electrode of a capacitor and defining a number of sound apertures therein; a diaphragm insulatively spaced a distance from the backplate to form the capacitor; the diaphragm comprising a metal film acting as the other electrode of the capacitor; a back chamber having a substrate and an insulative spacer for joining edge portions of the diaphragm and the substrate; a driving circuit element for converting electrical signals from exterior input pads into driving signals to drive the diaphragm to vibrate and sound; the driving circuit element being mounted on an inner surface of the substrate and being accommodated in the back chamber; and a first, second and third connection paths for respectively electrically connecting the driving circuit element with the two electrodes of the capacitor, and the exterior input pads. An electrostatic loudspeaker with two backplates is also disclosed. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007915 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH OBJECT-ORIENTED STEREO SOUND COORDINATE DISPLAY - A display apparatus having an object-oriented 3D sound coordinate indication is disclosed, in which sounds are outputted from a speaker positioned matching with a coordinate of an object in a matrix speaker apparatus formed of a plurality of small size speakers disposed behind a display apparatus in cooperation with an object content displayed on a display apparatus screen. The display apparatus having an object-oriented 3D sound coordinate indication comprises a center channel decoder which receives an audio signal corresponding to a center channel speaker among the audio signals outputted from a decoder of the surround speaker system and separates into sound sources based on an object; a center channel matrix for setting the coordinates of sound sources based on the objects separated by the center channel decoder; a matrix amplifier for amplifying an output sound of a speaker matching with each coordinate value of the sound sources based on the object; and a plurality of speakers which are arranged in a matrix shape behind the display monitor, whereby sounds are outputted through the speakers corresponding to the coordinates of the objects displayed on the display monitor. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007916 | TELEPHONE TO HEARING DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A telephone handset ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007917 | Two Chip Solution Band Filtering - A behind the ear earpiece | 2011-01-13 |
20110007918 | FILTER BANK CONFIGURATION FOR A HEARING DEVICE - A filter bank configuration for a hearing device has filters in an analysis filter bank and corresponding filters in a synthesis filter bank that are coupled pair-wise to form a channel in each case. In order to compensate for a hearing loss, sub-band signals are amplified in the individual channels with the aid of multipliers. In the process, an audible distortion of an output signal Y of the filter bank configuration as a result of differences between amplification factors of the multipliers of neighboring channels should be prevented. Here, at least one channel changes a phase of a sub-band signal transmitted by the channel such that a difference between a group delay of the filter bank configuration and a prescribable reference value is reduced for at least one predetermined frequency. The filter bank configuration is particularly suited to hearing aids. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007919 | LOCKING MECHANISM FOR ADJUSTABLE TUBE - An in the ear hearing aid component, acoustically connected to a hearing aid component outside the ear canal, is characterized by adjusting means ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007920 | INTRA-ORAL BRACKETS FOR TRANSMITTING VIBRATIONS - An intra-oral apparatus includes a bracket having a base to secure the bracket to a tooth, the bracket having an appliance attachment, and an electronic module having an attachment point to releasably secure the electronic module to the appliance attachment. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007921 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A LOUDSPEAKER ASSEMBLY - A method and apparatus for providing a loudspeaker assembly is provided. In accordance with at least one embodiment, a method is provided for mounting a loudspeaker driver in a loudspeaker driver aperture defined in a ground plane and installing a grille in relation to the ground plane such that a distance between the grille and the ground plane decreases as the distance from the loudspeaker driver increases. In accordance with at least one embodiment, apparatus is provided comprising a ground plane, a loudspeaker driver mounted in a loudspeaker driver aperture of the ground plane, and a grille positioned relative to the ground plane such that a distance between the grille and the ground plane decreases with increasing distance from the loudspeaker driver. The loudspeaker assembly can be used to replace ceiling tiles having any size or configuration, and can also me mounted in other surfaces, such as ceiling walls, floors, table tops, etc. made of drywall, hard decking, wood, stone, cement, glass, or any other material or type of construction, or configured in a stand-alone loudspeaker frame or cabinet. The loudspeaker assembly of the present invention can be mounted in any orientation. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007922 | SPEAKER DIAPHRAGM, SPEAKER, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND MOBILE DEVICE USING THE SPEAKER - A speaker diaphragm of the present invention is formed by mixing polylactic acid as a plant-derived resin, bamboo fibers and a natural binder. It is thereby possible to realize a speaker diaphragm capable of obtaining sufficient sound velocity, while having low environmental load and high sound quality. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007923 | Loudspeaker cabinet and reproduction system - A loudspeaker box comprising a first and a second speaker unit each adjacent a sound space formed in the housing. The loudspeaker box further comprises a separation element provided between the sound spaces. The separation element comprises faces to reflect at least a part of sound waves to be radiated by a backside of the speaker units into the sound spaces. As well, the separation element leaves open a passage between the sound spaces. By reflection of sound waves at the faces of the separation element an acoustic influence on the speaker units occurs as a result of which for example an electric filtering of signals being supplied to the speaker units can be dispensed with. In a further aspect of the invention, the loudspeaker box comprises a further compartment that is at least partially filled with a granular material. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007924 | Microphone - Thus there is provided a microphone ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007925 | Condenser microphone - There is provided a condenser microphone in which electromagnetic shielding in the connecting part of a microphone capsule and a microphone main body is made more reliable. In the condenser microphone including a microphone capsule | 2011-01-13 |
20110007926 | HEADPHONE DEVICE - A headphone device includes: a driver unit held in the vicinity of the external acoustic meatus of an ear; and an arm in a predetermined shape formed integrally with the driver unit and extending from the driver unit, wherein an end of the arm is kept abutting on a part of the auricle near the base the auricle on a back side thereof to support the device at two support points provided by the driver unit and the end of the arm. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007927 | BONE CONDUCTION COMMUNICATIONS HEADSET WITH HEARING PROTECTION - A communications headset includes bone vibrating transducers supported over the temporal bones of a wearer in front of each ear and an earpiece. The earpieces, when not in use, are selectively securable in a holster formed on each transducer housing. Radio signals received by a wearer or vehicular mounted radio are processed by and distributed through a communications interface to both the transducers and the earpiece speakers. Ambient or external noises picked up by one or more microphones on each earpiece are processed to reduce ambient noises above a certain level. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007928 | Headphone - In a headphone having a headband and two speaker units respectively pivotally mounted on the two distal ends of the headband, each speaker unit includes a speaker eccentrically positioned therein, an ear cushion covered on the front side of the speaker and having an eccentric opening, and a soft front covering the ear cushion and defining with the eccentric opening a sound chamber for enhancing the sound produced by the speaker and having sound holes for output of sound from the sound chamber to the user's ear. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007929 | EARBUDS WITH ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION - To avoid undesirable electrostatic discharge events while maintaining low leakage currents, earbuds may be provided with controlled electrostatic discharge paths. The discharge paths may include discrete components such as resistors or more distributed resistive components such as resistive elastomers. A resistive elastomer may be incorporated into an interior portion of an earbud between an earbud housing structure and a ground path. A resistive elastomer may also be used in forming an ear bud tip. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007930 | Receiver - There is provided an earphone having at least one housing ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007931 | SPEAKER DIAPHRAGM, SPEAKER, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPEAKER DIAPHRAGM - A speaker diaphragm of the present invention is molded by paper-making molding, using not smaller than 5 wt % of fibers extracted from at least bamboo leaves. It is thereby possible to improve the rigidity of the speaker diaphragm, so as to realize a speaker diaphragm with low environmental load, reducible cost and high sound quality. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007932 | Method for Identifying Motion Video Content - A method for identifying motion video content, forming a registered fingerprint database in advance for video contents of broadcasting video signals, wherein said method at least comprises the steps of storing a consecutive of video frame images of a motion video content to be identified into a frame buffer; obtaining sample values on the video frame images by a frame sampler; holding the sample values in a fingerprint store as a fingerprint A for search in the fingerprint database; and performing a fingerprint pattern matching algorithm between the fingerprint A for search in the fingerprint database and fingerprints B contained in the fingerprint database so as to determine whether the motion video content has ever been broadcasted before. The method according to the present invention can effectively organize, archive, and search video content; lower the cost of digital storage devices; and identify video content efficiently and with minimal or no human interactions. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007933 | 3D Image Processing - Three dimensional image processing is described for example, for digital rendering of real-world objects, medical imaging applications and digital effects rendering. In an example, a 3D image processing apparatus takes a binary volume representation of a three dimensional image and forms an embedding function substantially consistent with the binary volume. In examples, the embedding function is smoothed by regularizing the at least second order derivatives and optimized using a convex optimization engine. In an embodiment the optimized embedding function is used to create a surface representation of the three dimensional object using an iso-surface extraction engine. In another embodiment the surface representation may be directly rendered on a display using volume rendering techniques. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007934 | Securing of Documents by Means of Digital Watermark Information - In the production of a document, image information is incorporated into a plurality of layers of the document such that the pieces of image information are combined into a total image. The image information in at least two of the layers includes digital watermark information. The entirety of the digital watermark information in the at least two layers forms a security feature for an authentication of the document. The invention further relates to a respective document, a method for authentication, and a device for authentication. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007935 | Digital Watermarking in Data Representing Color Channels - The present disclosure relates to digital watermarking. One claim recites a method to detect two or more different digital watermarks in media. The method includes: receiving captured imagery of the media, the captured imagery comprising a plurality of image frames; for a first image frame applying a first watermark detector to search for a first digital watermark hidden within the first image frame, in which an electronic processor is programmed as the first watermark detector; and for a second image frame applying a second, different watermark detector to search for a second, different watermark hidden within the second image frame, in which an electronic processor is programmed as the second watermark detector. Other claims and combinations are provided too. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007936 | Encoding and Decoding Media Signals - The present disclosure relates generally to encoding and decoding signals from media signals. One claim recites an apparatus comprising: electronic memory for storing blocks of a media signal; an electronic processor programmed for: determining a detection metric for the blocks, the detection metric comprising a measure of coincidence of detection parameters of different blocks; and performing detection operations based on the measure of coincidence of the detection parameters. Of course, other claims and combinations are provided as well. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007937 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING AN OBJECT OF INTEREST - This invention relates to a system and method for measuring an object of interest ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007938 | Thermal and short wavelength infrared identification systems - A method and apparatus for preventing fratricide including an emitter that emits a signaling code at a wavelength, the signaling code representing a coded message; a receiver that captures an image of a field of view including the emitter and generates image information corresponding to the captured image; a translation system that: receives the image information, and decodes the coded message from the image information; and a output device that outputs the decoded message. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007939 | Image-based tracking - A method of image-tracking by using an image capturing device. The method comprises: performing an image-capture of a scene by using an image capturing device; and tracking movement of the image capturing device by analyzing a set of images by using an image processing algorithm. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007940 | AUTOMATED TARGET DETECTION AND RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and apparatus are provided for recognizing particular objects of interest in a captured image. One or more salient features that are correlative to an object of interest are detected within a captured image. The captured image is segmented into one or more regions of interest that include a detected salient feature. A covariance appearance model is generated for each of the one or more regions of interest, and first and second comparisons are conducted. The first comparisons comprise comparing each of the generated covariance appearance models to a plurality of stored covariance appearance models, and the second comparisons comprise comparing each of the generated covariance appearance models to each of the other generated covariance appearance model. Based on the first and second comparisons, a determination is made as to whether each of the one or more detected salient features is a particular object of interest. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007941 | PRECISELY LOCATING FEATURES ON GEOSPATIAL IMAGERY - Methods for locating a feature on geospatial imagery and systems for performing those methods are disclosed. An accuracy level of each of a plurality of geospatial vector datasets available in a database can be determined. Each of the plurality of geospatial vector datasets corresponds to the same spatial region as the geospatial imagery. The geospatial vector dataset having the highest accuracy level may be selected. When the selected geospatial vector dataset and the geospatial imagery are misaligned, the selected geospatial vector dataset is aligned to the geospatial imagery. The location of the feature on the geospatial imagery is then determined based on the selected geospatial vector dataset and outputted via a display device. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007942 | Real-Time Tracking System - There is provided a real-time tracking system and a method associated therewith for identifying and tracking objects moving in a physical region, typically for producing a physical effect, in real-time, in response to the movement of each object. The system scans a plane, which intersects a physical space, in order to collect reflection-distance data as a function of position along the plane. The reflection-distance data is then processed by a shape-analysis subsystem in order to locate among the reflection-distance data, a plurality of discontinuities, which are in turn associated to one or more detected objects. Each detected object is identified and stored in an identified-object structure. The scanning and processing is repeated for a number of iterations, wherein each detected object is identified with respect to the previously scanned objects, through matching with the identified-object structures, in order to follow the course of each particular object. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007943 | Registration Apparatus, Checking Apparatus, Data Structure, and Storage Medium (amended - A registration apparatus, a checking apparatus, a data structure, and a storage medium that are capable of achieving an improved authentication accuracy are provided. The registration apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a venous image for a vein of a living body, an extraction unit configured to extract a parameter resistant to affine transformation from part of the venous image, and a registration unit configured to register the parameter extracted by the extraction unit in storage means. The part of the venous image is set as a target for extracting the parameter resistant to affine transformation. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007944 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OCCUPANCY ESTIMATION - A system generates occupancy estimates based on a Kinetic-Motion (KM)-based model that predicts the movements of occupants through a region divided into a plurality of segments. The system includes a controller for executing an algorithm representing the KM-based model. The KM-based model includes state equations that define each of the plurality of segments as containing congested portions and uncongested portions. The state equations define the movement of occupants based, in part, on the distinctions made between congested and uncongested portions of each segment. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007945 | FAST ALGORITHM FOR STREAMING WAVEFRONT - The invention is generally directed to the field of image processing, and more particularly to a method and an apparatus for determining a wavefront of an object, in particular a human eye. The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for real-time wavefront sensing of an optical system utilizing two different algorithms for detecting centroids of a centroid image as provided by a Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor. A first algorithm detects an initial position of all centroids and a second algorithm detects incremental changes of all centroids detected by said first algorithm. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007946 | UNIFIED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANIMAL BEHAVIOR CHARACTERIZATION WITH TRAINING CAPABILITIES - In general, the present invention is directed to systems and methods for finding the position and shape of an object using video. The invention includes a system with a video camera coupled to a computer in which the computer is configured to automatically provide object segmentation and identification, object motion tracking (for moving objects), object position classification, and behavior identification. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention may use background subtraction for object identification and tracking, probabilistic approach with expectation-maximization for tracking the motion detection and object classification, and decision tree classification for behavior identification. Thus, the present invention is capable of automatically monitoring a video image to identify, track and classify the actions of various objects and the object's movements within the image. The image may be provided in real time or from storage. The invention is particularly useful for monitoring and classifying animal behavior for testing drugs and genetic mutations, but may be used in any of a number of other surveillance applications. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007947 | SUBJECT POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING SUBJECT POSITION, AND CAMERA - A subject position determination method includes: generating a plurality of binarized images of a target image based upon color information or brightness information of the target image; calculating an evaluation value used to determine a subject position in the target image for each of the plurality of binarized images; and determining a subject position in the target image based upon the evaluation value. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007948 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC STEREO MEASUREMENT OF A POINT OF INTEREST IN A SCENE - A system for performing a three dimensional stereo measurement that uses a sensor for obtaining a sensor image of a scene, and a database for providing first and second reference images of the scene that are a stereo pair of images. At least one processing system is responsive to an output of the sensor and in communication with the database. The processing system registers the sensor image with the first reference image, and also selects a point of interest from one of the sensor image and the first reference image. The processing system performs a stereo point measurement from the selected point of interest and the first reference image to determine a point in the second reference image that represents a stereo mate of the selected point in the first reference image. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007949 | METHODS FOR PERFORMING BIOMETRIC RECOGNITION OF A HUMAN EYE AND CORROBORATION OF SAME - A method of biometric recognition is provided. Multiple images of the face or other non-iris image and iris of an individual are acquired. If the multiple images are determined to form an expected sequence of images, the face and iris images are associated together. A single camera preferably acquires both the iris and face images by changing at least one of the zoom, position, or dynamic range of the camera. The dynamic range can be adjusted by at least one of adjusting the gain settings of the camera, adjusting the exposure time, and/or adjusting the illuminator brightness. The expected sequence determination can be made by determining if the accumulated motion vectors of the multiple images is consistent with an expected set of motion vectors and/or ensuring that the iris remains in the field of view of all of the multiple images. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007950 | System and method for monitoring protective garments - The wearing of required medical garments by caregivers and other persons is detected through the use of a digital imaging system and methods that employ digital imaging. The medical garments include colors, symbols or other features that allow them to be identified by the system. A moving object within an isolation room or other area requiring the wearing of medical garments is detected. Various stages of processing confirm that the moving object is indeed a person and that the person is wearing the required medical garments. In order to enhance the digital imaging procedure, the person may be instructed to move to a selected position. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007951 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION OF FINGERPRINTS AND MAPPING OF BLOOD VESSELS IN A FINGER - In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is provided an apparatus for characterizing and identifying a human. The apparatus comprises a light imaging device that images topography of a surface of a portion of human anatomy, and an infrared imaging device that images infrared radiation of the same portion of human anatomy. The light imaging device and the infrared imaging device are rotatable about at least one axis, each of the at least one axis extending through the portion of the anatomy. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007952 | Enhanced Visualizations for Ultrasound Videos - A method estimates a pattern of change of a patient, specifically a change in the respiration pattern. An ultrasound video is segmented into groups of pictures (GOPs). Pixels from the first GOP are used to initialize a change model. Based on the change model, a change pattern for a next GOP is estimated, and the change model is changed to fit the change pattern. The estimating and the updating are repeated until a termination condition is reached. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007953 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POST-PROCESSING MEASURED VALUES REGISTERED BY WAY OF AN IMAGING SYSTEM - A method is disclosed for post-processing measured values of a tissue region including at least part of a heart, which measured values were registered by way of an imaging system. In at least one embodiment, the method includes at least: generating an at least three-dimensional data record from the measured values; analyzing the at least three-dimensional data record and generating parameter maps in respect of at least two of the following parameters: thickness and/or change in thickness of a myocardial wall, movement of the myocardial wall, local blood-supply values for defined spatial regions of the heart; automatically generating a results parameter map on the basis of the generated parameter maps according to fixed rules; and outputting the results parameter map. Moreover, at least one embodiment of the invention relates to a correspondingly designed device. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007954 | Method and System for Database-Guided Lesion Detection and Assessment - A method and system for automatically detecting lesions in a 3D medical image, such as a CT image or an MR image, is disclosed. Body parts are detected in the 3D medical image. Anatomical landmarks, organs, and bone structures are detected in the 3D medical image based on the detected body parts. Search regions are defined in the 3D medical image based on the detected anatomical landmarks, organs, and bone structures. Lesions are detected in each search region using a trained region-specific lesion detector. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007955 | Apparatus and Method for Barcoded Magnetic Beads Analysis - A Light Transmitted Assay Beads or digital magnetic microbead having a digitally coded structure that is partially transmissive and opaque to light. When hundreds or thousands of LITAB are settled down to the bottom of a microwell in a microplate or a planar surface, the barcode can be decoded by image processed accurately and reliable. Microplate is a standard bioassay format; each plate can have 96, 384, or 1536 patient samples. Therefore, a large number of targets in a sample can be analyzed in one single microwell. The image decoding algorithms comprise of four main processes (1) enhancement of image (2) segmentation of beads (3) extraction of barcode slits, and (4) decoding of barcodes. The bead image is taken from the bottom of an optically clear microplate, and barcode pattern can be decoded by image software. Therefore, the whole bead bioassay experiment can be performed in the microplate without taking the beads out. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007956 | SINOGRAM PROCESSING TO REDUCE METAL ARTIFACTS IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - A method is disclosed for reconstructing image data of an examination object from measurement data, wherein the measurement data was captured as projection data during a relative rotational movement between a radiation source of a computed tomography system and the examination object. In at least one embodiment, a first image is determined from the measurement data and pixel values of the first image are modified, by classifying the pixel values in at least three classes, a class pixel value being assigned to each class, and the pixels of the first image being allocated the respective class pixel value. Projection data is calculated from the thus modified first image. The calculated projection data is used to normalize the measured projection data. Values are modified in the normalized projection data and the thus modified normalized projection data is subjected to a processing that reverses normalization. Finally a second image is determined from the thus processed projection data. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007957 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An imaging apparatus that captures a tomographic image of a subject includes: a first tomographic image acquisition unit to acquire a first tomographic image of the subject, a tomographic image analysis unit to analyze the first tomographic image, an image capturing parameter setting unit to set an image capturing parameter for capturing a second tomographic image of the subject according to a result of analysis by the tomographic image analysis unit, a second tomographic image acquisition unit to acquire the second tomographic image captured according to the image capturing parameter set by the image capturing parameter setting unit, and a correction unit to correct positional deviation of the first tomographic image by using the second tomographic image. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007958 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF ATTENUATION MAP - A method of image reconstruction corrected for attenuation is provided for use with radioemission-based imaging, such as SPECT and PET. This method includes collecting measured emission projection data. The emission projection data, a reconstruction of the emission projection data, and a priori organ information are collectively analyzed to generate a body region estimate of the imaged subject. Each voxel of the body region estimate is then homogenously assigned an attenuation coefficient to generate an initial attenuation map estimate. An initial emission assumption is also generated based on a reconstruction of the emission projection data. The initial emission assumption and initial attenuation map estimate are then processed and refined to produce an image reconstruction. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007959 | CT SURROGATE BY AUTO-SEGMENTATION OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES - When modeling anatomical structures in a patient for diagnosis or therapeutic planning, an atlas ( | 2011-01-13 |
20110007960 | BANK NOTE PROCESSING DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATING METHOD - A bill processing apparatus capable of conducting accurately an authenticity judgment of a bill, which is caused to expand or contract, and an authenticity judgment process method employed therein. The bill processing apparatus includes a bill reader reading a bill, a reference data storage part storing an allowable range acceptable from a reference value as a standard length of a printed area on each surface thereof; and a comparison judgment part executing an authenticity judgment process by comparing the corrected data with an allowable ranged for the other surface stored in the storage part, the actual measurement data on the other surface being corrected based on a correction value calculated with respect to the actual measurement data for the one surface, when the actual measurement data of the length of the printed area of the one surface is out of the allowable range. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007961 | DEFECT CLASSIFICATION METHOD, COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DEFECT CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS - A defect classification apparatus of the present invention includes a design unit and a diagnosis unit. In the design unit, a model creation unit combines a defect template in a template storage unit with a teaching image to create a defect model, and a classification class setting unit calculates feature amounts of a defect in the defect model and sets a classification class of the defect. The relation between the feature amounts of the defect and the classification class is stored in a storage unit. In the diagnosis unit, a feature amount calculation unit calculates feature amounts of defects from a captured inspection object image of the substrate, and a classification unit classifies the defects of the substrate into classification classes from the relations between the feature amounts of the defects and the classification classes in the storage unit based on the calculated feature amounts of the defects. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007962 | Overlay Information Over Video - In accordance with a particular embodiment of the invention, a method for geotagging an image includes receiving an image of a real-world scene. Location information may be received corresponding to the image. The location information may identify the location of the real-world scene. The image may be synchronized with the location information corresponding to the image such that a two-dimensional point on the image corresponds to a three-dimensional location in the real world at the real-world scene. A geotag may be received. The geotag may tag the image at the image at the two-dimensional point and provide additional information concerning the real-world scene. The geotag and the three-dimensional location in the real world at the real-world scene may be stored in a geotag database. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007963 | COMBINER FOR IMPROVING HANDWRITING RECOGNITION - Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve handwriting recognition operations. Handwritten input is received in training mode and run through several base recognizers to generate several alternate lists. The alternate lists are unioned together into a combined alternate list. If the correct result is in the combined list, each correct/incorrect alternate pair is used to generate training patterns. The weights associated with the alternate pairs are stored. At runtime, the combined alternate list is generated just as training time. The trained comparator-net can be used to compare any two alternates in the combined list. A template matching base recognizer is used with one or more neural network base recognizers to improve recognition operations. The system provides comparator-net and reorder-net processes trained on print and cursive data, and ones that have been trained on cursive-only data. The respective comparator-net and reorder-net processes are used accordingly. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007964 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE-ASSISTED HUMAN LABELING OF PIXELS IN AN IMAGE - A user interface and method is embodied on a computer readable medium and executable on a computer. The user interface is a labeler which labels only foreground pixels of an image stored in a computing environment. The labeler operates in a Region mode/state and Brush mode/state, and includes a Tentative mode that permits an assigned label to be changed after pixels have been selected. Groups of pixels may be selected for labeling at once by a point-and-click command, and a pixel may belong to one or more groups of pixels which are stored in memory as image layers. The groups are formed dynamically by user selection actions, and/or through automatic recognition algorithms. Pixels already labeled with certain labels may be locked to not be altered by additional labeling operations. Unassigned pixels may be highlighted to increase the ease at which they are identified in an image. Comparisons between labeled images are undertaken to indicate differences between different groundtruth labeling. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007965 | QUANTITATIVE METHOD FOR EVALUATION OF FIBER TEAR ASSOCIATED WITH REMOVAL OF A FIRST LAYER THAT WAS ADHERED TO A SECOND LAYER - A method is provided for quantitatively evaluating fiber tear associated with removal of a cover that was adhered to a spine of bound pages of at least one book. The method includes optically imaging the spine of each book from which the cover was removed and generating a corresponding at least one digital image, and processing the images using a tangible processor executing image processing software. The processing includes selecting regions of the images that have a color which corresponds to a range of colors associated with a selected level of fiber tear, assigning a selected color to the selected regions which is contrasting relative to the colors of non-selected regions of the at least one image, selecting at least a portion of the images to analyze, and determining a percentage of the selected portion that is assigned the selected color. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007966 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing System, Image Processing Method and Image Processing Program - An image processing apparatus MFP includes a memory for storing color data of a plurality of picture elements together with a correlation to identification information for identifying each picture element, and storing a reference value and a statistical value for each of a predetermined number of baskets; a classifying unit for classifying each of the plurality of picture elements into one of the baskets based on the color data and the reference value corresponding to the basket; a calculating unit for calculating the statistical value and the reference value of the basket accommodating the classified picture element based on the color data corresponding to the picture element; and a determining unit for determining a representative color of each basket based on the statistical value, and outputting the representative color of each basket and a result of the classification of each picture element. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007967 | Method and arrangement for retrieving information comprised in a barcode - A method of retrieving information comprised in a barcode is disclosed. The method comprises detecting that the barcode is present in a first image having a first image quality and capturing a first region, acquiring, when it is detected that the barcode is present, a second image having a second image quality and capturing a second region, wherein the second image quality is higher than the first image quality, and wherein the second region at least partly overlaps the first region, and decoding the barcode based on the second image to retrieve the information. A corresponding program product and a corresponding arrangement are also disclosed along with a communication device comprising the arrangement. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007968 | IMAGE EVALUATION METHOD, IMAGE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - Disclosed is a picture quality evaluation method with which the amount of pixel change in a pixel set of a specified size is calculated between specified frames of a first image, and weighting processing based on the amount of pixel change is applied to a first picture quality value calculated based on specified data from the first image between at least the aforementioned specified frames to calculate a second picture quality value for the first image. | 2011-01-13 |
20110007969 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING LENS SHADING - A lens shading correction method and apparatus are provided for removing vignetting occurring in digital images due to lens shading. A white image captured by an image pickup device and an image pickup unit is separated into reference white images corresponding to color channels. A vignetting center having a maximum light intensity is estimated in each of the reference white images. Multiple reference segments on each of the reference white images are defined. A lens shading correction value corresponding to each pixel constituting the reference segments are calculated using a corresponding light intensity. A lens shading correction function corresponding to each reference segment is derived using a corresponding lens shading correction value. Vignetting of a general image received in a general image processing mode is removed, using the derived multiple lens shading correction functions. | 2011-01-13 |