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20090118020 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SENDING AND RECEIVING GAME CONTENT INCLUDING DOWNLOAD THEREOF - The present invention generally relates to methods and devices as well as handheld stations and computer program products for sending video game content to handheld mobile terminals, comprising broadcasting common video game content to handheld mobile communication terminals via a digital video broadcast handheld channel, to enable said handheld mobile terminals to execute video game applications. | 05-07-2009 |
20090129404 | DIFFERENTIATION FOR BANDWIDTH REQUEST CONTENTION - The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for bandwidth contention differentiation comprising: determining a service type of a bandwidth request, setting a priority of the bandwidth request based on the determined service type, and providing contention differentiation based on the set priority. | 05-21-2009 |
20090196266 | Method and apparatuses for mobile communication - According to an embodiment, an apparatus such as a femto base station may include a transmitter to send via a local network an information to a mobile network for informing on an active state of apparatus. The apparatus may be configured to send the information when being switched on, or on a periodical or repeated basis in a switched-on state of the apparatus. A macro base station may add the femto base station to a network configuration list. Respective methods are also provided. | 08-06-2009 |
20090232160 | Bandwidth Requests of Scheduling Services - Methods and apparatus for providing bandwidth requests of scheduling services, such as, for example, best effort services, in a telecommunication network are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a plurality of bandwidth requests from different scheduling connections. The example method further includes combining the plurality of bandwidth requests in a common bandwidth request. | 09-17-2009 |
20110080863 | Cell-Selective Network Access - The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for providing selective network access, wherein a cell type indication is provided based on at least one of a preamble and a header portion of a broadcast signal. At the receiving end, it is checked based on at least one of the preamble and the header portion, whether broadcast signals are received from different first and second cell types. The first cell type is selected for network access, if both broadcast signals from the first and second cell types are received with sufficient strength. | 04-07-2011 |
20110141905 | Method, Mobile Device and Communication System to Determine the Type of a Network Node - A network node, a mobile device, a communication system, a method for detecting the type of a network node, the method for transmitting the type of a network node and the use of a data frame for determining the type of a network node is described. To distinguish between different types of network nodes, a signal pattern including an attribute is transmitted/received. The attribute is type-indicative of the type of the network node. Different ways of implementing the type-indicative attribute are described. | 06-16-2011 |
20120188922 | Enhanced Power Saving Mode for a Mobile Station - It is described a method for operating a mobile station within a telecommunication network. The method includes (a) providing a first power saving procedure for the mobile station wherein the first power saving procedure includes an alternating sequence of first sleep windows and first listening windows, (b) providing a second power saving procedure for the mobile station wherein the second power saving procedure includes an alternating sequence of second sleep windows and second listening windows, (c) adjusting on the time axis the first sleep windows and the second sleep windows with respect to each other in such a manner, that a time overlap between the first sleep windows and the second sleep windows is increased, and (d) operating the mobile station in an adjusted mode, which is defined by the increased time overlap. It is further described a mobile station, and a base station, which are adapted for executing the described method. | 07-26-2012 |
20130051330 | Automatic Resource Allocation For ARQ Feedback - A method (S | 02-28-2013 |
20130070686 | Receiving Unit in a Wireless Communication Network and Method for Generating an Automatic Repeat Request Feedback Message - The invention relates to a receiving unit in a wireless communication network comprising a processing unit being configured to generate Automatic Repeat request (ARQ) feed-back messages for acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement of received data units in a wireless communication channel. In order to avoid signalling overhead, it is proposed that said processing unit is further configured to delay the generation of Automatic Repeat request (ARQ) feedback messages until the processing unit has recognized irregularities in the data transmission or until the number (C) of delayed Automatic Repeat request (ARQ) feedback messages has reached a threshold value. | 03-21-2013 |
20130077606 | Method, Network Element and System for Scheduling Communication Link - Provided is a method for scheduling a communication link, wherein the communication link is adapted for connecting two network elements, wherein a first carrier and a second carrier are assigned to the communication link, wherein each carrier includes frames divided into timeslots, and a predefined number of timeslots is allocated for downlink communication and a predefined number of timeslots is allocated for uplink communication. The method includes scheduling the communication link for offsetting the start of the frames of the first carrier in respect to the start of the frames of the second carrier. Also provided are a network element adapted for carrying out the method and a system including the network element. | 03-28-2013 |
20130174919 | LIQUID STORAGE DEVICE - The present invention provides a liquid storage device relates to the field of semiconductor manufacturing technology comprising: a liquid storage tank, a liquid intake tube, a liquid discharge tube and a gas discharge tube; the liquid intake tube, the liquid discharge tube and the gas discharge tube are all connected with the liquid storage tank; the liquid storage device also comprises a gas compensating tube connected with the liquid storage tank; the gas compensating tube comprises a differential pressure mechanism and a gas storage tank; one end of the differential pressure mechanism is connected with the liquid storage tank, and the other end is connected with the gas storage tank; the differential pressure mechanism is used for controlling the connection or disconnection between the liquid storage tank and the gas storage tank according to the pressure difference therebetween. | 07-11-2013 |
20130219693 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING DISK-SHAPED ARTICLES AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a device for holding disk-shaped articles and a method thereof. The device comprises a rotatable chuck body and at least two groups of clamping elements arranged at the edge of the chuck body. Each of the clamping elements is mounted to a pivot with the chuck body respectively by means of the rotation of the clamping element with respect to the chuck body. A radial compression spring is connected between the bottom of the clamping element and the chuck body to provide a clamping force for the clamping element. The clamping elements in the same group are provided with magnets with the same polarity, while the clamping elements in different groups are provided with magnets with the opposite polarity. Two sets of electromagnets are arranged on the chuck body and spaced apart evenly. | 08-29-2013 |
20140311531 | GAS-LIQUID TWO-PHASE ATOMIZING CLEANING DEVICE AND CLEANING METHOD - The present invention provides a gas-liquid two-phase atomizing cleaning device. The cleaning device comprises a gas-liquid two-phase atomizing spray head. The spray head is a double jacket structure and comprises a nozzle, a rotating arm, a gas guide tube and a liquid guide tube; wherein the nozzle is connected with the rotating arm, the gas guide tube and the liquid guide tube are fixed to the rotating arm, the gas guide tube and the liquid guide tube are both provided with pneumatic valves. | 10-23-2014 |
20150144160 | ETCHANT, PREPARATION THEREOF AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME IN THE CLEANING PROCESS - The present invention provides an etchant which is a reaction product of sulfuric acid and ammonium persulfate, wherein the concentration of the ammonium persulfate is 1˜25%, the concentration of the sulfuric acid is 98%. The etchant is produced by adding the ammonium persulfate into the sulfuric acid at a temperature of 100 to 200 degree Celsius. According to the present invention, the ammonium persulfate substitute the conventional oxidizing agent of hydrogen peroxide. Since the ammonium persulfate is in a powder form, the operation becomes more convenient. Furthermore, since sulfuric acid is formed as a by-product instead of water, the etchant will not be diluted after being used for many times, which reduces the production cost. | 05-28-2015 |
20150206771 | CLEANING DEVICE RESISTANT TO LIQUID BACKSPLASH AND CLEANING SYSTEM THEREWITH - The present invention provides a cleaning device resistant to liquid backsplash comprises an upper casing and a lower casing. The upper casing moves upward and downward relative to the lower casing. The upper casing comprises an inner wall, an outer wall, and a hollow cavity formed therebetween. The inner wall is provided with a plurality of liquid inlet apertures which are communicated with the hollow cavity. Through the liquid inlet apertures and the hollow cavity provided in the cleaning device and the cleaning system of the present invention, the chemical liquids and/or particles used are introduced into the hollow cavity via the liquid inlet apertures and discharged via the liquid discharging apertures during the high speed rotation of the wafer so as to achieve better cleaning device. | 07-23-2015 |
20150209834 | SWING SPRAY DEVICE OF CLEANING APPARATUS AND CLEANING METHOD - The present invention relates to the field of semiconductor manufacturing technology, more particularly to a swing spray device of a cleaning apparatus and a cleaning method. The swing spray device comprises a spray arm, a spray head and a driving unit. The spray head is connected with the spray arm, and is controlled to swim by the driving unit. The spray head is hinged with the spray arm to form a first hinge joint. The driving unit is an air cylinder; the piston rod of the air cylinder is connected with the spray head. The piston rod is hinged with the spray head to form a second hinge joint. Therefore, the better cleaning effects can be achieved both in the center and the edge of the wafer. | 07-30-2015 |
20150296442 | Cell-Selective Network Access - The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for providing selective network access, wherein a cell type indication is provided based on at least one of a preamble and a header portion of a broadcast signal. At the receiving end, it is checked based on at least one of the preamble and the header portion, whether broadcast signals are received from different first and second cell types. The first cell type is selected for network access, if both broadcast signals from the first and second cell types are received with sufficient strength. | 10-15-2015 |
20150312823 | NETWORK OFFLOADING - Network connection is provided by a method is performed in a control node. An indication pertaining to at least partly transfer a data transmission service of a wireless device from using a first network access method to using a second network access method associated with a network node is received. The network node is associated with a compatibility version. The indication comprises a compatibility version of the wireless device for the second network access method. The compatibility version of the wireless device is compared to the compatibility version of the network node. It is determined if there is a version mismatch between the compatibility version of the wireless device and the compatibility version of the network node. If so, an expected performance impact of the wireless device using the second network access method is determined. Based on the determined performance impact, it is indicated whether or not the wireless device is allowed to establish a connection to the network node. | 10-29-2015 |
20160113015 | Method and Device for Determining WLAN Channel - This disclosure provides a method and for determining WLAN channel in a base station which supports both WLAN access and cellular network access, and a first WLAN channel is allocated for its WLAN access. According to this disclosure, if frequency space between the first WLAN channel and frequency range occupied by the cellular network access is not larger than a threshold, the base station detects available WLAN channels which are not occupied by surrounding WLANs. If the frequency space between the available WLAN channels and the frequency range occupied by the cellular network is not larger than the threshold, the base station changes its WLAN channel from the first WLAN channel to a second WLAN channel occupied by one of the surrounding WLANs. The frequency space between the second WLAN channel and the frequency range occupied by the cellular network access is larger than the threshold, thus interference between the cellular network and the WLAN is reduced or eliminated. This disclosure also provides a base station. | 04-21-2016 |
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20080240575 | Learning concept templates from web images to query personal image databases - Methods and apparatus to generate templates from web images for searching an image database are described. In one embodiment, one or more retrieved images (e.g., from the Web) may be used to generate one or more templates. The templates may be used to search an image database based on features commonly shared between sub-images of the retrieved images. Other embodiments are also described. | 10-02-2008 |
20100135527 | Image recognition algorithm, method of identifying a target image using same, and method of selecting data for transmission to a portable electronic device - An image recognition algorithm includes a keypoints-based comparison and a region-based color comparison. A method of identifying a target image using the algorithm includes: receiving an input at a processing device, the input including data related to the target image; performing a retrieving step including retrieving an image from an image database, and, until the image is either accepted or rejected, designating the image as a candidate image; performing an image recognition step including using the processing device to perform an image recognition algorithm on the target and candidate images in order to obtain an image recognition algorithm output; and performing a comparison step including: if the image recognition algorithm output is within a pre-selected range, accepting the candidate image as the target image; and if the image recognition algorithm output is not within the pre-selected range, rejecting the candidate image and repeating the retrieving, image recognition, and comparison steps. | 06-03-2010 |
20100251101 | Capture and Display of Digital Images Based on Related Metadata - Methods and apparatuses receive receiving a plurality of images and metadata associated with each respective image, determining a viewpoint of one of the images of the plurality, the viewpoint to represent the location and orientation of the image capture device when the image was captured and creating a view including the plurality of images, wherein placement of the images based on each images respective metadata and the determined viewpoint. | 09-30-2010 |
20100309225 | IMAGE MATCHING FOR MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITY - Embodiments of a system and method for mobile augmented reality are provided. In certain embodiments, a first image is acquired at a device. Information corresponding to at least one second image matched with the first image is obtained from a server. A displayed image on the device is augmented with the obtained information. | 12-09-2010 |
20100332571 | DEVICE AUGMENTED FOOD IDENTIFICATION - Methods, apparatuses and systems capture data related to a food item via one or more sensors and narrow the possible identities of the food item by determining the time when the data capture occurred and the location of the food item. A list of nodes based at least in part on the narrowed possible identities is generated to identify the food item and sorted based at least in part on the probability of one or more nodes corresponding to the food item. | 12-30-2010 |
20110081090 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING IMAGES FROM A LARGE COLLECTION OF IMAGES - An image retrieval program (IRP) may be used to query a collection of digital images. The IRP may include a mining module to use local and global feature descriptors to automatically rank the digital images in the collection with respect to similarity to a user-selected positive example. Each local feature descriptor may represent a portion of an image based on a division of that image into multiple portions. Each global feature descriptor may represent an image as a whole. A user interface module of the IRP may receive input that identifies an image as the positive example. The user interface module may also present images from the collection in a user interface in a ranked order with respect to similarity to the positive example, based on results of the mining module. Query concepts may be saved and reused. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 04-07-2011 |
20120075342 | AUGMENTING IMAGE DATA BASED ON RELATED 3D POINT CLOUD DATA - Embodiments of the invention describe processing a first image data and 3D point cloud data to extract a first planar segment from the 3D point cloud data. This first planar segment is associated with an object included in the first image data. A second image data is received, the second image data including the object captured in the first image data. A second planar segment related to the object is generated, where the second planar segment is geometrically consistent with the object as captured in the second image data. This planar segment is generated based, at least in part, on the second image data, the first image data and the first planar segment. | 03-29-2012 |
20120173549 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVING IMAGES FROM A LARGE COLLECTION OF IMAGES - A processing system may receive an example image for use in querying a collection of digital images. The processing system may use local and global feature descriptors to perform a content-based image comparison of the digital images with the example image, to automatically rank the digital images with respect to similarity to the example image. A local feature descriptor may represent a portion of the contents of a digital image. A global feature descriptor may represent substantially all of the contents of that digital image. The global feature descriptor may be content based, not keyword based. Intermediate and final classifiers may be used to perform the automatic ranking. Different intermediate classifiers may generate intermediate relevance metrics with respect to different modalities. The final classifier may use results from the intermediate classifiers to produce a final relevance metric for the digital images. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 07-05-2012 |
20130002649 | MOBILE AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, apparatuses and methods to provide image data, augmented with related data, to be displayed on a mobile computing device. Embodiments of the invention display a live view augmented with information identifying an object amongst other objects. Embodiments of the invention may utilize other related data, such as 3D point cloud data, image data and location data related to the object, to obtain a specific location of an object within the live view. Embodiments of the invention may further display a live view with augmented data three-dimensionally consistent with the position and orientation of the image sensor of the mobile computing device. | 01-03-2013 |
20130254281 | COLLABORATIVE MEDIA GATHERING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems, devices and methods are described including determining a goal for collaborative media gathering, automatically generating a plurality of tasks specifying the capture of media associated with the goal, storing the tasks, and providing the tasks to a plurality of users. The goal may be automatically determined in response to real-time social media analysis. | 09-26-2013 |
20140028794 | VIDEO COMMUNICATION WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL PERCEPTION - Generally, this disclosure provides methods and systems for real-time video communication with three dimensional perception image rendering through generated parallax effects based on identification, segmentation and tracking of foreground and background layers of an image. The system may include an image segmentation module configured to segment a current local video frame into a local foreground layer and a local background layer and to generate a local foreground mask based on an estimated boundary between the local foreground layer and the local background layer; a face tracking module configured to track a position of a local user's face; a background layer estimation module configured to estimate a remote background layer; and an image rendering module configured to render a 3D perception image based on the estimated remote background layer, the current remote video frame and the remote foreground mask. | 01-30-2014 |
20140092005 | IMPLEMENTATION OF AN AUGMENTED REALITY ELEMENT - Systems and methods may provide for an implementation of an augmented reality element. A logic architecture may be employed to coordinate the implementation of the augmented reality element based on an input and in response to when a user is to view the augmented reality element. The logic architecture may also be employed to perform an association between the input and the implementation of an augmented reality element, wherein the association is to be defined by the user. Additionally, the logic architecture may be employed to include a guide input to guide the implementation, for example a guide input to guide the conduct, of the augmented reality element. | 04-03-2014 |
20140161306 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED IMAGE DISPARITY ESTIMATION - Techniques for improved image disparity estimation are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and an imaging management module, and the imaging management module may be operable by the processor circuit to determine a measured horizontal disparity factor and a measured vertical disparity factor for a rectified image array, determine a composite horizontal disparity factor for the rectified image array based on the measured horizontal disparity factor and an implied horizontal disparity factor, and determine a composite vertical disparity factor for the rectified image array based on the measured vertical disparity factor and an implied vertical disparity factor. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-12-2014 |
20140233847 | NETWORKED CAPTURE AND 3D DISPLAY OF LOCALIZED, SEGMENTED IMAGES - Systems, devices and methods are described including receiving a source image having a foreground portion and a background portion, where the background portion includes image content of a three-dimensional (3D) environment. A camera pose of the source image may be determined by comparing features of the source image to image features of target images of the 3D environment and using the camera pose to segment the foreground portion from the background portion may generate a segmented source image. The resulting segmented source image and the associated camera pose may be stored in a networked database. The camera pose and segmented source image may be used to provide a simulation of the foreground portion in a virtual 3D environment. | 08-21-2014 |
20140247325 | GUIDED IMAGE CAPTURE - Examples are disclosed for determining a suggested camera pose or suggested camera settings for a user to capture one or more images. In some examples, the suggested camera pose or suggested camera settings may be based on an indication of the user's interest and gathered information associated with the user's interests. The user may be guided to adjust an actual camera pose or actual camera settings to match the suggested camera pose or suggested camera settings. | 09-04-2014 |
20140292807 | ENVIRONMENT ACTUATION BY ONE OR MORE AUGMENTED REALITY ELEMENTS - Apparatuses, systems, media and methods may provide for environment actuation by one or more augmented reality elements. A location module may determine a location of one or more networked devices in a real space and/or establish a location of the one or more augmented reality elements in a virtual space, which may be mapped to the real space. A coordinator module may coordinate a virtual action in the virtual space of the one or more augmented reality elements with an actuation event by the one or more networked devices in the real space. The actuation event may correspond to the virtual action in the virtual space and be discernible in the real space. | 10-02-2014 |
20150228117 | ASYNCHRONOUS REPRESENTATION OF ALTERNATE REALITY CHARACTERS - Technologies for representing alternate reality characters in a real-world environment include receiving sensor data from sensors of a sensor network of a home location of an alternate reality character, determining available response to the stimuli represented by the sensor data, and determining an activity of the alternate reality character for a time period based on the available responses. The technologies may also include generating a video of the alternate reality character performing the determined activity superimposed on an image map of a real-world environment of the home location during the time period. Users may view the video in real time or during a time period subsequent to the time period represented in the video. Additionally, the alternate reality character may be transferred to remote computing devices in some embodiments. | 08-13-2015 |
20150249791 | MECHANISM FOR FACILITATING FAST AND EFFICIENT CALCULATIONS FOR HYBRID CAMERA ARRAYS - A mechanism is described for facilitating efficient computation for hybrid camera arrays at computing devices according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes selecting a camera to serve as a reference camera, where the camera is selected from a plurality of cameras in a hybrid camera array, performing matching across images obtained from multiple camera pairs of the plurality of cameras, and selecting one or more best camera pairs of the multiple camera pairs based on at least one of placement, type, and history associated with each camera of the multiple camera pairs. | 09-03-2015 |
20150271473 | TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED IMAGE DISPARITY ESTIMATION - Techniques for improved image disparity estimation are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and an imaging management module, and the imaging management module may be operable by the processor circuit to determine a measured horizontal disparity factor and a measured vertical disparity factor for a rectified image array, determine a composite horizontal disparity factor for the rectified image array based on the measured horizontal disparity factor and an implied horizontal disparity factor, and determine a composite vertical disparity factor for the rectified image array based on the measured vertical disparity factor and an implied vertical disparity factor. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-24-2015 |
20160071279 | DISPARITY DETERMINATION FOR IMAGES FROM AN ARRAY OF DISPARATE IMAGE SENSORS - Disparity is determined for images from an array of disparate image sensors. In one example, a method includes processing images from multiple cameras of a camera array to reduce variations caused by variations in the in the image sensors of the respective cameras, the multiple cameras including a reference camera and at least one secondary camera, and determining multiple baseline disparities from the image from the reference camera to the images from the secondary cameras. | 03-10-2016 |
20160127616 | GLOBAL MATCHING OF MULTIPLE IMAGES - Global matching of pixel data across multiple images. Pixel values of an input image are modified to better match a reference image with a slope thresholded histogram matching function. Visual artifacts are reduced by avoiding large pixel value modifications. For large intensity variations across the input and reference image, the slope of the mapping function is thresholded. Modification to the input image is therefore limited and a corresponding modification to the reference image is made to improve the image matching. More than two images may be matched by iteratively modifying a cumulative mass function of a reference image to accommodate thresholded modification of multiple input images. A device may include logic to match pixel values across a plurality of image frames generated from a plurality of image sensors on the device. Once matched, image frames may be reliably processed further for pixel correspondence, or otherwise. | 05-05-2016 |
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20150218279 | BINDING MOLECULES TO THE HUMAN OX40 RECEPTOR - The present disclosure provides isolated binding molecules that bind to the human OX40R, nucleic acid molecules encoding an amino acid sequence of the binding molecules, vectors comprising the nucleic acid molecules, host cells containing the vectors, methods of making the binding molecules, pharmaceutical compositions containing the binding molecules, and methods of using the binding molecules or compositions. | 08-06-2015 |