05th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110029220 | Intake system control device and method - an intake system control device includes: an acquisition section that acquires an operation condition of an engine; a steady-state value determination section that determines input and output steady-state values for an intake system of the engine based on the acquired operation condition; a gain determination section that determines a gain for a state space model; and a first input calculation section that calculates the intake system input from the acquired operation condition, the input steady-state value, the output steady-state value, and an intake system output by using the state space model having the determined gain. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029221 | CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR ENGINE - One example method for an engine having an automatic stopping function in which the engine is automatically stopped when a predetermined engine stopping condition is satisfied, and then the engine is automatically restarted when a predetermined engine restarting condition is satisfied, includes the following: a first step for driving a motor so as to increase an engine rotating speed of the engine up to a predetermined rotating speed and maintain the engine rotating speed, in a case in which a predetermined first condition is satisfied when the engine rotating speed is below the predetermined rotating speed during automatic engine stopping; and a second step for restarting a fuel supply into the engine in a case in which a predetermined second condition is satisfied after the first step is executed. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029222 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CYLINDER DEACTIVATION - A method of controlling a cylinder deactivation system is disclosed. Information from one or more sensors is received by a control unit. The control unit compares the current values of a parameter with one or more prohibited ranges in order to determine if cylinder deactivation should be prohibited. The one or more prohibited ranges are discrete ranges, each with a lower limit and an upper limit. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029223 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ELECTRIC POWER BLIPS AND MANAGING THE OPERATION OF A MOTOR - The present invention relates particularly to a method for detecting electric power blips during transmission of an electric signal representative of a magnitude detected by a sensor ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110029224 | ASSESSING ROAD TRAFFIC FLOW CONDITIONS USING DATA OBTAINED FROM MOBILE DATA SOURCES - Techniques are described for assessing road traffic conditions in various ways based on obtained traffic-related data, such as data samples from vehicles and other mobile data sources traveling on the roads, as well as in some situations data from one or more other sources (such as physical sensors near to or embedded in the roads). The assessment of road traffic conditions based on obtained data samples may include various filtering and/or conditioning of the data samples, and various inferences and probabilistic determinations of traffic-related characteristics from the data samples. In some situations, the inferences based on the data samples includes repeatedly determining traffic flow characteristics for road segments of interest during periods of time, such as to determine traffic volume and/or average occupancy of the road. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMAL TAXI CLEARANCES - A system is delineated comprising a display and a receiver coupled to the display for receiving data for presenting on the display, the data representing spoken VHF messages. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029226 | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR FINDING A LOCATION BASED ON AN IMAGE AT ANOTHER LOCATION - A computer system displays an image of a first geographic location by a computer system, receives a user selection of a portion of the image of the first geographic location, processes the user-selected image portion to identify a meaning for the user-selected image portion, computes a logical connection between the computer system identified meaning and a second geographic location, and directs the user to the second geographic location. Computing the logical connection may include finding a match between a significance of the second geographic location and the meaning identified for the user-selected image portion. Receiving a user selection of an image portion may include receiving a user selection identifying an ad within the image and wherein the processing to identify a meaning for the user-selected image portion includes identifying a meaning for the ad. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029227 | NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EMPHASISING A MAP ROUTE - A method, a device and a computer readable medium are disclosed for navigation. The method includes determining map information for display on an integrated input and display device of a navigation device, based upon a determined route of travel of the navigation device; and differentiating at least a portion of the map information within a threshold distance of the determined route of travel, from other map information, to thereby emphasize the determined route of travel. The navigation device includes a processor to determine map information for subsequent display, based upon a determined route of travel of the navigation device, the processor further being useable to control display of at least a portion of the map information, determined to be within a threshold distance of the determined route of travel, in a manner differentiated from display of other map information, to thereby emphasize the determined route of travel. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029228 | Map information delivery system, method, and program - A map information delivery system, including a navigation apparatus, is capable of preferentially receiving map updating information based on a host vehicle's state. The updating information may be preferentially received based on whether a destination has been set, a location of the updating information relative to an updating position or a destination, and/or the size of the updating information. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029229 | System and Method of Providing Directions to a User of a Wireless Communication Device - A wireless communication device communicates Radio Frequency (RF) signals with a wireless communication network, and receives navigation signals from a constellation of satellites orbiting the Earth. When the device travels to an area where the RF signals from the network are weak or non-existent, the device automatically activates its Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) receiver, and periodically saves its location to memory. If a user of the device becomes lost, the device can use the saved locations to generate directions to return the user to, or near, the network coverage area. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029230 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND GUIDE ROUTE SEARCH METHOD - A traffic jam guide image showing traffic jam conditions of a plurality of road sections ahead of a current location of a vehicle is displayed together with a map image during a guidance of a guide route from the current location to a destination. Based on a user operation performed on a touch screen, an object road section in which a search condition is to be changed and the search condition in the object road section are set. A second guide route from the current location to the destination is searched for based on the search condition set for the object road section such that the user has only to perform a simple operation through a touch screen to automatically change the search condition and set the road section to which the changed search condition is applied. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029231 | METHOD FOR ROUTE DETERMINATION AND DEVICE FOR IT - A method is provided for determining a route for a route guidance, in which a first route is determined on the assumption of a first traffic situation, a second route is determined on the assumption of a second traffic situation, the second route being compared to the first route, and a route change difference being determined from the comparison, where the two routes are offered to a user for the selection for an additional route guidance only if the route change difference exceeds a first threshold value. A device for carrying out the method is also described. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029232 | DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE - In a distribution system comprising a center device for distributing, content information and an vehicle-mounted device, when information on a parking lot that is a distribution destination exists, the center device transmits content information including the information on the parking lot to the vehicle-mounted device (step S | 2011-02-03 |
20110029233 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERY ROUTE ASSISTANCE - A system, method, and apparatus for delivery route assistance. A method includes receiving a delivery location and an image associated with each of a plurality of items and determining a planned delivery route for delivery of the items. The method also includes displaying execution instructions for the planned delivery route to a delivery operator and, at each delivery location, displaying to the delivery operator a count of items for delivery at the delivery location and the image associated with each such item. The method further includes recording information associated with an actual delivery route and reconfiguring the planned delivery route when the actual delivery route is different from the planned delivery route. The method also includes displaying a comparison between information associated with the planned delivery route and the recorded information associated with the actual delivery route. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029234 | Threat Analysis Toolkit - A method and system for managing an aircraft's flight path by identifying and categorizing potential threats in the aircraft's original flight path and determining an alternate flight path. The alternate flight path is selected from potential flight paths and has a threat value lower than any of the potential flight paths. The potential flight path candidates are generated from combinations of the original flight path coordinates, and coordinates that vary from the original coordinates by a set range. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029235 | Vehicle Control - A method of vehicle control, in which a global target trajectory is tracked by successively calculating an optimum local trajectory in 4D output space to approach the global trajectory and observe vehicle performance limits and surrounding obstacle clearance. A receding horizon framework is proposed which successively updates the optimum local trajectory according to the current state of the vehicle. Processing overheads can be kept to a minimum by calculating performance limits offline, and optimisation is simplified by using a cost function approach. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029236 | GPS-BASED WIRELESS NETWORK CONNECTION SELECTION AND NETWORK TOPOLOGY OVERLAY ON SATELLITE GEOGRAPHIC MAP - A method enables users to automatically switch available network connections for the current position as indicated by GPS while maintaining Internet connection. The selection of the network connection depends on a network connection profile which may be built up gradually and the score of each connection. Moreover the local network topology for the GPS location may be overlaid on a geographic map as might be generated by satellite imagery to give the user a better understanding of the topology. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029237 | PORTABLE NAVIGATION DEVICE, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF GENERATING RADIO DATA SYSTEM INFORMATION THEREFOR - A portable navigation device includes a processing resource operably coupled to a Radio Data System communications unit and a location determination unit. In at least one embodiment, the processing resource supports a country code selector and is operably coupled to a data store capable of storing Radio Data System country code data. In at least one embodiment, the processing resource is also arranged to determine a first country associated with location data generated, when in use, by the location determination unit, the country code selector being arranged to identify a first country code from the country code data that does not correspond to the first country associated with the location data and a second country neighbouring the first country. The processing resource is also arranged to use the first country code to generate a Programme Identification code. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029238 | Satellite Navigation Apparatus and Associated Method - A navigation method, which is applied to a satellite navigation apparatus, includes: determining whether the satellite navigation apparatus is in a free-run mode; and, when the satellite navigation apparatus is under the free-run mode, recording a route, which the satellite navigation apparatus passes through, in a database for the use of route planning of the satellite navigation apparatus in a navigation mode. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029239 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM, IN-VEHICLE DEVICE, NAVIGATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A navigation system is provided. An in-vehicle device is mounted on a vehicle. A data providing apparatus provides data regarding navigation to the in-vehicle device. The data providing apparatus detects current position data of the vehicle, accumulates map image data, cuts the map image data in a display size of the in-vehicle device, and separately transmits the detected current position data and the cut map image data to the in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle device receives the current position data and the cut map image data from the data providing apparatus, and superimposes the received current position data and the cut map image data to display a guide image. The current position data is transmitted in a first transmission cycle and the cut map image data is transmitted in a second transmission cycle which is shorter than the first transmission cycle. The current position data is updated while maintaining the cut map image data when the current position data is received, and the cut map image data is updated when the current position data is located at an update position in the periphery of the cut map image data. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029240 | HOST BASED SATELLITE POSITIONING SYSTEMS - Methods and systems consistent with the present invention provide a host based positioning system. The host based positioning system includes a tracker hardware interface that connects to a dedicated hardware space vehicle tracker. The tracker hardware interface receives positioning information from the space vehicle tracker. The host based positioning system also includes a memory that includes a GPS library having a user interface, a tracker interface, and an operating system interface. A processor runs functions provided by the interfaces. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029241 | Personal Navigation System and Associated Methods - A personal navigation system, including: at least one inertial sensor module associated with a user, the inertial sensor module comprising at least one sensor to generate location data associated with the user; a communication device to receive and/or transmit at least a portion of the location data; and an onsite computer to communicate with the communication device and receive at least a portion of the location data; wherein at least one of the inertial sensor module and the onsite computer is configured to determine at least one activity of the user based at least in part upon the location data; wherein the onsite computer is programmed to configure a display including a representation of the user based at least in part upon the location data; wherein at least one of the determination and the configuration is performed substantially in real-time. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029242 | GENERATING A KINEMATIC INDICATOR FOR COMBAT IDENTIFICATION CLASSIFICATION - In accordance with a particular embodiment of the invention, a kinematic indicator generator may receive tracking data describing the position and velocity of a target. The tracking data may be used to identify an event describing an action of the target that may have occurred. The probability that the event occurred may be calculated and indicated by a confidence. The kinematic indicator generator may generate a kinematic indicator that includes the event and the confidence. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029243 | System and Method for Determining Road Conditions - A road data apparatus is disclosed that predicts road conditions comprising a land surface data generator which derives a land surface data output from a plurality of current and forecast weather and location data, said current and forecast weather and location data comprising surface temperature, subsurface temperature, and precipitation depth, a pavement data generator which derives a road temperature and a road condition from said land surface data output and a plurality of pavement generator input data, said plurality of pavement generator input data comprising road layer data; and a roadway status indicator generator which derives a roadway status indicator from said road temperature, road condition and precipitation data. In one embodiment, the roadway status indicator is communicated to an end user through a distribution network. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029244 | TECHNIQUES FOR SURFACE EXPLORATION AND MONITORING - Techniques for surface exploration and monitoring are presented. In representative embodiments, a system is provided that can perform multiple types of measurements of a surface. For example a single system of survey probes and one or more survey controllers can be used to offer both seismic and electrical measurements. A survey controller can be configured to automatically poll survey probes to obtain identifiers of the probes and determine a relative order the probes. Survey probes can be configured to: (a) collect signals associated with a surface; (b) digitize the signals to form digital data; and (c) store the digital data for later transmission to the survey controller. Relative positions of survey probes can be automatically determined using a transmitting beacon or other techniques. Survey probes can automatically disconnect from a power conduit while measuring a surface property and operate using an internal source of power when disconnected, to reduce noise. The survey controller can be remotely accessible through a, computer network for remote control of the survey probes. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029245 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING A LOG OF MATERIAL PROPERTIES - A method for making a log of material properties in a plurality of beds from an instrument utilizes steps such as estimating material properties for said plurality of beds and/or estimating positions for a plurality of bed boundaries and/or estimating orientations for said plurality of bed boundaries wherein the bed boundary orientations are individually variable. The estimated positions, orientations, and/or material properties can be utilized to compute the log. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029246 | Gamma Ray Detectors Having Azimuthal Sensitivity - An instrument for performing measurements downhole includes: at least one gamma-ray detector with azimuthal sensitivity equipped for discriminating energy of incident gamma-rays. This instrument is equipped with or without a neutron or gamma-ray source. A method and computer program product providing the azimuthal sensitivity of the instrument is provided. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029247 | Exponential Sampling Of Red And Infrared Signals - Methods and systems are provided that include sampling a light intensity signal at different frequencies based on the waveform of the signal to produce a more accurate digitized signal. The light intensity signal is an analog signal proportional to the intensity of light received at a detector of a pulse oximetry system. In one embodiment, the signal may be sampled exponentially during pulse width periods, such that the end of the pulse width periods where the signal reaches a maximum amplitude may be sampled more frequently. The signal may also be exponentially sampled or oversampled during periods when the signal is expected to near maximum amplitude. Further, the signal may be sampled less frequently during low amplitude periods of the signal, and during dark periods, such that processing power may be conserved. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029248 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING AND PREDICTING PATIENTS' RESPIRATORY STABILITY - An apparatus ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110029249 | DETERMINATION OF BLOOD VOLUME IN A CULTURE BOTTLE - Systems, methods and apparatus for determining an amount of blood in a blood culture are provided where an initial biological state and then periodic measurements of the biological state of the culture are taken. For each respective measurement, a normalization relative value between the respective measurement and the initial measurement is made thereby forming normalization relative values. For each interval of time points represented by the normalization relative values, a first derivative of the normalization relative values in the interval is made thereby forming a plurality of rate transformation values. For each set of rate transformation values in the plurality of rate transformation values, an average relative transformation value is computed, thereby forming average relative transformation values. A lookup table that matches a measure of central tendency of the average relative transformation values to a blood amount is used to determine the amount of blood in the culture. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029250 | Non-Parametric Modeling Apparatus and Method for Classification, Especially of Activity State - The activity state classification method of the present invention employs a kernel-based modeling technique, and more specifically a set of similarity-based models, which have been created using example data, to process an input observation or set of input observations, each comprising a set of sensor readings or “features” derived there from or other data, to predict the activity state of a person from whom the sensor data was obtained. A model is created for each class of activity. The input data is processed by each model and the resulting predictions are combined to yield a final prediction of which state of activity is represented by the input data. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029251 | Methods for Identifying DNA Copy Number Changes - Methods of identifying allele-specific changes in genomic DNA copy number are disclosed. Methods for identifying homozygous deletions and genetic amplifications are disclosed. An array of probes designed to detect presence or absence of a plurality of different sequences is also disclosed. The probes are designed to hybridize to sequences that are predicted to be present in a reduced complexity sample. The methods may be used to detect copy number changes in cancerous tissue compared to normal tissue. The methods may be used to diagnose cancer and other diseases associated with chromosomal anomalies. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029252 | HIGH CONFIDENCE IN POSITIVE STATUS DETERMINATION - Systems, methods, and apparatus for determining whether a culture in a vessel contains a plurality of microorganisms are provided. A normalization relative value is calculated for each respective measurement of a biological state of the culture between (i) the respective measurement and (ii) an initial biological state. For each fixed interval of time points, a derivative of the normalization relative values in the interval of time points is calculated, thereby forming a plurality of rate transformation values. For each set of rate transformation values in the plurality of rate transformation values, a measure of central tendency of the values in the set is computed, thereby forming a plurality of average relative transformation values. A determination whether the culture contains the microorganisms is made based on whether any calculated average relative transformation value exceeds a first threshold or whether an extent of growth exhibited by the culture exceeds a second threshold. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029253 | Mobile Sampling of Target Substances - Implementations for mobile sampling of one or more target substances are generally disclosed. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029254 | Field device for determining and monitoring process variable in process automation systems - A field device for determining or monitoring a process variable in process automation. The field device includes: a sensor, which works according to a defined measuring principle; and a control/evaluation unit, which conditions and evaluates the measurement data delivered by the sensor; wherein the control/evaluation unit is embodied at least partially as a reconfigurable logic chip FPGA having a plurality of dynamically reconfigurable function modules; wherein an interface is provided, via which the control/evaluation unit receives sensor- and application-specific information concerning a defined sensor type in a defined process application; and wherein the control/evaluation unit so configures the function modules corresponding to the sensor- and application-specific information, that the field device is optimally adapted to the process variable to be ascertained, or to be monitored, and to the current process application of the field device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029255 | Drinking vessels and related systems and methods - Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to systems configured to determine an amount of alcohol in an alcohol-containing liquid discharged from a drinking vessel or an amount of the alcohol-containing liquid discharged from the drinking vessel, drinking vessels configured to measure alcohol content or other property of an alcohol-containing liquid held therein, other related components such as mat devices that facilitate determining the amount, and related methods. The systems, drinking vessels, and methods disclosed herein facilitate determination of an amount of alcohol in an alcohol-containing liquid discharged from a drinking vessel or an amount of alcohol-containing liquid discharged from the drinking vessel, which may be indicative of an amount of alcohol consumed by a drinker. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029256 | GRAPHICALLY REPRESENTING A NUMBER OF MEASUREMENT DATA SETS - Disclosed is graphically representing each of a number of measurement data sets as a variation of at least one parameter, wherein each measurement data set results from a measurement, by: [A] selecting a plurality of the measurement data sets to be graphically represented, [B] graphically representing one of the selected measurement data sets as a primary measurement data set in a first graphical style, and [C] graphically representing each one of the at least one remaining selected measurement data sets as secondary measurement data set in a graphical style deviating in at least one feature from the first graphical style. Upon a first change request, a different one of the selected measurement data sets is graphically represented as the primary measurement data set in the first graphical style, and continuing with [C]. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029257 | VERTICAL AXIS ADJUSTABLE PLATFORM AND TORQUE SENSOR - A torque sensor includes an adjustable platform vertically adjustable to place a sensing module near a rotating target to obtain measurements there from with a sensing element. The apparatus can be configured to include a bottom channel mounted to a base and a PCB tray mounted to a top channel, the PCB tray and top channel vertically adjustable from the base by a rotating shaft. The top and bottom channels are coupled to side bars and side channels in pairs movably connected by joint pins with a rotatable shaft movably connecting said joint pins. The sensing module is movable with respect to the base via rotation of said rotatable shaft causing movement of said pair of side bars and side channels, placing said sensing element nearest a target to obtain rotational movement data. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029258 | PRESSURE MEASUREMENT FOR FLOW METERING DEVICE - A flow metering device includes a flow tube, a motor for positioning the flow tube, an outlet nozzle in fluid communication with the flow tube, and an inlet nozzle in fluid communication with the flow tube. The outlet nozzle has an outlet pressure tap and the inlet nozzle has an inlet pressure tap. The inlet nozzle, the flow tube, and the outlet nozzle define a flow path that has a plurality of recirculation zones. At least one of the inlet pressure tap and the outlet pressure tap opens within one of the recirculation zones. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029259 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A DIAGNOSTIC FROM A DEVIATION OF A FLOW METER PARAMETER - A method for detecting a deviation in a flow meter parameter of a flow meter that is adapted to measure a fluid flow rate is provided. The method comprises measuring a differential pressure across at least a portion of the flow meter. The method further comprises comparing the measured differential pressure to an expected differential pressure; the expected differential pressure being based on the measured flow rate. The method further comprises detecting a deviation in the flow meter parameter if the difference between the measured differential pressure and the expected differential pressure exceeds a threshold limit. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029260 | METERING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AEROSOL DELIVERY - An apparatus for metering the delivery of an aerosol. The apparatus has a variable acoustic source and a microphone, both acoustically coupled to a volume having a fluid region and an air region. The apparatus may also include a processor to determine a volume of the air region based on signals received from the microphone and the variable acoustic source. A fluid valve is coupled to the processor, and is configured to allow an amount of fluid to exit the fluid region associated with the volume of the air region. An atomizer, coupled to the fluid region, is configured to aerosolize at least a portion of the fluid. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029261 | FLUID MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND FLUID MEASUREMENT METHOD - Provided is a fluid measurement device and the like for measuring flow velocity of a fluid in detail. A fluid measurement device ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110029262 | CONTAINER LEVEL SENSOR ASSEMBLY - A container level sensor assembly for sensing level of liquid remaining in a container. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029263 | CONDUCTOR APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING WHETHER A NUMBER OF CONDUCTORS CONDUCT CURRENT - An apparatus is for a conductor capable of conducting a current. The apparatus includes a global positioning system device structured to determine location of the global positioning system device, a coupling device structured to couple the global positioning system device to the conductor, and a power supply structured to power the global positioning system device responsive to a current conducted by the conductor. The global positioning system device is further structured to wirelessly communicate the determined location when powered by the power supply responsive to the current conducted by the conductor. The global positioning system device does not wirelessly communicate when current is not conducted by the conductor. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029264 | OUTSIDE CONCRETE VIBRATOR HAVING AN OPERATION DISPLAY - The invention relates to an outside concrete vibrator for mounting to a concrete formwork, comprising an oscillation exciter that can be driven by an electric motor, a carrier that supports the oscillation exciter and that can be mounted on the concrete formwork, and at least one electric supply line having a power supply leading to the electric motor. A detection device inductively detects a power state in the power supply. The detected power state can be displayed via an optical signal via a display device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029265 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY'S LIFETIME - A method is disclosed for determining an end of life for a rechargeable battery comprising the steps of using the battery ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110029266 | PROCESS, VOLTAGE, AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR - An integrated circuit includes a process sensor, a temperature sensor, and a voltage sensor. The process sensor is configured to sense a process parameter indicative of a semiconductor process by which the integrated circuit is formed and, based upon the sensed process parameter, to provide a characterization of the semiconductor process to the output of the process sensor. The temperature sensor is configured to provide an indication of a temperature of the integrated circuit to an output of the temperature sensor and the voltage sensor is configured to provide an indication of a power supply voltage level of the integrated circuit to an output of the voltage sensor. The output of the process sensor is coupled to at least one of the temperature sensor and the voltage sensor to compensate at least one of the indication of the temperature and the indication of the power supply voltage level. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029267 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE CRANK ANGLE AT WHICH 50% OF THE FUEL MASS HAS BEEN BURNT IN A CYLINDER OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WITH SPONTANEOUS MIXTURE IGNITION - A method for determining the angular speed of a drive shaft of an internal combustion engine at each tooth event of a phonic wheel presenting a number N of teeth includes detecting the angular amplitude for each tooth; detecting the time of each tooth; and determining the raw angular speed of each tooth according to the corresponding angular amplitude and time. For each tooth a compensation value is determined which represents the difference between the actual angular amplitude of the tooth and the theoretic angular amplitude of the tooth; and determining the angular speed of each tooth by correcting the raw angular speed by means of the corresponding compensation value. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029268 | METHODS FOR DELIVERING A PROCESS GAS - A method for delivering a process gas to a reaction chamber of a plasma processing system using a recipe having a recipe flow rate is provided. The method includes delivering the process gas by a gas flow delivery system controlled by a mass flow controller (MFC) to an orifice. The predicted flow rate is previously computed by pressurizing a gas. The predicted flow rate further being previously computed measuring a set of upstream pressure values of the gas via at least one pressure sensor. The method also includes applying, using a programmed computing device, a calibration factor of a set of calibration factors to determine the predicted flow rate, the calibration factor being a ratio of an average of the set of upstream pressure values to an average of a set of golden upstream pressure values. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029269 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Analyte Monitoring System Calibration Accuracy - Methods, system and devices for providing improved calibration accuracy of continuous glucose monitoring system based on insulin delivery information are provided. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029270 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING SWIVEL ASSEMBLIES, PARTICULARLY ON CUTTING MACHINES - A device and method for calibrating swivel assemblies ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110029271 | METHOD OF INSPECTING MOTOR CONDITION AND DEVICE FOR INSPECTING MOTOR CHARACTERISTICS - A method of inspecting motor condition, which allows inspection of a condition of a motor installed in an apparatus without removing the motor from the apparatus, is provided. A device for inspecting motor characteristics includes: a measuring section for measuring a frequency value and an amplitude value of a waveform of a counter electromotive force generated when a mover of the motor is moved by an external force; and a computing section for computing a counter electromotive force constant on the basis of the frequency value and the amplitude value. An armature winding of the motor and the inspecting device are electrically connected with a power supply line disconnected from the motor. An external force is applied to the mover of the motor. A condition of the motor is determined on the basis of the computed result. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029272 | TEMPERATURE SENSING SYSTEM AND RELATED TEMPERATURE SENSING METHOD - A temperature sensing system, which comprises: a temperature analyzing circuit, for sensing temperature and generating an analyzing result in response to the sensed temperature; and a control unit, for controlling a temperature sensing time interval; wherein the control unit continuously changes the temperature sensing time interval according to a predetermined temperature range in response to the sensed temperature. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029273 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO MONITOR REFORMATION AND REPLACEMENT OF CO2/CH4 GAS HYDRATES - A method for monitoring production from a methane hydrate reservoir includes obtaining a plurality of temperature measurements in a wellbore connected with the methane hydrate reservoir; and deriving a parameter relating to conversion of methane hydrate to carbon dioxide (CO | 2011-02-03 |
20110029274 | SELF HEATING MONITOR FOR SiGe AND SOI CMOS DEVICES - A structure, apparatus and method for deterring the temperature of an active region in semiconductor, particularly a FET is provided. A pair FETs are arranged on a silicon island a prescribed distance from one another where the silicon island is surrounded by a thermal insulator. One FET is heated by a current driven therethrough. The other FET functions as a temperature sensor by having a change in an electrical characteristic versus temperature monitored. By arranging multiple pairs of FETs separated by different known distances, the temperature of the active region of one of the FETs may be determined during operation at various driving currents. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029275 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING AND CALIBRATING AN ACCELEROMETER OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and system for testing and calibrating an accelerometer of an electronic device are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is method of testing and calibrating an accelerometer of an electronic device, comprising: levelling a test fixture; placing the electronic device in a nest of the test fixture; detecting the electronic device within the nest; calculating an offset value for each sensing axis of the accelerometer in response to detecting the electronic device within the nest; and storing the offset values in a memory of the electronic device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029276 | SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE FOR THE REAL-TIME MONITORING OF FIXED OR MOBILE RIGID STRUCTURES SUCH AS BUILDING STRUCTURES, AIRCRAFT, SHIPS AND/OR THE LIKE - This invention relates to a system and a procedure for the carrying out of the ongoing monitoring in time of the distortions in a stationary or moving structure, due to the various effects acting thereupon, such as frictional forces, forces produced by loads, resistance forces, etc. The disturbances exerted on a structure may cause distortions, which may be calculated by using the warp and twist angles. When the disturbance acts on the structure for a period of time, these measured values may be used by a processor integrated in the system which, by means of mathematical analysis, will determine the necessary parameters, such as resistance, fatigue, acceleration, elastic potential energy, direction of the forces, speed, elasticity, etc., in order to determine the state of the structure and to establish its useful life span. The system and procedure are comprised of a plurality of inclinometers ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110029277 | METHODS AND APPLICATIONS FOR MOTION MODE DETECTION FOR PERSONAL NAVIGATION SYSTEMS - A method and apparatus of detecting and using motion modes in a mobile device is described. Movement data is collected from an inertial motion unit (IMU) of the mobile device and compared to two or more sets of training data, each set of training data corresponding to a different motion mode. Then, a motion mode is determined to be the current mode of the mobile device on the results of the comparison. The motion mode is used by the mobile device in a variety of applications. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029278 | OBJECT POSITION ESTIMATION SYSTEM, OBJECT POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE, OBJECT POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD AND OBJECT POSITION ESTIMATION PROGRAM - ID likelihoods and position likelihoods of an object are detected by a first observation device ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110029279 | METHOD FOR POSITION-CALIBRATION OF A DIGGING ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIC MINING SHOVELS - The present invention relates generally to the field of positioning mechanical equipment, and particularly to the likes of mechanical excavation and electric mining shovels. In one embodiment, there is disclosed a system for calibrating the sensors that measure hoist and crowd motions for an electric mining shovel, enabling the position of a bucket to be known with greater accuracy than can be achieved using previously known approaches. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029280 | SENSING METHOD AND DEVICE UTILIZING ALTERNATING SIGNAL FREQUENCIES - An ultrasonic sensing method and an ultrasonic sensing device are provided. The ultrasonic sensing device includes a microprocessor, a signal-driving module and a transducer module. The microprocessor generates a first driving signal with a first frequency to the signal-driving module. The signal-driving module drives the transducer module to emit a first sensing signal to a target object in response to the first driving signal. Then, a first echo signal received by the transducer is transmitted to the microprocessor to calculate a first time of flight. In a similar manner, a second time of flight is obtained based on a second driving signal with a second frequency. The microprocessor determines a final time of flight according to the first time of flight or the second time of flight. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029281 | Link travel time calculation device and method for calculating link travel time interval - A link travel time calculation device includes: a collection element for collecting a travel position and a transit time in each vehicle; and a link travel time calculation element. The calculation element calculates a total travel time interval of all sections based on the travel position and the transit time in a predetermined time period. The calculation element calculates a first travel time interval of an upstream section and a second travel time interval of a downstream section based on the travel position and the transit time. The calculation element calculates a travel time interval of the object link with respect to the predetermined time period by subtracting a sum of the first travel time interval and the second travel time interval from the total travel time interval. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029282 | HARSH ENVIRONMENT SENSOR SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHODS - A system for measuring a plurality of operating parameters of an object in a harsh environment is provided. The system includes a first energy transceiver system configured to transceive energy signals. The system also includes a transcieved modulant coupled to the first energy transceiver system. The system further includes a second energy transceiver system at least partially disposed on the object and capable of being interrogated by the first energy transceiver system. The second energy transceiver system still further includes a sensing system. The system also includes a processor coupled to the first energy transceiver system. The processor is configured to determine of the plurality of the operating parameters of the object in the harsh environment based upon the transceived modulant. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029283 | MEASURING LINE PERFORMANCE - A method of measuring the performance of a DSL line is proposed, providing an indication of potential faults in the line. Analysis of broadband DSL is less straightforward than for other technologies, since ‘normal’ behaviour depends on a number of factors, including line length and line quality, where normal behaviour for a long line could be regarded as poor for a short line. The data transmission characteristics of a DSL line under test are measured with reference to its upstream line attenuation, then the results are compared with the model for the corresponding data transmission characteristic. A performance measure is calculated for each characteristic indicative of the difference between the measured characteristic and the observed ‘average’ for other lines having the same upstream line attenuation. A final line performance indicator is calculated based on the combination of all the individual performance measures, which provides a quantitative measure of a line's performance. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029284 | SIGNAL ACQUISITION DEVICE - A signal acquisition device which receives an input signal, a physical data and a timing data to generate an output data. The signal acquisition device keeps monitoring the input signal for a valid edge. When a valid edge is detected, the signal acquisition device reads the physical data from a physical data processing module and a timing data from a timing module to generate the output data which comprises the new state of the input signal, the physical data and the timing data. The output data is written to a storage arrangement and also sent out to CPU or any other devices. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029285 | Detection of Objects or Other Materials in a Receptacle - Sensors and techniques for an automated data acquisition and notification system having a plurality of receptacles adapted to store items. In each of the plurality of receptacles, at least one sensor is operated to detect a presence of an item in that receptacle. Light is emitted from a planar surface within the receptacle to a space within the receptacle opposite the planar surface. While that light is emitted light incident on the planar surface is detected. A determination is made whether an amount of light that is detected is significant to indicate a presence of the item. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029286 | NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS FOR PERIODIC STRUCTURE - There is provided a nondestructive analysis for a periodic structure. In the method, a virtual periodic structure is set and divided into a plurality of layers. By utilizing the Lippmann-Schwinger equation with an M-th order interpolation, physical properties related to reflectivity or transmittance of the virtual periodic structure are calculated. An M-th order interpolation formula employed in discretization of the Lippmann-Schwinger equation leads to an accurate and rapid calculation of the physical properties of the periodic structure. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029287 | Self-Diagnosing Transducers and Systems and Methods Therefor - A transducer system that includes a piezoelectric transducer and a self-diagnosis system electrically connected to the transducer. In one embodiment, the self-diagnosis system is configured to detect when a debonding defect has occurred in the bond between the transducer and a host structure and to detect when a crack has occurred in the transducer itself. The self-diagnosis system implements debonding-detection and crack-detection schemes that can distinguish between debonding and cracking, as well as distinguish these problems from changes arising from temperature variation. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029288 | Method And Apparatus For Improving Noise Discrimination In Multiple Sensor Pairs - Noise discrimination in signals from a plurality of sensors is conducted by enhancing the phase difference in the signals such that off-axis pick-up is suppressed while on-axis pick-up is enhanced. Alternatively, attenuation/expansion are applied to the signals in a phase difference dependent manner, consistent with suppression of off-axis pick-up and on-axis enhancement. Nulls between sensitivity lobes are widened, effectively narrowing the sensitivity lobes and improving directionality and noise discrimination. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029289 | ROBOTIC EXPLORATION OF UNKNOWN SURFACES - The subject matter disclosed provides a tactile sensing device comprising an end effector and a control unit. The control unit is capable of receiving tactile information from the at least one end effector. With the foregoing disclosure, it is capable of identifying and relatively quickly mapping the shape and location of unknown surfaces. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029290 | DORMER CALCULATOR - The present invention is a method for laying out a dormer that projects outward from a main roof and has a gable end and a dormer roof originating at a dormer point and terminating at an outer edge of the dormer roof near the gabled end. The dormer includes roof sheathing supported by dormer trusses. The dormer trusses include a gable truss and a plurality of valley trusses. The method of the present invention includes receiving a plurality of dormer inputs from a user. A plurality of layouts for the roof sheathing on the dormer roof are generated as a function of the dormer inputs. One or more layouts are then recommended to a user to reduce a quantity of roof sheathing waste. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029291 | Method for fracture surface extraction from microseismic events cloud - Embodiments of this invention relate to a method for analysing data related to subterranean formations including collecting data from microseismic observations of a subterranean formation that is stored on a device, analysing the data using a tensor voting method, and providing an estimate of a surface of a subterranean formation. Embodiments of this invention relate to a method for analysing data related to subterranean formations including collecting data from microseismic observations of a subterranean formation, analysing the data using a tensor voting method, providing an estimate of a surface of a subterranean formation, and tailoring an aspect of an oil field service in response to the estimate. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029292 | CIRCUIT ANALYSIS - A power estimation tool ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110029293 | Method For Modeling Fracture Network, And Fracture Network Growth During Stimulation In Subsurface Formations - A method for modeling fracture network and fracture network growth during stimulation in subsurface formations is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises receiving data comprising characteristics of a subsurface formation, generating simulated fractures based upon the characteristics of the subsurface formation, simulating stimulation of the simulated fractures by creating a plurality of injection points and stimulating from every injection point of the plurality of injection points simultaneously. Simulation results are output and displayed, the simulation results including at least one of fluid volume, fluid pressure, three dimensional geometry of a stimulated volume, potential permeability enhancement, and simulated seismic activity. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029294 | Computer Implemented Method for Modelizing a Nuclear Reactor Core and a Corresponding Computer Program Product - The method comprises the steps of: partitioning the core in cubes to constitute nodes of a grid for computer implemented calculation, splitting the cubes into a first category and a second category, each cube of the first category being adjacent only to cubes from the second category so that the first category and second category of cubes constitute a checkerboard-like pattern, ordering the cubes of the first category and then the cubes of the second category, calculating neutron flux and/or thermohydraulics parameters by using an iterative solving procedure of at least one linear system and/or an eigensystem, the components of an iterant of the linear system and/or the eigensystem constituting the neutron flux and/or thermohydraulics parameters to be calculated, wherein, during the iterative solving procedure, calculations are conducted on the cubes of the first category then on the cubes of the second category. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029295 | Method and Apparatus for Broadband Modeling of Current Flow in Three-Dimensional Wires of Integrated Circuits - A new surface impedance model for extraction in lossy two-dimensional (2D) interconnects of rectangular cross-section is presented. The model is derived directly from the volumetric electric field integral equation (EFiE) under the approximation of the unknown volumetric current density as a product of the exponential factor describing the skin-effect and the unknown surface current density on the conductor's periphery. By proper accounting for the coupling between the boundary elements situated on the top and bottom surfaces of conductor with the elements located on the side-walls, the model maintains accuracy from DC to multi-GHz frequencies as well as for conductors with both large and small thickness/width ratios. A generalization of the full-periphery surface impedance model to the three-dimensional electric field integral equation is also described. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029296 | Metabolic analysis apparatus and metabolic analysis method - A ring structure of a predicted target compound which is in a two-dimensional structural formula is arranged so as to be in an identical position as a ring structure of a template produced by superimposing two-dimensional structural formulae of compounds capable of forming a complex with a predetermined enzyme. Among predicted target compounds overlapping with a metabolic target site of the template, predicted target compounds other than those determined as being unable to access a metabolic active center site of the enzyme, or those having the same charge as that of the metabolic active center site, are determined to be metabolizable compounds. Based on the level of contribution of each atom included in the template during a metabolic reaction of the enzyme, a structural formula of a compound obtained after the metabolic reaction of the metabolizable compound whose metabolic target site has been determined is determined. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029297 | VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING AND TESTING FOR MEDICAL DEVICE DEVELOPMENT - A system and method of developing better-designed medical devices, particularly cardiovascular stents and endovascular grafts. The system comprises a geometry generator, a mesh generator, a stress/strain/deformation analyzer, and a visualization tool. In one embodiment, the geometry generator receives three-dimensional volumetric data of an anatomical feature and generates a geometric model. The mesh generator then receives such geometric model of an anatomical feature or an in vitro model and a geometric model of a candidate medical device. In another embodiment, the mesh generator only receives a geometric model of the candidate medical device. Using the geometric model(s) received, the mesh generator creates or generates a mesh or a finite element model. The stress/strain/deformation analyzer then receives the mesh, and the material models and loads of that mesh. Using analysis, preferably non-linear analysis, the stress/strain/deformation analyzer determines the predicted stresses, strains, and deformations on the candidate medical device. Such stresses, strains, and deformations may optionally be simulated visually using a visualization tool. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029298 | Method of modelling noise injected into an electronic system - Method for modelling the noise injected into an electronic system. The invention relates to a method of modelling the noise injected into a mixed system ( | 2011-02-03 |
20110029299 | Hierarchical Order Ranked Simulation Of Electronic Circuits - A method of simulating an integrated circuit design is provided. In this method, a node order ranking of nodes in a netlist can be determined. Circuits of the netlist can then be partitioned based on the node order ranking with both static current driving and dynamic current driving schemes. A hierarchical data structure can be built based on the node order partitioning. In one embodiment, intermediate node orders can be dynamically merged for simulation optimization. Then, the circuits can be re-partitioned based on one or more merged intermediate node orders. Solving and integration can be performed using the hierarchical data structure to generate an order-ranked hierarchy engine. Analysis on the order-ranked hierarchy engine can be performed. At this point, simulation data of the IC design can be exported based on the analysis. By using this method, linear network reduction with its attendant accuracy loss is unnecessary. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029300 | Translating Documents Based On Content - A document containing text in a source language may be translated into a target language based on content associated with that document, in conjunction with the present technology. An indication to perform an optimal translation of a document into a target language may be received via a user interface. The document may then be accessed by a computing device. The optimal translation is executed by a preferred translation engine of a plurality of available translation engines. The preferred translation engine is the most likely to produce the most accurate translation of the document among the plurality of available translation engines. Additionally, the preferred translation engine may be identified based on content associated with the document. The document is translated into the target language using the preferred translation engine to obtain a translated document, which may then be outputted by a computing device. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029301 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING SPEECH ACCORDING TO DYNAMIC DISPLAY - A speech recognition apparatus and method that can improve speech recognition rate and recognition speed by reflecting information for dynamic display, are provided. The speech recognition apparatus generates a display variation signal indicating that variations have occurred on a screen and creates display information about the varied screen. The speech recognition apparatus adjusts a word weight for at least one word related to the varied screen and a domain weight for at least one domain included in the varied screen, according to the display variation signal and the display information. The adjusted word weight and the adjusted domain weight are dynamically reflected in a language model that is used for speech recognition. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029302 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CANDIDATE MATCHING - A method and system for candidate matching, such as used in match-making services, assesses narrative responses to measure candidate qualities. A candidate database includes self-assessment data and narrative data. Narrative data concerning a defined topic is analyzed to determine candidate qualities separate from topical information. Candidate qualities thus determined are included in candidate profiles and used to identify desirable candidates. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029303 | WORD CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A word classification system is provided with an inter-word pattern learning section for learning at least either the context information or the layout information between classification-known words which co-appear and creating an inter-word pattern for determining whether data relating to a word pair which is a combination of words is data relating to a same-classification word pair which is the combination of words in the same classification or data relating to a different-classification word pair which is a combination of words in different classifications on the basis of the relationship between the classification-known words which co-appear in a document. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029304 | HYBRID INSTANTANEOUS/DIFFERENTIAL PITCH PERIOD CODING - A hybrid instantaneous/differential encoding technique is described herein that may be used to reduce the bit rate required to encode a pitch period associated with a segment of a speech signal in a manner that will result in relatively little or no degradation of a decoded speech signal generated using the encoded pitch period. The hybrid instantaneous/differential encoding technique is advantageously applicable to any speech codec that encodes a pitch period associated with a segment of a speech signal. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029305 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING NOISY SPEECH SIGNAL, APPARATUS FOR SAME AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A noise estimation method for a noisy speech signal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of approximating a transformation spectrum by transforming an input noisy speech signal to a frequency domain, calculating a smoothed magnitude spectrum having a decreased difference in a magnitude of the transformation spectrum between neighboring frames, calculating a search spectrum to represent an estimated noise component of the smoothed magnitude spectrum, and estimating a noise spectrum by using a recursive average method using an adaptive forgetting factor defined by using the search spectrum. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the amount of calculation for noise estimation is small, and large-capacity memory is not required. Accordingly, the present invention can be easily implemented in hardware or software. Further, the accuracy of noise estimation can be increase because an adaptive procedure can be performed on each frequency sub-band. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029306 | AUDIO SIGNAL DISCRIMINATING DEVICE AND METHOD - An audio discriminating device includes a plurality of audio discriminators for discriminating an input audio signal as a speech signal or a non-speech signal by using at least one feature parameter, and determines whether to drive the audio discriminator connected next to the corresponding audio discriminator according to the audio discriminator's audio signal discriminating result. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029307 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION - A system and method of updating automatic speech recognition parameters on a mobile device are disclosed. The method comprises storing user account-specific adaptation data associated with ASR on a computing device associated with a wireless network, generating new ASR adaptation parameters based on transmitted information from the mobile device when a communication channel between the computing device and the mobile device becomes available and transmitting the new ASR adaptation data to the mobile device when a communication channel between the computing device and the mobile device becomes available. The new ASR adaptation data on the mobile device more accurately recognizes user utterances. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029308 | Speech & Music Discriminator for Multi-Media Application - The present invention relates to means and methods of classifying speech and music signals in voice communication systems, devices, telephones, and methods, and more specifically, to systems, devices, and methods that automate control when either speech or music is detected over communication links. The present invention provides a novel system and method for monitoring the audio signal, analyze selected audio signal components, compare the results of analysis with a pre-determined threshold value, and classify the audio signal either as speech or music. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029309 | SIGNAL SEPARATING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL SEPARATING METHOD - Provided are a signal separating apparatus and a signal separating method capable of solving the permutation problem and separating user speech to be extracted. The signal separating apparatus separates a specific speech signal and a noise signal from a received sound signal. First, a joint probability density distribution estimation unit of a permutation solving unit calculates joint probability density distributions of the respective separated signals. Then, a classifying determination unit of the permutation solving unit determines classifying based on shapes of the calculated joint probability density distributions. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029310 | PROCEDURE FOR PROCESSING NOISY SPEECH SIGNALS, AND APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - Provided are a noise state determination method and an apparatus and a computer readable recording medium therefor. A noisy speech signal processing method according to the present invention includes calculating a transformed spectrum by transforming an input noisy speech signal to a frequency domain; calculating a smoothed magnitude spectrum by reducing magnitude differences of the transformed spectrum between neighboring frames; calculating a search spectrum which represents an estimated noise component of the smoothed magnitude spectrum; and calculating an identification ratio which represents a ratio of a noise component included in the input noisy speech signal, by using the smoothed magnitude spectrum and the search spectrum. Since a small amount of calculation is required and a large-capacity memory is not required, the present invention may be easily implemented as hardware or software. Also, since an adaptive operation is performed with respect to each frequency sub-band, the accuracy of determining a noise state may be improved. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029311 | VOICE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a voice processing device. The device includes: score calculation unit configured to calculate a score indicating compatibility of a voice signal input on the basis of an utterance of a user with each of plural pieces of intention information indicating each of a plurality of intentions; intention selection unit configured to select the intention information indicating the intention of the utterance of the user among the plural pieces of intention information on the basis of the score calculated by the score calculation unit; and intention reliability calculation unit configured to calculate the reliability with respect to the intention information selected by the intention selection unit on the basis of the score calculated by the score calculation unit. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029312 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTING A MODEL FOR A SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM - Methods are disclosed for identifying possible errors made by a speech recognition system without using a transcript of words input to the system. A method for model adaptation for a speech recognition system includes determining an error rate, corresponding to either recognition of instances of a word or recognition of instances of various words, without using a transcript of words input to the system. The method may further include adjusting an adaptation, of the model for the word or various models for the various words, based on the error rate. Apparatus are disclosed for identifying possible errors made by a speech recognition system without using a transcript of words input to the system. An apparatus for model adaptation for a speech recognition system includes a processor adapted to estimate an error rate, corresponding to either recognition of instances of a word or recognition of instances of various words, without using a transcript of words input to the system. The apparatus may further include a controller adapted to adjust an adaptation of the model for the word or various models for the various words, based on the error rate. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029313 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADAPTING A MODEL FOR A SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM - Methods are disclosed for identifying possible errors made by a speech recognition system without using a transcript of words input to the system. A method for model adaptation for a speech recognition system includes determining an error rate, corresponding to either recognition of instances of a word or recognition of instances of various words, without using a transcript of words input to the system. The method may further include adjusting an adaptation, of the model for the word or various models for the various words, based on the error rate. Apparatus are disclosed for identifying possible errors made by a speech recognition system without using a transcript of words input to the system. An apparatus for model adaptation for a speech recognition system includes a processor adapted to estimate an error rate, corresponding to either recognition of instances of a word or recognition of instances of various words, without using a transcript of words input to the system. The apparatus may further include a controller adapted to adjust an adaptation of the model for the word or various models for the various words, based on the error rate. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029314 | Food Processor with Recognition Ability of Emotion-Related Information and Emotional Signals - A food processor with recognition ability of emotion-related information and emotional signals is disclosed, which comprises: an emotion recognition module and a food processing module. The emotion recognition module is capable of receiving sound signals so as to identify an emotion containing in the received sound signals. The food processing module is capable of producing food products with a taste corresponding to the emotion recognition result of the emotion recognition module. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029315 | VOICE DIRECTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MESSAGING TO MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS - A method for sending messages in a voice-enabled system and a voice-enabled system to communicate a message are provided. The method comprises generating a message with a message generating device, analyzing the message to determine a voice-enabled device to send the message, and determining whether the voice-enabled device is available to receive the message. The method further comprises sending the message to the voice-enabled device in response to determining that the voice-enabled device is available to receive the message and, in response to determining that the voice-enabled device is not available, escalating the message based on an escalation protocol. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029316 | SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - According to the present invention, a method for integrating processes with a multi-faceted human centered interface is provided. The interface is facilitated to implement a hands free, voice driven environment to control processes and applications. A natural language model is used to parse voice initiated commands and data, and to route those voice initiated inputs to the required applications or processes. The use of an intelligent context based parser allows the system to intelligently determine what processes are required to complete a task which is initiated using natural language. A single window environment provides an interface which is comfortable to the user by preventing the occurrence of distracting windows from appearing. The single window has a plurality of facets which allow distinct viewing areas. Each facet has an independent process routing its outputs thereto. As other processes are activated, each facet can reshape itself to bring a new process into one of the viewing areas. All activated processes are executed simultaneously to provide true multitasking. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029317 | DYNAMIC TIME SCALE MODIFICATION FOR REDUCED BIT RATE AUDIO CODING - Systems and methods are described that utilize dynamic time scale modification (TSM) to achieve reduced bit rate audio coding. In accordance with embodiments, different levels of TSM compression are selectively applied to segments of an input speech signal prior to encoding thereof by an encoder. Encoded TSM-compressed segments are received at a decoder which decodes such segments and then applies an appropriate level of TSM decompression to each based on information received from the encoder. By selectively applying different levels of TSM compression to segments of an input speech signal prior to encoding, a coding bit rate associated with the encoder/decoder is reduced. Furthermore, by selecting a level of TSM compression for each segment of the input speech signal that takes into account certain local characteristics of that signal, such bit rate reduction is provided without introducing unacceptable levels of distortion into an output speech signal produced by the decoder. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029318 | GLOBAL OPERATOR LICENSE PRIORITIZING AND DISTRIBUTION - A global licensing method and a licensing server are described in which licenses for public land mobile network (PLMNs) are allowed to cross PLMN boundaries. The licenses are moved from PLMNs of lower priority to PLMNs of higher priority. In one example, the licenses are moved on a periodic basis. In another example, the licenses are moved on an as needed basis. When demands for licenses are greater than the supply, the PLMNs are prioritized and the licenses are moved from the lower priority PLMNs to higher priority PLMNs. A global license server can be utilized to manage the licenses for the global operator. | 2011-02-03 |
20110029319 | IMPRESSION FORECASTING AND RESERVATION ANALYSIS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for processing sharded reservation queries for corresponding publisher data shards. Each publisher data shard stores a proper subset of impression records corresponding to a publisher site and a plurality of user identifiers. Each impression record includes user identifier data corresponding to a user identifier and time data specifying a time that an impression was delivered for the publisher site for the corresponding user identifier, and all impression records corresponding to the user identifiers are stored in the publisher data shard. | 2011-02-03 |