50th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 57 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150356921 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a pixel for improving an image quality. A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor to control a current supplied to the organic light emitting diode from a first power source connected to a first electrode of the first transistor in response to a voltage applied to a first node; a second transistor connected between the first node and a second node, and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; a first capacitor connected between the second node and a data line; and a third transistor connected between a second electrode of the first transistor and the second node, and turned on when a common control signal is supplied to a common control line. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356922 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR - A pixel circuit, a display device, and a drive method therefor. The pixel circuit comprises: a first power source (ELVDD), a second power source (ELVSS), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a first capacitor (C | 2015-12-10 |
20150356923 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device includes a plurality of display pixels, a plurality of data lines that are connected to the display pixels, and a plurality of sensing lines that are connected to the display pixels. Each display pixel includes a driving transistor comprising a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal, a capacitor connected to the first terminal of the driving transistor, a first switching transistor connected to the data line and the first terminal of the driving transistor, a light-emitting element connected to the third terminal of the driving transistor configured to emit light, a second switching transistor connected between the sensing line and the light-emitting element, and a third switching transistor connected between the third terminal of the driving transistor and the light-emitting element. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356924 | PIXEL CIRCUIT, ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCE DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel circuit, an organic electroluminescent display panel and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit includes a light emitting element, a first capacitor, a reset control module, a drive control module, a compensation control module, and a light emission control module. In a reset phase, the reset control module writes a reset signal at a reset signal end into a second end of the first capacitor. In a compensation phase, the reset control module writes a data signal at a data signal end into a first end of the first capacitor, and the drive control module charges the first capacitor through the compensation control module. In a light emission phase, both the light emission control module and the first capacitor enable the drive control module to drive the light emitting element with a stable current for emission of light. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356925 | DISPLAY PANEL MODULE, ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display panel module, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and method of driving the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the module includes a display panel divided into a first portion and a second portion and a plurality of scan and data lines divided into groups arranged in the first and second potions. The module further includes a first scan driver configured to sequentially apply scan signals to each of the first and second scan line groups. The first scan driver is further configured to substantially simultaneously apply the scan signals to corresponding scan lines of the first and second scan line groups. The module also includes a first data driver configured to output first data voltages to the first data line group and a second data driver configured to output second data voltages to the second data line group with the same timing as the first data driver. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356926 | STRETCHABLE DISPLAY AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A stretchable display includes a substrate, first wires on the substrate, second wire on the first wires, the second wires intersecting the first wires, organic light emitting layers at intersections of the first and second wires, and encapsulation layers formed on the respective organic light emitting layers. The encapsulation layers individually cover the respective organic light emitting layers. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356927 | DISPLAY CAPABLE OF REDUCING PASSIVE MATRIX COUPLING EFFECT - A display has a panel, a plurality of first traces and a plurality of second traces. The panel has a first passive matrix and a first coupling capacitor group. The first passive matrix has a plurality of first pixels, and the first coupling capacitor group has a plurality of first coupling capacitors. Each of the first pixels is coupled to a first storage capacitor and corresponds to at least a specific first coupling capacitor of the plurality of first coupling capacitors. The first storage capacitor is coupled to a specific first trace of the plurality of first traces and a specific second trace of the plurality of second traces. The specific first coupling capacitor is coupled to another first trace and the specific second trace, and the specific first coupling capacitor is not directly connected to any of the first pixels. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356928 | PIXEL DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a pixel driving circuit and a driving method thereof, and a display device. The pixel driving circuit is used for driving a pixel array, wherein each pixel in the pixel array comprises four sub-pixels with different colors, and wherein the pixel driving circuit comprises: at least one first sub-pixel driving chip and at least one second sub-pixel driving chip, wherein the at least one first sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to a part of sub-pixels corresponding thereto in corresponding pixels to drive them, and the at least one second sub-pixel driving chip each is connected to the other part of sub-pixels corresponding thereto in the corresponding pixels to drive them. In the invention, noise interference can be avoided, and the display quality is improved; the cost is reduced; signal transmitting efficiency is increased and the EMI characteristic of products is improved. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356929 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR CORRECTING DISPLAY NON-UNIFORMITY - A display device including a panel including a plurality of pixels, and a non-uniformity correction unit configured to perform interpolations with regard to different pixels in multiple stages to correct non-uniformity of the pixels may be provided. Further, a display device including a panel including a plurality of pixels, and a non-uniformity correction unit configured to perform first and second interpolations, the first interpolation for performing a first interpolation, and the second interpolation for performing a second interpolation using index information corresponding to a pixel of the plurality of pixels may be provided. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356930 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - [Problem] To provide a pixel circuit, and a display device provided therewith, that both reduces the number of transistors required for controlling an MEMS shutter and reduces the time for writing to a pixel. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356931 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display, which has a display surface, and a touch panel, which is spaced from and is opposed to the display surface. An opening of a panel frame portion-relative to the touch panel is formed to be larger than an opening of a front case relative to the display unit. An insulator portion extends toward a center of the opening of the front case beyond an inner peripheral part of the front case to mask the front case from eyesight of a user. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356932 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE FOR IMPROVING CROSSTALK CHARACTERISTICS - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a display including a plurality of pixels, a voltage compensation controller configured to control the plurality of pixels and determine whether to compensate a predetermined grayscale voltage to be applied to the plurality of pixels, and a voltage generator configured to provide the predetermined grayscale voltage to the plurality of pixels in response to the voltage compensation controller determining not to compensate the predetermined grayscale voltage, and to compensate the predetermined grayscale voltage and provide the compensated predetermined grayscale voltage to the plurality of pixels in response to the voltage compensation controller determining to compensate the predetermined grayscale voltage. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356933 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels arranged therein, the pixels including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel, and a fourth sub-pixel; and a signal processing unit that calculates output signals corresponding to the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel based on input signals corresponding to the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel. The signal processing unit calculates each of the output signals based on a result obtained by extracting and analyzing only information on a certain region within one frame from the input signals. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356934 | Display Driver Circuitry with Balanced Stress - A touch screen display may include gate line driver circuitry coupled to a display pixel array. The display may be provided with intra-frame pausing (IFP) capabilities, where touch or other operations may be performed during one or more intra-frame blanking intervals. In one suitable arrangement, a gate driver circuit may include multiple gate line driver segments each of which is activated by a separate gate start pulse is that received through a demultiplexing circuit. In another suitable embodiment, the gate driver circuit may include analog or digital gate driver units that include control circuits for selectively (dis)charging internal nodes in the gate driver circuit so as to balance the amount of stress that is experienced by a drive transistor in gate driver units at or near an IFP row and the amount of stress that is experienced by the remaining gate driver units. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356935 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A method for driving a display device is disclosed. Display images of one frame are divided into detection regions; pixel polarity arrangements of each detection region are determined, and according to the determined result a data driving circuit selects a corresponding scanning method to drive the display device. The data driving circuit adopts an interlaced-to-progress scanning conversion method to drive the display device, so as to ensure that there are no data circuits in a loaded state, thereby reducing the power consumption of the display device. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356936 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes an array substrate including pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix, gate lines and auxiliary capacitance lines extending a first direction, signal lines extending a second direction, and a driving circuit configured to drive the gate lines, the signal lines, and the auxiliary capacitance lines, a counter substrate arranged opposite the array substrate, a liquid crystal layer held between the substrates, and a controller configured to control the driving circuit in such a manner that a polarity of a signal supplied to each of the signal lines varies in units of horizontal periods during a frame period when the polarity control signal for the first scan is identical to the polarity control signal for the second scan. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356937 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An active matrix substrate includes a plurality of signal lines, each of which includes first and second line portions and an inner connection portion (connection portion) that connects the first and second line portions. The first and second line portions of one of two adjacent signal lines are made of first and second conductive layers, respectively, and the first and second line portions of the other of the two adjacent signal lines are made of second and first conductive layers, respectively. The position of the connection portion of each of the signal lines is determined in accordance with the layout position of that signal line in the line region. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356938 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND SCREEN APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING - To display an image and the back side image in an overlapped state on a screen, with good visibility and see-through capability. The screen scanned with an image light from the projector has an optical layer and a plurality of control electrodes which are arranged side by side along the optical layer. The synchronous controller applies a voltage to the plurality of control electrodes, and, in a scanning period T of the image light, switches the optical state of the screen by the unit of the segmented region, between the visual state and the nonvisual state. The synchronous controller, in the period T, switches the optical state of a plurality of segmented regions | 2015-12-10 |
20150356939 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, and a pixel array disposed on the first substrate and including at least one pixel, which includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer and an insulation layer disposed between the first and second electrode layers. The second electrode layer has n electrode portions, the electrode portions are spaced from each other and disposed along a first direction, an electrode width of one of the electrode portions along the first direction is denoted by W (μm), the maximum width of a light-emitting area of the pixel along the first direction is denoted by Ax (μm), and the equation is satisfied as below: | 2015-12-10 |
20150356940 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A demultiplexer circuit ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150356941 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL DRIVE DEVICE USING THE SAME - An operational amplifier circuit includes: a first differential amplifier section containing a P-type differential pair of P-type transistors; a second differential amplifier section containing an N-type differential pair of N-type transistors; an intermediate stage connected with outputs of the first and second differential amplifier sections and containing a first current mirror circuit of P-type transistors, and a second current mirror circuit of N-type transistors; and an output stage configured to amplify an output of the intermediate stage in power. The first differential amplifier section includes a first current source and a first capacitance between sources of the P-type transistors of the P-type differential pair and a positive side power supply voltage. The second differential amplifier section includes a second current source and a second capacitance between sources of the N-type transistors of the N-type differential pair and a negative side power supply voltage. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356942 | VOLTAGE CONTROL CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY DEVICE, AND THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A voltage control circuit of a display device includes a first power line, a second power line, a third power line, and a filter circuit. The second power line is connected to the first power line at a central portion of a predetermined area. The third power line is in the predetermined area. The filter circuit is between the second and third power lines, and includes at least one element having a larger resistance value per unit length than a resistance value per unit length of at least one of the second or third power lines. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356943 | Virtual Flip Chart Method and Apparatus - A presentation system for presenting information to an audience within a space, the system comprising a control interface, a master presentation unit including a flat panel display screen and a processor, the screen including a master space and a slave presentation assembly including a slave presentation surface and a first projector for projecting images on the slave presentation surface, the master unit processor linkable to the interface to receive commands therefrom, the processor programmed to monitor for a command from the interface to flip an image from the master space to the slave space and, when a command to flip an image is received, causing the image from the master space to be presented in the slave space. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356944 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCENE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for controlling a scene and an electronic apparatus using the same are provided. The method includes: retrieving an input image, wherein the input image comprises a plurality of pixels; classifying the pixels into a plurality of categories according to color information of each of the pixels; selecting a plurality of candidate colors according to the color information of each of the pixels; and generating a color set according to the categories and the candidate colors. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356945 | Gamut Mapping With Blended Scaling and Clamping - A colour processor for mapping an image from source to destination colour gamuts includes an input for receiving a source image having a plurality of source colour points expressed according to the source gamut; a colour characterizer configured to, for each source colour point in the source image, determine a position of intersection of a curve with the boundary of the destination gamut; and a gamut mapper configured to, for each source colour point in the source image: if the source colour point lies inside the destination gamut, apply a first translation factor to translate the source colour point to a destination colour point within a first range of values; or if the source colour point lies outside the destination gamut, apply a second translation factor, different than the first translation factor, to translate the source colour point to a destination colour point within a second range of values. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356946 | GAMMA CORRECTION CIRCUIT AND GAMMA CORRECTION METHOD - A gamma correction circuit applied to a display device includes a first storage unit, a second storage unit, a first correction circuit and a second correction circuit. The first storage unit stores a first gamma look-up table, and the second storage unit stores a second gamma look-up table. The first correction circuit receives an input signal, and generates an intermediate signal corresponding to the input signal according to the first gamma look-up table. The second correction circuit receives the intermediate signal, and generates an output signal corresponding to the intermediate signal according to the second look-up table to a display panel. The first look-up table is stored to the first storage unit after the display device is powered on. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356947 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF GENERATING DATA SIGNAL IN THE SAME - A display device and a method of generating a data signal in the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display panel including pixels each configured to emit light based on a data signal. The display device also includes a power supply line configured to receive a power supply voltage from a power supply, the power supply configured to apply the power supply voltage to at least one sample pixel through the power supply line. The display device further includes a data signal generator that generates the data signal based at least in part on image data, calculate a voltage drop of the power supply voltage based on a measured level of the power supply voltage, and control the data signal based at least in part on the calculated voltage drop. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356948 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING LUMINANCE, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A method for calibrating a luminance includes measuring a default luminance value of a display device when the display device is set at a default user-configured luminance configuration, calculating a calibration parameter according to a target luminance value and the default luminance value, and storing the calibration parameter in the display device so that the display device exhibits a display luminance value substantially identical to the target luminance value according to the calibration parameter when the display device is set at the default user-configured luminance configuration. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356949 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to an electronic device for processing information and a method implementing the same. The electronic device includes a display unit that displays at least a part of data displayed by a communicatively coupled external electronic device, and a controller. The controller implements the method, which includes detecting a first input selecting content to be shared from the at least the part of the data, in response to a second input, transmitting a request to the external electronic device for information related to the selected content, receiving the requested information and detecting a state of the electronic device related to the selected contents based on the received requested information, and executing at least one of a function and content corresponding to the selected content, based on the detected state of the electronic device. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356950 | Adjusting Orientation of Content Regions in a Page Layout - When a device is rotated from a portrait orientation to landscape orientation, or vice versa, the display device rotates the content items within distinct respective content regions of a page template (“slots”) that each appear to stay in their same position with respect to a frame of reference of the display device. While the content regions stay in their same positions, the content within each content region counter-rotates in place to offset the rotation of the display device. Thus, the content within the content regions maintains an orientation with respect to a constant (non-rotating) frame of reference, regardless of the orientation or rotation of the display device. In one embodiment, a slot's position, height, and width in a template in a second orientation are determined from the slot's position, height, and width in the template in a first orientation. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356951 | COMMON VOLTAGE DRIVING COMPENSATION UNIT, METHOD AND DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - A common voltage driving compensation unit is disclosed, comprising: an operational amplifier and a controller, wherein an in-phase input terminal and a reverse-phase input terminal of the operational amplifier are inputted a common voltage and a feedback voltage respectively. Multiple paths are provided in parallel between the reverse-phase input terminal and a first output terminal, and each path including an analog switch and a resistor. The controller is configured to control a combination of on and off of the analog switches based on a range to which the count value of the CPV signal belongs. The common voltage driving compensation unit is configured to produce corresponding amplification ratios based on the combination, so as to provide common voltages with corresponding amplification ratios for the compensation of the common electrodes in different display areas. For a display panel with a heavy-load, the fluctuation coupling of the common electrodes may be compensated. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356952 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING IMAGE CONTENT ADJUSTMENT ACCORDING TO VIEWING CONDITION RECOGNITION RESULT AND CONTENT CLASSIFICATION RESULT - A display control apparatus includes a viewing condition recognition circuit, a content classification circuit, and a display adjustment circuit. The viewing condition recognition circuit recognizes a viewing condition associated with a display device to generate a viewing condition recognition result. The content classification circuit analyzes an input frame to generate a content classification result of contents included in the input frame. The display adjustment circuit generates an output frame by performing image content adjustment according to the viewing condition recognition result and the content classification result, wherein the image content adjustment comprises at least content-adaptive adjustment applied to at least a portion of pixel positions of the input frame based on the content classification result. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356953 | DISPLAY CONTROLLER - A display controller comprises an input stage | 2015-12-10 |
20150356954 | METHOD OF OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING A BIOEFFECT IMAGE - A method of operating an electronic device includes displaying a first image, extracting a user-interested region from a region including the first image, and displaying a bioeffect image at the user-interested region. The first image and bioeffect image are different images. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356955 | Instant Access Guitar System - An instant access guitar system allowing easy access to cavities in the body portion of the electric guitar. The cavities are covered by plates, a pick guard, flexible laminates or other suitable cover materials. The covers are held in place by magnets that magnetically attach to magnetic material mounted in the guitar body. The appearance of the guitar may be changed by changing the pick guard and the decorative laminate on the headstock. The sound of the guitar may be changed by having unique pickups and wiring releases pre-built in multiple configurations on multiple pick guards as modules to change in and out of the guitar at will with no tools or solder. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356956 | TREMOLO DEVICE - The invention provides a tremolo device for a stringed instrument. The tremolo device comprises a base plate, which comprises a leading edge comprising an elongate bearing surface, the elongate bearing surface defining an engagement end at a first end of the elongate bearing surface and a free end at a second end of the elongate bearing surface. The tremolo device further comprises a pivot rail, which comprises an elongate pivot bearing surface with a mating end at one end, so that when the base plate is engaged with the pivot rail, the engagement end of the elongate bearing surface is matingly engaged with the mating end of the pivot rail, to secure pivotal contact between the elongate bearing surface and the elongate pivot bearing surface preventing separation of the base plate from the pivot rail while allowing rotation of the base plate about a longitudinal axis of the pivot rail. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356957 | DRUMSTICK CONTROLLER - A percussion device includes a drumstick assembly and a sleeve. The drumstick assembly includes a drumstick having a base and a tip end, and a drumstick tip secured to the tip end of the drumstick, the drumstick tip including a sensor. The sleeve is disposed about at least a portion of the drumstick including the base thereof, and includes at least one control button, a communication element, and a processor in communication with the at least one control button, the drumstick tip and the communication element. The processor is configured to receive a signal from the drumstick tip and to generate output to the communication element. The output so generated includes a signal that specifies a sound file selected by operation of the at least one control button. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356958 | Musical Instruction and Methods of Notating Music Related Thereto - The present invention provides a method of notating music comprising the steps of providing a plurality of icons, wherein each icon comprises at least two characteristics selected from the group consisting of a shape, a symbol, and a color, and assigning each icon to a note of a plurality of notes of the chromatic scale. The plurality of notes includes notes that may be arranged into a plurality of chords. At least one characteristic of the icons of each of the notes of each chord is the same. The method further comprises the step of providing a musical notation comprising the plurality of icons. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356959 | Harmonica Carrier - Provided herein is a harmonica carrier comprising two or more jointed panels and a plurality of harmonica-retaining pouches, wherein the jointed panels are capable of foldable arrangement for removable attachment to a visor of a vehicle. Also provided herein is a kit comprising the harmonica carrier thereof and a set of harmonicas. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356960 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOUND AUGMENTATION OF ACOUSTIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - A sound capture device is affixed to an acoustic instrument to capture the natural sound output of the instrument. The captured sound signal is routed to an electronic sound augmentation system that is configured to augment the captured sound with spatial sound effects such as reverb, echo, delay, etc. The processed and augmented sound is then reproduced via a vibrating driver that has been affixed to the body of the acoustic instrument. This creates a situation where the body of the musical instrument, responding to a series of vibrations produced by the vibrating driver, acts as a speaker component, reproducing a rich augmented sound output that comprises the sum of the sound produced by the original sound production capabilities of the acoustical instrument plus the added augmented or enhanced sound effects. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356961 | INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER - An installation structure for an acoustic transducer for vibrating a vibrated body in a first direction includes a magnetic-path forming portion; a movable unit having an electromagnetic coupling portion and configured to vibrate in the first direction; an attachment portion which attaches the magnetic-path forming portion to a fixed portion; a connector connected to the vibrated body and connecting the movable unit to the vibrated body; and a displacement permitting mechanism configured to permit electromagnetic coupling between the magnetic-path forming portion and the electromagnetic coupling portion to be maintained and to permit the vibration of the movable unit to be transmitted to the vibrated body when the connector is displaced with respect to the fixed portion within a predetermined range in an intersecting direction that intersects the first direction. The displacement permitting mechanism is provided at at least one of the attachment portion, the movable unit, and the connector. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356962 | METAL FOIL WITH MICROCRACKS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND SOUND-ABSORBING STRUCTURE HAVING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a metal foil with microcracks includes placing a metal foil between a first material sheet and a second material sheet and then rolling them to form a plurality of microcracks in the metal foil. The microcracks are penetrating, and a sidewall of each of the microcracks is an irregular rough surface. Two ends of each of the microcracks are acute angles. A sound-absorbing structure includes at least one metal foil and a base plate kept at a distance from the metal foil, wherein at least one resonant cavity air layer is formed between the metal foil and the base plate by the distance, and the metal foil has microcracks. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356963 | VEHICLE AUDIO SYSTEM AND NOISE REMOVAL METHOD THEREOF - A vehicle audio system includes: a tune knob configured to select a frequency of a desired radio broadcast; a microcomputer configured to detect a broadcast frequency input through the tune knob and to determine an optimal sampling frequency of a full digital amplifier based on the detected broadcast frequency; a tuner configured to receive only a broadcast signal corresponding to the frequency selected through the tune knob; and the full digital amplifier configured to generate a digital signal by sampling the broadcast signal received by the tuner at the optimal sampling frequency determined by the microcomputer and to amplify and output the generated digital signal. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356964 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An audio signal processing circuit and an electronic device are provided. A noise detection circuit determines if the first input audio signal and a second input audio signal contain noise. The noise cancellation circuit (i), when no noise is detected, outputs a first intermediate audio signal corresponding to the first input audio signal and a second intermediate audio signal corresponding to the second input audio signal without detected noise; (ii) when noise is detected, generates a third intermediate audio signal after performing a specific noise modification process upon the first input audio signal and the second input audio signal, and outputs the first intermediate audio signal including the third input audio signal and the second intermediate audio signal including the third input audio signal. A beamforming circuit performs a beamforming process according to a differential signal of the first intermediate audio signal and the second intermediate audio signal. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356965 | ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE, INSTRUMENT USING SAME, AND ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTION METHOD - In an active noise reduction device, in order to solve this problem, a control block determines a level of a reference signal detected by a level detection unit. If determining that the level of the reference signal is small, the control block decreases a level of a cancel signal. This operation suppresses generation of an abnormal sound even if a level of a noise is small. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356966 | ACTIVE VIBRATION/NOISE CONTROL APPARATUS - A control signal filter | 2015-12-10 |
20150356967 | Generating Narrative Audio Works Using Differentiable Text-to-Speech Voices - An approach is provided in which a voice management system generates multiple audio test recordings using multiple text-to-speech (TTS) voices that have different acoustic properties. The voice management system determines that a comparison between a first one of the TTS voices and a second one of the TTS voices reaches an acoustic differentiation threshold and, as a result, assigns the first TTS voice to a first character and assigns the second TTS voice to a second character. In turn, the voice management system generates a narrative audio work utilizing the first TTS voice corresponding to the first character and the second TTS voice corresponding to the second character. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356968 | Systems and Methods of Interpreting Speech Data - Method and systems are provided for interpreting speech data. A method and system for recognizing speech involving a filter module to generate a set of processed audio data based on raw audio data; a translation module to provide a set of translation results for the raw audio data; and a decision module to select the text data that represents the raw audio data. A method for minimizing noise in audio signals received by a microphone array is also described. A method and system of automatic entry of data into one or more data fields involving receiving a processed audio data; and operating a processing module to: search in a trigger dictionary for a field identifier that corresponds to the trigger identifier; identify a data field associated with a data field identifier corresponding to the field identifier; and providing content data associated with the trigger identifier to the identified data field. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356969 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING STATISTICAL VOICE LANGUAGE - The present invention is a method for recognizing a statistical voice language using a statistical technique without using a manually tagged corpus. The method comprises: a dialog act clustering step of clustering speech utterances of sentences based on similar dialog acts; a named entity clustering step of extracting a named entity candidate group from the result of the dialog act clustering step and clustering named entities based on the neighboring contextual information of the extracted named entity candidate group; and a main act clustering step of clustering main acts for each region based on the clustered dialog acts and named entity. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356970 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTENDING DIALOG SYSTEMS TO PROCESS COMPLEX ACTIVITIES FOR APPLICATIONS - A dialog system that includes a dialog manager to manage a conversation between the dialog system and a user, and to associate the conversation with a complex activity, and a plan engine to execute a plan script in connection with the complex activity, the plan script including a set of atomic dialog activities and logic to control a data and sequence flow of the atomic dialog activities, the set of atomic dialog activities being sub-activities of the complex activity, the complex activity being specified via a declarative activity specification language that connects the atomic dialog activities with a process. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356971 | MODIFICATION OF VISUAL CONTENT TO FACILITATE IMPROVED SPEECH RECOGNITION - Technologies described herein relate to modifying visual content for presentment on a display to facilitate improving performance of an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system. The visual content is modified to move elements further away from one another, wherein the moved elements give rise to ambiguity from the perspective of the ASR system. The visual content is modified to take into consideration accuracy of gaze tracking. When a user views an element in the modified visual content, the ASR system is customized as a function of the element being viewed by the user. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356972 | VOICE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND VOICE RECOGNITION METHOD - The voice recognition device according to the present disclosure includes a communication interface that communicates with an external device, a first microphone that collects sound to produce audio data, and a controller that analyzes the audio data produced by the first microphone, determines contents of a designation corresponding to an analysis result, and then controls its own device based on a determination result, and yet controls its own device to urge a user to use the external device when the contents of the designation corresponding to the analysis result cannot be determined. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356973 | INVOKING ACTION RESPONSIVE TO CO-PRESENCE DETERMINATION - Methods, apparatus and computer-readable media (transitory and non-transitory) are disclosed for receiving audio information based on sensing of one or more audible sounds; identifying one or more voice profiles, wherein each of the voice profiles is associated with an individual and indicates one or more voice characteristics of the associated individual; determining at least a given voice profile of the one or more voice profiles matches the audio information; determining co-presence of the user with at least the individual associated with the given voice profile based on determining the given voice profile matches the audio information; identifying an action that includes a trigger based on co-presence of the user and the individual associated with the given voice profile; and invoking the action based on the determined co-presence of the user with at least the individual associated with the given voice profile. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356974 | SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A speaker identification device includes: a primary speaker identification unit that computes, for each pre-stored registered speaker, a score that indicates the similarity between input speech and speech of the registered speakers; a similar speaker selection unit that selects a plurality of the registered speakers as similar speakers according to the height of the scores thereof; a learning unit that creates a classifier for each similar speaker by sorting the speech of a certain similar speaker among the similar speakers as a positive instance and the speech of the other similar speakers as negative instances; and a secondary speaker identification unit that computes, for each classifier, a score of the classifier with respect to the input speech, and outputs an identification result. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356975 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNAL FOR SOUND BAR AND METHOD THEREFOR - An audio signal processing apparatus and method for reproducing a sound field using a sound bar are disclosed, wherein the audio signal processing apparatus may include an audio signal output unit to process an input signal and output an N channel audio signal and a speak signal generator to generate an M channel speaker signal using an audio signal output position of each channel and the N channel audio signal. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356976 | AUDIO SIGNAL DECODER, AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER, METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN UPMIX SIGNAL REPRESENTATION, METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DOWNMIX SIGNAL REPRESENTATION, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND BITSTREAM USING A COMMON INTER-OBJECT-CORRELATION PARAMETER VALUE - An audio signal decoder for providing an upmix signal representation on the basis of a downmix signal representation and an object-related parametric information and in dependence on a rendering information has an object parameter determinator. The object parameter determinator is configured to obtain inter-object-correlation values for a plurality of pairs of audio objects. The object parameter determinator is configured to evaluate a bitstream signaling parameter in order to decide whether to evaluate individual inter-object-correlation bitstream parameter values to obtain inter-object-correlation values for a plurality of pairs of related audio objects, or to obtain inter-object-correlation values for a plurality of pairs of related audio objects using a common inter-object-correlation bitstream parameter value. The audio signal decoder also has a signal processor configured to obtain the upmix signal representation on the basis of the downmix signal representation and using the inter-object-correlation values for a plurality of pairs of related objects and the rendering information. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356977 | AUDIO SIGNAL DECODER, AUDIO SIGNAL ENCODER, METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN UPMIX SIGNAL REPRESENTATION, METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DOWNMIX SIGNAL REPRESENTATION, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND BITSTREAM USING A COMMON INTER-OBJECT-CORRELATION PARAMETER VALUE - An audio signal decoder for providing an upmix signal representation on the basis of a downmix signal representation and an object-related parametric information and in dependence on a rendering information has an object parameter determinator. The object parameter determinator is configured to obtain inter-object-correlation values for a plurality of pairs of audio objects. The object parameter determinator is configured to evaluate a bitstream signaling parameter in order to decide whether to evaluate individual inter-object-correlation bitstream parameter values to obtain inter-object-correlation values for a plurality of pairs of related audio objects, or to obtain inter-object-correlation values for a plurality of pairs of related audio objects using a common inter-object-correlation bitstream parameter value. The audio signal decoder also has a signal processor configured to obtain the upmix signal representation on the basis of the downmix signal representation and using the inter-object-correlation values for a plurality of pairs of related objects and the rendering information. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356978 | AUDIO CODING WITH GAIN PROFILE EXTRACTION AND TRANSMISSION FOR SPEECH ENHANCEMENT AT THE DECODER - The invention provides a layered audio coding format with a monophonic layer and at least one sound field layer. A plurality of audio signals is decomposed, in accordance with decomposition parameters controlling the quantitative properties of an orthogonal energy-compacting transform, into rotated audio signals. Further, a time-variable gain profile specifying constructively how the rotated audio signals may be processed to attenuate undesired audio content is derived. The monophonic layer may comprise one of the rotated signals and the gain profile. The sound field layer may comprise the rotated signals and the decomposition parameters. In one embodiment, the gain profile comprises a cleaning gain profile with the main purpose of eliminating non-speech components and/or noise. The gain profile may also comprise mutually independent broadband gains. Because signals in the audio coding format can be mixed with a limited computational effort, the invention may advantageously be applied in a tele-conferencing application. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356979 | AUDIO DECODING USING MODULATOR-DEMODULATOR - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a first processing unit; a storage unit, configured to store at least one audio file; a first memory unit; and a modulator-demodulator (modem), configured to perform audio processing of the electronic device during a phone call, wherein when the electronic device is used to play the audio file, the first processing unit reads the audio file from the storage unit, retrieves header information of the audio file, and writes the audio file into the first memory unit, wherein the modem accesses the audio file stored in the first memory unit based on the header information, and performs audio decoding on the audio file. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356980 | STORAGE CONTROL DEVICE, PLAYBACK CONTROL DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided a storage control device including: a filter detecting unit configured to detect a voice signal estimation filter for estimating a first voice signal heard by a specific user himself/herself; an estimation unit configured to estimate the first voice signal heard by the specific user himself/herself, on the basis of a voice signal including a second voice signal of the specific user collected by an air conduction sound collecting unit in accordance with the voice signal estimation filter detected by the filter detecting unit; and a storage control unit configured to cause a storage unit to store the first voice signal estimated by the estimation unit. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356981 | Augmenting Speech Segmentation and Recognition Using Head-Mounted Vibration and/or Motion Sensors - Example methods and systems use multiple sensors to determine whether a speaker is speaking. Audio data in an audio-channel speech band detected by a microphone can be received. Vibration data in a vibration-channel speech band representative of vibrations detected by a sensor other than the microphone can be received. The microphone and the sensor can be associated with a head-mountable device (HMD). It is determined whether the audio data is causally related to the vibration data. If the audio data and the vibration data are causally related, an indication can be generated that the audio data contains HMD-wearer speech. Causally related audio and vibration data can be used to increase accuracy of text transcription of the HMD-wearer speech. If the audio data and the vibration data are not causally related, an indication can be generated that the audio data does not contain HMD-wearer speech. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356982 | SPEECH DETECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A speech detection circuit (SDC). The SDC includes a first-in, first-out (FIFO) memory array, a multiplier, a summer, a fast Fourier transformer, a counter, an RMS comparator, and a sparsity comparator. The FIFO stores a plurality of data samples. The multiplier squares the data samples. The summer sums the plurality of squared data samples. The fast Fourier transformer performs an FFT on the plurality of data samples. The counter counts a quantity of the plurality of data samples that exceed a spectral threshold. The RMS comparator compares the summed plurality of squared data samples to an RMS threshold, the quantity of which are compared to a sparsity threshold. The SDC then outputs a wakeup signal when the summed plurality of squared data samples exceeds the RMS threshold and the quantity of the plurality of data samples that exceed the spectral threshold is less than the sparsity threshold. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356983 | NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM, SPEECH DETECTION SYSTEM, SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM, NOISE REDUCTION METHOD, AND NOISE REDUCTION PROGRAM - Provided are a noise reduction system that highly precisely estimates noise contained in an input signal and highly precisely reduces the noise contained in the input signal using the estimated noise, a speech detection system, a speech recognition system, a noise reduction method, and a noise reduction program. The noise reduction system includes: a first noise estimating unit ( | 2015-12-10 |
20150356984 | MAGNETIC TAPE MEDIUM WITH MAGNETICALLY ENCODED SERVO BAND BURSTS - A magnetic tape medium includes at least one servo band along a longitudinal extension of the tape medium which at least one servo band comprises servo patterns organized in servo frames for supporting to determine positional information. At least one of the servo frames includes a first burst comprising at least two servo stripes inclined at a first angle with respect to a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal extension of the tape medium, followed by a second burst including at least two servo stripes inclined at a second angle with respect to a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal extension of the tape medium, which second angle is different from the first angle. At least one of the stripes of the first burst has a first magnetic polarity and at least one of the stripes of the second burst has a second magnetic polarity different from the first magnetic polarity. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356985 | CUSTOMIZED HEAD GIMBAL ASSEMBLY BONDING SKEW ANGLE FOR ADJUSTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL MAGNETIC RECORDING READER ALIGNMENT - System and methods are illustrated for customizing the HGA bonding skew angle of a TDMR slider including a plurality of readers to adjust reader alignment relative to a track location on disk media. Overlay error caused by manufacturing variations is compensated for by adjusting the skew angle of the slider when it is bonded to the suspension to form the HGA. Process operations for manufacturing a TMDR HDD include manufacturing a multiple reader, multiple layer TDMR slider, determining an overlay error in the slider, determining a slider bonding skew angle based on the determined overlay error and other parameters, and bonding the slider to a HDD suspension at the determined bonding skew angle. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356986 | HEAD SUSPENSION HAVING A FLEXURE TAIL WITH A COVERED CONDUCTIVE LAYER AND STRUCTURAL LAYER BOND PADS - A head gimbal assembly has a laminate flexure that includes a metallic conductive layer that includes a plurality of electrically conductive traces that are elongated and narrow and electrically connected to the read head, and a metallic structural layer that is stiffer than the conductive layer. A first dielectric layer is disposed between the structural layer and the conductive layer. A second dielectric layer substantially covers the conductive layer in a flexure tail bonding region that overlaps a flexible printed circuit (FPC). The structural layer includes a plurality of flexure bond pads that are aligned with, facing, and bonded to corresponding FPC bond pads. The flexure bond pads in the structural layer are electrically connected to the electrically conductive traces in the conductive layer by vias through the first dielectric layer. In certain embodiments, the flexure tail is folded upon itself in the flexure tail bonding region. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356987 | DISK DRIVE SUSPENSION ASSEMBLY HAVING A PARTIALLY FLANGELESS LOAD POINT DIMPLE - Various embodiments concern a suspension assembly of a disk drive. The suspension assembly includes a load beam comprising a major planar area formed from a substrate. The load beam further comprises a window in the substrate, a dimple formed from the substrate, and a flange. The flange is a region of the major planar area that extends partially around the dimple but does not extend along an edge of the dimple. The edge of the dimple is adjacent to the window. The dimple is in contact with the flexure. A HAMR block or other element can extend through the window. The lack of a full flange can minimize the necessary clearance between the dimple and the HAMR block or other element and thereby allow the window to be enlarged to accommodate the HAMR block or other element. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356988 | PROCESSING SERVO DATA FROM TWO OR MORE READ TRANSDUCERS CO-LOCATED ON A SLIDER - Two or more signals are read from two or more respective tracks of a disk drive recording medium using respective two or more read transducers co-located on a slider. The slider is aligned to the two or more tracks in response to the correlation between the two or more signals. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356989 | HYBRID-GUIDED BLOCK COPOLYMER ASSEMBLY - A method for nano-patterning includes imprinting features in a resist with an imprint mold to form one or more topographic surface patterns on the imprinted resist. A block copolymer (“BCP”) material is deposited on the imprinted resist, wherein a molecular dimension L | 2015-12-10 |
20150356990 | INTERFERING NEAR FIELD TRANSDUCER FOR ENERGY ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING - An apparatus for energy assisted magnetic recording of a storage disk includes a plurality of dielectric waveguide cores configured to receive incident light energy from an energy source and direct the incident light energy to a target, and a near field transducer (NFT) formed at an air bearing surface of a magnetic recording device. The NFT is configured to focus the light energy received from the plurality of waveguide cores and to transmit the focused light energy onto the storage disk surface to generate a heating spot on the storage disk. The NFT includes a plurality of propagating surface plasmon polariton (PSPP) elements configured as plasmonic metal ridges. Each of the PSPP elements has a width approximately equivalent to the width of the heating spot and is disposed above a surface of a single waveguide core in a longitudinal alignment. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356991 | OPTICAL DISC AND OPTICAL DISC DEVICE - In a multilayer optical disc having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, because the type of each information layer is not recorded in the other information layers, in read and write operations by a compatible optical disc device conforming to a plurality of optical disc standards, every time the information layer being accessed changes, it has been necessary to read the type of the information layer and select a method of generating a tracking error signal adapted to the type of information layer, so access has taken time. In order to solve the above problem, in the optical multilayer disc according to the present invention, having information layers conforming to a plurality of different optical disc standards, in an area in one of the information layers, information about the other information layers is recorded. The time required to access the other information layers can be reduced by using this information to select a tracking error signal generating method. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356992 | TECHNIQUES TO EXTRACT ENF SIGNALS FROM VIDEO IMAGE SEQUENCES EXPLOITING THE ROLLING SHUTTER MECHANISM; AND A NEW VIDEO SYNCHRONIZATION APPROACH BY MATCHING THE ENF SIGNALS EXTRACTED FROM SOUNDTRACKS AND IMAGE SEQUENCES - Various systems and methods may benefit from determination of environmental signatures in recordings. For example, such signatures may aid forensic analysis and alignment of media recordings, such as alignment of audio or video recordings. A method can include extracting electric network frequency signals from an image sequence of a video recording or an audio recording. The method can also include synchronizing the video recording or the audio recording with at least one other datum based on the electric network frequency signals. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356993 | MAGNETIC TAPE MEDIUM WITH MAGNETICALLY ENCODED SERVO BAND BURSTS - A magnetic tape medium includes at least one servo band along a longitudinal extension of the tape medium which at least one servo band comprises servo patterns organized in servo frames for supporting to determine positional information. At least one of the servo frames includes a first burst comprising at least two servo stripes inclined at a first angle with respect to a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal extension of the tape medium, followed by a second burst including at least two servo stripes inclined at a second angle with respect to a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal extension of the tape medium, which second angle is different from the first angle. At least one of the stripes of the first burst has a first magnetic polarity and at least one of the stripes of the second burst has a second magnetic polarity different from the first magnetic polarity. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356994 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIRECT VIDEO RETOUCHING FOR TEXT, STROKES AND IMAGES - A computer-implemented method performed in connection with a video comprising a plurality of video frames, the computer-implemented method being performed in a computerized system comprising a processing unit and a memory, the computer-implemented method involving: using the processing unit to detect a plurality of content components within at least one of the plurality of video frames; based on a video modification instruction received from a user, modifying at least one of the plurality of the detected content components; storing an information on the modified at least one of the plurality of the detected content components in the memory; using the central processing unit to overlay the modified at least one of the plurality of the detected content components over the video; and causing the video with the overlaid modified content component to be displayed to the user. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356995 | CONTENT MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, RECORDING APPARATUS, OPERATION APPARATUS, CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - A content management apparatus, which includes a recording unit for recording a content, and an operation unit for accepting a user operation required to append additional information to the content, executes at least one of a first process for recording additional information in association with a latest content of already recorded contents and a second process for recording additional information in association with a content to be recorded, and a third process for recording additional information in association with a currently recording content in response to respective execution instructions. Enabling and disabling user operations required to issue execution instructions of the first to the third processes are switched based on whether or not a content recording operation of the recording unit is in progress. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356996 | Smart Video Digest System and Method - A method of summarizing events in a video recording includes evaluating at least one video recording to identify event that violate at least one rule. The method further includes excerpting a fragment of the at least one video recording. The fragment contains a depiction of the event. The method also includes causing the fragment to be included in a summary video recording. The rules may relate to a threshold amount of motion in a physical space being recorded in the at least one received video recording, or a threshold duration of motion in a physical space being recorded in the at least one received video recording. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356997 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF PLAYING MULTIMEDIA AND MEDIUM - The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for playing multimedia. The method may comprise: obtaining at least one of audio data and subtitle data of a first preset time length before a pause position of a multimedia; determining a starting position of a complete semantic statement according to at least one of the audio data and the subtitle data; and continuing to play the multimedia according to the starting position when an instruction of continuing to play the multimedia is detected or a condition of continuing to play the multimedia is met. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356998 | VIDEO PREVIEW BASED BROWSING USER INTERFACE - A first video preview corresponding to a first video program is played back. When it is time to transition from playing back the first video preview to playing back a second video preview corresponding to a second video program, the transition is made from playing back the first video preview to playing back the second video preview. The transition can be made by sliding the first video preview off a display while sliding the second video preview onto the display. Additionally, metadata associated with the first video program can be displayed for an amount of time before playback of the first video preview ceases, and metadata associated with the second video program can be displayed for an amount of time after playback of the second video preview begins. | 2015-12-10 |
20150356999 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND ANALYZING BROWSER SESSION DATA WITHIN ONLINE VIDEO VIA THE VIXEL DELIVERY MECHANISM - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for new analytic pathways for collecting information regarding video playback by human (and automated) users. This is achieved in part by placing certain elements (Vixels) within the code of a video file prior to it being uploaded by a user who shares the video. Whenever and wherever the video is played, whether it is streamed once, downloaded and played several times thereafter, or played for a mass audience, the analytic pathway is triggered each and every time the video file is played because the elements triggering the collection of analytics exist in the video file itself. By embedding Vixels into video files at or before upload, the analytics mechanisms are triggered by the embedded Vixel regardless of how, where, when, and by whom the video is played back, forming the framework for a simpler and more accurate analytics network. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357000 | Motion Picture Processing System - Described herein is a processing apparatus, film scanner and associated method, such as a processing apparatus for processing motion picture film, comprising an identification module for identifying selected regions of one or more digital images or digital video clips of the film; and an image modification module configured to access or produce data; and modify at least one of the one or more digital images or the digital video clip so as to provide the data in at least one of the selected regions. Advantageously, the selected regions correspond to perforations in the film. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357001 | TIMELINE INTERFACE FOR VIDEO CONTENT - Disclosed are various embodiments for presenting a timeline interface in association with video content features. A video content feature may be rendered on a display. A current scene in the video content feature is determined. A user interface is rendered on the display, where the user interface includes a timeline component. The timeline component represents the video content feature and visually segments the video content feature into scenes. The current scene may be visually indicated on the timeline component. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357002 | STACKED MEMORY WITH REDUNDANCY - A stacked memory is disclosed including a first integrated circuit memory chip having first storage locations and a second integrated circuit memory chip disposed in a stacked relationship with the first integrated circuit memory chip. The second integrated circuit memory chip has second storage locations. Redundant storage is provided including a first storage area dedicated to storing failure address information of failure address locations in the first or second integrated circuit memory chips. The redundant storage includes a second storage area dedicated to storing data corresponding to the failure address locations. Matching logic matches incoming data transfer addresses to the stored failure address information. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357003 | STACK BANK TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING ALIGNMENT MARGIN - A semiconductor memory apparatus is capable of improving the alignment margin for a bank and sufficiently ensuring a space for forming a global input/output line. The semiconductor memory apparatus includes a stack bank structure having at least two sub-banks continuously stacked without disconnection of data signal lines, and a control block arranged at one side of the stack bank structure to simultaneously control column-related signals of the sub-banks. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357004 | STACK BANK TYPE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY APPARATUS CAPABLE OF IMPROVING ALIGNMENT MARGIN - A semiconductor memory apparatus is capable of improving the alignment margin for a bank and sufficiently ensuring a space for forming a global input/output line. The semiconductor memory apparatus includes a stack bank structure having at least two sub-banks continuously stacked without disconnection of data signal lines, and a control block arranged at one side of the stack bank structure to simultaneously control column-related signals of the sub-banks. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357005 | Auxiliary Power Supply Devices and Nonvolatile Memory Systems Including the Same - An auxiliary power supply device can include a first power storage unit, a first charging circuit to receive input power and charge the first power storage unit, a second power storage unit having lower power supply speed than the first power storage unit and longer power supply time than the first power storage unit, a second charge circuit to receive input power and charge the second power storage unit, and a switching unit to supply the stored power of the first power storage unit to external devices for a predetermined time when a sudden power-off occurs and supply stored power of the second power storage unit to the external devices after the predetermined time elapses. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357006 | Serial Magnetic Logic Unit Architecture - An apparatus has magnetic logic units a logic circuit configured to receive a serial input bit stream at an input node. Individual bits of data from the serial input bit stream are serially written into individual magnetic logic units without buffering the serial input bit stream between the input node and the individual magnetic logic units. Individual bits of data from individual magnetic logic units are serially read to produce a serial output bit stream on an output node without buffering the serial output bit stream between the individual magnetic logic units and the output node. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357007 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PARITY DETERMINATION USING SENSING CIRCUITRY - The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to parity determinations using sensing circuitry. An example method can include protecting, using sensing circuitry, a number of data values stored in a respective number of memory cells coupled to a sense line of an array by determining a parity value corresponding to the number of data values without transferring data from the array via an input/output line. The parity value can be determined by a number of XOR operations, for instance. The method can include storing the parity value in another memory cell coupled to the sense line. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357008 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING LOGICAL OPERATIONS USING SENSING CIRCUITRY - The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to performing logical operations using sensing circuitry. An example apparatus comprises an array of memory cells and sensing circuitry coupled to the array. The sensing circuitry includes a compute component. The sensing circuitry is configured to invert a data value in the compute component. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357009 | HIGH-DENSITY LATCH ARRAYS - A system and device are provided for implementing memory arrays using high-density latch cells. The device includes an array of cells arranged into columns and rows. Each cell comprises a latch cell that includes a transmission gate, a pair of inverters, and an output buffer. Each row of latch cells is connected to at least one common node for addressing the row of latch cells, and each column of latch cells is connected to a particular bit of an input signal and a particular bit of an output signal. A register file may be implemented using one or more arrays of the high-density latch cells to replace any or all of the banks of SRAM cells typically used to implement the register file. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357010 | MEMORY DEVICE POWER MANAGERS AND METHODS - Memory devices and methods are described that include a stack of memory dies and an attached logic die. Method and devices described provide for power management of portions of a stack of memory dies. Additional devices, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357011 | Techniques for Accessing a Dynamic Random Access Memory Array - Examples are disclosed for accessing a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) array. In some examples, sub-arrays of a DRAM bank may be capable of opening multiple pages responsive to a same column address strobe. In other examples, sub-arrays of a DRAM bank may be arranged such that input/output (IO) bits may be routed in a serialized manner over an IO wire. For these other examples, the IO wire may pass through a DRAM die including the DRAM bank and/or may couple to a memory channel or bus outside of the DRAM die. Other examples are described and claimed. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357012 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND DATA INPUTTING/OUTPUTTING METHOD - The digital signal processor includes a DRAM including multiple memory cells configured to store data in a parasitic capacitor and a core logic configured to perform an operation of recording, reading, or updating data in the DRAM on the basis of a predetermined digital signal processing architecture. The core logic: records input data in a memory cell of the DRAM; reads the recorded input data before a retention time passes; and externally outputs the data or stores the data in another memory cell of the DRAM. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357013 | TRACKING SCHEME FOR FLOATING BITLINE PRECHARGE - A memory and a method for operating the memory are provided. The memory includes a bitline and at least one memory cell coupled to the bitline. A bitline precharge circuit is configured to precharge the bitline for a memory access and to deactivate to float the bitline in a standby state. A reference circuit is configured to charge a load circuit to a voltage in the standby state. In one example, the load circuit includes a dummy bitline having a substantially same or greater electrical characteristic of the bitline. The reference circuit includes a dummy bitline precharge circuit configured to charge the dummy bitline to the voltage in the standby state. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357014 | MRAM ELEMENT WITH LOW WRITING TEMPERATURE - MRAM element having a magnetic tunnel junction including a reference layer, a storage layer, a tunnel barrier layer between the reference and storage layers, and a storage antiferromagnetic layer. The storage antiferromagnetic layer has a first function of exchange-coupling a storage magnetization of the storage layer and a second function of heating the magnetic tunnel junction when a heating current in passed in the magnetic tunnel junction. The MRAM element has better data retention and low writing temperature. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357015 | Current Induced Spin-Momentum Transfer Stack With Dual Insulating Layers - A high speed, low power method to control and switch the magnetization direction of a magnetic region in a magnetic device for memory cells using spin polarized electrical current. The magnetic device comprises a pinned magnetic layer, a reference magnetic layer with a fixed magnetization direction and a free magnetic layer with a changeable magnetization direction. The magnetic layers are separated by insulating non-magnetic layers. A current can be applied to the device to induce a torque that alters the magnetic state of the device so that it can act as a magnetic memory for writing information. The resistance, which depends on the magnetic state of the device, can be measured to read out the information stored in the device. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357016 | RESISTIVE CHANGE MEMORY - A resistive change memory according to an embodiment includes: a memory cell including a resistive change element comprising a first and second terminals, and a semiconductor element, the semiconductor element including a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, and a third semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type that is different from the first conductivity type, the third semiconductor layer being disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, the first semiconductor layer being connected to the second terminal of the resistive change element; and a read unit configured to perform a read operation by applying a first read voltage between the first terminal and the second semiconductor layer, and then applying a second read voltage that is lower than the first read voltage between the first terminal and the second semiconductor layer. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357017 | PROGRAMMABLE POWER FOR A MEMORY INTERFACE - Systems and methods for delay control are described herein. In one embodiment, a delay system comprises a first delay circuit configured to provide a voltage bias to a second delay circuit, wherein the voltage bias controls a delay of the second delay circuit, and to update the voltage bias at an update rate. The delay system also comprises an update controller configured to adjust the update rate of the first delay circuit. For example, the update controller may adjust the update rate based on timing requirements of a memory interface incorporating the delay system. The update rate may be reduced when the timing requirements are more relaxed to reduce power, and may be increased when the timing requirements are tighter. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357018 | STROBE-OFFSET CONTROL CIRCUIT - A method of operation in a memory controller is disclosed. The method includes receiving a strobe signal having a first phase relationship with respect to first data propagating on a first data line, and a second phase relationship with respect to second data propagating on a second data line. A first sample signal is generated based on the first phase relationship and a second sample signal is generated based on the second phase relationship. The first data signal is received using a first receiver clocked by the first sample signal. The second data signal is received using a second receiver clocked by the second sample signal. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357019 | COMPARISON OPERATIONS IN MEMORY - One example of the present disclosure includes performing a comparison operation in memory using a logical representation of a first value stored in a first portion of a number of memory cells coupled to a sense line of a memory array and a logical representation of a second value stored in a second portion of the number of memory cells coupled to the sense line of the memory array. The comparison operation compares the first value to the second value, and the method can include storing a logical representation of a result of the comparison operation in a third portion of the number of memory cells coupled to the sense line of the memory array. | 2015-12-10 |
20150357020 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING AN EXCLUSIVE OR OPERATION USING SENSING CIRCUITRY - The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to determining an XOR value in memory. An example method can include performing a NAND operation on a data value stored in a first memory cell and a data value stored in a second memory cell. The method can include performing an OR operation on the data values stored in the first and second memory cells. The method can include performing an AND operation on the result of the NAND operation and a result of the OR operation without transferring data from the memory array via an input/output (I/O) line. | 2015-12-10 |