| 01st week of 2016 patent applcation highlights part 54 |
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| 20160005311 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL DEVICE FOR DRIVER/PEDESTRIAN/CYCLIST ADVISORY MESSAGE SCREEN AT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS - An encrypted traffic signal device controller (TSDC) and an Electronic Variable Message Sign (EVMS) at intersection roadways and related traffic intersections where the invention system is installed at traffic light intersections which will be triggered at the red light sequence where vehicles/pedestrian/cyclists are stopped. After the traffic light turns red, the time delay of the red light will trigger an audio and visual public announcement which will be of assistance to the driver and enable the driver to pay attention to the announcement without being concerned about diverting the driver's attention from driving the vehicle since the vehicle is stopped at a red light and the driver can devote his attention to reading the information provided. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005312 | BICYCLE DIFFERENTIATION USING VIDEO DATA ANALYTICS - A vehicular observation and detection apparatus and system incorporates a detection framework using video analysis to differentiate between motorized vehicles and bicycles for improved traffic flow and safety at intersections. The detection framework creates virtual zones overlaid on lanes of a roadway and analyzes input data representing objects in the virtual zones collected from one or more cameras positioned at or near the roadway. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005313 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SMART STOP SIGN - The invention is an augmented stop sign that functions more like a traffic signal light commonly used on road junctions in place of existing passive stop signs. The cost of the stop sign is extremely less than a typical existing traffic signal system at a junction and the time and effort involved in installation and maintenance is similar to that of installing an existing stop sign. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005314 | VEHICLE DATA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A server system configured to communicate with a device that is installable in a vehicle, such as a portable or in-built navigation device, comprises a communications resource for receiving vehicle data indicative of a parameter of the vehicle; and a processing resource operable to obtain weather data and to process the weather data and the vehicle data to determine at least one weather-related condition in dependence on both the weather data and the vehicle data. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005315 | COMMUNICATION OF ALERTS TO VEHICLES BASED ON VEHICLE MOVEMENT - Systems and methods for communicating alerts to vehicles based on vehicle movement are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes determining movement of one or both of first and second vehicles. The method also includes analyzing the determined movement based on a predetermined criteria. Further, the method includes receiving user input for vehicular communication of an alert. The method also includes communicating an alert to the second vehicle based on the analysis in response to receiving the user input. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005316 | AROUND VIEW SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An around view system includes: a camera module configured to photograph surrounding images of a vehicle; a control module configured to output an around view monitoring (AVM) combined image obtained by combining the surrounding images according to a setting reference; and a display module configured to display the AVM combined image, in which the control module includes: a generating unit configured to generate an AVM image, in which a view of the surrounding image is converted; a recognizing unit configured to recognize a parking line and a section corner crossing the parking line in the AVM image; and a control unit configured to set a virtual parking section based on the parking line and the section corner, and output the AVM combined image obtained by combining the AVM image and the virtual parking section according to the reference setting. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005317 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN ALARM SIGNAL IN A VEHICLE - A method is provided for generating an alarm signal in a vehicle for indicating that the vehicle is in the proximity of an object includes detecting a degree of proximity to the object, calculating a value of the distance (d) between the vehicle and the object, generating the alarm signal at least as an audio signal when the distance (d) is less than a predetermined first threshold value (d | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005318 | FLIGHT CONTROL FOR FLIGHT-RESTRICTED REGIONS - Systems, methods, and devices are provided for providing flight response to flight-restricted regions. The location of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may be compared with a location of a flight-restricted region. If needed a flight-response measure may be taken by the UAV to prevent the UAV from flying in a no-fly zone. Different flight-response measures may be taken based on the distance between the UAV and the flight-restricted region and the rules of a jurisdiction within which the UAV falls. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005319 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING THE PILOTING OF AN AIRCRAFT ON THE GROUND AND SYSTEM FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION - A method for assisting the piloting of an aircraft on the ground comprises the steps of obtaining a panoramic view of at least one area adjacent to the aircraft, isolating an image corresponding to a part of the panoramic view and which is selected according to an orientation desired by the pilot, and displaying the image on a display device visible by the pilot. A system for the implementation of the method is also provided. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005320 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR BRAIN EXERCISE TRAINING - A computer-implemented method of directing mental exercise includes providing, by a first output component, a stimulus representing an imagined perception, experience or activity that a user should attempt to generate in their mind; providing, by a second output component, an instruction for the user to perform a mental exercise that includes instructing the user to generate an internal felt sense of the imagined perception, experience or activity; receiving, at a user interface, an input that characterizes the user's internal felt sense, where the input includes an overt response from the user; determining, by a processing module, an attribute of the received input; determining, by the processing module and based on the determined attribute, a next instruction; storing at least one of the determined attribute and the determined next instruction in one or more memory locations; and training the user, including presenting the determined attribute, and providing the next instruction. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005321 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL MOCK TRIALS - Systems, methods, and media for providing virtual mock trials are provided. A system includes one or more hardware processors that are operative to initiate an interactive mock trial session via a network to a plurality of remote participants. The one or more hardware processors generate first and second presentation displays of the mock trial, each having an arrangement of content that may include a live-action video, a pre-recorded video, an image, interactive actuators or icons, text, or combinations thereof. The first display has a first set of interactive options and is transmitted to a plurality of mock jurors, while the second display has a second set of interactive options and is transmitted to at least one other remote participant, which may be, for example, a trial manager, an attorney, or an observer. Evaluations of the mock trial are interactively completed and received by the hardware processor. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005322 | Method And Computer Algorithm to Determine A User's Mental Agility, Memory and Emotional State Based on Recreational Media Content And Game Play - A computerized system to determine and predict the mental agility and mood of a user by compiling a list of questions based on recently viewed and or listened to recreational media content. Comparing the user's responses with their peer group and the user's historical record enables the system to determine a deviation in mental agility and or emotional state. Deviation from the expected response indicates a change in the user's mood or mental state. Alerts may be sent when these deviations are detected. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005323 | ADAPTIVE E-LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - An adaptive computer-implemented e-learning system and method able to deliver a learning approach that customizes and adapts to each learners' skills and knowhow. A computer-implemented cognitive diagnosis process for predictions on skills and knowledge of a learner comprising the steps of: building a domain ontology; establishing a items bank; referencing the items bank using elements from the domain ontology elements (semantic-grounding of the items); establishing a training database of learners answers; estimating Cognitive Diagnostic Model (CDM) parameters and determining an appropriate model to be used; running the model to estimate a learner level on non-abstract latent variables; applying a Mastery of domain Knowledge and competency Skill (MKS) approach to estimate the learner level on abstract latent variables, or extracting relevant hierarchies from the ontology and use the CDM appropriate model to estimate those attributes; and building a diagnosis report from the results of steps 6) and 7). | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005324 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOMAIN ADAPTATION IN QUESTION ANSWERING - The present disclosure relates generally to question answering systems and methods and, particularly, to systems and methods for domain adaptation in question answering. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005325 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOMAIN ADAPTATION IN QUESTION ANSWERING - The present disclosure relates generally to question answering systems and methods and, particularly, to systems and methods for domain adaptation in question answering. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005326 | ADAPTIVE, IMMERSIVE, AND EMOTION-DRIVEN INTERACTIVE MEDIA SYSTEM - An interactive, educational system that provides an immersive and adaptive environment for a user to explore content through dimensional, time-sensitive, and emotion-sensitive inputs and outputs. The system is implemented on a networked device, such as a mobile tablet, and can contain a real-time, three-dimensional, content delivery engine that is capable of providing an augmented reality interaction model for the user. Therefore, a real world, physical movement that the user takes with the networked device will be reflected on the device. The system can use image recognition technology to recognize objects within the real world and display those objects on the interface. Further, the system can superimpose computer-generated images onto the virtual display of objects from the user's real world environment. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005327 | SYSTEMS, ARTICLES AND METHODS RELATED TO PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED COOKING INSTRUCTION - Systems, methods, and articles to provide customized cooking instructions to users via a communications device. The user is provided with audio/visual prompts depicting one or more ending characteristics of a food product, such as texture or doneness. The user provides a selection of the one or more ending characteristics according to the user's preferences. A processor-based device determines one or more output food preparation parameters based on the user's selection of the one or more ending characteristics for the food product. The one or more determined output food preparation parameters are provided to a communication device of the user so that the user may cook the food product according to the output food preparation parameters. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005328 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVING HAND HYGIENE - Exemplary embodiments of methodologies of improving hygiene metric, methodologies of training observers, and software products for improving hygiene metrics are disclosed herein. An exemplary methodology of improving hand-hygiene includes obtaining data indicative of the number of opportunities for one or more users to obtain a dose of hand cleaner for a plurality of dispensers through an electronic monitoring system. In addition, the exemplary methodology includes obtaining data indicative of dispense events by the plurality of dispensers through the electronic monitoring system. The methodology further includes determining a metric for the one or more users as a function of the data indicative of the number of opportunities and the data indicative of dispense events and providing instructions for an observer to obtain observation data related to the one or more users as a function of the metric. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005329 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing device including: an estimation unit configured to estimate a used quantity of at least one of an ingredient to be cooked and a seasoning used in cooking, on the basis of a signal detected by a sensor; an index computation unit configured to compute a prescribed cooking index according to the estimated result by the estimation unit; and a notification control unit configured to perform control to issue a notification of the cooking index computed by the index computation unit. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005330 | DEVICE FOR TEACHING THE AMHARIC LANGUAGE - A device designed to teach the Amharic language and standardize its script, including a computer keyboard containing a number of keys, including: an initial group of n biunivocal keys corresponding to n most frequent consonants or main consonants shown in the order 6; a second group of biunivocal keys, with a ≦n corresponding respectively to the main consonants presenting under order 1; a third group of biunivocal keys corresponding respectively to consonants other than the main consonants or secondary consonants presenting under order 6; and a keypad of eight silent keys corresponding respectively to eight orders, where pressing one of the silent keys on this keypad before pressing a biunivocal key corresponding to a main consonant or a secondary consonant will result in printing the main or secondary consonant under the order corresponding to the silent layer. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005331 | MODULAR ROBOT SYSTEM - A modular robot for use as an educational robot system having multiple degrees of freedom and mounting features that allow multiple modules to be assembled with accessories to form a multitude of configurations. Each module is independently mobile and useful when alone or assembled with other modules. An encoder gear and encoder gear track is used to sense multiple degrees of freedom with parallel and perpendicular axis of rotation using a single printed circuit board. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005332 | METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING A DRIVING TEST - A method for administering a driving test providing a mobile computing device in wireless communication with a test server initially receives from the test server a driving test, which includes a test route and test events along the test route. As the test vehicle is driven along the test route, whenever the current location of the test vehicle match the location coordinates of a test event, the mobile device outputs a description of the test event and captures input from the driving tester indicative of the test subject's performance on the test event. External black box data or video images may also be input to the mobile device. At the end of the test the captured input is uploaded to the test server for scoring. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005333 | Real Time Car Driving Simulator - Real-time car driving simulator for providing to passengers of a vehicle the feeling they are currently driving the vehicle. The simulator includes devices combined together for providing the same functionalities of a video camera unit, an inertial measurement unit, user interface(s), a processor, and monitor(s). A passenger attempts to mimic the vehicle operator's actions while the operator is operating the vehicle and the vehicle is in motion, and an assessment of the comparison is provided to the passenger. The processor analyzes output of control components controlled by the vehicle operator provided by a vehicle control component position system and simulated control of the vehicle's movement being effected by the passenger using the user interface(s) to enable output indicative of accuracy of the simulation of the control of vehicle movement by the passenger relative to the actual control of the vehicle movement by the operator to be provided to the passenger. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005334 | METHOD AND GUIDE CANE FOR GUIDING THE BLIND - Guiding the blind includes receiving, via a camera module, a signal sent from a processing module to instruct the camera module to take an image of an informational blind pathway including a digital object identifier, capturing, via the camera module, the image of the informational blind pathway, sending, via the camera module, the image to the processing module, receiving and analyzing, via the processing module, the image sent by the camera module, acquiring, via the processing module, information included in the digital object identifier in the image of the informational blind pathway, converting, via the processing module, the information included in the digital object identifier into speech information, and outputting the speech information to be played on an audio device. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005335 | COLOR DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLOR DETECTION FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED - The color detection system relates generally to an intelligent system, apparatuses and methods to aid the visually impaired. More specifically, the color detection system is a system in the field of biomedical engineering designed to help the visually impaired to experience colors through experience, training, and sensory association. The system is such that it decodes color into parameters as per a predetermined coding scheme. The parameters are then sent to the visually impaired person as biofeedback capable of taking various forms such as a voltage signals, vibration motions, auditory pitches, and pinboards. The system can be used in several ways such as and including color recognition, sensory association, painting, and color recognition exercises. The color detection system includes a control unit using sensors. The control unit has a central processing unit for processing signals and a number of output units for transmitting the biofeedback to a visually impaired individual. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005336 | SIGN LANGUAGE IMAGE INPUT METHOD AND DEVICE - A sign language image input method and a device are illustrated. The sign language image input method is provided for a computer device which has a database. The database has a plurality of sign language images, wherein each of the sign language images correspondingly has a code combination. Steps of the sign language image input method are described as follows. The computer device generates at least one key combination by pressing a plurality of key blocks which are disposed in the computer device, wherein the key combination is formed based on at least one hand shape, at least one position, and/or at least one hand action of an input sign language image. The key combination is compared with all code combinations of the database. The input sign language image is outputted according to a comparison result of the key combination and the all code combinations. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005337 | MICROSCOPE-BASED LEARNING - Systems and computer-implemented methods for microscope-based learning including providing a first menu on a GUI to allow a user to identify or view a cell category of interest on a digital slide image that is simultaneously displayed with the first menu on the GUI. The systems and methods further include providing a navigation system on the GUI to allow the user to navigate the digital slide image and select proportional x and y coordinates on the digital slide image. A second menu is also provided on the GUI to allow the user to identify a cell type for the selected proportional x and y coordinates. The systems and methods are capable of automatically determining if the cell type identified by the user matches a predetermined cell type within the x and y coordinates from a database. The systems and methods further indicate whether the identified cell type matches the predetermined cell type on the GUI and display a summary of the total matches on the GUI. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005338 | HAPTIC DEVICE AND METHODS FOR ABNORMAL LIMB BIOMECHANICS - The system and methods describe relate to the diagnosis and quantification of abnormal limb biomechanics. Different embodiments may be used to train clinicians in better understanding the causality of haptic sensation associated with neurological impairments and abnormal biomechanics during manipulation of a patients' limb. The system and methods may be used as a tool in which clinicians participate in the diagnosis of abnormal biomechanics. In one embodiment, assessment of abnormal biomechanics may be performed remotely. In another embodiment, the system may be used as a test bed for developing novel assessment techniques and targeted interventions. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005339 | WRISTBAND ASSEMBLY WITH COVER SEAL - The present invention provides a wristband assembly comprising a strap adapted to be formed into a loop; a translucent (e.g., transparent) cover member having a fixed portion secured (e.g., permanently adhered) to the strap and a free end unsecured to the strap, and a release member (e.g., a silicone-coated material) positioned over an inner surface of the cover member between the fixed portion and the free end. A portion of the release member is temporarily secured to the strap at a retention location spaced from the free end (e.g., by a distance of at least 1 mm, 5 mm, 10 mm, or 15 mm). In one embodiment, the assembly further includes a retention adhesive at the retention location. Preferably, the retention adhesive is permanently secured to the release member and temporarily adhered to the strap. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005340 | PATIENT IDENTIFYING GARMENT AND METHOD - A patient identifying garment includes a flexible sheet having a visible indicator. The flexible sheet has a first lateral edge, a second lateral edge, an upper portion and a lower portion. The width of the flexible sheet exceeds the diameter of an adult human neck. At least two straps extend from the upper portion of the flexible sheet, each strap having at least one hole therethrough. Each hole is adapted to be secured between a plurality of fasteners on a shoulder portion of a hospital gown. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005341 | MICROPHONE ACCESSORY, A METHOD OF USING A MICROPHONE, AND A MICROPHONE - The invention relates to microphone accessories, methods of using microphones, and a microphone. The accessory has at least one body having at least one display face for displaying at least one communication; an attachment formation for operatively attaching all or part of the accessory to the microphone; and a displacement arrangement controllable to displace all or part of the accessory automatically in a pre-determined or pre-selected manner relative to the microphone such that, in use, the at least one display face is correspondingly automatically displaced rotatably relative to the microphone. The invention also extends to an associates method of using a microphone by providing an accessory on a microphone flag and displacing the same relative to the microphone. Moreover, the invention extends to a microphone operable to displace a microphone accessory relative to a longitudinal axis of a handle thereof. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005342 | METHOD OF DETECTING DEGRADATION OF DISPLAY PANEL AND DEGRADATION DETECTING DEVICE FOR DISPLAY PANEL - A method of detecting degradation of a display panel and a degradation detecting device for a display panel are disclosed. The device includes a light measuring unit configured to measure the brightnesses of light emitted at first and second areas of the display panel at a plurality of measurement temperatures and generate a plurality of first and second measured amounts of the light respectively emitted at the first and second areas. The device also includes a current amount calculator configured to calculate first and second current amounts of the light emitted at the first and second areas at a predetermined target temperature respectively based at least in part on the first and second measured amounts, and a determining unit configured to compare a first ratio of the first current amount to a first initial amount and a second ratio of the second current amount to a second initial amount. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005343 | CALIBRATOR - There is disclosed a calibrator configured to calibrate a color of a screen of a display device includes an absorption plate formed of a transformable material, comprising a bottom surface attached to the screen of the display device in a vacuum absorption method; a control portion configured to leave space a first portion of the absorption plate from the screen of the display device; a fixed portion configured to press a second portion of the absorption plate to the screen of the display closely; a rotary portion configured to rotatably coupled to the fixed portion in a horizontal direction and to move the control portion in a vertical direction of the display device, when it is rotated; and a circuit unit mounted in the fixed portion to calibrate the color of the display device, such that the calibrator may be fixed in a precise position of the screen and that the screen calibration can be performed precisely and that the calibrator can be attached even to a tilted screen and used widely. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005344 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USE IN UPRENDERING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT - Some embodiments provide methods of increasing a resolution of multimedia content. Some of those methods comprising: identifying an uprendering matrix, wherein the uprendering matrix is dependent on a resulting resolution of resulting multimedia content having the increased resolution; and for each source image of the multimedia content: defining a reference image of the source image from the multimedia content, wherein the reference image has a resolution that is the same as an original resolution of the source image; defining multiple shifted images of the source image, wherein each of the multiple shifted images corresponds with one of the elements of the uprendering matrix; and coalescing pixels from each of the reference image and the shifted images creating an uprendered image having a higher resolution than the reference image. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005345 | NOISE REMOVAL CIRCUIT - When an input signal maintains a first level throughout a predetermined judgment time, a noise removal circuit asserts an output signal. When the input signal transits from the second level to the first level, a first timer starts time measurement. When the input signal transits to the second level after time measurement by the first timer, a second timer measures time during which the input signal continues at the second level. A judgment unit is configured such that (i) it holds the measurement time obtained by the first timer when the input signal transits to the second level, (ii) when the measurement time obtained by the second timer and the measurement time of the first timer thus held satisfy a predetermined relation, the first timer is reset, and (iii) when the measurement time obtained by the first timer exceeds the judgment time, the output signal is asserted. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005346 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a display panel including gate lines and pixels electrically connected to the gate lines, the pixels comprising a first pixel row and a second pixel row having a fewer number of pixels than the first pixel row. The display device also includes a gate driver including stages, each configured to output a gate signal to the respective gate line, the gate lines comprising first and second gate lines respectively connected to the first and second pixel rows, and the stages comprising first and second stages respectively connected to the first and second gate lines. An output transistor of each stage is configured to output the gate signal and the channel width of the output transistor of the first stage is greater than that of the output transistor of the second stage. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005347 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel is disclosed, which comprises: a first substrate with plural pixel units formed thereon, wherein the pixel units at least comprise a first subpixel unit being a blue pixel unit and a second subpixel unit being a green pixel unit, wherein the first subpixel unit comprises a first subpixel electrode comprising a first trunk electrode, and the second subpixel unit comprises a second subpixel electrode comprising a second trunk electrode; and a second substrate opposite to the first substrate. When light passes through the display panel, a width of a first dark line corresponding to the first trunk electrode is larger than that of a second dark line corresponding to the second trunk electrode. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005348 | SHADING CORRECTION CALCULATION APPARATUS AND SHADING CORRECTION VALUE CALCULATION METHOD - The apparatus calculates a first relation representing a relation of mapping from an image capturing coordinate system of a camera to a shading correction coordinate system of a display apparatus, by using a first captured image acquired by capturing a first display image, and calculates a second relation by removing, from the first relation, a part corresponding to an object located between the first display image and the camera. The apparatus calculates a first gradation value in the shading correction coordinate system by performing a mapping transformation using the second relation on a second captured image acquired by capturing a second display image, calculates from the first gradation value a first correction value for the shading correction coordinate system, and calculates through an interpolation using the first correction value a second correction value for a part thereof where the first gradation value is not calculated. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005349 | Display Management for High Dynamic Range Video - A display management processor receives an input image with enhanced dynamic range to be displayed on a target display which has a different dynamic range than a reference display. The input image is first transformed into a perceptually-corrected IPT color space. A non-linear mapping function generates a first tone-mapped signal by mapping the intensity of the input signal from the reference dynamic range into the target dynamic range. The intensity (I) component of the first tone-mapped signal is sharpened to preserve details, and the saturation of the color (P and T) components is adjusted to generate a second tone-mapped output image. A color gamut mapping function is applied to the second tone-mapped output image to generate an image suitable for display onto the target display. The display management pipeline may also be adapted to adjust the intensity and color components of the displayed image according to specially defined display modes. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005350 | COMPENSATION TECHNIQUE FOR COLOR SHIFT IN DISPLAYS - A system for maintaining a substantially constant display white point over an extended period of operation of a color display formed by an array of multiple pixels in which each of the pixels includes multiple subpixels having different colors, and each of the subpixels includes a light emissive device. The display is generated by energizing the subpixels of successively selected pixels, and the color of each selected pixel is controlled by the relatives levels of energization of the subpixels in the selected pixel. The degradation behavior of the subpixels in each pixel is determined, and the relative levels of energization of the subpixels in each pixel are adjusted to adjust the brightness shares of the subpixels to compensate for the degradation behavior of the subpixels. The brightness shares are preferably adjusted to maintain a substantially constant display white point. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005351 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display panel including a driving part arranged along one side of the display panel, the display panel including a plurality of first gate lines that zigzag across the display in a diagonal direction between the first and second directions by alternately extending in the first and the second directions. The display device includes a first display area and a second display area, pixels within the first display area always receiving gate signals from a driving part connected to an end of the first gate lines. Within the second display area, a second gate lines extending in the first direction may be electrically connected to the first gate lines that relay gate signals to the first gate lines. This results in a reduced peripheral area of the display area, so that many displays can be combined together to produce a single image. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005352 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - A touch sensing device may include a driving circuit unit applying driving signals, including a first driving signal and a second driving signal having different voltage levels, to a plurality of first electrodes; and a sensing circuit unit detecting levels of capacitance from a plurality of second electrodes intersecting with the plurality of first electrodes, wherein the driving circuit unit sequentially applies the first driving signal to the plurality of first electrodes and applies the second driving signal to a first electrode, close to a first electrode to which the first driving signal is applied, among the plurality of first electrodes, at a timing at which the first driving signal is applied. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005353 | Multimode Electronic Display - A display device comprising a plurality of pixels, each of which is configurable into both a light emitting mode and a reflective mode. Each pixel may be realized via a stacking of display technologies or a merger of display technologies. The display device may be driven by display driver circuitry operable to select which mode the pixels of the device operate in at any given time. The display driver circuitry may in turn be driven by a software driver which issues commands to the display driver circuitry and which may determine which mode is selected. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005354 | Display Apparatus - Disclosed is a display apparatus. The display apparatus performs external compensation by using sensing data generated through actual sensing and calculation data which is calculated based on the sensing data with a median filter. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005355 | AMOLED (ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE) PANEL DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD - The present invention provides an AMOLED panel driving circuit and driving method. The driving circuit includes: an AMOLED panel ( | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005356 | Oled Pixel Circuit, Driving Method of the Same, and Display Device - An OLED pixel circuit includes a data strobe module, a threshold compensation module, a driving module, and a light-emitting module. Wherein, the data strobe module is used for inputting a data signal on a data signal line to the driving module under control of a scanning signal of a scanning signal line; the threshold compensation module is used for compensating a threshold voltage of the driving module; and the driving module is used for driving the light-emitting module to emit light according to the data signal provided by the data strobe module. The OLED pixel circuit can compensate shift and inconsistency of a threshold voltage of a transistor therein effectively, so that the drive current of the OLED will not affected by the threshold voltage of the transistor, making brightness of a display device more uniform. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005357 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a gate line extending in a column direction, a data line extending in a row direction, a pixel including a switching transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, and a voltage applier connected to a gate line of a present stage. The voltage applier to apply a voltage after conversion of the gate-on voltage to a gate-off voltage has started. The voltage is closer to the gate-on voltage than the gate-off voltage. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005358 | DRIVING METHOD, DRIVING APPARATUS, AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for driving an organic light emitting display and an organic light emitting display. In embodiments of the present disclosure, when a respective current signal input from each power signal line to a respective pixel circuit exceeds a preset current threshold, voltage attenuation on the power signal line can be compensated by applying a compensation signal to the respective pixel circuit connected to the power signal line, thereby improving uniformity of display images of the organic light emitting display and enhancing quality of display images of the organic light emitting display. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005359 | SCAN DRIVER AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A scan driver and organic light emitting display device are disclosed. The organic light emitting display device includes a display panel, a data driver that supplies a data signal to the display panel, and a scan driver that supplies a scan signal to the display panel, the scan driver comprising a shift register and an inverter that inverts a scan signal output through the output terminal of the shift register and outputs the inverted scan signal, wherein the shift register and the inverter are connected to separate voltage lines through which a gate-low voltage is delivered. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005360 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to an embodiment, a display apparatus includes a display panel displaying an image, a backlight circuit supplying a light to the display panel, a host connector connected to a host, a main control board controlling the display panel to display an image in response to an image signal and a control signal that are provided from the host through the host connector, and a backlight control board separately provided from the main control board and receiving a source voltage from the host through the host connector to drive the backlight circuit. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005361 | DISPLAY DEVICE - [PROBLEM] To provide substantially the same voltage to a shutter electrode and a pair of control electrodes, and to prevent degradation of the mechanical shutter, during a discharge period in a movable shutter system in an image display device. [RESOLUTION MEANS] A plurality of pixels are provided each having a mechanical shutter, wherein the mechanical shutter comprises a shutter electrode and first and second control electrodes provided in a pair with respect to the shutter electrode; and the display device displays images by electrically controlling a position of the shutter electrode; wherein the display device comprises a discharge period and a display period, and in the display period, a low voltage drive voltage of VL, or a high voltage drive voltage of VH with a voltage higher than the low voltage drive voltage of VL, is supplied to the shutter electrode, the first control electrode, and the second control electrode, and |Vs−Vp | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005362 | Determination Of Optical Condition And Adjustment Of Display - Techniques and implementations related to determination of an optical condition surrounding a portable electronic apparatus and adjustment of display thereby are described. A method may involve sensing a property of an ambient light in at least a first direction and a second direction different from the first direction with respect to the portable electronic apparatus. The method may also involve determining whether any of one or more optical conditions is met based on the sensing. The one or more optical conditions may correspond to one of one or more scenarios surrounding the portable electronic apparatus, respectively. The method may further involve adjusting one or more operational parameters related to the portable electronic apparatus responsive to the determining. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005363 | DRIVER OUTPUT STAGE - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for providing an output voltage to be used in a display device. In one aspect, a circuit may include switches and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). A charge recycling circuit may include a capacitive voltage divider providing voltage supplies for the switches to select from and provide to the DAC. A storage capacitor may be configured to be coupled one at a time and in parallel with individual capacitors of the capacitive voltage divider. The storage capacitor may store charge that may be reused. Additionally, a data control circuit may provide control signals for the switches and the DAC. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005364 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In an IPS mode liquid crystal display device, measures are taken against dark unevenness at the corner portion of a screen. The problem can be solved by a liquid crystal display device in which a comb tooth pixel electrode is formed on a common electrode formed in a flat surface through an interlayer insulating film; a TFT substrate is formed with a dummy pixel region and a display region surrounding the display region; a pixel on the display region is formed with a comb tooth display region pixel electrode bent in a projection in the first direction; and a pixel on the dummy pixel region is formed with a comb tooth dummy pixel region pixel electrode bent in a projection in a direction opposite to the first direction at an angle of 180 degrees. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005365 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device includes a timing controller, a data driver, and a display panel. The timing controller includes a first compensator receiving a first image data, selecting a temperature compensation value in accordance with the external temperature, and converting the first image data to a second image data on the basis of the selected temperature compensation value and a second compensator selecting a kickback voltage compensation value predetermined in accordance with the areas of the display panel and converting the second image data to the output image data on the basis of the kickback voltage compensation value selected in accordance with the areas. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005366 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY (LCD) AND ACTIVE SHUTTER THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) LCD DISPLAY APPARATUS - A LCD display panel and active shutter three-dimensional (3D) LCD display apparatus of the present invention are described. The LCD panel employs a frame amount value of “a”, a positive integer, including a plurality of frames constructs a frame set, the frame set includes at least one non-changed frame and at least one changed frame, and wherein when the LCD panel displays the non-changed frame, a plurality of polarities of pixel units keep constant, and when the LCD panel displays the changed frame, the polarities of pixel units of the LCD panel are changed. The present invention improves the image sticking phenomenon and the 3D image crosstalk. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005367 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a first interpolator configured to generate first correction data for a first polarity corresponding to an input data using a first look up table which stores correction data for the first polarity compensating for a luminance difference between the first polarity and a second polarity opposite to the first polarity of a data voltage for the sub pixel, a first delay compensator configured to apply a correction value to the first correction data for the first polarity and generate second correction data for the first polarity, the correction value compensating for an RC delay based on a pixel position corresponding to the input data. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005368 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes an image analyzer that analyzes image data and outputs an interrupt signal at a period during which the image data of a low frequency change to the image data of a high frequency, a frequency detector that detects the high frequency, a frame rate controller that outputs a vertical synch signal of the high frequency in response to the interrupt signal, a polarity compensation controller that determines a last frame of the low frequency based on an interrupt period at which the interrupt signal is generated, generates a reversed polarity signal with respect to a polarity signal of the last frame and outputs the reversed polarity signal during a polarity compensation period close to the interrupt period, and a data driver circuit that outputs a data signal based on the reversed polarity signal to a data line during the polarity compensation period. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005369 | DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. A dustproof construction is provided at a peripheral region of the display panel, and the dustproof construction is located on the outer side of the display region on the display panel, and on the inner side of an outer edge of a sealant applying region. The dustproof construction includes a first electrode, a second electrode and an insulating layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; wherein, slits are arranged in the second electrode. With the display panel and manufacturing method thereof and the display device, impurity ions from outside or in the sealant can be prevented from entering the display region, so that the peripheral badness of the display is improved. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005370 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREOF, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display controlling method and a control device thereof, and an image display device are provided. The method includes: receiving at least one frame of a first image to be displayed by the display; controlling the display to interpolatively display a frame of a second image when a frame number of the received first image displayed continuously by the display is greater than or equal to a preset frame number; wherein the first image is different from the second image. This method can prevent the display to display a still picture for a long time and thereby eliminating after-image. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005371 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel comprises a display area, a plurality of scan lines and data lines, a data driving circuit and a demultiplexing unit. The scan lines and the data lines cross each other within the display area. At least two of the data lines have different capacitances. The data driving circuit outputs a plurality of control signal and a data signal. The demultiplexing unit includes a plurality of thin-film transistors coupled with the data driving circuit and the data lines. The thin-film transistors receive the data signal and transmit the data signal to the correspondingly coupled data lines through channel layers of the thin-film transistors according to the control signals. The channel layers of at least two of the thin-film transistors coupled with the at least two data lines have different widths. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005372 | COMPLEMENTARY GATE DRIVER ON ARRAY CIRCUIT EMPLOYED FOR PANEL DISPLAY - The present invention provides a complementary gate driver on array circuit employed for panel display, comprising: a plurality of GOA unit which are cascade connected, and a nth GOA unit controls charge to a nth horizontal scanning line G(n) in a display area, and the nth GOA unit comprises a pull-up circuit module, a pull-down circuit module, a pull-down holding circuit module, a pull-up controlling circuit module, a pull-down circuit module of a nth gate signal point Q(n), and a bootstrap capacitor; the pull-up circuit module, the pull-down circuit module, the pull-down holding circuit module, the pull-down circuit module of the nth gate signal point Q(n), and the bootstrap capacitor are respectively coupled to the nth gate signal point Q(n) and the nth horizontal scanning line G(n), and the pull-up controlling circuit module is coupled to the nth horizontal scanning line G(n). The complementary GOA circuit employed for panel display of the present invention is capable of reducing the dimension of the pull-down holding circuit module in the GOA circuit. The dimension-reduced GOA circuit is applicable for narrow frame or non frame panel display products. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005373 | DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes a pixel having a first to nth (n is a natural number of 2 or more) subpixels and a circuit. To the circuit, N (N is a natural number of 2 or more) wirings for supplying a digital signal with N bits and first to nth wiring groups having M (M is a natural number of 2 or more) wirings for supplying M different voltages are electrically connected. The liquid crystal display device has a function of converting the digital signal into n analog signals by using the M voltages supplied to the first to nth wiring groups and inputting the n analog signals to first to nth subpixels. The first to nth subpixels each include an electrode for driving a liquid crystal element. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005374 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND OUTPUT BUFFER CIRCUIT THEREOF - Provided are an output buffer circuit capable of outputting a pair of output signals having different polarities and a display driving circuit including the same. The output buffer circuit includes output buffers which output a positive output signal and a negative output signal in response to a pair of input signals having different polarities. As the output buffers are driven while sharing a common voltage, the output buffer circuit satisfies a low-power specification, and has a stable electrical characteristic. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005375 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PRODUCING METHOD AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An electrochromic display device is provided. The electrochromic display device includes a first substrate; a first electrode formed of a transparent conductive film, overlying the first substrate; a second electrode formed of a transparent conductive film, overlying the first electrode; a white reflective layer, overlying the second electrode; a reflective layer, overlying the white reflective layer; a support substrate, overlying the reflective layer; an electrochromic layer, adjacent to the first electrode or the second electrode; and an electrolyte, present between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005376 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, POWER SUPPLY AND POWER SUPPLY METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus, a power supply and a power supply method are disclosed. A power supply for a display apparatus includes a switching driver configured to perform a switching operation and output an operation voltage; a first charger/discharger configured to set timing of the switching operation; and a controller configured to control the switching driver to disable the switching operation until a voltage previously charged in the first charger/discharger is discharged up to a first voltage, when the display apparatus is in a power saving mode. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005377 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING THE MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION FROM WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS - Video signals for a mobile terminal are converted to accommodate reproduction by an alternative display terminal. The video signal is processed to provide a converted video signal appropriate for an alternative display terminal that is separate from the mobile terminal. This converted video signal is then provided for the alternative display terminal to accommodate the corresponding video display on a screen provided by the alternative (e.g., external) display terminal. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005378 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes: a first detection unit that detects an external signal from a second external device via a second connection unit, and outputs a first detection result indicating presence of an external signal; and a control unit that determines whether the second external device is connected with a second input unit based on the first detection result, and performs control so that a video signal to be supplied to a display unit is switched from a first video signal to a second video signal to cause the display unit to display an image based on the second video signal in a case where the control unit that determines that the second external device is connected with the second input unit. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005379 | Image Generation - A method of generating an image comprises receiving a signal over a USB interface comprising encoded display data for one or more groups of pixels within an image, the encoded display data comprising display data for less than the whole of the image, and position data for the or each group of pixels. The encoded display data is decoded to generate pixel data for each group of pixels. A frame buffer, which may be part of the display, is then updated with the generated pixel data according to the position data ready for output to the display device. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005380 | METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a display panel includes steps of generating a plurality of load signals, of which at least one load signal has a different timing from the rest of the load signals, generating data voltages synchronized to low periods of the load signals and outputting the data voltages to data lines. Accordingly, the data voltages synchronized to each of the load signals can be outputted to each of the data lines. A color coordinate problem occurring when applying a RGBW type may be solved by setting a charging time of a white sub-pixel different from the rest of the sub-pixels. Thus, display quality of a display apparatus including the display panel may be improved. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005381 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - According to an aspect, a display device includes: an image display unit provided with a plurality of pixels each including a first sub-pixel for displaying a first color component, a second sub-pixel for displaying a second color component, a third sub-pixel for displaying a third color component, and a fourth sub-pixel that has higher luminance or higher power efficiency for display than that of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel, and displays an additional color component different from the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel; a replacement ratio calculation unit that calculates a replacement ratio, generates an output signal based on the replacement ratio, and outputs the generated output signal to a drive circuit. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005382 | PIXEL ARRAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel array is provided and includes a plurality of pixel groups. Each of the pixel groups includes three sub-pixels disposed to encircle a center point, and each center point is encircled by three sub-pixels in a pixel group in the present row and the present column, one sub-pixel in a pixel group in the present row and the next column, one sub-pixel in a pixel group in the previous row and the previous column and one sub-pixel in a pixel group in the previous row and the next column about it. A driving method for the pixel array, a display panel and a display device including the pixel array are provided. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005383 | METHOD OF DRIVING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a method of driving an organic light emitting display apparatus which, when a defective pixel where at least one organic light emitting diode (OLED) is not normally driven occurs in a plurality of pixels each including two OLEDs, changes input image data corresponding to a data voltage to be supplied to the at least one OLED by using a compensation value. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005384 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE - An apparatus comprising a circuit configured to control anode voltages of one or more adjacent pixel rows, which are adjacent to an Nth pixel row, to achieve minimal voltage differences between said Nth pixel row and said adjacent pixel rows to suppress luminance drops in an OLED display by minimizing leakage currents being introduced from adjacent pixel rows. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005385 | RESPONSE TO USER INPUT BASED ON DECLARATIVE MAPPINGS - Systems and methods are provided that enable direct response to user input, e.g., in accordance with storyboards. For instance, applications can predefine storyboards which describe output in terms of received input. The predefined storyboards can be used externally and independently from the applications to process user input on behalf of the applications. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005386 | DRUM STAND - Provided is a drum stand that includes a first pipe holding a percussion instrument, a second pipe to which the first pipe is connected, and a leg member supporting the second pipe on a floor surface. The first pipe is slidable along an axial direction of the second pipe. A lower end of the second pipe is in contact with the floor surface. The leg member is in contact with the floor surface on one side in a horizontal direction relative to the lower end of the second pipe and supports the second pipe in a state that an upper end of the second pipe is on the one side in the horizontal direction relative to the lower end of the second pipe. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005387 | AUDIO SIGNAL ANALYSIS - A server system | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005388 | PICKUP DEVICE FOR A STRING INSTRUMENT - A pickup device for a string instrument includes a base unit to be disposed at a rear side of the string instrument, a securing unit disposed on the base unit and configured to secure removably the base unit to the string instrument, and a sound pickup unit mounted to the base unit and configured to generate an electrical sound signal in response to a sound received thereby. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005389 | NOISE CANCELLATION WITH DYNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION - An audio processor ( | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005390 | METHOD FOR ACTIVE NARROW-BAND ACOUSTIC CONTROL WITH VARIABLE TRANSFER FUNCTION(S), AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM - An active acoustic control method for attenuating disturbing narrow-band noise with at least one counter-noise loudspeaker and at least one error microphone in a space forming a material electroacoustic system, the method implementing, in a computing element, a control law with an internal model and disturbance observer with a model of the electroacoustic system, previously obtained by an identification method. The current configuration of the electroacoustic system can vary over time, a nominal configuration of the electroacoustic system is previously determined, a corresponding nominal model M | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005391 | Devices and Methods for Use of Phase Information in Speech Processing Systems - A device may receive a speech signal. The device may determine acoustic feature parameters for the speech signal. The acoustic feature parameters may include phase data. The device may determine circular space representations for the phase data based on an alignment of the phase data with given axes of the circular space representations. The device may map the phase data to linguistic features based on the circular space representations. The linguistic features may be associated with linguistic content that includes phonemic content or text content. The device may provide a synthetic audio pronunciation of the linguistic content based on the mapping. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005392 | Devices and Methods for a Universal Vocoder Synthesizer - A device may receive an input indicative of acoustic feature parameters associated with speech. The device may determine a modulated noise representation for noise pertaining to one or more of an aspirate or a fricative in the speech based on the acoustic feature parameters. The aspirate may be associated with a characteristic of an exhalation of at least a threshold amount of breath. The fricative may be associated with a characteristic of airflow between two or more vocal tract articulators. The device may also provide an audio signal indicative of a synthetic audio pronunciation of the speech based on the modulated noise representation. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005393 | Voice Prompt Generation Combining Native and Remotely-Generated Speech Data - An electronic device includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including determining whether a text prompt received from a wireless device corresponds to first synthesized speech data stored at the memory. The operations include, in response to a determination that the text prompt does not correspond to the first synthesized speech data, determining whether a network is accessible. The operations include, in response to a determination that the network is accessible, sending a text-to-speech (TTS) conversion request to a server via the network. The operation further include, in response to receiving second synthesized speech data from the server, storing the second synthesized speech data at the memory. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005394 | VOICE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, VOICE RECOGNITION METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an apparatus and a method for rapidly extracting a target sound from a sound signal where a variety of sounds are mixed generated from a plurality of the sound sources. There is a voice recognition unit including a tracking unit for detecting a sound source direction and a voice segment to execute a sound source extraction process, and a voice recognition unit for inputting a sound source extraction result to execute a voice recognition process. In the tracking unit, a segment being created management unit that creates and manages a voice segment per unit of sound source sequentially detects a sound source direction, sequentially updates a voice segment estimated by connecting a detection result to a time direction, creates an extraction filter for a sound source extraction after a predetermined time is elapsed, and sequentially creates a sound source extraction result by sequentially applying the extraction filter to an input voice signal. The voice recognition unit sequentially executes the voice recognition process to a partial sound source extraction result to output a voice recognition result. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005395 | GENERATING COMPUTER RESPONSES TO SOCIAL CONVERSATIONAL INPUTS - Conversational interactions between humans and computer systems can be provided by a computer system that classifies an input by conversation type, and provides human authored responses for conversation types. The input classification can be performed using trained binary classifiers. Training can be performed by labeling inputs as either positive or negative examples of a conversation type. Conversational responses can be authored by the same individuals that label the inputs used in training the classifiers. In some cases, the process of training classifiers can result in a suggestion of a new conversation type, for which human authors can label inputs for a new classifier and write content for responses for that new conversation type. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005396 | EVALUATION INFORMATION POSTING DEVICE AND EVALUATION INFORMATION POSTING METHOD - An evaluation information posting device determines a rest state of a vehicle on the basis of rest information, determines a facility at which the vehicle has stopped off by using position information showing a rest position of the vehicle, map information including facility information about facilities located in an area surrounding the position shown by this position information, and a keyword about a facility at the rest position of the vehicle, and, by using both stop-off facility information about the facility which is a result of the determination, and a keyword about an evaluation which is provided for this facility, generates evaluation information about the stop-off facility and posts this evaluation information to an evaluation information managing server. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005397 | SPEECH RECOGNITION CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A speech recognition circuit comprising a circuit for providing state identifiers which identify states corresponding to nodes or groups of adjacent nodes in a lexical tree, and for providing scores corresponding to said state identifiers, the lexical tree comprising a model of words. The circuit includes: a memory structure for receiving and storing state identifiers identified by a node identifier identifying a node or group of adjacent nodes, the memory structure being adapted to allow lookup to identify particular state identifiers, reading of the scores corresponding to the state identifiers, and writing back of the scores to the memory structure after modification of the scores; an accumulator for receiving score updates corresponding to particular state identifiers from a score update generating circuit which generates the score updates using audio input, for receiving scores from the memory structure, and for modifying said scores by adding said score updates to said scores; and a selector circuit for selecting at least one node or group of adjacent nodes of the lexical tree according to said scores. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005398 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT SPOKEN TERM DETECTION USING CONFUSION NETWORKS - Systems and methods for spoken term detection are provided. A method for spoken term detection, comprises receiving phone level out-of-vocabulary (OOV) keyword queries, converting the phone level OOV keyword queries to words, generating a confusion network (CN) based keyword searching (KWS) index, and using the CN based KWS index for both in-vocabulary (IV) keyword queries and the OOV keyword queries. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005399 | NOISE SPEED-UPS IN HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS WITH APPLICATIONS TO SPEECH RECOGNITION - A learning computer system may estimate unknown parameters and states of a stochastic or uncertain system having a probability structure. The system may include a data processing system that may include a hardware processor that has a configuration that: receives data; generates random, chaotic, fuzzy, or other numerical perturbations of the data, one or more of the states, or the probability structure; estimates observed and hidden states of the stochastic or uncertain system using the data, the generated perturbations, previous states of the stochastic or uncertain system, or estimated states of the stochastic or uncertain system; and causes perturbations or independent noise to be injected into the data, the states, or the stochastic or uncertain system so as to speed up training or learning of the probability structure and of the system parameters or the states. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005400 | SPEECH-RECOGNITION DEVICE AND SPEECH-RECOGNITION METHOD - With respect to speech data | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005401 | ENGINE FOR HUMAN LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION OF INTENT AND COMMAND EXECUTION - The invention provides a computer system for interacting with a user. A set of concepts initially forms a target set of concepts. An input module receives a language input from the user. An analysis system executes a plurality of narrowing cycles until a concept packet having at least one concept has been identified. Each narrowing cycle includes identifying at least one portion of the language and determining a subset of concepts from the target set of concepts to form a new target subset. An action item identifier identifies an action item from the action items based on the concept packet. An action executer that executes an action based on the action item that has been identified. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005402 | Content-Based Audio Playback Emphasis - Techniques are disclosed for facilitating the process of proofreading draft transcripts of spoken audio streams. In general, proofreading of a draft transcript is facilitated by playing back the corresponding spoken audio stream with an emphasis on those regions in the audio stream that are highly relevant or likely to have been transcribed incorrectly. Regions may be emphasized by, for example, playing them back more slowly than regions that are of low relevance and likely to have been transcribed correctly. Emphasizing those regions of the audio stream that are most important to transcribe correctly and those regions that are most likely to have been transcribed incorrectly increases the likelihood that the proofreader will accurately correct any errors in those regions, thereby improving the overall accuracy of the transcript. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005403 | Methods and Systems for Voice Conversion - A device may receive data indicative of a plurality of speech sounds associated with first voice characteristics of a first voice. The device may receive an input indicative of speech associated with second voice characteristics of a second voice. The device may map at least one portion of the speech of the second voice to one or more speech sounds of the plurality of speech sounds of the first voice. The device may compare the first voice characteristics with the second voice characteristics based on the map. The comparison may include vocal tract characteristics, nasal cavity characteristics, and voicing characteristics. The device may determine a given representation configured to associate the first voice characteristics with the second voice characteristics. The device may provide an output indicative of pronunciations of the one or more speech sounds of the first voice according to the second voice characteristics based on the given representation. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005404 | DEVICE CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRIC DEVICE - A method for controlling an operation of a target device using a plurality of input devices is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving from one of the plurality of the input devices a first operation instruction issued to the target device, with a first data format; recognizing the first operation instruction and the first data format; determining that the one of the plurality of the input devices is a first input device corresponding to the first data format; and providing to a user of the target device a recommendation for a second input device, a type of the second input device being different from a type of the first input device, when it is determined that a type of the first operation instruction is identical to a type of a second operation instruction received from the second input device earlier than the reception of the first operation instruction. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005405 | Methods for Audio Signal Transient Detection and Decorrelation Control - Some audio processing methods may involve receiving audio data corresponding to a plurality of audio channels and determining audio characteristics of the audio data, which may include transient information. An amount of decorrelation for the audio data may be based, at least in part, on the audio characteristics. If a definite transient event is determined, a decorrelation process may be temporarily halted or slowed. Determining transient information may involve evaluating the likelihood and/or the severity of a transient event. In some implementations, determining transient information may involve evaluating a temporal power variation in the audio data. Explicit transient information may or may not be received with the audio data, depending on the implementation. Explicit transient information may include a transient control value corresponding to a definite transient event, a definite non-transient event or an intermediate transient control value. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005406 | Methods for Controlling the Inter-Channel Coherence of Upmixed Audio Signals - Audio characteristics of audio data corresponding to a plurality of audio channels may be determined. The audio characteristics may include spatial parameter data. Decorrelation filtering processes for the audio data may be based, at least in part, on the audio characteristics. The decorrelation filtering processes may cause a specific inter-decorrelation signal coherence (“IDC”) between channel-specific decorrelation signals for at least one pair of channels. The channel-specific decorrelation signals may be received and/or determined. Inter-channel coherence (“ICC”) between a plurality of audio channel pairs may be controlled. Controlling ICC may involve at receiving an ICC value and/or determining an ICC value based, at least partially, on the spatial parameter data. A set of IDC values may be based, at least partially, on the set of ICC values. A set of channel-specific decorrelation signals, corresponding with the set of IDC values, may be synthesized by performing operations on the filtered audio data. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005407 | Methods for Parametric Multi-Channel Encoding - The present document relates to audio coding systems. In particular, the present document relates to efficient methods and systems for parametric multi-channel audio coding. An audio encoding system ( | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005408 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SOUND COMPRESSION AND OVER-THE-AIR-TRANSMISSION DURING A CALL - A method for encoding three dimensional audio by a wireless communication device is disclosed. The wireless communication device detects an indication of a plurality of localizable audio sources. The wireless communication device also records a plurality of audio signals associated with the plurality of localizable audio sources. The wireless communication device also encodes the plurality of audio signals. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005409 | Methods and Apparatuses For DTX Hangover in Audio Coding - Transmitting node and receiving node for audio coding and methods therein. The nodes being operable to encode/decode speech and to apply a discontinuous transmission (DTX) scheme comprising transmission/reception of Silence Insertion Descriptor (SID) frames during speech inactivity. The method in the transmitting node comprising determining, from amongst a number N of hangover frames, a set Y of frames being representative of background noise, and further transmitting the N hangover frames, comprising at least said set Y of frames, to the receiving node. The method further comprises transmitting a first SID frame to the receiving node in association with the transmission of the N hangover frames, where the SID frame comprises information indicating the determined set Y of hangover frames to the receiving node. The method enables the receiving node to generate comfort noise based on the hangover frames most adequate for the purpose. | 2016-01-07 |
| 20160005410 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR AUDIO FINGERPRINTING AND DATABASE SEARCHING FOR AUDIO IDENTIFICATION - Client device for audio fingerprinting and database searching for audio identification comprises processor; audio fingerprint (“FP”) generator, query FP storage, FP database storage that stores audio FP database, signature generator, searching module, and display device. Audio FP generator receives audio signals recorded by client device, and generate audio FP of the recorded audio signals that is a query FP stored in query FP storage. Signature generator generates a database of signatures from the FP database, and generates a signature of the query FP. Searching module searches the signature of the query FP in the database of signatures, searches the query audio FP in the FP database when a potential match is obtained for the signature of the query FP, and generates a result of the search of the query audio FP. Display device displays the result of the search which may be an advertisement corresponding to query FP. Other embodiments are described. | 2016-01-07 |
