16th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 33 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120093269 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TWO-STAGE LINEAR/NONLINEAR INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION - An apparatus and method for a two-stage linear/nonlinear interference cancellation comprising processing a receive signal to produce a first descrambled signal; and processing the first descrambled signal to produce a detected signal. In one aspect, a first interference canceller module is used for processing the received signal and a second interference canceller module is used for processing the first descrambled signal. In one aspect, the first interference canceller is a linear interference canceller (IC) and the second interference canceller is a linear/nonlinear interference canceller (IC). | 2012-04-19 |
20120093270 | MULTI-CARRIER RECEIVER WITH DYNAMIC POWER ADJUSTMENT AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING THE POWER CONSUMPTION OF A MULTI-CARRIER RECEIVER - A method for dynamically adjusting the power consumption of a multi-carrier receiver and a multi-carrier receiver with dynamically power adjustment. The method includes receiving a multi-carrier signal, wherein the multi-carrier signal comprises a plurality of sub-carriers. Channel characteristics of each sub-carrier are estimated according to the demodulated multi-carrier signal. ICI is estimated from the demodulated multi-carrier signal. A system performance is detected. The estimated ICI is subtracted when the ICI exceeds an ICI threshold and the system performance is less than a system performance threshold. The demodulated multi-carrier signal is then equalized is based on the estimated channel characteristics, and the system performance is updated according to the equalized multi-carrier signal. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093271 | CHANNEL ESTIMATION APPARATUS, CHANNEL ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A channel estimation device comprises: a channel variation detection unit that determines whether variation width of a received signal level is not less than preset threshold width and whether variation period of received signal is not greater than preset threshold period; and a channel estimation unit that, if the channel variation detection unit determines that the variation width of the received signal level is not less than preset threshold width and that variation period is not greater than preset threshold period, refers to hysteresis of received signal level to determine whether lowering of received signal level is temporal, and, if it is determined that lowering of received signal level is temporal, allowing received signal to pass through, without removing received signal as noise, even when received signal level is not greater than signal level to be removed as noise. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093272 | RECEIVING DEVICE, RECEIVING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A receiving device includes a channel estimating section that performs a correlating process for a received reference signal in which a single carrier signal was transformed into a frequency domain signal and a pre-stored reference signal so as to obtain estimated channel values; a compensation coefficient computing section that computes compensation coefficients corresponding to residual multipath interferences based on a bit likelihood; a weight computing section that computes equalized weights based on the estimated channel values and the compensation coefficients; an equalizing filter that generates an equalized signal by equalizing process for the received signal that is the frequency domain signal based on the equalized weights; a residual interference replica generating section that generates residual multipath interference replicas based on frequency domain symbol replicas, the estimated channel values, and the equalized weights; and a subtracting section that subtracts the residual multipath interference replicas from the equalized signal. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093273 | GLITCH-FREE OVERSAMPLING CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY - A clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit includes an edge detector, an edge selector, and a phase selector. The edge detector is arranged to detect edges of serial input data and to provide an edge detection result. The serial input data is oversampled utilizing multiple clock phases. The edge selector for selecting one of the multiple clock phases for a recovered clock is arranged to provide an edge selection result, to receive the last edge selection result as a first input, and to receive the edge detection result as a second input. The phase selector is arranged to provide the recovered clock and recovered data. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093274 | CHANNEL CONFINEMENT METHOD FOR DRY-STORAGE OF BWR FUEL BUNDLES - A method to confine a nuclear reactor fuel bundle assembly including: inserting a lower portion of the fuel bundle assembly into an open end of a lower fuel particle barrier; supporting the lower portion of the fuel bundle with the lower fuel particle barrier; grasping the lower portion of the fuel bundle assembly with the lower fuel particle barrier; lowering an upper fuel particle barrier over an upper tie plate of the fuel bundle assembly; moving at least a portion of a handle fixed to the upper tie plate through an open slot in the upper fuel particle barrier; closing the open slot with a closure device after the handle passes through the slot, and preventing fuel particles being released from the nuclear reactor fuel bundle assembly by the upper and lower fuel particle barriers. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093275 | TIERED TIE PLATES AND FUEL BUNDLES USING THE SAME - Example embodiments are directed to tiered tie plates and fuel bundles that use tiered tie plates. Example embodiment tie plates may include upper and lower tiered tie plates. Example embodiment tiered tie plates may have a plurality of bosses divided into groups, or tiers, having differing vertical (axial) displacement. Example embodiment fuel bundles may use tiered tie plates such that fuel rods in example bundles may originate and terminate at different vertical displacements, based upon the vertical displacement of the bosses receiving the fuel rods into the tiered tie plates. Optionally, shanks may be used to further vary fuel rod axial displacement and diameter. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093276 | GATE-ON ARRAY SHIFT REGISTER - A gate-on array shift register includes a signal-input unit, a control transistor and at least three stable modules. The signal-input unit receives and outputs a previous-stage output signal. The control terminal of the control transistor is electrically coupled to the signal-input unit for receiving the previous-stage output signal. The control transistor outputs corresponding output signal on output terminal of the shift register according to the previous-stage output signal. Each of the stable modules is electrically coupled to the control terminal of the control transistor and the output terminal of the shift register to stabilize voltage of the terminals. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093277 | COUNTER CIRCUIT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, S (S is an integer equal to or larger than two) number of sub counters each count S number of clocks of different frequencies, and a clock switching unit is provided for each sub counter and starts a counting operation of a sub counter of a next stage after finishing a counting operation in a sub counter of a local stage. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093278 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, it is an subject to reduce the occasion that a region of interest falls outside an image due to the influence of respiratory motion or pulsation. A medical image processing apparatus causes an slice image generation unit to generate a series of slice images from a series of volume data files associated with a three-dimensional region of an subject, and causes a slice position determination unit to determine each of a plurality of slices respectively corresponding to the slice images based on the position of a specific region included in the plurality of volume data files. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093279 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a medical image processing apparatus includes an image storage unit, an estimation unit, a combination ratio determination unit, and a combined image generation unit. The estimation unit is configured to estimate an abundance ratio of one of a first and second substances to the other for each pixel based on attenuation coefficients of the first substance which correspond to a first and second energies, the attenuation coefficients of a second substance which correspond to the first and second energies, and pixel values of a first and second medical images. The combination ratio determination unit is configured to determine combination ratios of pixel values between the first and second medical images for each pixel based on the abundance ratios of the first and second substances and the attenuation coefficients of the first and second substances which are associated with a target energy. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093280 | X-RAY CT APPARATUS - In order to improve the tiling workability in manufacturing an X-ray detector and provide a technology for acquiring high-quality reconstruction images, when aligning a plurality of detector blocks (or detector modules) in a slice direction, a distance between adjacent X-ray detection elements between detector blocks (inter-block distance) is not matched with a distance between adjacent detector elements within a detector block (intra-block distance). Instead, between reference positions when manufacturing each detector block, output values at the positions, the number of which is the same as the number of X-ray detection elements between the reference positions and which are spaced at equal intervals, are estimated from the acquired raw data. Projection data is generated from the position and the raw data. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093281 | MOTION WEIGHTING IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) WITH CONE ANGLE - Embodiments and processes of computer tomography perform tasks associated with weighting projection data based upon at least one motion index such as electrocardiogram gated reconstruction, view-based motion map and ray-based motion map. Other embodiments and processes of computer tomography perform tasks associated with weighting projection data based upon at least one motion index and another index that is associated with certain geometric characteristics of a cone beam. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093282 | Method For Calibrating A CT System With At Least One Focus-Detector Combination With A Quanta-Counting Detector - A method is disclosed for calibrating a CT system with at least one focus-detector combination with a quanta-counting detector including a plurality of detector elements, with the focus-detector combination being arranged to enable it to be rotated around a measurement region and a system axis arranged therein, and an X-ray bundle going out from the focus to the detector which possesses an X-ray energy spectrum over an energy range. In at least one embodiment of the method, actual attenuation values from CT scans obtained with an X-ray energy spectrum are compared with theoretical mono-energetic required attenuation values even in the paralysis range of the quanta-counting detector and a transfer function is determined between the required attenuation values and the actual attenuation values for each detector element and thereby a calibration of the measured attenuation values is carried out. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093283 | METHOD FOR PLACING A/D CONVERTER, FRONT-LIT DETECTOR AND CT APPARATUS - A front-lit detector includes a collimator, an X-ray to visible light converter configured to convert X-rays to visible light after the X-rays pass through the collimator to irradiate the X-ray to visible light converter, a visible light to analog signal converter configured to cover the visible light into analog signals, a substrate on which the visible light to analog signal converter is placed, and an A/D converter configured to convert the analog signals into digital signals. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093284 | X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE - An X-ray photographing device ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120093285 | X-ray imaging with X-ray markers that provide adjunct information but preserve image quality - A method and an apparatus for estimating a geometric thickness of a breast in mammography/tomosynthesis or in other x-ray procedures, by imaging markers that are in the path of x-rays passing through the imaged object. The markings can be selected to be visible or to be invisible when the composite markings/breast image is viewed in clinical settings. If desired, the contribution of the markers to the image can be removed through further processing. The resulting information can be used determining the geometric thickness of the body being x-rayed and thus setting imaging parameters that are thickness-related, and for other purposes. The method and apparatus also have application in other types of x-ray imaging. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093286 | Method for analysis using x-ray fluorescence - The present invention is a method to quantify biomarkers. The method uses an X-ray fluorescence spectrometer to perform an X-ray fluorescence analysis on the sample to obtain spectral features derived from the biomarker; and quantifying the X-ray fluorescence signal of the biomarker. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093287 | TWO UNIT PORTABLE X-RAY SCANNER - This invention describes a novel transmissive x-ray scanner system that is mounted on two small mobile or robotic platforms and used for security inspection of unidentified parcels at airports, buildings, roadside, or of large objects such as cars that are much larger than the scanner itself. The system comprises of a two mobile platforms, one carrying the x-ray or the radiation source and the other the detector. The method comprises the steps of moving the two mobile platforms and locating them on opposing sides of the object, then holding the platforms stationary and moving only the detector and the source to scan the object. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093288 | Remotely-Aligned Arcuate Detector Array for High Energy X-ray Imaging - A scanning system and methods for inspecting contents of a container. High-energy penetrating radiation collimated into a fan beam illuminates an inspected container from one side, while a plurality of detector plates are disposed on the opposite side of the container. Each detector plate has a plurality of detector modules, each of which, in turn, is disposed on a remotely activated alignment and has multiple detector elements. A controller governs the orientation of each of the plurality of detector plates based at least on the detector signal generated by its detector elements such that each detector element of each detector module of each detector plate may be aligned to within a specified fraction of the transverse dimension of the fan beam as measured at the exit slot. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093289 | System and Methods for Intrapulse Multi-energy and Adaptive Multi-energy X-ray Cargo Inspection - Methods and systems for x-ray inspection of an object using pulses whose spectral composition varies during the course of each pulse. A temporal sequence of pulses of penetrating radiation is generated, each pulse characterized by an onset and by a spectral content that evolves with time subsequent to the onset. The pulses are formed into a beam that is scanned across the object. The penetrating radiation from the beam that has traversed the object is detected, generating a detector signal. The detector signal is processed to derive at least one material characteristic of the object, such as effective atomic number, on the basis of temporal evolution of the detector signal during the course each pulse of the sequence of pulses. The detector signal is separately acquired for multiple time intervals relative to the pulse onset, and processed to obtain values corresponding to multiple-energy analysis of the transmitted radiation. The time intervals may be predetermined, or else adapted based on features of the detected signal. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093290 | RADIATION DETECTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, A RADIATION DETECTOR, AND A RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - According to a radiation detector manufacturing method, a radiation detector and a radiographic apparatus of this invention, Cl-doped CdZnTe is employed for a conversion layer, with Cl concentration set to 1 ppm wt to 3 ppm wt inclusive, and Zn concentration set to 1 mol % to 5 mol % inclusive. This can form the conversion layer optimal for the radiation detector. Consequently, the radiation detector manufacturing method, the radiation detector and the radiographic apparatus can be provided which can protect the defect level of crystal grain boundaries by Cl doping in a proper concentration, and can further maintain integral sensitivity to radiation, while reducing leakage current, by Zn doping in a proper concentration. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093291 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING PROGRAM, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD - The present invention provides a radiographic imaging device including: a detecting section that detects a dose of radiation that has been irradiated when imaging a radiographic image corresponding to irradiated radiation; and a determining section that determines whether the radiographic image is a valid image on the basis of the dose of radiation that has been detected by the detecting section. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093292 | X-RAY TUBE WITH ADJUSTABLE FOCAL TRACK - The invention relates to an X-ray tube with a rotatable anode, an X-ray imaging system and a method for adjusting the focal track of an X-ray tube with a rotatable anode. In order to improve the accuracy of X-ray tubes with rotating anodes and the run out characteristics of rotatable anodes, an X-ray tube with an envelope housing a cathode and an anode assembly is provided, wherein the anode assembly comprises a rotatable disk provided with an annular target forming a focal track, which focal track is rotationally symmetric around a symmetry axis, and a rotor stem for supporting the disk, which stem is rotatably supported around a primary axis of rotation. The stem is provided with a mounting surface to support the disk and the disk is provided with an abutment surface to be mounted to the mounting surface. According to the invention, correction means are arranged between the mounting surface and the abutment surface such that a run-out of the focal track in relation to the axis of rotation is adjustable. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093293 | DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR RADIATION THERAPY - A device is used to precisely deliver the treatment plan created by an automatic planning system by positioning a single low energy radiation source, or a plurality of low energy sources connected to each other, in a predetermined parallel, planar, or similar geometry, each source equipped with blocking and attenuation mechanisms, thereby delivering a plurality of parallel overlapping beams indexed on a millimeter or submillimeter grid such that a concentration of dose is achieved at a variable depth in tissue relative to the dose where the radiation first enters the tissue. A plurality of overlapping beams indexed on a millimeter or submillimeter grid can converge on a target volume loaded with gold nanoparticles to deliver a tumorcidal dose of radiation in as little as a single session to tumor cells but not to normal cells or to deliver serial radiosurgical treatments. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093294 | MOBILE RADIOGRAPHY UNIT HAVING SINGLE SIGN ON AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - A mobile radiography apparatus has a moveable (e.g., wheeled) transport frame and an adjustable column mounted at the frame. A boom apparatus supported by the adjustable column can support an x-ray source and can be coupled to a optional second display (also adjustably mounted). Embodiments of methods and/or apparatus by which mobile radiography carts can provide a single secure access apparatus and/or methods to control at least two of (i) a transport mechanism, (ii) x-ray generator control, (iii) remote detector control and image processing control, or (iv) secured storage for at least one radiographic detector by a single operator action. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093295 | FIRING DELAY FOR RETROFIT DIGITAL X-RAY DETECTOR - A method and apparatus are disclosed for obtaining an x-ray image from an x-ray imaging apparatus using a digital radiography receiver installs a retrofit connection apparatus that adapts the x-ray imaging apparatus for use with the digital radiography receiver by forming a receiver interface channel for communicating signals to and from the digital radiography receiver, forming an operator interface channel for routing at least an input expose signal from an operator control to the connection apparatus and forming a generator interface channel for transmitting at least an output expose signal from the retrofit connection apparatus to an x-ray generator of the x-ray imaging apparatus. An input expose signal over the operator interface channel initiates a reset of the digital radiography receiver over the receiver interface channel before the output expose signal to the x-ray generator is transmitted over the generator interface channel. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093296 | ANODE DISK ELEMENT COMPRISING A CONDUCTIVE COATING - The present invention relates to X-ray generating technology in general, in particular, it relates to an anode disk element ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120093297 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes, a diffraction grating that diffracts an electromagnetic wave emitted from an electromagnetic wave source, a shield grating including a shield portion that prevents transmission of the electromagnetic wave and a plurality of transmission portions that allows the electromagnetic wave to transmit therethrough, and a detector that detects the electromagnetic wave transmitted through the transmission portions of the shield grating. The diffraction grating forms an interference pattern in a grid pattern by diffracting the electromagnetic wave; the shield grating has the plurality of transmission portions arranged two-dimensionally; and a ratio of an area of the transmission portion to the area of a unit pattern composed of a portion of the shield portion and one transmission portion of the plurality of transmission portions is larger than 0.25. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093298 | MOBILE RADIOGRAPHY UNIT HAVING MULTIPLE MONITORS - A mobile radiography apparatus has a moveable (e.g., wheeled) transport frame and an adjustable column mounted at the frame. A boom apparatus supported by the adjustable column can support an x-ray source and can be coupled to a second display (also adjustably mounted). The second display and a first display can each be configured to control the mobile radiography apparatus and display items such as but not limited to (a) obtained images and/or related data or (b) a control panel to allow functions such as generating, storing, transmitting, modifying, and printing of the obtained images. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093299 | ANALYZING APPARATUS - An analyzing apparatus of the present invention includes a cassette unit ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120093300 | ARRANGEMENT OF ANALYZER MEASURING WINDOW - The invention relates to an arrangement of a measuring window in a continuously operated X-ray analyzer ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120093301 | Saving and Forwarding Customized Messages - Methods and computer-readable media provide presenting a customized message to an incoming calling party and for allowing the calling party to save or forward the customized message. A called party submits a customized message to an intelligent network component of her telecommunications service provider along with identifiers for specified incoming callers who are to receive the customized message upon calling the called party. After the customized message is prepared, incoming callers who have been associated with the customized message are presented with the customized message before being connected to the called party. If the incoming call is not from a telephone directory number associated with the customized message, the incoming call is processed according to normal call processing methods. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093302 | Dynamic Load Balancing Between Multiple Locations With Different Telephony System - A method includes receiving a call from a primary interactive voice response (IVR) system at a load-balancing IVR system. The primary IVR system routes a first percentage of calls to routing logic and a second percentage of calls to the load-balancing IVR system. A telephony system is selected from among a plurality of telephony systems based on agent availability data associated with call center sites of the plurality of telephony systems. The method includes routing the call to a routing protocol component of the routing logic, where the routing protocol component routes the call to a call center of the selected telephony system. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093303 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT BASED MULTIMEDIA INTERCOM SERVICES - An approach is provided for performing context based multi-modal intercom sessions. A control signal to invoke an intercom service between two or more communication devices is received. Context information associated with one or more of the communication devices is determined. An intercom mode communication session among the communication devices is established. The context information is used to customize the intercom service for one or more of the communication devices. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093304 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE SILENCING OF TELEPHONE RINGING - A system and method for a selective ring silencer that prevents people from having to listen to the telephone ring on and on with nuisance calls. The ringer silencer can be: (1) discretely constructed from a telephone, (2) part of a telecommunication device, or (3) part of a central telephone network construction. A receiver demodulates an incoming call. Control logic reads at least a portion of the called identification (CID) data and determines an action based on the reading. A switch in communication with the control logic is actuated to a first state that allows the communication data to be output from the ring silencer, and a second state that blocks the communication data from being output from the ring silencer to a user's communication device. The control logic blocks toll-free area codes originated calls from ringing a user's telephone, optionally forwarding the call to a voice mail module. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SERVICES FOR CARRIER SUBSCRIBERS AND MIGRATING THEM TO SERVICE BUNDLES - There is disclosed a system and method for managing service for carrier subscribers and migrating them to service bundles. In an embodiment, the method comprises obtaining a list of existing services to which a subscriber is subscribed; comparing the list of services to available service bundles; and determining if there is an exact match of services between the list of existing services and services included in one or more available service bundles, and if so, migrating the subscriber to the one or more available service bundles with the exact match. A subscriber may be manually migrated if migration is not possible with an exact match or partial match. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093306 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING CONTACT SESSIONS OF A CONTACT CENTER - A system for monitoring contact sessions of a contact center. The system comprises a work assignment engine for allocating contacts received at the contact center to resources of the contact center and a monitoring module, arranged to detect an allocation of a contact to a resource to determine a skill requirement of the contact. The work assignment engine is further arranged to fork a session between an originator of the contact and the resource, to a monitor resource, in response to the detected skill requirement satisfying a monitor resource skill requirement. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093307 | TELEPHONE DEVICE FOR DETECTING STATUS OF A HANDSET WITH LIGHT DETECTION - A telephone device includes a base, a light transmitter, a light penetrating element for penetrating light transmitter from the light transmitter, and a handset. When an end of the handset is on-hook with the base, the end of the handset reflects the light emitted from the light transmitter and penetrating through the light penetrating element back to the light penetrating element. The telephone device further includes a light receiver for receiving the light reflected from the handset when the end of the handset is on-hook with the base, a light concentrating element for concentrating the light emitted from the light transmitter to the light penetrating element, and a control unit for determining whether the end of the handset is on-hook with the base according to whether the light receiver receives the light reflected from the handset. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093308 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING RANDOM DATA - Provided are an apparatus and method for generating random data to be used when masking data to be ciphered. The apparatus for generating random data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is an apparatus for generating a random function using a physically unclonable function (PUF) logic. The apparatus for generating random data logically operates first data and second data using two different types of logic gates, and inverts the logical operation values selected from the logically operated first data and second data every odd sequence and then, inputs them as the second data again, thereby making it possible to form the output data as the random data. The present invention is applied to a data encryption apparatus for encrypting data to prevent a side channel attack. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093309 | CRYPTOGRAPHY ON A SIMPLIFIED ELLIPTICAL CURVE - A cryptographic calculation includes obtaining a point P(X,Y) from a parameter t on an elliptical curve Y | 2012-04-19 |
20120093310 | APPARATUS AND METHOD THAT GENERATES ORIGINALITY VERIFICATION AND VERIFIES ORIGINALITY VERIFICATION - Provided is an apparatus and method that may generate and verify an originality verification (OV). An OV generating apparatus may generate primary information that is based on generator information and a pseudorandom number, may generate at least one secondary information based on the pseudorandom number, may obtain parameters used when the pseudorandom number is generated, may generate the OV including the primary information, the at least one secondary information, and the parameters, and may distribute the OV to an OV request device.
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20120093311 | EFFICIENT PROCEDURE FOR PAIRING MEDICAL DEVICES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION WITH LIMITED USER INTERACTION - A method for pairing a handheld diabetes managing device with an insulin pump for secure wireless communication with limited user interaction. A pump identification code that uniquely identifies the insulin pump can be displayed on the diabetes managing device and insulin pump. The diabetes managing device can receive an insulin pump selection input that selects the pump identification code corresponding to the insulin pump. The diabetes managing device and insulin pump can generate and display a first verification string and second verification string, respectively. Confirmation inputs corresponding to the first verification string matching the second verification string can be received at both the insulin pump and the diabetes managing device such that a secure bidirectional communication link between the diabetes managing device and the insulin pump is established. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093312 | Data Transmitter with a Secure and Efficient Signature - An encryption device encrypts a first block of user data to obtain a first encryption result and encrypts a second block of user data, which follows the first block of user data, to obtain a second encryption result. The encryption device uses the first encryption result for encrypting the second block of user data. An extractor extracts a first portion of the first encryption result, the first portion being smaller than the first encryption result, and a second portion of the second encryption result, the second portion being smaller than the second encryption result. A message formatter combines the first block of user data and the first portion as a signature for the first block to produce a first transmission packet, and combines the second block of user data and the second portion as a signature for the second block to produce a second transmission packet. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093313 | WHITE-BOX CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM WITH CONFIGURABLE KEY USING INTERMEDIATE DATA MODIFICATION - A white-box cryptographic system ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120093314 | Dynamic content-based ciphering on a control channel - In an exemplary embodiment content of a data message to be sent on a control channel is determined, and a selection is made between ciphering and not ciphering the data message based on the determined content. By example if from the content it is determined that that the data message is a SMS message, ciphering is selected and the control channel is a SACCH; else ciphering is not selected. Such a determination may be made by checking a service access point identifier for a data block comprising the data message. A data message within a data block received on the control channel is determined to be ciphered or not ciphered using only information within the data block, and the received data message is processed according to the determination. In another embodiment the FACCH is selected for sending the message if it is a SMS, and ciphering is selected for all data blocks sent on the FACCH. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093315 | DIABETES CARE KIT THAT IS PRECONFIGURED TO ESTABLISH A SECURE BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION LINK BETWEEN A BLOOD GLUCOSE METER AND INSULIN PUMP - A diabetes care kit for providing diagnostics and therapy that is preconfigured to reduce initial setup by a user. The kit can include a handheld diabetes managing device and insulin pump. The handheld diabetes managing device and insulin pump can each be preloaded with an encryption key such that the handheld diabetes managing device and the insulin pump are paired and a secure bidirectional communication link exists between the handheld diabetes managing device and the insulin pump. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093316 | ACCESS POINT, TERMINAL, ENCRYPTION KEY CONFIGURATION SYSTEM, ENCRYPTION KEY CONFIGURATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Configuration tasks needed to form a wireless LAN are performed using a simple method while increasing security during configuration. In a wireless network configuration system GH | 2012-04-19 |
20120093317 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MOBILE CONTENT SHARING AND DELIVERY IN AN INTEGRATED NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - A system and method of mobile content sharing and delivery in an integrated network environment, comprising; a first mobile terminal serving as information provider, a home server, and a second mobile terminal serving as information receiver. The information of said first mobile terminal is transmitted to said second mobile terminal through said home server, and that information can be stored in said home server for direct downloading of file by said second mobile terminal in an asynchronous transmission manner; when said first mobile terminal moves and switches to another network environment, said second mobile terminal still can request and download said information through said home server. A double key protection scheme is further provided in safeguarding secure transaction of information. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093318 | Encryption Key Destruction For Secure Data Erasure - Techniques for encryption key destruction for secure data erasure via an external interface or physical key removal are described. Electrical destruction of key material retained in a memory of a storage device renders the device securely erased, even when the device is otherwise inoperable. The memory (e.g. non-volatile, such as flash) stores key material for encrypting/decrypting storage data for the device. An eraser provides power and commands to the memory, even when all or any portion of the device is inoperable. The commands (e.g. erase or write) enable zeroizing or destroying the key material, rendering data encrypted with the destroyed key material inaccessible, and therefore securely erased. Alternatively, the memory is a removable component (e.g. an external security device or smartcard) coupled to the device during storage operation. Removing and physically destroying the memory renders the device securely erased. The device and/or the memory are sealed to enable tamper detection. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093319 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING DIGITAL DATA BY DOUBLE RE-ENCRYPTION - Method and an apparatus for ensuring protection of digital data are provided. Embodiments may include double re-encrypting decrypted data using multiple keys (e.g., an unchangeable key, and a changeable key). In various embodiments, the re-encrypting may be performed using hardware, software, or a combination of hardware and software (e.g., re-encrypting in hardware using an unchangeable key and re-encrypting in software using a changeable key). In some embodiments, encryption/decryption is performed with RTOS using a HAL and a device driver (e.g., a filter driver, a disk driver and a network driver, in an I/O manager). | 2012-04-19 |
20120093320 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH-PRECISION 3-DIMENSIONAL AUDIO FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - Techniques are provided for providing 3D audio, which may be used in augmented reality. A 3D audio signal may be generated based on sensor data collected from the actual room in which the listener is located and the actual position of the listener in the room. The 3D audio signal may include a number of components that are determined based on the collected sensor data and the listener's location. For example, a number of (virtual) sound paths between a virtual sound source and the listener may be determined The sensor data may be used to estimate materials in the room, such that the affect that those materials would have on sound as it travels along the paths can be determined In some embodiments, sensor data may be used to collect physical characteristics of the listener such that a suitable HRTF may be determined from a library of HRTFs. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093321 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING SPATIAL PARAMETER - An apparatus and method for encoding and decoding a spatial parameter are provided. A spatial parameter encoding apparatus may encode a spatial parameter using a correlation between spatial parameters indicating a characteristic relationship between channels of a multi-channel audio signal, so that the multi-channel audio signal may be efficiently encoded. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093322 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOWNMIXING MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO SIGNALS - Downmixing multi-channel audio signals to target channels by pre-downmixing frequency coefficients that are encoded using a most frequently used block type in stereo channels in the frequency domain, thereby reducing an amount of calculations and an amount of power required to downmix the multi-channel audio signals. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093323 | AUDIO SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DOWN MIXING AUDIO SIGNALS USING THE SAME - An audio system that provides an optimized sense of realism and an optimized three-dimensional effect to a user, the audio system including: a horizontal plane speaker set including a center channel speaker that is disposed at a reference point, a left channel speaker and a right channel speaker that are disposed at points in right and left directions of the reference point, and at least one first channel speaker and at least one second channel speaker that are disposed in right and left directions of the reference point, respectively; and a vertical plane speaker set including a left height channel speaker and a right height channel speaker that are respectively disposed in right and left directions of the reference point and in a vertical direction of the reference point, and a center height channel speaker that is disposed in the vertical direction of the reference point. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093324 | Hearing Aid with an Antenna - A hearing aid includes a housing, and a hearing aid assembly accommodated in a housing, the hearing aid assembly having a first antenna element configured for emission of an electromagnetic field, and a second antenna element comprising a first section and a parasitic antenna element, wherein the first antenna element, the first section, and the parasitic antenna element are configured so that a total electromagnetic field emitted from the hearing aid assembly is substantially the same irrespective of whether the housing is worn in its operational position on a right hand side or a left hand side of a user. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093325 | SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic device includes an audio power amplifier used to output a left and a right channel audio signal, an earphone jack assembly, and a switching circuit automatically switching between a speaker mode and an earphone mode. The audio power amplifier includes a control pin enabling the audio power amplifier to be electrically connected to the speaker. The control pin activated at a low level and disabled at a high level. The switching circuit is capable of enabling the control pin to switch between the low level and the high level. The switching circuit includes a power supply, a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, and a diode. The resistance of the third resistor far exceeds that of the first resistor. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093326 | AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An audio processing apparatus includes an audio signal acquisition unit which acquires an audio signal of a musical piece, a feature value extraction unit which extracts a predetermined type of feature value from the audio signal acquired by the audio signal acquisition unit in time series, a change point detection unit which detects a change point in which the amount of change of the feature value extracted in time series by the feature value extraction unit is changed to be greater than a predetermined threshold value, a hook analysis unit which analyzes a hook place of the audio signal based on the feature value extracted by the feature value extraction unit in block units with the change point detected by the change point detection unit as a boundary, and a hook information output unit which outputs the hook place analyzed by the hook analysis unit as hook information. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093327 | ANCHOR MODEL ADAPTATION DEVICE, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AV (AUDIO VIDEO) DEVICE, ONLINE SELF-ADAPTATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM THEREFOR - The present invention provides a device that performs online self-adaption of anchor models for an acoustic space, and a method thereof, the anchor models being used for categorization of an AV stream which is performed based on an audio stream in the AV stream. The device divides an input audio stream into audio segments, each being estimated to have a single acoustic feature, and estimates a single probability model for each audio segment. Then, the device performs clustering on the estimated probability models and probability models stored therein, thereby generating a new anchor model. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093328 | DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR AUDIO DEVICE - A detection circuit of an electronic device, includes a jack circuit, a first switch, a second switch, and a detection end. The jack circuit includes a type detection pin and a connection detection pin. The first switch includes a first control end. The connection detection pin is connected to the first control end to control the first switch on or off according to whether the audio device is connected to the electronic device. The second switch is connected to ground via the first switch. The second switch includes a second control end. The type detection pin is connected to the second control end to control the second switch on or off according to the type of the audio device. The detection end is connected to the first switch via a first resistor, and is connected to the second switch via a second resistor. The detection end is adapted to generate different signals to indicate a connection status of the electronic device and the audio device. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093329 | Localisation in a Bilateral Hearing Device System - Disclosed is a method and system for allowing a recipient of a hearing aid device, and in one aspect, a bilateral hearing aid system, to locate the source of a sound signal about the recipient. The method uses localisation cues in the sound signal and modifies these to provide useable localisation cues to generate a stimulating signal for application to the recipient. In one example, a detected localisation cue such as an interaural level difference (ILD) is transposed to a lower frequency. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093330 | AURAL SIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method include obtaining an aural impulse signature at a first location in a simulated space. An aural impulse signature at a second location in a simulated space is also obtained. Aural impulse signature morphing is applied via a computer to aural impulse signatures of the first and second locations to provide an intermediate aural impulse signature between the first and second locations. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093331 | EARPHONE - Provided is an earphone, including an earphone body and an earphone cap. The earphone body includes an earphone shell forming a sound cavity and disposing a sound-guiding pipe. The sound-guiding pipe disposes at least one through hole. The earphone cap is rotatably mounted on the earphone body and includes a main body and a barrel. The barrel is located on the inside of the main body and arranged to encompass the sound-guiding pipe. The barrel disposes at least one opening, which is arranged to be aligned or misaligned with the part or whole of the through hole. The earphone of the present invention can make the opening be aligned or misaligned with and the part or whole of the through hole by rotating the earphone cap, thereby varying the pressure of the sound cavity to attain the object of adjusting sound effect. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093332 | ADJUSTABLE AUDIO HEADPHONE - Provided is an adjustable audio headphone, including a headphone body, a damping object and a pressing mechanism. The headphone body includes a headphone shell, which forms a sound cavity in inside thereof and a receiving chamber on one end thereof. A bottom surface of the receiving chamber forms a through hole communicated with the sound cavity. The damping object is made of compressible material such as sponge, elastic plastic, textile and so on and. The damping object is placed into the receiving chamber of the headphone shell. The pressing mechanism is mounted on the headphone shell and is capable of pressing the damping object. The adjustable audio headphone of the present invention can compress the damping object to change the density of the damping object by employing the pressing mechanism, thereby varying the pressure of the sound cavity and realizing the object of adjusting the audio thereof. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093333 | SPATIALLY PRE-PROCESSED TARGET-TO-JAMMER RATIO WEIGHTED FILTER AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a spatially pre-processed target-to-jammer ratio weighted filter and a method thereof, which uses two microphones to receive audio signals. The audio signals are divided into a plurality of sinusoidal waves by a fast Fourier transform (FFT) module, and a beamformer uses the sinusoidal waves to generate beamformed signals. A reference generator generates at least one reference signal. The beamformed signals and reference signals are used to work out power spectral densities (PSD), and a target-to-jammer ratio (TJR) is worked out with the power spectral densities. TJR is used to determine whether a sound source exists. According to the determination result, a noise estimator is switched to eliminate noise from the beamformed signals and generate output signals. An inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) module recombines the output signals and then outputs the recombined signals. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093334 | Integrated Monophonic Headset - A wireless monophonic headset device has one ear piece, a control box, and a cable in between. The ear piece comprises a speaker and a battery. The control box includes circuitry including a short-range radio transceiver and a codec. The ear piece battery is connected to supply power to the control box circuitry by means of the cable. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093335 | SIGNAL CONVERSION DEVICE EMPLOYING VIRTUAL FILES - Provided is a simple connection path through which a peripheral device connects to a screen display or speaker of an external device. A signal converting apparatus using a faking file includes: a connection unit connected with the external device; a signal reception unit receiving a digital or analog signal from the peripheral device via wired or wireless communication; and a control unit transmitting a faking file corresponding to the signal to the external device through the connection unit when the signal reception unit receives the signal from the external device, the faking file including one or both of audio data and video data. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093336 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING SOUND SOURCE LOCALIZATION - Systems and methods for performing sound source localization are provided. In one aspect, a method for locating a sound source using a computing device subdivides a space into subregions. The method then computes a sound source power for each of subregions and determines which of the sound source energies is the largest. When the volume of the subregion is less than a threshold volume, the method outputs the subregion having the largest sound source power. Otherwise, the stages of partitioning, computing, and determining the subregion having the largest sound source power is repeated. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093337 | Microphone Array - Embodiments of the invention improve upon the prior art array by having more carefully defined directivity functions designed to meet two criteria, being firstly to minimise cross-talk between non-adjacent microphones in the array, and secondly to design the array response such that it approximates stereophonic panning curves that have been shown to provided for good auditory localisation. One embodiment therefore provides a microphone array, comprising N microphones, wherein N is greater than or equal to 3. The microphones are substantially equiangularly arranged over a circular arc subtending an angle ε, wherein ε is less than or equal to 2π, with the directional axes of the N microphones facing substantially radially outwards. Each of the N microphones have a substantially common directivity function Γ(θ) defining the directional response of the microphone, wherein θ=0 is the directional axis, and the directivity function Γ(θ) is arranged such that a sound source in acoustical free field is effectively captured by no more than two consecutive microphones in the array. By arranging the directivity function in this manner crosstalk between non-adjacent microphones can be minimised, which has been shown to improve auditory localisation performance. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093338 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPATIAL NOISE SUPPRESSION BASED ON PHASE INFORMATION - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for suppressing spatial noise based on phase information. The method transforms audio signals to frequency-domain data and identifies time-frequency points that have a parameter (e.g., signal-to-noise ratio) above a threshold. Based on these points, unwanted signals can be attenuated the desired audio source can be isolated. The method can work on a microphone array that includes two microphones or more. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093339 | 3D SOUNDSCAPING - A system and method for tracking and tracing motions of multiple incoherent sound sources and for visualizing the resultant overall sound pressure distribution in 3D space in real time are developed. This new system needs only four microphones (although more could be used) that can be mounted at any position so long as they are not placed on the same plane. A sample configuration is to mount three microphones on the y, z plane, while the 4th microphone on a plane perpendicular to the y, z plane. A processor receives signals from the microphones based on the signals received from noise sources in unknown locations, and the processor determines the locations of these sources and visualizes the resultant sound field in 3D space in real time. This system works for broadband, narrowband, tonal sound signals under transient and stationary conditions. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093340 | VARIABLE DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE UNIT AND VARIABLE DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE - A variable directional microphone unit includes, a pair of microphone elements disposed back to back, output signal systems of the microphone elements connected to a hot-side terminal and a cold-side terminal of a balanced output respectively, an inverting amplifier connected to one output signal system of the microphone elements, an input resistance and a feedback resistance of the inverting amplifier at least any one of which is divided, and a switching device switching a signal retrieving point by arbitrarily selecting each divide of at least one of the input resistance or the feedback resistance. The switching device switches one output of the balanced output to enable directivity of the balanced output signal to vary. A circuit for switching the directivity does not become a load or a noise source. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093341 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING SOUND SOURCE - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for separating sound sources capable of learning distributions of corresponding sound sources based on the assumption that specific sound sources have specific distributions based on interchannel correlation parameter in audio signals providing space perception through a plurality of channels to separate an amount corresponding to energy contribution of the corresponding sound sources from mixture signals. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention can more precisely predict the channel distributions of the specific sound sources included in the input mixture signals and more accurately separate sound sources than a method for separating a sound source based on the channel according to the related art, under conditions that general channel distribution information of the specific sound sources are approximately modeled. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093342 | MICROPHONE LINK SYSTEM - A microphone link system comprises a microphone that coverts an acoustic sound signal into an electrical sound signal, a slave unit that receives the electrical sound signal, a master unit, and a bus connecting the slave unit to the master unit. The slave unit comprises an analog-to-digital converter that converts the electrical sound signal into a digital sound signal; a signal processor that receives and processes the digital sound signal into a data signal; and a bus interface connected between the signal processor and the bus. The bus interface provides to the slave unit electrical power taken from the bus, sends the data signal to the master unit via the bus and receives from and sends to the master unit control signals via the bus. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093343 | ELECTRONICALLY-SIMULATED LIVE MUSIC - A method for producing an electronically-simulated live musical performance, the method comprising providing morph-friendly solo tracks, morphing the morph-friendly solo tracks to produce a morphed track, and post-processing the morphed track. The method may also include combining the post-processed morphed track with one or more supporting tracks to produce an acoustic image for playback. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093344 | OPTIMAL MODAL BEAMFORMER FOR SENSOR ARRAYS - A method of forming a beampattern in a beamformer of the type in which the beamformer receives input signals from a sensor array, decomposes the input signals into the spherical harmonics domain, applies weighting coefficients to the spherical harmonics and combines them to form an output signal, wherein the weighting coefficients are optimized for a given set of input parameters by convex optimization. Formulations are provided for forming second order cone programming constraints for multiple main lobe generation, uniform and non-uniform side lobe control, automatic null steering, robustness and white noise gain. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093345 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER INCLUDING AIRFOIL FOR GENERATING SOUND - Systems, apparatus, devices, and methods for converting electrical signals into sound using an acoustic transducer. The inventive acoustic transducer utilizes the motion of an airfoil shaped element to generate a sound wave, with the airfoil element being driven in response to an electrical signal input to a suitable driving element. In some embodiments, the airfoil element or elements act to mechanically couple the motion of an armature attached to the driver to the surrounding air, producing sound waves in a more efficient manner than typical acoustic transducer devices. Embodiments of the invention may be used in the design of loudspeakers, earpieces, headphones, and other devices for which a high efficiency transducer is desired. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093346 | MEMS MICROPHONE - A microphone package wherein an MEMS microphone chip (MIC) is mounted on a substrate (SUB) and is sealed with a cover (ABD) with respect to the substrate. The membrane (MMB) of the microphone chip is connected to a sound entry opening (SEO) in the substrate via an acoustic channel. As a result of defined dimensioning of, in particular, the cross section and length of sound entry opening and channel, an acoustic low-pass filter is formed, the −3 dB attenuation point of which is significantly below the natural resonance of microphone membrane and package. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093347 | ARRAY ELEMENT RIGGING COMPONENT, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Disclosed herein is a rigging component for connecting an array element in an array. The rigging component includes an elongate housing connectable to an array element; a connection link disposed within, and slideably extendible from, one end of the housing; a conduit extending into the housing from its opposite end, the conduit dimensioned to receive another connection link extending from an adjacent rigging component; and at least one latching device associated with the conduit for releasably retaining the other connection link within the conduit. Further disclosed is a system for connecting an array element in an array. The system comprises at least one rigging component having a connection link extendible to be locked at a single fixed distance and at least one rigging component having a connection link extendible to be locked at one of a plurality of fixed distances. Further disclosed is a method for connecting first and second array elements to each other. The method includes for each of the first and second array elements attaching at least one first rigging component having a connection link that is extendible to be locked at a single fixed distance to the array element; and attaching at least one second rigging component having a connection link that is extendible to be locked at one of a plurality of fixed distances to the array element. The method further comprises extending and locking at a selected fixed distance the connection link of the at least one second rigging component attached to the second array element; and extending and locking at the single fixed distance the connection link of the at least one first rigging component attached to the first array element; and bringing the first array element towards the second array element until corresponding first and second rigging components interconnect thereby to connect the first and second array elements to each other. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093348 | Generation of 3D sound with adjustable source positioning - A system for generating 3D sound with adjustable source positioning includes a first stage and a second stage, which is coupled to the first stage and to a speaker array that includes a plurality of speakers. The first stage is configured to position a plurality of virtual sound sources through a positioner output. The second stage is configured to generate a 3D signal for the speaker array based on the positioner output. The speaker array is configured to generate a 3D sound stage including the virtual sound sources based on the 3D signal. The first stage may be further configured to reposition the virtual sound sources. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093349 | HEARING AID WITH BATTERY DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE BATTERY DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM - A hearing aid includes a housing, a battery door configured to receive a battery, and a battery door locking mechanism. The battery door locking mechanism includes a magnetic element configured to magnetically lock or unlock the battery door. In order to open the battery door, an external actuator having a magnetic device is brought close to the hearing aid and the battery door locking mechanism of the hearing aid is actuated magnetically. A method for operating the battery door locking mechanism is also provided. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093350 | SPEAKER SYSTEM - A speaker system includes a case defining a center hole and a body surrounding the center hole, an electroacoustic transducer received in the center hole of a case, and a microphone. The body of the case defines a sidewall, a bottom extending outwards from the sidewall, and a projecting element extending upwardly from the bottom and opposite to the sidewall. A slot is formed between the projecting element and the sidewall, and the microphone is positioned in the slot. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093351 | COMBINED HEADPHONE SET AND PORTABLE SPEAKER ASSEMBLY - A combined headphone set including a speaker assembly. The headphone set includes a headband having a speaker headphone on opposing ends of the headband. Each of the speaker headphones includes an exterior speaker for public listening and an interior speaker for personal listening by the user. One of the speaker headphones includes switching means for listening to the interior speaker or to the exterior speaker or to the interior and exterior speakers simultaneously from each of the speaker headphones. Each of the speaker headphones includes an audio signal wire connected from an output jack of an audio device to the speaker headphones. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093352 | Detachable loudspeaker structure having both audio and supporting functions - The present invention is to provide a detachable loudspeaker structure including a loudspeaker, a circuit board, a housing and a signal connector, wherein the circuit board is electrically connected to the loudspeaker and the signal connector, the housing forms a receiving space therein for receiving the loudspeaker and circuit board and has a top surface provided with a receiving groove, and the signal connector has one end pivotally connected inside the receiving groove so as for the other end of the signal connector to be rotated out of the receiving groove and connect with an audio output port of a display. Hence, the loudspeaker structure is not only able to be easily installed together with the display for reproducing audio signals received from the display, but also able to firmly support the display on a flat surface of an object (such as a table), wherever desired without spatial limitations. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093353 | Micro Speaker - A speaker comprises a permanent magnet ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120093354 | FINDING SIMILAR CONTENT IN A MIXED COLLECTION OF PRESENTATION AND RICH DOCUMENT CONTENT USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL VISUAL FINGERPRINTS - Visual fingerprinting is used to provide a robust and highly effective method of finding similar content in a large document collection of rich document content composed of multiple text, line-art, and photo image objects. The visual fingerprints capture unique two-dimensional localized aspects of document appearance. The visual fingerprints are highly distinctive; fast for lookup; compact for storage requirements; and scalable to large document collections. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093355 | Modifying restricted images - An apparatus, device, methods, computer program product, and system are described that determine a restricted image within a media asset, modify the restricted image to obtain a modified image that includes at least one shared image attribute of the restricted image, and produce a modified media asset that includes the modified image. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093356 | Image Watermarking - Methods and systems for watermarking of digital images are presented. In one aspect, a method of embedding information in a digital image includes transforming the digital image to a set of coefficient blocks having coefficients in a frequency domain, embedding a watermark-indicator in one or more of the coefficient blocks, and embedding a watermark in one or more watermark blocks that have a predetermined number of coefficient blocks. The embedded watermark is substantially invisible in the output watermarked digital image. Another aspect is a method of extracting a watermark from a digital image that includes transforming a digital image to a coefficient matrix, determining if the digital image is watermarked based on a predetermined watermark-indicator, and retrieving a watermark from a projected watermark block of a projected watermark block distribution. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093357 | VEHICLE THREAT IDENTIFICATION ON FULL WINDSHIELD HEAD-UP DISPLAY - A method to dynamically register a graphic identifying a potentially threatening vehicle onto a driving scene of a vehicle utilizing a substantially transparent windscreen head up display includes monitoring a vehicular environment, identifying the potentially threatening vehicle based on the monitored vehicular environment, determining the graphic identifying the potentially threatening vehicle, dynamically registering a location of the graphic upon the substantially transparent windscreen head up display corresponding to the driving scene of the vehicle, and displaying the graphic upon the substantially transparent windscreen head up display, wherein the substantially transparent windscreen head up display includes one of light emitting particles or microstructures over a predefined region of the windscreen permitting luminescent display while permitting vision therethrough. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093358 | CONTROL OF REAR-VIEW AND SIDE-VIEW MIRRORS AND CAMERA-COORDINATED DISPLAYS VIA EYE GAZE - An adaptive vision system includes a vision component to present an image to a user, a sensor for detecting a vision characteristic of the user and generating a sensor signal representing the vision characteristic of the user; and a processor in communication with the sensor and the vision component, wherein the processor receives the sensor signal, analyzes the sensor signal based upon an instruction set to determine the vision characteristic of the user, and configures the visual component based upon the vision characteristic of the user to modify the image presented to the user. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093359 | Batch Detection Association for Enhanced Target Descrimination in Dense Detection Environments - The embodiments described herein relate to systems and techniques for processing batch detection information received from one or more sensors configured to observe objects of interest. In particular the systems and techniques are configured to enhance track performance particularly in dense target environments. A substantially large number of batch detections can be processed in a number of phases of varying complexity. An initial phase performs relatively low complexity processing on substantially all detections obtained over an extended batch period, approximating object motion with a simplified model (e.g., linear). The batch detections are divided and redistributed into swaths according to the resulting approximations. A subsequent phase performs greater complexity (e.g., quadratic) processing on the divided sets of detections. The subdivision and redistribution of detections lends itself to parallelization. Beneficially, detections over extended batch periods can be processed very efficiently to provide improved target tracking and discrimination in dense target environments. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093360 | HAND GESTURE RECOGNITION - Systems, methods, and machine readable and executable instructions are provided for hand gesture recognition. A method for hand gesture recognition can include detecting, with an image input device in communication with a computing device, movement of an object. A hand pose associated with the moving object is recognized and a response corresponding to the hand pose is initiated. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093361 | TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGIONS OF INTEREST AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - In one exemplary embodiment, a tracking system for region-of-interest (ROI) performs a feature-point detection locally on an ROI of an image frame at an initial time via a feature point detecting and tracking module, and tracks the detected features. A linear transformation module finds out a transform relationship between two ROIs of two consecutive image frames, by using a plurality of corresponding feature points. An estimation and update module predicts and corrects a moving location for the ROI at a current time. Based on the result corrected by the estimation and update module, an outlier rejection module removes at least an outlier outside the ROI. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093362 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SPECIFIC OBJECT IN SEQUENCE OF IMAGES AND VIDEO CAMERA DEVICE - A device for detecting a specific object includes: a suspect object region detection unit configured to create a foreground mask of each frame of image in a sequence of images and perform an inter-frame differential process on the foreground masks to detect a suspect object region; a unit for modeling a region with high incidence of false positive configured to, if at least one suspect object region is detected, determine a suspect object region satisfying a predetermined condition as a region with high incidence of false positive and build a model of each determined region; a post-processing unit configured to match each suspect object region not determined as a region with high incidence of false positive against at least one corresponding model, and detect the specific object according to a sequence of mismatching suspect object regions; and determine absence of the specific object if no suspect object region is detected. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093363 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - When a detection-target subject is imaged with an image pickup device having line-defect pixels, the detection-target subject is imaged, with the image pickup device or the detection-target subject rotated at a predetermined angle so that the edge of one side of the detection-target subject is not parallel to each of horizontal and vertical scanning lines of the image pickup device, and a gray-scale image is captured by a control apparatus. In the gray-scale image, the luminance of each of the line-defect pixels is corrected by interpolation with luminances of pixels adjacent to both sides of the line-defect pixel. The gray-scale image is subjected to sub-pixel processing to detect the edge of the detection-target subject. When the detection-target subject is a component in a rectangular shape, rotation is made so that four sides are not parallel to each of the horizontal and vertical scanning lines of the image pickup device. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093364 | OBJECT TRACKING DEVICE, OBJECT TRACKING METHOD, AND OBJECT TRACKING PROGRAM - An object tracking apparatus is provided that enables the possibility of erroneous tracking to be further reduced. An object tracking apparatus ( | 2012-04-19 |
20120093365 | CONFERENCE SYSTEM, MONITORING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide a conference system, a monitoring system, an image processing apparatus, an image processing method and A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a computer-image processing program capable of accurately and effectively recognizing an object based on a fisheye-distorted image photographed at a wide angle. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093366 | IMAGE SELECTING APPARATUS, CAMERA, AND METHOD OF SELECTING IMAGE - An image selecting apparatus comprises an input unit | 2012-04-19 |
20120093367 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING THE THREAT STATUS OF LUGGAGE - A method and apparatus for assessing a threat status of a piece of luggage. The method comprises the steps of scanning the piece of luggage with penetrating radiation to generate image data and processing the image data with a computing device to identify one or more objects represented by the image data. The method also includes further processing the image data to compensate the image data for interaction between the object and the penetrating radiation to produce compensated image data and then determine the threat status of the piece of luggage. | 2012-04-19 |
20120093368 | ADAPTIVE SUBJECT TRACKING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to a method for adaptively tracking a subject. The method includes the steps of: comparing a first block which indicates a region corresponding to a specific subject in a first frame with at least one block included in a second frame and determining a specific block among at least one block in the second frame which has the highest degree of similarity to the first block as a second block which indicates a region corresponding to the specific subject in the second frame; and detecting the specific subject from at least part of the whole region in the second frame by using a subject detection technology, if the degree of similarity between the first block and the second block is less than a predetermined threshold value, and resetting the second block in the second frame based on a region corresponding to the detected specific subject. | 2012-04-19 |