46th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130301803 | POWER AND COMMUNICATION INTERFACE BETWEEN A DIGITAL X-RAY DETECTOR AND AN X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM - A system for eliminating image artifacts caused by electromagnetic interference (EMI) on a portable digital x-ray detector that is capable of non-contact wireless inductively coupled power transfer. An X-ray imaging system comprising a portable digital X-ray detector having detector circuitry coupled to at least one receiver coil, and a power source including a power supply coupled to a signal filter device and coupled to at least one transmitter coil, wherein the power source is coupled to a detector receptacle of the X-ray imaging system, and wherein the at least one receiver coil and the at least one transmitter coil are inductively coupled to each other when the portable digital X-ray detector is located within the detector receptacle of the X-ray imaging system to transfer power from the power supply to the detector circuitry. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301804 | ELECTRICALLY HEATED PLANAR CATHODE - An electrically heated planar cathode for use in miniature x-ray tubes may be spiral design laser cut from a thin tantalum alloy ribbon foil (with grain stabilizing features). Bare ribbon is mounted to an aluminum nitride substrate in a manner that is puts the ribbon in minimal tension before it is machined into the spiral pattern. The spiral pattern can be optimized for electrical, thermal, and emission characteristics. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301805 | ALIGNING AND FOCUSING AN ELECTRON BEAM IN AN X-RAY SOURCE - A technique for indirectly measuring the degree of alignment of a beam in an electron-optical system including aligning means, focusing means and deflection means. To carry out the measurements, a simple sensor may be used, even a single-element sensor, provided it has a well-defined spatial extent. When practiced in connection with an X-ray source which is operable to produce an X-ray target, further, a technique for determining and controlling a width of an electron-beam at its intersection point with the target. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301806 | COMPOSITE CRYSTAL ARRAY FOR PIXELATED GAMMA CAMERA AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF - A composite crystal array for a pixelated gamma camera and a method of making thereof, which are adapted to a photoelectric matrix that consists of position sensitive photomultiplier elements, in which the photoelectric matrix is divided into sensible and non-sensible areas with a geometric distribution, so as to set a ratio of a segmented region; a configuration detail of a partial optical splitting crystal array and a configuration detail of a whole optical splitting crystal array are set according to the ratio of the segmented region; and the partial optical splitting crystal array and the whole optical splitting crystal array are made according to the two configuration details, and two kinds of crystal arrays are combined to form a whole crystal array for the pixelated cameras according to the segmented region, so that the effective area of the pixelated camera is kept continuous and the resolution thereof is kept uniform. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301807 | Adaptive X-Ray Filter - An adaptive X-ray filter for varying a local intensity of X-ray radiation includes a first chamber containing a magnetorheological or electrorheological first liquid, a second chamber containing a second liquid that absorbs X-ray radiation, and a flexible membrane that separates the first chamber from the second chamber. Using the flexible membrane, a layer thickness ratio of the first liquid and the second liquid may be varied. A heating apparatus that heats the second liquid is arranged in the adaptive X-ray filter. The second liquid is a liquid metal. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301808 | ELECTRONIC CASSETTE FOR RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING - An electronic cassette for radiographic imaging has an enclosure, an imaging detection panel disposed in the enclosure and configured to convert an amount of radiation into an electric signal, a circuit unit disposed in the enclosure and configured to read an electric signal from the imaging detection panel by supplying a driving signal to the imaging detection panel, and a holding base disposed in the enclosure and configured to support the imaging detection panel. The holding base supports the imaging detection panel on a first surface as a radiation incident side and supports the circuit unit on a second surface on an opposite side to the first surface. The holding base includes a carbon fiber laminated plate having a metal layer inserted in lamination layer, and the metal layer is electrically connected to ground of the circuit unit. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301809 | INFERRING QUALITY IN UT CALLS BASED ON REAL-TIME BI-DIRECTIONAL EXPLOITATION OF A FULL REFERENCE ALGORITHM - A method, computer program product, and computer system for inferring quality of unified telephony calls based on real-time bi-directional exploitation of a full reference algorithm. A client copy of an audio file may be received from a client device associated with a unified telephony call. The client copy of the audio file may be compared to a local copy of the audio file using a reference algorithm. A quality of service associated with the client device may be determined based upon, at least in part, a difference between the client copy of the audio file and the local copy of the audio file. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301810 | INFERRING QUALITY IN UT CALLS BASED ON REAL-TIME BI-DIRECTIONAL EXPLOITATION OF A FULL REFERENCE ALGORITHM - A method, computer program product, and computer system for inferring quality of unified telephony calls based on real-time bi-directional exploitation of a full reference algorithm. A client copy of an audio file may be received from a client device associated with a unified telephony call. The client copy of the audio file may be compared to a local copy of the audio file using a reference algorithm. A quality of service associated with the client device may be determined based upon, at least in part, a difference between the client copy of the audio file and the local copy of the audio file. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301811 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATION SERVICES - The disclosed embodiments include a system and method for providing communication services that enables a customer to deactivate service when the service is not being used and reactivate the service when the service is being used. This process can save the customer money without the hassle of having to contact a service provider to cancel and reinstall communication services repeatedly. In addition, the customer can maintain consistent service such as, but not limited to, maintaining his/her calling number, maintaining contact information, speed dial information, saved voicemails or recordings, and other user personalized settings. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301812 | Message Backup Facilities - Facilities are provided herein for backing up messages and related activities. An active telephone call is initiated to a voicemail server and recording of the audio stream of the active telephone call is initiated to record a voicemail message being played back during the telephone call. The recorded voicemail message may then be edited, tagged, enhanced, organized with other messages, and shared, as examples. In another aspect, backup of messages is facilitated by an intermediary system that establishes an active telephone call between a voicemail server and a client. The intermediary system passes a request from the client to the voicemail server to commence playback of a voicemail message, and the intermediary system records a portion of the audio stream of the active telephone call. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301813 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROCESS AN INCOMING MESSAGE - A method and apparatus to process an incoming message is described. The method may comprise, at a recipient system, receiving an incoming message from a message communicator and automatically analyzing message content to identify a keyword included in the message content. Thereafter, a predefined action associated with the keyword may be identified and the action may be performed. In an example embodiment, the predefined action may be a priority with the message, alerting an intended recipient of the message, routing the message to the intended recipient, paging the intended recipient, emailing the message to the intended recipient, sending an SMS message to the intended recipient, or the like. In an example embodiment, a user/owner of a mailbox may search a message database to identify incoming messages which includes the search term in the message content. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301814 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTERNALLY MAPPING AN INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE MENU - Interactive voice response mapping used in a transaction between a waiting party and a queuing party includes the queuing party having a queuing calling system (QCS), and communications with the QCS to extract navigational information from the QCS and generating an IVR map. An editor corrects mistakes and removes text that is not relevant to navigational information. Audio communications from the QCS is processed and converted to text or graphical representation. The audio communications from the QCS is compared with an existing IVR map to validate and/or modify the existing IVR map. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301815 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTERNALLY MAPPING AN INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE MENU - An interactive voice response (IVR) mapping system (IVRMS) is used in a transaction between a waiting party and a queuing party, wherein the queuing party has a queuing calling system (QCS). The IVRMS communicates with the QCS for extracting navigational information from the QCS and generates an IVR map of the QCS. The IVRMS performs map validation by comparing the IVR map with extracted navigational information, and determines if a certain threshold of matching is not met. Optionally, a primary IVR map and a supplementary IVR map of the QCS are created. An editor corrects mistakes in an automated speech-to-text conversion process, removes text that is not relevant for visual navigation, corrects structure of an IVR map via adding, removes or changes commands, or a combination thereof. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301816 | Intelligent Mechanism to Automatically Discover and Notify a Potential Participant of a Teleconference - Notifying an identified person of a teleconference is provided. Data corresponding to an audio record of the teleconference is received during the teleconference. Pattern recognition is performed on the data during the teleconference. In response to recognizing in the data a pattern corresponding to an identification of the identified person during the teleconference, a device associated with the identified person is contacted during the teleconference. A response related to the audio record is received from the device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301817 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CALLING-PARTY IDENTIFICATION - The present invention provides a system, method, and apparatus for managing the calling-party identification information offered to called parties. Accordingly, a caller can designate the Caller ID information to the called party based on the context of the call (e.g. the role of the caller) rather than the terminal used. Typically the calling party does this by selecting which of multiple values they wish to have sent with the call request. It is beneficial to implement such a mechanism in a secure manner—the ability to employ a different calling-number or calling-name ID should be restricted to properly-authorized and authenticated persons—in order to ensure the quality of this information. Accordingly, preferred embodiments include an authentication mechanism for verifying the calling party information is authentic. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301818 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CALLING-PARTY IDENTIFICATION - The present invention provides a system, method, and apparatus for managing the calling-party identification information offered to called parties. Accordingly, a caller can designate the Caller ID information to the called party based on the context of the call (e.g. the role of the caller) rather than the terminal used. Typically the calling party does this by selecting which of multiple values they wish to have sent with the call request. It is beneficial to implement such a mechanism in a secure manner—the ability to employ a different calling-number or calling-name ID should be restricted to properly-authorized and authenticated persons—in order to ensure the quality of this information. Accordingly, preferred embodiments include an authentication mechanism for verifying the calling party information is authentic. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301819 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR CALL PROCESSING - A method, a system and a device for call processing are disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention. The method includes: obtaining, by a call initiator, address information of all or part of call managers in a network domain that processes a call, where the all or part of the call managers include a call manager that processes the call and is adjacent to the call initiator; sending, by the call initiator, a first call creating request message to an adjacent call manager according to the address information of the all or part of the call managers; and receiving, by the call initiator, a first call creating response message from the adjacent call manager. In the case that a service at a client side is required to be sent through multiple networks at a server side, inter-domain link selection and admission control may be implemented through section call processing. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301820 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLIENT INTERACTION APPLICATION INTEGRATION - A system for client interaction application integration, comprising a plurality of enterprise communications systems, each comprising at least a call status system; and a callback cloud accessible coupled to the plurality of enterprise communications systems via a data network; wherein, upon receipt of a request from a consumer user to initiate a callback to the consumer user, the callback cloud performs the steps of: (a) obtaining from at least one of the enterprise communications systems a status of communications resources comprising at least an estimated wait time; (b) sending a notification to the consumer user from whom the request was received advising the consumer user of the estimated wait time for service; (c) providing at least an option to wait for a callback to the consumer user from whom the request was received; (d) receiving a selection from the consumer user from whom the request was received; and (e) directing at least one of the enterprise communications systems to initiate a callback to the consumer user from whom the request was received in response to the selection received from the consumer user; and
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20130301821 | SYSTEMS AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMMUNICATING WITH AN AUTOMATED INTERACTIVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE SYSTEM - In one embodiment a method for accessing and interacting with an interactive telecommunications service system is disclosed. The method can include activating a programming mode, entering a plurality of keystrokes to create a keyed sequence where the keyed sequence can include a telephone number and a menu response sequence. The menu response sequence can control the menu driven portion of the telecom service system after the device is connected via a telecommunications network. The keyed sequence can include delays between each of the plurality of keystrokes. The delays can be recorded and a session identifier can also be recorded. The keyed sequence can be associated with the delays and the session identifier in response to the activated programming mode. Access to the service and results from a service request can be automated by the disclosed arrangements. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301822 | PARALLEL FORKING WITH AOR CHAINING - The concept of chained parallel forking is introduced. Addresses of record are included in a contactee's contact resolution preferences to enable an incoming INVITE message to be routed to one or more users as well as other devices, per the contactee's contact resolution preferences. A communication system configured to execute the chained parallel forking contact resolution process is also described. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301823 | Extracting social relations from calling time data - A method, apparatus, and computer program product for generating a social network data structure, the method comprising: receiving a corpus comprising one or more communication indications for one or more customers, each communication indication indicating start time and end time of a communication of the customer; and generating a social network data structure indicating connections between customers based upon the start time and end time indications of communication indication comprised in the communication indications. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301824 | CROSSTALK CANCELLATION DEVICE AND METHOD WITH IMPROVED VECTORING STABILISATION - A crosstalk cancellation device cancels crosstalk noise of at most M disturbing communication lines in a victim communication line forming part of a vectoring group. The crosstalk cancellation device gradually decreases the cancellation depth of a cancelled disturbing communication line in the victim communication line upon a crosstalk noise variation in the vectoring group requiring cancellation of crosstalk noise of a not yet cancelled disturbing communication line in the victim communication line. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301825 | SELECTIVELY ADAPTABLE FAR-END ECHO CANCELLATION IN A PACKET VOICE SYSTEM - A packet voice transceiver adapted to reside at a first end of a communication network and to send an ingress communication signal comprising voice packets to, and receive an egress communication signal comprising voice packets from, a second packet voice transceiver residing at a second end of the communication network. The packet voice transceiver includes a far-end echo canceller that reduces echo that is present in the egress communication signal. The far-end communicates with other functional components of the transceiver system and cancels echo or refrains from canceling echo based on the activity of the other functional components. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301826 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR PROTECTING CRYPTOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMS FROM SIDE-CHANNEL ATTACKS - A system for protecting algorithms from side-channel attacks includes a digital processor having a first register, a second register, and a third register; an execution unit; and a processing unit. The execution unit executes an iterative loop for computing a value of a variable and sets a value of the first register based on either an operation or an instruction (or both) within the iterative loop. The processing unit stores the computed value of the variable in the second register and stores a predefined constant in the third register. Side-channel protection may also be provided by a method, a processor, and a program stored on a computer-readable medium. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301827 | AUTHENTICATION OF ENCRYPTED DATA BLOCKS - An authentication-encryption unit provides at least one encryption element, where each encryption element encrypts a plain-data block and accordingly generates a cipher-data block. A common checksum is calculated over each cipher-data block. It is possible to select via a selection unit in each encryption element which data bits in each cipher-data block are to be used to calculate the common checksum. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301828 | METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A SECURE COMMUNICATION CHANNEL - The present invention provides a method for establishing a secure communication channel between a client (C) and a remote server (S), said client (C) and remote server (S) exchanging data through an intermediate entity (G), said client (C) having a long-term key pair (sk | 2013-11-14 |
20130301829 | ELECTRONIC KEY REGISTRATION SYSTEM - An electronic key registration system includes a controller of a communication subject, an initial electronic key that communicates with the communication subject and has an initial encryption key generation code, an additional electronic key that communicates with the communication subject, and an information center including an additional encryption key. The initial electronic key holds an initial encryption key generated from the initial encryption key generation code and a logic. The controller holds the logic and identification information of the communication subject. The controller acquires the initial encryption key generation code from the initial electronic key, generates an initial encryption key from the initial encryption key generation code and the logic held by the controller, and stores the initial encryption key. The information center sends the additional encryption key to the additional electronic key or the controller through a network. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301830 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF SECURE ENTRY AND HANDLING OF PASSWORDS - Devices, system, and methods of secure entry and handling of passwords and Personal Identification Numbers (PINs), as well as for secure local storage, secure user authentication, and secure payment via mobile devices and via payment terminals. A mobile electronic device includes: a secure execution environment (SEE) to securely execute code; and a secure video path (SVP) to securely exchange information between the SEE and a touch-screen of the mobile electronic device; wherein the SEE includes a secure password entry module to generate a scrambled on-screen interface, and to send the scrambled on-screen interface to the touch-screen through the SVP. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301831 | DATA STRUCTURE OF MULTIMEDIA FILE FORMAT, ENCRYPTING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF, AND DECRYPTING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - In a data structure of a multimedia file format, a movie box and a media data box are provided. In each box, a non-encrypted size field, a non-encrypted type field and box data field are provided. In box data of the movie box, information data regarding multimedia data is stored. The multimedia data is encrypted and stored in box data of the media data box. The information data is obtained by referring to the container in the movie box. This information data is held as encryption and encoding information data. By referring to the information data, a data unit of the encrypted multimedia data in the media data box is obtained, and the unit data is decrypted. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301832 | FINGERPRINT SCANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments relate to methods and systems for gathering, archiving, transmitting, and processing forensic and latent fingerprints. An integrated forensic fingerprint scanning system is provided that includes a number of features for use with forensic-quality fingerprinting. One set of features of embodiments of the portable forensic fingerprint scanning system provides real-time feedback for accurate fingerprinting and training, including visual and/or audio feedback. Another set of features provides cadence-based functionality for improving fingerprinting results. Another set of features provides cryptographic-based approaches to secure highly sensitive collected fingerprint information against loss, theft, or surreptitious modification or tampering. Yet another set of features provides latent fingerprint collections and processing. Still another set of features provides various databasing functions, including centralized storage, data sharing, secure networking, etc. And another set of features provides compatibility with a large variety of jurisdiction-specific inputs and/or outputs, including linguistic interactivity, alerts, print cards, etc. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301833 | System and Method for Establishing a Secure Connection in Communications Systems - A method for establishing a secure connection between a station and an access point includes transmitting a communications system management message to the station, the communications system management message including an access point nonce. The method also includes receiving a station nonce from the station, and determining a first security key according to the access point nonce and the station nonce. The method further includes securing a connection between the station and the access point using the first security key. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301834 | ELECTRONIC KEY REGISTRATION SYSTEM - An electronic key registration system registers a key ID and an encryption key of an electronic key to a controller installed in a communication subject that communicates with the electronic key through wireless connection. The electronic key includes a monitoring unit that monitors whether or not registration of the electronic key is attempted in a permissible period. A registration invalidation unit prohibits registration of the electronic key to the communication subject when the permissible period expires. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301835 | DETERMINING THE INTER-CHANNEL TIME DIFFERENCE OF A MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO SIGNAL - There is provided a method and device for determining an inter-channel time difference of a multi-channel audio signal having at least two channels. A determination is made, at a number of consecutive time instances, of inter-channel correlation based on a cross-correlation function involving at least two different channels of the multi-channel audio signal. Each value of the inter-channel correlation is associated with a corresponding value of the inter-channel time difference. An adaptive inter-channel correlation threshold is adaptively determined based on adaptive smoothing of the inter-channel correlation in time. A current value of the inter-channel correlation is then evaluated in relation to the adaptive inter-channel correlation threshold to determine whether the corresponding current value of the inter-channel time difference is relevant. Based on the result of this evaluation, an updated value of the inter-channel time difference is determined. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO MATRIX DECODING - An audio matrix decoder is provided for decoding input signals L | 2013-11-14 |
20130301837 | Audio User Interaction Recognition and Context Refinement - A system which tracks a social interaction between a plurality of participants, includes a fixed beamformer that is adapted to output a first spatially filtered output and configured to receive a plurality of second spatially filtered outputs from a plurality of steerable beamformers. Each steerable beamformer outputs a respective one of the second spatially filtered outputs associated with a different one of the participants. The system also includes a processor capable of determining a similarity between the first spatially filtered output and each of the second spatially filtered outputs. The processor determines the social interaction between the participants based on the similarity between the first spatially filtered output and each of the second spatially filtered outputs. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301838 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING A MUSIC DATABASE - A method for a user to buy a song from a remote music source, the method comprising the steps of:
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20130301839 | SOUND SYNTHESISER - A system for synthesising sounds which allows the user to specify time varying functions for multiple partials. The partials can be cyclical waveforms, for example sine waves, or sampled sounds, or a mixture of each. Partials can be included in the resulting sound by summing, convolution or otherwise. Time varying functions can be specified for the amplitude, frequency or other characteristic of each partial. In some embodiments the resulting waveform can be displayed in various formats to assist with visualising the result of the synthesis. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301840 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNALS AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS THEREFOR - A method for processing audio signals is provided comprising outputting an audio signal; receiving the output audio signal via a first receiving path as a first received audio signal; receiving the output audio signal via a second receiving path as a second received audio signal; determining an echo suppression gain based on the first received audio signal and the second received audio signal; and filtering echo suppression of the audio signal based on the first received audio signal and the echo suppression gain. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301841 | AUDIO PROCESSING DEVICE, AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An audio processing device includes: a directivity adjustment unit adjusting directivity and sharpness thereof in audio picked up by plural microphones picking up audio; and a howling suppression adjustment unit adjusting intensity of suppressing howling of audio picked up by the plural microphones, wherein the directivity adjustment unit adjusts the directivity and sharpness thereof in preference to the howling suppression of audio performed by the howling suppression adjustment unit. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301842 | NOISE BURST ADAPTATION OF SECONDARY PATH ADAPTIVE RESPONSE IN NOISE-CANCELING PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICES - A personal audio device, such as a wireless telephone, generates an anti-noise signal from an error microphone signal and injects the anti-noise signal into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. The error microphone is also provided proximate the speaker to provide an error signal indicative of the effectiveness of the noise cancellation. A secondary path estimating adaptive filter is used to estimate the electro-acoustical path from the noise canceling circuit through the transducer so that source audio can be removed from the error signal. Noise bursts are injected intermittently and the adaptation of the secondary path estimating adaptive filter controlled, so that the secondary path estimate can be maintained irrespective of the presence and amplitude of the source audio. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301843 | SUPPRESSION DEVICE FOR OUTDOOR NOISE IN INDOOR SPACE - The suppression device for outdoor noises in indoor space solves the technical problems on realizing better sound insulation effect within the room space and creating a quiet atmosphere for people's living environment. The structure includes an anti-noise sound source synchronized to and invert with outdoor noises. The circuit structure of suppression device includes a directional reception and processing circuit for outdoor noises, a attenuation control circuit, a multi-channel digital amplifier circuit, and loudspeaker being installed at the inlet of indoor noises. The directional reception and processing circuit for outdoor noises processes the noise signals collected from the outdoor environment and generates the inverted-phase signals, and then transmits them to the input terminal of attenuation control circuit. After being processed with attenuation by attenuation control circuit, the reverse-phase signals are sent out to input terminal of multi-channel digital amplifier circuit, which then enables the loudspeaker to generate noise compensation signals inverted to outdoor noises. This invention can provide the whole system with noise suppression capability over 28 dB. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301844 | Voice Signals Improvements in Compressed Wireless Communications Systems - Improvements in voice signals transmitted within communication systems are obtained by use of adaptive filters, front and rear microphones, noise cancelling systems and other means and methods. Disclosed embodiments include the use of directional microphones, primary inputs, secondary inputs, adaptive weight generators, canceller outputs to improve signal to noise ratios and other communication attributes. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301845 | EAR PLUG DEVICES, METHODS AND KITS FOR THE INDUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF QUALITY OF SLEEP - An ear plug system according to various embodiments can include an ear plug device and an electronic control unit. The ear plug device can be configured to include a white noise component, an ear cover, acupuncture nodes and a headband. The white noise component masks select external noises. The ear cover covers a portion of the user's ear. At least one acupuncture nodules is provided in the ear cover to apply pressure, without penetrating the user's skin. The headband extends at least partially around the user's head and applies compressive force to the ear plug device and the acupuncture nodes to ensure a proper fit and comfort. The electronic control unit wirelessly or directly connects to the ear plug device for controlling the operation of the ear plug device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301846 | FREQUENCY AND DIRECTION-DEPENDENT AMBIENT SOUND HANDLING IN PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICES HAVING ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION (ANC) - A personal audio device, such as a wireless telephone, includes noise canceling circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal and injects the anti-noise signal into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. An error microphone may also be provided proximate the speaker to measure the output of the transducer in order to control the adaptation of the anti-noise signal and to estimate an electro-acoustical path from the noise canceling circuit through the transducer. A processing circuit that performs the adaptive noise canceling (ANC) function also detects frequency-dependent characteristics in and/or direction of the ambient sounds and alters adaptation of the noise canceling circuit in response to the detection. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301847 | SEQUENCED ADAPTATION OF ANTI-NOISE GENERATOR RESPONSE AND SECONDARY PATH RESPONSE IN AN ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELING SYSTEM - A personal audio device, such as a wireless telephone, includes an adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit that adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal and injects the anti-noise signal into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. An error microphone is also provided proximate to the speaker to provide an error signal indicative of the effectiveness of the noise cancellation. A secondary path estimating adaptive filter is used to estimate the electro-acoustical path from the noise canceling circuit through the transducer so that source audio can be removed from the error signal. Adaptation of adaptive filters is sequenced so that update of their coefficients does not cause instability or error in the update. A level of the source audio with respect to the ambient audio can be determined to determine whether the system may generate erroneous anti-noise and/or become unstable. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301848 | DOWNLINK TONE DETECTION AND ADAPTATION OF A SECONDARY PATH RESPONSE MODEL IN AN ADAPTIVE NOISE CANCELING SYSTEM - An adaptive noise canceling (ANC) circuit adaptively generates an anti-noise signal from a reference microphone signal that is injected into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. An error microphone proximate the speaker provides an error signal. A secondary path estimating adaptive filter estimates the electro-acoustical path from the noise canceling circuit through the transducer so that source audio can be removed from the error signal. Tones in the source audio, such as remote ringtones, present in downlink audio during initiation of a telephone call, are detected by a tone detector using accumulated tone persistence and non-silence hangover counting, and adaptation of the secondary path estimating adaptive filter is halted to prevent adapting to the tones. Adaptation of the adaptive filters is then sequenced so any disruption of the secondary path adaptive filter response is removed before allowing the anti-noise generating filter to adapt. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301849 | ERROR-SIGNAL CONTENT CONTROLLED ADAPTATION OF SECONDARY AND LEAKAGE PATH MODELS IN NOISE-CANCELING PERSONAL AUDIO DEVICES - A personal audio device, such as a wireless telephone, generates an anti-noise signal from a microphone signal and injects the anti-noise signal into the speaker or other transducer output to cause cancellation of ambient audio sounds. The microphone measures the ambient environment, but also contains a component due to the transducer acoustic output. An adaptive filter is used to estimate the electro-acoustical path from the noise-canceling circuit through the transducer to the at least one microphone so that source audio can be removed from the microphone signal. A determination of the relative amount of the ambient sounds present in the microphone signal versus the amount of the transducer output of the source audio present in the microphone signal is made to determine whether to update the adaptive response. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301850 | METHOD AND EARPIECE FOR VISUAL OPERATIONAL STATUS INDICATION - An earpiece can include an Ambient Sound Microphone (ASM), an Ear Canal Receiver (ECR), a transceiver, an illumination element, and a processor to provide visual operational mode indication via the illumination element. The operational mode can correspond to an active phone call, an incoming phone call, a terminated phone, a caller-on-hold condition, a recording mode, a voice mail mode, a mute mode, an audible transparency mode or an ear-plug mode. The intensity, frequency, amplitude, color or duration of the lighting can be adjusted according to the operational mode. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301851 | AUDIO-OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT, ACCESSORY, EARPIECE UNIT AND AUDIO DEVICE - There is provided an arrangement, an accessory ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130301852 | SOUND PROCESSOR HOUSINGS, SOUND PROCESSORS AND IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME - Sound processor housings, sound processors and systems including sound processors are disclosed. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301853 | INDUCED SIGNAL REMOVING CIRCUIT - [Object] To provide an induced signal removing circuit that feeds back induced voltage regarded as electrical signals into the input side of an inductive load to remove the induced voltage from the metal part, the induced voltage appearing even across an insulated metal part in response to signals input to the inductive load. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301854 | AUDIO AMPLIFIER - An audio amplifier includes a compensation unit, an output unit and a calibration unit. The compensation unit generates a compensation signal based on a digital input signal, a digital reference code, a mode signal and a digital approximation code. The output unit generates an output signal based on the compensated input signal. The calibration unit generates the digital approximation code based on the output signal and the mode signal. The digital approximation code includes a plurality of bits that are generated sequentially. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301855 | SPHERICALLY HOUSED LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM - A loudspeaker system for the reproduction of acoustic waves of music, sound and speech in a substantially circular horizontal plane. The loudspeaker system includes multiple spherical enclosures, each enclosure housing a pair of transducers, each pair of transducers producing acoustic waves of a predetermined frequency range. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301856 | PIEZOELECTRIC SPEAKER HAVING WEIGHT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a piezoelectric speaker having a weight that enables a frequency response characteristic of the piezoelectric speaker to be uniform by disposing a weight of a flexible material on an acoustic diaphragm or on and below an acoustic diaphragm of the piezoelectric speaker, thereby enhancing flatness of sound. The piezoelectric speaker having the weight includes a piezoelectric device having a piezoelectric layer and an electrode formed on or on and below the piezoelectric layer to apply an electrical signal to the piezoelectric layer; an acoustic diaphragm having a wider area than the piezoelectric device and bonded on one surface of the piezoelectric device; a frame disposed in a form that surrounds a side surface of the acoustic diaphragm; and a weight disposed above the acoustic diaphragm or above and below the acoustic diaphragm on which the piezoelectric device is disposed to thereby control a vibration. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301857 | AUDIO PROCESSING APPARATUS - The number of digital-analog converters is decreased in an audio processing apparatus that outputs an audio signal to not only a device disposed in a main room but also a device disposed in a sub-room. The audio processing apparatus includes a digital-analog conversion unit for outputting an extended left audio signal and an extended right audio signal in an analog format, or for outputting a sub-room left audio signal and a sub-room right audio signal in the analog format; and an input switch unit that switches between a supply of a combination of the extended left audio signal and the extended right audio signal to the digital-analog conversion unit and a supply of a combination of the sub-room left audio signal and the sub-room right audio signal to the digital-analog conversion unit. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301858 | HEARING DEVICE AND A METHOD OF COMPENSATING A FREQUENCY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER - A hearing device includes: a processing unit; a filter; and a wireless receiver; wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a time difference between a start of the wireless receiver and a reception of a corresponding data packet from a transmitter; wherein the filter is configured to determine a time period as a function of a plurality of time differences that include the time difference determined by the processing unit; and wherein the processing unit is further configured to control the wireless receiver such that the wireless receiver is started in the time period before reception of a subsequent data packet from the transmitter. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301859 | SOUND PROCESSORS WITH LIGHT TRANSMISSIVE SEALS AND IMPLANTABLE COCHLEAR STIMULATION SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME - Sound processors with light transmissive seals and systems including such sound processors are disclosed. A seal, formed in part from substantially translucent material and having at least a portion of the substantially translucent material associated with the housing exterior of the sound processor, transmits light from a light emitter carried within the housing to indicate an operational aspect of the sound processor. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301860 | HEARING AID WITH AUTOMATIC MODE CHANGE CAPABILITIES - A hearing aid includes a casing configured to fit behind an ear of a user's head and against a side of the user's head. The hearing aid further includes a first proximity sensor associated with the casing and configured to generate a first signal that is proportional to a proximity of the casing to the ear and includes a processor coupled to the first proximity sensor and configured to select an operating mode from a plurality of operating modes in response to the first signal. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301861 | EXTENDABLE SOUND BAR - An extendable sound bar assembly comprising at least an extending bar segment and a plurality of detachable bar segments is described, the extending bar segment having first and second locking structures, the detachable bar segments including first and second bar segments. The first bar segment can include a third locking structure capable of interlocking with the first locking structure to allow the first bar segment to be attached to and detached from the extending bar segment. The second bar segment can include a fourth locking structure capable of interlocking with the second locking structure to allow the second bar segment to be attached to and detached from the extending bar segment. The first and second bar segments can be aligned with the extending bar segment to form a single sound bar. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301862 | LOUDSPEAKER ARRAY ELEMENT - A loudspeaker array element with an internal rigid structural frame and at least one interface for attaching one or more of enclosures, rigging components, waveguides, sound chambers, transducers and electronics to the frame is provided. Further configurations are provided for heat sinking of electrically powered devices such as loudspeakers, as well as power amplifiers, digital signal processing and networking hardware. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301863 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND/OR COVER FOR A HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A cover for a hand-held device or a hand-held device housing includes a channel in communication with a speaker of the hand-held device for redirecting at least a portion of the sound waves emitted from the speaker to a location remote from the speaker. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301864 | EARBUD CORD ANTI-TANGLING DEVICE - A device for preventing the tangling of cords associated with in-ear earphones is disclosed. The device includes an annular portion and a sectioned membrane disposed interior to the annular portion. The annular portion is formed of an elastomeric material. The sectioned membrane includes a plurality of separate sections where each section is configured to be displaced independently of another section. The sectioned membrane is configured to grip a cord associated with a pair of in-ear earphones. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301865 | WIDE-RANGE, WIDE-ANGLE LOUDSPEAKER DRIVER - An air motion transformer loudspeaker driver including a plurality of diaphragm layers having electric conductors. Each of the diaphragm layers defines a surface having at least one curved portion. The curved portions have an axis of curvature being perpendicular to the surface of the diaphragm layer at the location of the curved diaphragm portions. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301866 | Acoustic Device - The invention relates to an acoustic device and a method of making the same. The acoustic device comprises a diaphragm having an area and having an operating frequency range comprising a part in which the diaphragm moves in whole body mode and a part which includes at least the first bending mode. The acoustic device also comprises a moving coil transducer adapted to move the diaphragm in translation and having a voice coil coupled to the diaphragm and a magnet system and adapted to exchange energy with the diaphragm. The acoustic device also comprises at least one mechanical impedance means coupled to or integral with the diaphragm. The positioning and mass of the transducer voice coil and of the at least one mechanical impedance means is such that the net modal transverse velocity over the area of the diaphragm tends to zero. The transducer comprises a moving coil assembly having a coil former on which are mounted a plurality of voice coils in an axially-spaced array. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301867 | LOUDSPEAKER RESIN MOLDING COMPONENT AND LOUDSPEAKER USING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MOBILE APPARATUS USING THE LOUDSPEAKER - A loudspeaker resin molding component includes resin and bamboo fibers refined to have a microfibril status and carbonized. By this configuration, such a loudspeaker resin molding component can achieve both of a high elastic modulus and a large internal loss. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301868 | BOBBIN AND LOUDSPEAKER USING THE SAME - A bobbin includes a stratiform composite structure. The stratiform composite structure includes an amorphous carbon structure and a carbon nanotube film structure composited with the amorphous carbon structure. The amorphous carbon structure and the carbon nanotube film structure are combined by van der Waals attractive force and covalent bonds therebetween. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301869 | FORENSIC MARKING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME CONTENT SERVICE - A forensic marking apparatus includes a preprocessing unit configured to selectively perform preprocessing for forensic processing on content to be provided to a user terminal; and a forensic processing unit configured to perform forensic marking on the content by combining content files preprocessed by the preprocessing unit or perform the forensic marking on an uncompressed original content file in real time, in accordance with a forensic processing method set for the content. Further, the forensic marking apparatus includes a control unit configured to determine the forensic processing method for the content, to control the forensic processing unit so that forensic processing is performed on the content in accordance with the determined method, and to provide the forensic-processed content to the user terminal. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301870 | EMBEDDING VISUAL INFORMATION IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL BAR CODE - A two dimensional barcode containing encoded information can be embedded with an image with a high visual quality. The encoded information within the barcode is meaningful to machines, while the image is meaningful to humans. The two dimensional barcode embedded with the image is designed such that machines can decode the information encoded within the two dimensional barcode even with the distortion from the image. The subject application describes various systems, methods and devices that can facilitate embedding the image within the two dimensional barcode, detecting the two dimensional barcode embedded with the image within a practical environment, and decoding the encoded information from the two dimensional barcode even with the distortion from the image. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301871 | ARCHITECTURES AND METHODS FOR CREATING AND REPRESENTING TIME-DEPENDENT IMAGERY - The present invention pertains to geographical image processing of time-dependent imagery. Various assets acquired at different times are stored and processing according to acquisition date in order to generate one or more image tiles for a geographical region of interest. The different image tiles are sorted based on asset acquisition date. Multiple image tiles for the same region of interest may be available. In response to a user request for imagery as of a certain date, one or more image tiles associated with assets from prior to that date are used to generate a time-based geographical image for the user. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301872 | HARDWARE-ENFORCED, ALWAYS-ON INSERTION OF A WATERMARK IN A VIDEO PROCESSING PATH - A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for inserting a watermark in a media program is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the method comprises the steps of receiving data comprising the media program in the receiver disposed at a subscriber station, generating a watermark, the watermark generated at least in part according to a secure data processor-unique identifier irreversibly stored in the secure data processor, processing the received data to reproduce the media program, and inserting portions of the generated watermark in the reproduced media program at locations determined at least in part according to the secure data processor-unique identifier to produce a watermarked media program provided for display. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301873 | BALLOT ADJUDICATION IN VOTING SYSTEMS UTILIZING BALLOT IMAGES - Methods, systems, and devices are described for adjudicating votes made on voter-marked paper ballots. Voter-marked paper ballots may be scanned to obtain optical image data of the voter-marked paper ballots. The optical image may be analyzed to determine the votes contained in the ballot for tabulation purposes. One or more votes on the ballot may be identified as requiring adjudication by an election official. Adjudication information, according to various embodiments, is appended to the optical images of the voter-marked paper ballots such that the image of the ballot and the image of the adjudication information may be viewed in an optical image. The optical image may be stored in a file format that allows the ballot image and the appended adjudication information to be viewed using readily available image viewers. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301874 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REALTIME DE-DUPLICATION OF OBJECTS IN AN ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP GRAPH - Method, system, and programs for realtime de-duplication of objects. A received object is hashed to generate a hashed object, which is then used to generate a query for an inverted index. Candidate matching objects are determined based on the query of the inverted index. From the candidate matching objects, a matched object that corresponds to the received object is determined. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301875 | AUGMENTED REALITY VIRTUAL AUTOMOTIVE X-RAY HAVING SERVICE INFORMATION - A tool for providing a user with information on a particular object related to a position and an orientation of the tool with respect to the object includes an image capturing device configured to capture an image of the object. The tool further includes a position and orientation sensor configured to determine the position of the tool with respect to the object, a processor configured to determine from the image the type of object, a display configured to display the image of the object, the display further configured to display additional information in addition to the image of the object in response to the determination of the type of object, and the processor further configured to determine a change in one of the position and the orientation of the sensor and the tool and further configured to modify the display. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301876 | VIDEO ANALYSIS | 2013-11-14 |
20130301877 | IMAGE READING OUT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE READING OUT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image reading out control apparatus comprises: a detection unit configured to detect an object on an image captured by an image capturing unit; and a control unit configured to control an interval to extract images of a region including the object from the image capturing unit, according to the moving speed of the object detected by the detection unit. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BOOK LEAF TRACKING - A method of book leaf tracking comprises receiving a video image comprising a book, estimating the current position and orientation of the book within the video image in response to a fiduciary marker of the book visible in the image,estimating the visibility of one or more predetermined features of the book, calculating a range of leaf turning angles that is consistent with the detected visibility of the or each predetermined feature of the book for the estimated current position and orientation of the book, and estimating the angle of a turning leaf of the book responsive to the calculated range. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301879 | OPERATING A COMPUTING DEVICE BY DETECTING ROUNDED OBJECTS IN AN IMAGE - A method is disclosed for operating a computing device. One or more images of a scene captured by an image capturing device of the computing device is processed. The scene includes an object of interest that is in motion and that has a rounded shape. The one or more images are processed by detecting a rounded object that corresponds to the object of interest. Position information is determined based on a relative position of the rounded object in the one or more images. One or more processes are implemented that utilize the position information determined from the relative position of the rounded object. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301880 | DISPLACEMENT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A displacement detection method includes the steps of: capturing a first frame and a second frame; selecting a first block with a predetermined size in the first frame and selecting a second block with the predetermined size in the second frame; determining a displacement according to the first block and the second block; comparing the displacement with at least one threshold; and adjusting the predetermined size according to a comparison result of comparing the displacement and the threshold. The present invention further provides a displacement detection apparatus. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301881 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an image processing apparatus including a dynamic body detecting unit for detecting a dynamic body contained in a moving image, a dynamic body region setting unit for, during a predetermined time from a time point the dynamic body is detected by the dynamic body detecting unit, setting a region containing the dynamic body at the detection time point as a dynamic body region, and a fluctuation removable processing unit for performing a fluctuation removal process on a region other than the dynamic body region set by the dynamic body region setting unit. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301882 | ORIENTATION STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE AND ORIENTATION STATE ESTIMATION METHOD - Disclosed is an orientation state estimation device capable of estimating with high accuracy the orientation state of a jointed body. An orientation state estimation device ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130301883 | REMOTE APPROVAL OF PRINT - Systems and methods for providing remote approval of an image for printing are provided. One system includes a processing circuit in communication with an image capturing device that is configured to capture an image of a printed product. The processing circuit is configured to process the captured image into a processed image accurate to within a tolerance in a color space to indicate the visual appearance of one or more colors. The color space is a standardized color space, such as sRGB or CIELAB. The processing circuit is further configured to transmit the processed image to a display located remote from the image capturing device and to receive an input signal from a remote input device to allow a user to approve or reject the displayed processed image for printing on a print device. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301884 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTED MAINTENANCE IN A GAMING MACHINE USING A MOBILE DEVICE - A gaming system is disclosed for enabling a technician to open a door of a gaming machine without needing a physical key having a biometric controlled door lock. The system comprising: one or more gaming machines each having a door, a server connected to the one or more gaming machines via a network, and one or more mobile devices. The server stores a code decoding module for determining a gaming machine identifier (ID). The gaming machine ID is used by a gaming machine ID database to determine which gaming machine has been scanned. Each mobile device enables a technician to scan a code on the gaming machine using the camera on the mobile device. The mobile device transmits a mobile device identifier and a technician's personal identification number, after which the door unlocks after the gaming machine receives an unlock signal. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301885 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image including a face is input (S | 2013-11-14 |
20130301886 | AUTHENTICATION CARD, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, GUIDANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention is an authentication card having: an imaging means that images the face of a person to be authenticated; and a guidance means that performs guidance that leads the person to be authenticated in a manner so that it is possible to capture an image from which at least the feature quantities of the face of the person to be authenticated necessary for authentication comparison can be extracted. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301887 | LATENT FINGERPRINT DETECTORS AND FINGERPRINT SCANNERS THEREFROM - This document relates to systems and method for latent fingerprint detection using specular reflection (glare). An exemplary system may include a light source alignment portion configured to align a light source at an illumination angle relative to a sample surface such that the light source illuminates a sample surface so that the surface produces specular reflection. The system may also include a specular reflection discriminator that directs the produced specular reflection to an optical detector aligned relative to said sample surface at an alignment angle that is substantially equal to an angle of reflection of the produced specular reflection. Preferably, the directed specular reflection does not saturate the optical detector; and the optical detector captures the specular reflection from the sample surface and generates image data using essentially only the specular reflection. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301888 | Methods And Compositions For Base Calling Nucleic Acids - The invention provides methods and compositions, including, without limitation, algorithms, computer readable media, computer programs, apparatus, and systems for determining the identity of nucleic acids in nucleotide sequences using, for example, data obtained from sequencing by synthesis methods. The methods of the invention include correcting one or more phenomena that are encountered during nucleotide sequencing, such as using sequencing by synthesis methods. These phenomena include, without limitation, sequence lead, sequence lag, spectral crosstalk, and noise resulting from variations in illumination and/or filter responses. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301889 | OPTIMAL, USER-FRIENDLY, OBJECT BACKGROUND SEPARATION - A method of identifying an object of interest can comprise obtaining first samples of an intensity distribution of one or more object of interest, obtaining second samples of an intensity distribution of confounder objects, transforming the first and second samples into an appropriate first space, performing dimension reduction on the transformed first and second samples, whereby the dimension reduction of the transformed first and second samples generates an object detector, transforming one or more of the digital images into the first space, performing dimension reduction on the transformed digital images, whereby the dimension reduction of the transformed digital images generates one or more reduced images, classifying one or more pixels of the one or more reduced images based on a comparison with the object detector, and identifying one ore more objects of interest from the classified pixels. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301890 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOSSY COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION OF COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY DATA - A compressor and decompressor for CT scanner data first performs a lossless compression of individual CT sample value. After this compression, the compression ratio CR is calculated. This is compared to a target compression ratio. If the target compression ratio is larger or equal than the achieved compression ratio, and additional lossy compression is performed by reducing the number of bits of the lossless compressed values. Immediately after such a lossy compression a lossy decompression is performed within the compressor and the decompressed values stored as history for the compressor keeping the compressor and decompressor in sync. This allows for a better quality of decompressed data while achieving a higher compression ratio. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301891 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE - A method of generating a magnetic resonance image includes: generating pieces of first interpolation data by interpolating pieces of data obtained from each of the plurality of coils; generating pieces of weighted data by weighting the pieces of first interpolation data with respect to a plurality of frequency bands; and obtaining the magnetic resonance image corresponding to a subject by using the pieces of weighted data. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301892 | Metallic Object MR Imaging Quality Control System - A system assesses quality of an image of human anatomical components in the presence of a metallic object. The system comprises an image processor for selecting an imaging protocol to use in imaging a test unit in response to data indicating a metal type employed in the test unit. The test unit includes, at least one object of the metal type used for a medical implant, an object comprising water and an object representing human fat. The water object and fat object are less than 3 centimeters, for example, distant from the metal object. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301893 | CONTOUR DELINEATION FOR RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING WITH REAL-TIME CONTOUR SEGMENT IMPACT RENDERING - A contouring module ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130301894 | CT IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION IN THE EXTENDED FIELD OF VIEW - A method is disclosed for the reconstruction of image data of an object under examination from measured data, wherein the measured data has been acquired during a relative rotational movement between a radiation source of a computed tomography system and the object under examination. A delimited area between the radiation source and a detector represents a field of view, in respect of which measured data can be acquired. During the measured data acquisition, parts of the object under examination were located at least partly outside of the field of view. A reconstruction is carried out of first image data from the measured data. The first image data is modified via a threshold value comparison, and the modified data is processed with a morphological filter, and projection data is calculated. The measured data is modified using the projection data, and, second image data is reconstructed. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301895 | AUTOMATIC REFERNCE SELECTION FOR REGISTRATION OF MEDICAL IMAGING TIME SERIES - A reference selection method includes receiving a plurality of volumes imaging an object of interest ( | 2013-11-14 |
20130301896 | EFFICIENT POINT SPREAD FUNCTION MODEL FOR MULTI-CHANNEL COLLIMATOR IN PHOTON IMAGING INCLUDING EXTRA-GEOMETRIC PHOTONS - The point spread function of a multi-channel collimator is modeled in photon imaging. The geometric aperture used in the point spread function is expanded to account for penetration, scattering, and/or imperfections of the collimator. The aperture is broadened using a weight that is a function of the distance of the source from the collimator. Rather than scaling the point spread function itself, the geometric aperture used in the point spread function is scaled to an effective aperture. The distance and geometric constraints may be used to determine the geometric aperture, but an additional broadening occurs as a function of the distance to account for non-ideal photon paths of travel. This additional broadening may improve the fidelity with respect to measured data relative to purely geometric or Gaussian models. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301897 | METHOD OF DEFORMABLE MOTION CORRECTION AND IMAGE REGISTRATION IN X-RAY STENT IMAGING | 2013-11-14 |
20130301898 | Method and Apparatus for Image Scoring and Analysis - Methods and systems for image scoring and analysis are provided. Scored and analyzed images may include digital pathology images. Image scoring and analysis methods may include techniques to identify nuclei and determine membrane staining extent through the use of a priori models. Image scoring and analysis methods may include techniques for membrane intensity determination. Images may be scored based on an extent of membrane staining and membrane intensity. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301899 | METHODS OF CHROMOGEN SEPARATION-BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS - Methods for chromogen separation-based image analysis are provided, with such methods being directed to quantitative video-microscopy techniques in cellular biology and pathology applications. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301900 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR - This invention relates to an information processing apparatus which assists diagnosis based on a tissue sample image obtained by staining and capturing a tissue. The information processing apparatus receives and analyzes lower magnification image data among a plurality of image data obtained at different magnifications for an area image selected in the tissue sample image. Based on the analysis result, the information processing apparatus determines whether analysis based on higher magnification image data is necessary. When analysis based on the higher magnification image data is necessary, the information processing apparatus notifies a request of transmitting the higher magnification image data for the area image, receives and analyzes the higher magnification image data transmitted in response to the transmission request, and transmits the analysis result. This arrangement can quickly provide high-accuracy diagnosis assistance for a tissue sample image from a pathologist regardless of the restriction of the transmission capacity. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301901 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A QUANTITY OF A BLOOD COMPONENT IN A FLUID CANISTER - A variation of a method for estimating a quantity of a blood component in a fluid canister includes: within an image of a canister, identifying a reference marker on the canister; selecting an area of the image based on the reference marker; correlating a portion of the selected area with a fluid level within the canister; estimating a volume of fluid within the canister based on the fluid level; extracting a feature from the selected area; correlating the extracted featured with a concentration of a blood component within the canister; and estimating a quantity of the blood component within the canister based on the estimated volume and the concentration of the blood component within the canister. | 2013-11-14 |
20130301902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING FOR MACHINE-VISION ANALYSIS - A computer-implemented method for designating a portion of a machine-vision analysis to be performed on a worker. A set of machine-vision algorithms is obtained for analyzing a digital image of a product. An overall time estimate is determined that represents the processing time to analyze the digital image using the entire set of machine-vision algorithms. If the overall time estimate is greater than a threshold value, then an algorithm time estimate for each of two or more algorithms of the set of machine-vision algorithms is obtained. A rank associated with each of the two or more algorithms is computed based on the algorithm time estimates. A designated algorithm to be performed on the worker is selected based on the rank associated with each of the two or more algorithms. The digital image may then be analyzed on the worker using the designated algorithm. | 2013-11-14 |