06th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 34 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150036787 | COLLIMATOR AND INSPECTING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Disclosed are a collimator and an inspecting system using the same. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a collimator for setting a radiation irradiation range, the collimator comprising: a shielding portion blocking the radiation; and a block portion comprising a plurality of unit pieces which can be opened or closed to selectively transmit the radiation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036788 | RADIATION IMAGE PICK-UP DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Irrespective of the layout, moving path, and moving range of the X-ray source and the detector, a highly precise image is acquired, in a similar manner as an X-ray CT scanner that is capable of acquiring a measured image using a rotation angle of 180 degrees or more. A measured image detected by the detector is converted into a rotationally measured image that is acquired by rotationally moving the X-ray source and the detector along concentric circular paths. Then, the rotationally measured image at every measurement angle is provided with a weight that gives intensity variation equivalent to that of the reconstructed image obtained from the rotationally measured images acquired by the measurement using the rotation angle range of 180 degrees, a reconstruction operation is performed, and a reconstructed image is obtained. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036789 | Reconstruction with Partially Known Attenuation Information In Time of Flight Positron Emission Tomography - Reconstruction in positron emission tomography is performed with partially known attenuation. A PET-CT scanner is used to generate a PET image with time of flight emission information. To limit x-ray dose while providing increased sensitivity at the ends of the CT volume in the PET image, attenuation coefficients for oblique LORs passing outside the CT volume are determined from the time of flight emission information. The attenuation coefficients for LORs within the CT volume are derived from the CT data. An objective function may be maximized for the emission distribution without reconstructing the attenuation distribution. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036790 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO GENERATE A PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHY - A method for obtaining a panoramic image similar to a panoramic radiography obtained from a patient through X-ray emission by processing an acquired 3D digital volume in voxel, each voxel having values of X-ray absorption is characterized by selecting a curved surface in 3D volume and identifying a plurality of first points on the curved surface and connecting each point of the identified first points with a corresponding pixel of the panoramic image to be obtained in order to map the first points of the curved surface on corresponding pixels of the panoramic image. Each identified point of the first points are associated with a respective set of lines passing through the identified point, each line having a different angle of incidence. The lines are contained in a solid angle having identified point as a vertex. An absorption value is calculated in the 3D volume along each of the lines. The identified point of the first points is attributed with an absorption value calculated as a function of all of the absorption values calculated for each of the lines of the set. The pixel linked to the identified point of the first points is attributed with a value expressed in grayscale calculated as a function of the absorption value of the identified point. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036791 | ROTATING UNIT WITH A DEVICE FOR WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN TWO PARTS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN TWO PARTS MOVABLE RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER - In a method and a device for wireless data transmission between two parts of a medical imaging device that are moving relative to one another, at least: a first communication device has at least one transmission unit to transmit at least one radio-frequency signal, a second communication device has at least one reception unit to receive at last one radio-frequency signal, and the first and second communication devices are arranged at the different parts of the rotating unit. A directional coupler has at least two radio-frequency conductors; with one of the radio-frequency conductors being connected at one end thereof with the first communication device, and the other end thereof is terminated with a real resistor. The second radio-frequency conductor is connected with the second communication device. One of the radio-frequency conductors extends annularly at least around the entire circumference of one of the two parts of the rotating unit that are movable relative to one another, while the other radio-frequency conductor is arranged on at least a portion of the circumference of the other part of the rotating unit; such that a constant power is extracted from the radio-frequency conductor connected with the communication device having at least one transmission unit. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036792 | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF GENERATING IMAGE BY USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - A computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray irradiation unit irradiating an X-ray to an object while rotating along a predetermined rotation path, a detector acquiring projection data by detecting an X-ray transmitted through the object, a filter unit located between the X-ray irradiation unit and the object and comprising a plurality of transmissive areas and a plurality of slightly transmissive areas that are arranged in a predetermined direction, and a control unit controlling a motion of the filter unit to allow a relative position of the plurality of transmissive areas with respect to the X-ray irradiation unit and a relative position of the plurality of slightly transmissive areas with respect to the X-ray irradiation unit to change while the X-ray irradiation unit rotates. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036793 | RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM - A radiotherapy system acquires an image which is necessary for positioning of a patient for radiation treatment and enables grasping of a positional relationship of a target in a treatment radiation irradiated state, a radiation passing area and a critical organ. An X-ray imaging device is attached to the rotatable support device and configured to apply X-rays to the subject from plural directions while rotating around the subject to perform X-ray imaging. A target recognizing device recognizes a three-dimensional position of the target in the subject from X-ray images acquired by the X-ray imaging device; and CT image generating devices are configured to select, from the X-ray images acquired by the X-ray imaging device, the images in which the position of the target recognized by the recognizing device satisfies the treatment radiation irradiation condition for the motion tracking treatment to perform image reconstruction and generate a cone beam CT image. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036794 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVED SPATIAL RESOLUTION OF A MULTI-SLICE IMAGING SYSTEM - A system and method include acquisition of a set of projections from an object using a CT imaging system and reconstruct an initial image of the scanned object from the set of projections, the reconstructed initial image comprising a plurality of pixels. The system and method also include identification of a candidate pixel within the plurality of pixels, application of a nonlinear enhancement to the candidate pixel to iteratively adjust an intensity value of the candidate pixel, and generation of a final image using the adjusted intensity value of the candidate pixel. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036795 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL PHASE CONTRAST X-RAY IMAGING - The present invention relates to phase contrast X-ray imaging of an object. In order to provide phase contrast information in more than one direction, an X-ray imaging system is provided that comprises an X-ray source ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150036796 | MAMMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - In a mammography apparatus, a deflection of an x-ray source aligned on a radiation detector is predetermined depending on the size of a breast compressed in the compression unit and/or the density of the breast tissue. Given an increasing deflection on an arc-shaped trajectory of the x-ray source, the compression of the breast is reduced at least once so that the path of the x-rays through the breast stays within a predetermined path length, starting from a first compression in a first x-ray acquisition. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036797 | IMAGING SYSTEM - An intraoral radiation device comprises a biocompatible intraoral receptacle with an X-ray source therein. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036798 | Scanner Systems - A crane including support means arranged to support a load and to move the load along a path, and a scanner including a radiation source and radiation detection means arranged to scan a scanning volume. The path is arranged to pass through the scanning volume so that the scanner can scan the load as it moves along the path. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036799 | G-ARM X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - An X-ray imaging apparatus is provided having advantages of both C-shaped, G-shaped, and ring-shaped arm configurations. The device consists of a gantry that supports X-ray imaging machinery. The gantry is formed to allow two bi-planar X-rays to be taken simultaneously or without movement of the equipment and/or patient. The gantry is adjustable to change angles of the X-ray imaging machinery. Further, in some embodiments, the X-ray receptor portion of the X-ray imaging machinery may be positioned on retractable and extendable arms, allowing the apparatus to have a larger access opening when not in operation, but to still provide bi-planar X-ray ability when in operation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036800 | RADIOGRAPHIC X-RAY EQUIPMENT - Radiographic X-ray equipment includes a revolution driving device that causes an X-ray irradiating member and an X-ray imaging member to perform a revolving movement around a subject with a revolution center line as the center, and a main body control unit that controls the revolution driving device, a secondary driving device controlled by the main body control unit to cause the X-ray imaging member to perform a local movement different from the revolving movement, with a movement width in a predetermined direction, a storing means that stores electric power for the X-ray imaging member, and a supplying means that supplies electric power to the storing means. The X-ray imaging member and the storing means are connected to each other, and the secondary driving device causes the storing means and the X-ray imaging member to perform the local movement as a unit without moving relative to each other. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036801 | RADIATION GENERATING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A radiation generating apparatus | 2015-02-05 |
20150036802 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTING DEVICE AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - In a detection panel, plural pixels which receive X-ray and accumulate electric charge and plural measuring pixels which detect X-ray dose are provided on an imaging surface. The plural measuring pixels are arranged periodically with an interval. In a position facing to the imaging surface, there is a grid where X-ray absorbing sections and X-ray transmitting sections are arranged in a periodic alternating manner in a first direction. Since the arrangement period of the measuring pixels in the first direction is different from a fluctuation period of grid detection signals obtained when the grid is photographed by the detection panel, output values of the plurality of measuring pixels disperse and a fluctuation range of average values is suppressed. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036803 | MEDICAL DOSE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL DOSE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD - A medical dose information management apparatus according to an embodiment includes a dose measuring unit, a dose graph generation unit, a dose graph generation unit, a display mode setting unit and an output unit. The dose measuring unit acquires dose information including an area dose in X-ray irradiation. The dose graph generation unit generates, based on the dose information, a dose graph indicating area doses respectively corresponding to imaging operations associated with the X-ray irradiation. The display mode setting unit sets a display mode for the dose graph in accordance with each of imaging schemes corresponding to the imaging operations included in the dose information. The output unit outputs the dose graph accompanied by the set display mode. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036804 | PORTABLE X-RAY ANALYZER HAVING VIBRATION, THERMAL AND/OR MOISTURE ISOLATION FROM EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT - A handheld x-ray analyzer, having an outer shell forming an inner cavity, the outer shell having at least one aperture; an x-ray engine positioned within the cavity; and a generally planar heat sink rigidly and thermally attached to the x-ray engine, and positioned in the aperture of the outer shell thereby substantially filling the aperture while providing thermal conduction between the engine and surrounding air. An outer face of the heat sink may be substantially conformal with the outer shell along one or both sides of the analyzer, and form a substantial portion of one or both sides of the analyzer. Longitudinal fins may be placed on an outer face of the heat sink to aid in thermal conduction from the engine to the surrounding air. Thermal handling, shock/vibration isolation, and moisture barriers are provided. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036805 | APPARATUS FOR AMPLIFYING INTENSITY DURING TRANSMISSION SMALL ANGLE- X-RAY SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS - The disclosure provides an apparatus for amplifying scattering intensity during tSAXS measurements. The apparatus includes an enhancement grating object and a placement mechanism. The enhancement grating object is positioned within a longitudinal coherence length of an incident X-ray from a target object. The placement mechanism is capable of placing the enhancement grating object with nanometer precision with respect to the target object in both a lateral and a longitudinal directions. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036806 | METHOD FOR REAL-TIME QUALITY ASSURANCE ASSESSMENT OF GANTRY ROTATION AND COLLIMATOR ROTATION IN RADIATION THERAPY - A method and device for real-time mechanical and dosimetric quality assurance measurements in radiation therapy provides a unified measurement of mechanical motion and radiation components of the machine. The device includes an imaging surface for receiving multiple energy sources. The imaging surface has an imaging plane positioned on a same plane as an isocenter of a medical accelerator. A camera measures and records data related to the multiple energy sources. A mirror system can be used to direct the multiple energy sources to the camera for further processing. However, in some instances the mirror system may not be necessary. The device can also include computer control in order to automate the movement of the device and/or automation of the QA protocol. The device can also be used in executing a method for assessing gantry and collimator rotation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036807 | Methods and Systems for Remotely Recording and Managing Associated Recorded Files & Electronic Devices - The present disclosure provides a method and a system for remotely recording and managing the recorded files, especially for providing such cloud services via a network system, especially a telecommunication system. Images, voices, videos or other data sensed from the environment will be received from an electronic device, transmitted to a remote server and recorded as a file in the server. The recorded file can be retrieved by generating a unique address for the recorded file and sending the unique address to the electronic device or any other assigned address. Any computer can download the recorded file by visiting the aforementioned unique address. Therefore, a cloud based service of remote recording and managing recorded files is provided in the present disclosure. In addition, mechanisms for registration and payment of the aforementioned service are also provided in the present disclosure. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036808 | Device for Non-Intrusive Screening of Telephone Calls And Method Thereof - A telephone with a call screening device is able to screen automated calls by transmitting a message containing an instruction upon detecting an incoming call. The instruction from the call screening device requests that the calling party respond to the message correctly and in time before the call screening device allows the telephone to ring and the call answered. The instruction contains, inter alia, a string of randomly generated numbers that the calling party is asked to dial as part of his/her response. In the event that the response is not received in time or the response is incorrect, the call screening device terminates the call without the phone ever ringing. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036809 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An apparatus to which a telephone line can be connected, the apparatus comprising: a first determination unit configured to determine, based on a change amount of a line direct-current voltage from the telephone line per time period, whether the line direct-current voltage is stable; a second determination unit configured to determine whether the line direct-current voltage from the telephone line is a first threshold or lower; and a third determination unit configured to, if the first determination unit determines that the line direct-current voltage is stable and if the second determination unit determines that the line direct-current voltage is the first threshold or lower, determine that the external telephone has captured the telephone line. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036810 | CALLER ID MEMO SYSTEM - A system and method of saving and delivering a voice memo or text memo to identify incoming calls is provided. A user of the system of the invention is given the option of recording a memo on the calls he or she has received through a prompt on a telecommunication device. The user can choose to record a voice memo or text memo after each call. The memos are saved in connection with caller id information pertaining to the number from which the call was placed. When a user of the system receives a call from a number that has a memo saved in relation thereto, the user will be prompted to hear, and may listen to, the voice memo before answering the call. If the memo is in text form, the user can configure the system to provide various processing options. In one processing option, a text to speech audio presentation of the text of the memo is made available to permit the message to be heard over a telephone or networked audio capable PDA device. In other processing options, the user has the text of the message sent to the user's PC or emailed or sent by instant message to the user's PDA device. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036811 | Voice Input State Identification - A method for indicating voice input state for a call on a communications device. A processor unit identifies the state of voice input for the call. In response to the state of the voice input being a mute state, the processor unit identifies a mute setting for the mute state based on a user profile. Thereafter, first audio data specified by the mute setting is played with audio data from the call on the communications device. In response to the state of the voice input being an unmute state, the processor unit identifies an unmute setting for the unmute state based on the user profile. Thereafter, second audio data specified by the unmute setting is played with the audio data from the call on the communications device. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036812 | System for Connecting Two Client Entities - A system is provided for connecting a first client entity to a second client entity in a communications network. The first client entity has subscribed to a connection service. A routing module routes via a connecting device a first call made by the second client entity to the first client entity and redirected to a third client entity. The connecting device inserts a linking module for the interception of the first call. A first branch is established between the second client entity and the linking module and a second branch is established between the linking module and the third client entity. The connecting device then detects a second call associated to the connection service made by the first client entity via the linking module, and then connects the first and second client entities by connecting the first branch and this second call by means of the linking module. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036813 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING USER DATA - Apparatus for initiating a phone call is provided. The apparatus may comprise a receiver configured to receive a request from a user to initiate a phone call. The apparatus may also comprise a transmitter. In response to the receipt of the request to initiate the phone call, the transmitter may be configured to transmit user data over a data communications network to a remote computer platform. The remote computer platform may be in communication with one or more agent desktops. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036814 | ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR MULTINODAL EXPERT NETWORKS - An electronic communication system enables one or multiple parties to aggregate one or multiple experts under one or multiple brand identities and to make each unique identity publicly or privately accessible to other entities seeking to access individual or aggregated experts on a free or paid basis. This system allows one single operator to effectively power hundreds or thousands of custom branded and independently owned expert networks deployed by different network sponsors. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036815 | REAL-TIME PREDICTIVE ROUTING - The methods, apparatus, and systems described herein are designed to route customer communications to the best agent or best available agent The methods include receiving a customer communication, predicting a personality type of the customer associated with the customer communication, and providing a routing recommendation to route the customer to an agent based on the personality type prediction and historical customer data. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036816 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY ROUTING A TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION - A method for automatically routing a telephonic communication to at least one of a plurality of communication destination addresses is provided. The method is implemented by a computer readable medium having a plurality of code segments. The method comprises the step of receiving customer identifier and communicating with a customer history database configured to store historic data. The method also includes determining whether the received customer identifier corresponds to a stored customer identifier in the customer history database. Historic data corresponding to the stored customer number is identified based on the comparison of the received customer identifier and the stored customer identifier. The telephonic communication is associated with a predetermined communication destination based on the identified historic data. The associated communication data is transmitted to a switching signal. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036817 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING CALLS RESPONSIVE TO ADVERTISEMENTS USING BACK CHANNEL MESSAGING AND DATA CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS - Systems, methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are provided to track call information pertinent to calls responsive to advertisements. A message may be received via a data network from a communication device running an application. The application may be associated with a communication reference. Responsive to selection of a user-selectable option that may correspond to an advertisement presented via the communication device, the message may be sent, via the data network, to a call information handling system. The message may indicate call information. Unique identification of the communication device and/or a user may be determined. The call information may be stored in a tracking information repository in association with the unique identification. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036818 | Managing interactive communications campaigns with reduced customer-to-agent connection latency - A web-based hosted solution through which business entities create and manage communications campaigns is described. To reduce latency of customer-to-agent connections, the system implements an agent stay-on-line function by which a persistent telephony connection is established and maintained between the system infrastructure and an available agent. In this manner, the agent may handle multiple customers while avoiding an ACD hold queue. In addition, preferably a service-side hold queue also is established and maintained on the service-side of the infrastructure. This hold queue maintains calls that are waiting to be connected to available agents. It ensures that any customer abandons do not impair the connections being established and maintained to the agents. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036819 | QUANTUM-KEY-DISTRIBUTION RECEIVING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTOR - There is provided a quantum-key-distribution receiving device used in a quantum key distribution system that utilizes a pair of quantum-entangled photons including a signal photon and an idler photon, the quantum-key-distribution receiving device including a single-photon detector in which a secure-key generation rate is dependent on a first performance index η/(1+P | 2015-02-05 |
20150036820 | Probability Durable Entropic Advantage - A method used by two strangers subject to comprehensive eavesdropping, and in need for establishing privacy and secrecy, or more generally, an entropic advantage. Unlike the prevailing one-way functions, like RSA, and ECC which are subject to a breach via advanced mathematical insight, the method herein is based on durable probability considerations which is vulnerable to faster computing, but not to new mathematical insight, and as such provide more security against powerful eavesdropping adversaries. The method includes an equivocation-based one-way function Y=f(X) where X and Y are any positive integers and where there are infinite values X | 2015-02-05 |
20150036821 | Physical Layer Encryption for MIMO Communication Networks - Systems and methods are provided for encrypting a data transmission from a base station at the physical layer, such that the data transmission can only be decoded successfully by an intended UE. In an embodiment, a desired signal component, including a data signal for an intended UE, is combined with an interference component to generate a signal for transmission. The interference component is designed such that it falls in a null space of the channel from the base station to the intended UE and is therefore not received by the intended UE. In contrast, for an unintended UE, the interference component is designed to interfere with the desired signal component at the unintended UE, preventing the unintended UE from successfully decoding the data transmission. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036822 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to at least one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a content acquiring module configured to receive or store a content according to a first copyright protection method; a filter configured to acquire PIDs from first packets of the content; an analyzing module configured to acquire a PAT/PMT from each of the PIDs; a generating module configured to generate a PMT based on the PAT/PMT according to a second copyright protection method; encrypters configured to encrypt PES payloads by managing independent sets of an encryption key and an initial vector for the respective PIDs; and a packet generating module configured to generate second packets based on encryption results. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036823 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECURING BEACONS - A short-range communication tag includes a transmitter, a clock circuit providing a clock value and a memory containing a unique identification value. The tag further includes a processor which generates encryption keys with a period of K seconds and combines the unique identification value with the encryption key, according to a predetermined encryption method, to generate an obfuscated unique identification value. The tag further includes a short-range transmitter to transmit the tag identification value. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036824 | TRANSMITTER, RECEIVER, QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD) SYSTEM AND QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION METHOD - According to an embodiment, a transmitter transmits first transmission key data and second transmission key data as quantum information. The transmitter includes a first privacy amplifier and a second privacy amplifier. The first privacy amplifier generates first secure key data by performing privacy amplification to remove information that has possibly been acquired by an eavesdropper of the first transmission key data on the first transmission key data. The second privacy amplifier generates second secure key data by performing the privacy amplification to remove information that has possibly been acquired by the eavesdropper of the second reception key data on the decoded key data. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036825 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a cryptographic key storage, a transmitter, a receiver, and a sharing controller. The cryptographic key storage stores therein one or more cryptographic keys shared with an external device. The transmitter transmits specifying information that specifies at least one of the cryptographic keys to the external device. The receiver receives determination information that indicates a result of determination, which is made by the external device based on the specifying information, on whether the shared cryptographic key is consistent between the apparatus and the external device. When receiving the determination information indicating that the shared cryptographic key is inconsistent between the apparatus and the external device, the sharing controller deletes the cryptographic key specified by the specifying information from the cryptographic key storage. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036826 | STEREO EXPANDER METHOD - An audio enhancement technique comprising an audio source, processing the audio source by the following modules, a low pass filter with dynamic offset, an envelope controlled bandpass filter, a high pass filter; and adding an amount of dynamic synthesized sub bass to the audio. The processed audio signals are combined in a summing mixer with the audio source to create an audio out signal. Audio out is sent to a block that splits, processes and combines the stereo stream into several different versions that are fed into the Stereo Bus A. The Stereo Bus is fed to a Compare Block that adjusts the amplitude of the original and processed audio by averaging. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036827 | Transaural Synthesis Method for Sound Spatialization - A method for producing a digital spatialized stereo audio file from an original multichannel audio file, comprising a step of performing a processing on each of the channels for cross-talk cancelation; a step of merging the channels in order to produce a stereo signal; and a dynamic filtering and specific equalization step for increasing the sound dynamics. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036828 | INTERNET AUDIO SOFTWARE METHOD - An audio enhancement technique comprises an audio source. Presets for the input audio sound are provided. The presetted ausio sound is tone adjusted to create a tone adjusted presetted audio. The tone adjusted presetted audio is expanded to create an expanded audio and the expanded audio is outputted for use by user. The presetted audio is subjected to a treatment by one or more modules to improve sound quality. The treatment comprises processing the audio source by the following modules: a low pass filter with dynamic offset; an envelope controlled bandpass filter; a high pass filter; and adding an amount of dynamic synthesized sub bass to the audio. The processed audio signals are combined in a summing mixer with the audio source to create an audio out signal. In one embodiment, the expanding comprises sending audio out to a block that splits, processes and combines the stereo stream into several different versions that are fed into the Stereo Bus A; feeding Stereo Bus A output to a Compare Block that adjusts the amplitude of the original and processed audio by averaging; and feeding the output from the compare block as an stereo output. In one embodiment, the tone adjustment comprises: a first section for adjusting a low frequency tone; a second section for adjusting a mid frequency tone; a third section for adjusting a high frequency tone and mixing the audio outputs processed by the first, second and third sections to produce an output audio sound. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036829 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION OF A MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO SIGNAL INTO A TWO-CHANNEL AUDIO SIGNAL - A method for conversion of a n-channel audio signal (L, R, Ls, Rs) into a two-channel audio signal (Ro, Lo), where n≧4 and integer, includes the step of generating either one of the two-channel audio signals, right (Ro) or left (Lo), by a combination of: a front (R, L) and rear (Rs, Ls) signal components of the n-channel audio signal of the same side (right or left), and a front (L, R) signal component of the n-channel audio signal of the other side (left or right), and a term dependent of n. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036830 | AUDIO PLAYBACK SYSTEM - An audio playback system includes a handheld device and a digital stereo set. By the handheld device, a control message is converted into a modulation signal. The modulation signal is transmitted to a speaker, thereby controlling the speaker to generate a modulated sound wave signal. After the modulated sound wave signal is received by a built-in microphone of the digital stereo set, the modulated sound wave signal is restored to the control message. After the control message is received by the digital stereo set, the digital stereo set performs a corresponding control action. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036831 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING AN INPUT SIGNAL INTO AN OUTPUT SIGNAL AND FOR GENERATING A PREDEFINED TRANSFER BEHAVIOR BETWEEN SAID INPUT SIGNAL AND SAID OUTPUT SIGNAL - An arrangement and method for converting an input signal z(t) into a mechanical or acoustical output signal p(t) comprising an electro-magnetic transducer using a coil at a fixed position and a moving armature, a sensor, a parameter measurement device and a controller. The parameter measurement device identifies parameter information P of an nonlinear model of the transducer considering and the saturation and the geometry of the magnetic elements. A diagnostic system reveals the physical causes of signal distortion and generates information for optimizing the design and manufacturing process of this transducer. The controller compensates for nonlinear signal distortion, stabilizes the rest position of the armature and protects the transducer against mechanical and thermal overload. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036832 | AUTOMOTIVE CONSTANT SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED SITUATION AWARENESS - Audio systems for a vehicle and methods for increasing auditory situation awareness in a vehicle are provided. An audio system includes at least one ambient microphone disposed on the vehicle, a processor and at least one loudspeaker. The at least one ambient microphone is configured to capture ambient sound external to the vehicle and to produce an ambient sound signal. The processor is configured to receive the ambient sound signal and an audio content signal, and to mix the ambient sound signal with the audio content signal to generate a mixed output signal. The at least one loudspeaker is configured to reproduce the mixed output signal in the vehicle cabin. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036833 | Method and device for testing a loudspeaker arrangement - A loudspeaker arrangement includes a loudspeaker and a trigger circuit for electrically triggering the loudspeaker. The loudspeaker has a loudspeaker diaphragm for generating an acoustic signal. A digital pulse test signal is applied to the loudspeaker via the trigger circuit during a respective test sequence, the digital pulse test signal having a duty cycle that is predetermined to change such that the duty cycle increases over a plurality of periods of the test sequence at the beginning of the test sequence, and the duty cycle decreases over a plurality of periods of the test sequence at the end of the test sequence. During the respective test sequence, a measurement variable, representative of a voltage drop on a reference circuit connected in series to the loudspeaker, is detected, and the loudspeaker arrangement is classified as functional on the basis of a comparison of the measurement variable and a predetermined reference value. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036834 | Variable Noise Attenuator with Adjustable Attenuation - An ear attenuator headset that allows a user to adjust the amount of attenuation in a variable, continuous fashion from zero attenuation to maximum attenuation without removing the device from a user's head. The ear attenuator headset includes a passageway, the passageway allowing for sound to pass through the headset and a control element, the control element able to control the amount of sound that passes through the passageway of the ear attenuator headset. The ear attenuator can be used in headsets, headphones, and earbuds where electronic sounds are transmitted and added variable attenuation is also available for the consumer to take advantage of for reduction of the external environmental sounds. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036835 | EARPIECES WITH GESTURE CONTROL - Many types of earpiece devices are available for various scenarios, such as hearing aids and headphones. However, many types of earpieces exhibit various disadvantages relating to the discretion, privacy, and/or security. For example, some earpieces are observable when worn by the user (e.g., over-head and over-ear headphones); some earpieces play sound that is audible to other users; and some earpieces enable interaction with second devices (e.g., mobile phones) through overt interaction a physical control, such as manually pressing a button on the earpiece. Presented herein are earpieces that rest within an ear canal and selectively transmit audio through a speaker into the ear canal while reducing obstruction of ambient sound, and that enable interaction with second devices through gestures, such as nodding or tilting the head, rather than overt physical interactions. These and other design considerations may facilitate discreet use of the device and the privacy of the user. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036836 | Mobile Device Headset Interface Module - Various embodiments of a novel mobile device headset interface module are disclosed. In one embodiment, the novel mobile device headset interface module has a roll-slip edge guard with a ridge at each edge endpoint. The ridge forms an elevated wall at each edge endpoint, which prevents slippage of an electrical wire that is rolled around outer surfaces of the mobile device headset interface module. The novel mobile device headset interface module may also include an upward-slope headset input port on a top surface of the mobile device headset interface module to reduce chances of impact-related damages or electrical disconnections to a headset input jack. Furthermore, in one embodiment of the invention, the novel mobile device headset interface module may also include a mute button, a length-adjustable wire roll extender attached with the roll-slip edge guard, extender position-securing holes, a headset-securing clip, and/or a detachable belt strap. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036837 | AUDIO SIGNAL ADAPTER DEVICE AND AUDIO SIGNAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM - An audio signal adapter device and a system for transmitting an audio signal are provided. The audio signal adapter device comprises: a microphone, configured to receive the audio signal and to output the audio signal via an audio pin thereof; an amplifying unit configured to amplify the audio signal received via an audio input pin thereof and to output an amplified audio signal via an audio output pin thereof; and a USB adapter interface, connected with an audio signal receiving device and comprises an audio signal pin. The audio pin of the microphone is connected with the audio input pin of the amplifying unit, and the audio output pin of the amplifying unit is connected with the audio signal pin of the USB adapter interface. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036838 | LOUDNESS LEVEL CONTROL FOR AUDIO RECEPTION AND DECODING EQUIPMENT - The application discusses a computer implemented method and apparatus for performing audio equalisation in an audio receiver device, such as an integrated receiver/decoder or set top box, or integrated TV, connected to one or more audio playback devices, such as a television unit, computer screen and speakers, amplifier or home theatre equipment. The method and apparatus use an equalisation process which compares audio signals received in different audio formats (e.g. MPEG-1 Layer II, AC-3 2.0, AC-3 5.1 and HE-AAC) with one another, allowing a correction gain factor to be determined for equalising the perceived loudness of the signals when played-back at a connected playback device. The correction gain factor is then applied in the audio receiver device before output. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036839 | MICROPHONE FOR VEHICLE - A microphone for a vehicle includes an opening configured to disperse wind pressure and a filter configured to prevent vibration due to the wind pressure introduced through the opening. A holder is fixed onto a printed circuit board (PCB) to thereby prevent resonance due to the pressure of the wind passing through the filter, and the PCB is configured to convert a sound wave into an electrical signal. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036840 | LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A loudspeaker system for a motor vehicle has at least one loudspeaker which is arranged outside the passenger space of the motor vehicle and is acoustically connected to the passenger space by at least one pipeline. At least one sound damping device is connected to the at least one pipeline which leads from the at least one loudspeaker to the passenger space, and/or to another pipeline which is connected to the at least one loudspeaker. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036841 | FILTER WITH INDEPENDENTLY ADJUSTABLE BAND GAIN AND BREAK POINT SLOPES AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING SAME - A filter for equalizing the frequency response of loudspeaker systems includes at least one band filter section ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150036842 | LOUDNESS LEVEL CONTROL FOR AUDIO RECEPTION AND DECODING EQUIPMENT - The application discusses a computer implemented method and apparatus for performing audio equalisation in an audio receiver device, such as an integrated receiver/decoder or set top box, or integrated TV, connected to one or more audio playback devices, such as a television unit, computer screen and speakers, amplifier or home theatre equipment. The method and apparatus use an equalisation process which compares audio signals received in different audio formats (e.g. MPEG-1 Layer II, AC-3 2.0, AC-3 5.1 and HE-AAC) with one another, allowing a correction gain factor to be determined for equalising the perceived loudness of the signals when played-back at a connected playback device. The correction gain factor is then applied in the audio receiver device before output. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036843 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device | 2015-02-05 |
20150036844 | APPARATUS IN AN ACOUSTIC ASSEMBLY FOR REGISTERING ASSEMBLY PARTS - An acoustic apparatus includes a first acoustic element, a second acoustic element, and a registration portion. The first acoustic element and the second acoustic element are elements such as a coil, a reed, or a yoke. The registration portion is configured to register the first acoustic element with respect to the second acoustic element such that an exact and relative alignment and positioning between the first acoustic element and second acoustic element is provided and ensured. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036845 | COVER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - An electronic device includes a speaker, and a cover covering the speaker. The cover includes a transparent main portion, and a non-transparent border portion. The non-transparent border portion includes a substrate integrated with the transparent main portion. The substrate of the border portion defines a plurality of through holes corresponding to the speaker to transmit sound output from the speaker. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036846 | SOUND GENERATOR, SOUND GENERATION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided are a sound generator including a frame body, a vibration body provided to the frame body in a state where a tensile force is applied to the vibration body, and a piezoelectric vibration element provided to the vibration body. In the sound generator, when a first direction and a second direction are directions along a main surface of the vibration body and intersect with each other, the tensile force in the first direction and the tensile force in the second direction are different from each other. A sound generation device and an electronic apparatus including the sound generator are also provided. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036847 | ACOUSTIC DETECTION OF AUDIO SOURCES TO FACILITATE REPRODUCTION OF SPATIAL AUDIO SPACES - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and wearable computing devices to facilitate production and/or reproduction of a spatial sound field and/or one or more audio spaces. More specifically, disclosed are systems, components and methods to determine acoustically positions of audios sources, such as vocal users, for providing audio spaces and spatial sound field reproduction for remote listeners. In one embodiment, a media device includes a housing, transducers disposed in the housing to emit audible acoustic signals into a region including one or more audio sources, acoustic probe transducers configured to emit ultrasonic signals and acoustic sensors configured to sense received ultrasonic signals reflected from an audio source. A controller can determine a position of the audio source. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036848 | MOTION DETECTION OF AUDIO SOURCES TO FACILITATE REPRODUCTION OF SPATIAL AUDIO SPACES - Embodiments of the invention relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and wearable/mobile computing devices configured to facilitate production and/or reproduction of spatial audio and/or one or more audio spaces. More specifically, disclosed are systems, components and methods to acoustically determine displacements of audios sources (or portions thereof), such as a subset of speaking users, for providing audio spaces and spatial sound field reproduction, for example, for a remote listener. In one embodiment, a media device includes transducers to emit audible acoustic signals into a region including one or more audio sources, acoustic probe transducers configured to emit ultrasonic signals and acoustic sensors configured to sense received ultrasonic signals reflected from an audio source. A controller can determine a displacement of the audio source. Examples of displacement include locomotion, gesture-related motion and orientation changes. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036849 | MATRIX DECODER WITH CONSTANT-POWER PAIRWISE PANNING - A constant-power pairwise panning upmixing system and method for upmixing from a two-channel stereo signal to a multi-channel surround sound (having more than two channels). Each output channel is some combination of the two input channels. Closed-form solutions are used to calculate dematrixing coefficients that are used to weight each input channel. The dematrixing coefficients are computed based on an inter-channel level difference and an inter-channel phase difference between the two input signals. The weighted input channels then are mixed uniquely for each output channel to generate a surround sound output from the stereo input signal. Each dematrixing coefficient has an in-phase component and an out-of-phase component. The phase coefficients for each component vary in time and are based on the phase difference between the input signals. The resultant surround sound output faithfully simulates the audio content as originally mixed. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036850 | METHOD FOR FOLLOWING A SOUND SOURCE, AND HEARING AID DEVICE - A method of following a sound source with a hearing aid device. The hearing aid device has a plurality of microphones, a monitoring device, a locating device, a directional device, an energy source, a controller and an electro-mechanical transducer. The directional device generates a signal with a variable directional characteristic from the microphone signals. The directional signal is monitored for an incipient acoustic signal from a sound source from a predetermined direction range. The locating device determines the direction of origin of the sound source. A predetermined directional characteristic with an orientation toward the first sound source is also set in the directional device. The locating device then determines a change in the direction of origin of the first sound source and the orientation of the directional characteristic is set based on the changed direction of origin in the directional device. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036851 | AUTOMATIC HEARING AID ADAPTATION OVER TIME VIA MOBILE APPLICATION - A hearing assistance system for delivering sounds to a listener provides for programming of a hearing assistance device, such as a hearing aid, using a communication link with a secondary device such as a smartphone. An example hearing assistance system may compensate for a patient's hearing deficit in a gradually progressing fashion over a configured period of absolute time, device operation time, or a combination of absolute and operation time. The hearing assistance device may be programmed by an application operating on the secondary device to successively select a parameter set that defines an operating characteristic of the signal processing circuit from a group of such parameter sets over a period of time or in response to a listener or physician input. The physician input may be received by the secondary device over a network. The defined sequence may end in a parameter set that optimally compensates the patient's hearing. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036852 | SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICES - Disclosed herein, among other things, is a system for customizing a hearing assistance device for a wearer. According to various embodiments, data corresponding to the wearer's acoustic environment is logged using the hearing assistance device. In various embodiments, the hearing assistance device is fitted by an adaptive fitting process controlled by the wearer, the adaptive fitting process having access to the data logged by the hearing assistance device to customize settings of the hearing assistance device for the wearer. In an embodiment, data related to fitting the hearing assistance device is sent via a network connection to a location accessible by the wearer's audiologist and/or device manufacturer. The sent data is used to create an interactive database, and the database is used for fitting hearing assistance devices for one or more wearers, in various embodiments. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036853 | MUSIC PLAYER WATCH WITH HEARING AID REMOTE CONTROL - Described herein are devices and methods for enabling a hearing aid user to control the operation of the hearing aid and also select an audio source for streaming audio information such as music directly to the hearing aid. In one embodiment, these functionalities are combined into a single wrist-worn remote device that may also function as a watch. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036854 | HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE WITH BALANCED FEED-LINE FOR ANTENNA - A hearing assistance device, such as a hearing aid, includes an antenna connected to a communication circuit through a feed-line for wireless communication. The antenna and the feed-line are configured and placed such that capacitance between their conductors is approximately minimized. In one embodiment, the feed-line includes feed-line conductors each including a major portion approximately perpendicular to an antenna conductor. In another embodiment, the feed-line includes a feed-line conductor crossing the antenna conductor, and at least one of the antenna conductor and the feed-line conductor includes a notch in the crossing area to reduce the crossing area. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036855 | RANGE CONTROL FOR WIRELESS HEARING ASSISTANCE DEVICE SYSTEMS - Disclosed herein, among other things, are apparatus and methods for wireless hearing assistance devices and in particular to a controllable range control for wireless hearing assistance device systems. An advertisement is used to allow the receiver to quickly receive streaming information, thus conserving power. In various embodiments, a system for communications with a hearing assistance device includes a wireless streaming device having a range control. The range control is configured to provide a first range for an advertisement transmission and a second range for a streaming information transmission. The first range is less than the second range, in various embodiments. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036856 | INTEGRATION OF HEARING AIDS WITH SMART GLASSES TO IMPROVE INTELLIGIBILITY IN NOISE - Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatuses for integration of hearing aids with an MSD to improve intelligibility in noisy environments. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method of providing voice audio to a hearing aid or text in a hearing aid user's field of view, where the voice audio or text corresponds to a speaker of interest within a noisy environment, and where the speaker of interest is identified using smart glasses. An MSD graphical user interface is provided for a hearing aid user to identify a speaker of interest. The lip movement patterns of the speaker of interest are recorded by the smart glasses, and voice activity detection is performed on the lip movement patterns. Noise reduction is performed using the results of the voice activity detection. The noise-reduced voice audio may be transmitted to the hearing aid, or the speech recognition text may be transmitted to and displayed on the MSD. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036857 | ATTENUATING TIP FOR HEARING AID - A hearing aid includes a speaker in a tip that is located in an ear canal. The tip includes a coupling, a retainer that mechanically engages the coupling, and a sleeve axially surrounding the retainer. The retainer attenuates lower frequencies than are attenuated by the sleeve. The sleeve is preferably a foam rubber and the retainer is preferably a composite material. A flange on the retainer reflects sound back into the sleeve for additional attenuation. It has been discovered that operation is improved if the outside diameter of the sleeve and the outside diameter of the retainer are in the ratio of approximately 1.75:1. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036858 | Cube Speaker/Amplifier - A portable electronic device includes an electronic amplifier and a battery power supply in a lower hollow prismatic-shaped housing which has a rectangular base wall panel and an upper oblique wall panel which is disposed obliquely downwards between a rear panel and a front panel of the housing, and an upper housing containing a loudspeaker which has a hollow prismatic shape including a lower oblique wall panel which is disposed downwardly between the rear wall panel of the housing and a front wall panel of the housing. Confronting outer faces of the oblique housing wall panels are joined by a central hollow rotatable joint which receives therethrough electrical leads that connect the loudspeaker to the amplifier. In a first, 0-degree orientation of the amplifier housing relative to the speaker housing, the composite shape of the device approximates that of a cube. The rotatable joint facilitates rotational motion of the speaker housing relative to the amplifier housing to a first, 90-degree orientation and a second, 180-degree orientation, to thus direct the sounds from the loudspeaker in different selected directions. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036859 | EXPANDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM THEREOF - A transmission system of expandable electronic device includes a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a first socket unit and a first processor, and the first socket includes a hall sensing circuit. The second electronic device includes a first plug unit and a second processor, and the first plug unit includes a first magnetic unit. The first processor couples to the first hall sensing circuit, the second processor couples to the first plug unit. By the plug unit inserts the first socket unit, the second electronic device couples to the first electronic device. When the first plug unit inserts the first socket unit, the first hall sensing circuit senses the first magnetic unit to generate a magnetic field sensing signal, and the first processor executes a first processing procedure according to magnetic field sensing signal. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036860 | Audio Device for Altering Water Structure - An audio device adapted for altering the structure of water is provided. The device includes a rigid, enclosed cabinet with speakers mounted to the cabinet. The speakers are positioned on opposing walls, facing each other, within the cavity of the cabinet and a watertight container is placed between the speakers. The exterior surface of the container rests directly against with the cone or the voice coil of the speakers, which are connected to an external sound system. Because the container is flush against the surface of the speakers, vibrations from the sound waves generated by the cone or the voice coil are transferred directly through the water. The sound waves alter the structure of the water from a liquid form to a liquid crystalline form, such that the liquid crystalline takes coherent geometric shapes. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036861 | EARBUD WITH PIVOTING ACOUSTIC DUCT - An earbud ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150036862 | SOUNDER MODULE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A sounder module, comprising a sounder unit and a casing housing the sounder unit; the sounder unit comprises a magnetic circuit system; the magnetic circuit system comprises a concentrating flux, plate, a magnet and a magnet yoke ( | 2015-02-05 |
20150036863 | LED LIGHTING DEVICE AND SPEAKER - Embodiments consistent with the present disclosure provide an LED lighting device and speaker. The LED lighting device and speaker may include an LED lighting unit, a speaker, an outer casing, and a power supply module. The LED lighting unit and the speaker are placed on the outer casing. There is also a sound guiding tube on the outer casing. The sound guiding tube on the outer casing may expand the audio bandwidth, enhance bass quality, reduce speaker vibration displacements, and protect the speaker. Further, the gap between the sound guiding tube and the bottom of the outer casing provides a heat dissipation path for the heat generated by the power supply module. In addition, the sound guiding tube and the hollowed lampshade forms a path that increases the air circulation between the interior and exterior of the LED lighting device and speaker. Finally, the sound guiding tube adds to the heating dissipating surface of the LED lighting device and speaker and therefore improves the efficiency of heat dissipation. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036864 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided with a housing, a piezoelectric element, and a panel, which is attached to the housing and has a contact area contacting a part of human body, configured to vibrate by the piezoelectric element to generate a vibration sound to be transmitted by vibrating the part of human body, such that pressure from inside of the housing at the contact area of the panel is smaller than pressure from inside of the housing at different area from the contact area. Thereby the sound pressure property is improved, and thus the electronic device preferably transmits air conduction sound and vibration sound. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036865 | ELECTRICAL SIGNAL TO AUDIO SIGNAL TRANSDUCER WITH A DEFORMABLE DIAPHRAGM UNIT - An electrical signal to audio signal transducer with a deformable diaphragm unit includes a connective portion and a deformable diaphragm unit. The connective portion connects the deformable diaphragm unit with a wall of a box. The deformable diaphragm unit is linked up with a through opening of the connective portion to form a passage. Push and pull exerted on the deformable diaphragm unit by the magnetic force induced by the current flows through the voice coil can cause deformable diaphragm unit to deform and move in a reciprocating manner and thus generate audible sounds. Therefore, with the transducer of the present invention, poor performance due to the dimensional constrain may be overcome. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036866 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR MICRO-SPEAKERS - A speaker driver including a frame and a magnet assembly positioned within the frame. A sound radiating surface may be suspended over the magnet assembly. The sound radiating surface may include a top face and a bottom face, and the bottom face may face the magnet assembly. A suspension member may suspend the sound radiating surface over the magnet assembly. The suspension member may include a top side connected to the bottom face of the sound radiating surface and a bottom side connected to the magnet assembly. A voice coil extends from the bottom face of the sound radiating surface. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036867 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF COAXIALLY ARRANGED DIAPHRAGMS - An acoustic transducer comprises one or more electromagnetic motors that drive one or more sets of multiple diaphragms to provide acoustically efficient loudspeaker systems having dimensions that allow use in applications that would be difficult or impossible with traditional transducers. The diaphragms may be driven directly, inertially or fluidically. If diaphragms are driven by rods that pass through holes in the diaphragms, noise may be generated by air that leaks through the pass-through holes. This noise may be reduced or eliminated by measures that reduce or eliminate the air leakage. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036868 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF COAXIALLY ARRANGED DIAPHRAGMS - An acoustic transducer includes a housing, a plurality of diaphragms suspended from the housing and separated into one or more groups, and one or more motors combined with the housing that operate in response to an electrical signal. The diaphragms of each group are driven by a respective motor to which all the diaphragms in the group are coupled and at least one motor has an indirect coupling with no direct mechanical connection to the diaphragms driven thereby. One or more electromagnetic motors that drive one or more sets of multiple diaphragms to provide acoustically efficient loudspeaker systems having dimensions that allow use in applications that would be difficult or impossible with traditional transducers. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036869 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PROVIDING OF SOUND - An electronic apparatus includes a configured to output audio using a permanent magnet, an audio processor configured to process audio data and output to the speaker, and an electromagnet configured to push the permanent magnet and project the speaker out on the electronic apparatus, with application of electric current. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036870 | AUTOMATED GRAPH LOCAL CONSTELLATION (GLC) METHOD OF CORRESPONDENCE SEARCH FOR REGISTRATION OF 2-D AND 3-D DATA - According to an embodiment, a 2-dimensional (2-D) image of a geographical region is transformed via a regional maxima transform (RMT) or an edge segmenting and boundary filling (ESBF) transform to produce a filtered 2-D image. The filtered 2-D image is iteratively eroded and opened to produce a processed EO 2-D image, 2-D object shape morphology is extracted from the processed EO 2-D image, and 2-D shape properties are extracted from the 2-D object shape morphology. A height slice of a 3-dimensional (3-D) point cloud comprising 3-D coordinate and intensity measurements of the geographical region is generated, and slice object shape morphology is extracted from the height slice. Slice shape properties from the slice object shape morphology are extracted, and the 2-D image is constellation matched to the height slice based on the 2-D shape properties and the slice shape properties. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036871 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR EMBEDDING DIGITAL WATERMARK INTO AND EXTRACTING DIGITAL WATERMARK FROM TEXT - Methods and apparatus for embedding digital watermark information into and extracting digital watermark information from a text are disclosed. The method for embedding digital watermark information into a text comprises: creating a menu item of the digital watermark information; and embedding a binary string into a value of a predetermined attribute for the menu item of the digital watermark information, the binary string to be embedded being the digital watermark information to be embedded. According to the present invention, it is able to increase the amount of information to be embedded. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036872 | AUDIBLE DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE - Disclosed is a document or article carrying information for the audible authentication of said document or article, wherein the information is present in or on said document or article in the form of a frequency-versus-time spectral density function (spectrogram), the spectrogram being embodied using document security means. Disclosed are further a method for producing said document or article; a reader device for displaying audible authentication information from said document or article, a method for authenticating said document or article and the use of a spectrogram for document authentication purposes. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036873 | CIRCUMVENTION OF WATERMARK ANALYSIS IN A HOST CONTENT - Methods and devices are provided to thwart analysis of a watermarking system by preventing analysis of watermarks in a host content. Upon receiving a content at a watermark embedding device, the content is analyzed to ascertain whether one or more test features are present in at least a first portion of the received content. When the analysis reveals that one or more test features are present, embedding of watermarks in at least the first portion of the received content is disabled. The test features of interest include a temporal, a spatial and/or a frequency characteristic such that, if a region of the content that includes test feature is embedded with a watermark, at least one characteristic of the embedded watermark is detectable upon analysis of that region. The test feature can, for example, approximate an impulse signal, a step function signal or a pure sinusoidal signal. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036874 | AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF BUILT-UP LAYERS FROM HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITE IMAGE DATA - A system for automatically extracting interesting structures or areas (e.g., built-up structures such as buildings, tents, etc.) from HR/VHR satellite imagery data using corresponding LR satellite imagery data. The system breaks down HR/VHR input satellite images into a plurality of components (e.g., groups of pixels), organizes the components into a first hierarchical data structure (e.g., a Max-Tree), generates a second hierarchical data structure (e.g., a KD-Tree) from feature elements (e.g., spectral and shape characteristics) of the components, uses LR satellite imagery data to categorize components as being of interest or not, uses the feature elements of the categorized components to train the second data structure to be able to classify all components of the first data structure as being of interest or not, classifies the components of the first data structure with the trained second data structure, and then maps components classified as being of interest into a resultant image. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036875 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR APPLICATION EXECUTION BASED ON OBJECT RECOGNITION FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Embodiments of the present invention enable mobile devices to behave as a dedicate remote control for different target devices through camera detection of a particular target device and autonomous execution of applications linked to the detected target device. Also, when identical target devices are detected, embodiments of the present invention may be configured to use visual identifiers and/or positional data associated with the target device for purposes of distinguishing the target device of interest. Additionally, embodiments of the present invention are capable of being placed in a surveillance mode in which camera detection procedures are constantly performed to locate target devices. Embodiments of the present invention may also enable users to engage this surveillance mode by pressing a button located on the mobile device. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention may be trained to recognize target devices. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036876 | ASSOCIATING A CODE WITH AN OBJECT - Described are machine vision systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program products for associating codes with objects. In an embodiment, a machine vision system includes an area-scan camera having a field of view (FOV), the area-scan camera disposed relative to a first workspace such that the FOV covers at least a portion of the first workspace and a dimensioner disposed relative to a second workspace. The machine vision system includes a machine vision processor configured to: determine an image location of a code in an image; determine a ray in a shared coordinate space that is a back-projection of the image location of the code; determine one or more surfaces of one or more objects based on dimensioning data; determine a first surface of the one or more surfaces that intersects the 3D ray; and associate the code with an object associated with the first surface. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036877 | SPARSE REDUCED (SPARE) FILTER - The disclosure provides a filtering engine for selecting sparse filter components used to detect a material of interest (or specific target) in a hyperspectral imaging scene and applying the sparse filter to a plurality of pixels in the scene. The filtering engine transforms a spectral reference representing the material of interest to principal components space using the eigenvectors of the scene. It then ranks sparse filter components based on each transformed component of the spectral reference. The filtering engine selects sparse filter components based on their ranks. The filtering engine performs the subset selection quickly because the computations are minimized; it processes only the spectral reference vector and covariance matrix of the scene to do the subset selection rather than process a plurality of pixels in the scene, as is typically done. The spectral filter scores for the plurality of pixels are calculated efficiently using the sparse filter. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036878 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an image processing apparatus for composing a plurality of images captured while changing an exposure amount, including a displacement detection means for detecting a displacement amount between the plurality of images, a correction means for correcting a displacement between the images based on the displacement amount detected by the displacement detection means, a moving object region detection means for detecting a moving object region from the plurality of images for which the displacement has been corrected, an image composition means for composing the plurality of images for which the displacement has been corrected, and a moving object processing means for replacing a region corresponding to the moving object region of the composite image composed by the image composition means by an image obtained by performing weighted addition of the plurality of images. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036879 | POSTURE ESTIMATING APPARATUS, POSTURE ESTIMATING METHOD AND STORING MEDIUM - The present invention aims to estimate a more consistent posture in regard to a multi-joint object. A target range image is first input, a human body region is extracted from the input range image, a target joint position candidate is calculated from the input range image, and a joint position is finally determined based on the calculated joint position candidate and a likelihood of each joint to estimate the posture. At this time, joint position permissible range information concerning inter-joint distance and angle of a human body model previously set by learning is obtained from a human body model storing unit, consistency is evaluated for a relation between the joint position candidates of a certain joint and other joint based on the obtained information, and thus the posture corresponding to the best combination of the joint positions is determined. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036880 | ANALYSIS SYSTEM - An analysis system | 2015-02-05 |
20150036881 | IDENTIFYING IOT DEVICES/OBJECTS/PEOPLE USING OUT-OF-BAND SIGNALING/METADATA IN CONJUNCTION WITH OPTICAL IMAGES - The disclosure relates to identifying an object associated with a nearby Internet of Things (IoT) device. In an aspect, a device receives identifying information associated with the nearby IoT device, detects a nearby object in a field of view of a camera application, determines whether or not the nearby object is associated with the nearby IoT device based on the received identifying information, and based on the nearby object being associated with the nearby IoT device, determines that the nearby object corresponds to the object associated with the nearby IoT device. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036882 | AUDITING VIDEO ANALYTICS THROUGH ESSENCE GENERATION - Video analytics data is audited through review of selective subsets of visual images from a visual image stream as a function of a temporal relationship of the images to a triggering alert event. The subset comprehends an image contemporaneous with the triggering alert event and one or more other images occurring before or after the contemporaneous image. The generated subset may be presented for review to determine whether the triggering alert event is a true or false alert, or whether additional data from the visual image stream is required to make such a determination. If determined from the presented visual essence that the additional data is required make the true or false determination, then additional data is presented from the visual image stream for review. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036883 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A PARTICULAR HUMAN IN IMAGES USING AN ARTIFICIAL IMAGE COMPOSITE OR AVATAR - A system and method for detecting a particular human in a plurality of images of humans may include one or more processors to receive input data describing the appearance of the particular human via a graphical user interface (GUI). An image representing the particular human may be generated based on the input data. This may take the form of an avatar or artificial image. This artificial or processor-generated image may be used to identify one or more of the humans in said plurality of images as a candidate for the particular human. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036884 | RECOGNIZING GESTURES CAPTURED BY VIDEO - Motions and gestures can be detected using a video capture element of a computing device even when the video capture element is not able to accurately capture the motion. Information about the background in the image information can be determined, and the way in which that background information is occluded can be used to determine the motion. In at least some embodiments, edges are detected in the video information. Images of foreground objects can then be isolated from edges of background images by comparing histograms of multiple frames of video. The remaining data is indicative of a direction and speed of motion, which can be used to infer a determined gesture even though that gesture was not visible in the captured video information. | 2015-02-05 |
20150036885 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ONLINE CALIBRATION OF VEHICLE CAMERAS - A method for determining the orientation of a video camera attached to a vehicle relative to the vehicle coordinate system, comprising:
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20150036886 | Distance Calculator and Distance Calculation Method - In order to be able to measure a distance with disparity resolution of a stereo camera or less and precisely measure a relative distance to a target even in the event of degradation of the imaging condition, a distance calculator includes a monocular distance calculation section | 2015-02-05 |