29th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140200797 | Eco-friendly intelligent traffic detection system - An eco-friendly intelligent traffic detection system is provided, the traffic detection system is based on wireless network architecture. The system is linked to a navigation network, and reminds drivers of road conditions, the system can also be linked to mobile base station, in order to achieve a purpose of rational planning, a government department of transportation can manage and analyze the road conditions by uploading data. A purpose of the present invention is realized by: locating a vehicle by a built-in navigation system and a GIS system; recording average vehicle speeds and calculating effective speeds of the mobile devices within a certain range; the present invention has advantages of low cost, environment protection, etc. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200798 | Driver assistance system and method for operating a driver assistance system - A driver assistance system for a vehicle including: a detection device for detecting the vehicle surroundings, a position determination device for determining a vehicle position relative to the vehicle surroundings, a database having an ontological data structure in which traffic rules are implemented, a linker for linking the detected vehicle surroundings and the vehicle position to the ontological data structure to form a linked data structure, and an evaluator for evaluating the linked data structure. Also described is a method for operating a driver assistance system for a vehicle. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200799 | VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUS - A vehicle control device basically includes a first risk computation unit, a second risk computing unit and a first risk adjustment unit. The first risk computation unit calculates a first risk with respect to a nearby obstacle located in a nearby detection region near a host vehicle. The second risk computing unit calculates a second risk with respect to a remote obstacle located further from the nearby detection region. The first risk adjustment unit adjusts at least one of the first and the second risks to preferentially execute a warning or vehicle control based on one of the first risk or the second risk versus a warning or vehicle control based on the other of the first risk or the second risk based on an entry state of the host vehicle of entering a planned parking place, or an exit state of the host vehicle of exiting from a parking place. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200800 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A SUITABILITY OF A ROUTE - A method for determining a suitability of a route including a plurality of sections for traveling on by a driver of a vehicle. The method has a step of determining a fatigue prediction value, which predicts a fatigue of the driver of the vehicle for at least one section of the route. The method also has a step of carrying out a comparison of the fatigue prediction value to a maximum fatigue value that is assigned to the at least one section of the route. Finally, the method has a step of weighting the route with a fatigue weighting that is a function of the comparison, in order to determine the suitability of the route for traveling on by the driver. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200801 | VEHICLE TRAVEL PATH GENERATING APPARATUS - When a travel path is to be generated for a vehicle, road surface lines (white lines, etc.) delimiting the traffic lane of the vehicle, and also external objects in the vehicle environment, are detected and registered as respective obstacles. Specific points are defined at appropriate locations on each obstacle, and the travel path is generated by connecting respective mid-point positions between opposed pairs of specific points, each pair defined on respective ones of an opposed (left-side, right-side) pair of the registered obstacles. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200802 | OPTIONAL RE-ROUTING - Disclosed herein are tools and techniques for providing optional re-routing. In one exemplary embodiment disclosed herein, a determination is made that a location of a computing device is not on a predetermined route between a start location and an end location. Based on the determining, a re-route option is provided. Also, while the re-route option is available, a determination is made that a subsequent location of the computing device is on the predetermined route, or a re-route is performed responsive to receiving a touch-anywhere input event on a touchscreen display. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200803 | GUIDANCE SYSTEM, SERVER, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND GUIDANCE METHOD - A guidance system includes an SNS server that distributes guidance information, e.g., to a smartphone. The SNS server includes a post information DB, a map DB, and a guidance information DB. Pieces of post information and selected guidance information are transmitted to the smartphone via a communication unit. The smartphone displays the pieces of post information, and includes a setting unit that sets, as a destination, a location contained in a piece of post information among the displayed pieces of post information, and a guidance unit that provides, by using the guidance information, guidance on a guidance route to the destination. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200804 | Systems and Methods for Estimating Time of Arrival for Vehicle Navigation - Systems and methods for estimating time of arrival for vehicle navigation are described. One embodiment of a method includes determining a route for a vehicle to reach a destination from a current location determining, by the computing device, an estimated time for reaching the destination from the current location. Embodiments of the method additionally include determining, by the computing device, a current range of the vehicle, based on current fuel level and vehicle fuel efficiency and determining, by the computing device and based on the current range, whether the vehicle can reach the destination without refueling. Some embodiments include revising, by the computing device, the estimated time for reaching the destination to include a waypoint to refuel in response to determining that the vehicle cannot reach the destination without refueling and providing, by the computing device, the estimated time for reaching the destination for display to a user. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200805 | DEVIATION DETECTION IN MOBILE TRANSIT SYSTEMS - In one embodiment, a mobile device or a network device is configured to identify when a transit vehicle deviates from a transit path. The mobile device is configured to perform a positioning technique to generate data indicative of the location of a mobile device. Based on the location of the mobile device, a path is identified. The path is associated with an estimated path width based on the classification of the path and/or the accuracy of the positioning technique. A target route is calculated using the estimated path width. As the transit vehicle travels, the target route is compared to the location of the mobile device. If the mobile device and or transit vehicle deviates from the target route, a message is generated. The message may indicate that the transit vehicle is being re-routed and/or recommends the computation of a new path. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200806 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING - An electronic navigational system may automatically develop nautical routes, may retrieve previously-developed nautical routes, or may combine previously developed route(s) or route segment(s) with an automatically developed route or route segment(s). | 2014-07-17 |
20140200807 | Route Planning - A computer-implemented route planning method comprises determining source and destination nodes in a graph data structure based on a route planning query, executing an initial graph search on the graph data structure using graph costs based on real-time traffic data, wherein the initial graph search starts at the source node and settles nodes until it stops, and computing one or more routes to the destination node from one or more of said settled nodes using precomputed data based on traffic prediction data, thereby to determine a route from the source node to the destination node via one of said settled nodes. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200808 | Phase-Based Electromagnetic Surveys For Geological Formations - An electromagnetic (EM) data acquisition method for a geological formation may include operating EM measurement devices to determine phase and amplitude data from the geological formation. The EM measurement devices may include at least one first EM measurement device within a borehole in the geological formation, and at least one second EM measurement device at a surface of the geological formation. The method may further include processing the phase data independent from the amplitude data to generate a geological constituent map of the geological formation, and identifying different geological constituents in the geological constituent map based upon the measured amplitude data. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200809 | Systems and Methods for Investigating A Formation Surrounding A Borehole - A method, a system, and an apparatus are described for the data acquisition in the well-logging of a borehole wall during the investigation of formation properties. Data acquisition is conducted by either an adaptive phase compensation processing or a modulus mode processing, both of which use in-phase and out-of-phase current components to obtain current values. Adaptive phase compensation employs a calculation of a phase shift compensation value, which may then be applied to subsequent acquisitions and can be further processed in the generation of an image of the borehole wall. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200810 | Methods For Reservoir Evaluation Employing Non-Equilibrium Compositional Gradients - A method for determining reservoir architecture using modeling of a non-equilibrium distribution of at least one analyte in reservoir fluids. The analyte(s) of the analysis preferably has (have) significant compositional variation in the reservoir. For example, the analyte can be a later charging single gas component (such as methane, carbon dioxide, or hydrogen sulfide) in a multi-component fluid system. In this case, the model can assume that the components of the early charge are in a stationary state or in equilibrium, whereas the later charge is in a state of non-equilibrium. The non-equilibrium distribution of the analyte(s) derived from the model is compared to the distribution of the analyte(s) derived from downhole or laboratory fluid analysis of reservoir fluid, and the architecture of the reservoir is determined based upon such comparison. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200811 | Identifying Reservoir Drainage Patterns From Microseismic Data - A method and system for identifying reservoir drainage patterns from microseismic data for illustrating flow paths towards ports. The method includes: determining moment tensor data for each of a plurality of microseismic events in the reservoir; inferring crack formation data in the reservoir in dependence on the moment tensor data; and calculating stream lines that represent predicted flow of fluids through the reservoir in dependence on the inferred crack formation data. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200812 | PROCESSING SURVEY DATA FOR DETERMINING A WAVEFIELD - Survey data corresponding to a subsurface region of interest is received. A wavefield is determined by iteratively performing the following until a specified condition is satisfied. For a current iteration, an element that includes a representation of at least one portion of the wavefield is selected based at least in part on a current residual representing an approximation error. For the current iteration, a respective data structure is computed from the selected element. The data structure is orthogonally projected onto a space spanned by a plurality of data structures including the computed data structure. The current residual is based at least in part on the orthogonal projection. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200813 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING USING KINEMATIC ANALYSIS OF SOURCE-RECEIVE MIGRATION ADCIGS - Systems and methods are provided for determining a starting position and direction of a ray for use in generating a velocity model based at least in part on a kinematic analysis of Angle Domain Common Image Gathers (ADCIGs) obtained by a Wave Equation Migration (WEM) process. A method includes: determining a migrated spatial dip from a stack; determining a slope of a residual move-out (RMO); remapping a migrated value into a first value; repositioning the starting position of the ray based at least in part on the migrated spatial dip from the stack, the slope of the RMO and the first value; and computing the starting direction of the ray. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200814 | DIP TOMOGRAPHY FOR ESTIMATING DEPTH VELOCITY MODELS BY INVERTING PRE-STACK DIP INFORMATION PRESENT IN MIGRATED/UN-MIGRATED PRE-/POST-STACK SEISMIC DATA - Methods and systems for dip constrained non-linear tomography in seismic data. An additional term, comprising the dip associated with the kinematic migration of locally coherent events, is introduced into the cost function. The velocity is then updated to match the expected dip of the re-migrated offset-dependent events. Volumetric dip information can be automatically selected at a greater density in shallow locations, therefor complementing the lower density of the RMO events associated with shallow locations. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200815 | SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING INCLUDING TRUE-AZIMUTH THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERNAL MULTIPLE ATTENTUATION WITHOUT SUBSURFACE INFORMATION - A system and method are provided for substantially eliminating an influence of true-azimuth three dimensional (3D) internal multiple reflections in determining undersea geography in a geographical area of interest without a priori knowledge of subsurface information. The system and method define a set of upper windows that include a geographical area of interest, and a pair of lower windows that are below the set of upper windows, define a first set of apertures and a second set of apertures, segment seismic data to each of the windows using the first and second sets of apertures, and determine a total internal 3D multiple model based on an iteratively generated internal 3D multiple model using the segmented seismic data. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200816 | SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING - Described herein are implementations of various technologies for a method for processing seismic data corresponding to a region of interest. The method may receive the seismic data. The method may separate the received seismic data into refraction packets and reflection packets. The method may receive a model for the region of interest. The method may update a first portion of the received model using the refraction packets with refraction traveltime tomography. The method may use the updated model to facilitate hydrocarbon exploration or production. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200817 | SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING INCLUDING DATA-CONSTRAINED SURFACE-CONSISTENT CORRECTION - Methods and systems for constraining surface consistent amplitude corrections are described. An amplitude map generated from pre-stack or post-stack seismic data can constrain, through the bin term, the surface consistent inversion. The methods and systems provide a solution to correct for wavelength and regional anomalies associated with heterogeneous near surface or buried velocity variations above the target horizon. The methods and systems can be used for 2D, 3D, 4D surveys or for a merge of different surveys. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200818 | SHEAR NOISE ATTENUATION AND DATA MATCHING FOR OCEAN BOTTOM NODE DATA USING COMPLEX WAVELET TRANSFORMS - Methods and systems for shear noise attenuation based on matching vertical particle velocity data and pressure data are described. The shear noise attenuation is based on the fact that different stages of the analysis can be performed with different numbers of wavelet orientations. The analysis is performed for frequency sub-bands for all wave numbers and vice versa. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200819 | HIGH-FIDELITY ADAPTIVE CURVELET DOMAIN PRIMARY-MULTIPLE SEPARATION PROCESSING OF SEISMIC DATA - Methods and systems for separating multiple events from primary events in noisy seismic data are described. Multiples are predicted and then the predictions are improved by least-square matching filtering in the space and time domain. An adaptive curvelet domain separation (ACDS) is then performed and the ACDS equation is solved with an iterative soft-thresholding technique. Further processing can be added to compensate for prediction inaccuracy or variable/excessive seismic data noise by dividing the seismic data into predetermined bands and processing each band independently. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200820 | WAVEFIELD EXTRAPOLATION AND IMAGING USING SINGLE- OR MULTI-COMPONENT SEISMIC MEASUREMENTS - Described herein are architectures, platforms, computing systems, and methods for mitigating noise in wavefield extrapolation and imaging. In one aspect, a method of wavefield extrapolation is provided that includes receiving data representing at least one measurement of pressure wavefield or particle motion wavefield; modeling the received data as a sum of signal and noise; providing a noise model to components of the received data; and weighting the measured components of the received data to reduce the impact of noise of results of the wavefield extrapolation. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200821 | NON-PARAMETRIC METHODS FOR MASS SPECTROMIC RELATIVE QUANTIFICATION AND ANALYTE DIFFERENTIAL ABUNDANCE DETECTION - A method of normalizing data can comprise globally normalizing at least a first and second data distribution by normalizing the proximal compositional proportionality of the abundance of the analyte using proximity-based intensity normalization. In an example, the proximity-based intensity normalization comprising using the following formula: | 2014-07-17 |
20140200822 | WAVE FRONT DETECTION FOR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS - A method to calculate and visualize dynamic wave front propagation of electrical signals on a geometric surface is described. Wave front locations are identified on the geometric surface between each identified pair of adjacent nodes on the geometric surface. A graphical map can be generated to represent the identified wave front locations on at least a portion of the geometric surface. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200823 | NON-LOCAL MEAN FILTERING FOR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS - A method can include storing input electrical signal data representing at least a given electrophysiological signal acquired from a patient. A non-local mean filter can be applied to the given electrophysiological signal, the non-local mean filter including a spatial filter component and an intensity filter component. The method can also include controlling parameters to establish weighting of each of the spatial filter component and the intensity filter component in response to a control input. Filtered signal data can be stored based on the applying and the controlling. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200824 | K-PARTITE GRAPH BASED FORMALISM FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPLEX PHENOTYPES IN CLINICAL DATA ANALYSES AND DISEASE OUTCOME PROGNOSIS - Systems and methods are disclosed that can analyze relationships between parameters in data matrices (e.g., collections of individual profiles). A graph topology can be defined on a data matrix with partitions as variables and vertices in all partitions and their potentials and edges as the co-occurrence of a pair of variable values in a profile. Individual graphs can be constructed from data and value co-occurrences for every profile, and a study data graph made as a union of all individual graphs. Heterogeneity Landmarks (HLs) can be determined from the study data graph, and graph-graph distances between individual graphs and all HLs. These distances can be used for prognoses based on similarity of a profile to one or more HLs. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200825 | Method for predicting whether a cancer patient will not benefit from platinum-based chemotherapy agents - A testing method for identification whether a cancer patient is a member of a group or class of cancer patients that are not likely to benefit from administration of a platinum-based chemotherapy agent, e.g., cisplatin, carboplatin or analogs thereof, either alone or in combination with other non-platinum chemotherapy agents, e.g., gemcitabine and paclitaxel. This identification can be made in advance of treatment. The method uses a mass spectrometer obtaining a mass spectrum of a blood-based sample from the patient, and a computer operating as a classifier and using a stored training set comprising class-labeled spectra from other cancer patients. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200826 | Methods For Inflammatory Disease Management - Quantitative datasets are created and used in the identification, monitoring and treatment of disease states and characterization of biological conditions. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200827 | RAILWAY TRACK GEOMETRY DEFECT MODELING FOR PREDICTING DETERIORATION, DERAILMENT RISK, AND OPTIMAL REPAIR - Geo-defect repair modeling is provided. A method includes logically dividing a railroad network according to spatial and temporal dimensions with respect to historical data collected. The spatial dimensions include line segments of a specified length and the temporal dimensions include inspection run data for inspections performed for each of the line segments over a period of time. The method also includes creating a track deterioration model from the historical data, identifying geo-defects occurring at each inspection run from the track deterioration model, calculating a track deterioration condition from the track deterioration model by analyzing quantified changes in the geo-defects measured at each inspection run, and calculating a derailment risk based on track conditions determined from the inspection run data and the track deterioration condition. The method further includes determining a repair decision for each of the geo-defects based on the derailment risk and costs associated with previous comparable repairs. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200828 | ASSET FAILURE PREDICTION WITH LOCATION UNCERTAINTY - Geo-defect repair modeling with location uncertainty is provided. A method includes logically dividing a railroad network into segments each of a specified length. The method also includes identifying, via a computer processor, geo-defects and approximated locations of the geo-defects occurring at each inspection run for each of the segments. The method also includes calculating, via the computer processor, a rate of increase in amplitude of each of the geo-defects for each of the segments between inspection runs, determining a correlation of the geo-defects between the inspection runs as a function of the approximated locations, and predicting a deterioration rate for each of the geo-defects based on the calculating. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200829 | ASSET FAILURE PREDICTION WITH LOCATION UNCERTAINTY - Geo-defect repair modeling with location uncertainty is provided. A method includes logically dividing a railroad network into segments each of a specified length. The method also includes identifying, via a computer processor, geo-defects and approximated locations of the geo-defects occurring at each inspection run for each of the segments. The method also includes calculating, via the computer processor, a rate of increase in amplitude of each of the geo-defects for each of the segments between inspection runs, determining a correlation of the geo-defects between the inspection runs as a function of the approximated locations, and predicting a deterioration rate for each of the geo-defects based on the calculating. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200830 | RAILWAY TRACK GEOMETRY DEFECT MODELING FOR PREDICTING DETERIORATION, DERAILMENT RISK, AND OPTIMAL REPAIR - Geo-defect repair modeling is provided. A method includes logically dividing a railroad network according to spatial and temporal dimensions with respect to historical data collected. The spatial dimensions include line segments of a specified length and the temporal dimensions include inspection run data for inspections performed for each of the line segments over a period of time. The method also includes creating a track deterioration model from the historical data, identifying geo-defects occurring at each inspection run from the track deterioration model, calculating a track deterioration condition from the track deterioration model by analyzing quantified changes in the geo-defects measured at each inspection run, and calculating a derailment risk based on track conditions determined from the inspection run data and the track deterioration condition. The method further includes determining a repair decision for each of the geo-defects based on the derailment risk and costs associated with previous comparable repairs. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200831 | Pipe Damage Interpretation System - A technique facilitates evaluation of pipe. A sensor is positioned to examine a pipe and to obtain data on the pipe. The data obtained is analyzed on a processor-based system and compared to predetermined defect data. If the data obtained by the sensor sufficiently matches predetermined defect data, a defect is determined to enable performance of an appropriate action with respect to the pipe. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200832 | Autonomous Non-Destructive Evaluation System for Aircraft Structures - An apparatus comprises an inspection vehicle, a sensor system, a positioning system, a controller, and a support system. The inspection vehicle is configured to move on a surface of an object. The sensor system is associated with the inspection vehicle and is configured to generate information about the object when the inspection vehicle is on the surface of the object. The positioning system is configured to determine a location of the inspection vehicle on the object. The controller is configured to control movement of the inspection vehicle using the positioning system and control operation of the sensor system. The support system is connected to the inspection vehicle and is configured to support the inspection vehicle in response to an undesired release of the inspection vehicle from the surface of the object. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200833 | OBJECT MOTION ANALYSIS APPARATUS, OBJECT MOTION ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An object motion analysis apparatus includes a processor configured to generate a connection element connecting multiple first particles included in a first object based on physical quantity data of the first particles, refer to physical quantity data of a second particle included in a second object, calculate a shortest distance between the second particle and the generated connection element, calculate a repulsive force between the first object and the second particle based on the calculated shortest distance, and analyze motion of the first object and the second object based on the calculated repulsive force. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200834 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SENSOR INSOLE - A method for manufacturing a sensor insole includes connecting wires of force sensors to a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board and the force sensors are positioned on a felt layer in a predetermined configuration, and placed in the mold. A urethane foam is then injected into the planar internal cavity of the mold to form a sensor sheet that includes a urethane layer, the felt layer, and the printed circuit board and the force sensors positioned therebetween. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200835 | Pedaling Torque Sensor Device for Each Cyclist's Leg and Power Meter Apparatus - Pedaling torque sensor device for bicycles comprising a crank arm ( | 2014-07-17 |
20140200836 | FLOW RATE DETERMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | 2014-07-17 |
20140200837 | Analysis of Component Having Engineered Internal Space for Fluid Flow - A characteristic of a component having an engineered internal space can be analyzed by recording acoustic signals produced by fluid flow through the internal space at controlled flow rates, and determining one or more acoustic frequencies and acoustic intensities that are indicative of the characteristic of the component. A state and/or a source of the component can be predicted based on the results of such analysis. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200838 | Water Saving Device - A water saving device including a housing and a processor disposed within the housing. The processor calculates a water volume expended over a period of time based on a predetermined volumetric flow rate and time. A sensor is disposed within the housing for sensing the presence of a user. The sensor is operably connected to the processor. The sensor generates a signal to cause the processor to begin calculating the water volume upon sensing the presence of a user. A display indicates the expended water volume and is operatively connected to the processor. The display shows a virtual water level which rises as time and water usage increases. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200839 | POWER CONSUMPTION AMOUNT ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND POWER CONSUMPTION AMOUNT ESTIMATING METHOD - A power consumption amount estimating apparatus for estimating a power consumption amount of a resource allocated to multiple virtual machines operating on a physical machine, the estimation being made for each virtual machine, includes a power consumption amount measuring unit configured to measure the power consumption amount of the resource; a time identifying unit configured to identify a start and an end time of a duration during which a processor is continuously allocated for one of the virtual machines; a power consumption amount obtaining unit configured to obtain the power consumption amount of the resource during the duration using the power consumption amounts at the start and end times; and a power consumption amount accumulating unit configured to accumulate multiple power consumption amounts of the resource for each virtual machine, the multiple power consumption amounts being obtained during multiple durations, respectively. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200840 | Platform for Portable Sensing Applications - Sensing systems are presented in which one or more sensors are operatively associated with a portable device such as a smartphone or tablet computer. A software application on the portable device provides an interface through which a user can interact with the sensors, e.g. to collect readings or perform calibrations. Preferably the portable device acts as an intermediary to a Cloud service for management and storage of measured data and calibration information. Once transmitted to the Cloud, the data can be accessed from any internet-connected device. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200841 | GEOMAGNETIC SENSOR CALIBRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A geomagnetic sensor calibration apparatus includes a geomagnetic sensor which measures at least one value of Earth's magnetic field, an initial point estimator which estimates first central points regarding the at least one value of the Earth's magnetic field by using a first linear function, a central point estimator which estimates second central points by using a second linear function and the estimated first central points, and a controller which determines whether calibrating of the geomagnetic sensor is necessary based on the estimated first central points and controls the central point estimator to estimate second central points based on whether calibration is determined to be necessary. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200842 | Device and Method for Detecting Chemical and Physical Phenomena - Provided is a device adapted for detecting chemical and physical phenomena and suitable for high integration, and a method for controlling the detection device. When a plurality of pH-detecting devices are used, a variation in sensitivity occurs in each of the sensing units. The variation in sensitivity can be calibrated using a simple method. The amount of charge (output signal) delivered by each of the sensing units to a standard solution is determined, and the difference between the delivered charge amount and a standard charge amount (standard output signal) delivered by a standard sensing unit is determined. The capacity of the potential well of the sensing unit is changed, or the potential of a TG unit when a charge is delivered is changed, so as to cancel out the difference. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200843 | Apparatus and Methods Thereof for Error Correction in Split Core Current Transformers - Apparatus and methods are provided for electrical parameter measurements at points of interest, such as circuit breakers, machines, and the like. The devices which comprise of components that may require corrections, such as the errors induced by, but not limited to, the use of a split core mounted around a current carrier, and hence calibration coefficients are provided based on test, measurements and/or calculations respective of the devices. These coefficients may be stored in a database for retrieval when calibration of measurements received from a measuring device. In one embodiment at least one of the calibration coefficients is stored on the measuring device. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200844 | METHOD OF OPTIMIZING THE PERFORMANCE OF AN AIRCRAFT, A DEVICE, AND AN AIRCRAFT - A method of optimizing the performance of a rotary wing aircraft having at least one turbine engine with a gas generator and a turbine assembly comprising at least one turbine. In a definition step (STP | 2014-07-17 |
20140200845 | Numerical Analysis System - It is an object of the present invention to analyze heat transfers with a high degree of precision at a computation cost within a realistic range for a large-scale object such as an entire power-electronic system. In order to solve the problems described above, the present invention provides a numerical analysis system based mainly on a configuration for dividing the analysis area into at least two division areas, for analyzing at least one of the division areas by adoption of a finite element method or a boundary element method and for carrying out an analysis by adoption of a technique based on equivalent circuit approximation for at least one of the other division areas. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200846 | ACCESS NETWORK NODE BASED BAROMETRIC REFERENCE PRESSURE NETWORK - Systems, apparatus and methods for populating and using a pressure database to determine an altitude of a unit with an unknown altitude are presented. A pressure from one or more barometric pressure sensors linked to respective base stations are interpolated to determine a reference pressure (e.g., at sea level) at arbitrary coordinates (x,y) having pressure reading. For example, a mobile station at the arbitrary coordinates (x,y) records a pressure at the mobile station. A difference between this pressure at the mobile station and the interpolated reference pressure is determined, which may directly be interpreted as a defined altitude of the mobile station. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200847 | WRIST-BASED SPEED AND DISTANCE MONITORING - A method and apparatus for determining a current speed of a wrist-worn mobile electronic device. In some configurations, a wrist-worn mobile electronic device is provided that includes a motion sensor configured to sense motion of the user's wrist and generate acceleration data, a position determining module, a non-transitory memory configured to store scale factors corresponding to a plurality of average acceleration points, and a processor operable to determine a cadence for the user, an average acceleration of the user's wrist, select a scale factor and compute a current speed for the mobile electronic device based on the cadence, determined average acceleration and selected scale factor. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200848 | Normalization Coefficients in PET Continuous Bed Motion Acquisition - Normalization coefficients in are computed for positron emission tomography (PET) continuous bed motion acquisition (CBM). The normalization coefficients for the lines-of-response in CBM account for the change in decay of the injected isotope over time and/or changes in velocity of the bed motion. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200849 | DIVERSITY LOOP DETECTOR WITH COMPONENT DETECTOR SWITCHING - Aspects of the disclosure pertain to a system and method for providing component detector switching for a diversity loop detector. Switching between component detectors is performed via one of: a periodic state likelihood reset process, a slope-based switching process, or a cross-over connection process. The joint decision circuit switches among component detectors to promote improved performance with present of constant or transition phase offset. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200850 | FIELD DEVICE INCLUDING A SOFTWARE CONFIGURABLE ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER SYSTEM - A method of analog to digital conversion for a field device having an analog to digital converter system (ADCS) including an ADC and a plurality of filters. An analog sensing signal is received from a sensor which measures a level of a physical parameter in a manufacturing system that runs a physical process. A level of the physical parameter is compared to reference noise data. Based on the comparing, at least one ADCS parameter is determined. The ADCS parameter is implemented to configure the ADCS. The ADCS is utilized with the ADCS parameter to generate a filtered digitized sensing signal from the analog sensing signal. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200851 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY - A motor assembly is presented. A motor assembly can include at least one motor; a memory to store calibrated parameters related to the at least one motor; and electronics coupled to the memory, the at least one motor, the electronics including interfaces to couple with a clamping device and a system to control the operation of the at least one motor. The calibrated parameters are determined for the at least one motor with a procedure that includes performing an initial calibration of the at least one motor; wearing in the at least one motor; performing a final calibration of the at least one motor; and storing calibration data in the memory. In some embodiments, the at least one motor can include a clamping motor and/or a firing motor. In some embodiments, lifetime parameters are stored in the memory. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200852 | EXHAUST MANIFOLD PRESSURE BASED MISFIRE DETECTION FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES - An engine cylinder misfire detection system is provided that detects changes in exhaust manifold pressure (EMP) fluctuations, compares the EMP fluctuations with diagnostic thresholds determined with other engine characteristic information obtained from engine sensor data, and determines whether a cylinder misfire has occurred. A method of monitoring and detecting EMP fluctuations in combination with one or more sensed engine characteristics is disclosed to determine an engine cylinder misfire in a cycle of an internal combustion engine having at least one cylinder. The actuation approaches of the present invention include one or more processes for a cylinder of an engine associated with a determination of various load variables including fresh air flow, engine type, engine data inputs, and analytical determinants. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200853 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFICATION, GROUPING AND SIZING OF EMBEDDED FLAWS IN ROTOR COMPONENTS USING ULTRASONIC INSPECTION - A method and software system for flaw identification, grouping and sizing for fatigue life assessment for rotors used in turbines and generators. The method includes providing ultrasonic data of a plurality of rotor slices and providing volume reconstruction of the ultrasonic data. The method also includes providing in-slice identification, grouping and sizing of flaw indications in the rotor based on the volume reconstruction. Further, the method includes providing inter-slice identification, grouping and sizing of the flaw indications based on the in-slice flaw indications and providing flaw location and size information. The method can be used in both phased-array and A-scan inspections. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200854 | METHODS AND COMPUTING SYSTEMS FOR SURVEY DESIGN AND MODELING WORKFLOW FOR TOWED MULTIMEASUREMENT SEISMIC STREAMER DATA - Modular workflows for determining acquisition geometry and efficiency using 3D deghosting and wavefield reconstruction methods enabled by multicomponent seismic information are disclosed, which may be performed as methods. In some embodiments, such methods may be performed on computing systems. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200855 | Coremicro Reconfigurable Embedded Smart Sensor Node - A Coremicro Reconfigurable Embedded Smart Sensor Node has the capability of hosting intelligent algorithms to support health monitoring applications and has optional standardized software communications stack. The purpose of this present invention is to provide a flexible low power distributed computational platform to deploy intelligent software elements (based on Artificial Intelligence techniques) among the system architecture to result in a reconfigurable scheme for distributed intelligence granularity. This invention is able to be applied to a wide variety of monitoring applications either as a Standalone Smart Sensor (SSS, i.e. single Smart Sensor Node) or as a modular and scalable Smart Sensor Network configuration. Therefore, the CRE-SSN is ultra-low in power consumption, has optional pattern recognition through Artificial Neural Network, physical communication layer reconfigurable capability, has scalable communications capability, and low in weight, and optimized in size. An optional IEEE 1451 software stack is provided to manage sensors via set of standardized commands. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200856 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DEVICE-FREE MOTION DETECTION AND PRESENCE SENSING - Systems and methods are provided for device-free motion detection and presence detection within an area of interest. A plurality of nodes, configured to be arranged around the area of interest, form a wireless network. The plurality of nodes transmit wireless signals as radio waves and receive transmitted wireless signals. The received signal strength (RSS) of the transmitted wireless signals between the plurality of nodes are measured and a value is reported. A computing device receives the reported values for the measured RSS and tracks the reported values over time. The computing device processes the reported values using an aggregate disturbance calculation to detect motion and presence within the area of interest. The computing device may notify notification device of a detected disturbance within the area of interest. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200857 | BODY MOVEMENT AMOUNT MEASURING APPARATUS - An activity meter includes a body movement detecting unit, a display unit, a target activity amount acquiring unit, an accumulated activity amount calculation unit, an excess activity amount calculation unit, a converted value calculation unit that calculates a converted value representing an excess amount of activity by dividing burned calories corresponding to the excess amount of activity by a unit calorie count, where a standard calorie count of a predetermined food is the unit calorie count, and a display operation control unit that controls a display operation of the display unit such that the display unit displays a measurement result using the converted value. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200858 | PRODUCT VISUALIZATION - A method comprises receiving a change request input from a user to change one or more parameters of a product in a product visualization; determining at least one available option based on the change request input and manufacturable capabilities; and presenting a modified product visualization to the user based on at least one determined available option. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200859 | MULTI-STANDARD SITE CONFIGURATION TOOL - A multi-standard configuration tool allows a user to configure multiple nodes located at a single network site implementing different radio access technologies. The multi-standard site configuration tool uses a data model to represent equipment and carriers at a network site. The configuration tool includes a configuration editor to create and modify a site configuration model, a configuration file generator to generate configuration files based on the site configuration model, and a configuration graphics generator to generate a graphical representation of the entire site configuration in real-time. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200860 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BOOTING - A method and device for a booting that can reduce a booting time is provided. The method includes loading a snapshot image from a non-volatile memory, setting an initialization of a device, decompressing the loaded snapshot image while the device is initialized, and loading another snapshot image from the non-volatile memory while decompressing the loaded snapshot image. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200861 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROOF MODELING AND ASSET MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of the invention provide a computer-implemented system and method for generating a three-dimensional rooftop model. In some embodiments, the system and method can process stereo aerial images to generate a stereoscopic image, and generate a point-cloud field from at least a portion of the stereoscopic image. Some embodiments of the computer-implemented system and method can generate three-dimensional rooftop models using polylines and polygons derived from the point-cloud field. In some embodiments, a rooftop solar energy potential can be determined using a rooftop area calculated using the system and method. In some further embodiments, a rainwater run-off potential can be calculated using a measured rooftop area calculated using the computer-implemented system and method. In some embodiments, the system and method can display at least one building including at least one rooftop including one or more rooftop portions including a display of a solar potential and/or a rainwater runoff potential. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200862 | DRAWINGS AND COMPUTER-AIDED MODELING - To facilitate reading out information relating to an object, a drawing is split according to one or more splitting rules to one or more split drawings before it is outputted, a split drawing showing at least one of the objects or one or more pieces of the related information in a way other than it will be shown in the drawing. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200863 | MONITORING PROXIMITY OF OBJECTS AT CONSTRUCTION JOBSITES VIA THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUALITY IN REAL-TIME - A method and system of monitoring proximity of objects at a construction jobsite via three-dimensional virtuality in real-time. The method and system involves simulating a dynamic object such as a piece of construction equipment in a three-dimensional virtual representation of the construction jobsite, and involves simulating another object such as a buried utility or another piece of construction equipment in the three-dimensional virtual representation of the construction jobsite. The method and system also involves making one or more determinations about the objects in order to more readily avoid unintended impact between them. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200864 | DETERMINING FEASIBLE SPLINES WITH ENGINEERING CONSTRAINTS USING PROJECTION METHODS - A method, apparatus, system, and computer program product provide the ability to modify a spline (e.g., a civil engineering spline). The spline, defined by a set of connected points, is obtained/acquired. A design constraint set is determined and may include an interpolation constraint (specifying a fixed elevation for a connected point), a slope constraint (specifying a bound on a slope between two of the connected points), and a curvature constraint (specifying; a maximum slope difference of a first slope and a second slope between three connected points). The spline is projected onto the design constraint set thereby modifying the spline by changing elevations of the connected points The modified spline is then projected onto the design constraint set iteratively until the spline satisfies all constraints in the design constraint set. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200865 | INTERACTIVE DENTAL RESTORATIVE NETWORK - The invention relates to a method for assisting a dental practitioner in the dental restoration of a patient treatment area. The method includes forming a three-dimensional (3D) model represented in digital form of the treatment area to be restored, the model being formed during a first visit by the patient to a dentist's office; developing a preliminary treatment plan including a prostheses specification that is based, at least in part, on the 3D digital model of the treatment area; storing the 3D digital model and the preliminary treatment plan in a database along with the patient's record; and conferencing with other practitioners in order to determine whether the preliminary treatment plan is appropriate for the patient based on the dental data. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200866 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING PARAMETRIC MODEL - A method for establishing a parametric model of a semiconductor process is provided. A first intermediate result is generated according to layout data and a non-parametric model of the semiconductor process. A first response is obtained according to the first intermediate result. A specific mathematical function is selected from a plurality of mathematical functions, and the parametric model is obtained according to the specific mathematical function. A second intermediate result is generated according to the layout data and the parametric model. A second response is obtained according to the second intermediate result. It is determined whether the parametric model is an optimal model according to the first and second responses. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200867 | VASCULAR FLOW ASSESSMENT - A method for vascular assessment is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of 2D angiographic images of a portion of a vasculature of a subject, and processing the images to produce a stenotic model over the vasculature, the stenotic model having measurements of the vasculature at one or more locations along vessels of the vasculature. The method further comprises obtaining a flow characteristic of the stenotic model, and calculating an index indicative of vascular function, based, at least in part, on the flow characteristic in the stenotic model. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200868 | SEMIDEFINITE PROGRAMMING RELAXATION OF A CLASS OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT MODELS - According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a method for optimizing a cost of electric power generation in a smart site energy management model, including determining a matrix X that minimizes a semidefinite program C·X−μ ln(det(X)) subject to constraints A | 2014-07-17 |
20140200869 | LARGE-SCALE MULTI-DETECTOR PREDICTIVE MODELING - Predicting operational changes in a multi-detector environment includes generating, via a computer processing device, a factor matrix for each univariate time series data in a set of sparse time series data collected from data sources, identifying a subset of the time series data as a feature selection based on application of a loss function, and generating a predictive model from the subset of the time series data. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200870 | LARGE-SCALE MULTI-DETECTOR PREDICTIVE MODELING - Predicting operational changes in a multi-detector environment includes generating, via a computer processing device, a factor matrix for each univariate time series data in a set of sparse time series data collected from data sources, identifying a subset of the time series data as a feature selection based on application of a loss function, and generating a predictive model from the subset of the time series data. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200871 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF PORTS OF MULTIPLE TYPES - A system and method graphically display ports in a discrete event system (DES) environment. A graphical representation of a model having at least one DES component is provided in the DES environment. A first port of the DES component and a second port of the DES component are indicated by symbols. The first port is indicated by a first symbol representing a port type of the DES environment and the second port is indicated by a second symbol representing a port type of a non-DES environment. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200872 | ONLINE LEARNING USING INFORMATION FUSION FOR EQUIPMENT PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE IN RAILWAY OPERATIONS - An aspect of an online learning system includes collecting data, via a computer processing device, from a plurality of data sources including multiple disparate detectors, the data including at least one of historical alarm data, failures, maintenance records, and environment observations. The data is stored in tables each corresponding to a subject of measurement. The online learning system also includes identifying common fields shared across the tables, merging at least a portion of the data across the tables having the common fields, and creating an integrated data model based on results of the merging. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200873 | ONLINE LEARNING USING INFORMATION FUSION FOR EQUIPMENT PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE IN RAILWAY OPERATIONS - An aspect of an online learning system includes collecting data, via a computer processing device, from a plurality of data sources including multiple disparate detectors, the data including at least one of historical alarm data, failures, maintenance records, and environment observations. The data is stored in tables each corresponding to a subject of measurement. The online learning system also includes identifying common fields shared across the tables, merging at least a portion of the data across the tables having the common fields, and creating an integrated data model based on results of the merging. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200874 | MULTI-PARAMETER PHYSIOLOGICAL MAPPING - A map generator can be programmed to generate a multi-parameter graphical map by encoding at least two different physiological parameters for a geometric surface, corresponding to tissue of a patient, using different color components of a multi-dimensional color model such that each of the different physiological parameters is encoded by at least one of the different color components. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200875 | TEST AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR THREAT EVALUATION AND SENSOR/WEAPON ASSIGNMENT ALGORITHMS - The present invention relates to a system comprising threat evaluation and sensor/weapon assignment algorithm operating units which are adapted such that they will operate any threat evaluation and sensor/weapon assignment algorithm, a simulation and analysis unit which is adapted such that it will form the area, in which threat evaluation and sensor/weapon assignment algorithms will be operated, as a virtual scenario by forming an air picture in accordance with the data it receives, an external communication unit which is in communication with the simulation and analysis unit; which can communicate correspondingly with a threat evaluation and sensor/weapon assignment algorithm operating unit; which is adapted such that it will transfer the current scenario information to the threat evaluation and sensor/weapon assignment algorithm when it is necessary and transfer the engagement results to the simulation and analysis unit by taking them back, and a communication unit which is adapted such that it will transfer the scenario, which is formed by communicating with a client, to the client and will receive data through the client; and a method comprising the steps of sending and arranging the data to the simulation and analysis unit through at least one client, transferring the virtual scenario to the TESWA algorithm operating units and receiving the engagement data, combining the engagement data with each other and the data received from the clients and updating the scenario status, approving and disapproving the engagement, analyzing the engagement data and transferring the results to a client partially or completely. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200876 | BOOTSTRAPPING NAMED ENTITY CANONICALIZERS FROM ENGLISH USING ALIGNMENT MODELS - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for training recognition canonical representations corresponding to named-entity phrases in a second natural language based on translating a set of allowable expressions with canonical representations from a first natural language, which may be generated by expanding a context-free grammar for the allowable expressions for the first natural language. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200877 | INTERSPECIES LANGUAGE WITH ENABLING TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING PROTOCOLS - The Interspecies Language (ISL) is a method for communicating that includes a visual language, a tonal language, a training protocol that integrates them, and an enabling apparatus. The ISL visual language communicates through a display that creates a “picture” of a sentence on a touchscreen. This visual display embodies the ISL's syntax and structures how the user employs it to build sentences. Sentences are constructed by dragging icons, which are pictures or abstract images representing objects or concepts, into the structured areas of the visual array. The ISL tonal language communicates through a structured series of tones that are grouped so that tones within a grouping are members of a class of objects or concepts. The tones are sounded when an icon is placed into the visual array in the course of building a sentence. The ISL is deployed through an apparatus that includes a touchscreen, computer, chute, and industrial controls. With its clear structure for the animal's response, the ISL provides a method for meaningful, two-way communication between animals and humans or between humans. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200878 | MULTI-DOMAIN MACHINE TRANSLATION MODEL ADAPTATION - A method adapted to multiple corpora includes training a statistical machine translation model which outputs a score for a candidate translation, in a target language, of a text string in a source language. The training includes learning a weight for each of a set of lexical coverage features that are aggregated in the statistical machine translation model. The lexical coverage features include a lexical coverage feature for each of a plurality of parallel corpora. Each of the lexical coverage features represents a relative number of words of the text string for which the respective parallel corpus contributed a biphrase to the candidate translation. The method may also include learning a weight for each of a plurality of language model features, the language model features comprising one language model feature for each of the domains. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200879 | Method and System for Rating Food Items - A networked computer system for calculating a rating of a food. The computer system includes a database comprising a plurality of records and a personal computer system. Each record in the database includes a natural language description of a respective food and a rating of the respective food. The database further comprising an index comprising indexed natural language descriptions corresponding to the natural language descriptions in the records. The personal computer system includes an input module configured for receiving a request to calculate a rating for a requested food item and for extracting inputted natural language descriptions of the requested food item in the request. Also included is an input processing module configured for identifying tokens in the inputted natural language descriptions, a query module configured for querying the database; and a rating module configured for calculating the rating for the requested food item based on the query result. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200880 | Patent Analyzing System - A patent analyzing system for efficiently reviewing and analyzing a patent document (e.g. patent application, published patent document or patent). The patent analyzing system includes providing a patent document, wherein said patent document includes text data having a claims section, identifying a first element name within a first claim in said claims section, and emphasizing said first element name within said first claim. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200881 | NOISE REDUCTION DEVICES AND NOISE REDUCTION METHODS - A noise reduction device may be provided. The noise reduction device may include: an input configured to receive an input signal including a representation in a frequency domain of an audio signal, wherein the representation includes a plurality of time frames and a plurality of coefficients for each time frame; a noise detection circuit configured to determine a first indicator being indicative of a bandwidth of a coefficient over at least two time; a noise reduction circuit configured to reduce based on the first indicator a noise component in the audio signal; and an output configured to output an output signal including a representation in the frequency domain of the audio signal with the reduced noise component. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200882 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO TRANSMIT DATA THROUGH TONES - Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for transmitting data. The method includes encoding data, by a first device, symbol-by-symbol into a first electrical signal of frequencies in a specific range, mixing, by the first device, the first electrical signal with a second electrical signal corresponding to captured voices, and transmitting, by the first device, the mixed electrical signal to a second device via a channel being configured for transmitting the captured voices. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200883 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPECTRAL EXPANSION FOR AN AUDIO SIGNAL - A method and device for automatically increasing the spectral bandwidth of an audio signal including generating a “mapping” (or “prediction”) matrix based on the analysis of a reference wideband signal and a reference narrowband signal, the mapping matrix being a transformation matrix to predict high frequency energy from a low frequency energy envelope, generating an energy envelope analysis of an input narrowband audio signal, generating a resynthesized noise signal by processing a random noise signal with the mapping matrix and the envelope analysis, high-pass filtering the resynthesized noise signal, and summing the high-pass filtered resynthesized noise signal with the input narrowband audio signal. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200884 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS METHODS AND SYSTEMS PROVIDING USER SPECIFIC AUDIO OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods for applying user specific acoustic adjustment parameters are provided. The intelligibility of speech for a particular user is determined and a set of acoustic adjustment parameters is determined. The set or template of acoustic adjustment parameters for the user is placed in central store, for example provided as or in association with a server. The template can be obtained from the server for application in connection with a communication involving the user by providing an identification of the template. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200885 | AUDIO VISUAL SIGNATURE, METHOD OF DERIVING A SIGNATURE, AND METHOD OF COMPARING AUDIO-VISUAL DATA BACKGROUND - The invention relates to the analysis of characteristics of audio and/or video signals for the generation of audio-visual content signatures. To determine an audio signature a region of interest for example of high entropy—is identified in audio signature data. This region of interest is then provided as an audio signature with offset information. A video signature is also provided. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200886 | NOISE SUPPRESSION DEVICE AND METHOD - A noise suppression device includes a phase difference derived suppression coefficient computation section that over a phase difference utilization range computes for each frequency a phase difference derived suppression coefficient based on a phase difference, an amplitude ratio derived suppression coefficient computation section that computes for each frequency an amplitude ratio derived suppression coefficient based on an amplitude ratio or an amplitude difference, and based on the amplitude conditions, and a suppression section that suppresses noise contained in the input sound signals based on a suppression coefficient determined by using the phase difference derived suppression coefficient and the amplitude ratio derived suppression coefficient. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200887 | SOUND PROCESSING DEVICE AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD - A sound processing device includes a noise suppression unit configured to suppress a noise component included in an input sound signal, an auxiliary noise addition unit configured to add auxiliary noise to the input sound signal, whose noise component has been suppressed by the noise suppression unit, to generate an auxiliary noise-added signal, a distortion calculation unit configured to calculate a degree of distortion of the auxiliary noise-added signal, and a control unit configured to control an addition amount by which the auxiliary noise addition unit adds the auxiliary noise based on the degree of distortion calculated by the distortion calculation unit. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200888 | System and Method for Generating a Script for a Web Conference - A system includes an interface operable to detect a plurality of active audio streams in a plurality of multimedia streams, each multimedia stream associated with a particular user. The system further includes a processor operable to generate a text translation of each active audio stream and generate a script comprising the text translation of each active audio stream and an indication of the particular user associated with each active audio stream, the text translations being ordered according to times associated with the respective corresponding active audio stream. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200889 | System and Method for Speech Recognition Using Pitch-Synchronous Spectral Parameters - The present invention defines a pitch-synchronous parametrical representation of speech signals as the basis of speech recognition, and discloses methods of generating the said pitch-synchronous parametrical representation from speech signals. The speech signal is first going through a pitch-marks picking program to identify the pitch periods. The speech signal is then segmented into pitch-synchronous frames. An ends-matching program equalizes the values at the two ends of the waveform in each frame. Using Fourier analysis, the speech signal in each frame is converted into a pitch-synchronous amplitude spectrum. Using Laguerre functions, the said amplitude spectrum is converted into a unit vector, referred to as the timbre vector. By using a database of correlated phonemes and timbre vectors, the most likely phoneme sequence of an input speech signal can be decoded in the acoustic stage of a speech recognition system. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200890 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND CIRCUITS FOR SPEAKER DEPENDENT VOICE RECOGNITION WITH A SINGLE LEXICON - Embodiments reduce the complexity of speaker dependent speech recognition systems and methods by representing the code word (i.e., the word to be recognized) using a single Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) which is adapted from a Universal Background Model (UBM). Only the parameters of the GMM need to be stored. Further reduction in computation is achieved by only checking the GMM component that is relevant to the keyword template. In this scheme, keyword template is represented by a sequence of the index of best performing component of the GMM of the keyword model. Only one template is saved by combining the registration template using Longest Common Sequence algorithm. The quality of the word model is continuously updated by performing expectation maximization iteration using the test word which is accepted as keyword model. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200891 | Semantic Graphs and Conversational Agents - Semantic clustering techniques are described. In various implementations, a conversational agent is configured to perform semantic clustering of a corpus of user utterances. Semantic clustering may be used to provide a variety of functionality, such as to group a corpus of utterances into semantic clusters in which each cluster pertains to a similar topic. These clusters may then be leveraged to identify topics and assess their relative importance, as for example to prioritize topics whose handling by the conversation agent should be improved. A variety of utterances may be processed using these techniques, such as spoken words, textual descriptions entered via live chat, instant messaging, a website interface, email, SMS, a social network, a blogging or micro-blogging interface, and so on. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200892 | Method and Apparatus to Model and Transfer the Prosody of Tags across Languages - Identify, Capture, Retain and Synthesize Non-Linguistic and Discourse Components of Speech across Languages | 2014-07-17 |
20140200893 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT - Systems and methods for filtering media containing objectionable content are described. Marker files that list the times objectionable content occurs in audio content (such as a song, podcast, audio associated with a video or television program, or the like) can be stored in a user device. When a user plays audio content for which a marker file exists, the system can automatically filter out the objectionable content marked in the marker file from playback of the audio content. The system may also provide functionality for the user to specify a level of filtering to be applied or even specific words to be filtered from audio content. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200894 | DISTRIBUTED SPEECH UNIT INVENTORY FOR TTS SYSTEMS - In a text-to-speech (TTS) system, a database including sample speech units for unit selection may be configured for use by a local device. The local unit database may be created from a more comprehensive unit database. The local unit database may include units which provide sufficient TTS results for frequently input text. Speech synthesis may then be performed by concatenating locally available units with units from a remote device including the comprehensive unit database. Aspects of the speech synthesis may be performed by the remote device and/or the local device. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200895 | Systems and Methods for Automated Media Commentary - Techniques for providing automated media commentary are provided. A user agent requests audio commentary for media. In response, a service searches data sources to identify the specified media, finds information related to those entities, generates text that represents those information, combines the text into a textual monologue, and synthesizes speech audio from that textual monologue. The service selects relevant information to be likely unknown to the user while also being desired by the user. | 2014-07-17 |
20140200896 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes an image processor; an audio input to input a user's speech; a storage to store at least one simple sentence voice command and an operation corresponding to the simple sentence voice command; a communication device to communicate with a server that analyzes a descriptive sentence voice command and determine an operation corresponding to the descriptive sentence voice command; an audio processor to process a first voice command corresponding to the speech and conduct the operation corresponding to the simple sentence voice command if the first voice command is the simple sentence voice command, and to transmit the first voice command to the communication device if the first voice command is not the simple sentence voice command; and a controller configured to display a first guide image which recommends the simple sentence voice command stored in the storage if the corresponding operation for the first voice command determined by the server is identical to one of the at least one simple sentence voice command stored in the storage. | 2014-07-17 |