34th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 37 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140233717 | IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SEMI-ATTENDED TRANSFER IN SIP FOR IP-MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM ENVIRONMENTS - A communication system, method, and components are described. Specifically, a communication system having the ability to facilitate a semi-attended transfer in SIP for an IP-Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) environment is disclosed. The semi-attended transfer is possible even though one or more Back-to-Back User Agents are positioned between users engaged in the semi-attended transfer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233718 | MULTILEVEL DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A method is disclosed for the presentation of telephone information about a company or other enterprise over the Internet in response to consumer searches for names or products. Department information is included. The system uses a database to determine product slightly sold my search for companies to provide advertisers or sponsors with preferential placement of their ads. Revenue is charged response to clicking on an advertisement. The system also places telephone calls over the Internet to users of the inventive search engine. Advertisers are charged for such calls. Optionally, the system may not allow direct dialing for non-advertisers. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233719 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MONITORING AND VISUALIZING CONTACT CENTER ROUTING STRATEGIES - A system and method for monitoring and visualizing contact center routing strategies via a graphical user interface. The graphical user interface displays a routing diagram depicting a contact center routing strategy. The routing diagram includes a plurality of blocks each associated with logic for managing an interaction with the contact center. A processor monitors contact center performance as interactions with the contact center are managed according to the routing strategy. The processor identifies one of the plurality of blocks affected by the contact center performance, and further identifies a threshold associated with the identified block. The processor determines whether the contact center performance satisfies the threshold, and modifies a visual appearance of the identified block based on the determination. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233720 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING UNUSUAL PATTERNS IN FUNCTIONAL DATA - A method of managing a call center that includes a plurality of agents may include receiving functional data associated with the plurality of call center agents over a time period, for each data curve, normalizing the data points to create a plurality of normalized functional data points, determining a variation associated with each normalized functional data point, determining one or more threshold values associated with each normalized functional data point, determining whether one or more of the normalized functional data points have a value that exceeds the associated threshold value, and identifying each of the normalized functional data points having a value that exceeds the associated threshold value as an outlier. The method may include identifying the call center agent associated with each curve that has an outlier and presenting information pertaining to one or more identified call center agents to a user. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233721 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SELECTING A DIALING STRATEGY FOR PLACING AN OUTBOUND CALL - A dialing strategy determination engine (DSDE) for selecting a dialing strategy for placing an outbound call has determination software executing on a computerized server from a machine-readable medium, access to stored dialing strategies, contact data, and a rules set, and a port for receiving a request for dialing strategy from an outbound dialer. The determination software, upon receiving a request for a dialing strategy associated with a contact identification, consults the rule set and the contact data, selects a dialing strategy based on the rules and the data, and returns the selected strategy to the outbound dialer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233722 | Reducing the Feedback Overhead During Crosstalk Precoder Initialization - An apparatus comprising a receiver coupled to a digital subscriber line (DSL) between an exchange site and a customer premise equipment (CPE) and configured to send a feedback error message to train a precoder coupled to the exchange site, wherein the feedback error message comprises a plurality of error components and an indication of a quantity of bits per error component, a quantization accuracy per error component, or both. Included is a method comprising sending an error feedback message to a DSL crosstalk precoder to train the crosstalk precoder, wherein the error feedback message comprises an error vector and a quantization scaling factor of the error vector. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233723 | Method And System For Sampling Rate Mismatch Correction Of Transmitting And Receiving Terminals - Disclosed in the invention is a method and system for sampling rate mismatch correction of transmitting and receiving terminals, which can obtain a high-precision sampling rate mismatch in real time, carry out sampling rate correction on transmitting and receiving terminal signals, and send the transmitting terminal signal and the receiving terminal signal that have the same sampling rate after corrected to an echo cancellation system to carry out echo cancellation. The present invention can improve the quality of echo cancellation, simplify the computation and reduce the cost. The method for sampling rate mismatch correction of transmitting and receiving terminals provided in the embodiments of the invention comprises: calculating a transfer function of a receiving terminal signal relative to a transmitting terminal signal at each sampling timing according to the transmitting and receiving terminal signals; obtaining a transmission time delay of the transmitting and receiving terminals at each sampling timing using the transfer function; obtaining a sampling rate mismatch of the transmitting and receiving terminals at each sampling timing by means of parameter fitting using the transmission time delay and the linear relationship between the transmission time delay and the sampling rate mismatch; and adjusting the sampling rate of the transmitting terminal signal or the receiving terminal signal at each sampling timing according to the sampling rate mismatch. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233724 | DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE MANAGEMENT USING VIRTUAL NOISE CALCULATION - A digital subscriber line management system is provided. It comprises a device for calculating a set of values specifying a virtual noise mask. The device includes a receiver for receiving or otherwise obtaining a set of measurements of noise levels experienced at a digital subscriber line transceiver at each of a plurality of frequencies at different times, and a processor for calculating, in respect or each frequency, a combined value based on a plurality of measurements taken at different times, and for generating the set of values specifying a virtual noise mask in dependence upon the combined values. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233725 | PERSONALIZED BANDWIDTH EXTENSION - A personalized (i.e., speaker-derivable) bandwidth extension is provided in which the model used for bandwidth extension is personalized (e.g., tailored) to each specific user. A training phase is performed to generate a bandwidth extension model that is personalized to a user. The model may be subsequently used in a bandwidth extension phase during a phone call involving the user. The bandwidth extension phase, using the personalized bandwidth extension model, will be activated when a higher band (e.g., wideband) is not available and the call is taking place on a lower band (e.g., narrowband). | 2014-08-21 |
20140233726 | DECRYPTION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DECRYPTION PROGRAM, DECRYPTION DEVICE, KEY GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING KEY GENERATION PROGRAM - A decryption method includes receiving an input of an n-dimensional vector whose elements other than a first element are all zero, or of the first element. The vector is a ciphertext obtained by encrypting a plaintext being an integer not less than 0 and less than s with a public key, or by performing an operation on a plurality of ciphertexts without decrypting them. The public key is associated with an n×n invertible matrix V defined as a secret key of homomorphic cryptography by using n integers, and is a matrix B being an Hermite normal form of V. The decryption method also includes: acquiring an element w which is coprime to s and which is one of elements of a matrix W=dV | 2014-08-21 |
20140233727 | METHOD FOR SECURE SUBSTRING SEARCH - A system and method for secure substring search, using fully homomorphic encryption, or somewhat homomorphic encryption. In one embodiment, a first string is homomorphically compared to trial substrings of a second string, each comparison producing a ciphertext containing an encrypted indication of whether the first string matches the trial substrings. These ciphertexts are then combined in a homomorphic logical OR operation to produce a ciphertext which contains an encrypted indication of whether the first string matches any of the trial substrings, i.e., whether the first string is contained in the second string. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233728 | METHOD FOR SECURE SYMBOL COMPARISON - A method for secure comparison of encrypted symbols. According to one embodiment, a user may encrypt two symbols, share the encrypted symbols with an untrusted third party that can compute algorithms on these symbols without access the original data or encryption keys such that the result of running the algorithm on the encrypted data can be decrypted to a result which is equivalent to the result of running the algorithm on the original unencrypted data. In one embodiment the untrusted third party may perform a sequence of operations on the encrypted symbols to produce an encrypted result which, when decrypted by a trusted party, indicates whether the two symbols are the same. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233729 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided a highly secure cryptographic processing apparatus and method where an analysis difficulty is increased. In a Feistel type common key block encrypting process in which an SPN type F function having a nonlinear conversion section and a linear conversion section is repeatedly executed a plurality of rounds. The linear conversion process of an F function corresponding to each of the plurality of rounds is performed as a linear conversion process which employs an MDS (Maximum Distance Separable) matrix, and a linear conversion process is carried out which employs a different MDS matrix at least at each of consecutive odd number rounds and consecutive even number rounds. This structure makes it possible to increase the minimum number (a robustness index against a differential attack in common key block encryption) of the active S box in the entire encrypting function. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233730 | Multiple transform utilization and application for secure digital watermarking - Multiple transform utilization and applications for secure digital watermarking. In one embodiment of the present invention, digital blocks in digital information to be protected are transformed into the frequency domain using a fast Fourier transform. A plurality of frequencies and associated amplitudes are identified for each of the transformed digital blocks and a subset of the identified amplitudes is selected for each of the digital blocks using a primary mask from a key. Message information is selected from a message using a transformation table generated with a convolution mask. The chosen message information is encoded into each of the transformed digital blocks by altering the selected amplitudes based on the selected message information. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233731 | Device and Method for Generating Keys with Enhanced Security for Fully Homomorphic Encryption Algorithm - There is proposed a method of generating secret and public keys vDGHV with enhanced security, implemented in a device including at least one microprocessor and a memory. The method includes generating a secret key SK corresponding the generation of a prime random number p or product of prime numbers. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233732 | MOBILE PAYTV DRM ARCHITECTURE - A secure element operating in conjunction with a secure partition of a system-on-a-chip (SoC) having set top box (STB) functionality allows for digital rights management (DRM) key handling in a mobile platform. The secure element can include a secure processing system (SPS) to be implemented as a hard macro, thereby isolating the SPS from a peripheral processing system (PPS). The secure element and the secure partition of the SoC may be operatively connected by a secure cryptographic channel. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233733 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A DATA PACKET BEFORE TRANSMISSION OVER A RADIO COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, A METHOD OF PROCESSING A RECEIVED DATA PACKET, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES AND SYSTEMS - A method for processing a data packet before transmission over a radio communications network as a succession of waveforms transmitted at positions defined by hopping codes, which are time positions or frequency positions. The packet is transmitted over a communications channel of the network by a transmitter node to a destination node. The method includes the following steps performed for each bit of the data packet to be transmitted, referred to as the current bit: calculating a hopping code at least as a function of the value of the current bit and of an encryption key generated by a pseudo-random generator, the encryption key having size greater than the maximum size of a data packet transmitted over the channel; and causing a waveform to be transmitted at the position defined by the calculated hopping code, the transmitted waveform being identical regardless of the value of the current bit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233734 | RESTRICTING BROADCAST AND MULTICAST TRAFFIC IN A WIRELESS NETWORK TO A VLAN - Traffic broadcast to a VLAN is restricted. To do so, a plurality of stations are associated with a BSSID (basic service set identifier). A first VLAN is configured by sending a first group key to each station from the plurality of stations that is a member of the first VLAN, wherein each VLAN is associated with a unique group key. One or more frames addressed to the first VLAN are received. The one or more frames are encrypted with the first group key to prevent stations without the first group key from being able to decrypt the one or more frames. The one or more encrypted VLAN frames are broadcast to the plurality of stations associated with the BSSID. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233735 | ENCRYPTION METHOD, DECRYPTION METHOD, AND RELATED APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present application provide an encryption method, a decryption method, and a related apparatus. The encryption method includes: generating a keystream, where the keystream is used to encrypt a part of data to be encrypted in an initial layer-3 message, and the part of data to be encrypted includes small data; generating, by performing an exclusive OR operation on the keystream and the initial layer-3 message, an initial layer-3 message in which the part of data is encrypted; and sending the initial layer-3 message in which the part of data is encrypted, where the initial layer-3 message includes an added encryption indication, and the encryption indication is used to indicate that the part of data to be encrypted in the initial layer-3 message is encrypted. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233736 | METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE FOR GENERATING GROUP KEY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a related device for generating a group key. The method includes: obtaining a group ID of a group where a machine type communication MTC device is located; obtaining a group communication root key corresponding to the group ID; generating a group key corresponding to the group ID according to the group communication root key; and sending the group key encrypted by using an access stratum key of the MTC device to the MTC device, so that the MTC device obtains the group key through decryption according to the access stratum key of the MTC device. According to the foregoing technical solutions, a base station may allocate, to an MTC device, a group key corresponding to a group where the MTC device is located. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233737 | Method and system for generating an identifier of a key - A method for generating an identifier of a key includes that: when a user equipment (UE) transfers from an evolved UMTS terrestrial radio access network (EUTRAN) to a universal terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN) or a global system for mobile communications (GSM), or an enhanced data rate for GSM evolved radio access network (GERAN), an identifier of a system key after transfer is generated by mapping an identifier KSI | 2014-08-21 |
20140233738 | Mechanism for Co-Ordinated Authentication Key Transition for IS-IS Protocol - An automated key transition method is executed by a node in a network. The network includes a set of nodes utilizing a current key identifier provided by a group key management server or provisioned manually. A key identifier specifies an authentication protocol and an authentication key for use in the authentication of intermediate-system to intermediate-system (IS-IS) protocol data units. The method includes receiving a message from the group key management server that includes a most recent key field to replace the current key identifier, advertising the most recent key identifier to all reachable nodes, verifying whether all reachable nodes have advertised the most recent key identifier, continuing authentication using the current key identifier until all reachable nodes have been verified to advertise the most recent key identifier, and switching authentication to use the most recent key identifier upon verification that all reachable nodes have advertised the most recent key identifier. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233739 | METHOD FOR ADDING NODES TO A QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - An improved quantum key distribution (QKD) system and method are provided. The system and method introduce new clients at intermediate points along a quantum channel, where any two clients can establish a secret key without the need for a secret meeting between the clients. The new clients perform operations on photons as they pass through nodes in the quantum channel, and participate in a non-secret protocol that is amended to include the new clients. The system and method significantly increase the number of clients that can be supported by a conventional QKD system, with only a modest increase in cost. The system and method are compatible with a variety of QKD schemes, including polarization, time-bin, continuous variable and entanglement QKD. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233740 | Secure Distribution of Content - Methods and systems are described for secure delivery of a content item from at least a first content distribution network (CDN1) to at least one content receiving entity using a split-key cryptosystem comprising encryption and decryption algorithms E and D, a cipher algorithm for generating encryption and decryption keys e,d on the basis of secret information S and a split-key algorithm using secret information S for splitting e into i different split-encryption keys e | 2014-08-21 |
20140233741 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING A PLUG-IN TYPE BASED ON IMPEDANCE COMPARISON - A particular method includes determining, at an electronic device having a plug-in port, a plug-in type of an accessory connected to the plug-in port based on a comparison of an alternating current (AC) impedance at the plug-in port to a direct current (DC) impedance at the plug-in port. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233742 | APPARATUS FOR SPEAKER AUDIO CONTROL IN A DEVICE - The electronic device has audio control for speaker channel based at least in part on an orientation and number of speakers of the electronic device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233743 | MEDICAL DEVICE DIAGNOSTICS USING A PORTABLE DEVICE - Systems, methods, and apparatuses may be used to test devices using a portable device. A portable device is a tablet computer, a smart phone, or other type of device. In embodiments, the different components of the portable device are utilized to perform tests on a medical device such as a hearing prosthesis or other type of medical device. For example, portable device components such as accelerometers, magnetometers, gyroscopes, microphones, speakers, etc. are used to provide testing stimuli and/or record the responses from the hearing prosthesis to the testing stimuli. The portable device is used to generate testing stimulus and record the response from the device being tested using the various components of the portable device. Analysis of the output of the medical device can be performed to determine a remedy to improve operation of the device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233744 | AUDIO PROCESSING AND ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method for enhancing the audio experience on a consumer electronic device is disclosed. A system for enhancing the audio experience on a consumer electronic device including a parametrically configurable processing block is disclosed. An all-digital audio enhancement system suitable for embedding into a low cost, low power application specific integrated circuit is disclosed. A method for configuring an audio enhancement system on a consumer electronic device is also disclosed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233745 | ACCELERATION SOUND GENERATION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - An acceleration sound generation device for a vehicle using at least one of an acceleration operation of the vehicle, an acceleration force generated by the acceleration operation, and an acceleration state obtained by the acceleration force as a control parameter. The acceleration sound generation device includes a sound generation unit and an acceleration sound delay unit. The sound generation unit generates an acceleration sound in a vehicle passenger compartment in response to an acceleration sound signal that is generated based on the control parameter. The acceleration sound delay unit delays output of the acceleration sound by the sound generation unit such that the acceleration sound changes and is delayed with respect to a change in the control parameter. The acceleration sound delay unit sets a delay degree of the acceleration sound at a rising time of the control parameter separately from at a falling time of the control parameter. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233746 | EARPHONE MICROPHONE - An acoustic space including a sound output path, first and second sound input paths is formed in a main body casing of an earphone microphone. Output sound from a speaker propagates in the sound output path. Sound input to a first microphone propagates in the first sound input path communicating with outside. Sound input to a second microphone propagates in the second sound input path. The sound output path branches into one path communicating with the outside of the main body casing and the other path communicating with the second sound input path. The earphone microphone amplifies a sound signal output from at least one of the first and second microphones so as to input sound from a sound source outside the main body casing, and suppresses input of the output sound. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233747 | IMMERSIVE SOUND SYSTEM - Sound control and audio output systems and methods for an entertainment venue are described. The venue includes immersive display and sound elements. Prevention of acoustic reflections and level of audio immersion are enhanced with the described systems and techniques. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233748 | Forward Speaker Noise Cancellation In a Vehicle - Systems and methods to cancel noise in a vehicle are disclosed. A first speaker is positioned forward of a steering wheel of a vehicle. The first speaker generates a first signal configured to acoustically cancel noise produced by operation of the vehicle. A second speaker is positioned forward of the steering wheel. The second speaker generates a second signal to acoustically cancel the noise produced by the operation of the vehicle. The first and the second speakers are capable of generating the first and the second signals independently of one another. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233749 | EARPHONE MICROPHONE - An earphone microphone includes a single speaker, a microphone having first and second sound input holes, and a main body casing in which an acoustic space is formed. The acoustic space includes a sound output path in which output sound propagates, a first sound input path communicating with outside, in which sound to be input to the first sound input hole propagates, and a second sound input path in which sound to be input to the second sound input hole propagates. The sound output path branches into one path communicating with outside of the main body casing and the other path communicating with the second sound input path. Input sound from a sound source outside the main body casing is input while input of output sound is suppressed by acoustic resistance of the acoustic space. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233750 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR ADAPTIVE ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION - An adaptive active noise cancellation apparatus performs a filtering operation in a first digital domain and performs adaptation of the filtering operation in a second digital domain. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233751 | SPEAKER MECHANISM HAVING A CONFORMING CIRCUIT BOARD - A device removeably attachable to a case for an electronic device for delivering sound includes a housing having a speaker means and a printed circuit board assembly mounted in the housing. The printed circuit board assembly is in electronic communication with the speaker means. The printed circuit board assembly includes a wireless communication module having an antenna to enable wireless communication with the electronic device. The printed circuit board and having a curved shape to partially circumscribe the speaker means to enable the speaker means and the circuit board to lie co-planar. In one embodiment, the speaker means is a retractable ear bud device. In another embodiment, the speaker assembly is a speaker with an annular periphery and a body with a truncated conical shape, whereby the printer circuit board lies co-planar with a portion of the body of the speaker. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233752 | BLUETOOTH HEADSET - A wireless headset including a body having an earphone coupling portion; a wireless module provided in the body and configured to wirelessly receive an audio signal from a mobile terminal; a speaker provided in the body; an earphone connected to the body via a cable and configured to be coupled to the body via an earphone coupling portion; a coupling sensor provided the body and configured to sense whether the earphone is coupled to the earphone coupling portion; and a controller configured to output the audio signal received from the mobile terminal via the speaker and not via the earphone, when the coupling sensor senses the earphone is coupled to the earphone coupling portion, and output the audio signal received from the mobile terminal via the earphone and not via the speaker, when the coupling sensor senses the earphone is separated from the earphone coupling portion. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233753 | HEADPHONES WITH CLOUD INTEGRATION - Described herein is a portable acoustic device including a headband adapted to go over or around a user's head, and a pair of earpieces each being slidably attached to the headband. One of the pair of earpieces or the headband includes, a control interface, a battery, at least one transceiver configured to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic signals, and an electronic circuit configured to wirelessly interact with an audio source available on a network or a device via the at least one transceiver. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233754 | HEADPHONE SYSTEM WITH RETRACTABLE MICROPHONE - A retractable gaming headphone communication system without a retractable microphone boom retracted in a simple one touch fashion. The headphone communication system is automatically disengaged and put in an off or mute mode when boom is in a deployed position and an operational communication mode when in a deployed position. the system provides an interface for digital bidirectional communication with other users. The system further provide for kinetic integration in the gaming environment. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233755 | WIRELESS NETWORK AUDIO SYSTEM HAVING AUTO-PAIRING FUNCTION AND AUTO-PAIRING METHOD USING THE SAME - A system and method of auto-pairing in a wireless network audio system is provided. The auto-pairing method including: entering, by an audio source device, an auto-pairing mode in response to power being supplied; retrieving, by the audio source device, a peripheral wireless speaker; and providing, by the audio source device, a home identifier (ID) for pairing with the wireless speaker in response to the audio source device retrieving the wireless speaker. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233756 | SOUND INPUT DEVICE - A sound input device includes a housing, a microphone housing, a vibrator, and first and second sound guide components. The housing has first and second sound collection holes. The microphone housing has first and second microphone sound holes. The first and second sound guide components communicate with the first and second sound collection holes and the first and second microphone sound holes, respectively. The microphone housing has a first microphone inner space that communicates with the first microphone sound hole and one side of the diaphragm of the vibrator, and a second microphone inner space that communicates with the second microphone sound hole and the other side of the diaphragm. A spacing between the first sound collection hole and the second sound collection hole is wider than a spacing between the first microphone sound hole and the second microphone sound hole. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233757 | Noisy Environment Communication Enhancement System - A communication system enhances communications in a noisy environment. Multiple input arrays convert a voiced or unvoiced signal into an analog signal. A converter receives the analog signal and generates digital signals. A digital signal processor determines temporal and spatial information from the digital signals. The processed signals are then converted to audible sound. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233758 | FREQUENCY DOMAIN NOISE CANCELLATION WITH A DESIRED NULL BASED ACOUSTIC DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Frequency domain signal extraction methods and apparatuses include receiving a reference signal, which contains mostly undesired audio and is substantially void of desired audio. The reference signal is decomposed into at least two reference frequency components. Filtering the at least two reference frequency components with at least two adaptive filters to form at least two filtered reference frequency components. The filtered reference frequency components are recombined in an IFFT component, to produce a filtered reference signal. A delayed signal is input to an adder. The delayed signal contains desired audio and undesired audio. The filtered reference signal is subtracted from the delayed signal to form an output signal containing desired audio. The output signal is decomposed into at least two frequency components. The filtering is adapted with the at least two frequency components. The filtering is inhibited intermittently with the at least two adaptive filters to prevent cancellation of the desired audio. In some implementations, frequency sub-bands are employed. In some implementations, an acoustic element with a Cardioid beam pattern is used to acquire the reference signal. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233759 | Situation Responsive Audio System - A method of controlling an audio system includes generating a situation response model for a situation parameter, determining a situation parameter value, and at least one of (1) providing an audio system output as a function of the situation response model and the situation parameter value and (2) receiving an audio system input as a function of the situation response model and the situation parameter value. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233760 | ULTRASONIC SPEAKER SYSTEM - An ultrasonic speaker system has a first variable gain block, a modulation block, a second variable gain block, an ultrasonic actuator, and a controller, wherein the controller controls gain of the first variable gain block so that a modulation degree of a modulated signal becomes a predetermined value, and when the controller raises the gain of the first variable gain block, the controller lowers the gain of the second variable gain block, while when the controller lowers the gain of the first variable gain block, the controller raises the gain of the second variable gain block. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233761 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND GAIN CONTROLLING METHOD - An electronic device and a corresponding gain controlling method are provided. The gain controlling method includes the steps of receiving a sound signal, calculating a sound level according to each value of the sound signal in a past period, determining a gain value according to the sound level, using the gain value to amplify the sound signal, and then storing the sound signal. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233762 | OPTIMAL MIXING MATRICES AND USAGE OF DECORRELATORS IN SPATIAL AUDIO PROCESSING - An apparatus for generating an audio output signal having two or more audio output channels from an audio input signal having two or more audio input channels includes a provider and a signal processor. The provider is adapted to provide first covariance properties of the audio input signal. The signal processor is adapted to generate the audio output signal by applying a mixing rule on at least two of the two or more audio input channels. The signal processor is configured to determine the mixing rule based on the first covariance properties of the audio input signal and based on second covariance properties of the audio output signal, the second covariance properties being different from the first covariance properties. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233763 | Amplifier for Electrostatic Transducers - A class D audio amplifier which provides both an alternating signal and a DC bias voltage to an electrostatic transducer ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140233764 | Microphone Positioning System - A microphone positioning system includes a microphone, a selectively operable turntable device to which the microphone is mounted, and a remote control device for selectively imparting rotation to the turntable device to selectively vary the angle of the microphone. The elevation of the microphone can also be varied, such as by means of an extendable and retractable support. The turntable device may be interconnected with an axially extending rail and is movable to varying positions along the rail such as by means of a carrier. A drive arrangement is interconnected between the rail and the carrier for moving the carrier along the length of the rail, and the drive arrangement is operable in response to the remote control device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233765 | CONFORMABLE PAD BONE CONDUCTION DEVICE - Pads for positioning between external hearing prosthesis components and a recipient's skin or scalp that conform to the recipient's anatomy but transmit vibrations from the external components to implanted components. Usable pad materials may include non-Newtonian materials including dilatant materials, rheological materials, memory foams, viscoelastic material, thermoplastics, electro-rheological fluids and or magneto-rheological fluids. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233766 | FLAT-TYPE SPEAKER HAVING A PLURALITY OF CONSECUTIVELY CONNECTED MAGNETIC CIRCUITS - The present invention relates to a flat-type speaker, and more particularly, to a flat-type speaker in which a plurality of magnetic circuits are consecutively connected in series or in parallel so as to constitute one speaker. In the flat-type speaker in which the plurality of magnetic circuits are consecutively connected, two or more voice coil plates, on each of which voice coils are printed, are successively arranged, and two or more vibrating-reed plates in the form of a thin film are arranged on the upper ends of the two or more voice coil plates, respectively, such that said vibrating-reed plates are electrically isolated from each other. Also, said voice coils and said two or more vibrating-reed plates are electrically connected together. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233767 | CONDENSER MICROPHONE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A condenser microphone comprises a substrate, a vibratile diaphragm and a back plate. The substrate has an opening. The diaphragm is disposed corresponding to the substrate and covers the opening, and has a plurality of protrusions. The back plate is coupled to the diaphragm and has a plurality of through holes, at least some of which are corresponding to the protrusions respectively. An interval is formed between the diaphragm and the back plate, and when the diaphragm vibrates, the protrusions move into or further near the through holes. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233768 | ACOUSTIC GENERATOR, ACOUSTIC GENERATION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The problem is to reduce variations of sound pressure in the sound pressure frequency characteristics. To solve the problem, an acoustic generator includes a film that is a supporting plate; a frame member that is provided on the outer circumference of the film; a piezoelectric element that is provided on the film within a frame of the frame member; and a resin layer that is provided on the film within the frame of the frame member, and the resin layer including an air bubble. By the air bubble, a decrease in the sound pressure is prevented, peaks and dips in the frequency characteristics of sound pressure are reduced, and high-quality sounds are generated. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233769 | DIAPHRAGM ARRANGEMENT FOR GENERATING SOUND - The invention relates to a diaphragm arrangement which is intended to be fitted to a structural component or fixing ring for the purpose of generating sound, having two piezo crystals which are fitted opposite one another on either side of an electrically conductive diaphragm which can oscillate, wherein the piezo crystals are each fastened to the diaphragm, which has a connection contact, in an electrically conductive and force-transmitting manner, and the piezo crystals are each electrically conductively connected to a contact plate on their opposite side. In this case, each contact plate has at least one contact strip which extends in the direction of the structural component and of which the end in each case has an electrical connection contact. The diaphragm arrangement can be excited by electrical voltages which can be applied to the three connection contacts. This produces a secure contact-connection during operation and the contact plates act as heat-conducting plates for dissipating heat from the piezo crystals. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233770 | TECHNIQUES FOR SPEAKER AUDIO CONTROL IN A DEVICE - Techniques for audio control for an electronic device are discussed. The audio control for speaker channel configuration facilitates supporting proper audio stereo sound based at least in part on an orientation of the electronic device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233771 | APPARATUS FOR FRONT AND REAR SPEAKER AUDIO CONTROL IN A DEVICE - Techniques for audio control for an electronic device are discussed. The audio control for front and rear speaker channel configuration facilitates supporting proper audio stereo sound based at least in part on an orientation of the electronic device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233772 | TECHNIQUES FOR FRONT AND REAR SPEAKER AUDIO CONTROL IN A DEVICE - Techniques for audio control for an electronic device are discussed. The audio control for speaker channel configuration facilitates supporting proper audio stereo sound based at least in part on an orientation of the electronic device. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233773 | CHARGE SHARING ANALOG COMPUTATION CIRCUITRY AND APPLICATIONS - In one aspect, reduced power consumption and/or circuit area of a discrete time analog signal processing module is achieved in an approach that makes use of entirely, or largely, passive charge sharing circuitry, which may include configurable (e.g., after fabrication, at runtime) multiplicative scaling stages that do not require active devices in the signal path. In some examples, multiplicative coefficients are represented digitally, and are transformed to configure the reconfigurable circuitry to achieve a linear relationship between a desired coefficient and a degree of charge transfer. In some examples, multiple successive charge sharing phases are used to achieve a desired multiplicative effect that provides a large dynamic range of coefficients without requiring a commensurate range of sizes of capacitive elements. The scaling circuits can be combined to form configurable time domain or frequency domain filters. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233774 | PORTABLE TERMINAL FOR CONTROLLING HEARING AID AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method for controlling a hearing aid using a portable terminal is provided. The method includes taking a photo, generating a control signal to control a hearing mode of the hearing aid according to an analysis of a surrounding condition based on the photo, and transmitting the control signal to the hearing aid. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233775 | MODULAR ADAPTER ASSEMBLY FOR TELECOIL AND AUXILIARY AUDIO INPUT DEVICE MIXING - An exemplary apparatus for use with an auditory prosthesis system includes a housing, a connector port disposed at least partially within the housing and configured to be communicatively coupled to an auxiliary audio input device, a telecoil disposed at least partially within the housing, and a multi-position switch disposed at least partially within the housing and configured to selectively enable the auxiliary audio input device and the telecoil. The auxiliary audio input device is enabled and the telecoil is disabled when the switch is in a first position, both the auxiliary audio input device and the telecoil are enabled when the switch is in a second position, and the telecoil is enabled and the auxiliary audio input device is disabled when the switch is in a third position. Corresponding apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233776 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR WEARING AT THE EAR AND A METHOD OF OPERATING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140233777 | SPEAKER ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A speaker assembly is configured for assembly to a housing. The housing defines a through hole and a receiving groove communicating with each other. The speaker assembly includes a speaker and a speaker cover. The speaker is received in the through hole. The speaker cover has an extending edge beyond a peripheral wall of the speaker and is received in the receiving groove. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233778 | IN-WALL MULTIPLE-BAY LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM - A modular sound component system can be configured to be located at least partially behind a wall surface, wherein the wall surface is supported by multiple vertical studs. The modular system can include a rail system that is in contact with the wall surface and at least one sound reproduction module coupled to the rail system. The sound reproduction module can include a body that can be disposed on a stud-side of the wall surface, and the module can include an attachment feature that is slidably coupleable to the rail system. In an example, the sound reproduction module can include a loudspeaker assembly, an amplifier assembly, or other device. Multiple modules can be slidably coupled to the rail system, such as on different sides of a wall stud. A wired communication link can couple the multiple modules, such as across a wall surface-side of the wall stud. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233779 | Electrostatic Loudspeaker Capable of Dispersing Sound Both Horizontally and Vertically - An electrostatic loudspeaker (ESL) assembly providing curvature in two directions for improved dispersion of sound waves. The ESL comprises at least one stator panel, a flexible diaphragm and a spacer that impedes contact between the stator panel and the diaphragm. The stator is formed from a material that comprises an array of apertures. Furthermore, the material can be annealed. The material temper, along with the aperture geometry and patter, affect the stretchability of the material. The two-axis curved structure enables a compact form of ESL to be realized, including bookshelf type loudspeakers whereas all known commercial units are comparable in height to that of a human listener. The individual curved ESL panels can also be readily combined to create larger transducer assemblies including omni-directional units. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233780 | MODIFIED DIAPHRAGM SHAPES FOR IMPROVED AIR HORN PERFORMANCE - The invention discloses diaphragms for use in air horns or similar noise-producing devices. The diaphragms may have concave or convex non-linear shapes, wherein protrusions are included in the body of the rigid or semi-rigid diaphragm. The diaphragms made be made of any relevant materials and keep their non-flat shapes during and without application of compressed gas. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233781 | SOUND TRANSMISSION MATERIAL, SOUND CONTROL PLANE STRUCTURE INCLUDING BUILDING USE USING THE SOUND TRANSMISSION MATERIAL, WINDSCREEN FOR MICROPHONE, PROTECTIVE GRILLE, SOUND TRANSMISSION PROJECTION SCREEN, AND SPEAKER - A sound transmission, material is made of fibers entangled with each other and has a self-standing property and a high performance sound transmission property, namely the Taber stiffness is not less than 5 mN·m, the bending resistance is not less than 100 mN, the porosity is not less than | 2014-08-21 |
20140233782 | Packaged Microphone with Frame Having Die Mounting Concavity - A packaged microphone has a lid structure with an inner surface having a concavity, and a microphone die secured within the concavity. The packaged microphone also has a substrate coupled with the lid structure to form a package having an interior volume containing the microphone die. The substrate is electrically connected with the microphone die. In addition, the packaged microphone also has aperture formed through the package, and a seal proximate to the microphone die. The seal acoustically seals the microphone and the aperture to form a front volume and a back volume within the interior volume. The aperture is in acoustic communication with the front volume. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233783 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE CASE - A case for a mobile communications device is provided that is configurable to take on at least two audio/audible configurations. The first audio/audible configuration is a handset configuration and the second audio configuration is a headphone/earphone/earbud configuration. The case has a housing and a headphone male connector. The headphone male connector forms part of a headphone male connector assembly. The headphone male connector assembly is capable of moving the headphone male connector to selectively and/or mechanically engage a mobile communications device headphone port to actuate the first audio/audible configuration in a first position, and to actuate the second audio/audible configuration in a second position. A method of switching between different modes of operation of a mobile communications device, such as an iPhone™ smartphone, using the functionality of a removable, protective case for the device is also provided herein. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233784 | PARAMETRIC TRANSDUCER AND RELATED METHODS - An ultrasonic audio speaker includes a backing plate comprising a first major surface and a conductive region, the backing plate further comprising a plurality of textural elements disposed on the first major surface. A flexible layer disposed adjacent the first major surface of the backing plate includes a conductive region and an insulative region, wherein the flexible layer is disposed adjacent the backing plate such that the insulative region is positioned between the backing plate and the conductive region of the flexible layer, and such that there is a volume of air between the flexible layer and surfaces of the textural elements. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233785 | Slim Protector and Slim Microspeaker Module Having the Same - The present invention relates to a slim protector with a small thickness and a slim microspeaker having the same. The present invention provides a slim protector, which can reduce the thickness of a slim microspeaker by removing part of an injection product portion and exposing a steel portion to form a ledge for connecting a module case and the slim protector and allow the steel portion and the module case to engage other, and a slim microspeaker module having the same. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233786 | GRILLE ATTACHMENT FOR LOUDSPEAKER - A grille attachment for a loudspeaker is disclosed. A grille retainer is defined by a retention lip portion, a radial rim interface portion, and a hinge portion. The radial rim interface portion is in an abutting relationship with a flange radial mounting surface of the loudspeaker basket. The hinge portion connects the retention lip portion and the radial rim interface portion. The retention lip portion extends toward a flanged rim of the speaker basket, and defines an inner retention surface that is opposed to a flange circumferential surface. A grille extends across the griller retainer and is defined by a grille body and a grille rim that is circumferentially disposed and extending from the grille body. The grille rim is interposed between the flange circumferential surface and the inner retention surface, with the retention lip portion exerting a radial compressive force against the grille rim. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233787 | OBJECT DETECTION USING DIFFERENCE OF IMAGE FRAMES - Object detection using a difference between image frames may include receiving a first image of a field of view, receiving a second image of the field of view, determining a difference between portions of the first image and corresponding portions of the second image, and declaring based on the difference between the portions of the first image and the corresponding portions of the second image that a specific object has been detected in the field of view. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233788 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND SOFTWARE FOR OPTICAL DEVICE RECOGNITION ASSOCIATION - A system including an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of at least one medical device monitoring a patient, a database including images of a plurality of medical devices, where each image corresponds to a particular medical device, and a data collection server configured to receive the at least one image, receive patient identification data corresponding to the patient, and identify the medical device in the image by comparing the received image with the images stored in the database and matching the received image with the images stored in the database. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233789 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING AND USING OFF-CENTER EMBEDDED MEDIA MARKERS - Provided is an off-center embedded media marker, which may have a form of an iconic marker printed outside the boundary of a region of interest in a document or other article and indicating an available media object or a function associated with the aforesaid region of interest. This marker is used by defining a sight element with the boundary shape of the marker near the edge of a viewable portion of a display, aligning the sight element with the marker and capturing an image of a predetermined region of the document without using a visible region boundary on the hardcopy document. The media or function associated with the marker is automatically determined by performing a feature-based analysis of the captured image similarly to the techniques developed in connection with the conventional embedded media markers. Upon the determination, the associated media is retrieved of the associated function is performed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233790 | MOTION ESTIMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A motion estimation system is disclosed. The motion estimation system may include one or more memories storing instructions, and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to receive, from a scanning device, scan data representing at least one object obtained by a scan over at least one of the plurality of sub-scanning regions, and generate, from the scan data, a sub-pointcloud for one of the sub-scanning regions. The sub-pointcloud includes a plurality of surface points of the at least one object in the sub-scanning region. The one or more processors may be further configured to execute the instructions to estimate the motion of the machine relative to the at least one object by comparing the sub-pointcloud with a reference sub-pointcloud. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233791 | SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR MAP APERTURE ANNEALING AND INTERPOLATION - A method for repairing, bridging, or extrapolating an existing aperture to improve image interpretability in synthetic aperture radar images. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233792 | System and Method for Detecting Motion in Compressed Video - A method and apparatus wherein the method includes the steps of parsing a stream of compressed video, obtaining macroblock size information from the parsed stream, computing factors derived from the macroblock size, wherein the factors include a normalized bit size, a bit size ratio and a neighbor score, computing corresponding adaptive threshold values derived from the relative frame characteristics of the compressed video, comparing the factors derived from the macroblock size information with the corresponding adaptive threshold values and detecting motion based upon combinations of the comparisons when the factors exceed the threshold value. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233793 | DIFFERENTIATING ABANDONED AND REMOVED OBJECT USING TEMPORAL EDGE INFORMATION - Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for classifying a detected region of change of a video frame as indicating an abandoned object or a removed object, the detected region of change is classified as an removed object if the temporal change of the edge consistency is from a more consistent state to a less consistent state, and the detected region of change is classified as an abandoned object if the temporal change of the edge consistency if from a less consistent to a more consistent state. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233794 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR TRACKING MOTION OF ORGAN - A method of tracking motion of an organ, includes receiving organ shape data that includes a shape of an organ of an examinee at a moment of motion of the examinee, and loading first to Nth interpolation curves that represent spatiotemporal motion of respective organs of other examinees, the organs of the other examinees being the same type as the organ of the examinee. The method further includes estimating an interpolation curve that represents a spatiotemporal motion of the organ of the examinee based on the first to Nth interpolation curves and the organ shape data. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233795 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A driver assistance system includes a mobile terminal provided on an automobile, and a detection server capable of communicating with the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes an image capture apparatus which captures images around the automobile, and an image transmission unit which transmits the captured image to the detection server. The detection server includes an image filter which carries out a working process for the image, and a detection engine which receives the image after the working process by the image filter as an input thereto and detects whether or not the image includes an object. If it is decided that the image includes an object, the detection server transmits the result of the decision to the mobile terminal. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233796 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processing device has a first image input unit that inputs a visible light image of a target area imaged by a first camera, a second image input unit that inputs a temperature distribution image of the target area imaged by a second camera, a first image processing section that processes the visible light image input to the first image input unit, and detects an object imaged in the visible light image, a second image processing section that processes the temperature distribution image input to the second image input unit and detects an object imaged in the temperature distribution image, and an image region extracting unit that extracts an image region not suited for the detection of the object in the first image processing section for the visible light image of the target area input to the first image input unit. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233797 | IMAGE ANALYSIS PLATFORM FOR IDENTIFYING ARTIFACTS IN SAMPLES AND LABORATORY CONSUMABLES - A High-resolution Image Acquisition and Processing Instrument (HIAPI) performs at least five simultaneous measurements in a noninvasive fashion, namely: (a) determining the volume of a liquid sample in welh (or microtubes) containing liquid sample, (b) detection of precipitate, objects of artifacts within microliter plate wells, (c) classification of colored samples in microliter plate wells or microtubes; (dl determination of contaminant (e.g. wafer concentration}; (e) air bubbles; (f) problems with the actual plate. Remediation of contaminant is also possible. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233798 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured to store a plurality of digital images and a processor, wherein the processor tracks movement of an object recognized in the plurality of digital images, and the processor detects an amount of movement between the plurality of digital images, and selects one among a plurality of object tracking methods based on at least a part of the amount of the movement. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233799 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device for fast object recognition is provided. The electronic device includes a first storage unit configured to store digital image data, and a processor configured to recognize an object in first image data, to receive a second object related to the first object in the first image data from a second storage unit, to store the first and second objects in the first storage unit, and to use one or more of the first and second objects stored in the first storage unit to recognize an object in second image data. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233800 | METHOD OF TRACKING OBJECT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of tracking an object and an electronic device supporting the same are provided. The method includes predicting a movement of a tracked object, comparing features of current image information based on predicted information with features of each of key frames, selecting a particular key frame from the key frames according to a result of the comparison, and estimating a pose by correcting the movement of the object in the current image information based on the selected key frame, wherein the comparing of the features comprises defining a location value of the feature by relation with neighboring features. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233801 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING OBJECT - A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes tracking at least one object included in a plurality of digital images including at least a first image and a second image. The tracking of the object includes determining values of phase correlation between a part of the first image and a part of the second image, determining a position of a peak value among the values of the phase correlation, and determining a variance of the values of the phase correlation according to at least a part of the peak vale. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233802 | Increased Quality of Image Objects Based on Depth in Scene - Systems, methods, and software for operating an image processing system are provided herein. In a first example, a method of operating an image processing system is provided. The method includes identifying object pixels associated with an object of interest in a scene, identifying additional pixels to associate with the object of interest, and performing an operation based on a depth of the object in the scene on target pixels comprised of the object pixels and the additional pixels to change a quality of the object of interest. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233803 | Increased Quality of Image Objects Based on Depth in Scene - Systems, methods, and software for operating an image processing system are provided herein. In a first example, a method of operating an image processing system is provided. The method includes identifying object pixels associated with an object of interest in a scene, identifying additional pixels to associate with the object of interest, and performing an operation based on a depth of the object in the scene on target pixels comprised of the object pixels and the additional pixels to change a quality of the object of interest. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233804 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINDING STICK-UP HEIGHT OF A PIPE OR FINDING A JOINT BETWEEN TWO PIPES IN A DRILLING ENVIRONMENT - The present invention generally relates to a method, apparatus, a computer program and computer for automated detection of pipe ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140233805 | METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR RECOGNIZING A WEATHER CONDITION IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE - A method for recognizing a weather condition in the surroundings of a vehicle. The method includes a step of ascertaining at least one imaging feature in image information. The image information represents a depiction of at least a portion of the surroundings, and the imaging feature represents a light effect on a reflective or luminescent object in the portion of the surroundings. In addition, the method includes a step of determining weather information for characterizing the weather condition based on a comparison between the imaging feature and at least one expected value. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233806 | DETERMINING A VIEWING DISTANCE FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - A method, computer readable storage device, and apparatus for determining the distance a computing device is located from a user's face. An image of an individual is obtained. A first pupil location and a second pupil location are identified based on the obtained image. A first distance between the identified first and second pupil location is determined. A second distance between the individual and the computing device is determined based on the determined first distance between the identified first and second pupil locations. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233807 | OBJECT DETECTING METHOD AND OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE - In an object detecting method according to an embodiment, external reference points are set in external space of a model of an object and an internal reference point is set in internal space of the model. A table is stored in which feature quantities on a local surface of the model are associated with positions of the external reference points and the internal reference point. The feature quantity on the local surface of the model is calculated, and the position of the reference point whose feature quantity is identical to the calculated feature quantity is acquired from the table and is converted into a position in a real space. When the converted position is outside the object, the position is excluded from information for estimation and the position and the attitude of the object are estimated. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233808 | METHOD OF MEASURING ROAD MARKINGS - A method of measuring road markings. The steps of which include first projecting a red laser line onto the road including a portion on the road surface and a portion on the road markings. Second, filter out all colours except red and convert to a grayscale image. Thirdly, separate image into one pixel wide columns and apply a filtering so only white pixels having a predetermined minimum brightness remain. Next, calculate the road-paint boundary to determine which columns belong to the road surface and which belong to road marking. Using linear regression, a line equation for points corresponding to the road surface is generated and extrapolated to convert the road marking measurements to a height. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233809 | Method and Device for Processing Geological Information - Disclosed in the disclosure are a method and a device for processing geological information. The method for processing the geological information comprises: acquiring multiple geological image graphs; determining the relation between the image coordinate and the ground coordinate of each of the multiple geological image graphs by an imaging mode of geological images; and joining the multiple geological image graphs together according to the relation between the image coordinate and the ground coordinate of each of the multiple geological image graphs. The large-scale ground images can be acquired by processing the geological images according to the present disclosure. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233810 | DERMATOGLYPHIC HAND SENSOR - Methods and systems are disclosed for performing a biometric function. A means is provided for positioning a hand of an individual in a substantially repeatable manner. An optical direct-imaging sensor is disposed relative to the means for positioning to image a portion of the hand when the hand is positioned by the means for positioning. A computational unit in communication with the optical direct-imaging sensor has instructions to operate the optical direct-imaging sensor to generate an image of the portion of the hand, and instructions to perform the biometric function with the generated image. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233811 | SUMMARIZING A PHOTO ALBUM - Embodiments generally relate to summarizing a photo album. In one embodiment, a method includes grouping photos into a plurality of groups of photos, and selecting a plurality of representative photos, where each representative photo represents a respective group from the plurality of groups, where the selecting is based on a quality score of each of the photos, and where each quality score is based on different types of attributes. The method also includes providing the plurality of representative photos to a user. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233812 | METHOD OF MATCHING, BIOMETRIC MATCHING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method of matching fingerprints is disclosed. The method comprises, for a first minutia point, being assigned as a planet minutia point a) determining pairs including the planet minutia point and a satellite minutia point, respectively, such that a cluster is formed; b) comparing the clusters of the respective sets and excluding nonmatching satellites; c) counting links in the cluster formed by remaining pairs; and d) for remaining satellite minutia points, performing steps a) to c) with respective satellite minutia point assigned as planet minutia point to form a supercluster by iterating steps a) to d) and superadding the clusters; calculating a score of the supercluster based on the aggregate counted links; and comparing the score with a threshold. A biometric matching apparatus, a portable data carrier, a data processing unit comprising a matching apparatus and a computer program for implementing the invention are also disclosed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233813 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING A MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTRUM OF A VOXEL IN A MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE - A method obtains a magnetic resonance (MR) spectrum of a voxel in a magnetic resonance (MR) image obtained from a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) apparatus. The method includes configuring a sampling pattern of k-space data; sampling predetermined data from the k-space data based on the configured sampling pattern; and obtaining the MR spectrum of the voxel by using the sampled data. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233814 | MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The invention improves the quality of image diagnosis by a user. An image processing unit compares each pixel value of a perfusion image with a threshold, and extracts a lesion candidate region as a collateral circulation candidate or bypass blood vessel candidate from the perfusion image based on a comparison result. The image processing unit displays the lesion candidate region together with a blood vessel image representing the spatial distribution of blood vessels in a head. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233815 | MEDICAL IMAGE INFORMATION SYSTEM AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SERVER - A medical image information system of an embodiment includes: a terminal device and a medical image processing server connected via a network, wherein the medical image processing server includes a medical image storage unit in which a medical image is stored, and an image processing unit that generates, from the medical image, a display screen and display screen information based on a request from the terminal device to transmit to the terminal device, and the image processing unit includes a speed-lowering determination unit that determines, based on either related information of a medical image or connection status of the terminal device or both, a setting item pertaining to a wait process for lowering a transmission timing of a result of image processing, and a speed-lowering processing unit that carries out a wait process for lowering a transmission timing of the display image based on the setting item. | 2014-08-21 |
20140233816 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BACKGROUND SUBTRACTION IN AN IMAGE - A method for improving image quality is provided. The method includes receiving image data of a substrate, wherein the image data is generated by imaging the substrate, and an image is generated from the image data. The method further includes generating a background representation from a background noise portion of the image, wherein the background portion includes signal information undesired for further processing and generating a background subtracted image by subtracting the background rep resentation from the image. In this way, a separate background image is not needed to subtract the background from the image including the regions-of-interest to improve image quality. | 2014-08-21 |