17th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 30 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110096903 | Multiview x-ray inspection system - A multiview x-ray scanning system for inspecting the 3D volume of an object has been presented. The method uses multiple x-ray sources and multiple x-ray beams. The object to be inspected is interposed in the trajectory of these beams and moved relative to these beams. The x-ray beams after passing through the object are detected by detectors that are interleaved to realize a compact design. In order that the interleaved detectors do not intersect, the location of detectors and sources is adjusted. Further, the design of detectors is such that they can be placed in close proximity to each other in order to realize a small footprint scanner having a high resolution. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096904 | Linear X-ray detector using fiber optic face plate to alter optical path - A radiation damage resistant linear X-ray detector system based on a unique image transferring principle to alter the optical path and thus reduces or eliminates the X-ray radiation damage on the electrical components of the detector system. The system includes a layer of scintillating material, a fiber optic face plate (FOFP), and an array of image sensors. One face of the FOFP is bonded to the surface of the image sensors. The layer of scintillating material, such as Gd | 2011-04-28 |
20110096905 | K-EDGE IMAGING - An imaging system including a radiation source ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110096906 | Method and System for Extracting Spectroscopic Information from Images and Waveforms - The application discloses systems and methods for determining an atomic number of a material being scanned by generating a predetermined number of transmission data samples, determining a variance of the transmission data samples, and determining the atomic number of the material being scanned by comparing the variance or a derivative of the variance of the transmission data samples to one or more predetermined variances. The application also discloses systems and methods for determining an atomic number of a material being scanned by deriving transmission signal samples of the material being scanned, determining a variance of the signal samples, and determining an atomic number of the material being scanned by comparing the variance of the signal samples, or a derivative of the variance, to one or more predetermined variances. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096907 | METHOD FOR OPERATING C-ARM SYSTEMS DURING REPEATED ANGIOGRAPHIC MEDICAL PROCEDURES | 2011-04-28 |
20110096908 | FIRING DELAY FOR RETROFIT DIGITAL X-RAY DETECTOR - A method and apparatus are disclosed for obtaining an x-ray image from an x-ray imaging apparatus using a digital radiography receiver installs a retrofit connection apparatus that adapts the x-ray imaging apparatus for use with the digital radiography receiver by forming a receiver interface channel for communicating signals to and from the digital radiography receiver, forming an operator interface channel for routing at least an input expose signal from an operator control to the connection apparatus and forming a generator interface channel for transmitting at least an output expose signal from the retrofit connection apparatus to an x-ray generator of the x-ray imaging apparatus. An input expose signal over the operator interface channel initiates a reset of the digital radiography receiver over the receiver interface channel before the output expose signal to the x-ray generator is transmitted over the generator interface channel. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096909 | MOUNT FOR ROTATING TARGET - The object of the present invention is a mount for a rotating target, roughly disk-shaped and perforated at its center. The mount is made of a material which a structurally hardened nickel-based superalloy. The mount is disk-shaped with a narrower area at its periphery, and the narrow peripheral area and the thick area surrounding the central orifice are separated by a discontinuous area whose slope is between 3° and 10°, with the thickness ratio between the narrow peripheral area and the thick area surrounding the central orifice being between 1.5 and 3. The superalloy is an Inconel that has undergone a structural hardening treatment after machining. At least one of the mount's surfaces is coated with an emissive coating used to discharge heat through thermal radiation. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096910 | X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM - An X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray irradiator, an X-ray receiver, a support mechanism configured to support the X-ray irradiator and X-ray receiver in opposing positions, and a flat carrier configured to support the support mechanism and including at least one wheel for movement. The X-ray imaging system also includes a handle for manual movement attached to the flat carrier car and brake means juxtaposed to the handle. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096911 | Quality Assurance Phantom for Digital Dental Imaging and Related Method - A quality assurance phantom for intraoral digital dental imaging and related method. The quality assurance phantom measures three different physical properties of an imaging system: dynamic range, contrast detectability, and spatial resolution. The phantom comprises a dynamic range portion having a plurality of steps, each step of the plurality of steps having a different thickness from the other steps; a contrast detail portion having a uniform thickness and a plurality of wells formed therein; a spatial resolution portion having a plurality of line sets, each line set of the plurality of line sets having different line spacing from the other line sets; an attenuating body having uniform thickness positioned between the source and the contrast detail portion and the spatial resolution portion; and a lead mass adjacent to the dynamic range portion. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096912 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INITIATING AN AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY CALL - A method and an apparatus for initiating an automatic emergency call wherein an emergency signal is sent when an initiation threshold is reached which is ascertained on the basis of a sensor signal. To prevent the incorrect transmissions of emergency calls and nevertheless to take account of a multiplicity of hazard situations, when the initiation threshold is reached an emergency call is initiated and additionally the reliability of the sensor signals prompting the initiation are assessed. When the sensor signals cannot be interpreted explicitly the emergency call is transmitted only after a delay time. During the delay time, the transmission of the emergency call can still be terminated. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096913 | Custom Telephony Device Configuration - A system for providing highly-customized telecom devices has a variety of standardized component parts, a library of device-specific software providing a variety of functions, including soft keys and icons related to soft keys, and an interactive interface provided by software executing from a machine-readable medium coupled to an Internet-connected server. The interactive interface provides functions for a person to indicate to the system a combination of needs and personal characteristics, the system illustrates to the person special features associated with the combination of needs indicated, and the person is enabled to select to configure a telecom device with individual ones of the special features. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096914 | Method and System for Context Sensitive Calling - A system and method for context sensitive calling is disclosed in which context associated with a call is pulled from a file or database and forwarded with the call. In some embodiments, the context is pulled using a context reference number, and the context may be dependant upon the type of called terminal equipment available. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096915 | AUDIO SPATIALIZATION FOR CONFERENCE CALLS WITH MULTIPLE AND MOVING TALKERS - Systems and methods are described that utilize audio spatialization to help at least one listener on one end of a communication session differentiate between multiple talkers on another end of the communication session. In accordance with one embodiment, an audio teleconferencing system obtains speech signals originating from different talkers on one end of the communication session, identifies a particular talker in association with each speech signal, and generates mapping information sufficient to assign each speech signal associated with each identified talker to a corresponding audio spatial region. A telephony system communicatively connected to the audio teleconferencing system receives the speech signals and the mapping information, assigns each speech signal to a corresponding audio spatial region based on the mapping information, and plays back each speech signal in its assigned audio spatial region. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096916 | METHODS, APPARATUS AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO DETECT ECHO DURING TELECONFERENCES - Example methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to detect echo during teleconferences are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes collecting first signal data for a first teleconference leg of a teleconference, collecting second signal data for a second teleconference leg of the teleconference, computing an echo detection metric from the first and second signal data, and comparing the echo detection metric to a threshold to determine whether an echo is likely present on the first teleconference leg of the teleconference. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096917 | AUTOMATED CALL SET-UP BETWEEN TWO TERMINALS - A method and apparatus are provided for sending a first terminal a message including a command adapted to trigger automatic sending by the first terminal of a request to set up a call between the first terminal and a second terminal. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096918 | CALL FEATURES FOR AUTOMATIC CALL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - Call features for an Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) system implemented within a packet-based telephone environment are disclosed. Within a packet-based network, data messages are transferred between the ACD system and customer telephone stations while the customer waits for an attendant to become available. These data messages allow the customer to be informed of his/her current status within the priority order and further allows the customer to initiate a number of customer oriented operations. These operations include selecting music to listen to while waiting, requesting to be alerted when an attendant becomes available, and initiating a browser session for accessing data information. Overall, the status reports in combination with the initiating of one or more of the customer oriented operations can make the time spent waiting for an attendant a more productive and pleasant experience for the customer. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096919 | SERVICE REQUEST ROUTING USING PASSIVE SKILL CERTIFICATION - In a data processing system coupled for communication to a plurality of agent terminals, a message is received indicating that an agent associated with the agent terminal handled a service request utilizing a skill in which the agent is not indicated as certified by an agent database of the data processing system. In response to receipt of the message, the data processing system updates in the agent database an agent skill record indicative of an amount of utilization of the skill by the agent in handling service requests. The data processing system compares the amount of utilization of the skill by the agent to a threshold. In response to a favorable comparison, the data processing system updates the agent skill record to indicate certification of the agent in the skill. The data processing system performs skill-based routing in a contact center by reference to the agent skill record. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096920 | Apparatus and method for data communication - The present invention relates to a data communication method and apparatus comprising a noise information memory for storing noise information to indicate a degree of noise on a current communication line and capable of performing communications in a plurality of communication modes. The method and apparatus further comprising a mode memory for storing the plurality of communication modes in response to the degree of noise, and a mode change control unit for reading current noise information from the noise information memory and selecting the communication mode corresponding to the current degree of noise from the mode memory, and changing the current communication mode into the selected communication mode. The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for highly reliable data communication with simplified construction. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096921 | PORTABLE SPEAKERPHONE WITH PIVOTING MICROPHONE BOOM - A wireless speakerphone with a pivoting microphone boom is provided. The speakerphone communicates via a wireless network to a cellular telephone, cellular telephone adaptor, land-line telephone, land-line telephone adaptor, computer, personal digital assistant, or other device capable of communicating via the wireless network. The microphone contained in the pivoting boom is a directional microphone, the design of the boom being such that the location of minimal microphone sensitivity is always directed towards the speakerphone's speaker. The wireless speakerphone may also include an integral display, thereby allowing various types of system information to be displayed, aid speakerphone/system configuration and provide expanded speakerphone functionality. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096922 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An object detection unit of a network camera detects an object including a human figure from image data. An event detection unit analyzes the image data based on a result of the object detection by the object detection unit. Based on a result of the image data analysis, an event detection unit determines to make identifiable to a client a human figure that should be monitored by the client and to apply masking to a human figure that should not be monitored by the client to make it unidentifiable to the client. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096923 | Block cipher - The method provided is for the encryption of data block by block, but unlike conventional methods like DES or AES, with a variable and substantially greater block length. The enciphering operations depend not only on the key, but also on the length of the plaintext blocks. The method meets the Strict Avalanche Criterion much better than conventional ciphers and blocks do not need to be padded. The method that additionally partitions outsized blocks executes the following steps: | 2011-04-28 |
20110096924 | ANTIPIRACY KEY SEGMENTATION FOR HFC MULTICAST DISTRIBUTION FROM MASTER HEADEND TO CABLE HUBS - A method of segregating a hybrid fiber cable network involves assigning a packet identifier (PID) to each of a plurality of hubs on the hybrid fiber cable network; assigning a distinct decryption method to each of the plurality of hubs, so that each of the plurality of hubs is identifiable by its associated decryption method and PID; generating selectively multiple encrypted content for transmission to the hubs, where content encrypted for use by each hub is identified by the hub's assigned PID; and transmitting the selectively multiple encrypted content over the hybrid fiber cable network to the plurality of hubs. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096925 | OPTICAL FIBER SECURE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND DATA ENCRPTION METHOD THEREFOR - An optical fiber secure communication apparatus and a data encryption method therefor are provided. The apparatus comprises a transmitter and a receiver being connected with each other via an optical fiber. The transmitter comprises a PPC processor unit, a field programmable gate array test board, a light-emitting module, an optical fiber coupler and a connection optical fiber. The receiver comprises a wavelength division multiplexer, a connection optical fiber, a photodetector, a field programmable gate array test board, a PPC processor unit and a signal output interface. At the transmitter end, two or more paths of input data are forwarded by the PPC, encrypted by the FPGA and then transmitted to the light-emitting module of two or more wavelengths for conversion from electrical signals into optical signals. At the receiver end, signals of two or more wavelengths enter the photodetector for conversion into electrical signals, which are decrypted by the FPGA and then forwarded by the PPC for output. With the present invention, the security of transmission data is improved and the difficulty in cracking data is increased. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096926 | TECHNIQUES FOR DATA ENCRYPTION AND DECRYPTION - Techniques for securing data access are presented. A sender encrypts data into a first integer value. A first knot is selected along with first and second keys. The first knot, first integer value, first key, and second key are used to produce a final knot. The final knot is transmitted as a graphical image to a receiver over a network. The receiver uses the first knot, final knot, first key, and second key to derive the first integer value. The first integer value is decrypted to produce the original data that the sender intended to send securely to the receiver. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096927 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING AN AUTHORIZATION KEY IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is an apparatus and method for updating an Authorization Key (AK) of a mobile station in an idle mode in a wireless communication system. A method for operating a mobile station in an idle mode to update an AK in a wireless communication system includes transmitting a first location update request to a base station, the first location update request including a request for updating an AK, receiving a response to the first location update request from the base station, the response to the first location update request including a NONCE_BS, wherein the NONCE_BS is a random number associated with the base station and used for updating the AK, generating a NONCE_MS, wherein the NONCE_MS is a random number used for updating the AK, generating the AK using the NONCE_BS and the NONCE_MS, transmitting a second location update request to the base station, the second location update request including the NONCE_BS and the NONCE_MS, receiving a response to the second location update request from the base station, the response to the second location update request including the NONCE_BS and the NONCE_MS, and confirming the AK based on the NONCE_BS and the NONCE_MS. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096928 | Wireless Communication Base Station Device, Wireless Communication Mobile Station Device, and Method for Scrambling Response Signal in ARQ - A wireless communication base station device which does not fail in ARQ control even when a mobile station fails to receive allocation information and collision of the uplink data transmitted from mobile stations occurs. In the device, a CRC unit ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110096929 | ENCRYPTION KEY DISTRIBUTION METHOD IN MOBILE BROADCASTING SYSTEM, AND SYSTEM FOR THE SAME - An encryption key distribution method for service and content protection in a mobile broadcasting system, and a system for the same which includes generating, by a network, a first encryption key when the broadcast service is first provided; transmitting a generalized rights object message, which includes identification information for identifying the generated first encryption key, to the terminal; generating a second encryption key before the lifetime of the first encryption key expires; and transmitting the generalized rights object message, which includes identification information for identifying the generated second encryption key, to the terminal. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096930 | Method of Storing Secret Information in Distributed Device - A method of storing a function result of a secret key in memory of a device for distribution is provided. The method involves applying a first, one way function to a random number stored in the memory of the device, thereby generating a first result, applying a second function to the first result and the secret key, thereby generating a second result, storing the second result in the memory of the device, and distributing the device with the random number and second result stored in the memory and the secret key not stored in the memory. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096931 | CROSSTALK SUPPRESSION - A crosstalk suppression arrangement for a stereo audio system, wherein the stereo audio system comprises a left stereo channel and a right stereo channel, each comprising a driving circuit, an output impedance of the driving circuit comprising at least a first output impedance part, and a load impedance, and wherein the load impedances of the left and the right stereo channels are connected to a reference voltage via a common reference voltage impedance, the crosstalk suppression arrangement comprising: a crosstalk suppression impedance having an impedance value based on the reference voltage impedance, at least one of the load impedances and at least one of the output impedances, wherein the crosstalk suppression impedance is connected at one end to a point between the load impedance and the output impedance of the left stereo channel and at another end to a point between the load impedance and the output impedance of the right stereo channel. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096932 | PARAMETRIC STEREO UPMIX APPARATUS, A PARAMETRIC STEREO DECODER, A PARAMETRIC STEREO DOWNMIX APPARATUS, A PARAMETRIC STEREO ENCODER - A parametric stereo upmix apparatus ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110096933 | AUDIO PROCESSING - A method of generating a desired shelving filter for audio data, the desired shelving filter having a low-corner frequency U and a high-corner frequency f | 2011-04-28 |
20110096934 | AUDIO MONITORING SYSTEM - An audio monitoring system for an audio performance consists of one or more terminal units and one or more base units. The base units are configured to send transmission data consisting of channel labels, frequencies, and mix identifiers to the terminal units. The terminal units are configured to receive and store the transmission data. The terminal units permit a user to select the stored transmission data and to display the transmission data on a user display. The terminal units can receive audio signals from the base units over the stored frequencies and are configured to output the corresponding audio signals to a sound transmission device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096935 | Sound Processing Unit, Sound Processing System, Audio Output Unit and Display Device - Practical speaker connection is identified using a device having a sound channel of a 5.1 channel or 7.1 channel, and a device is provided that can easily reproduce the optimum multiple channels. Actual speaker arrangement can be identified by, for example, measuring the impedance of a terminal at the side of an audio amplifier. If incorrect connection is found, a warning is issued. This information is transmitted to a signal source with an EDID and a signal with the optimum a number of sound channel is sent. The EDID is also used for the connection with a display unit and the speaker connection with which the display unit is provided uniquely. For example, a sound through the 7.1 channel is easily reproduced using the speaker of the display unit in the channel of the front speaker. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096936 | ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPE - An electronic stethoscope comprises a local unit ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110096937 | MICROPHONE APPARATUS AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD - A microphone apparatus is provided, including a body, a main microphone and a reference microphone. The main microphone and a reference microphone are disposed on the body for receiving a sound from a source and a noise from other than the source, wherein the main microphone and the reference microphone are arranged vertically towards the source. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096938 | Aural Device with White Noise Generator - An aural device to be worn over the ear of a user during sleeping hours which generates white noise. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096939 | REPRODUCING DEVICE, HEADPHONE AND REPRODUCING METHOD - A reproducing device includes a reproducing unit configured to reproduce a contents sound, an output unit configured to output the contents sound which has been reproduced using the reproducing unit to a headphone, a talk detection unit configured to detect that a headphone fitter who fits the headphone talks with a person and an image normal position control unit configured to move the normal position of the image of the contents sound which has been reproduced using the reproducing unit to an arbitrary position when the talk detecting unit has detected that the headphone fitter has started talking with the person. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096940 | Digital Communication System for Loudspeakers - A communication system for communicating with at least one loudspeaker is described where the loudspeaker is connected to audio equipment over standard two-wire speaker wire operable to carry an audio signal. The communication system includes a master node in electrical communication with a signal path carrying the audio signal between the audio equipment and the loudspeaker, the master node also including an interface with the audio equipment, a data encoder operable to encode data signals, a data transceiver operable to place the data signals onto the audio signal at frequencies above audio frequencies. The communication system also includes at least one slave node in electrical communication with the audio signal and each loudspeaker, the slave node including a data transceiver operable to receive data signals from the master node, a data decoder, and an interface able to communicate with the loudspeaker. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096941 | SELF-STEERING DIRECTIONAL LOUDSPEAKERS AND A METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A directional sound system, a method of transmitting sound to a spatial location determined by the gaze of a user and a directional communication system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the directional sound system includes: (1) a direction sensor configured to produce data for determining a direction in which attention of a user is directed, (2) a microphone configured to generate output signals indicative of sound received thereat, (3) loudspeakers configured to convert directed sound signals into directed sound and (4) an acoustic processor configured to be coupled to the direction sensor, the microphone, and the loudspeakers, the acoustic processor configured to convert the output signals to the directed sound signals and employ the loudspeakers to transmit the directed sound to a spatial location associated with the direction. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096942 | NOISE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods are described for applying noise suppression to one or more audio signals to generate a noise-suppressed audio signal therefrom. In a single-channel implementation, an input signal is received that comprises a desired audio signal and an additive noise signal. Noise suppression is then applied to the input signal to generate a noise-suppressed signal in a manner that is controlled by at least a parameter that specifies a degree of balance between distortion of the desired audio signal and unnaturalness of a residual noise signal included in the noise-suppressed signal. In an alternative single-channel implementation, a plurality of sub-band signals obtained by applying a frequency conversion process to a time domain representation of an input signal is received. Noise suppression is then applied to each of the sub-band signals by passing each of the sub-band signals through a time direction filter. Multi-channel noise suppression variants are also described. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096943 | Audio Console System - An audio console system includes an input for receiving an audio signal. The system may also include a user adjustable input amplifier which may amplify audio signals received from the input with a predefined gain. The system may additionally include a direct out output amplifier provided after the adjustable input amplifier. The direct out output amplifier may output a direct out output signal. The direct out output amplifier may adjust a gain of a signal transmitted from the adjustable input amplifier. The direct output amplifier may be configured in such a way, that, upon a user adjustment of the adjustable input amplifier, the direct out output amplifier may adjust the gain of the direct out output signal inversely to the adjustment of the input amplifier resulting in a predefined gain of the audio signal from the at least one input to the direct out output being maintained. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096944 | HIGH PERCEIVED AUDIO QUALITY CLASS D AMPLIFIER - An audio amplifier and a method of operating such an amplifier are disclosed. The audio amplifier includes a switch disabling controller and/or an output set-point controller. The switch disabling controller is configured to disable switching of an output switch circuit or other switch circuit while an input signal represents at least relative silence. The output set-point controller is configured to bring and/or hold first and second switch nodes toward and/or at a set-point voltage while the input signal represents at least relative silence. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096945 | Microphone unit with internal A/D converter - The present invention relates to a microphone assembly comprising a microphone assembly casing having a sound inlet port and a transducer for receiving acoustic waves through the sound inlet port. The transducer converts the received acoustic waves to analog audio signals. The assembly according to the present invention further comprises an electronic circuit positioned within the microphone assembly casing, said electronic circuit comprising a pre-amplifier and an analog-to-digital converter preferably in form of a sigma-delta modulator so as to convert amplified analog audio signals to digital audio signals. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096946 | LOUDSPEAKER MODULE - A loudspeaker module includes a hollow main body, two rotatable connecting portions, and two loudspeakers. The hollow main body includes two opposite sidewalls. Each of the opposite sidewall defines a first opening, an inner sidewall of the first opening defines an annular rotating slot. One end of the connecting portion extends an annular flange shaped corresponding to the rotating slot. The two rotatable connecting portions are respectively rotatably connected to the main body via the flange rotating about the rotating slot. Two loudspeakers are disposed in an end of the corresponding rotatable connecting portion away from the main body. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096947 | SPHERICALLY HOUSED LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM - A loudspeaker system for the reproduction of acoustic waves of music, sound and speech in a substantially circular horizontal plane. The loudspeaker system includes multiple spherical enclosures, each enclosure housing a pair of transducers, each pair of transducers producing acoustic waves of a predetermined frequency range. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096948 | HEARING INSTRUMENT COMPRISING A DIVIDED WAX FILTER - The invention relates to a hearing instrument comprising an ITE-part adapted for being positioned in the ear canal of a user, the ITE-part comprising a housing comprising first and second openings adapted for facing towards the ear drum when said ITE-part is mounted in the ear canal, said first and second openings being adapted to allow first and second functional elements of the ITE-part to be in communication with the ear canal, the hearing instrument further comprising a wax filter adapted to fully or partially cover said first and second openings. The invention further relates to the use of a hearing instrument, to a method of wax protection in a hearing instrument and to a wax filter. The object of the present invention is to provide an alternative solution to protect relevant parts of a hearing aid against wax deposition. The problem is solved in that the wax filter comprises at least first and second distinctly different parts for covering respectively, said first and second openings, each of said first and second distinctly different parts of the wax filter being individually optimized. This has the advantage of providing a flexible one-piece wax filter that is optimized according to need. The invention may e.g. be used for the hearing instruments comprising an in-the-ear-part. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096949 | Sound reproduction device with enhanced low-frequency sound effect - This invention is to provide a sound reproduction device including a tube, a loudspeaker and a resonance unit, wherein the loudspeaker includes a frame body having a side adjacent to a first diaphragm thereof peripherally fixed to a first opening of the tube, and the resonance unit includes a second diaphragm peripherally fixed to a second opening of the tube and a weighting element fixed at a central position of the second diaphragm. Thus, a closed resonance chamber is defined within the tube between the loudspeaker and resonance unit. When the loudspeaker is driven, the first diaphragm is vibrated and in turn vibrates air in front of the sound reproduction device to make sound and drives the second diaphragm to vibrate air behind the sound reproduction device synchronously in the same direction, thereby producing twice as strong low-frequency sound effect as a traditional sound reproduction device without a resonance unit. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096950 | ACOUSTIC TRAVELING WAVE TUBE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMING AND PROPAGATING ACOUSTIC WAVES - The present invention is an acoustic traveling wave tube system for propagating a directional acoustic wave comprising an acoustic traveling wave tube having a cylindrical shape with a load on one end of the tube, a plurality of excitation rings positioned around a circumference of the tube and spaced at predetermined intervals along a length of the tube and a microprocessor having a database containing a plurality of waveforms representative of acoustic signals. The microprocessor energizes one of the plurality of excitation rings to form an acoustic wave, sequentially energizes one or more of the remaining excitation rings along the length of the tube to amplify the acoustic wave as the acoustic wave travels along the length of the tube, and propagates the acoustic wave from an end of the tube opposite the load as a shaped directional acoustic wave. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096951 | VARIABLE DIRECTIONAL MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY - A variable directional microphone assembly and method of manufacturing the variable directional microphone assembly which includes a substrate, a semiconductor integrated circuit device, two microphone devices, a microphone body, and a case. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096952 | DIAPHRAGM, METHOD MAKING THE SAME AND LOUDSPEAKER USING THE SAME - A diaphragm includes a carbon nanotube film structure and an amorphous carbon structure composited with the carbon nanotube structure to form a stratiform composite structure. The carbon nanotube film structure defines a plurality of micropores therein. The amorphous carbon structure comprises a plurality of amorphous carbon particles received in the micropores. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096953 | DAMPER AND LOUDSPEAKER USING THE SAME CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS - A damper has ridges and furrows thereon and a through hole therein. The damper includes a carbon nanotube film structure and an amorphous carbon structure. The carbon nanotube film structure defines a number of micropores therein. The amorphous carbon structure is composited with the carbon nanotube structure. The amorphous carbon structure comprises a number of amorphous carbon particles received in the micropores. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096954 | OBJECT AND MOVEMENT DETECTION - Motions, positions or configurations off, for example a human hand can be recognised by transmitting a plurality of transmit signals in respective time frames; receiving a plurality of receive signals; determining a plurality of channel impulse responses using the transmit and receive signals; defining a matrix of impulse responses, with impulse responses for adjacent time frames adjacent each other; and analysing the matrix for patterns ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110096955 | SECURE ITEM IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON UNCLONABLE FEATURES - The present invention is a method and apparatus for protection of various items against counterfeiting using physical unclonable features of item microstructure images. The protection is based on the proposed identification and authentication protocols coupled with portable devices. In both cases a special transform is applied to data that provides a unique representation in the secure key-dependent domain of reduced dimensionality that also simultaneously resolves performance-security-complexity and memory storage requirement trade-offs. The enrolled database needed for the identification can be stored in the public domain without any risk to be used by the counterfeiters. Additionally, it can be easily transportable to various portable devices due to its small size. Notably, the proposed transformations are chosen in such a way to guarantee the best possible performance in terms of identification accuracy with respect to the identification in the raw data domain. The authentication protocol is based on the proposed transform jointly with the distributed source coding. Finally, the extensions of the described techniques to the protection of artworks and secure key exchange and extraction are disclosed in the invention. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096956 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICE - A vehicle periphery monitoring device is operable to report a high contact possibility between a vehicle and an object at an appropriate time or frequency according to the type of the object. When the object is determined to be a human being and the position of the object in real space is contained in a first contact determination area, a high contact possibility between the vehicle and the object is reported. On the other hand, when the object is determined to be a quadruped animal and the real spatial position of the object is contained in a second contact determination area, the corresponding report is made. The second contact determination area has an overlapped area that overlaps with the first contact determination area, and an overflowed area that has at least a part thereof overflowing from the first contact determination area. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096957 | POSITION MEASUREMENT METHOD, POSITION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A position measurement method includes an exterior orientation parameter correcting step S | 2011-04-28 |
20110096958 | ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus of this invention includes: a transmitting section | 2011-04-28 |
20110096959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A PRODUCT CATALOG - A system and method for displaying a product catalog obtains images of a user captured by an image obtaining device, locates a face from each of the images. The system and method further determines a movement direction, a movement speed, and a movement angle of the user's face, and rotates a product catalog with the movement direction, the movement speed, and the movement angle of the user's face. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096960 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EYE-SCAN AUTHENTICATION USING A LIQUID LENS - A method and apparatus for providing eye-scan authentication using an adaptive liquid lens are disclosed. For example, in one embodiment, the method receives a request for eye-scan authentication from a mobile endpoint device of a user, wherein the request comprises a first retinal image of the user captured using an adaptive liquid lens of the mobile endpoint device. The method obtains a second retinal image of the user, wherein the second retinal image is a stored retinal image of the user. The method authenticates the first retinal image against the second retinal image. In another embodiment, the method captures a first retinal image of a user via a mobile endpoint device of the user, wherein the mobile endpoint device comprises an adaptive liquid lens. The method then sends a request for eye-scan authentication from the mobile endpoint device over a network, wherein the request comprises the first retinal image. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096961 | BIOMETRIC INFORMATION DETECTION USING SWEEP-TYPE IMAGER - A fingerprint recognition system in which a user's finger ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110096962 | Method for Identifying Fingerprint Image - A method for identifying a fingerprint image includes inputting a fingerprint image captured by an electronic device, calculating an amount of valid ridge pixels in an amount of total ridge pixels of the fingerprint image to generate a first ratio, calculating an amount of successive ridge pixels in an amount of total ridge pixels of the fingerprint image to generate a second ration when the first ratio is identified within a first predetermined range, and determining the fingerprint image as a valid fingerprint image when the second ratio is identified within a second predetermined range. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096963 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOMIZING MEDICAL IMAGES BASED ON PATIENT PREFERENCE - A method and system for customizing medical images based on patient preference is disclosed herein. The method comprises: receiving patient preference on displaying patient identification information in a medical image; and providing customized patient identification information on the image based on the patient preference. The image with customized patient information is stored in a media. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096964 | Method and System for Automatic Extraction of Personalized Left Atrium Models - A method and system for automatic extraction of personalized left atrium models is disclosed. A left atrium chamber body is segmented from a 3D image volume. At least one pulmonary venous ostium is detected on the segmented left atrium chamber body. At least one pulmonary vein trunk connected to the left atrium chamber body is segmented based on the detected pulmonary venous ostia. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096965 | ULTRASOUND IMAGE ENHANCEMENT AND SPECKLE MITIGATION METHOD - A method for enhancing an ultrasound image is provided, wherein the ultrasound image is segmented into a feature region and a non-feature region, while sufficiently utilizing features contained in the ultrasound image, in particular including some inconspicuous features. the enhanced image according to present invention is not susceptive of the image segmentation and avoid dependence of the enhancement effect on the segmentation template, so as not to produce an evident artificial boundary between the feature region and the non-feature region but to highlight some special information in the image and to remove or mitigate invalid information. Thus the enhanced ultrasound image is particularly suitable for the visual system of the human beings. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096966 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING BONE VARIABILITY WITH ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT - A method and apparatus for assessing the time since demise of one or more tissue components, comprising a source of radiation to generate excitatory radiation toward a tissue component, the tissue component generating responsive radiation in response to the excitatory radiation, a sensor to receive the responsive radiation from the tissue component and create a signal indicating the rate of change (over time) of the responsive radiation, a processor connected to the sensor to receive the signal from the sensor, and wherein the processor evaluates the received signal and provides information whereby a user can assess the time since demise of the tissue component based on responsive radiation generated by the tissue component as a result of excitation of at least one intrinsic tissue component metabolic product. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096967 | Biological Imaging Device - Optical waveguide paths to observe a sample on a sample holder from a plurality of directions while guiding an image of light in each direction which is emitted out of the sample toward a direction of a two dimensional detector via a main imaging lens include an optical waveguide path which never receives the light directly from the sample. The optical waveguide path which never receives the light directly from the sample forms an image of the sample within a substantial focus range of the main imaging lens, and includes optical elements arranged such that a light beam after formation of the image proceeds toward a direction of the main imaging lens. Optical elements on at least one optical waveguide path are those for forming real images. Therefore, the main imaging lens images the sample and those real images in block on the two dimensional detector. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096968 | EXTENSION OF THE FIELD OF VIEW OF A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM IN THE PRESENCE OF INTERFERING OBJECTS - A method and system for generating a field of view extension of a CT scan and minimizing the effect of interfering objects is described. The system is configured and the method carries out the steps of generating a full sinogram based upon CT scan data of a scanned object and any interfering objects within the scanning field; determining the location of any interfering objects within the CT data based on physical and geometrical properties of the interfering objects; generating an ideal sinogram of any interfering objects based on their location and physical properties; subtracting the ideal sinogram from the full sinogram; extending a sinogram free of any interfering objects; and adding the ideal sinogram of interfering objects to the extended sinogram of the scanned object. Speeding up the computation of the extended sinogram by creating a look-up table of the tunable parameter of the extension function. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096969 | Method and System for Shape-Constrained Aortic Valve Landmark Detection - A system and method for performing shape-constrained aortic valve landmark detection using 3D medical images is provided. A rigid global shape defining initial positions of a plurality of aortic valve landmarks is detected within a 3D image. Each of the plurality of aortic valve landmarks is detected based on the initial positions. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096970 | Use of Multifocal Collimators in Both Organ-specific and Non-specific SPECT Acquisitions - A method for obtaining nuclear medical images of a patient in which one or more first images are obtained. The one or more first images can be used to identify one or more regions of interest for subsequent images that focus on the regions of interest. The process can occur iteratively until it is determined, either by a physician or a computer program that sufficient images have been obtained to identify lesions or other pathology within a reasonable level of confidence. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096971 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION FOR TRUNCATED DETECTOR ARRAY - A reconstruction system reconstructs projection data generated by a detector array of an imaging system having at least one truncated row of detector modules. The reconstruction system includes a projection data generator that augments the projection data with projection data created for the at least one truncated row of detector modules. The reconstruction system further includes a convolver that convolves the augmented projection data. The reconstruction system further includes a back-projector back-projects the augmented projection data and generates volumetric image data indicative thereof. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING AN IMAGE-BASED GATING PROCEDURE DURING AN IVUS IMAGING PROCEDURE - A method for imaging a patient using an intravascular ultrasound imaging system includes inserting a catheter into a target imaging region within patient vasculature. The catheter includes at least one transducer coupled to a control module. A plurality of image frames is generated as the at least one transducer is moved within patient vasculature. The image frames are based on data obtained from a plurality of echo signals reflected from patient tissue in response to a plurality of acoustic signals output from the at least one transducer. Each image frame includes a motion-blur component. A motion-blur-intensity estimate is quantified for each image frame to form a motion-blur-estimation signal that varies over time and that includes periodic local motion blur minima. Temporal variations of the motion-blur components are filtered to reduce variation in the motion-blur-intensity estimate arising from vessel structure variation. Image frames are selected that contain local motion blur minima. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096973 | Automatic Line Identification and Pairing for Nuclear Imaging Collimator Vector Map Characterization - A method for measuring a SPECT collimator's hole orientation angles includes obtaining a set of stepped radiation line images of a line radiation source by scanning/stepping the line radiation source across a first collimator in a first direction; obtaining a second set of stepped radiation line images of the line radiation source across the first collimator in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction; and obtaining two sets of stepped radiation line images for a second collimator, wherein one of the two collimators is a reference collimator and the other is a collimator being measured. Calculating the collimator hole orientation angles requires determining offset distances along the two directions for each pair of lines between the reference collimator's line images and the measured collimator's line images by identifying and pairing the lines from the reference collimator line images and the measured collimator line images. The method provides an automated way of identifying and pairing the lines. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096974 | METHOD FOR FAT FRACTION QUANTIFICATION IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING - A method for determining a concentration of fat within a region of a subject includes acquiring at least three gradient echo images from at least two different flip angles. The first and third images occur at an in-phase time when resonance signals of fat and water are in-phase with one another. The second images occur at an opposed-phase time when the resonance signals of fat and water are 180° out of phase with one another. T2* and T1 relaxation time maps are approximated based on the acquired images. Fat and water signals are distinguished based on observed relative signal phase. The amplitude of the fat and water signals are modulated using the T2* and T1 relaxation time maps. A ratio between fat and water signals for one or more voxels of the images is calculated based on the amplitude modulated fat and water signal images. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096975 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING MICROPARTICLES - Disclosed are systems and methods for identifying microparticles or features arranged in high density arrays. Using the techniques of the present teachings allow for effective discrimination and characterization of microparticles such as sequencing beads or features having densities of about 39×10 | 2011-04-28 |
20110096976 | AUTOMATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SETTING IMAGE ANALYSIS PARAMETERS TO CONTROL IMAGE ANALYSIS OPERATIONS - A method and system for setting image analysis parameters to control image analysis operations. The method and system include collecting set of digital training images including a set of states for the set of digital training images. An objective function is defined to determine a relative quality of plural different parameter sets used for digital image analysis. Values for the plural different parameter sets that maximize (or minimize) the objective function are determined. The method and system increases a usability of high content screening technologies by reducing a required level of expertise required to configure digital image processing. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096977 | AUTOMATED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SETTING IMAGE ANALYSIS PARAMETERS TO CONTROL IMAGE ANALYSIS OPERATIONS - A method and system for setting image analysis parameters to control image analysis operations. The method and system include collecting set of digital training images including a set of states for the set of digital training images. An objective function is defined to determine a relative quality of plural different parameter sets used for digital image analysis. Values for the plural different parameter sets that maximize (or minimize) the objective function are determined. The method and system increases a usability of high content screening technologies by reducing a required level of expertise required to configure digital image processing. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096978 | Off-Axis Sheet-Handling Apparatus and Technique for Transmission-Mode Measurements - An apparatus ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110096979 | METHOD OF CORRECTING PATTERNS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method of correcting patterns includes attaining a correcting amount distribution map using a photo mask, the photo mask including a transparent substrate having first and second surfaces opposite to each other and a mask pattern on the first surface, attaining a plurality of shadowing maps based on the correction amount distribution map, each of the shadowing maps including a unit section having a different plane area, and forming a plurality of shadowing regions with shadowing elements in the transparent substrate of the photo mask using respective shadowing maps. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096980 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING CONTACT ELEMENTS - A method, system and a computer program product for evaluating contact elements, the method includes: acquiring images of multiple groups of contact elements, wherein each group of contact element was expected to be contacted during a test by the same group of probes so as to form multiple probe marks; and evaluating at least one characteristic of a first contact element in response to a comparison between a number of potential probe marks that appear in the image of a first contact element and a number of potential probe marks that appear in an image of a second contact element. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096981 | Focus Finding And Alignment Using A Split Linear Mask - Disclosed is a method for determining a focus parameter for aligning a wafer (W) in an exposure tool ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110096982 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PROJECTING PATTERN - A pattern generating apparatus includes a sequence generating unit and an image data generating unit. The sequence generating unit generates a sequence formed by terms having M-value numeric values. The image data generating unit generates the image data by converting each numeric value of the sequence into a gray-level value according to each numeric value, and the sequence is generated by the sequence generating unit. The sequence generating unit generates the sequence such that vectors expressed by sub-sequences have different directions for the sub-sequence constituting the generated sequence. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096983 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSCRIPTION SUGGESTIONS AND COMPLETIONS - Methods, devices and systems are described for transcribing text from artifacts to electronic files. A computer system is provided, wherein the computer system comprises a computer-readable storage device. An image of the artifact is received wherein text is present on the artifact. A first portion of the text is analyzed. Characters representing the first portion of the text are identified at a first confidence level equal to or greater than a threshold confidence level. The characters representing the first portion of the text are stored. A second portion of the text appearing on the artifact is analyzed. A plurality of candidates to represent the second portion of the text are identified at a second confidence level below the threshold confidence level. Finally, the plurality of candidates to a user for selection are presented. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096984 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image processing device includes a background specifying unit and a filled area specifying unit. The background specifying unit specifies the lightness of a background portion of a document image. The filled area specifying unit determines, on each pixel scattered in a predetermined pattern, among pixels constituting the document image, whether the lightness of the pixel lies in a predetermined range is different from the lightness of the background portion to specify a filled area based on the position of the pixel having the lightness lying in the predetermined range among the pixels scattered in the predetermined pattern. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096985 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing method for dividing image data into a plurality of blocks and compressing the blocks on a block basis includes: sequentially selecting a block to be compressed from among the plurality of blocks and acquiring the selected block; determining whether the acquired block is color or monochrome; and when it is determined that the acquired block is color, generating a predetermined number of units of color components of a predetermined color format and performing a compression process using the predetermined number of units of the color components and a table for color image data, and when it is determined that the acquired block is monochrome, generating a predetermined number of units of one color component of the predetermined color format while dividing the acquired block, and performing a compression process using the generated units of the one color component and a table for monochrome image data. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096986 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a data processing section which processes input image data and obtains output image data; a face detecting section which detects a face image on the basis of the input image data and obtains information about a face image region in which the face image exists; and a processing controller which controls the process of the data processing section on the basis of the information about the face image region obtained in the face detecting section. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096987 | NOISE REDUCED COLOR IMAGE USING PANCHROMATIC IMAGE - A method for producing a noise-reduced digital color image, includes providing an image having panchromatic pixels and color pixels corresponding to at least two color photoresponses; providing from the image a panchromatic image and at least one color image; and using the panchromatic image and the color image to produce the noise-reduced digital color image by setting a plurality of color characteristics equal to the corresponding panchromatic characteristics at each color pixel location. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096988 | IMAGE ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSES UTILIZING THE SAME - An image enhancement apparatus is provided. The image enhancement apparatus includes a global contrast curve generator, a local contrast curve generator and an image generator. The global contrast curve generator generates a global contrast curve for an input image according to a global histogram of the input image. The local contrast curve generator generates a local contrast curve for each image partition within the input image according to the global contrast curve and further a feature of the image partition. The image generator generates an output image by enhancing a contrast of each image partition according to the local contrast curve for the image partition and the input image, and merging the enhanced image partitions. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096989 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING IMAGE OR VIDEO QUALITY USING AN EXPOSURE AWARE SCENE ADAPTIVE GLOBAL BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST - A method and apparatus for enhancing at least one of video and image quality using an exposure aware scene adaptive global brightness contrast. The method includes determining if gain control is needed utilizing Gamma corrected histogram and ancillary data, if gain control is not required, computing a set of scene adaptive tone points and blending with information from histogram equalization if needed, if gain control is required, estimating gain value and utilizing the gain value in computing the gain table, and accordingly, generating a look-up table for enhancing global brightness contrast utilizing the gain table, the tone table and the information from histogram equalization. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096990 | Video Codec Method and System - Techniques pertaining to scalable video codec are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a video image is analyzed and a region of interest (ROI) and a region of non-interest (non-ROI) are identified. By comparing the non-ROI image with that of a previous image, a background ignored identifier is created indicating whether the non-ROI can be ignored during encoding and decoding processes. Based on the status of the background ignored identifier, the encoder encodes the images into a basic layer (BL) and an enhanced layer (EL), and transmits the coded bit streams along with the identifier to a decoder. The decoder reconstructs the image based on the identifier and the BL and the EL bit streams. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096991 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGES - A system and method for processing images obtains an image from a storage device, locates a specified object in the image. The system and method further calculates a smallest rectangle framing the specified object, performs a masking operation on the smallest rectangle, and stores the processed image in the storage device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096992 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR UTILIZING REAL-WORLD AFFORDANCES OF OBJECTS IN AUDIO-VISUAL MEDIA DATA TO DETERMINE INTERACTIONS WITH THE ANNOTATIONS TO THE OBJECTS - An apparatus for determining interactions with annotations to objects based upon real-world affordances of the objects in audio-visual media data may include a processing element configured to receive image data describing one or more objects having real-world affordances, to identify the one or more objects having real-world affordances, and to create one or more semiotic regions by associating with the one or more objects interaction rules corresponding to the respective real-world affordances of the one or more objects. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096993 | Methods and Systems for Segmenting a Digital Image into Regions - Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for segmenting a digital image into regions. A frequency-of-occurrence of image values may be determined excluding a portion of pixels in a digital image. An image value associated with a peak in the frequency-of-occurrence of image values may be identified and associated with an image label. Pixel locations may be labeled based on the associated labels and image values. Additionally, unreliable pixels may be determined and labeled based on the associated labels and image values, and an unreliable pixel may be assigned a label after multiple scan passes of a classification map. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096994 | Similar image retrieval system and similar image retrieval method - A similar image retrieval system stores image data of picked-up images; extracts features of the respective picked-up images to store with the image data; specifies a key image; and retrieves an image having a high similarity with the key image by evaluating similarities between the key image and the picked-up images based on a feature of the key image and those of the picked up images. The system includes: a unit for assigning a keyword to each image; a first image retrieval unit for retrieving a similar image to the key image while excluding an image with the keyword from a retrieval target; and a second image retrieval unit for retrieving a similar image to the key image while taking only an image with the keyword as a retrieval target. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096995 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus comprising: a first detection unit adapted to detect a first subject from an object image; a first extraction unit adapted to extract a first feature amount for identifying an attribute of the first subject; a second extraction unit adapted to extract a second feature amount for detecting the second subject; a first storage unit adapted to store the first feature amount; and a second storage unit adapted to store the second feature amount, wherein when the first detection unit detects the first subject, the first extraction unit extracts the first feature amount and the first storage unit stores the amount, and when the first detection unit cannot detect the first subject, the second extraction unit extracts the second feature amount and the second storage unit stores the amount. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096996 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING VASCULAR STRUCTURE IMAGES | 2011-04-28 |
20110096997 | GRAPHICAL IMAGE AUTHENTICATION - A method may include receiving input associated with constructing a first image; generating the first image based on the input; comparing the first image with a second image; and providing access to at least one of a device, a service, or a function when the first image matches the second image. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096998 | Method of Taking an Image of an Object Residing in a Transparent, Colored Container - A method of producing an image of an object residing inside a transparent container of a first color includes: illuminating the container and the object with light of a second color, the second color being substantially the inverse of the first color; and producing an image of the object through the container. An image produced by this method can exhibit substantially the same color as the object itself, even when the image is taken through a colored transparent wall. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096999 | IMAGE PROCESSING - A method and apparatus are provided for analysing a scene, in particular a scene represented in a hyperspectral image, and for classifying regions within the scene. The method may be used in particular for identifying anomalous (novelty or outlier) features within the scene. In the method, adapted in a preferred embodiment from a known expectation maximisation algorithm, a “measure of outlierness” is determined and used to weight the contribution of training samples for a scene to the component statistics in a statistical model representing features in the scene. Preferably, the measure of outlierness is based upon the ν parameter in a Student's t-distribution and the invention provides techniques for parameterising the ν parameter and other parameters of the model. | 2011-04-28 |
20110097000 | Face-detection Processing Methods, Image Processing Devices, And Articles Of Manufacture - Face-detection processing methods, image processing devices, and articles of manufacture are described. According to one arrangement, a face-detection processing method includes accessing image data of a plurality of images to be processed for detection of human faces in the images, determining whether or not to use skin-detection processing for face-detection processing of individual ones of the images, and in accordance with the determining, performing the face-detection processing of one of the images using the skin-detection processing to detect human faces in the one of the images and performing the face-detection processing of another of the images without using the skin-detection processing to detect human faces in the another of the images. | 2011-04-28 |
20110097001 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED VISUALIZATION METHOD - A method, system and computer product for visualizing affinities between objects. The method includes the steps of: forming a representation of a minimum spanning tree where the minimum spanning tree connects the plurality of objects based on a pairwise distance between the plurality of objects; forming a hierarchical cluster of the plurality of objects where the hierarchical cluster includes a level; agglomerating the plurality of objects based on the pairwise distance; displaying a view of the representation of the minimum spanning tree in a graphical user interface; receiving a user selection of a parameter containing a hierarchical level; and identifying, in the view, a target cluster that corresponds to the hierarchical level; where at least one of the steps is carried out using a computer device so that affinities between the plurality of objects are visualized. | 2011-04-28 |
20110097002 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE INCLUDING CHARACTER STRING - Image processing apparatus and method perform a character recognition process to an area indicating a character string included in image data, generate layout information for layout of the character string on the basis of the area, and perform layout of a result of the character recognition process on the basis of the generated layout information, thereby enabling to perform a process, which uses the layout information, to a document which includes various layouts. | 2011-04-28 |