35th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 38 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140241397 | ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER, ELECTRONIC THERMOMETER SYSTEM, AND RECEIVER - According to one embodiment, an electronic thermometer includes a temperature sensing unit, a conversion unit, an FSK modulation unit, and a transmission unit. The temperature sensing unit detects the temperature of a subject. The conversion unit converts a result detected by the temperature sensing unit to a digital signal. The FSK modulation unit converts the digital signal from the conversion unit to an FSK modulation signal. The transmission unit outputs a transmission signal including a pilot signal having a frequency assigned to the FSK (frequency shift keying) modulation signal and the FSK modulation signal subsequent to the pilot signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241398 | DIFFERENTIAL THERMISTOR CIRCUIT - This document discusses, among other things, an apparatus and method for providing temperature information. In an example, an integrated circuit apparatus can include a first resistor configured to be coupled to a first terminal of a temperature-sensitive resistance, a second resistor configured to be coupled to a second terminal of the temperature-sensitive resistance, and a temperature information circuit configured to receive a first voltage from the first terminal of the temperature-sensitive resistance and a second voltage from the second terminal of the temperature-sensitive resistance. The temperature information circuit can provide the temperature information using the first and second voltages. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241399 | PROCESS TEMPERATURE TRANSMITTER WITH IMPROVED SENSOR DIAGNOSTICS - A process temperature transmitter is operable with at least one temperature sensor having a plurality of leads. The temperature transmitter includes measurement circuitry operably coupleable to the at least one temperature sensor to provide an indication of an electrical parameter of the at least one temperature sensor. A controller is coupled to the measurement circuitry to obtain the indication and provide a process temperature output. A current source applies a test current to the plurality of leads simultaneously. Diagnostic circuitry measures a voltage response on each lead in order to provide a diagnostic indication of the temperature sensor. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241400 | ROTATING 3-WIRE RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE DETECTION EXCITATION CURRENT SOURCES AND METHOD - In a temperature sensing circuit, a method for measuring a resistance of a RTD device to sense temperature includes (a) connecting a first terminal of the RTD device to a first current source and connecting a second terminal of the RTD device to a second current source; (b) measuring a first voltage across the RTD device; (c) connecting the second terminal of the RTD device to the first current source and connecting the first terminal of the RTD device to the second current source; (d) measuring a second voltage across the RTD device; and (e) deriving the resistance of the RTD device based on the first voltage measurement and the second voltage measurement. The RTD device may be connected in series with a sense resistor to ground. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241401 | Iterative Interference Suppressor for Wireless Multiple-Access Systems with Multiple Receive Antennas - This invention teaches to the details of an interference suppressing receiver for suppressing intra-cell and inter-cell interference in coded, multiple-access, spread spectrum transmissions that propagate through frequency selective communication channels to a multiplicity of receive antennas. The receiver is designed or adapted through the repeated use of symbol-estimate weighting, subtractive suppression with a stabilizing step-size, and mixed-decision symbol estimates. Receiver embodiments may be designed, adapted, and implemented explicitly in software or programmed hardware, or implicitly in standard RAKE-based hardware either within the RAKE (i.e., at the finger level) or outside the RAKE (i.e., at the user or subchannel symbol level). Embodiments may be employed in user equipment on the forward link or in a base station on the reverse link. It may be adapted to general signal processing applications where a signal is to be extracted from interference. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241402 | MULTI-PATH DETECTION - A method for detecting multi-path interference in a spread-spectrum signal. A variation of a first signal and a variation of a second signal is compared. The variation of the first signal corresponds to a correlation of the spread-spectrum signal and a spreading code having a first offset. The variation of the second signal corresponds to a correlation of the spread-spectrum signal and the spreading code having a second offset. Multi-path interference is detected in dependence on the comparison. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241403 | Method, Apparatus, Receiver, Computer Program and Storage Medium for Joint Detection - A method for performing joint detection includes adjusting a ranking order of codes in a matched filtering result, and a ranking order of column vectors in a system submatrix according to the power. The joint detection is performed using an adjusted matched filtering result and an adjusted system submatrix, and acquires demodulated signals corresponding to the codes. The codes that have high power will be demodulated first. This ensures accuracy of demodulation, inhibits erroneous propagation effect, and improves accuracy of the joint detection. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241404 | NETWORK-CODING BUILDING BLOCKS AND DECOMPOSITION SCHEDULING BASED THEREON - Methods and systems are disclosed involving physical-layer network coding (PNC) atoms as building blocks of PNC networks to solve the scheduling problem in PNC networks using a decomposition framework based on PNC atoms. Ten PNC atoms and their straightforward network coding (SNC) counterparts are disclosed. Performance evaluation results are discussed, which indicate that decomposition based on the ten PNC atoms outperforms the traditional multi-hop (non-NC) scheduling by about 100%. Furthermore, decomposition based on the ten PNC atoms can yield performance gain of 40% or more compared with decomposition based on the TWRC atom alone. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241405 | TRANSCEIVER AND COMMUNICATION METHOD OF DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE - The present invention discloses a transceiver of digital subscriber line (DSL) which supports a variety of DSL systems, comprising: a transmission circuit for receiving an output signal and generating a first DSL transmission signal or a second DSL transmission signal according to the output signal under the control of a transmission selection parameter; a hybrid circuit for generating a line transmission signal according to the first or second DSL transmission signal and generating a DSL reception signal according to a line reception signal; and a reception circuit for generating a first DSL reception signal or a second DSL reception signal according to the DSL reception signal, and then outputting one of the first and second DSL reception signals as an input signal according to a reception selection parameter. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241406 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM PERFORMING TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION ACCORDING TO OPERATIONAL STATES OF CO-LOCATED INTERFACE APPARATUS AND RELATED WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS METHOD THERE OF - A wireless communications system co-located with an interface apparatus includes a radio subsystem. The radio subsystem includes a transmission circuit arranged for performing a radio transmission, and a reception circuit arranged for performing a radio reception when the interface apparatus operates in a first operational state. The interface apparatus operates in one of a plurality of operational states including the first operational state and a second operational state, and a power consumption of the interface apparatus in the first operational state is lower than a power consumption of the interface apparatus in the second operational state. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241407 | MEASUREMENT OF DC OFFSETS IN IQ MODULATORS - Described are systems and methods of determining DC offset voltages in IQ modulators. First, two different DC test voltages are selected for one of the inputs to the IQ modulator. Then, a first test voltage is applied to one input to the IQ modulator while test data is generated by measuring outputs from a set of signals applied to the other input to the IQ modulator. Then the second test voltage is applied and another set of test data generated. From the first and second sets of test data, second-order polynomial functions may be constructed and compared to one another to yield a ratio of power value outputs. Then the DC offset voltages may be determined from the ratio of power value outputs. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241408 | Radio Frequency Multipath Channel Emulation System and Method - A multipath channel emulation system and method are disclosed. In some aspects, the system and method allow for analog emulation of a multipath MIMO wireless channel. Such multipath channel emulation system is used for testing the ability of wireless communication devices to operate in an airlink channel characterized by multipath. In a particular aspect, an impedance mismatch or discontinuity is provided in an open-ended coaxial cable so as to cause multiple back and forth reflections between an impedance discontinuity and an open coaxial cable stub and, optionally, including a delay element to emulate a multi-cluster multipath environment. A plurality of such stub subsystems may be combined as sub-paths in a multipath channel emulator. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241409 | MODULATION ANALYSIS AND DISTORTION IDENTIFICATION - An apparatus, method, computer readable medium, and system are provided to generate a symbol placement associated with a transmission scheme by transforming a retrieved set of equalization coefficients. Symbols included in the symbol placement may be analyzed and quantified in terms of their distance from a decision boundary. Symbols may be synthesized on an iterative basis in order to obtain visibility into the underlying performance of the transmission scheme over time. If equalization is unable to reduce a signal impairment below a threshold value within a predetermined amount of time, then a determination may be made that a non-linear distortion source is present in a network or communication system. Signals received from a plurality of user terminals may be compared with one another in order to determine a probable location or cause of the non-linear distortion. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241410 | IQ Baseband Matching Calibration Technique - The first and second outputs of a signal generation system are coupled to the first and second inputs of a signal digitizing system via respective electrical conductors. A controller directs the generation system to generate a first calibration signal, and the digitizing system responsively captures a first set of vector samples. The conductors are then reconfigured so they connect the first and second outputs of the generation system respectively to the second and first inputs of the digitization system. The controller then directs the generation system to generate a second calibration signal, and the digitizing system responsively captures a second set of vector samples. The controller or other processing agent computes gain and/or phase impairments using the first and second vector sample sets. Digital filter parameters may be computed based on the computed impairment(s), and used to correct the impairment(s) of the generation system and/or the digitizing system. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241411 | System and Method for Link Training of a Backplane Physical Layer Device Operating in Simplex Mode - A system and method for link training of a backplane physical layer device operating in simplex mode. In one embodiment of the present invention, a backplane training system includes a backplane device coupled to a first end of a backplane and at least one retimer device at a second end of the backplane. During a training process, a receiving device is configured to forward a training frame (e.g., DME frame) to a second device for use by a transmitter in the second device. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241412 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a wireless communication system includes: processing a received signal; calculating filter weights, by a filter weights estimation module, from the received signal; generating a corrected sequence, through a widely linear-single antenna interference cancellation (WL-SAIC) module, by applying the filter weights; calculating a channel estimation concurrently with the corrected sequence; and generating an adjusted data by an output equalizer including applying the channel estimation to the corrected sequence. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241413 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, RECEIVER, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processor has a CIR estimator configured to estimate channel impulse response of an input signal including a channel estimation sequence and a data sequence, based on the channel estimation sequence, an extended CIR calculator configured to calculate extended channel impulse response based on the channel impulse response estimated by the CIR estimator so that an extended CIR element padded with zeros is repeated a plurality of times in the extended channel impulse response, a Fourier transformer configured to convert the data sequence of the input signal into a frequency domain signal to calculate frequency response based on the extended channel impulse response, and an equalizer configured to perform equalization for removing a distortion from a propagation channel, based on the frequency domain signal and the frequency response. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241414 | SELF SYNCHRONIZING DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE - A method comprises: detecting a first change of a physical property of a signal; starting a measurement of a duration of a first time interval that begins with the detection of the first change; detecting a second change of the physical property; stopping the measurement of the duration of the first time interval and starting a second measurement of a duration of a second time interval in response to the detection of the second change; detecting a third change of the physical property, and stopping the second measurement in response to detecting the third change; determining a relation of the durations of the first time interval and the second time interval from the first measurement and the second measurement; and determining the received data value based on the determined relation of the durations of the first time interval and the second time interval. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241415 | ADAPTIVE STREAMING TECHNIQUES - Systems and methods are presented for minimizing the suddenness and immediacy of changes to the video quality perceived by users due to bandwidth fluctuations and transitions between different bitrate streams. A method may include identifying an upcoming bitrate change in a bitstream and a nearest scene cut boundary from sync frame scene cut tags included in the bitstream. The method may include calculating whether waiting until the identified nearest scene cut boundary before changing the bitrate will cause the buffer to drop below a threshold. When the buffer is calculated to not drop below the threshold, the method may postpone the upcoming bitrate change until the identified nearest scene cut boundary. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241416 | ADAPTIVE FILTER FOR VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR DECODER THAT SELECTS RATE OF SWITCHING BETWEEN 2D AND 3D FILTERS FOR SEPARATION OF CHROMA AND LUMA SIGNALS - An adaptive temporal motion filter for a video decoder system operates in an infinite impulse response (IIR), a max or a bypass mode. The adaptive temporal motion filter includes an adaptive time constant control module and a filter gain module. A gain factor of the filter gain module is varied by the adaptive time constant control module for every pixel in a current composite video signal. The adaptive time constant control module selects a variable gain for the filter gain module based on the motion magnitude, motion polarity and chroma luma status of the pixel. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241417 | OFFSET TYPE AND COEFFICIENTS SIGNALING METHOD FOR SAMPLE ADAPTIVE OFFSET - This disclosure describes techniques for performing sample adaptive offset signaling and coding in a video coding process. Techniques of the disclosure include both a merge-based and prediction-based signaling process for sample adaptive offset information (i.e., offset values and offset type). The techniques includes determining offset information for a current partition, comparing the offset information of the current partition with offset information of one or more neighbor partitions, coding a merge instruction in the case that the offset information of one of the one or more neighbor partitions is the same as the offset information of the current partition, and coding one of a plurality of prediction instructions in the case that the offset information of the one or more neighbor partitions is not the same as the offset information of the current partition. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241418 | INTER-LAYER PREDICTION BETWEEN LAYERS OF DIFFERENT DYNAMIC SAMPLE VALUE RANGE - The ratio between coding quality on the one hand and coding rate on the other hand is increased. To this end, a global predictor and a local predictor are used in combination. The global predictor derives a global tone-mapping function based on a statistical analysis of pairs of values of co-located samples in the first tone-mapped version and the second version of the picture, and applies the global tone-mapping function onto the first tone-mapped version of the picture. The local predictor locally derives a locally varying tone-mapping function based on a statistical analysis of values of co-located samples in the second version of the picture and the globally predicted reference picture in units of sub-portions into which the globally predicted reference picture and the second version of the picture are partitioned, and applies the locally varying tone-mapping function onto the globally predicted reference picture. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241419 | MULTI-STREAM OPTIMIZATION - Methods and systems are provided for transmitting multiple video streams to clients based on individual preferences of the clients and network conditions. A cost-function minimization problem is formulated based on various network parameters. The network parameters (e.g., round-trip time (RTT), available bandwidth, packet loss rate, etc.) may be inputs to this optimization problem, which attempts to find optimal resolutions, bitrates, etc., given the network parameters and the video content. Additionally, by incorporating quality prediction, the cost-function may be based on actual content of video sequences. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241420 | Systems and Methods of Encoding Multiple Video Streams for Adaptive Bitrate Streaming - Systems and methods for encoding multiple video streams in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a source encoder configured to encode source video as a number of alternative video streams includes a parallel processing system configured to collect statistics on source video data and write the statistics to shared memory in a first pass through received multimedia content, determine initial encoding information for source video data and write the initial encoding information to shared memory during the first pass, encode the source video data in parallel using collected statistics and initial encoding information to produce a plurality of alternative video streams during a second pass, and parallel encoding processes are configured to reuse additional encoding information that has already been determined for a portion of video and to generate additional encoding information that has not already been determined for a portion of video. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241421 | Systems and Methods of Encoding Multiple Video Streams with Adaptive Quantization for Adaptive Bitrate Streaming - Systems and methods for encoding multiple video streams in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for encoding source video as alternative video streams includes collecting statistics on source video data and writing statistics to shared memory in a first pass through received multimedia content, where the statistics include complexity measures of blocks of pixels, determining initial encoding information for source video data and writing initial encoding information to shared memory during the first pass, encoding the source video data in parallel using collected statistics and initial encoding information to produce alternative video streams during a second pass, and parallel encoding processes reuse additional encoding information that has already been determined for a portion of video and generate additional encoding information that has not already been determined for a portion of video, where the additional encoding information includes quantization parameters for blocks of pixels. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241422 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING AND DECODING USING ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION PARAMETER DIFFERENTIAL - A method of encoding an image, a method of decoding an image, an image encoding apparatus, and an image decoding apparatus, the method of encoding an image including the operations of determining a scaling factor, determining a quantization parameter (QP) value of a current block, acquiring a predicted QP value of the current block, determining a QP difference value by using the QP value and the predicted QP value, adjusting the QP difference value by extracting the scaling factor from the QP difference value, generating a bitstream including the scaling factor and the adjusted QP difference value, and transmitting the bitstream. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241423 | IMAGE CODING AND DECODING METHODS AND APPARATUSES - An embodiment of the present invention provides an image coding method, where the coding method includes: performing predictive coding on an image; performing transform coding on the image on which the predictive coding has been performed; performing, by using a quantization matrix, quantization coding on the image on which the transform coding has been performed, where the quantization matrix is a matrix reflecting image quantization step information, the quantization matrix includes an M*N quantization matrix and an N*M quantization matrix, and the N*M quantization matrix is obtained by transposing the M*N quantization matrix; and performing entropy coding on the image on which the quantization coding has been performed, and coding the M*N quantization matrix, so as to generate a code stream. In the present invention, the number of bits required for coding a quantization matrix is effectively saved, thereby improving compression efficiency. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241424 | APPARATUS OF DECODING VIDEO DATA - Provided is an apparatus that includes an inverse scanning unit configured to an inverse scan pattern to the quantized coefficient components to generate a quantized block, an inverse quantization unit configured to generate a quantization parameter and to inverse-quantize the quantized block to generate a transformed block, an inter prediction unit configured to derive motion information and to generate a prediction block, and an adder configured to generate a reconstructed block. The transform unit is larger than a 4×4 block, each of the quantized coefficient components are inversely scanned in the unit of subset to generate multiple subsets, and the multiple subsets are inversely scanned to generate the quantized block. Accordingly, the coding efficiency of the motion information is improved by including various motion vector candidates. Also, the amount of coding bits of the residual block is reduced by applying diagonal scan pattern to each subset. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241425 | IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUS - An image coding method comprising: obtaining current signals to be coded of each of the processing units of the image; generating a binary signal by performing binarization on each of the current signals to be coded; selecting a context for each of the current signals to be coded from among a plurality of contexts; performing arithmetic coding of the binary signal by using coded probability information associated with the context selected in the selecting; and updating the coded probability information based on the binary signal, wherein, in the selecting, the context for the current signal to be coded is selected, as a shared context, for a signal which is included in one of a plurality of processing units and has a size different from a size of the processing unit including the current signal to be coded. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241426 | INTERLEAVED VIDEO STREAMS - A first predictive frame is exchanged between an encoder and a decoder. A second predictive frame is exchanged between the encoder and the decoder, where the first predictive frame is encoded using at least some portion of a first reference frame and the second predictive frame is encoded using at least some portion of a second reference frame different from the first reference frame. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241427 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING MATRIX AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING MATRIX - The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for coding or decoding a matrix, includes: dividing a matrix into layers according to a preset quantity of divided layers, and grouping matrix elements into different layers; performing, according to a determined layer number of a highest layer to be coded and in an order of layers one by one, coding processing on matrix elements at each layer to be coded; for a layer having a layer number less than or equal to the layer number of the highest layer to be coded, writing residual data between an original matrix element value corresponding to the layer and a corresponding matrix element predicted value into a bit stream; for a layer having a layer number greater than the layer number of the highest layer to be coded, writing no coded data of the layer into the bit stream. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241428 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an image processing device including a decoding section that, from an encoded stream of a first picture among two or more pictures associated with a common scene, decodes MostProbableMode information for a first prediction unit within the first picture, a first prediction section that conducts intra prediction on the first prediction unit using the MostProbableMode information decoded by the decoding section, and a second prediction section that conducts intra prediction using the MostProbableMode information used by the first prediction section on a second prediction unit corresponding to the first prediction unit within a second picture among the two or more pictures. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241429 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a first motion estimator and a second motion estimator. The first motion estimator is configured to detect a second pixel of a second integer position in a reference frame, the second pixel corresponding to a first pixel of a first integer position in a base frame. The second motion estimator is configured to detect a decimal position from the first integer position in the base frame, the decimal position corresponding to the second pixel, and to output the decimal position and a value of the second pixel. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241430 | NEIGHBORING BLOCK DISPARITY VECTOR DERIVATION IN 3D VIDEO CODING - In one example of the disclosure, a method of coding video data comprises coding video data using texture-first coding, and performing an NBDV derivation process for a block of the video data using a plurality of neighboring blocks. The NBDV derivation process comprises designating a motion vector associated with a neighboring block of the plurality of neighboring blocks coded with a block-based view synthesis prediction (BVSP) mode as an available disparity motion. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241431 | NEIGHBORING BLOCK DISPARITY VECTOR DERIVATION IN 3D VIDEO CODING - In one example of the disclosure, a method of coding video data comprises coding video data using texture-first coding, and performing an NBDV derivation process for a block of the video data using a plurality of neighboring blocks. The NBDV derivation process comprises designating a motion vector associated with a neighboring block of the plurality of neighboring blocks coded with a block-based view synthesis prediction (BVSP) mode as an available disparity motion. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241432 | VIDEO PREDICTION ENCODING DEVICE, VIDEO PREDICTION ENCODING METHOD, VIDEO PREDICTION ENCODING PROGRAM, VIDEO PREDICTION DECODING DEVICE, VIDEO PREDICTION DECODING METHOD, AND VIDEO PREDICTION DECODING PROGRAM - A predicted signal generation unit provided in a video predictive encoding device estimates a zero-th motion vector for derivation of a zero-th predicted signal, selects a zero-th motion vector predictor similar to the zero-th motion vector, and generates zero-th side information containing a zero-th motion vector predictor index to identify the motion vector predictor and a motion vector difference determined from the zero-th motion vector and the zero-th motion vector predictor. The video predictive encoding device selects a motion vector for generation of a first predicted signal having a high correlation with a target region, generates first side information containing a first motion vector predictor index to identify the motion vector as a first motion vector predictor, sets the first motion vector predictor to a first motion vector, and combines the zero-th and first predicted signals to generate a predicted signal of the target region. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241433 | MULTI-VIEW CODING WITH EFFECTIVE HANDLING OF RENDERABLE PORTIONS - A proposed intermediate way of handling the renderable portion of the first view results in more efficient coding. Instead of omitting the coding of the renderable portion completely, even more efficient coding of multi-view signals entails merely suppressing the coding of the residual signal within the renderable portion, whereas the prediction parameter coding still takes place from the non-renderable portion of the multi-view signal across the renderable portion so that prediction parameters for the renderable portion may be exploited for predicting parameters for the non-renderable portion. The additional coding rate for transmitting the prediction parameters for the renderable portion may be kept low as this merely aims at forming a continuation of the parameter history across the renderable portion to serve as a basis for prediction parameters of other portions of the multi-view signal. Expressed differently, the prediction parameters for the renderable portion need not perfectly predict the texture within the renderable portion of the first view to keep the residual signal within the renderable portion low. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MOTION AND DISPARITY VECTOR DERIVATION FOR 3D VIDEO CODING AND HEVC - A method and apparatus for deriving MVP (motion vector predictor) for a block for three-dimensional video coding or multi-view video coding are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention replace an unavailable inter-view MV of one neighboring block with a disparity vector derived from depth data of a subset of a depth block corresponding to one neighboring block. A method and apparatus for generating additional candidates for motion vector prediction associated with Merge mode or AMVP (Inter) mode for a block are disclosed. Embodiments according to the present invention generate one or more additional MVP candidates to add to the MVP list if the MVP list size is less than a given list size. The additional MVP candidates are generated either by reducing precision of an available MVP in the MVP list or by adding an offset to the available MVP in the MVP list. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241435 | METHOD FOR MANAGING MEMORY, AND DEVICE FOR DECODING VIDEO USING SAME - The present invention relates to a method for managing memory, and to a device for decoding video using same. The method includes the marking of motion information stored in a first buffer in response to a memory management control command (MMCO), and the deleting of the motion information from the first buffer or the moving of the motion information to a second buffer in response to the marked information. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241436 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING PARAMETERS FOR ENCODING OR DECODING OF AN IMAGE OF A VIDEO SEQUENCE - A method of and a device for determining encoding parameters for encoding, into a bitstream, a portion of an image of a video sequence, the image portion being encoded by motion compensation with respect to at least one reference image portion, the encoding parameters for encoding the image portion including a coding mode and a motion information predictor, wherein the coding mode is selected from among at least a first coding mode and a second coding mode and wherein the motion information predictor is selected from a set of motion information predictors which is the same for at least the first and the second coding modes, the selection of the coding mode and the motion information predictor involving comparing costs of encoding the image portion using the motion information predictors of the set in the two coding modes, the method comprising or the device comprising means for: omitting, for at least one said motion information predictor of the set, computing of such a cost for at least one of said first and second coding modes. Consequently encoding time and complexity may be reduced and encoding performance may be improved. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241437 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SCALABLE CODING OF VIDEO INFORMATION - An apparatus configured to code video information includes a memory unit and a processor in communication with the memory unit. The memory unit is configured to store video information associated with a reference layer (RL) and an enhancement layer, the RL comprising an RL picture having an output region that includes a portion of the RL picture. The processor is configured to determine whether a condition indicates that information outside of the output region is available to predict a current block in the enhancement layer. The processor may encode or decode the video information. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241438 | METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR PARALLEL VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING - A method for decoding a video bitstream is disclosed. The method comprises: entropy decoding a first portion of a video bitstream, wherein first portion of video bitstream is associated with a video frame, thereby producing a first portion of decoded data; entropy decoding a second portion of video bitstream, wherein second portion of video bitstream is associated with video frame, thereby producing a second portion of decoded data, wherein entropy decoding second portion of video bitstream is independent of entropy decoding first portion of video bitstream; and reconstructing a first portion of video frame associated with video bitstream using first portion of decoded data and second portion of decoded data. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241439 | Transmitting Apparatus and Method Thereof for Video Processing - The present invention relates to a method and a transmitting apparatus for encoding a bitstream representing a sequence of pictures of a video stream comprising a processor and memory, said memory containing instructions executable by said processor whereby said transmitting apparatus is operative to:
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20140241440 | HIGH SPEED DATA CABLE USING AN OUTER BRAID TO CARRY A SIGNAL - A high speed video cable carries signals according to the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), and includes a raw cable and may include a boost device. The raw cable includes coaxial lines which are covered by an outer metallic braid. Each of four high speed video signals is carried on the inner conductors of a pair of coaxial lines. Lower speed signals are carried on the galvanically or capacitively coupled shields of a pair of coaxial lines, as well as the braid of the cable, thus permitting fourteen HDMI signals to be carried in a cable comprising only eight coaxial lines, resulting in a simpler and lower cost production and assembly of the cable. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241441 | POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS USING FRAME CONTROL DATA BLOCKS FOR DATA TRANSPORT - Method, systems, and apparatus include a communication device configured to receive a data unit in accordance with a power line communications protocol, to extract data within the data unit to provide extracted data, and to process the extracted data in accordance with a non-power line communication protocol. Embodiments also describe a communication device configured to format data according to a non-power line communication protocol as part of a data unit conforming to a power line communication protocol, to redundantly encode the data unit across a plurality of subcarriers in accordance with the second communication protocol, and to transmit the data unit in accordance with the second communication protocol to another communications device. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241442 | COMPACT LOW-POWER FULLY DIGITAL CMOS CLOCK GENERATION APPARATUS FOR HIGH-SPEED SERDES - A device for high-speed clock generation may include an injection locking-ring oscillator (ILRO) configured to receive one or more input clock signals and to generate multiple clock signals with different equally spaced phase angles. A phase-interpolator (PI) circuit may be configured to receive the multiple coarse spaced clock signals and to generate an output clock signal having a correct phase angle. The PI circuit may include a smoothing block that may be configured to smooth the multiple clock signals with different phase angles and to generate multiple smooth clock signals. A pulling block may be configured to pull edges of the multiple smooth clock signals closer to one another. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241443 | BI-MODAL ARBITRATION NODES FOR A LOW-LATENCY ADAPTIVE ASYNCHRONOUS INTERCONNECTION NETWORK AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME - A dynamically reconfigurable asynchronous arbitration node for use in an adaptive asynchronous interconnection network is provided. The arbitration node includes a circuit, an output channel and two input channels—a first input channel and a second input channel. The circuit supports a default-arbitration mode and a biased-input mode. The circuit is configured to generate data for the output channel by mediating between input traffic including data received at the first and second input channels, if the arbitration node is operating in the default-arbitration mode, or by providing a direct path to the output channel for one of the first input channel and the second input channel that is biased, if the arbitration node is operating in the biased-input mode. The circuit is further configured to monitor the input traffic and implement a mode change based on a history of the observed input traffic in accordance with a mode-change policy. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241444 | TENTPOLES SCHEME TO ACHIEVE RELIABLE V2V COMMUNICATIONS - A communications system including a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter transmits a signal with normal data symbols and at least one dual-use data symbol, where the dual-use data symbol has user data and more data protection than the normal data symbols. The receiver receives the transmitted signal and decodes the dual-use data symbol and uses information from decoding of the dual-use data symbol to improve a channel estimate for the normal data symbols. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241445 | Method for providing quality of service in a multiuser orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) system - A method that provides quality of service in a multiuser orthogonal frequency division multiplex system. The method assures quality of service at application level, which directly affects user's satisfaction with the service for interactive applications, such as web browsing, and real-time applications. The method uses advanced dynamic resource allocation to achieve a common subjective user state and/or dynamic resource allocation to optimize the throughput of the system while increasing the quality of service at application level. The method takes advantages of the information of the instantaneous channel gain and information of the objective technical parameters of the system and applications. With the incorporation of the technical parameters of the system and applications into the subcarrier allocation, the method may provide quality of service at application level, allow explicit control of system resources, ensure fairness in resource allocation and achieve the optimal throughput of the multiuser orthogonal frequency division multiplex system. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241446 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ALTERING A DOWNLINK MIMO CONFIGURATION - A mobile wireless device may dynamically alter a downlink MIMO function by switching it on and off, or switching between different downlink MIMO configurations, such as 2×MIMO and 4×MIMO. Still further, a mobile device having greater than two antennas may dynamically select a subset of the antennas to be used to receive a MIMO transmission, and further, enable a mobile device to request a subset of antennas at a base station to be used for the MIMO transmission. This dynamic control of the MIMO mode or configuration may be achieved by using implicit signaling, by way of an enlarged code word set in CQI feedback transmissions, or by using explicit signaling, by way of E-DPCCH orders. In this way, a MIMO-capable mobile device may dynamically be configured for downlink MIMO transmissions as the conditions demand, enabling MIMO to be switched off when its use might otherwise cause performance to suffer. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241447 | Receiver With Cyclic Prefix Determination - A user equipment (UE) performs a transform domain (DFT) based method to detect the cyclic prefix (CP) length that is being used by a base station for cellular communications. The detected CP length is then used to reduce the amount of time required to complete the synchronization and cell search procedures. In particular, the UE uses the detected CP length information to obtain Cell Identification parameters (NID1, NID2) along with information including a Maximum energy Tap location and a reference signal receive power (RSRP) while completing the synchronization and cell search procedures. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241448 | PRECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A transmit node receives a transformed correlation matrix or a correlation matrix of a channel coefficient matrix, or a correlation matrix of an interference channel coefficient matrix from each of receive nodes sharing a radio resource. The transmit node determines a precoder based on a value maximizing values determined by the transformed correlation matrix or the correlation matrix of the channel coefficient matrix, or a value minimizing values determined by the correlation matrix of the interference channel coefficient matrix, and precodes a transmit signal by using the determined precoder. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241449 | Codebook Construction - A method implemented in a base station used in a wireless communications system is disclosed. The method comprises having a codebook including a plurality of precoding matrices, precoding data with one of the plurality of precoding matrices, and transmitting, to a user equipment, the precoded data, wherein each precoding matrix W satisfies W=W | 2014-08-28 |
20140241450 | Codebook Construction - A method implemented in a base station used in a wireless communications system is disclosed. The method comprises having 1-layer, 2-layer, 3-layer, and 4-layer codebooks for 4 transmit antenna (4TX) transmission, each codebook including a plurality of precoding matrices, precoding data with one of the plurality of precoding matrices, and transmitting, to a user equipment, the precoded data, wherein each of the 1-layer and 2-layer codebooks comprises a first codebook and a second codebook, and wherein each precoding matrix in the first codebook comprises a first index and a second index. Other apparatuses, systems, and methods also are disclosed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241451 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING CONTROL INFORMATION AND APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - Methods and devices for transmitting or receiving data in a wireless local area network are provided. The method in one embodiment includes transmitting, by a transmitter, a first long training field (LTF) to a receiver; transmitting, by the transmitter, a very high throughput (VHT)-SIG-A field to the receiver; transmitting, by the transmitter, a second LTF for multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channel estimation to the receiver; transmitting, by the transmitter, a VHT-SIG-B field to the receiver; and transmitting, by the transmitter, a data field to the receiver, wherein the first LTF, the VHT-SIG-A field, the second LTF, the VHT-SIG-B field and the data field are sequentially transmitted, and wherein the second LTF and the data field are mapped to at least one spatial stream based on a mapping matrix but the first LTF and the VHT SIG-A field are not mapped to the at least one spatial stream. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241452 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING CODEBOOK, AND METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PRECODING - The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for constructing a codebook. The method comprises: receiving grouping information on a plurality of transmit antennas of a base station; obtaining a channel model for a channel between a mobile terminal and the base station; and determining an optimal precoding matrix corresponding to each antenna group according to the grouping information and the channel model, so as to construct a codebook used for precoding. The present invention further discloses a method and apparatus for selecting a precoding matrix, as well as a method, apparatus and system for precoding. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241453 | MITIGATION OF TRANSMISSION ERRORS OF QUANTIZED CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION FEEDBACK IN MULTI ANTENNA SYSTEMS - Methods are disclosed for improving communications on feedback transmission channels, in which there is a possibility of bit errors. The basic solutions to counter those errors are: proper design of the CSI vector quantizer indexing (i.e., the bit representation of centroid indices) in order to minimize impact of index errors, use of error detection techniques to expurgate the erroneous indices and use of other methods to recover correct indices. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241454 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSRECEIVING CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION IN COOPERATIVE MULTIPOINT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, disclosed are a method and an apparatus for transmitting channel state information in a cooperative multipoint communication system. A method for a terminal transmitting the channel state information (CSI) with respect to multiple base stations in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving information on a periodic report setting of CSI including a rank indicator (RI) with respect to a first base station and a first type of precoding matrix indicator (PMI), and information on a periodic report setting of CSI including an RI with respect to a second base station and the first type of precoding matrix; and a step of transmitting the CSI to the first base station and the second base station on the basis of CSI report setting with respect to the first base station and the second base station, wherein a report on one of the first type of PMI with respect to the first base station, the first type of PMI with respect to the second base station, and the RI with respect to the second base station is omitted, and additional CIS can be transmitted when the report is omitted. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241455 | PRECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A precoding method and apparatus are provided. Each transmission node receives feedback on first information as information regarding a transmission node that transmits an interference signal causing an interference-to-noise ratio (INR) greater than a first reference value from reception nodes, determines a group to which each transmission node belongs on the basis of the first feedback information, and allocates resources to each group. In a detailed manner, each transmission node determines comparison values of INRs, as two or more values, determines a group by using feedback information corresponding thereto, and allocates resources. Each transmission node receives feedback on channel information or precoder information from reception nodes of each group to which each transmission node belongs, and determines a precoder by using the feedback channel information or precoder information. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241456 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication device includes: an amplifier ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241457 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CLOCK AND DATA SIGNALING - Techniques and mechanisms for exchanging communications which each represent a respective combination of data and clock signaling. In an embodiment, encoder logic generates a first signal pair, including encoding a first differential data signal pair with a first clock signal of a differential clock signal pair. The encoder logic further generates a second signal pair, including encoding a second differential data signal pair with a second clock signal of the same differential clock signal pair. In another embodiment, decoder logic receives and decodes the first signal pair and the second signal pair, wherein the decoding generates the first differential data signal pair, the second differential data signal pair and a clock signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241458 | Training Sequence Indication for WLAN - In a method for generating a preamble of a data unit for transmission via a multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) communication channel, a first field of the preamble is generated. The first field provides a plurality of indicators to a plurality of receivers. Each one of the plurality of indicators indicates a set of a plurality of training sequences that corresponds to transmission of the data unit to a corresponding one of the plurality of receivers. The plurality of training sequences is included in a second field of the preamble. The preamble is formatted such that the first field of the preamble will be transmitted prior to the second field of the preamble being transmitted. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241459 | CLOCK-EMBEDDED DATA GENERATING APPARATUS AND TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF - A clock-embedded data generating apparatus and transmission method are disclosed. The steps of the transmission method include: generating a plurality of preamble signals according to a number sequence, where each of the preamble signals has a plurality of bits. The number sequence includes a plurality of values, and the bits of each of the preamble signals are decided by each of the corresponding values; transmitting the preamble signals during a plurality of preamble signal transmitting periods respectively, and transmitting a plurality of data signal during a plurality of data signal transmitting periods respectively. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241460 | Transmitter Having an Embedded Zero Amplitude Differential Phase Tracking Signal and Corresponding Receiver - Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a system, and corresponding method, for interference suppression of wireless communication signals. The method may comprise embedding a differential phase tracking signal (e.g., a zero amplitude differential phase tracking signal) in a transmitted wireless communication signal. Thereafter,a differential phase may be measured between the embedded transmitted wireless communication signal and a wireless reference signal. This differential phase measurement may be utilized in the suppression of interference in the wireless communication signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241461 | WIDE BANDWIDTH DIGITAL PREDISTORTION SYSTEM WITH REDUCED SAMPLING RATE - A digital predistortion linearization method is provided for increasing the instantaneous or operational bandwidth for RF power amplifiers employed in wideband communication systems. Embodiments of the present invention provide a method of increasing DPD linearization bandwidth using a feedback filter integrated into existing digital platforms for multi-channel wideband wireless transmitters. An embodiment of the present invention utilizes a DPD feedback signal in conjunction with a low power band-pass filter in the DPD feedback path. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241462 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR ENVELOPE TRACKING AND ENVELOPE-TRACKING TRANSMITTER FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION - A method of envelope tracking and an envelope tracking (ET) circuit. One embodiment of the (ET) circuit is for radio frequency (RF) transmission and includes: (1) an amplitude calculator configured to generate an amplitude signal that approximates the amplitude of an input signal, (2) a peak detector configured to take samples of the amplitude signal within a time window and produce an envelope signal that represents an amplitude peak among the samples, and (3) a signal conditioner configured to condition the envelope signal for driving a power supply input stage of a power amplifier operable to amplify and transmit an RF signal based on the input signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241463 | PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A phased array transmitter is disclosed comprising a vector modulator, a true time delay block coupled to the vector modulator, a local oscillator phase shifter and RF-converter block coupled to the true time delay block, and an antenna. The vector modulator applies vector modulation to a baseband signal and provides an intermediate frequency signal to the true time delay block. The true time delay block applies a true time delay to the intermediate frequency signal and provides a delayed intermediate frequency signal to the local oscillator phase shifter and RF-converter block. The local oscillator phase shifter and RF-converter block multiplies the delayed intermediate frequency signal by a local oscillator signal and applies a phase shift to the delayed intermediate frequency signal to provide a radio frequency signal to the antenna for onwards transmission. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241464 | Method and System for Down-Converting an Electromagnetic Signal, and Transforms for Same, and Aperture Relationships - Methods, systems, and apparatuses, and combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for down-converting an electromagnetic (EM) signal are described herein. Briefly stated, in embodiments the invention operates by receiving an EM signal and recursively operating on approximate half cycles (½, 1½, 2½, etc) of the carrier signal. The recursive operations can be performed at a sub-harmonic rate of the carrier signal. The invention accumulates the results of the recursive operations and uses the accumulated results to form a down-converted signal. In an embodiment, the EM signal is down-converted to an intermediate frequency (IF) signal. In another embodiment, the EM signal is down-converted to a baseband information signal. In another embodiment, the EM signal is a frequency modulated (FM) signal, which is down-converted to a non-FM signal, such as a phase modulated (PM) signal or an amplitude modulated (AM) signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241465 | RECEIVER AND TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SYSTEM - A receiver is composed of a receiver-side amplifier which receives a clock signal, a receiver-side amplifier which receives a data signal, a variable delay circuit which generates a delay-adjusted clock signal and a delay-adjusted data signal by delaying the clock signal and the data signal, a latch circuit section which latches the delay-adjusted data signal in synchronous with the delay-adjusted clock signal, and a skew detecting circuit which generates skew detection data that by latching a specific data sequence transmitted as the data signal in synchronous with a first clock signal to N | 2014-08-28 |
20140241466 | LOW SYMBOL RATE RAPID CARRIER ACQUISITION WITH EXTREMELY LARGE FREQUENCY OFFSET FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATION RECEIVER - A method of rapid non-data aided carrier signal acquisition for a low symbol rate carrier signal, comprising receiving and converting an analog intermediate frequency carrier to a digital carrier signal, down-converting the signal to substantially baseband, reducing a sampling rate of the digital carrier signal using a decimation filter, determining a highest Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) based on a result of one or more FFT's generated by an FFT module using a peak finder, selecting an input source for the FFT module using a multiplexer, generating a frequency estimate of the digital carrier signal using a walking coarse detector, tuning a carrier recovery loop (CRL) based on the frequency estimate generated by the walking coarse detector, determining a final carrier frequency offset estimate using a result of the FFT module, modulation removal, and the peak finder, and programming an oscillator within the CRL to the final carrier frequency offset estimate. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241467 | PHASE LOCKED LOOP FREQUENCY SYNTHESIZER WITH REDUCED JITTER - A phase locked loop frequency synthesizer has a controlled oscillator for generating an output signal at a desired frequency, a phase/frequency detector module for comparing a feedback signal derived from the controlled oscillator with a reference signal to generate an error signal, a loop filter for processing said at least one error signal from said phase/frequency detector module to generate a combined control signal for the controlled oscillator. The gain of the phase/frequency detector module can be adjusted, preferably by varying the pulse width and pulse cycle, to maintain the overall gain of the phase locked loop within a given range and thereby maximize signal to noise ratio. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241468 | Radio to Analog-to-Digital Sample Rate Decoupled from Digital Subsystem - A multichannel radio receiver may include a radio frequency (RF) subsystem and a digital subsystem. The RF subsystem may be configured to provide analog information associated with a radio band to an analog to digital converter (ADC). The ADC samples the analog input and sends digital output to the digital subsystem. The digital subsystem may be configured with one or more channelizers and one or more decoders. A channelizer within the digital subsystem may filter and re-sample the digital output to result in a channel plan having a desired bandwidth and a desired sample rate. The sample rate may be selected for compatibility with a decoder. The decoder may have design specifications based in part on a modulation scheme to be decoded. The design specifications may indicate the desired sample rate to be provided by the channelizer. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241469 | Radio to Support Channel Plans of Arbitrary Width and/or Spacing - A multichannel radio receiver may include a radio frequency (RF) subsystem and a digital subsystem. The digital subsystem may be configured to use an analog to digital converter (ADC) to sample input. A channelizer bank within the digital subsystem may include a plurality of channelizers. Each channelizer may receive and translate input into a plurality of channels, the channels having widths that are non-uniform and/or spacing (e.g., spacing center-to-center of adjacent channels) that is not regular. The translation may include re-sampling channels at a rate associated with a modulation scheme. A decoder bank may include a plurality of decoders operating in parallel, each to receive input from a channelizer and each associated with a particular modulation scheme. Thus, the multichannel radio may simultaneously receive on a plurality of channels of arbitrary location, arbitrary spacing and/or arbitrary bandwidth, wherein each channel is associated with one of a plurality of modulation schemes. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241470 | RECEIVER APPARATUS, RECEPTION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A receiver apparatus includes a first frequency response estimator configured to calculate a first frequency response estimation value using a reference signal, a duration extractor configured to determine an estimation duration by extracting at least one duration from among a plurality of duration candidates into which a predetermined maximum delay time is divided, and a second frequency response estimator configured to calculate a second frequency response estimation value as a frequency response estimation value for demodulation using the first frequency response and the estimation duration. The receiver apparatus thus performs high-precision channel estimation even if a variety of PDPs occur with time. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241471 | Method and System for Communicating Data Wirelessly Using Probabilistic Data Association - A signal received via a fading channel is decoded in radio frequency receiver by first demodulating the signal to a baseband signal, and serial to parallel converting the baseband signal to a precoded signal. Then, a channel matrix is estimated from the precoded signal, and symbols are detected in the precoded signal using the channel matrix. The decoding uses probabilistic data association. The detecting initializes a probability distribution for each symbol, and selects an ordering in which to update the probability distributions. The probability distribution for each symbol are updated according to the ordering, until a termination condition is reached, and then demapped and parallel to serial converted to estimate a sequence of bits used to generate the signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241472 | FSK/MSK Decoder - A decoder for a modulation scheme is configured to operate close to the radio noise floor. A correlation value may be constantly updated, in an effort to match to a signature to a preamble of a packet. A low clamp value may act as a floor to which a calculated correlation value is set, if it is less than the low clamp value. If a correlation threshold is exceeded, then the correlation value is examined to determine it is a peak value. If the peak is found, power of the preamble is compared to a power threshold that is relative to the radio noise floor. If the power threshold is exceeded, positive correlation is detected. A channel optimizer is used to remove the frequency misalignment. This enables the use of a filter that is approximately equal to the occupied bandwidth of the incoming signal, further rejecting noise and interference. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241473 | OFDM SIGNAL RECEIVER AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING OFDM SIGNAL - A Tu delay section delays an analog-to-digital converted OFDM signal S | 2014-08-28 |
20140241474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SPECTRUM SENSING - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention the application discloses a method and an apparatus to receive a signal ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241475 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor device includes a one-segment tuner I/F that is connected to a one-segment tuner, a tuner I/F that is connected to a digital terrestrial tuner, a decoder that selectively decodes a first broadcast signal supplied from the one-segment tuner I/F and a second broadcast signal supplied from the tuner I/F, a general purpose processor that is provided separately from the decoder and decodes the first broadcast signal, and a switch unit that, based on signal intensity of the second broadcast wave, switches the decoding by the decoder between the first broadcast signal and the second broadcast signal while the general purpose processor is decoding the first broadcast signal. The one-segment tuner I/F, the tuner I/F, the decoder, the general purpose processor, and the switch unit are integrated on one chip. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241476 | RECEIVING METHOD AND RECEIVING APPARATUS - All data symbols used in data transmission of a modulated signal are precoded by switching between precoding matrices so that the precoding matrix used to precode each data symbol and the precoding matrices used to precode data symbols that are adjacent to the data symbol along the frequency axis and the time axis all differ. A modulated signal with such data symbols arranged therein is transmitted. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241477 | DECISION FEEDBACK EQUALIZER FOR HIGHLY SPECTRALLY EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS - One or more embodiments describe a decision feedback equalizer for highly spectrally efficient communications. A method may be performed in a decision feedback equalizer (DFE). The method may include initializing values of tap coefficients of the DFE based on values of tap coefficients of a partial response filter through which said transmitted symbols passed en route to said sequence estimation circuit. The method may include receiving estimates of transmitted symbols from a sequence estimation circuit, and receiving an error signal that is generated based on an estimated partial response signal output by the sequence estimation circuit. The method may include updating values of tap coefficients of the DFE based on the error signal and the estimates of transmitted symbols. The method may include generating one or more constraints that restrict the impact of the error signal on the updating of the values of the tap coefficients of the DFE. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241478 | Timing Phase Estimation for Clock and Data Recovery - In order to initialize the phase of the recovered clock signal used in clock-and-data recovery (CDR) circuitry, the normal, on-line CDR processing is disabled. The sum of the absolute values of analog-to-digital converter (ADC) samples are generated for different clock phases over each unit interval (UI) of the analog signal sampled by the ADC for a specified period of time. The phase corresponding to the maximum sum is selected as the initial phase for the recovered clock signal for enabled, on-line CDR processing, which among other things, automatically updates the clock phase to ensure that the ADC samples the analog signal near the center of each UI. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241479 | FREQUENCY DIFFERENCE DETECTION DEVICE, FREQUENCY DIFFERENCE DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure relates to a frequency difference detection device that can synchronize oscillation frequency with a master device in a network with high precision, and also relates to a frequency difference detection method and a program. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241480 | HITLESS EFFICIENT TRANSMITTER PROTECTION OF ALL OUTDOOR RADIOS - A method is provided for synchronizing a first radio unit with a second radio unit associated with an all outdoor radios system, the method including: receiving, at the first radio unit and the second radio unit, respectively, a communication signal from a common communication source; receiving, at the first radio unit and the second radio unit, respectively, a reference signal from a common reference source; synchronizing the communication signal at each of the first radio unit and the second radio unit with the reference signal such that the each of the first radio unit and the second radio unit generates an output signal having substantially the same frequency and substantially the same phase; and transmitting the output signal from each of the first radio unit and the second radio unit to a remote receiver through an antenna. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241481 | QUENCH TANK AND LIQUID METAL LOOP - There is provided a quench tank which is disposed in a circulation path of a liquid metal loop and separates and cools liquid metal steam or a mixed gas in liquid metal introduced into a tank body. The tank body includes a separating area which forms a substantially horizontal flow of the liquid metal, and a separating plate is disposed inside the tank body so as to be inclined with respect to the vertical direction. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241482 | INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION DEVICE - There is provided an inspection device for inspecting an inner surface of a nozzle provided in a reactor vessel. The inspection device includes: a device frame, an inspection unit provided on the device frame, an inspection unit push-out moving mechanism for pushing out and moving the inspection unit to the inner surface of the nozzle, a rotation moving mechanism for rotating and moving the inspection unit, a calibration test unit arranged on the device frame for calibrating the inspection unit; and a calibration test unit forward/backward moving mechanism for moving the calibration test unit forward or backward in the direction along the central axis with regard to a track where the inspection unit makes push-out movement. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241483 | APPARATUS FOR RETENTION OF MOLTEN MATERIAL OUTSIDE GENERATION IV REACTOR AFTER NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ACCIDENT - An apparatus for retention of molten material for a Generation IV reactor after a nuclear power plant accident comprises an inner wall which is peripherally closed, a vapor channel wall with an opening at the bottom fixed in the inner side of the inner wall, a pressure vessel disposed in the vapor channel wall, a vapor rising channel formed between the pressure vessel and the vapor channel wall, and it further comprises an outer wall surrounding the inner wall, a core molten material retention apparatus fixed at the bottom of the inner wall, and a deflector keeping away from the inner wall and the core molten material retention apparatus to form a gap; wherein a coolant falling channel is formed between the outer wall and the deflector, a coolant inlet is disposed at the bottom of the deflector, and a coolant channel is disposed between the inner wall and the core molten material retention apparatus; a core molten material retention recess is disposed at the upper surface of the core molten material retention apparatus, and the lower surface of the core molten material retention apparatus is arch-shaped; the core molten material retention apparatus is made of non-metal inorganic fireproof material. The invention adopts the design of molten material retention outside the reactor, using different material containing molten material and cooling the molten material by coolant cycle and the deflector structure, thus to improve the safety of the nuclear power plant. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241484 | PRESSURIZED WATER REACTOR DEPRESSURIZATION SYSTEM - A passive cooling system of a pressurized water reactor that relies on a depressurization system to reduce the pressure in the reactor vessel in the event of a loss of coolant accident and vent the steam generated by the decay heat of the reactor core in a post loss of coolant accident stage. The depressurization results in a low pressure difference between the reactor vessel and the containment and enables gravity driven cooling system injection into the reactor vessel. The depressurization system includes a flow restrictor within an orifice in the reactor vessel wall that connects to a vent pipe which forms a flow path between the interior of the reactor vessel and the containment atmosphere when a valve within the vent pipe is in an open position. Preferably, the flow restrictor is a venturi that has a gradual contraction and a gradual expansion in the flow path area. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241485 | Unknown - A nuclear fuel cladding tube for a liquid-metal or molten-salt cooled reactor includes a tubular body of metal material and a protective coating applied on an outer surface of the tubular body, to contact the coolant. The coating includes at least one layer of coating material selected from the group consisting of ceramic materials, refractory metals, and FeCrAlY alloys, and includes a matrix composed of the coating material in amorphous phase, inside which nanodomains composed of the coating material in crystalline phase are dispersed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241486 | FUEL ASSEMBLY - A fuel assembly includes a plurality of fuel rods arranged in parallel and including fissile material, a plurality of guide tubes arranged in parallel with and interspersed amongst the fuel rods, an upper end fitting connected with upper ends of the guide tubes, and a lower end fitting connected with lower ends of the guide tubes. Each fuel rod includes a top end and a bottom end wherein the top end extends into the upper end fitting and/or the bottom end extends into the lower end fitting. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241487 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DRIVER CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a semiconductor device having a high aperture ratio and including a capacitor with a high charge capacitance. To provide a semiconductor device with a narrow bezel. A transistor over a substrate; a first conductive film over a surface over which a gate electrode of the transistor is provided; a second conductive film over a surface over which a pair of electrodes of the transistor is provided; and a first light-transmitting conductive film electrically connected to the first conductive film and the second conductive film are included. The second conductive film overlaps the first conductive film with a gate insulating film of the transistor laid between the second conductive film and the first conductive film. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241488 | SHIFT REGISTER - A shift register includes a plurality of stages each outputting k composite pulses each including an A-scan pulse and a B-scan pulse. At least one stage includes an A-sub-stage for controlling a voltage at an A-set node and a voltage at at least one A-reset node in response to an external A-control signal and generating an A-carry pulse based on the voltage at the A-set node. The voltage at the at least one A-reset node and any one A-clock pulse, at least one B-sub-stage for controlling a voltage at a B-set node and a voltage at at least one B-reset node in response to an external B-control signal and generating a B-carry pulse, and a scan output controller for generating k A-scan pulses and k B-scan pulses and outputting one of the A-scan pulses and one of the B-scan pulses corresponding to each other as one composite pulse. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241489 | METHOD FOR SCATTERING CORRECTION FOR SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED STATIONARY DETECTORS AND ROTATING X-RAY SOURCE - A spectral computed tomography scanner apparatus, including a rotating X-ray source, a plurality of fixed energy-discriminating detectors, a processor that generates a shadow map that indicates, for each detector/view angle, a shadow state of the detector, the shadow state indicating that one of X-rays are completely blocked by a second detector and do not reach the detector, the X-rays are partially blocked by the second detector and partially reach the detector, the X-rays are not blocked by any of the detectors and reach the detector, and the detector is not with the scan field of view at the view angle, and a controller configured to cause the scanner apparatus to perform a scan of an object over a first range of view angles to collect view data, wherein the processor is configured to perform scatter correction using the collected view data and the generated shadow map. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241490 | EXTREMITY IMAGING APPARATUS FOR CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY - An apparatus for cone beam computed tomography of an extremity has a digital radiation detector and a first device to move the detector along a circular detector path extending so that the detector moves both at least partially around a first extremity of the patient and between the first extremity and a second, adjacent extremity. The detector path has radius R | 2014-08-28 |
20140241491 | IMAGING SYSTEM ROTATING GANTRY AND SUBJECT SUPPORT MOTION CONTROL - An imaging system ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241492 | MULTIRADIATION GENERATION APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A multiradiation generation apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of radiation sources arranged in a row. Each of the radiation sources includes an electron source configured to emit electrons and a target unit configured to generate radiation upon receiving electrons emitted from the electron source. At least one of the radiation sources is a dual-purpose radiation source used for both tomosynthesis imaging and non-tomosynthesis imaging, and the other radiation sources are single-purpose radiation sources used only for tomosynthesis imaging. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241493 | Metal Lattice Production Method, Metal Lattice, X-Ray Imaging Device, and Intermediate Product for Metal Lattice - Method for manufacturing a metal grating structure, wherein, after a concave part having an insulating layer on an inner surface thereof is formed in a silicon substrate, a portion of the insulating layer formed on a bottom part of the concave part is removed, and the silicon substrate at the bottom part of the concave part is etched to increase the surface area of the bottom part of the concave part as compared with a state before the etching, followed by filling the concave part with metal by an electroforming method. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241494 | System and Method for Reconstructing the Surface Topography of an Object Embedded Within a Scattering Medium - Methods of reconstructing the surface topography of an object embedded in a scattering medium are provided, with example methodologies including: imaging an object embedded in a signal scattering medium using a scattered signal detector; detecting changes in the magnitude of a plurality of scattered signals obtained from multiple fields of view within the medium; and constructing an image of the surface topography of the object based on said plurality of detected signal magnitude changes. A plurality of system, apparatus, control means, evaluation methods, and materials and components useful for practicing the methods are also disclosed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241495 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING CHARACTERISTICS OF LIQUIDS - A method to perform security screening at an airport on hand-carried baggage. The method includes requesting passengers with hand carried baggage to remove from the baggage a container that holds a liquid and perform an x-ray inspection on the hand carried baggage and on the container while the container remains outside the baggage. According to the method, the results of the x-ray inspection are used to determine if the baggage contains illegal objects and if the liquid is a security threat. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241496 | RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - An apparatus, system, and method corrects line deficiency in radiographic systems. A Fourier transform element provides a one-dimensional Fourier transform on a line orthogonal to a line of a moire patterns appearing in an X-ray image during a use. A peak frequency detection element detects the peak frequency indicating the spatial frequency of the moire pattern on the basis of the results of one-dimensional Fourier transform. The detected peak frequency is transformed to a number of pixels in 1 cycle of the moire pattern by a pixel cycle conversion element. The line deficiency correction element obtains pixels of the same phase as the line deficiency pixel in the moire pattern from the number of pixels, and then corrects the line deficiency pixel by using the pixel value thereof. Since the number of pixels in 1-cycle is acquired from the moire pattern in the X-ray image, the line deficiency can be corrected. | 2014-08-28 |