13th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 56 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120078534 | Use of Optical Fiber for Distributed Monitoring of Machinery - A method and system using fiber optic sensors are provided for the distributed monitoring of the condition of machinery having multiple elements. A sensor including an optical fiber is mechanically coupled to, or in the proximity of, multiple elements of machinery in order to monitor vibration, temperature, and/or strain of such elements. Data are collected in a form suitable for storage, transmission, and analysis, and may be used to control alarms, machinery, or may be displayed to convey condition of machinery. One embodiment is the monitoring of elements of conveyor systems, such as rollers, bearings, idler wheels, power components, and the belt. The detection of condition and changes in condition, as well as the display of information, is enhanced by using information from a plurality of related or similar elements. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078535 | ABNORMALITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS - An abnormality determination apparatus includes: a detecting unit repeatedly detecting a state quantity, which correlates with an operating state of an evaluation target device, at time intervals; and a determining unit determining whether there is an abnormality on the basis of multiple pieces of data about the state quantity, detected by the detecting unit and stored. The apparatus counts the number of the stored data as a total storage number after there occurs a situation that no data are stored, permits the determining unit to execute abnormality determination on the condition that the total storage number has reached a first threshold in a first trip after the situation occurs, and permits the determining unit to execute abnormality determination on the condition that the total storage number has reached a second threshold that is smaller than the first threshold in a second trip or later after the situation occurs. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078536 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING OUTPUT TORQUE CAPABILITIES IN HYBRID AND ELECTRIC POWERTRAINS - A method for determining output torque capabilities in a transmission having a first, second, and third node, each of which has a speed and acceleration. The method includes controlling the speed of the first node, calculating a real maximum long-term output torque capability (raw max LT) as a function of at least the acceleration and the speed of the first and second nodes, and calculating an inertialess maximum long-term output torque capability (inertialess max LT), which is identical to the raw max LT except that the inertialess max LT ignores torque capability due to acceleration of the first node. The raw max LT and the inertialess max LT are compared to determine an operating capability for the transmission. The first node may be an input node for the transmission. The method may include determining a new effective minimum long-term output torque capability (new effective min LT) by similar considerations. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078537 | TRANSMISSION SENSING AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A transmission sensing and measurement system. The system provides real-time feedback of various transmission operating characteristics which enables immediate synchronized shift calibration in response to vehicle operating conditions. The system can be applied to various transmission components and positions, such as bearing, shafts, and differentials. The system is arranged in a transmission assembly. By way of a method for measuring operating characteristics of the transmission where data is collected by a sensor and transmitted, optimal operating characteristics of the transmission can be calculated. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078538 | Precision Fluid Flow Meter for Reduced Flows - A precision meter for reduced flow which has a body housing a registry block, a block of electronics, and the transmitter sub-block of a block of communication. A receptor sub-block of the communication block is separate and allows for receiving remotely the readings obtained by the other components. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078539 | CANISTER STATUS DETERMINATION - A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining status of a canister of a topical negative pressure (TNP) system. The method includes the steps of monitoring pressure provided by a pump element of the TNP system, determining at least one characteristic associated with the monitored pressure and determining status of at least one parameter associated with a canister of the TNP system responsive to the determined characteristics. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078540 | Airspeed Sensing System for an Aircraft - The different advantageous embodiments provide an apparatus and method for identifying an airspeed for an aircraft. In one advantageous embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus consists of a plurality of pitot-static probes. The plurality of pitot-static probes generate a first data. The apparatus also consists of a plurality of angle of attack sensor systems. The plurality of angle of attack sensor systems generate a second data. The apparatus also consists of a plurality of light detection and ranging sensors. The light detection and ranging sensors generates a third data. The apparatus also consists of a signal consolidation system configured to detect errors in the first data generated by the plurality of pitot-static probes, the second data generated by the plurality of angle of attack sensor systems, and the third data generated by the plurality of light detection and ranging sensors. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078541 | HIGH-PRESSURE QUARTZ CRYSTAL MICROBALANCE - The present invention relates to a high-pressure quartz crystal microbalance sensor that is capable of measuring adsorption and diffusion characteristics of nanoporous materials and thin films at high pressures. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078542 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING LEAKS FROM VENTILATOR CIRCUITS - Gas leakage from a ventilator circuit and patient interface is estimated by a method that relies on breath-by-breath or time-to-time variability in the pattern of pressure delivery by the ventilator, comprising generating signals that correspond to pressure (P | 2012-03-29 |
20120078543 | LIQUID-LEVEL GAUGE TESTING DEVICE AND TESTING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid-level gauge testing device includes a table, a height control unit, an indicator unit, and a liquid container. The height control unit includes a displacement mechanism mounted on the table and a carrier coupled with the displacement mechanism to move upward and downward. The indicator unit is mounted on the table and coupled with the carrier. The liquid container is arranged below the carrier. By providing the table, the height control unit, the indicator unit, the container and other relevant components, the liquid-level gauge testing device is able to provide increased testing accuracy with simplified testing procedures and reduced testing time. A liquid-level gauge testing method is also disclosed. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078544 | Wireless rotor track and balance system for rotorcraft - Disclosed is a rotor track and balance system for rotorcraft that includes a data processing unit, a tachometer sensor and at least one accelerometer. The tachometer sensor is located remotely from the data processing unit and is mounted proximate to the rotating blades of the rotorcraft. The tachometer sensor is adapted to measure the speed and position of the rotating blades and to wirelessly transmit speed and position data to the data processor. The at least one accelerometer is also located remotely from the data processing unit and is mounted proximate the rotating blades of the rotorcraft. Each accelerometer is adapted to measure vibration anomalies in the rotating blades and to wirelessly transmit vibration data to the data processor. The data processing unit synchronizes the wireless data transmitted from the tachometer sensor and the wireless accelerometer(s) and determines necessary adjustments to be made in order to reduce the vibration anomalies in the rotor blades. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078545 | MULTI-LINE POWER MEASURING SYSTEM WHICH IMPROVES EFFICIENCY AND SIMPLICITY - Provided is a power measuring system for measuring power of a main circuit of incoming feeder and a branch circuit in a distribution panel, cabinet panel, or motor control center. The power measuring system includes a voltage sensing unit for sensing analog voltage of the main circuit and generating main voltage data by converting the sensed analog voltage to digital form, a current sensing unit for generating main current data of the main circuit or sub current data of the branch circuit, and a current data communication unit or voltage data communication unit for transmitting the sensed data or power-related data generated using the sensed data, wherein main circuit power data or branch circuit power data is calculated and displayed or transmitted. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078546 | LOAD-SIDE VOLTAGE DETECTION VIA ELECTRIC METERING PROCESSING - Load-side voltage detection via electric metering processing is disclosed. In one aspect, load-side voltage is provided as an input to a metering processing unit. The metering processing unit determines a voltage level of the load-side voltage. An application processing unit uses the voltage level to control operation of a service disconnect relay. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078547 | INTERNET BASED ENERGY CONTROL SYSTEM - A system and method for providing power usage information by an electric power meter. The meter measures and reports power usage of at least one of a plurality of electrical loads connected into an electrical power network, wherein the electric power meter is synchronized to measure power usage at a particular time, and is further configured and operable to communicate over a first data network that is communicatively coupled to a second data network, and further wherein at least one firewall is positioned between the first and second data networks. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078548 | Utility Device Management - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing utility device operations. In one aspect, a utility apparatus includes a processing apparatus that manages data processing tasks for the utility apparatus. The utility apparatus also includes a communications apparatus, coupled to the processing apparatus, that is configured to transmit and receive data over a network. A metrology apparatus is coupled to the processing apparatus, the metrology apparatus being configured to measure and provide meter data that includes at least a measure of utilized utility services. A network apparatus is also coupled to the processing apparatus, the network apparatus being configured to coordinate communication between devices that belong to a home area network. A utility identification module interface is coupled to the processing apparatus, the utility identification module having an interface that removably receives a utility identification module. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078549 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF HEALTH OF BATTERY OF VEHICLE - An apparatus and a method for estimating the SOH of a battery of a vehicle are provided, in which degree of deterioration of the battery is estimated from temperature change and traveling distance. Accordingly, the SOH of the battery and remaining traveling distance can be accurately estimated. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078550 | System And Method For Displaying Battery String Cell Data In Polar Coordinate Graphical Form - In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, battery string cell data obtained by a battery monitor monitoring the battery string is transmitted to a computer by the battery monitor. The computer has a display coupled to it. The computer displays the battery string cell data for each battery string in graphical form in a polar coordinate graphical image with data for a plurality of battery strings being displayed simultaneously, each in its own polar coordinate graphical image. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078551 | Battery Detector for Portable Electronic Device and Method Thereof - Various embodiments of a battery detector are provided. In one aspect, a battery detector of a portable electronic device is applied to a battery module without an identification (ID) terminal. When the portable electronic device receives a direct current (DC) voltage provided by an external transformer to conduct a startup procedure, the battery detector detects whether the battery module is connected to the portable electronic device or not, and prevents the portable electronic device from conducting erroneous operations. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078552 | IN-SITU BATTERY DIAGNOSIS METHOD USING ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY - Method of estimating the internal state of an electrochemical system for electric power storage, such as a battery. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078553 | BATTERY CHARGE AMOUNT INCREASE FACILITY INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE AND METHOD - A battery charge amount increase facility information provision device provides information relating to a battery charge amount increase facility to a vehicle installed with a battery ( | 2012-03-29 |
20120078554 | Systems And Methods For Determining A Status Of An Electrical Coupling - An apparatus for interfering with locomotion of a target by conducting a current through a load that includes an ionizable path. The apparatus includes, according to various aspects of the present invention, detectors and a processing circuit that determines a status of an electrical connection with the load. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078555 | Intelligent Electronic Device and Method Thereof - An intelligent electronic device (IED) having a gain control unit adapted to selectively regulate operating ranges of output signals of a sensing circuit of the device is described. In one embodiment, the IED is a digital electric power and energy meter, which operating ranges for supply voltages and supply currents of electrical services may be adjusted to match pre-determined ranges for input signals of a data acquisition system or a data processing module of the meter. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078556 | CURRENT MEASUREMENT IN SWITCHED MODE POWER SUPPLY - A method of determining a current in a switched mode power supply. The method comprises: storing values representing at least one pre-calculated matrix A; receiving measured current values; and using the stored values representing the matrix A and the received current values to calculate a respective initial value for each of the coefficients of the line and for each measured current value: calculating an estimated current using the equation of the line and the calculated initial values of the coefficients; determining a difference between the measured current value and the estimated current value to generate a difference value, and comparing the difference value against a threshold and, if the difference value is greater than the threshold, calculating updated values of the coefficients using stored values representing matrix A and difference value. A value for the current in the switched mode power supply is determined using the updated values of the coefficients | 2012-03-29 |
20120078557 | MULTI-DOMAIN TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT - A test and measurement instrument including an input port configured to receive an input signal; a digitizer configured to digitize the input signal; a decimator coupled to the digitizer and configured to decimate the digitized input signal to generate a decimated input signal; a digital downconverter coupled to the digitizer and configured to frequency shift the digitized input signal to generate a frequency shifted input signal; and a memory configured to store the decimated input signal and the frequency shifted input signal. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078558 | Triaxial Induction Calibration Without Prior Knowledge of the Calibration Area's Ground Conductivity - Disclosed is a method for determining calibration factors of an induction tool that includes three receiver coils, each having a distinct orientation. The method includes: placing the induction logging tool in a first position at a first height above a surface of the earth; performing a first set of measurements of conductivity using the receiver coils with the induction logging tool in the first position at the first height; placing the induction logging tool in a second position at a second height above the surface of the earth; performing a second set of measurements of conductivity using the receiver coils with the induction logging tool in the second position at the second height; and determining the calibration factors that correct conductivity measurements performed by the induction logging tool in a borehole penetrating the earth using the first and second sets of measurements. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078559 | FAST STEADY STATE FIELD ANALYSIS METHOD, FAST STEADY STATE FIELD ANALYSIS APPARATUS, FAST STEADY STATE FIELD ANALYSIS PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM OF STORING ITS PROGRAM - In the fast steady state field analysis method, the following processes are executed in a computer. First, the physical quantity of the analysis object is calculated through transient analysis based on an analysis execution module in which a differential equation including the time-derivative term is made discrete. A time-averaged value of the calculated physical quantities of the analysis object that are present in a set time width is calculated. The physical quantity of the analysis object calculated in step | 2012-03-29 |
20120078560 | Rotation angle detection device and electric power steering system using the same - A bridge circuit includes a plurality of half-bridges formed of sensor elements, which change impedance in accordance with a rotation angle of a detection target. A control circuit acquires output signals of the half-bridges and calculates a phase correction value for correcting a phase deviation. A memory circuit stores the phase correction value. The control circuit corrects a pre-correction rotation angle by the phase correction value. Since the pre-correction rotation angle is corrected by the phase correction value, a rotation angle of the detection target is detected with high accuracy even if the sensor elements are assembled with some positional deviations. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078561 | Method for Calibrating a Target Surface of a Position Measurement System, Position Measurement System, and Lithographic Apparatus - A method is used to calibrate a target surface of a position measurement system configured to measure a position of a movable object. The position measurement system includes the target surface mounted on the movable object, a stationary sensor system, and a processing device to calculate a position of the movable object on the basis of at least one measurement signal of the sensor system. The processing device includes a correction map of the target surface to correct for irregularities of the target surface. The method includes recalibrating the correction map of the target surface by measuring the target surface and determining a recalibrated correction map of the complete target surface on the basis of the measured target surface and one or more deformation modes of the target surface and/or physical objects affecting the target surface. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078562 | GEOMAGNETIC SENSING DEVICE - A controller includes a calibration unit, an offset error correcting unit, an operation unit, and the like. The calibration unit obtains a reference point of an output of a magnetic sensor, and performs offset correction. The offset error correcting unit is capable of performing operation processing for both the correction of a major offset error and the correction of a minor offset error by using a radius (the magnitude of a geomagnetic vector) of a virtual circle or a virtual sphere, appropriately and easily correcting the offset error with a small amount of operation, and reducing the burden to the controller. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078563 | ECONOMIZER/DCV CONTROLLER WITH MANUAL SENSOR CALIBRATION - An economizer controller with sensor calibration. A controller sensor may be used to measure a parameter. At the same time at the same location of the measurement with the controller sensor, a measurement of the same parameter may be made with a precision sensor. The difference between the two measurements may be saved to a controller memory as an offset. The offset may be used to compensate future measurements of the same parameter by the controller sensor. Additional offsets at various magnitudes may be obtained between the precision and the controller sensors for compensating subsequent measurements by the controller sensor. Measurements with the compensated sensor may be used for calibrating sensors in other economizer controllers, for example, at remote locations in the field. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078564 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING QUALITY OF A ROTATING POSITION SENSOR SYSTEM - A method for improving a position sensing system which measures a rotating object is presented. In one embodiment, the method outputs the position of the rotating object while the object is rotating, and the method follows an external command on the sensor output line when the object is not rotating to output information other than the position information. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078565 | Methods, Systems, and Products for Reflective Maintenance - Methods, systems, and products maintain reflective maintenance records for a network. Test results are mirrored from different testing applications to a centralized testing database. The test results are associated to circuit identifiers. A work order is received that identifies trouble associated with a customer. A circuit identifier associated with the customer is retrieved and, prior to performing a test of a circuit to resolve the trouble, the centralized testing database is queried for the circuit identifier. A test result associated with the circuit identifier is retrieved and the work order is updated with the test result. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078566 | Network Test Conflict Checking - There is disclosed a system and method for network test conflict checking. The method may be performed by a network testing system and may be implemented as software. The method may include receiving user selected test features and user selected hardware for a network test. When receiving user selected features, incompatible features are made unselectable by reference to a feature database. A compatibility check is performed by referring to a hardware database and a feature database. Suggestive corrective changes may be provided to a user or automatically made to the selected features and/or selected hardware. The network test is written to hardware when the compatibility test is successful. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078567 | COMBUSTION REFERENCE TEMPERATURE ESTIMATION - Methods, systems, and program products for improved accuracy in estimating a combustion reference temperature (CRT) are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides a method of estimating a combustion reference temperature (CRT) in a gas turbine, the method comprising: obtaining a measurement of at least one dynamic operating condition of the gas turbine selected from a group consisting of: an ambient condition, a compressor condition, a fuel condition, and a turbine condition; inputting a measurement of the at least one operating condition into a physics-based model; calculating at least one estimated internal state for the gas turbine using the physics-based model; and calculating an estimated CRT based on the at least one gas turbine internal state. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078568 | INTERACTIVE ON-DEMAND ORTHOTIC VENDING MACHINE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ORTHOTIC INCLUDING DISC VERSION - An orthotic vending machine may comprise a measuring apparatus and an orthotic fabricating apparatus. The measuring apparatus may comprises a plurality of probes capable of sensing pressure at various pixels on the underside surfaces of the person's feet at various configurations and determining the heights at the various pixels for the various configurations. The fabricating apparatus fabricates custom orthotics based on the sensed information from the measuring apparatus. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078569 | METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR CLASSIFYING A COLLISION OF A VEHICLE - A method for detecting a collision of a vehicle is described, including a step of receiving a linear signal and a rotation signal via an interface, the linear signal containing information about a linear motion, and the rotation signal containing information about a rotational motion of the vehicle. The method also includes a step of supplying an evaluation signal based on the linear signal and the rotation signal, the evaluation signal containing information about the collision. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078570 | MULTIPLE ACCELEROMETER SYSTEM - Systems and methods for approximating angular velocity using a plurality of accelerometers are disclosed. In particular, in one embodiment, a method of approximating angular velocity including receiving linear acceleration information from a plurality of accelerometers and calculating a relative acceleration for at least one pair of the plurality of accelerometers is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a distance value for the at least one pair of the plurality of accelerometers and approximating the angular velocity by multiplying the distance value by the relative acceleration to obtain. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078571 | GEOMAGNETISM SENSING DEVICE - An X-axis sensor, a Y-axis sensor, and a Z-axis sensor that detect a geomagnetic vector are provided, and the direction of the geomagnetic vector is sought on a spherical coordinate from the detection output of each sensor. A reference axis is determined in the spherical coordinate, a hypothetical central point is sought on the reference axis depending on data of two coordinate detection points, a perpendicular line to a plane that includes vectors from the hypothetical central point to the respective data is sought from the cross product of the vectors, an axis that is parallel to the perpendicular line and passes through an origin is set to be a calculated rotational axis, and movement centered around the calculated rotational axis is specified. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078572 | Road Surface Condition Estimating Device and Method - A road surface condition estimating device includes an undulation estimating portion for estimating undulations on the trajectory of a traveling vehicle from behavioral information about plural vehicles collected during travel of the vehicles, and a rut estimating portion for estimating undulations of ruts relative to the trajectories of the vehicles from the trajectories of traveling vehicles and from the behavioral information about the vehicles. The behavioral information includes information about positions, postures, and speeds of travel of the vehicles. Undulations on the trajectory of each traveling vehicle found by the undulation estimating portion and undulations of ruts relative to the trajectory of the traveling vehicle are superimposed for each vehicle to find road surface conditions, which are delivered to the vehicles. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078573 | BED DEVICE - The bed device has load measurement means for generating a load signal; first computation means for computing a center-of-gravity variation or load variation on the basis of the load signal; first determination means for determining whether the computation result for the center-of-gravity variation or load variation is equal to or greater than a first threshold value; totaling means for totaling the number of times that the computation result is determined to be equal to or greater than the first threshold value; second computation means for multiplying the totaling results by coefficients for each time period and adding the results; and second determination means for determining a waking or sleeping state or determining a body movement or rest state of a user on the basis of whether a computation result of the second computation means is equal to or greater than a second threshold value. Movement of a user can thereby be monitored by using load information of a bed unit, and the waking state or body movement state of the bed user can be detected with high precision. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078574 | Monitoring System and Display For Use In A Monitoring System - A monitoring system for use in monitoring a machine includes at least one sensor for use in measuring at least one operating condition of the machine and at least one monitoring module coupled to the at least one sensor. The at least one monitoring module includes at least one display formed integrally with the monitoring module and configured to display real-time data representative of a currently measured operating condition of the machine and to display historical data representative of a previously measured operating condition of the machine such that a user is enabled to visually compare the historical data with the real-time data. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078575 | CHECKING OF FUNCTIONS OF A CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING COMPONENTS - A method for checking functions, to be checked, of a control system, the control system having components to be checked, in particular redundant components, and an evaluation unit which evaluates the operability of the components on the basis of status reports of the components, the method including a component-side check of the functions, to be checked, of the components to be checked, and a system-wide check of at least one, but not all, of the functions checked on the component side. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078576 | Monitoring System and Apparatus Comprising Such a Monitoring System - In a monitoring system ( | 2012-03-29 |
20120078577 | REMOTELY COLLECTING AND MANAGING DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for remote collection and management of diagnostic information. Embodiments of the invention facilitate remote configuration, management, and collection of diagnostic results. A remote diagnostic system connects to the local diagnostics of a service or computer system in a non-invasive way to collect diagnostic information. Filter and subscription requests are used to guide the collection and retention of diagnostic information. A diagnostic user connects to the remote diagnostic system to dynamically change the filter and subscription requests as part of a diagnostic process. The collected diagnostic information can then be transmitted to interested system operators using either syndication subscriptions or push subscriptions. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078578 | MONITORING AND DIAGNOSING GENERATOR OPERATION - A tool for evaluating operation of a generator is provided. Diagnostic data is obtaining from a sensor in a generator. An associated computer system evaluates the diagnostic data to determine whether an anomaly exists in the data. If an anomaly exists, the computer system can provide a fault code that indicates a nature of an error in the generator that caused the anomaly. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078579 | SELF VALIDATING GAS TURBINE ENGINE FLAME DETECTION SYSTEM USING DUEL OPTICAL VERIFICATION - A self validating flame detection system ( | 2012-03-29 |
20120078580 | Integrated History-Free and History-Based Modeling - A system, method, and computer readable medium. A method includes receiving a model tree that defines a three-dimensional (3D) model. The model tree includes a history-free parent node that defines a complex 3D model and a plurality of history-based child nodes that define additional features that modify the complex 3D model. The method includes computing the 3D model, where the computed 3D model combines the parent node and the child nodes. The method includes displaying the computed 3D model as the complex 3D model modified by the additional features defined by the child nodes. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078581 | Variational Modeling with Removal Features - Systems, methods, and computer readable mediums. A method includes receiving a geometric model including at least one removal feature having at least one face. The method includes designating at least one face as a remain variational face and adding a constraint to the designated face. The method includes performing a variational edit on the model using the constraints to the designated face and storing the edited model. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078582 | Variational Modeling with Discovered Interferences - A system, method, and computer readable medium. A method includes receiving a geometric model in an initial state including at least a first feature and a second feature, at least one of the first and second features being a removal feature. The method includes detecting an interaction between the first and second features, and applying a dependency rule to the first feature and the second feature. The method includes performing a variational edit process including removing the first feature and the second feature according to the dependency rule. The method includes solving and recreating the edited model. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078583 | System for a structure or a building - The present invention is about a design system for the structural design of a structure or building which shall be designed following an applicable standard defining the load combinations and the control values, the said structure or building being constituted of loadbearing members and subject to loads, the load combinations defined in the said applicable standard and applied to the said loadbearing members with the substantially most unfavourable load configuration being intended to induce maximum values of stresses and/or deflections in the said loadbearing members not exceeding the control values defined in the said standard, characterized in that the said design system comprises a database intended to store the numerical values corresponding to parameters related to the act of design, the said parameters taking different numerical values depending on the structure, the building, the materials, the usage, the geographical localisation or the applicable standard. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078584 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE SIMULATION OF THE HUMAN FACTOR IN ASSEMBLY PROCESSES | 2012-03-29 |
20120078585 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING GEOMETRIC SKELETONS AND MEDIAL ZONES OF RIGID AND NON-RIGID SHAPES - A method and system for constructing geometric skeletons of rigid and non-rigid shapes are disclosed, including a method of constructing a convexized skeleton (C-skeleton). A method for determining a medial zone, and its practical applications, are also disclosed. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078586 | OPTICS FOR AN EXTENDED DEPTH OF FIELD - An optical imaging assembly having cylindrical symmetry, comprising a plurality of lenses having surfaces with curvatures and spacings between the surfaces, such that an optical image formed by the plurality of lenses has a defocus aberration coefficient greater than 0.1 at a focal plane of the assembly. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078587 | Designing A Modeled Object Within A Session Of A Computer-Aided Design System Interacting With A Database - The invention is directed to a method for designing a modeled object within a session of CAD system interacting with a database. The method comprises: | 2012-03-29 |
20120078588 | INFERRING AND MAINTAINING SYMMETRY RELATIONSHIPS IN A 3-D EDITOR - A system for controlling symmetry relationships in a three-dimensional (3-D) model is disclosed. The system includes a processor and a memory in communication with the processor. The memory is configured to store processor-executable instructions to identify a prototype object defined within the 3-D model, detect a symmetry object associated on the identified prototype object such that the symmetry object relates to the prototype object based on a differentiation function, quantify a plurality of model parameters associated with the symmetry object such that the plurality of model parameters defines the differentiation function, and couple the prototype object and the symmetry object based such that an update to one of the objects propagates to other object. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078589 | UNIFIED HANDLE APPROACH FOR MOVING AND EXTRUDING OBJECTS IN A 3-D EDITOR - A computer-implemented tool for manipulating and controlling objects within a three-dimensional (3-D) model includes a modal indication of state for whether to perform an extrusion operation, a tool origin configured to indicate an object defined within the 3-D model, and a tool handle pair including a first handle and a second handle configured such that the first handle and the second handle are linearly aligned along an axis that extends through the tool origin such that the first handle is arrange opposite to the second handle with the tool origin disposed therebetween. The axis Is further aligned and associated with a second axis corresponding to the object such that, in response to an input associated with one of the handles, a processor configured to generate the 3-D model and implement a model editor alters the object indicated by the tool origin. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078590 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING MODEL DATA - The invention provides a method and system for creating model data. The method comprises: obtaining initial model data that is based on thickness model; adjusting thickness of the part of vertices of the initial model data in response to user inputting thickness values of part of vertices; adjusting position of the part of vertices of the initial model data in response to user inputting position values of part of vertices; and obtaining model data that is based on thickness model according to the initial model data and the adjusted part of vertices. By employing the method or system of the invention, it will facilitate user to edit model data and it will also save storage space. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078591 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND TOOLS FOR PROOFING A COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OBJECT - A casting tolerance proofing tool adapted to be implemented with a computer system. The computer system has a processor and a memory storing a CAD object of an apparatus to be manufactured with a casting process. The proofing tool includes a criteria selector operable to prompt for and receive a type of casting process for the apparatus to be manufactured with, and an extractor operable to determine a nominal dimension and a related tolerance from the CAD object. The proofing tool further includes a comparator operable to compare the tolerance with a first threshold and a second threshold. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078592 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND TOOLS FOR PROOFING A COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN OBJECT - A plastic tolerance proofing tool adapted to be implemented with a computer system. The computer system includes a processor and a memory storing a CAD object of an apparatus to be manufactured with a material. The tool includes a criteria selector operable to prompt for and receive a type of plastic material for the apparatus to be manufactured in and an extractor operable to determine a nominal dimension and a related tolerance from the CAD object. The tool further includes a comparator operable to compare the tolerance with a first threshold and a second threshold, and a tagging module operable to tag the CAD object based on the comparisons. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078593 | CONSUMPTION ENERGY CALCULATING DEVICE - There is provided a consumption energy calculating device which simulates power consumption of a heating and cooling appliance operated by a customer living in a house. A first receiver and a second receiver receive a demand response signal and an external environmental factor parameter. A pain level model shows a relationship between an indoor air temperature and a pain level. A first calculator calculates, when the appliance is not in operation, the indoor air temperature of a next sample time. A second calculator calculates, when the appliance is in operation, determines the indoor air temperature of the next sample time. A working sequence generator determines whether the appliance is or not to be operated during the next sample time. The power consumption determination unit determines power consumption consumed by the appliance before the next sample time and outputs data showing the power consumption. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078594 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBSERVING A PERSON'S WALKING ACTIVITY - A system for observing a walking activity of a person comprises a device (DISP) adapted for delivering at output, for a footstep of the person, a first difference of angular speeds of the corresponding tibia between the instant at which the heel of the foot is planted and the instant at which the foot is laid flat, a second difference of angular speeds of the corresponding tibia between the instant at which the heel of the foot is planted and the instant at which the last toe of the foot is lifted, and an angular speed of the corresponding tibia at the instant at which the foot is laid flat. The system comprises analysis means (AN) for analyzing the signals delivered by the device and adapted for determining a type of walking of the user as a function of time by using a hidden Markov model with N states corresponding respectively to N types of walking. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078595 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ONTOLOGY MATCHING - An approach is provided for ontology matching. An information space infrastructure determines a first ontology and a second ontology. The first ontology and the second ontology describe one or more information closures, one or more computation closures, or a combination thereof. The information space infrastructure then determines to apply a plurality of comparison models on the first ontology and the second ontology and to compute a degree of similarity of the first ontology and the second ontology based, at least in part, on the plurality of comparison models. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078596 | METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE VALIDITY OF THE SIMULATION OF A SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING DEVICE - In order to verify, using a processor, the validity of a simulation of a system, a method includes providing first data representative, in a computer language, of at least one expected property of the simulation, providing second data representative, in the computer language, of the at least one property obtained by the simulation, and determining an item of information representative of the validity of the simulation on the basis of the first data and the second data. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078597 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH A MODELING PLATFORM - The present invention provides a process modeling platform installed on a mobile device such as a cell phone, a laptop or a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA). The platform includes a User Interface module that enables the user to interact with the platform. The platform further includes a template module and a model engine. The template module enables the user to use a pre-loaded template for modeling. The model engine enables the user to use a pre-loaded algorithm for modeling. The platform also includes a storage module. The primary function of the storage module includes storage of various templates, algorithms and models. An administrative module, which is also a part of the platform, performs generic infrastructure services that are required by the core logic of the platform. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078598 | Custom Physics Simulation Joints - A computer-implemented method of simulating a physical system includes accessing a representation of the physical system, the representation defining a joint relationship between first and second rigid body objects, the joint relationship being specified via an instantiation of a class, the class instantiation being representative of a parameter of the joint relationship. The method further includes implementing, with a processor, a function of the parameter class instantiation, the function being operable to return a characteristic of an axis of the joint relationship, constraining, with the processor, the joint relationship based on the returned axis characteristic, and maintaining the representation of the physical system in accordance with the constrained joint relationship. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078599 | PREDICTING THE FAILURE OF A COMPONENT - The invention provides a method and apparatus for predicting the failure of a component using a probabilistic model of a material's microstructural-based response to fatigue. The method predicts the component failure by a computer simulation of multiple incarnations of real material behavior, or virtual prototyping. The virtual prototyping simulates the effects of characteristics that include grain size, grain orientation, micro-applied stress and micro-yield strength that are difficult to simulate with real specimens. The invention provides an apparatus for predicting the response of a component to fatigue using the method. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078600 | Single Well Anisotropy Inversion Using Velocity Measurements - At least one elastic parameter of a region of interest of a formation is modeled, and at least one velocity measurement acquired in a wellbore extending in the formation is predicted based on the modeling. The model is refined based on the predicted velocity measurement(s) and based on at least one actual measurement acquired from within a single wellbore. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078601 | DRUG TREATMENT PLANS DERIVED FROM HOLISTIC ANALYSIS - Certain examples provide systems and methods for holistic viewing to provide comparative analysis and patient treatment decision support in a drug therapy development process. A computer-implemented method for developing a therapeutic drug treatment plan for a patient using quantifiable comparative holistic decision support. In addition, the inventive may also be summarized as a computer-implemented method for developing a therapeutic drug treatment plan for a patient using quantifiable comparative holistic decision support for a known disease signature corresponding to a subject medical condition of a patient. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078602 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING ANEURYSM GROWTH - A method for predicting aneurysm growth based on CFD simulations derived from at least two angiography recordings is proposed. A first 3-D recording of the aneurysm is recorded at a first time and a first vascular geometry is determined for simulating a first CFD simulation. A second 3-D recording is recorded at a second time and a second vascular geometry is determined for simulating a second CFD simulation. The two 3-D recordings are registered and a local growth rate is determined from the two 3-D recordings. The local growth rate is correlated between the two vascular geometries with hemodynamically derived parameters from the first CFD simulation. A future vascular geometry and/or a future local growth rate is predicted based on the correlation parameters, the hemodynamic parameters from the second CFD simulation and the second vascular geometry. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078603 | SPATIALLY HETEROGENEOUS STOCHASTIC PETRI-NET MODELING - A system, and associated article of manufacture, in which biochemical reactions of the system are modeled by using spatially heterogeneous stochastic Petri-net modeling. The biochemical reactions of the system to be modeled are defined. A spatial decomposition of the system is defined by defining regions of a space in which the system is to be modeled and by assigning each biochemical reaction to a region, such that the system is spatially heterogeneous. Relationships for inter-region movement of reactants of the biochemical reactions are defined as flux, advection, convection, and/or diffusion-based molecular movements. The system of the biochemical reactions is then modeled by modeling the biochemical reactions of each region as a spatially homogenous stochastic Petri-net and by modeling the inter-region movement of the reactants based on the relationships as defined. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078604 | METHOD FOR MINIMIZING TRANSISTOR AND ANALOG COMPONENT VARIATION IN CMOS PROCESSES THROUGH DESIGN RULE RESTRICTIONS - Various embodiments provide an integrated circuit (IC) design method and design kit for reducing context variations through design rule restrictions. The design method can be applied to components (e.g., analog blocks) with a context variation in an IC design. By drawing a cover layer over such components, context-variation-reduction design rule restrictions can be applied to reduce the context variations. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078605 | Methods and Apparatuses for Circuit Simulation - In one embodiment, a method comprising identifying a sub-network of the linear circuit, the sub-network having one or more internal nodes, one or more interface nodes, and branches connecting the one or more internal nodes and the one or more interface nodes, the sub-network having at least one of a capacitor and an inductor, is described. The method in one embodiment comprises determining a linear equation system for transient simulation of the linear circuit, the linear equation system containing no variable representing the one or more internal nodes. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078606 | DEVELOPING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE ENERGY CONSUMPTION OF AN APPLICATION PROGRAM FOR A DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR - A developing system and method for optimizing the energy consumption of an application program for a DSP are provided. The system includes an instructional wise energy consumption database, a program code generating unit, a program compiling unit, and a DSP simulator; wherein the instructional wise energy consumption database includes energy consumption data of a DSP when the DSP executes at least one instruction; the program code generating unit is adapted to edit and generate a program code; the program compiling unit is adapted to receive the program code, and according to the program code and the instructional wise energy consumption database it compiles the program code, and generate a plurality of assembly codes; the DSP simulator is adapted to receive the assembly codes and at least one stimulus, to simulate the total and the amount of energy every instruction of the assembly codes consume, and transmit the results to the program compiling unit; as the total energy consumption result higher than a predetermined energy consumption value, the program compiling unit modifies the compiling scheme to recompile the program code and transmits the new assembly codes to the a DSP simulator, until the simulation results reach or lower than the predetermined energy consumption value, if the program compiling unit cannot meet the limitation with all the existing compiling scheme, the simulation results will transmit to the program code generating unit to allow to edit or recompose the program code according to the simulation results and meet the expected energy consumption value. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078607 | SPEECH TRANSLATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a speech translation apparatus includes a receiving unit, a first recognition unit, a second recognition unit, a first generation unit, a translation unit, a second generation unit, a synthesis unit. The receiving unit is configured to receive a speech in a first language and convert to speech signal. The first recognition unit is configured to perform speech recognition and generate a transcription. The second recognition unit is configured to recognize which emotion type is included in the speech and generate emotion identification information including recognized emotion type(s). The first generation unit is configured to generate a filtered sentence. The translation unit is configured to generate a translation of the filtered sentence in the first language in a second language. The second generation unit is configured to generate an insertion sentence. The synthesis unit is configured to convert the filtered and the insertion sentences into speech signal. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078608 | SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION OF OPEN DOMAIN LECTURES AND SPEECHES - A real-time open domain speech translation system for simultaneous translation of a spoken presentation that is a spoken monologue comprising one of a lecture, a speech, a presentation, a colloquium, and a seminar. The system includes an automatic speech recognition unit configured for accepting sound comprising the spoken presentation in a first language and for continuously creating word hypotheses, and a machine translation unit that receives the hypotheses, wherein the machine translation unit outputs a translation, into a second language, from the spoken presentation. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078609 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LANGUAGE TRANSLATION IN A HYBRID PEER-TO-PEER ENVIRONMENT - An improved system and method are disclosed for peer-to-peer communications. In one example, the method enables an endpoint to send and/or receive audio speech translations to facilitate communications between users who speak different languages. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078610 | DETERMINING OFFER TERMS FROM TEXT - Systems, methods, and machine readable and executable instructions are provided for determining offer terms from text. A method for determining offer terms from text can include mapping keywords to a domain of a procurement event, and receiving, to a computing device, an offer text associated with the procurement event. Event-specific entities are identified, by the computing device, in the offer text. The computing device determines the domain of the procurement event from the identified event-specific entities, and using the mapped keywords corresponding to the determined domain, determines offer components from the offer text, extracts offer parameters from the offer text, and constructs the offer structure using the identified event-specific entities, derived offer components, and extracted offer parameters. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078611 | CONTEXT-AWARE CONVERSATIONAL USER INTERFACE - An input handler may receive natural language input associated with a command from a user through a user interface, and a language parser may parse the natural language input to determine parsed natural language input. A context monitor may receive context information associated with the user, and a context parser may parse the context information to obtain parsed context information associated with the natural language input and with the command. A command interpreter may interpret the parsed natural language input, using the parsed context information, to thereby determine the command. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078612 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING ELECTRONIC TEXTS - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for navigating electronic texts. According to an aspect, a method may include determining text subgroups within an electronic text. The method may also include selecting a text seed within one of the text subgroups. Further, the method may include determining a similarity relationship between the text seed and one or more adjacent text subgroups that do not include the selected text seed. The method may also include associating the text seed with the one or more adjacent text subgroups based on the similarity relationship to create a text cluster. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078613 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING RELATED TEXT IN AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for navigating electronic texts. According to an aspect, a method may include receiving search criteria for searching an electronic text. Further, the method may include determining text subgroups within the electronic text. The method may also include determining, for each text subgroup, a similarity relationship between the search criteria and the text subgroup. Further, the method may include presenting, for each text subgroup, a graphic representing the similarity relationship between the text subgroup and the search criteria. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078614 | Virtual keyboard for a non-tactile three dimensional user interface - A method, including presenting, by a computer system executing a non-tactile three dimensional user interface, a virtual keyboard on a display, the virtual keyboard including multiple virtual keys, and capturing a sequence of depth maps over time of a body part of a human subject. On the display, a cursor is presented at positions indicated by the body part in the captured sequence of depth maps, and one of the multiple virtual keys is selected in response to an interruption of a motion of the presented cursor in proximity to the one of the multiple virtual keys. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078615 | Multiple Touchpoints For Efficient Text Input - Methods and systems for using multiple simultaneous touchpoints of a touch-sensitive keyboard, such as an on-screen keyboard, for more efficient text input are provided. A method for generating text using a touch-sensitive keyboard may include receiving touch input from multiple simultaneous touchpoints. The method may also include determining a text character for each respective simultaneous touchpoint based on the touch input. The method may further include generating a text word based on the text characters determined from the multiple simultaneous touchpoints. A system for generating text using a touch-sensitive keyboard may include a touch input receiver, a slide detector and a text word generator. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078616 | Handheld Electronic Device and Associated Method Enabling Spell Checking in a Text Disambiguation Environment - An improved handheld electronic device and associated method enable spell checking in a reduced keyboard and disambiguation environment. The improved spell checking routine converts a misspelled word into a canonical version thereof and receives from a dictionary | 2012-03-29 |
20120078617 | System and Method for Increasing Recognition Rates of In-Vocabulary Words By Improving Pronunciation Modeling - The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable media for generating a lexicon for use with speech recognition. The method includes receiving symbolic input as labeled speech data, overgenerating potential pronunciations based on the symbolic input, identifying potential pronunciations in a speech recognition context, and storing the identified potential pronunciations in a lexicon. Overgenerating potential pronunciations can include establishing a set of conversion rules for short sequences of letters, converting portions of the symbolic input into a number of possible lexical pronunciation variants based on the set of conversion rules, modeling the possible lexical pronunciation variants in one of a weighted network and a list of phoneme lists, and iteratively retraining the set of conversion rules based on improved pronunciations. Symbolic input can include multiple examples of a same spoken word. Speech data can be labeled explicitly or implicitly and can include words as text and recorded audio. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078618 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING LATTICE VECTOR QUANTIZER CODEBOOK - A method and an apparatus for generating a lattice vector quantizer codebook are disclosed. The method includes: storing an eigenvector set that includes amplitude vectors and/or length vectors, where the amplitude vectors and/or length vectors are different from each other and correspond to a root leader of a lattice vector quantizer; storing storage addresses of the amplitude vectors and length vectors, where the amplitude vectors and length vectors correspond to the root leader and are in the eigenvector set; and generating a lattice vector quantizer codebook according to the eigenvector set and the storage addresses. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078619 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - An apparatus may include a control unit to selectively control volume of content sound and volume of speech sound according to a priority assigned to a user corresponding to speech sound and a priority assigned to content data. When volume control is to be performed on a priority basis, the control unit may selectively control the volume of the content sound and the volume of the speech sound based on the assigned priorities so that the volume of the sound having a higher priority becomes louder than the volume of the other sound. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078620 | Robust Noise Estimation - An enhancement system improves the estimate of noise from a received signal. The system includes a spectrum monitor that divides a portion of the signal at more than one frequency resolution. Adaptation logic derives a noise adaptation factor of the received signal. A plurality of devices tracks the characteristics of an estimated noise in the received signal and modifies multiple noise adaptation rates. Weighting logic applies the modified noise adaptation rates derived from the signal divided at a first frequency resolution to the signal divided at a second frequency resolution. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078621 | SPARSE REPRESENTATION FEATURES FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION - Techniques are disclosed for generating and using sparse representation features to improve speech recognition performance. In particular, principles of the invention provide sparse representation exemplar-based recognition techniques. For example, a method comprises the following steps. A test vector and a training data set associated with a speech recognition system are obtained. A subset of the training data set is selected. The test vector is mapped with the selected subset of the training data set as a linear combination that is weighted by a sparseness constraint such that a new test feature set is formed wherein the training data set is moved more closely to the test vector subject to the sparseness constraint. An acoustic model is trained on the new test feature set. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078622 | SPOKEN DIALOGUE APPARATUS, SPOKEN DIALOGUE METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SPOKEN DIALOGUE - According to one embodiment, a spoken dialogue apparatus includes a detection unit configured to detect speech of a user; a recognition unit configured to recognize the speech; an output unit configured to output a response voice corresponding to the result of speech recognition; an estimate unit configured to estimate probability variation of a barge-in utterance, the probability variation of the barge-in utterance being the time variation of the probability of arising the barge-in utterance interrupted by the user during outputting the response voice; and a control unit configured to determine whether to adopt the barge-in utterance based on the probability variation of the barge-in utterance. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078623 | Method and Apparatus for Communication Between Humans and Devices - This invention relates to methods and apparatus for improving communications between humans and devices. The invention provides a method of modulating operation of a device, comprising: providing an attentive user interface for obtaining information about an attentive state of a user; and modulating operation of a device on the basis of the obtained information, wherein the operation that is modulated is initiated by the device. Preferably, the information about the user's attentive state is eye contact of the user with the device that is sensed by the attentive user interface. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078624 | METHOD FOR DETECTING VOICE SECTION FROM TIME-SPACE BY USING AUDIO AND VIDEO INFORMATION AND APPARATUS THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method for detecting a voice section in time-space by using audio and video information. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for detecting a voice section from time-space by using audio and video information comprises the steps of: detecting a voice section in an audio signal which is inputted into a microphone array; verifying a speaker from the detected voice section; sensing the face of the speaker by using a video signal which is inputted into a camera if the speaker is successfully verified, and then estimating the direction of the face of the speaker; and determining the detected voice section as the voice section of the speaker if the estimated face direction corresponds to a reference direction which is previously stored. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078625 | WAVEFORM ANALYSIS OF SPEECH - A waveform analysis of speech is disclosed. Embodiments include methods for analyzing captured sounds produced by animals, such as human vowel sounds, and accurately determining the sound produced. Some embodiments utilize computer processing to identify the location of the sound within a waveform, select a particular time within the sound, and measure a fundamental frequency and one or more formants at the particular time. Embodiments compare the fundamental frequency and the one or more formants to known thresholds and multiples of the fundamental frequency, such as by a computer-run algorithm. The results of this comparison identify of the sound with a high degree of accuracy. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078626 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING SPEECH IN MULTIMEDIA CONTENT TO TEXT - Methods and systems for converting speech to text are disclosed. One method includes analyzing multimedia content to determine the presence of closed captioning data. The method includes, upon detecting closed captioning data, indexing the closed captioning data as associated with the multimedia content. The method also includes, upon failure to detect closed captioning data in the multimedia content, extracting audio data from multimedia content, the audio data including speech data, performing a plurality of speech to text conversions on the speech data to create a plurality of transcripts of the speech data, selecting text from one or more of the plurality of transcripts to form an amalgamated transcript, and indexing the amalgamated transcript as associated with the multimedia content. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078627 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TEXT ERROR CORRECTION BASED ON VOICE RECOGNITION DATA - During operation of an electronic device such as a cellular telephone with a touch screen display or other electronic equipment, a voice recognition engine may gather data on spoken words. Data on the spoken words that are recognized may be maintained in a spoken word database maintained by an input processor with an autocorrection engine. A user may supply text input that contains mistyped words to the electronic device using the touch screen or a keyboard. The input processor may use the autocorrection engine to automatically replace mistyped words with corrected versions of the mistyped words. The corrected words may be displayed in real time as the user supplies the text input. The autocorrection engine may make word correction decisions based at least partly on information in the spoken word database. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078628 | HEAD-MOUNTED TEXT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED - The head-mounted text display system for the hearing impaired is a speech-to-text system, in which spoken words are converted into a visual textual display and displayed to the user in passages containing a selected number of words. The system includes a head-mounted visual display, such as eyeglass-type dual liquid crystal displays or the like, and a controller. The controller includes an audio receiver, such as a microphone or the like, for receiving spoken language and converting the spoken language into electrical signals. The controller further includes a speech-to-text module for converting the electrical signals representative of the spoken language to a textual data signal representative of individual words. A transmitter associated with the controller transmits the textual data signal to a receiver associated with the head-mounted display. The textual data is then displayed to the user in passages containing a selected number of individual words. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078629 | MEETING SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a meeting support apparatus includes a storage unit, a determination unit, a generation unit. The storage unit is configured to store storage information for each of words, the storage information indicating a word of the words, pronunciation information on the word, and pronunciation recognition frequency. The determination unit is configured to generate emphasis determination information including an emphasis level that represents whether a first word should be highlighted and represents a degree of highlighting determined in accordance with a pronunciation recognition frequency of a second word when the first word is highlighted, based on whether the storage information includes second set corresponding to first set and based on the pronunciation recognition frequency of the second word when the second set is included. The generation unit is configured to generate an emphasis character string based on the emphasis determination information when the first word is highlighted. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078630 | Utterance Verification and Pronunciation Scoring by Lattice Transduction - In the field of language learning systems, proper pronunciation of words and phrases is an integral aspect of language learning, determining the proximity of the language learner's pronunciation to a standardized, i.e. ‘perfect’, pronunciation is utilized to guide the learner from imperfect toward perfect pronunciation. In this regard, a phoneme lattice scoring system is utilized, whereby an input from a user is transduced into the perfect pronunciation example in a phoneme lattice. The cost of this transduction may be determined based on a summation of substitutions, deletions and insertions of phonemes needed to transducer from the input to the perfect pronunciation of the utterance. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078631 | RECOGNITION OF TARGET WORDS USING DESIGNATED CHARACTERISTIC VALUES - Target word recognition includes: obtaining a candidate word set and corresponding characteristic computation data, the candidate word set comprising text data, and characteristic computation data being associated with the candidate word set; performing segmentation of the characteristic computation data to generate a plurality of text segments; combining the plurality of text segments to form a text data combination set; determining an intersection of the candidate word set and the text data combination set, the intersection comprising a plurality of text data combinations; determining a plurality of designated characteristic values for the plurality of text data combinations; based at least in part on the plurality of designated characteristic values and according to at least a criterion, recognizing among the plurality of text data combinations target words whose characteristic values fulfill the criterion. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078632 | VOICE-BAND EXTENDING APPARATUS AND VOICE-BAND EXTENDING METHOD - An optical device includes a fast Fourier transform (FFT) unit, a signal noise ratio (SNR) calculation processing unit, a band selecting unit, an extension-signal creating unit, an addition unit, and an inverse fast Fourier transform (IFFT) unit. The FFT unit performs the Fourier transform on an input signal that is input from the outside. The SNR calculation processing unit calculates an SNR with respect to each of bands in the input signal. The band selecting unit selects a band of which SNR exceeds a threshold and is the maximum SNR, based on respective SNRs of the bands. The extension-signal creating unit creates an extension signal based on a signal acquired by the band selecting unit. The addition unit adds the extension signal to the input signal, and creates a band-extended signal. The IFFT unit performs the inverse fast Fourier transform on the band-extended signal, and creates an output signal. | 2012-03-29 |
20120078633 | READING ALOUD SUPPORT APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, a reading aloud support apparatus includes a reception unit, a first extraction unit, a second extraction unit, an acquisition unit, a generation unit, a presentation unit. The reception unit is configured to receive an instruction. The first extraction unit is configured to extract, as a partial document, a part of a document which corresponds to a range of words. The second extraction unit is configured to perform morphological analysis and to extract words as candidate words. The acquisition unit is configured to acquire attribute information items relates to the candidate words. The generation unit is configured to perform weighting relating to a value corresponding a distance and to determine each of candidate words to be preferentially presented to generate a presentation order. The presentation unit is configured to present the candidate words and the attribute information items in accordance with the presentation order. | 2012-03-29 |