24th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
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20120150454 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING ENERGY RESOURCES - An apparatus for managing energy resources includes: a collection unit for collecting energy consumptions and resource information of a plurality of energy consumption devices; an integrated resource relation map management unit for generating and managing an integrated resource relation map which indicates correlations between energy resources one another consumed by the energy consumption devices by using the energy consumptions and the resource information; and an energy management unit for generating energy-saving measures based on the integrated resource relation map. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150455 | System and Method for Determining Leaks in a Complex System - A leak detection system includes a coupled to a pressure system to sense a first pressure at time t | 2012-06-14 |
20120150456 | SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING AND DETECTING FUEL THEFT - In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a system for preventing and detecting fuel theft from a fuel tank, the system comprising: a perforated casing ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120150457 | SENSING DEVICE, SENSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A sensing device includes: a magnetic field generating coil that generates an alternating magnetic field in a sensing-target region; a signal inducing coil in which is induced an electric signal corresponding to the alternating magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generating coil; an amplifier that amplifies a third electric signal obtained from the difference between a first electric signal induced in the signal inducing coil in a state where a sensing-target magnetic body is present in the sensing-target region and a second electric signal induced in the signal inducing coil in a state where the magnetic body is not present in the sensing-target region; and a sensing unit that senses, on the basis of the third electric signal amplified by the amplifier, the magnetic body passing through the sensing-target region by sensing a change in the magnetic field resulting from magnetization reversal of the magnetic body. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150458 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR NONINVASIVE DETERMINATION OF ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF TISSUES AND MATERIALS - Apparatus, method, and computer-accessible medium embodiments for a noninvasive mapping of electrical properties of tissues or materials. For example, it is possible to apply a plurality of stimulations to a target. It is possible to receive at least one signal from the target in response to the applied stimulations. Further, it is possible to process the at least one signal to determine electromagnetic-field-related quantities associated with the stimulations and the target response. Also, it is possible to supply the electromagnetic-field-related quantities to a system of equations relating these quantities to a plurality of electrical property values and residual field-related unknown values of the at least one target. It is also possible to determine a solution to the system of equations, including determining at least one electrical property of the at least one target. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150459 | TESTING DEVICE, TEST SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF - A testing device includes a signal sensing unit and a signal processing unit. The signal sensing unit generates a test output signal by sensing a signal from a device under test including a plurality of passive elements that are connected in parallel. The signal processing unit detects an open-type fault of the plurality of passive elements by measuring an impedance of the device under test based on element characteristic information of the plurality of passive elements. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150460 | METHOD OF FAULT PHASE SELECTION AND FAULT TYPE DETERMINATION - The present invention is concerned with a method for faulted phase selection and fault type determination in electric power lines applicable both to series compensated and uncompensated power lines. The method comprising a fault inception detection and an estimation of fault phase current signals, pre-fault current signals and zero-sequence current in order to receive the absolute value of incremental current signals and their maximum value from which real value indicators for phase to phase faults real value indicators for 3-phase fault and a real value indicator for ground fault are determined. The method further comprises
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20120150461 | ELECTRIC POWER MEASURING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MEASURING ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRIC POWER MEASURING SYSTEM, INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The electric power measuring device includes (i) a plug which is to be connected to a power supply outlet, (ii) a socket to which a load is connected so that electric power is supplied from the plug to the load, (iii) an electric power measuring section for measuring the electric power consumed by the load, (iv) a memory section for storing measurement error information regarding the electric power measuring section, and (v) a correcting section for correcting, based on the measurement error information, a value of electric power measured by the electric power measuring section. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150462 | Detection of Magnetic Fields Using Leading Power Factor - An electricity meter includes a sensor circuit, a measurement circuit, a leading PF detection circuit and a control circuit. The sensor circuit is operably connected to detect voltage and current provided to a load, and generates corresponding voltage and current measurement signals. The measurement circuit is configured to generate energy consumption information based on the voltage and current measurement signals. The leading PF detection circuit is configured to generate a first value representative of a phase difference of the current measurement signal with respect to the voltage measurement signal, and to generate a leading PF detection signal responsive to determining that the first value corresponds to a leading power factor that leads unity power factor by more than a predetermined threshold. The control circuit stores an indication in memory responsive at least in part to the leading PF detection signal. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150463 | UTILIZATION-TIME CHANGING SUPPORT DEVICE AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING CHANGE IN UTILIZATION TIME - Provided is a utilization-time changing support device including: a household-electrical-appliance power record storage unit storing records of power consumption for each household electrical appliance used in a living space; a power record writing unit receiving information indicating the power consumption of the household electrical appliance from a measuring device that measures the power consumption, and writing, into the household-electrical-appliance power record storage unit, a record of the information as one of the records of the power consumption; a regular use determining unit determining whether or not the household electrical appliance used during a predetermined period is regularly used, based on the records of the power consumption; and a period change possibility determining unit outputting (i) whether or not a utilization period of the household electrical appliance can be changed and (ii) another utilization period as a result of the determination, based on the records of the power consumption. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150464 | AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION OF BASELINES FOR BATTERY TESTING - Baseline values for battery testing are automatically determined for individual batteries, battery cells, or networks of batteries. Impedance information is obtained from individual batteries and adjusted for operating conditions at a site of use (e.g., temperature, age, connection topology and user-entered information). Population-referenced baselines are automatically calculated from the group of individual-referenced baselines. All baselines can be continually updated and improved. SOC and SOH characteristics of batteries in the network can be automatically determined by comparison of measured impedance, and other, values to said baselines. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150465 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, BATTERY PACK, AND METHOD OF COMPUTING BATTERY PACK CAPACITY - An electronic device includes a battery capacity computing unit configured to compute the current full-charge capacity of a currently inserted battery apparatus having secondary cells. The battery capacity computing unit acquires at least information on the full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus in a brand-new state and information on the battery charge/discharge cycle count from the battery apparatus, retains a correction coefficient used when computing the current full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus, and calculates the current full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus using the information on the full-charge capacity of the battery apparatus in a brand-new state, the information on the battery charge/discharge cycle count, and the correction coefficient. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150466 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING LAYERS IN A MULTI-LAYER STRUCTURE - An apparatus for evaluating layers, including interlayer gaps, in a multi-layer structure; the multi-layer structure presenting a plurality of edges generally aligned athwart an axis; the apparatus includes: (a) a sensing unit configured for sensing at least one parameter; (b) a positioning unit coupled with the sensing unit; the positioning unit being configured to effect moving the sensing unit generally along the axis; and (c) a control unit coupled with at least one of the positioning unit and the sensing unit. The control unit provides an electrical signal to the sensing unit. The control unit monitors changes in the at least one parameter as the sensing unit moves past the plurality of edges. The control unit employs the changes in the at least one parameter to effect the evaluating. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150467 | POWER EFFICIENT CAPACITIVE DETECTION - Capacitive detection systems, modules, and methods. In one embodiment, a power saving mode is implemented when deemed appropriate, based on an analysis of previous detection or non-detection of the presence and/or position of an object near a capacitive sensing area. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150468 | Method and System for Estimating and Tracking Frequency and Phase Angle of 3-Phase Power Grid Voltage Signals - A method estimates parameters of 3-phase voltage signals to synchronize a power grid in a presence of a voltage unbalance by transforming the 3-phase voltage signals to αβ-reference signals using a Clark transformation matrix, and estimating sinusoidal signals and corresponding quadrature signals of the αβ-reference signals using an extended Kalman filter, and determining a phase angle of a positive sequence based on a relationship of the phase angle to the estimated the sinusoidal signals. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150469 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE COOLING FAN TESTING - System and method implementations for testing a cooling fan in an electronic device are disclosed. As one example, a method of testing a cooling fan of a sample electronic device is disclosed that includes generating an audio input at an audio speaker and receiving an audio output at an audio microphone to obtain an audio output signal. The method further includes processing the audio output signal to identify frequency modulation in the audio output signal, and identifying a state of motion of fan blades of the cooling fan based, at least in part, on the frequency modulation. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150470 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM HAVING SIMULATION UNIT - The image forming system includes an image forming apparatus and a server. The image forming apparatus includes a calibration unit configured to calibrate first correction data based on measured data; a simulation unit configured to calculate second correction data from an input value by using a transfer function; an image forming unit configured to form an image based on the first and second correction data; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the measured data to the server. The server includes a receiving unit configured to receive the measured data from the image forming apparatus; a updating unit configured to update the transfer function based on the measured data; a setting unit configured to set the updated transfer function to the simulation unit of the image forming apparatus. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150471 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided a color processing apparatus comprising: a first input unit configured to input a reference spectral reflectance obtained by measuring a patch image with a spectrophotometer serving as a reference unit; a second input unit configured to input a correction target spectral reflectance obtained by measuring the patch image with a spectrophotometer serving as a correction target unit; a correction coefficient generation unit configured to generate a correction coefficient between the correction target spectral reflectance and the reference spectral reflectance, for each wavelength; and a correction unit configured to correct, for each wavelength, the spectral reflectance measured by the correction target unit, using the correction coefficient. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150472 | FAILURE SENSING AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CYCLE TESTING - A sensing and control system terminates a cycle test when it senses the part being cycle tested is about to fail. The sensing and control system uses a sensor for generating a signal each time the test part completes a motion cycle. The sensing and control system uses a controller, responsive to the sensor, for determining whether a failure is about to occur and stopping the cycle test. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150473 | CLOCK EDGE GROUPING FOR AT-SPEED TEST - A method of grouping clock domains includes: separating a plurality of test clocks into a plurality of domain groups by adding to each respective one of the plurality of domain groups those test clocks that originate from a same clock source and have a unique clock divider ratio; sorting the domain groups in decreasing order of size; and creating a plurality of parts by adding the respective one of the plurality of domain groups to a first one of the plurality of parts in which already present test clocks have a different clock source, and creating a new part and adding the respective one of the plurality of domain groups to the new part when test clocks present in the respective one of the plurality of domain groups originate from a respective same clock source and have a different clock divider ratio as test clocks present in all previously-created parts. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150474 | DEBUG STATE MACHINE CROSS TRIGGERING - In an electronic system that includes a plurality of electronic modules and a plurality of debug circuits, each of which is integrated with one of the plurality of electronic modules, a method for performing debug operations is performed by the plurality of debug circuits. The method includes each of the plurality of debug circuits producing a first cross trigger signal on a communications interface between the plurality of debug circuits, where the first cross trigger signal indicates that a triggering event has not occurred. The method further includes each of the plurality of debug circuits determining whether the triggering event has occurred, and in response to determining that the triggering event has occurred, each of the plurality of debug circuits producing a second cross trigger signal on the communications interface, which indicates that the triggering event has occurred. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150475 | APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING PLANARITY MEASUREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO A PROBE CARD ANALYSIS SYSTEM - A system and method of mitigating the effects of component deflections in a probe card analyzer system may implement three-dimensional comparative optical metrology techniques to model deflection characteristics. An exemplary system and method combine non-bussed electrical planarity measurements with fast optical planarity measurements to produce “effectively loaded” planarity measurements. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150476 | METHODS OF MONITORING ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS WITHIN A DISPLAY NETWORK - Methods of monitoring one or more electronic displays are disclosed. A method may include performing at least one diagnostic operation on at least one electronic display having at least one camera, a display element, and a display server. Further, the method may include transmitting data relating to the at least one diagnostic operation to a network remote from the at least one electronic display. Additionally, the method may include displaying the data within the remote network. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150477 | DRIVING CIRCUIT OF A TEST ACCESS PORT - A driving circuit of a test access port is disclosed. The driving circuit includes an input terminal for receiving a first test data signal when the driving circuit is operating in an external test mode. The driving circuit is configured to receive a second test data signal (BS) carrying a test command to be executed on the test access port when the driving circuit is operating in an internal test mode. The driving circuit comprises a control logic circuit configured for processing the test command and generating therefrom an internal test data signal carrying the processed test command when the driving circuit is operating in the internal test mode. The driving circuit includes a selector configured for generating a selected test data signal, the selected test data signal being selected from the first test data signal when the driving circuit is operating in the external test mode. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150478 | METHOD OF TESTING AN OBJECT AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - In a method of testing an object, a first test pattern for testing a first device in the object may be set in a tester. A second test pattern for testing a second device in the object may be set in a test head electrically connected between the tester and the object. The first test pattern may be provided to the first device through the test head and the second test pattern may be provided to the second device by the test head to simultaneously test the first device and the second device. Thus, the first device and the second device different from each other may be simultaneously tested without changing test conditions in the tester, so that a time for testing the object may be reduced. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150479 | Debug Access with Programmable Return Clock - A debug port configured to generate and provide a return clock is disclosed. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) includes one or more functional units and a debug port (DP). The DP is configured to enable access by an external debugger to the functional unit(s) of the IC for debugging purposes. The DP includes circuitry that may generate a first clock signal that is provided to the functional unit(s) during debug operations. Receiving test result data at the DP may require a return clock signal that is not provided by the functional unit(s). Accordingly, the IC may include a clock modifier coupled to receive the first clock signal. The clock modifier may generate a second clock signal based on the first, the second clock signal being provided to the DP as a return clock signal. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150480 | MONITORING SENSOR WITH ACTIVATION - A monitoring sensor for detecting a test signal from an external signal generator at an input for receiving signals, to switch the monitoring sensor from a passive state to an active state when a signal is detected, to switch the monitoring sensor to a test state after a test period “t | 2012-06-14 |
20120150481 | THERMAL SENSOR HAVING TOGGLE CONTROL - Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to systems, methods, and apparatuses for thermal sensor power savings using a toggle control. In some embodiments, an integrated circuit (e.g., a memory device) includes an on-die thermal sensor, a storage element (e.g., a register), and toggle logic. The toggle logic may transition the thermal sensor from a first power consumption level to a second power consumption level responsive, at least in part, to a toggle indication. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150482 | THERMOMETER WITH AGE SPECIFIC FEATURE SELECTION - The invention includes a thermometer with a backlight and a method for lighting the backlight. The thermometer has temperature sensing tip, a processor taking temperature readings and determining a sensed temperature reading of the living being from the temperature sensing tip. The thermometer also includes a display and a backlight for lighting the display. The backlight is activated upon a command from the processor and the processor determines whether to activate the backlight based upon the temperature readings. The method embodiment can includes the steps of using the processor to monitor a temperature change indicated by a temperature sensing element. The processor then detects a temperature decrease and activates a first color light emitting element to backlight a display if the temperature decrease exceeds or equals a predetermined threshold. The thermometer is operable in one of a plurality of selectable operating modes, and the predetermined threshold is dependent upon the selected operating mode. For example, operating modes may depend on patient age range or measurement location. Age range may include infant, toddler and adult. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150483 | Machine Logic Airtime Sensor For Board Sports - An airtime sensor for board sports includes a detector for generating signals representative of vibration associated with motion of a board sports vehicle along a surface. State machine logic filters the signals through a first low pass filter, filters the signals through a second low pass filter, and combines filtered signals from the first and second low pass filters to determine airtime. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150484 | Threat detection systems and methods using position-sensing photodiodes - Threat detection systems and methods are disclosed that employ position-sensing photodiodes to locate a munitions flash within a field of view of a collection optical system. The flash is then located on a map of the monitored terrain, which map can be displayed to a system user. Processing electronics determine whether the flash is actually munitions-based or is from another non-threatening light source. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150485 | LUMINANCE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - A luminance sensing system and method and a computer program product thereof are provided. The system includes: a first luminance sensing unit, arranged at a first position, and used for sensing a light ray luminance at the first position to generate a first illumination value; a second luminance sensing unit, arranged at a second position, having a displacement unit, and used for sensing a light ray luminance at the second position to generate a second illumination value; and a computing unit, electrically connected to the first luminance sensing unit, the displacement unit, and the second luminance sensing unit, and used for acquiring the first illumination value and the second illumination value, acquiring luminance range information by using the first illumination value, and determining whether the second illumination value conforms to the luminance range information, so as to decide whether to control the displacement unit to move. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150486 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE SHAPE AND AREA OF A SHIP BLOCK - Provided is an apparatus for measuring a shape and area of a ship block, which may accurately recognize a piling location of a ship block by measuring a shape and area of the ship block piled up in a yard. The apparatus for measuring a shape and area of a ship block includes a direction angle sensor, a range finder, a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader and a block shape and area measuring system. The block shape and area measuring system includes a block shape and area measuring server, a vector calculating module, a coordinate calculating module, a shape and area extraction module and a memory module. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150487 | APPARATUS FOR MONITORING A DOOR WITH A 3D SENSOR - An apparatus for monitoring a door with a 3D sensor which is able to detect distances to an object in the monitoring area as the third dimension, the 3D sensor being arranged in a housing, and immovably arranged transmission means for transmitting a measurement beam and receiver means for receiving a reflected measurement beam being provided in the housing, characterized in that provision is made of a control unit which is designed to obtain an item of information relating to the position of the apparatus, and in that the control unit evaluates the measurement beam on the basis of an item of position information. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150488 | Number of steps counting apparatus, electronic apparatus, pedometer, and program - The invention provides a number of steps counting apparatus, an electronic apparatus, a pedometer, and a program which achieve reduction of power consumption. In the pedometer having a walking detecting unit configured to output a walking signal indicating a walking state and a calculating unit configured to calculate the number of steps, the walking detecting unit repeats actions of operating for a first period and stopping for a second period during the operation of the pedometer. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150489 | MULTI-STEP TIME SERIES PREDICTION IN COMPLEX INSTRUMENTED DOMAINS - A system, method and computer program product for improving a manufacturing or production environment. The system receives two or more time series data having values that represent current conditions of the manufacturing or production environment as inputs. The system determines one or more different regimes in the received two or more time series data. The system predicts future or unmeasured values of the received two or more time series data in the determined different regimes. The future or unmeasured values represent future conditions of the manufacturing or production environment. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150490 | MANAGEMENT SERVER, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND STATISTICAL PROCESSING METHOD - A communication system and a statistical processing method capable of performing statistical processing of user attribute distribution information on a sector-by-sector basis. An acquisition unit acquires, from each of a plurality of mobile equipments, a sector ID of a sector where located and a user identifier being, which is identification information of a mobile equipment, and the subscriber location information storage unit stores the acquired sector IDs in association with mobile equipments. Then, the sector level attribute distribution derivation unit aggregates the number of mobile equipments for each attribute of mobile equipments on a sector basis indicated by the sector ID based on subscriber information stored in the subscriber attribute information storage unit and location information stored in the subscriber location information storage unit. It is thereby possible to grasp statistical information for each attribute of mobile equipments on a sector-by-sector basis. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150491 | MACHINE OPERATION MANAGEMENT - A method for managing machine operation comprising sensing a plurality of operational variables for a machine during use thereof so as to generate operational data for said variables. The operational data is processed so as to determine features within the operational data which are indicative of a divergence from a desired operational state of the machine. Confidence values associated with said features are determined and used to assess whether the plurality of features and associated confidence values are indicative of a predetermined diagnosis for said machine. A confidence value for said diagnosis is determined based upon the associated feature confidence values and used to generate a signal indicative of an operational state of the machine. The invention may be used for engine health monitoring applications and may be used for determining necessary servicing or repair work for the engine. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150492 | Method and Device for Monitoring a Device Equipped with a Microprocessor - A monitoring method of a device equipped with a microprocessor, comprising the following steps:
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20120150493 | Sensor Array Processor with Multichannel Reconstruction from Random Array Sampling - A method and system for reconstructing random samples taken across multiple sensors of a sensor array, so that each sensor's output is reconstructed. The samples are processed using a compressive sensing process. The compressive sensing process uses a time-space transform basis that represents the multi-channel data in terms of both a frequency component and an azimuthal component. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150494 | ORTHODONTIC ALIGNER FABRICATION BY OVERLAY METHOD - The orthodontic alignment of misaligned teeth includes preparing a digital and/or physical overlay model which is the superimposed positioning of the patient's original misaligned dentition with the target or final position. The superimposition of one upon the other creates an open space through which teeth may move in a natural manner, allowing for a treatment plan that takes into account the physical interaction of one tooth with another or the differences in tooth movement rates due in part to differences in underlying bone density or the like. An aligner tray fabricated using the model will likewise represent the before and after tooth positions and will also have the open space to allow tooth movement. Force exerting structures are preferably placed into the aligner tray to impinge upon the patient's teeth in a prescribed manner when the aligner tray is inserted into the patient's oral cavity. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150495 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL CATALYTIC CONVERTER MODELING - A computing device includes a first module configured to determine at least one quantity at a plurality of axial locations in a catalytic converter. Each axial location extends in a direction that is generally parallel to a direction of flow of exhaust gas through the catalytic converter. The computing device further includes a second module configured to receive the quantity determined by the first module and solve the three-dimensional model of the catalytic converter based at least in part on the received quantity. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150496 | Simplified Fast 3D Finite Difference Particulate Flow Algorithms for Liquid Toner Mobility Simulations - In updating particle information in a particulate fluid flow simulation, a 2D/3D collision scheme checks for the existence of any particle collision, and if so, calculates the collision force and torque on each colliding particle. Another 2D/3D collision scheme checks whether any particle is contacting a solid wall domain boundary, and if so, calculates the wall force and torque. Following collision, the particle location is updated according to the particle translational velocity, the collision force, and the domain wall reaction force. The particle orientation is updated according to the particle angular velocity, collision torque, and wall reaction torque. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150497 | Power Flow Analysis for Balanced Power Distribution Systems - A method analyzes a model of a balanced power distribution system by transforming a model of the balanced distribution system with zero impedance branches to an equivalent model of the balanced power distribution system with non-zero impedance branches. Decoupled power mismatch equations with second orders are generated for each bus in the equivalent model. Power mismatches are determined using the bus power flow equations. The power mismatches are compared to a predetermined threshold. Then, for each bus, solving iteratively, if the comparing is true, the power mismatch equations to obtain a bus voltage magnitude correction and a bus phase angle correction until the comparing is false. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150498 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORECASTING CLINICAL PATHWAYS AND RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS - A system, method and computer program product for forecasting one or more clinical pathways and resource requirements of at least one patient are provided. The system comprises an input module for receiving inputs pertaining to patient diagnostic data, the patient diagnostic data comprising information identified during diagnosis of the patient. The system also comprises a repository for storing data comprising at least one of patient data and pre-existing clinical pathways. The patient data comprises at least one of the patient diagnostic data received from the input module; patient historical data comprising historical treatment data of the patient and patient demographic data comprising demographic details of the patient. The system also comprises a clinical pathway forecasting module for forecasting clinical pathways by application of predetermined analytical models on the patient data and pre-existing clinical pathways. The system further comprises a resource requirement forecasting module for forecasting resource requirements of the patient. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150499 | INVERTIBLE CONTACT MODEL - Methods for computing the inverse dynamics of multibody systems with contacts are disclosed. Inverse dynamics means computing external forces that cause a system to move along a given trajectory. Such computations have been used routinely for data analysis and control synthesis in the absence of contacts between rigid bodies. The disclosed inverse dynamics methods include the ability to handle contacts. The disclosed methods include the following steps: projecting the discrete-time equations of motion from joint space to contact space; defining the forward dynamics in contact space as the solution to an optimization problem; using the features of this optimization problem to obtain a unique inverse—which turns out to correspond to the solution to a dual optimization problem; solving the latter using standard methods for numerical optimization; projecting the solution from contact space back to joint space and finding the external forces. The corresponding methods for computing forward dynamics are also disclosed. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150500 | OPTIMIZATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Upon detecting that a point that satisfies a predetermined condition and whose distance from a reference point is shorter than a distance from the reference point to a first point obtained by searching a parameter space based on values of a first search indicator under a first constraint exists in the parameter space, a second point is calculated under the first constraint in the parameter space by a search method other than the searching using the first search indicator. Then, generating a second search indicator represented by a first linear combination of at least certain of first search indicators so as to obtain the second point or an adjacent point of the second point, when searching by using the second search indicator or generating a second search indicator so that search is carried out in a direction of the second point when using the second search indicator is carried out. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150501 | RESERVOIR GEOBODY CALCULATION - A method for calculating connected productive regions (“geobodies”) in a hydrocarbon reservoir uses an algorithm which visits a cell in a geological model of the reservoir, assigning a geobody identifier if the cell possesses certain threshold characteristics and adding the connected neighbors of each visited cell to a data queue or stack. The data queue is emptied cell by cell, each cell popped out of the queue being assigned the same geobody identifier value and having its own connected neighbors added to the queue. Cells are popped out until the queue is empty and then another cell in the model which has not yet been visited is selected. The process continues until all cells have been visited. Cells may also be pre-identified as being part of a well; in this case the algorithm will also establish well connectivity. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150502 | SIMULATION METHOD OF FLYING TRAJECTORY OF BALL - Disclosed is a simulation method of a flying trajectory of a ball which flies while rotating. More particularly, An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an accurate simulation method of a flying trajectory of a flying ball by reflecting a roughness feature of the surface of the ball in which the flying trajectory of the ball is simulated by calculating drag force, lifting force, and gravity applied to the ball which files while rotating and the drag force and the lifting force are adjusted by a function for calculating air density and a function associated with a change in the force of wind. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150503 | REAL-TIME CAPABLE BATTERY CELL SIMULATION - A system for real-time simulation of a battery comprising simulating a cell array by an overall computer model is disclosed. The model includes a plurality of single cells. A computer is connected via a cell voltage emulator to a control unit calculating terminal voltages of single cells by using the overall model and supplying the calculated terminal cell voltages to the control unit by the cell voltage emulator. The overall model comprises a first model which models a first single reference cell having cell parameters typical of the cell array and sending the total input current of the cell array to the first model as an input variable. The terminal voltage of the reference cell is calculated by the first model. The overall model further comprises a second model which calculates a deviation in the terminal voltage of an additional single cell from the terminal voltage of the reference cell. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150504 | PRIMAL-DUAL INTERIOR POINT METHODS FOR SOLVING DISCRETE OPTIMAL POWER FLOW PROBLEMS IMPLEMENTING A CHAIN RULE TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY - A solution to the optimal power flow (OPF) problem for electrical generation and distribution systems utilizes a re-configuration of the OPF problem that allows for a simplified analysis and resolution of a network-based OPF problem in a minimal number of iterations. The standard mixed integer quadratic problem (MIQP) definition is be reconfigured, using the chain rule, to a relatively compact linear system of six equations with six unknowns (the smallest reducible (atomic) problem). Advantageously, the reduction in the complexity of the problem does not require any assumptions and yields a solution equivalent to the original problem. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150505 | DOSE ESTIMATION SERVICE SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE COMPUTERIZED MEDICAL IMAGING SCAN PROVIDERS - Techniques are disclosed for estimating patient radiation exposure during computerized tomography (CT) scans. More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide efficient approaches for generating a suitable patient model used to make such an estimate, to approaches for estimating patient dose by interpolating the results of multiple simulations, and to approaches for a service provider to host a dose estimation service made available to multiple CT scan providers. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150506 | Constrained Pressure Residual Preconditioner For Efficient Solution Of The Adjoint Equation - A method, system and computer program product is disclosed for using a constrained pressure residual (CPR) preconditioner to solve adjoint models. A linear system of fluid flow equations comprising a plurality of variables that represent fluid flow properties in a geological formation of a subterranean reservoir is provided. Matrix (Ã) | 2012-06-14 |
20120150507 | ESTIMATING INITIAL STATES OF A SYSTEM MODEL FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUSTRIAL PROCESS - A model-based control of an industrial process using a merged MLD system model is provided for the estimation and subsequent control of the process. An optimization of an objective function is performed. The objective function includes a difference between an observed quantity and an output variable of a Mixed Logical Dynamic (MLD) system model of the process. The optimization is performed as a function of state variables of the MLD system model, over a number of time steps in the past, and subject to constraints defined by the MLD system model's dynamics. The optimizing values of the state variables are retained as estimated initial states for subsequent control of the process in a model-based manner including the same MLD system model. The single MLD system model is a combination or merger of individual MLD subsystem models representing the sub-processes of the process, and may be elaborated during a customization step. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150508 | Methods and Apparatus for Automated Predictive Design Space Estimation - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for automated predictive design space estimation. A design space of input factors and output responses is estimated for a physical process. Data is received for one or more input factors for a physical process, one or more output responses for the process, and criteria. For each of the one or more input factors, a calculated range of input values within the corresponding experimented range of input values is calculated. A modified range of input values is calculated for each of the one or more input factors. A design space estimate is predicted based at least on the modified ranges of input values, wherein the modified ranges of input values each comprise a largest region of variability for one or more of the input factors where the criteria are fulfilled. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150509 | Continuous optimization energy reduction process in commercial buildings - The invention provides a method and system for optimizing energy usage (where “energy” means electric, gas, and other energy sources) in commercial buildings. In one embodiment of the invention, historical energy consumption data is used, along with occupant data, to determine appropriate adjustments in energy usage. The invention further provides for ongoing monitoring and reporting of energy savings. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150510 | NUMERICAL METHOD OF CALCULATING HEAT, MASS, CHEMICAL AND ELECTRIC TRANSPORT FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL POROUS SOLID - This invention relates to a method of estimating fluxes for the processes of matter and field transport through fluid-saturated or gas-saturated porous solid. The method comprises obtaining three-dimensional porous solid images by, but not limited, X-ray microtomography, 3D NMR imaging, 3D reconstruction from petrographic thin-section analysis etc., digital processing and morphological analysis of the 3D core images by consecutive application of the image filtering, segmentation and multiple property recognition for obtaining digital 3D models of porous solid samples and performing a set of morphological and geometrical statistical property analysis. For the above mentioned 3D model (models) heat, mass, chemical and electric fluxes are modeled (separately or in combination) under given boundary conditions by means of numerical solver. The new models, which are statistically equivalent to the abovementioned model (models) are generated by means of random field and stochastic geometry theory; heat, mass, chemical and electric fluxes are simulated for new models. The obtained fluxes are averaged over realizations to be used in macroscopic calculations. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150511 | Method And System For Analysing Data Obtained Using Scattering Measurements From Disordered Material - The invention relates to a method and system for analysing a disorderly material. In the method, a scattering cluster is defined, which consists of elementary parallelepipeds, which have defined principal axes and positions in space, one or more atoms from a desired set of atom types are defined for each elementary parallelepiped, for the desired positions, or one or more elementary parallelepipeds are set to be empty, and the desired properties of the cluster are defined as functions of position with the aid of suitable parameters, after which the elementary parallelepipeds form a disorderly cluster. Further, in the method, the scattering power of the cluster is calculated for the desired radiation with the aid of the properties of the cluster. With the aid of the invention, it is possible to model in greater detail disorderly materials, such a crystal-defective materials, or materials comprising various boundary surfaces. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150512 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR CALCULATING STRESS OF SUBSTANCE - An simulation device includes a first memory that stores an atomic structure containing atomic positions in a substance, a second memory that stores an atomic structure containing atomic positions in a crystal containing the atom, a dividing unit that compares the atomic positions of a plurality of divided portions into which the substance is divided with the atomic positions in the crystal, maps the atomic positions of the divided portions to the atomic positions of the crystal to specify the divided portions of the substance, a parallelepiped forming unit, a stress calculating unit that calculates a mean stress applied to the parallelepiped in a virtual crystalline structure in which the parallelepiped is iterated and a control unit that specifies the stresses of the respective divided portions of the substance by executing the system repeatedly. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150513 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AND EVALUATING A TABLE MODEL FOR CIRCUIT SIMULATION - A method for generating and evaluating a table model for circuit simulation in N dimensions employing mathematical expressions for modeling a device. The table model uses an unstructured N-dimensional grid for approximating the expressions. The method includes the steps of: (a) establishing a function domain having boundary limits in the N dimensions; (b) performing an accuracy partitioning operation to establish accuracy partitions; the mathematical expressions being satisfied within each accuracy partition within a predetermined error criteria; (c) performing a continuity partitioning operation to establish continuity partitions ensuring continuity of solutions of the mathematical expressions across boundaries separating adjacent accuracy partitions; (d) performing a grid refining operation to configure the continuity partitions to assure monotonic solutions of the mathematical expressions in the continuity partitions; (e) if a continuity partition is altered during the grid refining operation, returning to step (c), else proceeding to next step; (f) ending the method. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150514 | REACTIVE COINCIDENCE - An outer event stream can be modeled to represent duration for an event with an inner event stream. The inner event stream can be generated to represent duration of at least one event from the outer event stream. By modeling the outer event stream to include duration, coincidence between two or more events can be determined. More specifically, the modeling of the outer event stream enables use of operators to identify coincidence between events from event streams. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150515 | In-Situ Stress Measurements In Hydrocarbon Bearing Shales - Example in-situ stress measurements in hydrocarbon bearing shales are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes lowering a downhole tool into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean shale formation, logging via the downhole tool, a portion of the wellbore adjacent the shale formation to generate logging results, processing the logging results to select test intervals along the portion of the wellbore, performing a stress test at one or more of the selected test intervals to generate stress test results for the shale formation, and adjusting a model representing at least one property of the shale formation based on the stress test results. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150516 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PATIENT-SPECIFIC MODELING OF BLOOD FLOW - Embodiments include a system for determining patient-specific cardiovascular information. The system may include at least one computer system configured to receive patient-specific data regarding a geometry of an anatomical structure of the patient and create a three-dimensional model representing at least a portion of the anatomical structure of the patient based on the patient-specific data. The at least one computer system may be further configured to determine a total resistance associated with a total flow through the portion of the anatomical structure of the patient, and determine information regarding a blood flow characteristic within the anatomical structure of the patient based on the three-dimensional model, a physics-based model relating to the anatomical structure of the patient, and the determined total resistance. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150517 | Calculating Liquid Levels in Arbitrarily Shaped Containment Vessels Using Solid Modeling - Systems and method for simulating liquid containment behavior. The system comprises a solid modeler and a nonlinear equation solver. The nonlinear equation solver takes as input the solid model representation of the containment vessel from the solid modeler, a desired orientation in space, dynamic conditions (e.g., lateral acceleration) and an amount of liquid. To find the level of liquid in the vessel, the system solver iteratively performs successive Boolean subtractions using an infinite horizontal half-space that represents the liquid level of the vessel. The resulting sliced solid model is used to compute the volume of the liquid at that level. The iterative system solver terminates when the computed volume of the sliced containment vessel matches the specified volume of liquid (e.g., fuel) within a given tolerance. To accommodate dynamic situations, e.g., when acceleration is present, the horizontal liquid plane is replaced with a plane at an angle that corresponds to the total acceleration. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150518 | Method and System For Coupling Reservoir and Surface Facility Simulations - A method, system and apparatus are disclosed for coupling independent reservoir and surface facility network simulators. A reservoir simulator is configured to simulate fluid flow in subterranean reservoirs and a surface facility network simulator is configured to simulate fluid flow in production equipment. Simulation of fluid flow in a subterranean reservoir is initiated using the reservoir simulator. Simulation of fluid flow in production equipment is initiated using the surface facility network simulator. The simulated fluid flow in the production equipment includes fluids produced from the subterranean reservoir. The simulation of fluid, flow in the subterranean reservoir is coupled with the simulation of fluid flow in the production equipment using, a sub-domain inflow performance relationship. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150519 | ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY SCREENING MODEL - This invention relates to enhanced oil recovery methods to improve hydrocarbon reservoir production. An enhanced oil recovery screening model has been developed which consists of a set of correlations to estimate the oil recovery from miscible and immiscible gas/solvent injection (CO | 2012-06-14 |
20120150520 | SELECTION OF OPTIMAL VIEWING ANGLE TO OPTIMIZE ANATOMY VISIBILITY AND PATIENT SKIN DOSE - A method is provided for monitoring the radiation dose in a body to be imaged using an X-ray imaging device comprising an X-ray emitting source, a detector, a processing unit and a display. The method comprises exposing the body to be imaged to radiation doses to acquire initial 2D images; computing a 3D model of the body in relation to the initial 2D images using the processing unit; applying a model of the interactions between matter and radiation to the 3D model of the body using the processing unit; calculating, using the processing unit, a dose map of the distribution of the accumulated radiation dose in the 3D model for parameters that define the conditions of X-ray exposure; and displaying the 3D model of the body oriented according to the position of the emitting source with the dose map. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150521 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR SIMULATING REALISTIC MOVEMENT OF USER EQUIPMENT IN A LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) NETWORK - Methods, systems, and computer readable media for simulating realistic movement of user equipment in an LTE network are disclosed. According to one method, a logical topology of a long term evolution (LTE) access network is defined that includes defining connections between one or more eNodeBs (eNBs). A physical topology of the LTE access network is defined that includes defining locations of the eNBs and sectors, where the physical network topology is mapped to the logical network topology. One or more problem areas are defined within the physical network topology, where the one or more problem areas include locations where signal quality is degraded. One or more paths are defined through the physical network topology. A traffic profile for a user equipment (UE) device is defined. A plurality of messages is generated for simulating the movement of a UE device along a path through the physical network topology. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150522 | CONVERSION OF CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION TO AN ABSTRACT MODEL OF THE CIRCUIT - A system and method is disclosed for converting an existing circuit description from a lower level description, such as RTL, to a higher-level description, such as TLM, while raising the abstraction level. By changing the abstraction level, the conversion is not simply a code conversion from one language to another, but a process of learning the circuit using neural networks and representing the circuit using a system of equations that approximate the circuit behavior, particularly with respect to timing aspects. A higher level of abstraction eliminates much of the particular implementation details, and allows easier and faster design exploration, analysis, and test, before implementation. In one aspect, a model description of the circuit, protocol information relating to the circuit, and simulation data associated with the lower level description of the circuit are used to generate an abstract model of the circuit that approximates the circuit behavior. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150523 | Modeling of Multi-Layered Power/Ground Planes using Triangle Elements - In a method of simulating electrical characteristics of a circuit board having a plurality of features, the plurality of features is projected onto a planar construct. A Delaunay triangulation routine for generating a triangular mesh that corresponds to the single planar construct is executed on the digital computer. A routine that generates a Voronoi diagram corresponding to the triangular mesh. An equivalent circuit for each triangle is determined. The equivalent circuit includes exactly three sub-circuits that couple a vertex within the triangle to a vertex within an adjacent triangle and exactly one sub-circuit that couples the vertex within the triangle to a reference plane. A routine solves, for each triangle, an equation describing an electrical characteristic value based on the equivalent circuit corresponding to the triangle. A routine for generating a human-perceptible indication of the electrical characteristic value for each triangle is executed on the digital computer. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150524 | FAULT-RIDE-THROUGH METHOD, CONVERTER AND POWER GENERATING UNIT FOR A WIND TURBINE - A fault-ride-through method is provided. The method includes detecting a voltage dip on a power line transmitting electric power. If a voltage dip is detected, the method includes reducing an active current and/or an active power to a specific value, which active current and/or active power is fed by a power generating unit at a feeding point into a power network having a plurality of power lines. Further, a converter of a power generating unit is provided, that is capable of implementing the fault-ride-through method. The power generating unit may be a part of a wind turbine in a wind farm. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150525 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system for providing a virtual electronic device, which allows a user to experience the use of an actual electronic device like a real experience before purchasing the actual electronic device, is disclosed. The system may include a virtual electronic providing apparatus which includes a virtual electronic device having software and hardware interfaces for executing functions of an actual electronic device and executes the virtual electronic device in response to a request of a user terminal or transmits the virtual electronic device to the user terminal. Thus, the user can experience the major features of the actual electronic device in advance before purchasing the actual electronic device and sufficiently review the basic and additional features of the actual electronic device that the user wants to purchase. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150526 | MODELIZING RESOURCES AND EXTERNAL DATA OF A PROGRAM FOR PROCEDURAL LANGUAGE CODING - A computer-implemented method of representing a software application to be coded in a procedural language is provided. An initial UML class diagram modelizing the software application is received. Data definition classes within the initial UML class diagram are identified. Class operations within the initial UML class diagram are identified. The initial UML class diagram is modified by a processor to generate an extended UML class diagram by applying a data object stereotype to the identified data definition classes, and applying a program stereotype to the identified class operations. The data definition classes represent logical data, and the class operations represents programs. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150527 | STORAGE PERIPHERAL DEVICE EMULATION - An emulation system ( | 2012-06-14 |
20120150528 | BATCH PROCESSING SYSTEM - A system for processing a batch of jobs is provided. The system comprises a plurality of processing elements that are characterised in that each processing element is configured to sequentially process jobs with an estimated process time within a respective allotted range of values. The jobs may comprise packets of data within a data processing system. The system is particularly useful for processing data corresponding to translated text in a text translation system. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150529 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TRANSLATION KNOWLEDGE SERVER - A method and apparatus for generating a translation knowledge server, which can generate a translation knowledge server based on translation knowledge collected in real time is provided. The apparatus for generating translation knowledge server may include: data collector which collects initial translation knowledge data; data analyzer which performs morphological analysis and syntactic analysis on the initial translation knowledge data received from the data collector and outputs analyzed data; and translation knowledge learning unit which learns real-time translation knowledge by determining target word for each domain from the analyzed data based on predetermined domain information or by determining a domain by automatic clustering. According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain translation knowledge by analyzing documents present in a web or provided by a user in real time and to improve the quality of translation by applying the obtained translation knowledge to a translation engine. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150530 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A translation apparatus allowing a user to confirm a range of a translated sentence in corresponding relation to a range of an original sentence selected by the user is provided. The translation apparatus translates a first sentence of a first language to a second sentence of a second language using a parallel translation template. The translation apparatus includes a display control unit displaying the first and second sentences on an output unit, a detecting unit detecting selection of one or a plurality of words/phrases included in the first sentence, and a specifying unit specifying a plurality of words/phrases corresponding to the selected words/phrases, at least based on the parallel translation template. The display control unit changes manner of display of the corresponding words/phrases when the corresponding words/phrases are specified. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEARNING LATENT REPRESENTATIONS FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE TASKS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for learning latent representations for natural language tasks. A system configured to practice the method analyzes, for a first natural language processing task, a first natural language corpus to generate a latent representation for words in the first corpus. Then the system analyzes, for a second natural language processing task, a second natural language corpus having a target word, and predicts a label for the target word based on the latent representation. In one variation, the target word is one or more word such as a rare word and/or a word not encountered in the first natural language corpus. The system can optionally assigning the label to the target word. The system can operate according to a connectionist model that includes a learnable linear mapping that maps each word in the first corpus to a low dimensional latent space. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150532 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEATURE-RICH CONTINUOUS SPACE LANGUAGE MODELS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for predicting probabilities of words for a language model. An exemplary system configured to practice the method receives a sequence of words and external data associated with the sequence of words and maps the sequence of words to an X-dimensional vector, corresponding to a vocabulary size. Then the system processes each X-dimensional vector, based on the external data, to generate respective Y-dimensional vectors, wherein each Y-dimensional vector represents a dense continuous space, and outputs at least one next word predicted to follow the sequence of words based on the respective Y-dimensional vectors. The X-dimensional vector, which is a binary sparse representation, can be higher dimensional than the Y-dimensional vector, which is a dense continuous space. The external data can include part-of-speech tags, topic information, word similarity, word relationships, a particular topic, and succeeding parts of speech in a given history. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150533 | PROVIDING DEFINITIONS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO THE CONTEXT OF A TEXT - Systems and techniques for providing definitions to a user. The provision embodies the context of a text in which the defined term appears. In one aspect, a system includes an electronic device that includes one or more data processing devices programmed to respond to receipt of the user selection of the first term by performing operations. The operations include accessing, from the one or more persistent data storage devices, the characterizations of the contexts of the texts, comparing the accessed characterizations of the contexts of the texts with one or more characteristics of the context of the textual content of a media file, and ranking the definitions of the first term according to respective likelihoods that the definitions appropriately characterize the usage of the first term within the textual content of the media file. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150534 | Computer-Implemented Systems and Methods for Determining a Difficulty Level of a Text - Systems and methods are provided for determining a difficulty level of a text. A determination is made as to a number of cohesive devices present in a text. A further determination is made as to a number of cohesive devices expected in the text. A cohesiveness metric is calculated based on the number of cohesive devices present in the text and the number of cohesive devices expected in the text, where the cohesiveness metric is used to identify a difficulty level of the text. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150535 | METHOD FOR SPEECH CODING, METHOD FOR SPEECH DECODING AND THEIR APPARATUSES - A high quality speech is reproduced with a small data amount in speech coding and decoding for performing compression coding and decoding of a speech signal to a digital signal. In speech coding method according to a code-excited linear prediction (CELP) speech coding, a noise level of a speech in a concerning coding period is evaluated by using a code or coding result of at least one of spectrum information, power information, and pitch information, and various excitation codebooks are used based on an evaluation result | 2012-06-14 |
20120150536 | MODEL RESTRUCTURING FOR CLIENT AND SERVER BASED AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION - Access is obtained to a large reference acoustic model for automatic speech recognition. The large reference acoustic model has L states modeled by L mixture models, and the large reference acoustic model has N components. A desired number of components N | 2012-06-14 |
20120150537 | FILTERING CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IN VOICE AND IMAGE DATA - Confidential information included in image and voice data is filtered in an apparatus that includes an extraction unit for extracting a character string from an image frame, and a conversion unit for converting audio data to a character string. The apparatus also includes a determination unit for determining, in response to contents of a database, whether at least one of the image frame and the audio data include confidential information. The apparatus also includes a masking unit for concealing contents of the image frame by masking the image frame in response to determining that the image frame includes confidential information, and for making the audio data inaudible by masking the audio data in response to determining that the audio data includes confidential information. The playback unit included in the apparatus is for playing back the image frame and the audio data. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150538 | VOICE MESSAGE CONVERTER - A textual representation of a voice message is provided to a communication device, such as a mobile phone, for example, when the mobile phone is operating in a silent mode. The voice message is input by a caller and the voice message converted to phonemes. A text representation of the voice message is transmitted to the mobile phone. The representation includes characters based on the phonemes with well known words being represented in an easily understood shorthand format. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150539 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING LANGUAGE MODEL WEIGHT AND SYSTEM FOR THE SAME - Method of the present invention may include receiving speech feature vector converted from speech signal, performing first search by applying first language model to the received speech feature vector, and outputting word lattice and first acoustic score of the word lattice as continuous speech recognition result, outputting second acoustic score as phoneme recognition result by applying an acoustic model to the speech feature vector, comparing the first acoustic score of the continuous speech recognition result with the second acoustic score of the phoneme recognition result, outputting first language model weight when the first coustic score of the continuous speech recognition result is better than the second acoustic score of the phoneme recognition result and performing a second search by applying a second language model weight, which is the same as the output first language model, to the word lattice. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150540 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING UNSOLICITED MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS - A service for searching for unsolicited communications is provided. For example, the service may inspect e-mail messages, instant messaging messages, facsimile transmissions, voice communications, and video telephony, and analyze these communications to determine whether an intended communication is unsolicited. In connection with voice and video telephony, a voice sample may be obtained from the caller and voice recognition may be performed on the sample to determine an identity of the person or the voice. The voice sample may also be used to determine the type of voice—i.e., if the voice is live, machine generated, or prerecorded. Where the call is a video telephony call, image recognition may be used to inspect an image of the person. The information obtained from voice recognition, voice type recognition, and image recognition may be used to detect whether the messages if from a known source of unsolicited communications. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150541 | MALE ACOUSTIC MODEL ADAPTATION BASED ON LANGUAGE-INDEPENDENT FEMALE SPEECH DATA - A method of generating proxy acoustic models for use in automatic speech recognition includes training acoustic models from speech received via microphone from male speakers of a first language, and adapting the acoustic models in response to language-independent speech data from female speakers of a second language, to generate proxy acoustic models for use during runtime of speech recognition of an utterance from a female speaker of the first language. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150542 | TELEPHONE OR OTHER DEVICE WITH SPEAKER-BASED OR LOCATION-BASED SOUND FIELD PROCESSING - A method includes obtaining audio data representing audio content from at least one speaker. The method also includes spatially processing the audio data to create at least one sound field, where each sound field has a spatial characteristic that is unique to a specific speaker. The method further includes generating the at least one sound field using the processed audio data. The audio data could represent audio content from multiple speakers, and generating the at least one sound field could include generating multiple sound fields around a listener. The spatially processing could include performing beam forming to create multiple directional beams, and generating the multiple sound fields around the listener could include generating the directional beams with different apparent origins around the listener. The method could further include separating the audio data based on speaker, where each sound field is associated with the audio data from one of the speakers. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150543 | Personality-Based Device - A personality-based theme may be provided. An application program may query a personality resource file for a prompt corresponding to a personality. Then the prompt may be received at a speech synthesis engine. Next, the speech synthesis engine may query a personality voice font database for a voice font corresponding to the personality. Then the speech synthesis engine may apply the voice font to the prompt. The voice font applied prompt may then be produced at an output device. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150544 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECONSTRUCTING SPEECH FROM AN INPUT SIGNAL COMPRISING WHISPERS - A system for reconstructing speech from an input signal comprising whispers is disclosed. The system comprises an analysis unit configured to analyse the input signal to form a representation of the input signal; an enhancement unit configured to modify the representation of the input signal to adjust a spectrum of the input signal, wherein the adjusting of the spectrum of the input signal comprises modifying a bandwidth of at least one formant in the spectrum to achieve a predetermined spectral energy distribution and amplitude for the at least one formant; and a synthesis unit configured to reconstruct speech from the modified representation of the input signal. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150545 | BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE TEST BATTERY FOR THE PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF NERVOUS SYSTEM HEALTH - A battery of three or more sensory and cognitive challenge tasks actively or dynamically challenge the brain to monitor its state for assessment of injury, disease, or compound effect, among others. The system analyzes and assesses a personalized biometric brain health signature by integrating the use of electroencephalography (EEG), somato-sensory, neuropsychological, and/or cognitive stimulation, and novel signal processing and display. The system also provides for early detection of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), vascular dementia (VAD), mixed dementia (AD and VAD), MCI, and other dementia-type disorders, as well as brain injury states such as mild Traumatic Brain Injury and can provide some or all of the following improvements over conventional systems and methods, including: (1) Increased sensitivity, specificity, and overall accuracy; (2) early detection of disease and injury; and (3) enhanced portability with remote data acquisition capability. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150546 | APPLICATION STARTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computing device and method starts applications via voice commands. The computing device records a sound input by a microphone of the computing device and sends the recorded sound input to a sound sensor of the computing device. Furthermore, the computing device reads a voice command by an embedded controller of the computing device from the sound sensor, in response to a determination that the recorded sound input matches a predetermined verbal statement of the voice command. The computing device notifies an operating system of the computing device to start the application corresponding to the voice command. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150547 | INTEGRATION OF CRM APPLICATIONS TO ECS APPLICATION USER INTERFACE - CRM application controls and functionality for multiple CRM applications/instances are integrated with an ECS application user interface by designating a single CRM application/instance as primary and providing synchronization and rich client control capabilities. Other CRM applications/instances are set up as secondary within the ECS user interface employing a single CRM connection module and a single state manager. Accessing a secondary CRM application/instance activates relevant controls applicable to that CRM application/instance without a user having to logout and login to the ECS client. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150548 | BUSINESS APPLICATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT - The subject disclosure relates to lifecycle management for business models associated with a business application as well as implementations of the business models. As described herein, a framework is provided in which business models can be built using modeling tools. The framework defines a separation of models from implementations and their relationships. Support is provided for translation of a business model to an implementation automatically and/or manually using development tools. Further embodiments herein define relationships of models to their implementations at various levels of granularity. Relationships can be defined and maintained at various granularity levels of a business application with different addressable granularity of an implemented application. These relationship associations can be used as described herein for tracking and managing changes in an implementation that may affect an associated model and vice versa. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150549 | Method and system for providing engineering services without up front fees in exchange for royalty or contingency fees. - A method and system are provided to create engineering documents or intellectual property using engineering techniques as needed to manufacture a product or develop a service. Engineering services are provided to inventors or product developers without fee in exchange for a royalty or contingency as compensation for said engineering services. Computer systems are used as a communication device between the inventor or product developer and the engineering service provider to exchange ideas as well as exchange electronic files containing the engineering as it is developed to manufacture the product, service, or invention. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150550 | Efficiency-of-use techniques - A method for associating an efficiency-of-use-score may include, but is not limited to: associating a physical product with a user account in response to a signal indicating that a user has control of the physical product; generating an efficiency-of-use score based on information associated with how the physical product is used during a period of time that the user has control of the physical product; and associating the efficiency-of-use score with the user account. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150551 | Efficiency of use of a shared product - Systems and methods for determining efficiency-of-use scores related to uses of a product by two or more users may implement operations including, but not limited to: associating a physical product with a first user in response to a signal indicating that the first user has control of the physical product; computing an efficiency-of-use score associated with a use of the physical product by the first user; associating the physical product with a second user in response to a signal indicating that the second user has control of the physical product; and computing an efficiency-of-use score associated with a use of the physical product by the second user. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150552 | Monitoring efficiency and ecological impact associated with a use of a product - Systems and methods for determining efficiency-of-use scores related to uses of a product by two or more users may implement operations including, but not limited to: associating a physical product with a user account associated with a user in response to a signal indicating that the user has control of the physical product; receiving data associated with use of the physical product by the user during a period of time the user has control of the physical product; computing at least one of an efficiency-of-use score and an environmental impact quantification according to the data associated with the use of the physical product by the user over a period of time the user is indicated as having control of the physical product; and publishing at least one of the efficiency-of-use score and the environmental impact quantification. | 2012-06-14 |
20120150553 | SYSTEMS FOR FACILITATING CREATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ITEM LISTS WITH UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION CODES FOR ITEMS AND ASSOCIATING THE LISTS TO SPONSOR'S PAYMENT FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARD PROGRAMS - A system is provided for multiple retailers to participate in restricted spend card programs. A retailer infrastructure includes a point of sale server coupled to a store concentrator and to a product tables/price book(s). An adjudication processor is coupled to the retailer. A catalog management processor includes a server coupled to the adjudication processor. The catalog management processor creates a catalog of UPC's for each of a participating retailer. Each catalog includes first and second sets of UPC data. The first set is for national brand products and the second set is for retailer private label products. | 2012-06-14 |