18th week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 40 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150117595 | METHOD AND X-RAY SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A PHASE CONTRAST IMAGE - A method and an X-ray system are disclosed for generating a phase contrast image of an examination object. In an embodiment, the distribution of an electron density in the examination object is determined by defining energy-dependent attenuation values for X-radiation with at least two different X-ray energy spectra, phase-shift values are obtained from the previously determined electron density distribution, and a phase contrast image is generated from the calculated phase-shift values. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117596 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF NOISE DELETION IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - An imaging system includes a computer programmed to reconstruct original CT projection data, estimate noise in image space, forward project the image noise estimate to generate an initial projection noise estimate, modify the initial projection noise estimate using a statistical property of noise in projection space, remove noise in the original CT projection data by subtracting the modified noise estimate therefrom to generate noise-removed projection data, and reconstruct a final image based on the noise-removed projection data. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117597 | SCANNING SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING - A scanning system for three-dimensional imaging comprises a bench, a gantry frame, a light source, a sensor and a control unit. The bench is to support a subject to be scanned. The gantry frame is movably mounted at a lateral side of the bench. The light source is movably mounted on the gantry frame so as to emit a light for a radiographic purpose. The sensor is movably mounted at a side of the bench, by opposing to the subject with respect to the bench, so as to receive the light emitted from the light source. The control unit is electrically coupled with the gantry frame, the light source and the sensor so as thereby to perform motion controls upon the gantry frame, the light source and the sensor. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117598 | GRATING-BASED DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST IMAGING - An imaging system ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150117599 | X-RAY INTERFEROMETRIC IMAGING SYSTEM - We disclose an x-ray interferometric imaging system in which the x-ray source comprises a target having a plurality of structured coherent sub-sources of x-rays embedded in a thermally conducting substrate. The system additionally comprises a beam-splitting grating G | 2015-04-30 |
20150117600 | X-RAY PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS - Disclosed is an X-ray photographing apparatus comprising: an X-ray generator for generating X-rays; an X-ray detector for detecting the X-rays discharged from the X-ray generator; and a collimator for permitting only a portion of the X-rays to pass through and blocking the rest X-rays, wherein the apparatus further comprising a support means for supporting the X-rays generator and the X-ray detector and varying heights of the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector, wherein the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector are arranged facing each other at respective left and right sides with respect to the support means for supporting the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector so as to achieve a weight balance, and the support means has an X-ray path through which the X-rays generated by the X-ray generator pass without interference. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117601 | X-RAY SOURCE WITH MODULE AND DETECTOR FOR OPTICAL RADIATION - The present invention relates to an X-ray source for irradiating an object to be imaged with X-ray radiation, wherein the X-ray source is moveable into a plurality of defined recording positions relative to the object to be imaged. A module is arranged directly on the X-ray source, said module being designed to project a marking onto the object to be imaged and/or to check a position of the object to be imaged and/or of the marking, wherein the module for checking the position of the object to be imaged and/or of the marking comprises a detector for optical radiation. In addition, the present invention relates to an X-ray device comprising the X-ray source and a method for using the X-ray device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117602 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A stereoscopic imaging system and method is disclosed. In one aspect the system includes a ray source that emits a plurality of ray fanbeams. The system includes columns of detectors. Each column of detectors is arranged at a preset angle with respect to the ray source. The detectors detect a strength of a ray fanbeam penetrating an object under inspection. The detectors form a transmission images when the object intersects, or moves along a direction intersecting with, the ray fanbeams. The system includes a reconstruction apparatus that uses any two of the formed transmission images as a binocular image. The reconstruction apparatus calculates depth information of the object on the transmission images. The reconstruction apparatus superposes and fuses the calculated depth information to obtain 3D information. The reconstruction apparatus performs 3D reconstruction so that the detected object can be presented in a stereoscopic manner from different view angles. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117603 | DETECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR RECORDING X-RAY IMAGES OF AN OBJECT TO BE IMAGED - The invention relates to a detector assembly for recording x-ray images of an object to be imaged, said object being located on a support plate of a table, wherein the table has at least one adjustable support foot for moving the support plate, comprising: a detector for detecting x-radiation and a positioning device for moving the detector relative to the object, wherein the detector can be moved into a plurality of recording positions that are spatially fixed with respect to the object and the positioning device can be fastened to the support foot in such a way that the positioning device is moved together with the support plate and the positioning device has at least one articulated arm, which can be moved with respect to at least one axis of rotation and/or one linear axis. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117604 | BALANCING IN AN X-RAY TUBE - The present invention relates to an X-ray tube with an active balancing arrangement, hi order to provide improved balancing for a minimized imbalance during operation, an X-ray tube ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150117605 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to some embodiments, an image processor includes a perspective image generator, a perspective image acquirer, a corresponding point acquirer, a first calculator and a display image generator. The first calculator updates the position of the one or more first corresponding point on the first perspective image, based on a difference in position between the first and second perspective images. The display image generator generates a first display image including the first and second perspective images, the one or more first corresponding points updated on the first perspective image, and the one or more second corresponding points on the second perspective image. The perspective image generator changes the first direction into a third direction based on the difference in position between the first and second perspective images, and generates an updated one, viewed in the third direction, of the first perspective image. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117606 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An X-ray imaging apparatus is provided. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray generator configured to radiate X-rays onto an object having a region of interest (ROI) and a non-ROI, a filter configured to adjust an X-ray dose of the X-rays incident on the ROI and the non-ROI, an X-ray detector configured to detect the X-rays transmitted through the object and convert the X-rays into X-ray data, and an image processing unit configured to obtain a frame image using the X-ray data, register the obtained frame image to a previous frame image, synthesize the frame image and the previous frame image, and generate a reconstructed frame image. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117607 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM AND CONSOLE - A console includes a display section. The console performs a focus display of the icon corresponding to the imaging order information regarding a currently-performed imaging, and when the imaging ends, moves the focus display of the icon to the icon of a next imaging. The console performs a focus display of the thumbnail image, and after a confirming process or when a predetermined time has passed, moves the focus display of the thumbnail image to a position at which the thumbnail image of the next imaging to be displayed on the display section. The console includes a first transition mode in which focus display transitions of the icon and thumbnail image are performed concurrently, and a second transition mode in which each of them is independently from each other. The transition mode of the focus display is capable of being switched between the first and second transition modes. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117608 | Alignment System - A method includes a obtaining an image of a center of a pelvis of a patient captured by an imaging device and analyzing the image of the pelvis center to determine whether or not the pelvis center is aligned with the imaging device using a computing device. When the pelvis center is not aligned with the imaging device, the method includes determining one or more alignment instructions for aligning the pelvis center with the imaging device by the computing device and transmitting the analyzed image of the pelvis center and the one or more pelvis alignment instructions to a user device in communication with the computing device. the user device executes a graphical user interface for displaying the analyzed image and one or more pelvis alignment instructions. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117609 | X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a column supports the X-ray tube. A column includes a first sub column, a second sub column, a third sub column, a first connector, and a second connector. The first connector connects the second sub column to the first sub column and includes a first rotation axis parallel to a short axis of the tabletop. The second connector connects the third sub column to the second sub column and includes a second rotation axis perpendicular to the first rotation axis and a central axis of the second sub column. The third sub column supports the X-ray tube. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117610 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OVERLAY USING X-RAY METROLOGY - Disclosed are apparatus and methods for determining overlay error in a semiconductor target. For illumination x-rays having at least one angle of incidence (AOI), a correlation model is obtained, and the correlation model correlates overlay error of a target with a modulation intensity parameter for each of one or more diffraction orders (or a continuous diffraction intensity distribution) for x-rays scattered from the target in response to the illumination x-rays. A first target is illuminated with illumination x-rays having the at least one AOI and x-rays that are scattered from the first target in response to the illumination x-rays are collected. An overlay error of the first target is determined based on the modulation intensity parameter of the x-rays collected from the first target for each of the one or more diffraction orders (or the continuous diffraction intensity distribution) and the correlation model. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117611 | SINGLE CRYSTAL QUARTZ CHIPS FOR PROTEIN CRYSTALLIZATION AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA COLLECTION AND RELATED METHODS - A crystallization device for in situ x-ray diffraction of biological samples includes a flat plate made of single crystal quartz, silicon or sapphire and having an array of wells or lanes defined on the plate. The crystallization device may be in the form of a cover slide used with a crystallization plate in a vapor diffusion setup. Also disclosed is a method for preparing biological samples for crystallization and x-ray diffraction, including: obtaining a crystallization device made of single crystal quartz, silicon or sapphire; loading a solution containing biological molecules onto the crystal support device; maintaining the solution in a crystal growth environment to grow crystals of the biological molecules; removing the crystal support device carrying the crystals from the crystal growth environment; exposing the crystals carried on the crystal support device to an X-ray beam; and recording X-ray diffracted by the biological crystals. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117612 | GAMMA IMAGING PROBE POSITION SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention based on not changing hardware design, which means that each imaging detector keep independent considerations, the weighted value of the circuit to be pushed back the weight of the original signal, and then estimate the amount of the original signal in a virtual cascade circuit to renew weighted signal; this estimation process through simplification, only simple addition and multiplication calculations on real numbers need to be implemented. Advantage of the present invention is that the signal data through a simple operation will complete the estimate. Executing the estimate in hardware without increasing storage capacity of the rear-end list mode data, and also to achieve a continuous and effective imaging area to expand and enhance the probe's sensitivity and keep a higher signal to noise ratio (S/N ratio). | 2015-04-30 |
20150117613 | RADIATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A radiation measurement apparatus | 2015-04-30 |
20150117614 | MOBILE X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile X-ray imaging apparatus and a method of controlling the mobile X-ray imaging apparatus are provided. The mobile X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source mounted in a movable main body, a battery configured to supply operating power to the X-ray source, a charger configured to supply charging power to charge the battery, and a controller configured to block charging of the battery while X-rays are radiated. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117615 | Collision Sensor Device for a Medical Apparatus, and Medical Apparatus - A collision sensor device for a medical apparatus includes a sensor structure having a first sensor and a second sensor that are separated by a spacer layer, at least one crumple layer that adjoins one of the first sensor and the second sensor and is configured to provide a run-on path, and an outer surface layer provided on a side facing away from the medical apparatus in an installed state of the collision sensor device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117616 | X-RAY GENERATION DEVICE AND X-RAY GENERATION METHOD - An X-ray generation device is provided with an electron gun unit for emitting an electron beam, and a target unit having a substrate comprised of diamond, and a target body comprised of a material for generating X-rays with incidence of the electron beam thereto and buried in close contact in the substrate. An outer diameter of the target body is in the range of 0.05 to 1 μm. An outer diameter of an irradiation field of the electron beam on the target unit is in the range of 1.1 to 2.5 times the outer diameter of the target body. The X-ray generation device irradiates the target body with the electron beam so that the target body is included in the irradiation field, thereby to generate X-rays from the target body. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117617 | X-RAY TUBE - According to one embodiment, an X-ray tube includes an anode target, a cathode including a filament and a convergence electrode which includes a groove portion, and an envelope. The groove portion includes a pair of first bottom surfaces which are located in the same plane as the filament and between which the filament is interposed in a width direction of the groove portion, and a pair of second bottom surfaces between which the filament and the pair of first bottom surfaces are interposed in a length direction of the groove portion and which are located closer to an opening of the groove portion than the pair of first bottom surfaces. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117618 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING FOCUS OF CT DEVICE - A method and apparatus for correcting a focus of a CT device are provided. The method includes: calculating a total focus shift according to scanning data; and correcting, when the CT device is running, a deflection of an electron beam emitted from a ray source of the CT device, based on the total focus shift. The device includes: a shift calculation module, configured to calculate a total focus shift according to scanning data; and a shift correction module, configured to correct, when the CT device is running, a deflection of an electron beam emitted from a ray source of the CT device, based on the total focus shift. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117619 | HALL MONITOR SYSTEM - A hall monitor system includes a telephone system, a video surveillance system, and an access control system that work together to provide a fully-integrated system that can respond to a number of different emergency events. Interfaces between these systems are defined, emergency events are defined, and each of these systems is programmed with customized functions that support the defined emergency events. The customized functions that support the defined emergency events can include initiating one or more of the emergency events from any of the telephone system, video surveillance system, and access control system, making mass notification of an emergency event by the telephone system, displaying at least one image from at least one camera corresponding to an initiated emergency event from the video surveillance system, and locking or unlocking some or all of the doors by the access control system depending on the emergency event. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117620 | METHOD OF SAFEGUARDING ANONYMITY DURING A TELEPHONE COMMUNICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - A method is provided for safeguarding anonymity during a communication with a correspondent, between a caller and a user being called. The communication has an anonymous nature. The method includes the following steps: upon receiving a response from the correspondent to the communication sent by the caller, putting the caller on hold; analysis of the response received from the correspondent, for determining whether the correspondent corresponds to the voicemail of the user being called; and in the case of a positive determination, playing to the caller an anonymous welcome message in which the identity of the user being called is masked. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117621 | VOICE OVER IP METHOD FOR DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEM - A process performed by a personal interactive voice response service node includes setting interactive voice response service node prompts for a communications address to which communications are answered by the personal interactive voice response service node. The process includes mapping, in response to individualized instructions, actions to correspond to selections of set interactive voice response service node prompts. The process also includes identifying a selection of an interactive voice response service node prompt and executing a mapped action corresponding to the selection identified. Voice communications to and from the personal interactive voice response service node are packetized and transmitted over the internet via a network server that coordinates communications for personal interactive voice response service nodes. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117622 | MULTI-SERVICE ANALOG TELEPHONE ADAPTER - A computer implemented method and system for bridging an analog telephone service to multiple network and telephony services (NTSs) provides a multi-service analog telephone adapter (MSATA) with software components and physical communication ports (PCPs). The PCPs establish a communication link to simultaneously access the NTSs implementing communications protocols, and receive user inputs from user devices in a voice mode or a data mode. The software components include a control engine for selectively routing and bridging a call to one or more NTSs based on the user inputs and predetermined criteria, a voice communication engine for accessing a voice communication service, a notification engine for generating and transmitting notifications, and a device management client engine, in communication with a device management server (DMS), for providing remote access to the MSATA for configuring parameters associated with the MSATA and the user devices. The DMS enables remote management and monitoring of the MSATA. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117623 | COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT AND GATEWAY BYPASSING SYSTEM - A method and a system for detecting presence of an application layer gateway (ALG) in a network path between an analog telephone adapter and a communications service provider (CSP), and transmitting a media message by bypassing the (ALG) are provided. A communication management application (CMA) detects, processes, and augments the media message sent by a first user device to a second user device. A message relay server (MRS) processes and manages the media message. The CMA receives the media message from the first user device and detects the presence of the ALG using a message echo server. The CMA scrambles the media message and transmits the scrambled media message to the MRS via a network. The ALG is bypassed due to non-recognition of the scrambled media message. The MRS unscrambles the scrambled media message and transmits the unscrambled media message to the CSP for forwarding to the second user device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117624 | TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT OF VOICE CALLS AND FORM SUBMISSIONS RELATED TO ACCESSING NETWORK BASED CONTENT - Systems and methods for call and lead tracking are disclosed. The systems and methods may generally include receiving a request sent to a database stored on a computer readable medium in response to online activity and any user information that may be collected or known, creating a record in the database in response to the request, generating a code associated with the record, assigning a call extension corresponding to the code such that the call extension is associated with the record, and associating the incoming call, web activity, as well as resulting financial transactions and follow-on activities with the website activities. The association may happen through remote communication with a system that receives the incoming call. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117625 | REGISTRATION, VERIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM - A user provides at least one electronic contact address, such as a telephone number, during a registration process. The user is verified by establishing a connection with the user via the electronic contact address. Notification events are established, and the electronic contact address re-verified with the user via the electronic contact address when the notification event occurs. A re-verification code is conveyed to the user, which is returned by the user via an on-line form or telephone entry. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117626 | USING AUDIO SIGNALS TO IDENTIFY WHEN CLIENT DEVICES ARE CO-LOCATED - A technique manages an online meeting. The technique includes providing an audio output signal to a first client device currently participating in the online meeting. The audio output signal directs the first client device to play a particular sound (e.g., a unique tone or a unique series of tones). The technique further involves receiving an audio input signal from a second client device. The audio input signal includes the particular sound. The technique further involves identifying the second client device as being co-located with the first client device in response to the audio input signal which includes the particular sound. Such operation enables the electronic circuitry (e.g., a processing circuit of an online meeting server) to learn whether any client devices are co-located and accordingly associate multiple devices to a single user connected to the online meeting. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117627 | Multicall Telephone System - A Multicall telephony system has a first land-line telephone connected to a central switch in a land-line telephone network and a server executing SW on a processor from a non-transitory medium, the server also coupled to the land-line telephone system by a service telephone number. In operation a user dials the service telephone number, and when connected, dials two or more telephone numbers separated by delimiters and followed by a terminator character, and the server, executing the software, dials the two or more telephone numbers separated by delimiters in the call from the first land-line telephone, and connects answered calls in a conference with the call placed by the first land-line telephone. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117628 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING COLLABORATION - In order to enhance collaborations, the system responds to a trigger event to determine the nature of any collaboration which should be assembled in response to the trigger, and determines the requirements needed to respond to the event. These requirements set out the type of resources (personnel, equipment, information systems, etc) that are needed. The system then identifies a subset of specific resources based on a criteria, and invites the specified resources to collaborate to respond to the event. The criteria can include the availability of the specific resource. According to an embodiment, the system evaluates responses from the invited resources and then convenes the collaboration, for example by establishing one or more communication sessions. According to an embodiment, the system evaluates responses from the invited resources to ensure that the requirements are satisfied, and if not, determines other resources to invite. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117629 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HEALTH OF DEPLOYMENT STATES FOR A CONTACT CENTER - A system and method for monitoring deployment states of a contact center. A processor migrates a state of the contact center from a first deployment state to a second deployment state. The processor records the steps in migrating from the first deployment state to the second deployment state, and stores the recorded steps in association with metadata describing the second deployment state. The processor monitors health of the second state, and takes an action for moving the state of the contact center to a healthy state in response to determining that the second deployment state is unhealthy. The migrating may be based on detecting a condition relating to operation of the contact center. The processor dynamically adjusts at least one hardware or software resource for the contact center based on the detected condition for migrating the state of the contact center from the first to the second deployment state. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117630 | VIRTUAL CALLING MODES - Embodiments for implementing virtual dialing campaigns using virtual calling modes include systems for receiving account data associated with customer accounts and identifying an account status associated with each of the accounts based on the account data. The embodiments further include grouping the accounts into one or more queues based on the identified account status, selecting a first call mode for at least one queue, determining dialing parameters associated with the first call mode, providing the at least one queue to a user via a display of a computing device that is in communication with the system, and launching an account from the at least one queue. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117631 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROUTING MESSAGES AND CONNECTING USERS ASSOCIATED WITH LIVE-CONNECTED CONTENT - According to one embodiment, a first request of a first user is received for communicating with an agent concerning a content item of a media presentation presented to the first user. In response, agents associated with the content identifier are identified. Status of the identified agents is determined. Agent identifiers are transmitted to the second server, the agent identifiers identifying one or more available agents, including a geographic location of the agents. A second request is received from a first user device of the first user, including an agent identifier identifying a first agent selected by the first user from the list and contact information of the first user. In response, a first message is transmitted to a first agent device of the first agent, the first message including the content identifier identifying the content item and the contact information of the first user. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117632 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE-BASED ROUTING OF INTERACTIONS IN A CONTACT CENTER - A system and method for performance-based routing of interactions in a contact center. A routing server receives information on an interaction to be routed, and identifies a call reason for the interaction. The identification of the call reason may be based, for example, speech analytics. The routing server identifies one or more agents having experience in handling the topic. The routing server further determines a proficiency level of the identified agents in handling the topic, and selects one of the identified agents having at least a minimum level of proficiency. The routing server transmits a message for routing the interaction to the selected agent. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117633 | Outbound Calling Center Inventory Management - Systems and methods for optimizing inventory assignment amongst a plurality of Producers to achieve maximum revenue from a given inventory are provided. The system employs historical analysis of each producer's relative liquidation rate at a given percentage of capacity. The inventory is then assigned to the producers such that the anticipated relative liquidation rate for each producer working the inventory is substantially equal to a target relative liquidation rate. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117634 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A BRIDGED TAP WITHIN A TELECOMMUNICATION LINE - The present invention refers to a method and device for detecting a bridged tap within a telecommunication line. In order to reliably detect bridged taps of different types, in particular wire pair bridged taps and single wire bridged taps, and/or to determine a type of each detected bridged tap the method includes determining first transfer function data that characterize an actual transfer function of the telecommunication line; detecting the bridged tap depending on the first transfer function data; simulating the telecommunication line based on a result of the detecting; and identifying the type of the bridged tap by comparing results of the simulating with the first transfer function data. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117635 | NETWORK APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION PORTS - This disclosure provides a network apparatus with communication ports, each connected to multiple channels, assigned a seed for eliminating the interference among the communication ports, and operable in a master or slave mode, each channel having a communication unit which comprises: an echo canceller, a near-end crosstalk (NEXT) canceller, a decision feedback equalizer, and a control unit configured for controlling the communication ports if the echo canceller and the decision feedback equalizer keep updating their filter coefficients according to the same symbol during a first pre-determined time-interval; wherein when more than two of the communication ports operate in the master mode, the control unit assigns different seeds to the more than two communication ports; and wherein when successive two of the communication ports operate in the slave mode, the control unit stops either the echo canceller or the NEXT canceller from updating their filter coefficients during a second pre-determined time-interval. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117636 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A SECURE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE - In a mobile communication device, multiple sets of sensor measurement data are obtained, each from a corresponding hardware sensor resident on the device. Insufficiently random data is filtered from each of the data sets to produce random data sets which are combined to produce entropy data which is stored in an entropy data cache. An entropy pool is monitored to determine a level of entropy data available and, based on the level determined, entropy data is provided from the entropy data cache to the entropy pool. Entropy data from the entropy pool is then applied to perform a cryptographic operation such as the generation of an encryption key for encrypting communications sent or received by the mobile communication device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117637 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A SECURE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE SELECTING DATA FROM MULTIPLE SENSORS - In a mobile communication device, multiple sets of sensor measurement data are obtained, each from a corresponding hardware sensor resident on the device. Insufficiently random data is filtered from each of the data sets to produce random data sets which are combined to produce entropy data which is stored in an entropy data cache. An entropy pool is monitored to determine a level of entropy data available and, based on the level determined, entropy data is provided from the entropy data cache to the entropy pool. Entropy data from the entropy pool is then applied to perform a cryptographic operation such as the generation of an encryption key for encrypting communications sent or received by the mobile communication device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117638 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A SECURE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON A CONTEXTUAL VARIABLE - In a mobile communication device, multiple sets of sensor measurement data are obtained, each from a corresponding hardware sensor resident on the device. Insufficiently random data is filtered from each of the data sets to produce random data sets Which are combined to produce entropy data which is stored in an entropy data cache. An entropy pool is monitored to determine a level of entropy data available and, based on the level determined, entropy data is provided from the entropy data cache to the entropy pool. Entropy data from the entropy pool is then applied to perform a cryptographic operation such as the generation of an encryption key for encrypting communications sent or received by the mobile communication device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117639 | SECURE AND PRIVACY FRIENDLY DATA ENCRYPTION - In one aspect, the present disclosure provide an encryption circuit that performs a method for establishing a secure communication channel. In this regard, the method includes receiving a public encryption key from a transmitting device. In response, a receiving device sends to the transmitting device an index which references a table entry identifying at least one variable in an encryption scheme. Then, the method encrypts data in a communication session with the transmitting device using a first encryption algorithm. The receiving device then receives an indicator to change encryption algorithms. In response, a second encryption algorithm associated with the encryption scheme is identified and the method then encrypts data in a communication session with the transmitting device using the second encryption algorithm. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117640 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING KEY DERIVATION IN CLOSED DOMAIN - Provided are an apparatus and method for guaranteeing the safety of a computing device by separating a closed domain from an open domain in the computing device and allowing the closed domain to perform key derivation that is required for encryption/decryption of data. The computing device includes a hypervisor, the open domain and the closed domain isolated from the open domain without being open to a user, the open domain and the closed domain managed by the hypervisor, and a key derivation executable code configured to generate an encryption key needed to perform encryption in the open domain, from a seed value, the key derivation executable code being executed in the closed domain, wherein the encryption key generated by the key derivation executable code is transferred to the open domain, and is automatically discarded after being used for encryption of data in the open domain. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117641 | PROTECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING DIGITAL FILES WHETHER NEW, SECOND-HAND, FOR RENTAL, EXCHANGE OR TRANSFER - Methods for generating a virtual recursive secure container and for generating a virtual secure container of relationship of rights along with a system that distributes copyrighted digital content, respecting the legal framework for intellectual property when distributed electronically, either on the Internet or any other digital medium, and offering consumers their rights as buyers of digital content. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117642 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A SECURE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE USING AN ENTROPY POOL - In a mobile communication device, multiple sets of sensor measurement data are obtained, each from a corresponding hardware sensor resident on the device. Insufficiently random data is filtered from each of the data sets to produce random data sets which are combined to produce entropy data which is stored in an entropy data cache. An entropy pool is monitored to determine a level of entropy data available and, based on the level determined, entropy data is provided from the entropy data cache to the entropy pool. Entropy data from the entropy pool is then applied to perform a cryptographic operation such as the generation of an encryption key for encrypting communications sent or received by the mobile communication device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117643 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A SECURE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE COMBINING DATA FROM MULTIPLE SENSORS - In a mobile communication device, multiple sets of sensor measurement data are obtained, each from a corresponding hardware sensor resident on the device. Insufficiently random data is filtered from each of the data sets to produce random data sets which are combined to produce entropy data which is stored in an entropy data cache. An entropy pool is monitored to determine a level of entropy data available and, based on the level determined, entropy data is provided from the entropy data cache to the entropy pool. Entropy data from the entropy pool is then applied to perform a cryptographic operation such as the generation of an encryption key for encrypting communications sent or received by the mobile communication device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117644 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A SECURE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE BASED ON A USER ACTION - In a mobile communication device, multiple sets of sensor measurement data are obtained, each from a corresponding hardware sensor resident on the device. Insufficiently random data is filtered from each of the data sets to produce random data sets which are combined to produce entropy data which is stored in an entropy data cache. An entropy pool is monitored to determine a level of entropy data available and, based on the level determined, entropy data is provided from the entropy data cache to the entropy pool. Entropy data from the entropy pool is then applied to perform a cryptographic operation such as the generation of an encryption key for encrypting communications sent or received by the mobile communication device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117645 | MEDICAL DEVICE COMMUNICATION USING ENCRYPTION BASED ON CORRELATED MOTION - Devices, systems, and techniques for generating an encryption key using detected motion from a device. In one example, a method may include receiving movement information indicative of motion detected by a first device during a period of time in which the first device and a second device were bumped together, determining a set of values that represent at least one characteristic of the movement information, and generating, based on the set of values, an encryption key for at least one of encrypting and decrypting data communicated between the first device and the second device. In some examples, the first device may include a sensor configured to detect each time the first device is bumped with the second device during the period of time. The first and second devices may be an implantable medical device and a programmer for the implantable medical device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117646 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A SECURE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OPERATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE INCLUDING AN ENTROPY FILTER - In a mobile communication device, multiple sets of sensor measurement data are obtained, each from a corresponding hardware sensor resident on the device. Insufficiently random data is filtered from each of the data sets to produce random data sets which are combined to produce entropy data which is stored in an entropy data cache. An entropy pool is monitored to determine a level of entropy data available and, based on the level determined, entropy data is provided from the entropy data cache to the entropy pool. Entropy data from the entropy pool is then applied to perform a cryptographic operation such as the generation of an encryption key for encrypting communications sent or received by the mobile communication device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117647 | STORYTELLING ENVIRONMENT: INTRADEVICE COMMUNICATIONS - One embodiment provides a device that includes one or more line of sight transmitters configured to transmit signals over a line of sight communications medium, one or more transmitters configured to transmit signals over another communications medium and a controller. The controller is configured to perform an operation that includes retrieving a key adapted for use in decrypting encrypted content. The operation further includes transmitting the key to a second device over the line of sight communications medium using the one or more line of sight transmitters. Additionally, the operation includes encrypting data such that the data can be decrypted using the retrieved key. The operation also includes transmitting the encrypted data to the second device over the other communications medium using the one or more transmitters, where the second device is configured to decrypt the encrypted data using the key received over the line of sight communications medium. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117648 | AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is an audio signal processing device including a signal processing section that changes, at a time of generating and outputting 2-channel audio signals to be subjected to sound reproduction by two electroacoustic transducing means located at positions in the vicinities of both ears of a listener, from audio signals of a plurality of and more than two channels, virtual sound image localization positions on a circle around the listener, across the virtual sound image localization positions, the virtual sound image localization position that is supposed for each of the plurality of channels of audio signals provided on the circle. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117649 | Selective Audio Source Enhancement - A selective audio source enhancement system includes a processor and a memory, and a pre-processing unit configured to receive audio data including a target audio signal, and to perform sub-band domain decomposition of the audio data to generate buffered outputs. In addition, the system includes a target source detection unit configured to receive the buffered outputs, and to generate a target presence probability corresponding to the target audio signal, as well as a spatial filter estimation unit configured to receive the target presence probability, and to transform frames buffered in each sub-band into a higher resolution frequency-domain. The system also includes a spectral filtering unit configured to retrieve a multichannel image of the target audio signal and noise signals associated with the target audio signal, and an audio synthesis unit configured to extract an enhanced mono signal corresponding to the target audio signal from the multichannel image. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117650 | METHOD OF GENERATING MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO SIGNAL AND APPARATUS FOR CARRYING OUT SAME - A method of generating a multi-channel audio signal includes: representing locations of a plurality of speakers as a plurality of polygons whose vertices are located at locations of corresponding speakers; acquiring a location of an object sound; calculating distances between the plurality of polygons and the location of the object sound; selecting one of the plurality of polygons on the basis of the calculated distances; and generating a multi-channel audio signal that corresponds to speakers corresponding to the selected polygon by mapping the object sound to the speakers corresponding to the selected polygon. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117651 | AUDIO OUTPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUDIO CORRECTION - An audio output apparatus and a method for audio correction is provided. An audio correction method of an audio output apparatus may include receiving a test signal from a terminal device, generating correction filter information of the terminal device based on the received test signal and a standard signal of the terminal device, and in response to an audio signal being received from the terminal device, correcting the received audio signal based on the correction filter information. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117652 | SOUND SOURCE DETECTION DEVICE, NOISE MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE, SOUND SOURCE DIRECTION ESTIMATION DEVICE, APPROACHING VEHICLE DETECTION DEVICE AND NOISE REDUCTION METHOD - Disclosed is a noise model generation device that generates a noise model suitable for each environment by determining whether an sound source of a detection target is included in sound information collected by an sound collector with high accuracy. The noise model generation device generates a noise model relating to noise information other than the sound source of the detection target included in the sound information collected by the sound collector, which acquires a power spectrum from the sound information; determines whether the sound source of the detection target is included in the sound information collected by evaluating a probability density distribution (histogram) of the power spectrum; and generates a noise model from the collected sound information when it is determined that the sound source of the detection target is not included in the collected sound information. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117653 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING AUDIO STREAM QUALITY - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for evaluating audio stream quality, where the method for evaluating audio stream quality includes: determining at least one non-silence audio data packet in a to-be-evaluated audio stream, where the to-be-evaluated audio stream includes at least one non-silence audio data packet, and each non-silence audio data packet includes at least one non-silence audio frame; and evaluating the at least one non-silence audio data packet in the to-be-evaluated audio stream to generate audio quality evaluation information. The method and the apparatus for evaluating audio stream quality provided by the embodiments of the present invention can avoid impact of a silence part on evaluation of audio quality, thereby improving accuracy of evaluating audio stream quality. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117654 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TESTING SOUND TRANSDUCERS - In one embodiment, an apparatus for testing sound transducers includes a test socket having at least one acoustic generator and at least one sound monitoring device integrated therein. In one embodiment, the test socket includes a well for holding the sound transducer during test, the well being in communication with the at least one acoustic generator and the at least one sound receiving device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117655 | KENNELLY CIRCLE INTERPOLATION OF IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for interpolating impedance data associated with an electronic device. The present invention enables faster electronic device impedance analysis which in turn will have an impact on memory allocation associated with a computing system that controls the electronic device. An exemplary method comprises receiving complex impedance data; converting the complex impedance data to polar impedance data, wherein the polar impedance data defines a Kennelly circle; normalizing the polar impedance data based on at least one parameter associated with the Kennelly circle; and interpolating the polar impedance data for a selected frequency. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117656 | SAMPLING POINT ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a sampling point adjustment apparatus including: a frequency conversion unit that converts a first signal and a second signal into a first narrow band signal and a second narrow band signal through frequency conversion; a central position determination unit that determines a central position of a window of the frequency conversion for the second signal based on an estimated value of a sampling interval offset between the first narrow band signal and the second narrow band signal; and a phase control unit that controls a phase of the second narrow band signal based on the estimated value. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117657 | AUDIO SPEAKER WITH SPATIALLY SELECTIVE SOUND CANCELLING - A system and method for reproducing audio sound. Audio sound, based on an audio signal, is emitted within a space comprising an audio beamwidth. Modulated ultrasonic sound energy based on a modulated ultrasonic sound signal is emitted in an ultrasonic sound direction within an ultrasonic beamwidth that is less than and within the audio beamwidth. The modulated ultrasonic sound signal is generated such that the emitted modulated ultrasonic sound energy creates an audible cancellation sound with an amplitude substantially equal to an amplitude of the audio sound at a point within the ultrasonic beamwidth so as to combine with and cancel the audio sound at the point by being substantially out of phase with the audio sound along the ultrasonic sound direction. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117658 | PARTICULAR SIGNAL CANCEL METHOD, PARTICULAR SIGNAL CANCEL DEVICE, ADAPTIVE FILTER COEFFICIENT UPDATE METHOD, ADAPTIVE FILTER COEFFICIENT UPDATE DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - By using the adaptive filter, the reference input signal is processed so as to identify a pseudo-signal of a particular signal to be deleted. The pseudo-signal is subtracted from the mixture containing a target signal inputted from a microphone, the particular signal to be deleted, and a noise so as to obtain an error signal. A stationary noise is estimated to obtain a stationary noise estimated value. A non-stationary noise is estimated to obtain a non-stationary noise estimated value. The stationary noise estimated value is mixed with the non-stationary estimated value to obtain a mixed noise estimated value. An update amount is calculated according to a correlation value between the error signal and the reference input signal, and the mixed noise estimated value. According to the update amount, a coefficient of the adaptive filter is updated. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117659 | ELECTRONIC HEARING PROTECTOR WITH QUADRANT SOUND LOCALIZATION - An electronic hearing protector includes an ear cup assembly comprising a front exterior microphone that provides a front microphone signal and a rear exterior microphone that provides a rear microphone signal. A processor receives and digitizes the front microphone signal and the rear microphone signal, and provides a front channel signal and a rear channel signal indicative thereof respectively. A filter receives the rear channel signal and has a cut-off frequency value that provides a high-frequency roll-off and a notch at a notch filter frequency value that is less than the cut-off frequency value, where the filter provides a filtered signal. A first signal indicative of the front channel signal and a second signal indicative of the filtered signal are summed, and a signal indicative of the summed signal is provided to a speaker within the ear cup that provides an audio signal within the first ear cup indicative of the summed signal. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117660 | ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY RESPONSE, ADAPTIVE AUTOMATIC LEVEL CONTROL AND HANDLING RADIO COMMUNICATIONS FOR A HEARING PROTECTOR - An hearing protection device is provided. The hearing protection device can include a speaker to relay sounds, such as conversations, to the user of the hearing protection. The hearing protection device can include an electronics package that can filter out undesirable sounds, such as to improve the user's ability to hear conversations around them while still protecting the user's ears. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117661 | Method and System for Electronic Packaging for a Headset - A product packaging comprises circuitry and a speaker that are operable to detect when the product packaging is opened and/or removed from the packaging, and in response to detecting the removal and/or opening, play one or more pre-loaded audio messages via the speaker. The pre-loaded audio message includes a welcome message and/or setup instructions, which may be interactive. The circuitry and/or the speaker generates an interactive audio dialog that is utilized to customize setup of the product (e.g., a gaming headset), and may receive corresponding audio responses from a user of the gaming headset, in response to one or more audio prompts for the interactive audio dialog. The circuitry and/or the speaker may select settings for the gaming headset based on the received corresponding audio responses. The circuitry and/or the speaker may configure the gaming headset based on the selected settings and generate an audio summary of the selected settings. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117662 | Method and System For A Headset With Profanity Filter - A gaming headset receives a plurality of audio channels comprising game audio channels and a chat audio channel during play of a particular game. The gaming headset monitors the received audio channels for predefined words that are associated with particular sounds in a data structure, and in response to detecting predefined words, filters out at least a portion of the detected predefined words from the received plurality of audio channels. The monitoring compares sounds on the received audio channels with the particular sounds in the data structure and also performs signal analysis on the audio channels during game play to detect the occurrence of the predefined words. The filtering mutes one or more of the plurality of audio channels so that the detected occurrence of the one of the predefined words is not output via speakers of the gaming headset. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117663 | Audio codec with audio jack detection function and audio jack detection method - The present invention discloses an audio codec with a jack detection function and an audio jack detection method. An embodiment of the audio codec comprises: a first-contact signal input end operable to electrically connect with a sleeve contact of a plug and receive a first-contact signal indicating the presence or absence of the plug; a second-contact signal input end operable to electrically connect with a ring contact or the sleeve contact of the plug and receive a second-contact signal indicating the presence or absence of the plug; a plug detecting circuit coupled to the first-contact or second-contact signal input end and operable to detect whether a voltage level of the first-contact or second-contact signal has changed to thereby generate a plug detection signal; and a control circuit coupled to the plug detecting circuit and operable to determine the presence or absence of the plug according to the plug detection signal. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117664 | AUDIO INFORMATION SYSTEM BASED ON ZONES AND CONTEXTS - An audio information system includes: a audio unit configured to be head worn, wherein the audio unit is configured to sound an acoustic scene to a user; and a portable terminal, wherein the audio unit is configured to communicate with the portable terminal, and wherein the portable terminal is configured to retrieve and render object data into the acoustic scene by an acoustic rendering algorithm, and to transmit the acoustic scene to the audio unit, wherein the portable terminal is configured to establish at least one zone that spans a bounded space around a geographical position; wherein the acoustic scene comprises an outside acoustic scene when the audio unit is not in the at least one zone, or an inside acoustic scene when the audio unit is in the at least one zone. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117665 | Personal Audio Device - A personal audio device includes a body which internally includes at least two speakers, a control mechanism, a wireless electrical connecting device, a battery to power the personal audio device, a charging mechanism for the battery, and a magnet integrated into the body. The control mechanism includes at least a microprocessor, an equalizer, an amplifier, an internal memory for storing of audio files, and a plurality of buttons for connection and control of the personal audio device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117666 | PROVIDING MULTICHANNEL AUDIO DATA RENDERING CAPABILITY IN A DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - A method includes distinctly assigning, through a driver component, each audio channel of multichannel audio data in a memory of a data processing device to one or more audio endpoint device(s) of a number of audio endpoint devices communicatively coupled to the data processing device. Each audio endpoint device of the number of audio endpoint devices is capable of supporting a number of audio channels less than a number of audio channels of the multichannel audio data. The method also includes routing, through a processor of the data processing device communicatively coupled to the memory, audio data related to the each audio channel to the appropriate one or more audio endpoint device(s) based on the assignment through the driver component to enable rendering of the multichannel audio data on the number of audio endpoint devices. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117667 | INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM - An infotainment system for a vehicle may include a controllable audio reproduction arrangement that is configured to be fixed in the vehicle and to acoustically reproduce an audio signal under the control of a control signal. It may further include a portable device that is freely movable in the vehicle and that is configured to provide the audio and control signals for the audio reproduction arrangement, as well as a wireless connection between the portable device and the audio reproduction arrangement configured to transmit the audio and control signals from the portable device to the audio reproduction arrangement. The audio reproduction arrangement has amplification, quiescent power consumption and a maximum output power, of which at least one is controllable by the portable device via the control signal. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117668 | AIRPLANE SEAT, AUDIO SYSTEM, AND AIRPLANE - The invention relates to an airplane seat having an audio system for playing back audio data, wherein the audio system comprises a volume controller and/or a noise compensation controller, a head rest element having a loudspeaker element that can be swiveled at a swivel angle α, and wherein the volume and/or the degree of noise compensation is controlled subject to the swivel angle α. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117669 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BEAMFORMING MICROPHONE CONSIDERING LOCATION OF DRIVER SEAT - An apparatus for controlling a beamforming microphone considering the location of a driver seat may include: a driver seat sensor configured to sense the location of the driver seat and output the sensed location as a driver seat signal; a directivity control unit configured to calculate a beamforming angle based on the driver seat signal; and a signal processing unit configured to process voice signals outputted from first and second microphones, respectively, and extract and output a voice signal generated from a direction which coincides with the beamforming angle. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117670 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL ENGINE SOUND IN RESPONSE TO AUTO-CRUISE SPEED SETTINGS - An apparatus for controlling a virtual engine sound in response to auto-cruise speed settings may include: a controller area network (CAN) communication unit configured to receive information on one or more of auto-cruise speed settings and whether an auto-cruise function is activated, and generate a CAN signal; a control unit configured to control a virtual engine sound function in response to the CAN signal; a signal processing unit configured to process and output a virtual engine sound signal according to control of the control unit; and a digital amp unit configured to amplify the virtual engine sound signal outputted from the signal processing unit and produce a virtual engine sound. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117671 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING MULTIPLE MICROPHONES - In one embodiment, a method includes capturing sound using a plurality of microphones, wherein the plurality of microphones is associated with a computing system. The method also includes determining energy levels for the plurality of microphones, and determining signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) for the plurality of microphones. Finally, the method includes selecting a particular microphone of the plurality of microphones based on the energy levels and the SNRs, wherein selecting the particular microphone includes providing audio signals obtained by the particular microphone to the computing system for use. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117672 | MICROPHONE ARRAY - A spherical microphone array that includes a sound-diffracting structure having a closed three-dimensional shape of at least one non-regular, regular or semi-regular convex polyhedron with congruent faces of regular or non-regular polygons and at least two omnidirectional microphones disposed in or on the sound-diffracting structure on an oval line whose center is disposed on a center line that subtends the center of one of the faces of the regular polygons. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117673 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING WITH ACOUSTIC ARRAYS - Methods, systems, and techniques of digital signal processing using acoustic arrays are provided. Example embodiments described herein provide enhanced acoustic arrays that utilize MEMS digital microphones to offer greater control and measurement capabilities to users and systems that desire to measure sound typically to derive other data. Large numbers of digital microphones can be manufactured to be placed on an acoustic array to derive a plurality of derived acoustic array measurements. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117674 | DYNAMIC AUDIO INPUT FILTERING FOR MULTI-DEVICE SYSTEMS - A method for audio coordination. The method includes connecting electronic devices to a communication session. Distinct signals are assigned to each of the electronic devices. Input streams are established from one or more of the electronic devices. Signals are detected within the input streams. One or more electronic devices are selected for eliminating input streams based on an audio fidelity threshold. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117675 | Push-Pull Microphone Buffer - A buffer is coupled to an acoustic motor. The buffer has an input and an output. The input has an input voltage and the output has an output voltage. The buffer is coupled to a load. The buffer includes an input transistor and push-pull transistor circuitry. The input transistor has a gate, a source, and a drain, a gate-to-source capacitance, and an area. The push-pull transistor circuitry is coupled to the input transistor. Under a first set of operating conditions, the gate to source voltage of the input transistor remains constant and the output voltage is a buffered copy of the input voltage. Under a second set of operating conditions, the push-pull transistor circuitry selectively sinks or sources additional current to the load so that linearity of buffer operation is provided. A gate-to-drain capacitance of the input transistor is buffered allowing the area of the input transistor to be increased without reducing the gain of the motor. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117676 | Devices and Methods for Audio Volume Adjustment - Systems, devices and methods are provided for audio volume adjustment. For example, a noise volume level of current ambient noise and a first volume level of a first current audio signal of a first application are acquired using a sound collecting device. The first volume level and the noise volume level are compared using one or more data processors to obtain a first comparison result. The first volume level is adjusted based on at least information associated with the first comparison result and a reference volume level. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117677 | ADAPTIVE METHOD AND DEVICE OF AUDIO INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE TOKEN - An adaptive method and device of an audio interface and an electronic signature token are provided. The audio interface comprises a first pin and a second pin, and the method comprises: not implementing an identification operation on the first pin and the second pin of the audio interface when an absolute value of a voltage difference between the first pin and the second pin is less than a first threshold; determining a type of each of the first pin and the second pin according to a sign of the voltage difference between the first pin and the second pin when the absolute value of the voltage difference is greater than or equal to a second threshold, in which the second threshold is greater than or equal to the first threshold; and connecting the identified ground pin to a common ground. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117678 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device that generates, by vibrating a vibration body, vibration sound by the vibration. The electronic device executes a side tone function by using sound collected by a microphone | 2015-04-30 |
20150117679 | PANEL-FORM LOUDSPEAKER - A panel-form loudspeaker is disclosed. The panel-form loudspeaker includes a cover having a bottom forming an opening in a middle portion thereof; a vibration plate at least partially accommodated in the opening; an actuator fixed with the cover and engaging with the vibration plate for driving the vibration plate to vibrate; a gap formed between the vibration plate and the bottom of the cover; and a suspension. The vibration plate includes an inner surface and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface. The suspension includes a first connecting portion connecting with the inner surface of the vibration plate, and a second connecting portion connecting with a top of the bottom for suspending the vibration plate in the opening. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117680 | ACOUSTIC SENSOR - Provided are an acoustic sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. The acoustic sensor includes a substrate including an acoustic chamber, a first hole, and a second hole, penetrating the substrate, a lower electrode pad extended onto a top surface of the substrate while covering a sidewall of the first hole, a diaphragm pad extended onto the top surface of the substrate while covering a sidewall of the second hole, a lower electrode provided on the acoustic chamber and connected to the lower electrode pad, and a diaphragm above the lower electrode while being separated from the lower electrode and connected to the diaphragm pad. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117681 | Acoustic Assembly and Method of Manufacturing The Same - A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphone includes a base having a port extending there through. A MEMS die is coupled to the base, and the MEMS die includes a diaphragm and a back plate. An application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is coupled to the base and the MEMS die. A cover is coupled to the base, and the cover includes customer pads. The customer pads on the cover are connected electrically to the ASIC, and the cover is arranged to form an air tight seal with the base and enclose the MEMS die and the ASIC. The microphone is connected to a customer board at the cover and arranged such that sound enters through the port in the base. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117682 | SOUND GENERATOR AND SOUND GENERATION SYSTEM - A sound generator includes a piezoelectric vibrator ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150117683 | SOUND GENERATOR - A sound generator includes a housing ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150117684 | SOUND GENERATOR - A sound generator includes a housing ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150117685 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS MULTI-TRACK AUDIO PROCESSING - A method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for mixing a plurality of audio signals within an audio mixing system are disclosed. The method comprises receiving a plurality of audio signals, extracting at least one audio feature from each of the plurality of audio signals, determining, for each of the audio signals, an associated processing control function in accordance with a plurality of the extracted audio features, processing each audio signal in accordance with each associated processing control function, and outputting the plurality of processed audio signals. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117686 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING SOUND THROUGH SPEAKER - An apparatus including a first speaker configured to output higher-frequency sound from among sound of a channel via at least one slit, and a second speaker configured to output lower-frequency sound from among the sound of the channel via at least one other slit. The at least one slit may have a thickness that is less than a wavelength of sound emitted. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117687 | LEAKY-WAVE ANTENNA FOR HEARING DEVICE - A leaky-wave antenna for a hearing device, the leaky-wave antenna including a coaxial radiator configured to receive audio signals from an external device and to indicate conductivity, and a grounding area provided in the coaxial radiator, wherein the leaky-wave antenna is connected to a housing of the hearing device. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117688 | HYBRID HEARING DEVICE - A hearing device is disclosed, wherein the hearing device may include an audio signal detector configured to detect an audio signal, an output signal generator configured to generate an output signal by adjusting an amplifying gain of the audio signal, a controller configured to determine an output method for the output signal to be one of a bone conduction method or an air conduction method, and an output unit configured to output the output signal. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117689 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCER WITH SPECIFIC INTERFACE GEOMETRIES - A device including a transducer and a connection assembly in fixed relationship with the transducer, configured to transfer vibrational energy directly or indirectly, at least one of to or from, the transducer, wherein a first component of the connection assembly is actively held by positive retention to the device by a second component of the connection assembly. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117690 | Auditory Signal Processing - Methods, systems, and devices for processing an auditory signal to generate auditory prosthesis electrode stimuli in response to an incoming acoustic signal are disclosed. An example method includes dividing the incoming acoustic signal into one or more frequency envelopes. The example method also includes determining which auditory prosthesis electrodes to stimulate. The example method additionally includes determining a temporal reference point to which auditory prosthesis electrode stimuli are referenced. The example method further includes determining a delay for each of the auditory prosthesis electrode stimuli from the temporal reference point. The example method yet further includes determining amplitudes of the auditory prosthesis electrode stimuli. The example method also includes determining a wait period length before each successive temporal reference point. | 2015-04-30 |
20150117691 | WRIST ACCESSORY - A wrist accessory apparatus ( | 2015-04-30 |
20150117692 | Microphone - A microphone includes an output controller | 2015-04-30 |
20150117693 | DYNAMIC HEADPHONES - Provided is a dynamic headphone that has a small size but makes a larger-diameter headphone unit mountable thereon, the dynamic headphone including a highly reliable acoustic channel that acoustically connects a front air chamber and a back air chamber to each other. A headphone case | 2015-04-30 |
20150117694 | Custom Fit In-Ear Monitors Utilizing a Single Piece Driver Module - A custom-fit in-ear-monitor (IEM) is provided that utilizes a plurality of drivers and a single piece driver module that significantly simplifies fabrication while insuring that the completed IEM achieves the desired acoustic performance. The driver module, which is fit within a custom-fit ear mold shell, includes a plurality of driver ports to which the drivers are coupled. The driver module also includes an acoustic output member that includes one or more sound bores that acoustically couple the acoustic output surface of the custom-fit ear mold shell to the plurality of driver ports via a plurality of sound ducts within the driver module. | 2015-04-30 |