19th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 32 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130114792 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF OPTIMIZED VOLUMETRIC IMAGING - A system of performing a volumetric scan. The system comprises a surface of positioning a patient in a space parallel thereto, a plurality of extendable detector arms each the detector arm having a detection unit having at least one radiation detector, and an actuator which moves the detection unit along a linear path, and a gantry which supports the plurality of extendable detector arms around the surface so that each the linear path of each respective the extendable detector arm being directed toward the space. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114793 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD - The radiographic imaging device that configures the disclosed radiographic imaging system has at least a camera that images a main cassette body. Said camera is integrally configured to a radiation source and a control device that controls the main cassette body or is integrally configured to a main radiation source body that houses the radiation source. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114794 | X-Ray Generation Device - Provided is an X-ray generation device including an X-ray tube and a high-voltage generation unit arranged inside a housing and also having insulating oil filled in the housing, which uses no lead and is small in size, thereby achieving a reduction in manufacturing cost, and which also has high cooling performance. An X-ray generation device | 2013-05-09 |
20130114795 | X-RAY WAVEGUIDE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING X-RAY WAVEGUIDE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING X-RAY WAVEGUIDE - An X-ray waveguide includes a core having a periodic structure in which basic structures made of a plurality of materials having different real parts of refractive indexes are periodically disposed, a cladding formed on an outer side of the core to confine X-rays in the core through total reflection and including at least a portion with a gap between the cladding and the core, and a driving unit which drives at least a portion of the cladding or the core to change a distance of the gap. A critical angle for total reflection of the X-rays in the interface between the cladding and the gap is larger than a Bragg angle corresponding to the periodic structure of the core, and a critical angle for total reflection in an interface between a plurality of ingredients which form the periodic structure of the core is smaller than the Bragg angle. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114796 | MULTI FOCAL SPOT COLLIMATOR - An x-ray collimator can be constructed from multiple subassemblies, which at least includes a first subassembly that reduces the leakage of x-ray radiation between adjacent apertures and a second subassembly that reduces the spill of x-ray radiation around the detector face. Each of these subassemblies has numerous apertures. In the first subassembly these apertures correspond to focal spots on an x-ray source, and in the second subassembly, these apertures are shaped such that the dimensions increase from smaller entrances to larger exits. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114797 | X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes at least a tabletop support, an arm, a position storing unit, and a mechanism controlling unit. The tabletop support supports a tabletop movably in a longitudinal direction, a raising/reclining direction, and an upper/lower direction of the tabletop. The arm holds an X-ray tube and an X-ray detector movably in an approaching/separating direction with respect to the tabletop support. The position storing unit stores a photographing position of the arm and a photographing position of the tabletop in association with each other. When the arm is at a retraction position, the mechanism controlling unit moves the tabletop in the raising/reclining direction and the upper/lower direction to maintain a position in at least the upper/lower direction of a region of the object corresponding to a photographing position of the arm stored by the position storing unit. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114798 | DIGITAL X-RAY FIELD AND LIGHT FIELD ALIGNMENT - Various methods and systems are provided for x-ray field alignment. In one embodiment, a system includes a plurality of scintillation detectors distributed about edges of a light field associated with an x-ray field, a detector interface in communication with the plurality of scintillation detectors, and a computing device in communication with the detector interface. The detector interface configured to simultaneously obtain exposure data for the plurality of scintillation detectors and the computing device configured to determine an alignment distance between the light field and the x-ray field based at least in part upon the exposure data. In another embodiment, a method includes obtaining exposure data from a plurality of scintillation detectors distributed about edges of a light field during irradiation by an x-ray field and determining an alignment distance between the light field and the x-ray field based at least in part upon the exposure data. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114799 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND PHANTOM USED FOR THE SAME - In the imaging space provided by a panoramic imaging apparatus, a phantom is arranged. The phantom is located to a predetermined tomographic plane and includes markers which image known positional information with an X-ray beam. The X-ray beam from an X-ray source is acquired as X-ray transmission data by a detector, and a panoramic image is produced using the data. Based on known positional information of the markers and information of marker positions in the panoramic image, distance information (Rs, Rd) between the X-ray tube and the detector and height information (B | 2013-05-09 |
20130114800 | METHOD FOR RECORDING TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS - In a method for recording telephone conversations between a subscriber to a service provider and a telephone conversation partner, the subscriber dials the number of the service provider and interacts with a menu-driven IVR user interface, entering his subscriber number as well as a corresponding PIN-number to authenticate himself. After the verification, the subscriber can chose one or more of the following options: (a) listen to one or more of his previously recorded telephone conversations, (b) delete one or more of his previously recorded telephone conversations, (c) arrange that all incoming and outgoing calls are to be automatically recorded, (d) deactivate the setting that all incoming and outgoing calls are automatically recorded, and/or (e) record the next telephone conversation. At the beginning of each conversation to be recorded, the service provider informs the telephone conversation partner, via a warning voice message, that the telephone conversation will be recorded. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114801 | CUSTOMER-CONTROLLED RECORDING - A call-recording and retrieval system operates from a computerized server in a contact-center, the server executing software from a machine-readable medium. There is a data repository coupled to the computerized server, and an interface at the server enabled to monitor voice interaction between an agent of the contact center and a customer. The server is enabled to follow one or both of direct input from the customer in a monitored interaction and stored rules associated with the customer to record and playback voice interaction between the agent and the customer. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114802 | Voice Message Exchange - Disclosed is a voice message exchange system and method for improving communication between an inmate and a third party by enabling the inmate to leave a message when a call is not answered and further allowing the third party who receives the message to reply with a message to the inmate. Additionally, outside parties that meet the institution's requirements can leave messages for inmates at any time. The present invention can be used as an add-on to legacy inmate call management systems or incorporated internally into an inmate call management system. The system also provides monitoring, controlling, recording, and billing means. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114803 | METHOD FOR RECORDING TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS - In a method for recording telephone conversations between a subscriber to a service provider and a telephone conversation partner, the subscriber dials the number of the service provider and interacts with a menu-driven IVR user interface, entering his subscriber number as well as a corresponding PIN-number to authenticate himself. After the verification, the subscriber can chose one or more of the following options: (a) listen to one or more of his previously recorded telephone conversations, (b) delete one or more of his previously recorded telephone conversations, (c) arrange that all incoming and outgoing calls are to be automatically recorded, (d) deactivate the setting that all incoming and outgoing calls are automatically recorded, and/or (e) record the next telephone conversation. At the beginning of each conversation to be recorded, the service provider informs the telephone conversation partner, via a warning voice message, that the telephone conversation will be recorded. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114804 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL MAPPING - Provided are systems and methods for communication protocol mapping. A first computing device uses a first communication protocol while a second computing device uses a second communication protocol. In some implementations, the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol are for different service domains. In accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure, a server is configured to map communication between the different service domains. In some implementations, the first communication protocol is a protocol conforming to Representational State Transfer ‘REST’ and the second communication protocol is a Session Initiation Protocol ‘SIP’. In accordance with another embodiment of the disclosure, a server is configured to map communication between the protocol conforming to REST and SIP, regardless of whether different service domains are involved. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114805 | ENCRYPTION SYSTEM USING DISCRETE CHAOS FUNCTION - Provided is an encryption system, which includes: an encryption round calculation unit for encrypting a plain text; and a substitution unit provided at the encryption round calculation unit and having a plurality of S-boxes defined by a discrete chaos function using each of a plurality of key values as a parameter and performing a substitution calculation process to each of words of the plain text divided by the number of the plurality of key values. Since a discrete chaos function becomes a standard for an S-box design and an encryption calculation operation is performed by a plurality of S-boxes, the encryption system may be applied to a system having a small computational complexity. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114806 | METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING A MESSAGE THROUGH THE COMPUTATION OF MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS COMPRISING MODULAR MULTIPLICATIONS - An embodiment concerns a method for encrypting a message through a cryptographic algorithm including a computation of a mathematical function including the computation of one or more modular multiplications. Such a cryptographic algorithm has a respective module. The method, carried out with an electronic device, includes: | 2013-05-09 |
20130114807 | INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND MODULE, DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCT USING THE SAME - An exemplary information sharing method is provided. The information sharing method includes a step of: broadcasting predetermined sharing information to a user terminal(s) within a preset region on a client side in response to a sharing request while an information sharing function is enable. An information sharing module, device and electronic apparatus using the same are also provided. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114808 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INDICATION OF RANDOMNESS QUALITY OF RANDOM NUMBER DATA GENERATED BY A RANDOM DATA SERVICE - A system and method for providing an indication of randomness quality of random number data generated by a random data service. The random data service may provide random number data to one or more applications adapted to generate key pairs used in code signing applications, for example. In one aspect, the method comprises the steps of: retrieving random number data from the random data service; applying one or more randomness tests to the retrieved random number data to compute at least one indicator of the randomness quality of the random number data; associating the at least one indicator with at least one state represented by a color; and displaying the color associated with the at least one indicator to a user. The color may be displayed in a traffic light icon, for example. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114809 | UNIQUE SURROGATE KEY GENERATION USING CRYPTOGRAPHIC HASHING - The present invention relates to a method or system of generating a surrogate key using cryptographic hashing. One embodiment of the method of the present invention may have steps such as selecting a field or group of fields that is or are unique among all records in the database and for each record, extracting the data from the fields; concatenating the extracted data into an input message; running the input message through a hash generator, either in batches or one at a time, for testing purposes perhaps; and outputting a surrogate key. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114810 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC SYSTEM, CRYPTOGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION METHOD, ENCRYPTION APPARATUS, KEY GENERATION APPARATUS, DECRYPTION APPARATUS, CONTENT SERVER, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A cryptographic communication technology that is based on functional encryption and that can operate flexibly is provided. A conversion rule information pair is determined in advance, which has attribute conversion rule information prescribing a conversion rule for converting attribute designation information to attribute information used in a functional encryption algorithm and logical expression conversion rule information prescribing a conversion rule for converting logical expression designation information to logic information used in the functional encryption algorithm. One kind of conversion rule information included in the conversion rule information pair is used to obtain first attribute information or first logic information from input information. The first attribute information or the first logic information is used for encryption. Encryption information is decrypted with a decryption key generated by using second attribute information or second logic information obtained from user information by using the other kind of conversion rule information. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114811 | Method for Privacy Preserving Hashing of Signals with Binary Embeddings - A hash of signal is determining by dithering and scaling random projections of the signal. Then, the dithered and scaled random projections are quantized using a non-monotonic scalar quantizer to form the hash, and a privacy of the signal is preserved as long as parameters of the scaling, dithering and projections are only known by the determining and quantizing steps. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114812 | DEMAND BASED ENCRYPTION AND KEY GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods providing a key management platform that generates and distributes demand-based encryption and decryption keys are described. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114813 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REFRESHING KEY - A method for refreshing a key is provided, wherein when a counter in a PDCP layer of a RB reaches a threshold, a mobile device receives a cell handover message, re-establishes PDCP layers and RLC layers for all RBs, keeps Uplink Time Alignment Information, uplink grant resources for uplink shared channel and Physical Uplink Control Channel resources allocated semi-statically, and flushes a buffer of a MAC layer; the mobile device obtains a new root key, and obtains a new encryption and integrity protection key of a radio resource control plane according to the new root key; the mobile device transmits a cell handover complete message protected by the new encryption and integrity protection key. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114814 | ADDING RANDOMNESS INTERNALLY TO A WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An electronic device is provided with an integral transducer used to update a random data pool without connection to an external source of new random data. In one embodiment, there is provided a method for providing random data on an electronic device, the method comprising: storing random data in a random data pool in a memory; sensing motion of the electronic device using a transducer integrally carried as part of the electronic device, wherein the transducer is configured to generate an output in response to sensed motion; generating new random data in accordance with the output of a transducer when sensed motion exceeds a threshold; and storing the new random data in the random data pool in the memory. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114815 | SECRET SHARING SYSTEM, SHARING APPARATUS, SHARE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, ACQUISITION APPARATUS, SECRET SHARING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A sharing apparatus independently shares a value corresponding to each element θ(ψ, i, β)·g | 2013-05-09 |
20130114816 | Audio Coupling System - A device for the sharing audio signals. A pair of headphones includes circuitry for connecting to an audio signal input, as is typical, but also for connecting to an audio signal output. The audio output allows a plurality of personal listening devices, for example headphones, to be linked together allowing a plurality of listeners to listen to the same audio signal, yet maintain the utility provided by a headphone listening system | 2013-05-09 |
20130114817 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING INTERCHANNEL DELAY OF SOUND SIGNAL - A method and an apparatus for estimating an interchannel delay of a sound signal are disclosed, related to the communication field and capable of realizing a stable sound field in a crosstalk. The method includes: calculating an error between an actual interchannel phase difference and a predicted interchannel phase difference of a sound signal, where the predicted interchannel phase difference is predicted according to a predetermined interchannel delay of the sound signal; determining whether the sound signal is a sound signal in a crosstalk according to the error; and if the sound signal is a sound signal in the crosstalk, setting an interchannel delay corresponding to the sound signal to a fixed value | 2013-05-09 |
20130114818 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION OF A BINAURAL HEARING SYSTEM AND BINAURAL HEARING SYSTEM - A method of operation saves energy during the operation of a binaural hearing system having a left-hand hearing device and a right-hand hearing device. The method includes providing a left-hand internal input signal in the left-hand hearing device and a right-hand internal input signal in the right-hand hearing device. A sending mode of the left-hand hearing device and/or right-hand hearing device is activated and/or deactivated. The sending mode is therein activated in one of the hearing devices automatically in dependence on the respective internal input signal and the sending mode is deactivated in one of the hearing devices automatically in dependence on the respective internal input signal and of a communication signal received from the respective other hearing device. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114819 | APPARATUS FOR CHANGING AN AUDIO SCENE AND AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A DIRECTIONAL FUNCTION - An apparatus for changing an audio scene has a direction determiner and an audio scene processing apparatus. The audio scene has at least one audio object having an audio signal and associated meta data. The direction determiner determines a direction of a position of the audio object with respect to a reference point based on the meta data of the audio object. Further, the audio scene processing device processes the audio signal, a processed audio signal derived from the audio signal or the meta data of the audio object based on a determined directional function and the determined direction of the position of the audio object. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114820 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EMULATING SOUND - A method of emulating a sound of an audio apparatus by using a sound emulation apparatus includes obtaining k past samples (where k is a natural number that is equal to or greater than 1) by delaying a current sample of an audio signal; applying a plurality of characteristic functions indicating an input/output relationship of the audio apparatus to the current sample and the k past samples, respectively; and adding the current sample and the k past samples, to which the plurality of characteristic functions have been applied, respectively, to generate an emulation sound of the audio apparatus. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114821 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program for Adjustable Noise Cancellation - An apparatus including: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, allow the apparatus to perform at least the following: receiving a background audio signal from an earpiece microphone, the earpiece microphone configured to convert sound from a surrounding environment into the background audio signal; and allow a user of the apparatus to control the generation and characteristics of a noise cancellation signal, the noise cancellation signal configured to interfere destructively with the background audio signal to alter the amplitude of the background audio signal. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114822 | PIEZOELECTRIC MICROPHONES - Electronic devices and microphone devices are described. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114823 | Headset With Proximity Determination - An apparatus including a housing configured to support the apparatus on a head of a user; a controller; a sound transducer; and a proximity detector. The proximity detector is connected to the controller. The controller is configured to perform a predetermined function based upon a signal from the proximity detector. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114824 | SIGNAL CONNECTING MODULE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND CONNECTOR IDENTIFICATION METHOD THEREOF - A signal connecting module, an electronic device, and a connector identification method thereof are disclosed. The signal connecting module is applied to the electronic device to electrically connect to the connector. The signal connecting module includes a connecting port, a controlling module, and a detecting module. The controlling module electrically connects to a first pin of the connecting port. When the connector connects to the connecting port, the controlling module outputs a detecting signal via the first pin to an earphone pin of the connector. The detecting module electrically connects to a second pin and a third pin of the connecting port; wherein after the controlling module outputs the detecting signal, the detecting module detects a current signal received by the second pin or the third pin to determine that the second pin or the third pin electrically connects to a ground pin of the connector. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114825 | HEADSET WITH A LIGHT EMITTING NECKBAND - A headset ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130114826 | LIGHT BULB HOLDER MODULE WITH BUILT-IN SPEAKER - A light bulb holder module with a built-in speaker is embedded into a light bulb slot. The light bulb holder module includes a light bulb holder, a control unit, a first electronic switch, a second electronic switch, a wireless transceiver unit, and a speaker. Also, a light bulb is installed on the light bulb holder. The wireless transceiver unit receives an external control signal and transmits the control signal to the control unit. The control unit turns on or turns off the first electronic switch and the second electronic switch according to contents of the control signal, thus lightening or extinguishing the light bulb or turning on or turning off the speaker. In addition, the wireless transceiver unit also receives external audio signals and transmits the audio signals to the control unit to be processed. The processed audio signals are played by the speaker. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114827 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL ENGINE SOUND AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a system and method for controlling a virtual engine sound of a hybrid vehicle or an electric vehicle. More specifically, the system includes a sensor for detecting when the vehicle is inside; a virtual engine sound generation portion for generating the virtual engine sound of the vehicle; and a control portion for receiving data detected by the sensor to control the virtual engine sound based upon whether or not the vehicle is inside, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to the data to the virtual engine generation portion. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114828 | AUDIO SYSTEM WITH PARENTAL MAXIMUM VOLUME CONTROL - A user interface ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130114829 | Recursive audio modulation system using nested inductor arrays - Nested inductor arrays magnetically modulate an analog audio input signal recursively, so that the overall amplitude envelope of the output signal replicates the wave pattern of the input signal. The nested inductor arrays produce multiple levels of recursive modulation, so that the output signal incorporates multiple integrated self-similar harmonic layers, such that the phasing of the various layers are locked in by the analog waveform of the output signal itself. As a result, the spatial “depth” and temporal “immediacy” of the original analog recording is restored and can be encoded in digital format. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114830 | DETERMINING A CONFIGURATION FOR AN AUDIO PROCESSING OPERATION - A computer-implemented method of determining a configuration for an audio processing operation, wherein the audio processing operation comprises a predetermined set of one or more audio processing sub-operations, each audio processing sub-operation being configurable with one or more respective configuration parameters, the method comprising: specifying the predetermined set of one or more audio processing sub-operations; specifying a target frequency response; and performing a convergent optimization process to determine a configuration for the audio processing operation that reduces a difference between the frequency response of the audio processing operation and the target frequency response, wherein the configuration comprises a respective value for each configuration parameter of each audio processing sub-operation. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114831 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM AUDIO WATERMARKING AND WATERMARK DETECTION AND EXTRACTION - Encoding and decoding methods and apparatus as described. An example method of obtaining auxiliary information in an audio signal using a plurality of frequency components residing in a plurality of code bands comprises transforming an audio signal into a frequency domain representation; determining characteristic of frequencies of the frequency domain representation that may contain the auxiliary information; normalizing across the code bands the characteristics of frequencies of the frequency domain representation in a respective one of the code bands that may contain the auxiliary information, wherein the normalization is carried out against a characteristic of a frequency in that code band; summing the normalized characteristics of the frequencies representative of auxiliary information to determine a sum for a frequency representative of auxiliary information; and determining that the sum is representative of the auxiliary information. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114832 | WIRELESS FUNCTION STATE SYNCHRONIZATION - A system for facilitating synchronized apparatus interaction. In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus may determine if muting of a microphone has been requested. If the apparatus determines that muting has been requested, the apparatus may activate muting of the microphone and may transmit a message comprising information indicating that muting has been activated. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114833 | MICROPHONE FILTER SYSTEM - A microphone filter system for outputting an audio signal independent of electrical impedance of downstream devices. This system may include a filter section and an audio transformer that facilitate the outputting of the audio signal. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114834 | ACOUSTIC TRANSMISSION METHOD AND LISTENING DEVICE - A listening device having an ear hook adapted for carrying the device behind the ear of a user and magnetically operated compression parts including a subcutaneous part and a device part is provided, where further a vibrator is provided and adapted to vibrationally energize a skin portion through an output coupler, wherein the hook carries the weight of the listening device and the magnetic compression parts ensures compression between the output coupler and the skin portion. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114835 | Optimal Spatial Filtering in the Presence of Wind in a Hearing Prosthesis - The present application discloses methods, systems, and hearing prostheses for reducing wind noise and/or thermal noise in an audio signal transmitted to the user of a hearing prosthesis. A method in accordance with the present disclosure includes utilizing delay-sum beamforming to improve the signal-to-noise ratio in an audio signal that contains wind noise and/or thermal noise. In the presence of at least one of wind noise and thermal noise, amplitudes and phases of at least two input signals are matched. The two signals are then added together, resulting in an average improvement in the signal-to-noise ratio of the signal transmitted to the user of about 3 dB. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114836 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEARING DEVICE AS WELL AS A HEARING DEVICE - Acclimatization of a hearing device user to a hearing device is made more acceptable by automatic acclimatization management. The intensity of the hearing device is increased in the long term, e.g. during several months. The speed of the intensity increase depends on user inputs. A user controls an audio processing parameter (APP), such as volume, with a user control. Each time the user switches the hearing device off and on again, the power-on value (POV) of the audio processing parameter (APP) is changed. The amount of the change depends on which settings for the audio processing parameter (APP) have been selected by the hearing device user and how long the settings have been active. An initial power-on value (iPOV) and a target power-on value (tPOV), which is to be reached at the end (H) of the acclimatization phase, may be programmed by an audiologist. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114837 | FEEDBACK SUPPRESSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PERIODIC ADAPTATION OF A FEEDBACK SUPPRESSION DEVICE - A method is provided for adapting a feedback suppression device of a hearing device to a given situation in order to improve the quality of feedback suppression in hearing devices and in hearing aids in particular. In the method an adaptation procedure of the feedback suppression device is periodically activated and adaptation of the feedback suppression device is performed regularly even if a feedback detector does not detect a feedback situation. A feedback suppression device for a hearing device is also provided. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114838 | HEARING DEVICE WITH A BATTERY COMPARTMENT - A hearing device has a battery compartment for mounting a battery and is provided in a housing. While the battery compartment is being closed there is a risk that a contact element projecting into the battery compartment causes a short circuit between the poles of the battery. The hearing device has a contacting device for the battery that is easy to manufacture. In the battery compartment, a contact element is provided for electrical contacting of the battery which can be deflected against a spring force when inserting the battery. A contact region of the contact element as a result presses against the battery when the battery is inserted. The contact element has an abutment device formed from an electrically insulating material with a surface disposed obliquely in respect of a direction of insertion of the battery, against which the battery abuts when the contact region is deflected. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114839 | INFLATABLE EAR MOLD WITH PROTECTED INFLATION AIR INLET - An ear piece is formed for insertion and placement in an external auditory canal. The ear piece has an inflatable which, when it is inflated, expands and braces against the walls of the auditory canal. When it is deflated, it may be withdrawn from the auditory canal. The ear piece may be used in connection with a hearing aid, an MP3 player, a cell phone, or the like. A pump is provided for inflating the balloon and a valve may be controlled for selectively deflating the balloon. The air intake to the pump is disposed so as to be protected against contamination from inside the auditory canal. For that purpose it is formed inside a housing the air inlet of which is as far outside the ear canal as possible. In the case of a behind-the-ear application, the intake opening is formed in the housing that is to be placed behind the user's ear. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114840 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING AUDIO OUTPUT UNIT - An electronic device having an audio output unit with case design that provides a wide resonance space for enhanced sound quality and improved shock resistance is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a first space longitudinally penetrating a side region of the housing, and a second space connected to the first space and configured to accommodate an audio output unit therein. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114841 | EARPHONE IMPORTING OUTER SOUND - An earphone minimizes the design elements for importing sound. It operates without a battery, is lightweight, harmonizes the design and ventilation of the paths for sound transmission, insulation and exhaust, and for augmenting and/or alleviating speaker vibration, and has its outer sound path and transmission path tilted. The earphone comprises a speaker, a body with a cover, a speaker sound path in the body to transmit sound toward the external auditory canal, and a worn portion including a cushion in a holder enclosing the speaker path worn in the external auditory canal. The body includes an outer sound path which imports sound. The worn portion includes a transmission path that receives the sound from the outer sound path and transmits it toward the external auditory canal. The outer sound path and transmission paths are insulated from sound from the speaker and the speaker sound path, respectively. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114842 | Ear Bud Adaptor - An adaptor for an ear bud headphone that adds an over-the-ear loop to enhance security of the placement of the ear bud headphones on the ear of the head phone user. An ear loop (that may or may not be adjustable in pivoting or up and down direction) is connected to a sheath receptacle that the ear bud snaps into. The contoured sheath is concave to follow the form of the ear bud. The ear bud wire passes through an open channel. The ear bud headphone securely held by the sheath. The tubular shaft, inherent in the ear bud design, is secured by fins that wrap around the tubular shaft. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114843 | EARPHONE JACK FOR USE WITH EAR PHONE PLUGS OF DIFFEREING DIAMETER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An earphone jack includes a main body, a number of guiding plates, at least one positioning plate, a number of blades, and a frame. The main body defines a hole. The guiding plates surround the hole, and the positioning plate is formed on the guiding plates. The blades rotatably engage with the guiding plates. The frame is mounted with the blades. When the frame is rotated, the blades moves along the guiding plates to allow the blades to provide different latching spaces for receiving different sizes earphone plugs. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114844 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal comprising a housing which incorporates a receiving speaker, an earpiece portion which allows a user to listen to an output sound from the receiving speaker, a first sound emission portion and a second sound emission portion which guide the output sound from the receiving speaker to the earpiece portion, and a sound guide space which communicates the first sound emission portion and the second sound emission portion. The first sound emission portion is opposed to the receiving speaker. The second sound emission portion is formed in plane with and near to the first sound emission portion. The second sound emission portion is located at a center of the earpiece portion | 2013-05-09 |
20130114845 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND A CASING THEREFOR - Disclosed is a device and a casing therefor. The device comprises a casing having a back side and a casing opening in the back side; a speaker mounted inside the casing and in communication with the casing opening; and a cover shaped to mate with and to cover the casing opening, the cover having a first nub and a second nub and a speaker opening providing an air channel for the speaker. In the device, the first and the second nubs are located about the speaker opening in a symmetrical pattern; and when the communication device is placed on a flat surface with the side of the casing facing the flat surface, the first and second nubs cause the back side of the casing to be canted from the flat surface to expose the speaker opening to ambient air. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114846 | ELECTRODYNAMIC TRANSDUCER HAVING A DOME AND A BUOYANT HANGING PART - Electro-dynamic transducer including a main magnetic circuit defining an air gap, a moving part comprising a dome shaped diaphragm and a movable coil fixed thereto and diving into the air gap; a support to which the moving part is suspended; and a suspension linking the moving part and the support; wherein the suspension is floating with respect of the support, allowing a radial degree of freedom. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114847 | EXTRACTION OF EMBEDDED WATERMARKS FROM A HOST CONTENT USING A PLURALITY OF TENTATIVE WATERMARKS - Methods, devices and computer program products facilitate the extraction of embedded watermarks in the presence of content distortions. Distortion of the content is estimated using two or more detected watermarks with an associated probability of false detection that is above a desired level. The estimated content distortion is used to obtain pre-distorted synchronization templates and to reevaluate the detected watermarks. The use of pre-distorted synchronization templates results in obtaining better estimations of content distortion, and improved reliability of watermark detections. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114848 | EFFICIENT EXTRACTION OF EMBEDDED WATERMARKS IN THE PRESENCE OF HOST CONTENT DISTORTIONS - Methods, devices and computer program products facilitate the extraction of embedded watermarks in the presence of content distortions. Coarse estimates of a distortion or combination of distortions, present in the host content are obtained by detecting a tentative watermark, or a portion thereof, utilizing coarse pre-distorted watermark templates. Supplementary pre-distorted watermark templates are then selected in the neighborhood of the coarse distortion estimate to further re-evaluate the tentative watermark. The use of coarse and supplementary pre-distorted watermark templates results in obtaining better estimations of content distortions, and improved reliability of watermark detections in an efficient manner. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114849 | SERVER-ASSISTED OBJECT RECOGNITION AND TRACKING FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Exemplary embodiments for performing server-assisted object recognition and tracking are disclosed herein. For example, in certain embodiments of the disclosed technology, one or more objects are efficiently recognized and tracked on a mobile device by using a remote server that can provide high capacity computing and storage resources. With the benefit of high-speed image processing on a remote server and high-bandwidth communication networks connecting the mobile device and the remote server, it is possible to identify an object and to track changes in the object's characteristics or location, so that a user experiences seamless, real-time tracking. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114850 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION GAZE TRACKING - A system is mounted within eyewear or headwear to unobtrusively produce and track reference locations on the surface of one or both eyes of an observer. The system utilizes multiple illumination sources and/or multiple cameras to generate and observe glints from multiple directions. The use of multiple illumination sources and cameras can compensate for the complex, three-dimensional geometry of the head and anatomical variations of the head and eye region that occurs among individuals. The system continuously tracks the initial placement and any slippage of eyewear or headwear. In addition, the use of multiple illumination sources and cameras can maintain high-precision, dynamic eye tracking as an eye moves through its full physiological range. Furthermore, illumination sources placed in the normal line-of-sight of the device wearer increase the accuracy of gaze tracking by producing reference vectors that are close to the visual axis of the device wearer. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114851 | RELATIVE POSE ESTIMATION OF NON-OVERLAPPING CAMERAS USING THE MOTION OF SUBJECTS IN THE CAMERA FIELDS OF VIEW - A relative pose between two cameras is determined by using input data obtained from the motion of subjects, such as pedestrians, between the fields of view of two cameras, determining trajectory information for the subjects, and computing homographies relating lines obtained from trajectories in the first image data to lines obtained from the trajectories in the second image data. The two fields of view need not overlap. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114852 | HUMAN FACE RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS - A human face recognition method and apparatus are provided. A processor of the human face recognition apparatus calculates red, green, and blue component statistic information for each of a plurality of human face images. The processor uses an independent component analysis algorithm to analyze component statistic information of two colors and derive a piece of first component information and a piece of second component information. The processor transforms the pieces of first component information and second component information into a frequency domain to derive a piece of first frequency-domain information and a piece of second frequency-domain information. The processor calculates an energy value of the first frequency-domain information within a frequency range. The energy value is used to decide whether the human face images are captured from a human being. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114853 | LOW-LIGHT FACE DETECTION - A face is detected within a camera's field despite inadequate illumination. In various embodiments, multiple images of the inadequately illuminated field of view are obtained and summed into a composite image. The composite image is tone-mapped based on a facial lighting model, and a bounded group of pixels in the tone-mapped image having a lighting distribution indicative of a face is identified. Facial features are resolved within the bounded group of pixels. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114854 | TRACKING APPARATUS AND TRACKING METHOD - A tracking apparatus includes an image data acquisition unit, a tracking process unit, a contrast information acquisition unit, a contrast information similarity evaluation unit, and a control unit. The image data acquisition unit acquires image data. The tracking process unit detects a candidate position of a tracking target in image data. The contrast information acquisition unit acquires contrast information at the candidate position. The contrast information similarity evaluation unit evaluates a similarity between contrast information at a position of the tracking target decided in a past frame and current frame. The control unit decides the position of the tracking target in the current frame based on the evaluation of the similarity. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114855 | Methods and Systems for Detection and Identification of Concealed Materials - Methods and systems for efficiently and accurately detecting and identifying concealed materials. The system includes an analysis subsystem configured to process a number of pixelated images, the number of pixelated images obtained by repeatedly illuminating regions with a electromagnetic radiation source from a number of electromagnetic radiation sources, each repetition performed with a different wavelength. The number of pixelated images, after processing, constitute a vector of processed data at each pixel from a number of pixels. At each pixel, the vector of processed data is compared to a predetermined vector corresponding to a predetermined material, presence of the predetermined material being determined by the comparison. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114856 | METHOD FOR POSE INVARIANT FINGERPRINTING - A computer-implemented method for matching objects is disclosed. At least two images where one of the at least two images has a first target object and a second of the at least two images has a second target object are received. At least one first patch from the first target object and at least one second patch from the second target object are extracted. A distance-based part encoding between each of the at least one first patch and the at least one second patch based upon a corresponding codebook of image parts including at least one of part type and pose is constructed. A viewpoint of one of the at least one first patch is warped to a viewpoint of the at least one second patch. A parts level similarity measure based on the view-invarient distance measure for each of the at least one first patch and the at least one second patch is applied to determine whether the first target object and the second target object are the same or different objects. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114857 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device includes: an entire image display control portion that performs control to display an entire image of a predetermined region in an entire image display window; and a cutout image display control portion that performs control to enlarge a plurality of tracking subjects included in the entire image and display the tracking subjects in a cutout image display window. The cutout image display control portion performs the control in such a manner that one cutout image including the tracking subjects is displayed in the cutout image display window in a case where relative distances among the tracking subjects are equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, and that two cutout images including the respective tracking subjects are displayed in the cutout image display window in a case where the relative distances among the tracking subjects are larger than the predetermined value. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114858 | Method for Detecting a Target in Stereoscopic Images by Learning and Statistical Classification on the Basis of a Probability Law - A method for the detection of a target present in at least two images of the same scene acquired simultaneously by different cameras comprises, under development conditions, a prior target-learning step, said learning step including a step of modeling of the data X corresponding to an area of interest in the images by a distribution law P such that P(X)=P(X | 2013-05-09 |
20130114859 | IMAGE INFORMATION ACQUIRING APPARATUS, IMAGE INFORMATION ACQUIRING METHOD AND IMAGE INFORMATION ACQUIRING PROGRAM - An image information acquiring apparatus of the present invention includes an acoustic wave detector having, disposed on a reception surface thereof, a plurality of elements that detect acoustic waves generated by an object corresponding to a reconstruction area; an acoustic signal generator that generates acoustic signals that are used in image reconstruction, from the detected acoustic waves; an element selector that selects elements that are used in image reconstruction; and a reconstructor that performs image reconstruction of a point of interest using acoustic signals based on the acoustic waves detected by the selected elements, the image information acquiring apparatus being configured such that, for each selected element, there exists another selected element located at a symmetrical position with respect to a point at which the reception surface is intersected by a perpendicular line drawn from the point of interest to the reception surface. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114860 | IN-VEHICLE IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An in-vehicle image processing device includes: movement distance detection units | 2013-05-09 |
20130114861 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF ARTICLE - A recognition device and method capable of recognizing 3D position and orientation of an article at low calculation cost. A 2D image of a region, where articles are randomly located, is obtained by a camera, and 3D information of generally the same region is obtained by a range sensor. A space, where an article to be taken out is considered to exist, is roughly limited. Based on the limited space, a search condition for searching the article by 2D image processing is set, and 2D positional information on the image of the article is obtained. Then, 3D point data used to recognize the 3D position and orientation of the article is selected, and a view line in the 3D space, extending from the camera to the article, is calculated, whereby the 3D position and orientation of the article is calculated. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114862 | IMAGE PROCESSING UNIT, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing unit includes a memory unit in which continuously captured images including a reference image and a comparative image are stored, an image dividing unit to divide the reference image and the comparative image into image blocks of a predetermined size, a mean value calculator unit to calculate a mean value of pixel outputs in each image block of each of the reference and comparative images, a threshold determining unit to determine a threshold according to a mean value of pixel outputs of an image block of the reference image, and a determiner unit to compare the threshold with a difference value of the mean values of the pixel outputs in the image blocks of the reference and comparative images to be synthesized and determine whether the image blocks of the reference and comparative images are suitable for image synthesis based on a result of the comparison. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114863 | REGISTRATION PROGRAM, REGISTRATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF REGISTRATION - A registration apparatus acquires image information of a living body photographed by a sensor unit and distance information acquired when photographing the living body from the sensor unit, and extracts image information which is to serve as a template. The registration apparatus acquires a plurality of items of the image information by an image information acquisition unit, and acquires distance information associated with each item of the image information item by a distance information acquisition unit. A template candidate extraction unit groups the plurality of image information items according to the distance information associated with each image information item. A template extraction unit mutually evaluates the image information items extracted by the template candidate extraction unit to extract image information to be registered as a template for each group. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114864 | Feature-Extraction-Based Image Scoring - Methods, apparatuses and systems directed to calculating a probability that a user or set of users will engage with a multimedia object for customizing content in a social networking system. In one embodiment, a generative model representing all users is utilized to calculate the probability that all users will interact with a given multimedia object. In another embodiment, the same generative model is utilized to calculate a user-specific engagement probability for a given multimedia object. In particular embodiments, the generative model uses Bayesian probability. In particular embodiments, one or more policies are applied to the photos to customize the browsing experience for users. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114865 | System and Method for Providing Secure Access to an Electronic Device Using Facial Biometrics - A facial biometric recognition system and method ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130114866 | Computer-Aided Planning with Dual Alpha Angles in Femoral Acetabular Impingement Surgery - A method for determining a resection volume of a pathologic femur having a femoral head and a femoral neck is provided. The method may determine a first point of a desired contour based on a pathologic alpha angle of the pathologic femur, determine a second point of the desired contour based on a desired alpha angle of the pathologic femur, determine a third point of the desired contour on the femoral neck of the pathologic femur, and generate a resection volume of the pathologic femur based on the first, second and third points of the desired contour. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114867 | SIMILAR CASE SEARCHING APPARATUS AND SIMILAR CASE SEARCHING METHOD - A similar case searching apparatus comprises: an image feature extracting unit; an image interpretation item fitting degree calculating unit which calculates the fitting degree of each image feature quantity to each of image interpretation items, based on first image interpretation knowledge indicating the range of values of image feature quantities of each type; an image interpretation item selecting unit; a weight determining unit which determines the weight to each image feature quantity based on second image interpretation knowledge defining correlations between image feature quantities, such that the weight is larger as the correlation with the image interpretation item is higher; a similar case searching unit which searches for the similar case data items, by adding the determined weight to each image feature quantity of the interpretation target image and a corresponding image feature quantity of the medical images in a case database, and comparing the weighted image feature quantities. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114868 | Hyperspectral Imaging for Detection of Skin Related Conditions - A method of detecting a skin condition may include employing a multiband hyperspectral sensor to obtain multi-spectral data, employing the multi-spectral data to map constitutive skin parameters to corresponding spectral signatures via a forward model that enables generation of a set of samples including a plurality of parameters mapped to a plurality of spectral signatures, utilizing the set of samples to employ machine learning to generate an inverse model to enable mapping of a spectral signature of skin of a patient to corresponding skin parameters, estimatingconstitutive skin parameters of the skin of the patient based on the inverse model, and determining a distribution of the constitutive parameters for one or more skin locations. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114869 | FOOT-MEASURING METHOD AND DEVICE - The invention relates to a device that comprises: an element ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130114870 | MEDICAL IMAGING FOR DRUG APPLICATION ANALYSIS - A system is presented that improves current medical imaging analysis systems. The system acquires medical image data of a patient and links the medical image data to the patient's personal information and the particular drugs a patient is using for treating a clinically diagnosed illness. The system can then associate the information and attempt to match it to information stored in a medical imaging database to help the medical personnel diagnose the patient's illness and determine which drugs are likely to help the patient or likely to have certain side effects on the patient. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114871 | AUTOMATIC CORRECTION METHOD OF COUCH-BENDING IN SEQUENCE CBCT RECONSTRUCTION - An imaging method includes obtaining a first set of projection data when a patient support is at a first position, wherein the first set of projection data is usable to reconstruct a first volumetric image, obtaining a second set of projection data when the patient support is at a second position, wherein the second set of projection data is usable to reconstruct a second volumetric image, and determining a corrected volumetric image using the first set of projection data and the second set of projection data to correct for deflection of the patient support. In some embodiments, the method may involve obtaining additional set(s) of projection data. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114872 | COMPRESSED SENSING USING REGIONAL SPARSITY - A method for reconstructing an image includes acquiring raw image data during a scan of an area, estimating an image from the raw image data, separating the estimated image into a region of interest (ROI) and a background region, and applying compressed sensing to iteratively update only the ROI and maintain the background region to reconstruct an image. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114873 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING THE CONTOURS OF A PREDEFINED BONE, DERIVED METHODS AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS - A method is provided for automatic identification of the contours of at least one portion of a predefined bone on the basis of a plurality of images representing parallel sections through a measurement volume including the portion of bone and which are obtained by a medical imaging technique. The method includes: a step of obtaining at least one shape of closed contour in at least one of the filtered images; a step of associating with each of the shapes a tag selected within a predefined bone-related nomenclature; a step of classifying the shapes so as to form at least one group of shapes delimiting a common volume isolated in space; a step of selecting the shapes of the group of target shapes. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114874 | Methods and Apparatus for Image Analysis Using Threshold Compactness Features - A new family of morphological features, referred to herein as threshold compactness features, is provided, useful for automated classification of objects, such as cells, in images. In one embodiment, one or more thresholds and/or binary masks are applied to an image, and one or more provisional objects within a cell in the image are automatically identified. The threshold compactness of the cell is computed as a function of area S of the one or more provisional objects and border length P of the one or more provisional objects. Computation of threshold compactness allows cells in an image to be distinguished and characterized. Compared to previous techniques, the methods and apparatus described herein are more robust and computationally efficient. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114875 | Methods and Apparatus for Image Analysis Using Profile Weighted Intensity Features - A new morphological feature referred to herein as profile weighted intensity feature is provided, useful for automated classification of objects, such as cells, that are depicted in digital images. In certain embodiments, the profile weighted intensity feature is determined by automatically identifying a border of a cell in an input image, determining a distance image for the cell, computing a profile function for the cell, and computing a mean intensity of at least a portion of the input image weighted by the profile function for the cell. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114876 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A SECURITY BI-LEVEL IMAGE FOR A BANKNOTE - The present invention proposes a method for generating a security bi-level image used to form one of the inks of a banknote, said image comprising an original bi-level image and a security pattern, said security pattern being obtained in the spatial domain by the inverse Fourier transform of the combination in the frequency domain between the Fourier transform of an auxiliary image and a two-dimensional sweep, said two-dimensional sweep being a circularly symmetric, two-dimensional pattern created by sweeping a self-similar, one-dimensional function along a 360-degree arc, such as said security pattern being detectable from the maximum value of the cross-correlation of said one-dimensional function with the Fourier transform of one line of said banknote, said method comprising the step of:—determining a distance map of the original bi-level image,—generating a merged image by linearly interpolating at least a part of said distance map with said security pattern,—thresholding the merged image to obtain the security bi-level image,—applying the security bi-level image on a support. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114877 | Banking System Operated Responsive to Data Read from Data Bearing Records - A banking system includes automated banking machines that operate responsive to data read from data bearing records. Transactions may also be carried out through communication with local and remote service providers. An automated banking machine is operative to conduct transactions including cash dispensing for users, responsive to data read from user cards and communication with a transaction host. The machine is also operative to provide output signals which drive external displays. A machine processor is operative to cause the machine to receive visual and/or audio content from content sources and to store data corresponding to the content. The content is then output through the external displays. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114878 | System and Method for Automated Defect Detection Utilizing Prior Data - A system and method for performing automated defect detection by utilizing data from prior inspections is disclosed. The system and method may include providing a image capture device for capturing and transmitting at least one current image of an object and providing a database for storing at least one prior image from prior inspections. The system and method may further include registering the at least one current image with the at least one prior image, comparing the registered at least one current image with the at least one prior image to determine a transformation therebetween and updating the database with the at least one current image. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114879 | Method and System for Automated Defect Detection - A computer program product and method for performing automated defect detection of blades within an engine is disclosed. The method may include providing a storage medium for storing data and programs used in processing video images, providing a processing unit for processing images, receiving from a borescope an initial set of images of a plurality of members inside of a device, and using the processing unit to apply Robust Principal Component Analysis to decompose the initial set of images into a first series of low rank component images and a second series of sparse component images, wherein there are at least two images in the initial series. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114880 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING DEFECT - In inspecting a substrate having a transparent oxide film or a metal film formed on a surface thereof by using a dark field type inspection apparatus installing a laser light source, an illuminating beam having a high coherence causes variations in reflection strength due to multiple interferences within the transparent oxide film or an interference of scattered beams due to the surface roughness of the metal film occurs and which leads to degradation in the sensitivity of defect detection. The present invention solves the problem by providing a low-coherence but high-brightness illumination using a highly directive broadband light source, and a system in which the conventional laser light source is simultaneously employed to selectively use the light sources, thereby enabling a highly sensitive inspection according to the condition of a wafer. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114881 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REVIEWING DEFECTS - Disclosed is a method for reviewing defects in a large number of samples within a short period of time through the use of a defect review apparatus. To collect defect images steadily and at high throughput, a defect detection method is selected before imaging and set up for each of review target defects in the samples in accordance with the external characteristics of the samples that are calculated from the design information about the samples. The defect images are collected after an imaging sequence is set up for the defect images and reference images in such a manner as to reduce the time required for stage movement in accordance with the defect coordinates of the samples and the selected defect detection method. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114882 | SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING VISUAL CHECK OPERATION OF INSPECTION RESULT - With regard to a target (board) to which an automatic appearance inspection is completed, an image used in the inspection is stored, measurement data obtained by measurement processing in the inspection is stored in association with positional information of a measurement target region, and by using these pieces of stored information, an image for assisting an operation of visually checking an actual state of a specific inspection target region is displayed. This image corresponds to an area equivalent to a part of the board, and includes the checking target component. For the checking target component in the image, marking by a frame UW and lines L | 2013-05-09 |
20130114883 | APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING VOLUME AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for evaluating a volume of an object and a method thereof are provided. The provided apparatus and the method can precisely evaluate the volume of the object with a single camera, and the required evaluation time is short. Accordingly, shipping companies can utilize the most appropriate container or cargo space for each object to deliver, thereby reducing operation costs and optimizing the transportation fleet. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114884 | THREE-DIMENSION IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND A THREE-DIMENSION IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A three-dimension (3D) image processing method is disclosed. A plurality of asymmetric filtering is performed on an input depth map to obtain a plurality of asymmetric filtering results. One among the asymmetric filtering results is selected as an output depth map. A two-dimension (2D) image is converted into a 3D image according to the output depth map. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING STEREO IMAGE ACCORDING TO FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS OF INPUT IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING THE CREATED STEREO IMAGE - A method and an apparatus for creating a stereo image adaptively according to the characteristic of an input image and a method and an apparatus for reproducing the created stereo image are provided. The method for creating a stereo image includes selecting one of a left view image and a right view image that constitute the stereo image and measuring the directivity of high frequency components of the selected image, and synthesizing the left view image and the right view image into a stereo image in a format depending on the measured directivity. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114886 | POSITION AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, POSITION AND ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A position and orientation measurement apparatus for measuring a position and orientation of a target object, comprising: storage means for storing a three-dimensional model representing three-dimensional shape information of the target object; obtaining means for obtaining a plurality of measurement data about the target object sensed by image sensing means; reliability calculation means for calculating reliability for each of the pieces of measurement data; selection means for selecting the measurement data by a predetermined number from the plurality of measurement data based on the reliability; association means for associating planes forming the three-dimensional model with each of the measurement data selected by the selection means; and decision means for deciding the position and orientation of the target object based on the result associated by the association means. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114887 | STEREO DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND STEREO DISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD - Provided is a stereo distance measurement apparatus wherein a camera image itself is adjusted to correct the blur, thereby preventing the distance measurement time from being long, while improving the precision of disparity detection. In the apparatus ( | 2013-05-09 |
20130114888 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to an embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a feature data calculator, a generating unit, and an adding unit. The feature data calculator calculates feature data representing changes in pixel values within a first range of an input image. The generating unit obtains a weight of a predetermined image pattern on the basis of a probability distribution and the feature data. The weight represents a pattern of changes in the pixel values. The probability distribution represents a distribution of relative values of feature data of a learning image containing a high-frequency component with respect to feature data of a learning image. The generating unit weights the predetermined image pattern with the weight so as to generate a high-frequency component with respect to the input image. The adding unit adds the high-frequency component to the input image. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114889 | HEAD DETECTING METHOD, HEAD DETECTING APPARATUS, ATTRIBUTE DETERMINING METHOD, ATTRIBUTE DETERMINING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND ATTRIBUTE DETERMINING SYSTEM - The present invention is to provide a head detecting method for detecting the head in an image correctly at high speed. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114890 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEGMENTING TEXT LINES IN DOCUMENTS - Methods and systems of the present embodiment provide segmenting of connected components of markings found in document images. Segmenting includes detecting aligned text. From this detected material an aligned text mask is generated and used in processing of the images. The processing includes breaking connected components in the document images into smaller pieces or fragments by detecting and segregating the connected components and fragments thereof likely to belong to aligned text. | 2013-05-09 |
20130114891 | POST PROCESSING FOR IMPROVED GENERATION OF INTRINSIC IMAGES - In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating an intrinsic image corresponding to the image and modifying the intrinsic image as a function of a bi-illuminant, dichromatic reflection model. | 2013-05-09 |