35th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140241497 | Method to estimate real-time rotation and translation of a target with a single x-ray imager - A method of real-time estimation of target rotation and translation for 6 degrees of freedom using a single planar 2-dimensional imager and an algorithm, such as the iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm, that includes creating pairing, using a nearest neighbor algorithm, between a set of target points of at least three fiducial markers and a set of source points of the markers using K nearest neighbors, iteratively executing estimation of a rotation parameter R and a translation parameter T of the markers using a cost function such as root mean square error, terminating the estimation of R and T if the change in a mean distance between the set of target points of the markers and the set of source points of the markers is below a threshold or at a maximum iteration number, transforming the set of target points of the markers using estimated parameters, and re-associating a new set of the target points of the markers. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241498 | X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING FLAT PANEL TYPE X-RAY GENERATOR, X-RAY GENERATOR, AND ELECTRON EMISSION DEVICE - An X-ray imaging system includes an X-ray generator including a plurality of X-ray generation units, where the plurality of X-ray generation units is two-dimensionally arranged, and operates independently of each other; and an X-ray detector spaced apart from the X-ray generator, where the X-ray detector includes a plurality of X-ray detection units corresponding to the plurality of X-ray generation units, where a space is defined between the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241499 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A radiation imaging apparatus includes a radiation generation unit configured to generate radiation and a plurality of detection units each configured to detect the radiation irradiated from the radiation generation unit, and acquires an image based on the radiation detected by one of the plurality of detection units. The radiation imaging apparatus accepts a radiation irradiation instruction, and adjusts a time of generating radiation by the radiation generation unit so that a length of a time period from when the irradiation instruction is accepted until radiation irradiation is performed becomes constant, based on time duration, each of the plurality of detection units, from when the irradiation instruction is accepted until the detection unit enters a radiation detectable state. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241500 | RADIATION BLOCKING UNIT, RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING APPARATUS, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING METHOD - The present invention provides a radiation blocking unit including: an attachment member that is attachable between sources and an object table surface to which radiation from a radiation source and visible light from a visible light source are emitted, the sources including the radiation source and the visible light source; a radiation blocking portion, disposed on the attachment member, that transmits the illuminated visible light to an overlapping incidence region on the object table surface in which an incidence region of the radiation and an incidence region of the visible light overlap, and that blocks the irradiated radiation outside the overlapping incidence region; and a visible light blocking portion, disposed on the attachment member, that transmits the irradiated radiation to the overlapping incidence region, and blocks the illuminated visible light outside the overlapping incidence region. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241501 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A radiation imaging apparatus includes a pixel array having pixels, a bias line applying a bias potential to converters of the pixels, a detection circuit which detects a current flowing to the bias line, and a control unit which detects a start of radiation irradiation to the pixel array based on an output from the detection circuit and controls a charge accumulation operation of the pixels in accordance with the detection. The detection circuit includes a differential amplifier circuit and a feedback path, and applies a potential corresponding to a reference bias potential to the bias line. The differential amplifier circuit includes a first input terminal receiving the reference bias potential, a second input terminal connected to the bias line, and an output terminal, and the feedback path connects the output terminal and the second input terminal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241502 | RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE, RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE-CAPTURING SYSTEM, RADIOLOGICAL IMAGE-CAPTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A radiological image-capturing device includes: a first read control section that executes a first read mode in which electric signals stored in a plurality of pixels are read out simultaneously in units of a plurality of rows; and an emission-start determining section that determines that the emission of radiation from a radiation source onto an image-capturing panel has started when the values of the electric signals read by the first read control section have become greater than an arbitrarily settable threshold. If it is determined by the emission-start determining section that the emission of the radiation has started, the first read control section terminates the reading of the electric signals, and thereby brings the image-capturing panel into an exposure state. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241503 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEM - Disclosed is a radiographic imaging system which is provided with: a plurality of radiographing chambers equipped with a registration device; a console; and a management device for associating and managing the identification information of a portable radiographic imaging device with the identification information of the radiographing chambers. When the identification information of the portable radiographic imaging device is notified by the registration device of a radiographing chamber, the console displays an icon corresponding to the imaging device on a selection screen. When the identification information of the portable radiographic imaging device, as notified by the registration device, is associated with the identification information of another radiographing chamber, the management device discards the association and deletes the icon corresponding to the portable radiographic imaging device from the selection screen of the console, which is associated with said other radiographing chamber. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241504 | Apparatus, Systems and Methods for Producing X-ray Images - A mobile X-ray apparatus for medical examination includes an apparatus for producing X-ray images having a digital Radiography detector positioned at a first spatial position, an X-ray tube assembly positionable at a second spatial position relative to the first spatial position, sensor(s) for providing the first spatial position and/or the second spatial position, a control unit for receiving the first and/or the second spatial position(s) from the at least one sensor and for controlling the first or second spatial position for alignment of the X-ray tube assembly with the detector based on the first and second spatial positions, a drive wheel, a base, optionally an elevating column, and a telescopic arm which is rotatable into a direction perpendicular to a driving direction of the base. The apparatus is controllable to drive along a patient table and/or the X-ray tube assembly is height adjustable in front of a wall stand, for alignment. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241505 | Compton Coincident Volumetric Imaging - A volumetric imaging device for constructing a three dimensional image includes a source, and absorbing detector, and an image constructor. The source includes a photon source, and a scatter detector arranged between the object and the photon source. The photon source emits photons towards the scatter detector. The scatter detector scatters at least some of the photons and detects the scattered photons. The object scatters at least some of the photons that were first scattered by the scatter detector. The absorbing detector is arranged to detect scattered photons from the object. The image constructor constructs the three dimensional image based on the scattered photons. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241506 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A radiation imaging apparatus includes a pixel array having pixels including conversion elements and switching elements, a bias line for supplying a bias potential to the conversion elements; driving lines for supplying a signal to control the switching elements, a driving unit for performing an initialization operation of supplying a driving signal to each driving line group, switching each driving signal from an OFF voltage to an ON voltage, and then returning the driving signal to the OFF voltage; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of times in each driving cycle a signal value representing a current flowing through the bias line; a calculation unit configured to calculate radiation information based on the signal values; and a determination unit configured to determine whether irradiation of the pixel array with radiation is present based on the radiation information. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241507 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY SUPPLY SYSTEM - An electrical energy supply system ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241508 | RADIATION IRRADIATION DEVICE, RADIATION IRRADIATION METHOD AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - A radiation irradiation device is provided that includes: a metal target that emits bremsstrahlung X-rays as a radiation beam due to irradiation with an electron beam; a radiation shielding member that includes a slit-shaped radiation passage portion and that is disposed downstream of the metal target in the radiation beam emission direction and is disposed such that a portion of the radiation beam passes through the radiation passage portion and the radiation beam incident to regions other than the radiation passage portion is blocked; and an electron beam generating device that irradiates, onto the metal target, an electron beam such that a diameter at a generation point of the emitted radiation beam is smaller than a length of an entry portion of the radiation passage portion along a length direction of the entry portion. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241509 | MESOPOROUS STRUCTURED MATERIAL, X-RAY WAVEGUIDE, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING MESOPOROUS STRUCTURED MATERIAL - The invention provides a mesoporous structured material having a stacked structure, including a mesoporous structured material and a planarization layer existing on a surface of the mesoporous structured material.
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20140241510 | REMOTE CONTROLLER, REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND X-RAY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A remote controller, a remote control system and an X-ray system including the same. The remote control system includes a remote controller and a processing unit located in a controlled system controlled by the remote controller. The remote controller includes at least one key for a user to select a controlled object to be controlled via the remote controller, a sensing unit for sensing an orientation of the remote controller; and a wireless transmitter for transmitting to the controlled system which of the at least one key is selected by the user and orientation information of the remote controller sensed by the sensing unit. The processing unit generates a control command for the controlled system in accordance with information about the user's key selection and orientation information of the remote controller to control movement of a controlled object corresponding to the selected key in accordance with the remote control's orientation. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241511 | METHOD AND PROJECTION DEVICE TO MARK A SURFACE OF A 3D EXAMINATION SUBJECT - In a method and projection device to mark a surface of a three-dimensional examination subject, relief data (RD) of the surface are acquired and are used to establish a measurement information marking. A reference position value is determined, which represents a position of a radiation device of the projection device relative to the surface. A calculation of pre-distortion of the established measurement information is calculated in a processor marking depending on the relief data and the reference position value. A visually perceptible pre-distorted measurement information marking is radiated from the radiation device in the direction of the surface. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241512 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SUPPORT USING ANALOG TTY DEVICES WITH VOICE-ONLY PC SOFT CLIENTS - Methods and systems for allowing analog TTY devices to be operated in conjunction with voice-only soft client applications are provided. Supported communication styles include a text-only TTY mode, a mode in which the user of the soft client receives text and responds by voice, a mode in which the user receives voice and responds with text, and a voice-only mode. Mode selection may be manual or automatic. Communication between the TTY device and far-end user may be via a direct connection between the TTY and the associated PBX, or via a connection between the TTY and the PC that is hosting the soft phone application. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241513 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Enhanced Communications - Call service centers typically require a user to confirm its identity by manually entering identification. An embodiment of the present invention uses a client device's identification to identify a user securely without requiring a user to enter identification manually. The client device's automatic numbering identification (ANI) number is an example of identification of the user, and the client device's media access control address is an example of information used, as an encryption key, to verify that the ANI number is not spoofed. In one embodiment, the client device provides the ANI number to a data server prior to a call, and the data server provides information to enable enhancement of the call either by sending the information to the call center directly or via the client device. Benefits of embodiments of the present invention include a reduced load on call service centers, reduced call time, and increased user satisfaction. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241514 | PERFORMING ACTIONS FOR USERS BASED ON SPOKEN INFORMATION - Techniques are described for performing actions for users based at least in part on spoken information, such as spoken voice-based information received from the users during telephone calls. The described techniques include categorizing spoken information obtained from a user in one or more ways, and performing actions on behalf of the user related to the categorized information. For example, in some situations, spoken information obtained from a user is analyzed to identify one or more spoken information items (e.g., words, phrases, sentences, etc.) supplied by the user, and to generate corresponding textual representations (e.g., via automated speech-to-text techniques). One or more actions may then be taken regarding the identified information items, including to categorize the items by adding textual representations of the spoken information items to one or more of multiple predefined lists or other collections of information that are specific to or otherwise available to the user. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241515 | Location Aware Conferencing System And Method - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first request to join a conference from a first user device. The location of the first user device is determined. Based on the location of the first user device, the proximity of the first user device relative to endpoints configured to facilitate the conference is identified. A first one of the endpoints that is more proximate to the first user device than other endpoints is selected for handling the conferences. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241516 | DUAL-CHANNEL ANALOG DOOR ENTRY SYSTEM AND A METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a dual-channel analog door entry system and a method thereof. The dual-channel analog door entry system comprises two cables connected between the building gateway and the floor distributors, configured to transmit audio and/or video signals between the outdoor stations and indoor phones; the building gateway, configured to receive a call request from at least one of the outdoor stations, identify and assign an available cable as an intercom channel, send the call request to each of the floor distributors via the intercom channel, and switch the audio and/or video signals from the outdoor station to the available cable; at least one of floor distributors, configured to receive and forward the call request to a desired indoor phone, receive a call response from the desired indoor phone if the desired indoor phone is available, and switch the audio and/or video signals from the available cable to the desired indoor phone. The solutions of the present invention achieves great improvement on line busy probability for large buildings and communities; and the solution is smart and simple to implement with low additional cost for reconstruction. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241517 | Dynamically Overriding Alert Suppressions Based on Prior Actions - A suppression override engine on a user device may be configured to detect communication alert suppressions. An incoming communication from a third party may be detected. Upon detecting the communication, the suppression override engine can override the communication alert suppression if it determines that the incoming communication is responsive to a prior communication from the user device. By overriding the alert suppression the user is then alerted to the incoming communication. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241518 | PORTABLE CONTINUITY OBJECT - A method for providing continuity over a series of transactions is provided, comprising the steps of (a) creating a Portable Continuity Object (PCO) as a defined digital package by an instance of PCO software executing on a computerized appliance also capable of communication transaction; (b) providing identity of a person, an address of a communication device and a continuity context in the PCO; (c) sharing the PCO in related transactions, with the PCO updated with information concerning individual transactions by digital equipment enhanced with an instance of PCO software; and (d) providing context continuity in succeeding transactions by accessing the PCO by one or both parties to a transaction. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241519 | Identification of Non-Compliant Interactions - A method of evaluating scripts in an interpersonal communication includes monitoring a customer service interaction. At least one portion of a script is identified. At least one script requirement is determined. A determination is made whether the at least one portion of the script meets the at least one script requirement. An alert is generated indicative of a non-compliant script. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241520 | DYNAMIC CONNECTION DISTRIBUTOR - A dynamic call connection distributor and a related method, the distributor including an agent pool, having information of call agents, the agent pool is at least partly configurable by a plurality of individual call agents, a recipient dialer, including circuitry for dialing at least one number of predefined potential recipients for establishment of a recipient connection, an agent dialer including circuitry for establishing an agent connection from the dynamic connection distributor to a call agent, and a call linker, having circuitry for linking the agent connection with the recipient call. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241521 | TELEPHONE INTERFACE - An apparatus ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241522 | ENCRYPTED DATA PROCESSING - The technology includes processes, computer program products, and systems for encrypted data processing. In a system of the technology, an arithmetic logic unit is arranged to receive encrypted data presented at said inputs, generate encrypted data based upon data presented at said inputs and provide said generated encrypted data to said output. The arithmetic logic unit performs operations on encrypted data and the processor does not require encryption or decryption to be carried out within it. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241523 | Installable Secret Functions for a Peripheral - There is provided a pluggable secure device identity module (SDIM) attached to a peripheral where the SDIM includes one or more secret functions provided by a third party that are used by the peripheral to provide additional security features or functions that can only be authenticated by the third party. The peripheral is attached to a computer and a secure provisioning manifest is used to authenticate and communicate with the peripheral. The computer includes a processor that executes an operating system and transaction software. A secure I/O module, that has a processor and software that is separate and isolated from the processing environment of the computer, uses the secure provisioning manifest to authenticate the peripheral and then to establish a secure encrypted session for communicating with the peripheral. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241524 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PERMITTING OPEN ACCESS TO DATA OBJECTS AND FOR SECURING DATA WITHIN THE DATA OBJECTS - A system and methods for permitting open access to data objects and for securing data within the data objects is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for securing a data object is disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for securing a data object is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (1) providing a data object comprising digital data and file format information; (2) embedding independent data into a data object; and (3) scrambling the data object to degrade the data object to a predetermined signal quality level. The steps of embedding and scrambling may be performed until a predetermined condition is met. The method may also include the steps of descrambling the data object to upgrade the data object to a predetermined signal quality level, and decoding the embedded independent data. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241525 | RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR BASED WIRELESS TRANSMISSION ENCODING CONTROL METHODOLOGY - The present invention relates to an algorithm methodology control means for creating esoteric unique encrypted key coding generation, by a random number generator means, for wireless transmitter and receiver communications pairing and identification. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241526 | DATA SAMPLING AND DATA ENCRYPTION/DECRYPTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE UTILIZING THE METHODS - In one embodiment of the present invention, a signal sampling method is provided. It comprises: (a) sampling an input signal with respect to a sampling clock signal; (b) calculating a maximum transition timing and a minimum transition timing of the input signal according to a relation between the sampling in step (a) and a reference timing clock; (c) defining a voltage level transition interval according to the maximum transition timing and the minimum transition timing; and (d) determining phase of the sampling clock signal or phase of the input signal according to the voltage level transition interval. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241527 | DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATION METHOD THEREFOR - According to one embodiment, an authentication method includes generating, by the memory, first authentication information by calculating secret identification information with a memory session key in one-way function operation, transmitting encrypted secret identification information, a family key block, and the first authentication information to a host, and generating, by the host, second authentication information by calculating the secret identification information generated by decrypting the encrypted secret identification information with the host session key in one-way function operation. The method further includes comparing, by the host, the first authentication information with the second authentication information. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241528 | Sound Field Analysis System - In one embodiment, a sound field is mapped by extracting spatial angle information, diffusivity information, and optionally, sound level information. The extracted information is mapped for representation in the form of a Riemann sphere, wherein spatial angle varies longitudinally, diffusivity varies latitudinally, and level varies radially along the sphere. A more generalized mapping employs mapping the spatial angle and diffusivity information onto a representative region exhibiting variations in direction of arrival that correspond to the extracted spatial information and variations in distance that correspond to the extracted diffusivity information. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241529 | OBTAINING A SPATIAL AUDIO SIGNAL BASED ON MICROPHONE DISTANCES AND TIME DELAYS - Examples disclose a method to receive a first audio signal at a first microphone positioned at an actual distance from a second microphone. Additionally, the examples disclose the method is further to receive a second audio signal at the second microphone, the second audio signal is associated with an actual time delay relative to the first audio signal. Also, the examples disclose the method is also to determine a virtual time delay corresponding to a virtual distance that is different from the actual distance and to obtain a spatial audio signal based the distances and the time delays. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241530 | CONDENSER STEREOMICROPHONE - A condenser stereomicrophone includes a mid condenser microphone unit that is connected to left and right side condenser microphone units such that the output from the mid condenser microphone unit is applied to the left and right side condenser microphone units. The left and right side condenser microphone units are connected to left and right-channel connector terminals, respectively; and the left and right-channel connector terminals are connected to the mid condenser microphone unit via corresponding power-supply resistors. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241531 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUDIO DIFFERENCE DETECTION - Systems and methods for audio difference detection are described. One embodiment includes a memory component that stores logic that, when executed by a processor, causes a vehicle amplifier to receive a test input signal for a generic test sequence to determine a standard input signal for producing a desired output response signal, store the standard input signal with standard amplifier settings associated with the standard input signal, and receive an audio signal from a head unit of the vehicle, where the head unit is part of the vehicle audio system for the vehicle in which the vehicle amplifier is utilized. In some embodiments, the logic causes the vehicle amplifier to determine whether there is a difference between the audio signal and the standard input signal and in response to determining there is a difference, and adjust vehicle amplifier settings of the vehicle amplifier, such that vehicle speakers output the desired output response signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241532 | SOUND SOURCE DETECTING SYSTEM AND SOUND SOURCE DETECTING METHOD - A sound source detecting system that detects a predetermined sound source on the basis of sounds collected by sound collectors includes: a noise extracting unit that extracts a noise from signals of the collected sounds; and a noise suppressing unit that suppresses a signal component of the noise extracted by the noise extracting unit from the signals of the collected sounds. The sound source detecting unit detects a location of the predetermined sound source, such as an approaching vehicle, using information about the sounds having the signals of which the noise is suppressed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241533 | Smart Notification Appliances - Smart notification appliances used in a mass notification system (MNS) have integrated software and distributed hardware for real time information to in-building, immediate vicinity and distributed recipients during emergency situations. Programmable control configurations in the smart notification appliances provide flexible installations. A distributed architecture system provides distributed intelligence in the smart notification appliances for maximum survivability and robust operation of the MNS. Audio messages are stored in each smart notification appliance with a one-to-one relationship to a speaker circuit. This configuration provides any circuit with either a live page or a plurality of preconfigured messages, in effect a multi-channel system limited only by the number of stored messages and controllable by software. Similarly, programmable light strobe intensity, flash rate and color may be controlled through the smart notification appliances. Both light intensity and sound loudness may also be adjusted based upon ambient light and background noise conditions. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241534 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING DISPLAY OUTPUT BASED ON SEAT POSITION - Systems and methods for altering display output based on seat position are described. One embodiment of a method includes receiving desired frequency response data for a plurality of different audio outputs and a nominal seat position, determining a current seat position of a seat in the vehicle, and implementing a test sequence based on the seat position. Some embodiments include determining from the test sequence received frequency response data for the amplifier to utilize for the seat position, comparing the received frequency response data and the desired frequency response data, and in response to determining that the desired frequency response data does not substantially match the received frequency response data, altering settings on the amplifier such that the received frequency response data substantially matches the desired frequency response data. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241535 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING INSERTION OR REMOVAL OF AN AUDIO ACCESSORY FROM AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one aspect, an electronic device for detecting an audio accessory. The electronic device includes an audio jack having at least two detection terminals. The detection terminals are spaced apart and positioned within a socket of the audio jack so when an audio plug of the accessory is inserted into the socket of the audio jack, the detection terminals will be shorted. The presence of a short between the detection terminals is indicative that the audio accessory is present. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241536 | METHOD AND DETECTOR OF LOUDSPEAKER DIAPHRAGM EXCURSION - The present invention relates in one aspect to a method of detecting diaphragm excursion of an electrodynamic loudspeaker. The method comprises steps of generating an audio signal for application to a voice coil of the electrodynamic loudspeaker and adding a high-frequency probe signal to the audio signal to generate a composite drive signal. The method further comprises a step of applying the composite drive signal to the voice coil through an output amplifier and detecting a modulation level of a probe signal current flowing through the voice coil. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241537 | Hearing device adjustment based on categorical perception - Hearing device configuration and hearing treatment using categorical perception; systems and methods for categorical perception based configuration of hearing devices and hearing treatment. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241538 | METHOD OF RETRIEVING PROCESSING PROPERTIES AND AUDIO PROCESSING SYSTEM - Techniques for storing and retrieving processing properties for processing an audio signal in an audio processing system, such as, an audio mixing console are provided. The processing properties specify audio effects and/or audio mixing applied to the audio signal. Type information is established which relates to audio content properties of the audio signal. The type information allows classifying audio signals based on their audio content. Based on the type information, processing parameters are stored in a database and/or retrieved from the database. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241539 | NOISE REMOVAL SYSTEM - A system for noise removal is coupled to a signal unit that provides a digital signal. The noise removal system includes a transformation module to transform the digital signal into an f-digital signal, a threshold filter to generate a noiseless signal from the f-digital signal based on a threshold profile, and a signal synthesizer to provide a gain to the noiseless signal and to transform the noiseless signal into an output signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241540 | WEARABLE AUDIO ACCESSORIES FOR COMPUTING DEVICES - Wearable audio accessories for computing devices are described. In one embodiment the wearable audio accessory provides a speech based interface between the user and a nearby computing device for the performance of user-initiated or computing device initiated microtasks. Information is provided to the user via a loudspeaker and the user can provide input via a microphone. An audio sensing channel within the accessory continuously monitors the audio signal as detected by the microphone and in various embodiments will trigger more complex audio processing based on this monitoring. A wireless communication link is provided between the accessory and the nearby computing device. To mitigate any delay caused by the switching between audio processing techniques, the audio accessory may include a rolling buffer which continuously stores the audio signal and outputs a delayed audio signal to the audio processing engines. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241541 | AUDIO SIGNAL ADAPTER DEVICE - An audio signal adapter device is provided, comprising: an input port, an output port, and a signal amplifier, in which the input port is a headphone interface, and comprises a first audio signal input pin configured to receive an audio signal sent by an audio signal sending equipment and to output the audio signal to an input end of the signal amplifier; the output port comprises an audio signal output pin; and the signal amplifier is connected with the first audio signal input pin, an output end of the signal amplifier is connected with the audio signal output pin for outputting an amplified audio signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241542 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING AUDIO SIGNAL IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for outputting an audio signal in a portable terminal are provided. The portable terminal for outputting an audio signal includes an ear jack, a modem, and an amplifier. The ear jack connects the portable terminal with one of an earphone and an external apparatus. The modem detects whether one of the earphone and the external apparatus is connected to the ear jack. When connection of the external apparatus is detected, the amplifier high power-amplifies the audio signal and outputs the same to the external apparatus according to a control of the modem. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241543 | Wireless Digital Audio Music System - A wireless digital audio system includes a portable audio source with a digital audio transmitter operatively coupled thereto and an audio receiver operatively coupled to a headphone set. The audio receiver is configured for digital wireless communication with the audio transmitter. The digital audio receiver utilizes fuzzy logic to optimize digital signal processing. Each of the digital audio transmitter and receiver is configured for code division multiple access (CDMA) communication. The wireless digital audio system allows private audio enjoyment without interference from other users of independent wireless digital transmitters and receivers sharing the same space. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241544 | AUDIO SYSTEM FOR AUDIO STREAMING AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A method for operating an audio system for transmitting wireless audio streams to a hearing system comprising a hearing device, the audio system comprising a communication unit and a radio system comprising a transmitter unit, the method includes: receiving request data comprising hearing device identification data and a request indicative of an audio track; determining radio system configuration data based on at least a part of the request data; and transmitting an audio stream by the transmitter unit according to the determined radio system configuration data, wherein the audio stream comprises audio stream data and audio identification data for allowing the hearing system to receive the audio stream representative of the requested audio track. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241545 | AUDIO SYSTEM FOR AUDIO STREAMING AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A method for operating an audio system for transmitting wireless audio streams to a hearing system, the wireless audio streams comprising a first audio stream and a second audio stream, the audio system comprising a communication unit and a radio system comprising stationary transmitter units for transmitting at least the first audio stream with first audio identification data indicative of the first audio stream and the second audio stream with second audio identification data indicative of the second audio stream, the stationary transmitter units including a first transmitter unit and a second transmitter unit, the method includes: receiving a request indicative of an audio track; determining configuration data based on the request indicative of the audio track; and transmitting the configuration data to the hearing system for allowing the hearing system to receive one of the first and second audio streams representative of the audio track indicated in the request. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241546 | MICROPHONE SENSITIVITY DIFFERENCE CORRECTION DEVICE, METHOD, AND NOISE SUPPRESSION DEVICE - A microphone sensitivity difference correction device includes a detection section that detects a frequency domain signal expressing a stationary noise, based on frequency domain signals of input sound signals respectively input from plural microphones; a first correction section that employs the stationary noise to compute a first correction coefficient for correcting the sensitivity difference between the plural microphones by a frame unit; and a second correction section that employs the frequency domain signals that have been corrected by the first correction section to compute a second correction coefficient for correcting by frequency unit the sensitivity difference between the plural microphones for each of the frames. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241547 | SPEAKER SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - A loudspeaker system for a motor vehicle has at least one loudspeaker and a structure to which the loudspeaker is fitted. The at least one loudspeaker is fitted to the structure in such a manner that a longitudinal axis of the at least one loudspeaker extends at an angle between 0 and 45° relative to a plane in which the structure extends. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241548 | ACOUSTIC SENSOR APPARATUS AND ACOUSTIC CAMERA FOR USING MEMS MICROPHONE ARRAY - An acoustic camera for using a MEMS microphone array comprises: an acoustic sensor apparatus ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241549 | Robust Estimation of Sound Source Localization - A method for sound source localization in a digital system having at least two audio capture devices is provided that includes receiving audio signals from the two audio capture devices, computing a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for each frequency band of a plurality of frequency bands in a processing frame of the audio signals, determining a frequency band weight for each frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands based on the SNR computed for the frequency band, computing an estimated time delay of arrival (TDOA) of sound for the processing frame using the frequency band weights, and converting the estimated TDOA to an angle representing sound direction. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241550 | PEZOELECTRIC SOUND ELEMENT - A piezoelectric sound generating element capable of providing flatter and less fluctuated sound pressure frequency characteristics includes a diaphragm that is formed in a circular plate shape with a circular profile. A piezoelectric element is affixed to the side of a bottom wall portion of the diaphragm. The piezoelectric element has an asymmetric octagonal profile including a pair of long side portions opposing each other, a pair of short side portions opposing each other, and four connecting side portions. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241551 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SOUND REPRODUCTION SYSTEM - A deformable electronic device comprises a housing deformable by a user, at least one deformable speaker and a processing unit for selecting a sound reproduction method using the at least one speaker in response to deformation of the electronic device. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241552 | SOUND REPRODUCTION DEVICE - Provided is a sound reproduction device including a loudspeaker and a superdirective speaker. The loudspeaker is configured so that a sound pressure of audible sound produced therefrom decreases as the sound travels farther away from the loudspeaker. The superdirective speaker is configured so that a sound pressure of audible sound produced therefrom has a peak at a predetermined distance from the superdirective speaker, and is configured to use an ultrasonic wave as a carrier wave. The loudspeaker and the superdirective speaker are positioned such that a loudspeaker sound field of the audible sound produced from the loudspeaker and a superdirective speaker sound field of the audible sound produced from the superdirective speaker overlap with each other at a position of a listener. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241553 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HEADSET WITH SPEAKER SEAL EVALUATION CAPABILITIES - Electronic devices and accessories for electronic devices such as headsets are provided. The electronic devices may produce audio output. The headsets may include earbuds with speakers that play the audio output for a user while the earbuds are located in the user's ears. Circuitry in an electronic device and a headset may be used in evaluating how well the earbuds are sealed to the user's ears. In response to seal quality measurements, informative messages can be generated for the user, overall earbud volume may be increased, balance adjustments may be made to correct for mismatched balance between left and right earbuds, equalization settings may be adjusted, and noise cancellation circuitry settings can be changed. Electrical impedance measurements and acoustic measurements can be used in evaluating seal quality. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241554 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTINUOUS-TIME DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING AND SIGNAL REPRESENTATION - Systems, devices, and methods for continuous-time digital signal processing and signal representation are disclosed. This includes a continuous-time analog-to-digital converter that is configured to receive an analog signal and convert it to a continuous-time digital signal without using a clock or any type of sampling. This A/D conversion can include a per-level representation and a per-edge representation of the analog signal to produce a digital signal. The digital signal can then be processed in a continuous-time signal processor. The continuous time signal representation and processing can have benefits such a providing filters in high frequency applications where sampling is not practical. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241555 | Wirelessly Charged Electronic Device With Shared Inductor Circuitry - An electronic device may contain an input-output device such as a speaker, vibrator, or near field communications antenna. The input-output device may include an inductor. The inductor in the input-output device may be shared by wireless charging circuitry in the electronic device so that wireless charging signals can be converted into power to charge a battery in the electronic device. A separate inductor may also be provided within an input-output device to support wireless charging. A drive circuit may supply drive signals to the input-output device such as audio signals, vibrator control signals, or near field communications output signals for external near field communications equipment. An input amplifier that is coupled across the inductor in the input-output device may be used in receiving near field communications signals. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241556 | AUTOMATIC FSK TUNING CIRCUIT FOR A HEARING AID AND METHOD - An FSK transceiver for use in a hearing aid has means for automatic tuning of the transceiver frequency. The automatic tuning means comprises a phase difference detector and a tuning manager adapted to control the frequency of a resonant circuit of the FSK transceiver according to information received from the phase difference detector. The phase difference detector measures the phase difference across a component of the resonant circuit of the FSK transceiver. If the phase difference of a binary FSK symbol is equal to the phase difference of the opposite binary FSK symbol, the resonant circuit is tuned, otherwise the tuning manager performs a tuning procedure in order to minimize the difference in phase differences, and adjusts the frequency of the resonant circuit accordingly. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241557 | WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM FOR HEARING INSTRUMENTS - A facility is provided for the wireless resonant charging of rechargeable hearing instruments. The hearing instrument is freely positionable in a charging device for charging purposes. The charging device for the wireless charging has a transmit antenna arrangement, a transmit amplifier for actuating the transmit antenna arrangement and a charging space. The transmit antenna arrangement has two feeding points, which are spatially arranged in relation to the charging space such that a circularly polarized electromagnetic field can thus be generated in the charging space. The transmit amplifier actuates the antennas accordingly to generate a circularly polarized electromagnetic field in the charging space. In the process a coil arrangement generates a circularly polarized HF field. A good resonant coupling, even with a tilted hearing instrument, is possible, in other words with an undetermined and unpredictable orientation and position of the receive coil of the hearing instrument. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241558 | Multiple Audio Display Apparatus And Method - An apparatus including at least two speakers and at least one controller. Each speaker includes at least one vibrating element, and one or more display elements. The vibrating elements are configured to at least partially move the one or more display elements to generate sound waves from the one or more display elements. The at least one controller is connected to the vibrating elements of the at least two speakers and the one or more display elements. The at least one controller is configured to control display of at least one image on the one or more display elements, and/or control driving of the vibrating elements to generate sounds from at least one of the at least two speakers. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241559 | MICROPHONE ASSEMBLY - A mobile microphone assembly ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140241560 | HEADSET - A headset includes an enclosure holding a speaker and a microphone. The enclosure includes: a main body portion which holds the speaker and in which an earphone portion attached to an ear is provided; a microphone holding portion which holds the microphone; and a coupling portion which couples the main body portion to the microphone holding portion. When a side where the earphone portion is provided is a front surface side of the enclosure, in a side surface portion of the microphone holding portion, a sound hole communicating with the microphone is formed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241561 | HEADPHONES - The invention pertains to headphones that can be folded into a compact size and carried around while they are out of use. To improve operability in collapsing and expanding operations, headphone units are attached to joint portions on respective ends of a headphone band that are movable via vertical movement mechanisms. The vertical movement mechanisms include a pair of suspending members provided on both sides of respective joint portions that are slidable in opposing directions, a holding means arranged between the suspending members, and a pair of rotating members. One end portion of the rotating members is attached to the holding means, which are rotatable via synchronous rotation means. One end portion of the respective rotating members rotatably attaches to a corresponding suspending member, so the holding means is movable in a vertical direction with respect to the suspending members via the rotating members. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241562 | EARPHONES - A headphone includes an acoustic transducer having a sound-radiating surface that moves along a first axis, a housing enclosing the acoustic transducer, a first acoustic chamber defined by a first side of the acoustic transducer and a first portion of the housing, the first acoustic chamber including a first reactive port in a serial configuration with an acoustic resistance to couple the first acoustic chamber with space outside the headphone, a second acoustic chamber defined by a second side of the acoustic transducer and a second portion of the housing, the second acoustic chamber separated from the first acoustic chamber by the acoustic transducer, and an opening coupling the second acoustic chamber to the wearer's ear canal along a second axis that is not parallel to the first axis. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241563 | EARPIECE PASSIVE NOISE ATTENUATING - An earpiece with structure for positioning and retaining the earpiece and with structure for sealing against the entrance to the ear canal to provide passive noise attenuation. The positioning and retaining structure engages features of the lateral surface of the ear. The structure for sealing against the entrance to the ear canal includes a conical structure. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241564 | SECURING STRUCTURE OF SOUND OUTPUT MECHANISM AND SOUND PROCESSING MEANS OF MOBILE DEVICE CAPABLE OF OUTPUTTING VISUAL AND SOUND SIGNALS - A sound output mechanism of a mobile device capable of outputting visual and sound signals, for example, a smart phone, tablet PC, MP4 (including MP3) has an image output unit and a sound processing unit. The image output unit of the mobile device is arranged on the entire surface of a main body and the sound processing unit for outputting vibration power and sound is firmly secured at the inside thereof without increasing the volume or the area thereof. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241565 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR NARROW-TYPE DIAPHRAGM AND THIN-TYPE DIAPHRAGM, SPEAKER-USE DIAPHRAGM MANUFACTURED USING SAME MANUFACTURING METHOD, SPEAKER, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOVABLE DEVICE - After beaten, pulp is mixed with a filler to obtain a mixture of the pulp and the filler. Additives are added to the mixture, which is made into pater and then hot-pressed. The filler content of the mixture is in the range of 20 wt % to 80 wt %. After the additives are added, a polymeric viscosity improver with high viscosity is added to produce a narrow diaphragm or a thin compact diaphragm with high aspect ratio. These diaphragms have high rigidity and a wide reproduction frequency range. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241566 | Inner Ring Magnet Type Microspeaker - An inner magnet type microspeaker including a suspension is provided which can maximize the size of a magnet. The inner magnet type microspeaker includes: a frame; a yoke installed inside of the frame and including a bottom surface and sidewalls bent upward from the bottom surface; a magnet bonded to an inside of the yoke; a voice coil located in a gap portion between the sidewalls of the yoke and the magnet; a diaphragm that vibrates by the voice coil; and a suspension where the voice coil is attached, and which guides vibrations of the diaphragm and the voice coil and includes a ring-shaped inner peripheral portion and an outer peripheral portion that surrounds the inner peripheral portion, spaced a predetermined distance apart from the inner peripheral portion, with one end and the other end being connected to the inner peripheral portion. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241567 | AUDIO SPEAKER WITH SANDWICH-STRUCTURED COMPOSITE DIAPHRAGM - A diaphragm for an audio speaker includes an outer shell and an inner shell. Each shell has a face portion and an edge portion that is formed to be substantially perpendicular to the face portion. The inner shell is inserted into the outer shell such that at least a part of the edge portion of each shell is in contact with at least a part of the edge portion of the other shell and a space is formed between the face portions of each shell. A cellular core fills the space formed between the face portions of each shell and is bonded to the face portion of each shell. The outer and inner shells may have identical sizes and shapes such that there is an interference fit between the contacting edge portions. A voice coil may be supported by the edge portions. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241568 | DIGITAL WATERMARK EMBEDDING METHOD AND DIGITAL WATERMARK DETECTION METHOD - A digital watermark embedding system generates a watermarked image by providing one or more specific regions in an image, each specific region including two or more base regions symmetric with respect to the centroid, and by embedding a watermark in the image while avoiding the specific region. Further, a digital watermark detecting system detects a watermark in a region other than the specific region, by detecting the shape of the specific region in which no watermark is embedded, calculating the centroid position of the specific region as a centroid, and correcting geometric transformation of the image based on the location in the image that corresponds to one or more calculated centroids. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241569 | AUTOMATIC EXAMINATION OF VALUE LABELS - The invention relates to a method for the automatic verification of the authenticity of a postage indicium that has a value indication and that has a luminescent area, whereby the postage indicium has been applied onto the surface of a mailpiece, and whereby the surface of the mailpiece is illuminated with light having wavelengths from a spectral region, then a first image of the surface of the mailpiece is taken with a camera system and this first image is evaluated regarding the place of the postage indicia applied onto the surface of the mailpiece, subsequently the postage indicium is irradiated with light having wavelengths from a second spectral region, whereby this light is capable of exciting the luminescence of the luminescent printing ink. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241570 | USING A COMBINATION OF 2D AND 3D IMAGE DATA TO DETERMINE HAND FEATURES INFORMATION - A method of determining hand features information using both two dimensional (2D) image data and three dimensional (3D) image data is described. In one implementation, a method includes: receiving a 2D image frame; receiving 3D image data corresponding to the 2D image frame; using the 3D image data corresponding to the 2D image frame, transforming the 2D image frame; and using the 3D image data corresponding to the 2D image frame, scaling the 2D image frame, where the transforming and scaling results in a normalized 2D image frame, where the normalized 2D image frame is a scaled and transformed version of the 2D image frame, and where the scaling and transforming is performed using a computer. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241571 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTAMINATION MONITORING - A system for contamination monitoring includes a tracking component, a material identification component, a procedural component, and a notification component. The tracking component tracks an individual and one or more objects in a work area using a three-dimensional tracking system. The material identification component identifies a material of the one or more objects based on a captured image. The procedural component determines that an object of the one or more objects is contaminated based on tracked locations of the one or more objects and the individual. The notification component provides a notification of the contamination. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241572 | Identification of Aircraft Surface Positions Using Camera Images - A method and apparatus for identifying a position of a surface on an aircraft. Image data for an image of the surface on the aircraft is received. The image data is processed to determine whether the position of the surface on the aircraft is a desired position. A surface position identification report comprising information identifying whether the position of the surface on the aircraft is the desired position is generated. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241573 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF TRACKING TARGET AREA IN A VIDEO CLIP - A system for and a method of tracking a target area in a video clip. In an embodiment, a video clip comprising a sequence of frames is obtained. The video clip includes a frame having an identified target area. A plane is identified in three-dimensional space for the target area, the target area being defined by a set a points on the plane. A position of the target area is estimated in a next frame of the video clip. A transformation matrix is generated from the position of the target area in the next frame. The transformation matrix is applied to the target area to determine its position in the next frame of the video clip. Data representing the position of the target area is stored a data storage device. The target area can be tracked for each frame of the video clip in which at least a portion of the target area appears. Image data can be inserted into the tracked target area of each frame of the video clip. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241574 | TRACKING AND RECOGNITION OF FACES USING SELECTED REGION CLASSIFICATION - Methods, apparatuses, and articles associated with facial tracking and recognition are disclosed. In embodiments, facial images may be detected in video or still images and tracked. After normalization of the facial images, feature data may be extracted from selected regions of the faces to compare to associated feature data in known faces. The selected regions may be determined using a boosting machine learning processes over a set of known images. After extraction, individual two-class comparisons may be performed between corresponding feature data from regions on the tested facial images and from the known facial image. The individual two-class classifications may then be combined to determine a similarity score for the tested face and the known face. If the similarity score exceeds a threshold, an identification of the known face may be output or otherwise used. Additionally, tracking with voting may be performed on faces detected in video. After a threshold of votes is reached, a given tracked face may be associated with a known face. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241575 | Wearable display-based remote collaboration apparatus and method - Disclosed herein are a wearable display-based remote collaboration apparatus and method. The wearable display-based remote collaboration apparatus includes an image acquisition unit, a recognition unit, an image processing unit, and a visualization unit. The image acquisition unit obtains image information associated with the present point of time of a worker. The recognition unit recognizes the location and motion of the worker based on the obtained image information. The image processing unit matches a virtual object, corresponding to an object of work included in the obtained image information, with the image information, and matches a motion of the object of work, matched with the image information, with the image information based on manipulation information. The visualization unit visualizes the image information processed by the image processing unit, and outputs the visualized image information. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241576 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CAMERA TRACKING - A camera tracking apparatus including a sequence image input unit configured to obtain one or more image frames by decoding an input two-dimensional image, a two-dimensional feature point tracking unit configured to obtain a feature point track by extracting feature points from respective image frames obtained by the sequence image input unit, and comparing the extracted feature points with feature points extracted from a previous image frame, to connect feature points determined to be similar, and a three-dimensional reconstruction unit configured to reconstruct the feature point track obtained by the two-dimensional feature point tracking unit. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241577 | METHOD OF TRACKING MOVING OBJECT, METHOD OF DETERMINING DISPLAY STATE OF MOVING OBJECT, AND CONTROL APPARATUS FOR TRACKING MOVING OBJECT - A method of tracking a moving object includes measuring displacement of an object to be tracked, obtaining a particle of the object to be tracked using the measured displacement, and tracking the object using pose information of the object in an image thereof and the obtained particle. A control apparatus includes an imaging module to perform imaging of an object and generates an image, and a tracking unit to acquire displacement and pose information of the object using the generated image of the object, to set a particle of the object using the acquired displacement of the object, and to track the object using the pose information of the object and the particle. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241578 | VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE DISTANCE CALCULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The distance to a target vehicle is calculated. To achieve this, a target vehicle traveling ahead is imaged and it is determined to what vehicle group, such as a light-duty vehicle group, standard passenger car group or heavy-duty vehicle group, the image of the target vehicle belongs. Representative vehicle widths are stored in a vehicle group table on a per-vehicle-group basis. The distance from one's own vehicle to a target vehicle is calculated using the vehicle width that corresponds to the vehicle group decided. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241579 | VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE DISTANCE CALCULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The distance to a target vehicle is calculated comparatively accurately. To achieve this, a target vehicle traveling ahead of one's own vehicle is imaged by a camera and it is determined to what vehicle group, such as a light-duty vehicle group, standard passenger car group or heavy-duty vehicle group, the image of the target vehicle belongs. A first distance from one's own vehicle to the target vehicle is calculated by a circuit using the representative vehicle width of the vehicle group decided. A vanishing point is detected from the captured image by a vanishing point detection circuit and a second distance from one's own vehicle to the target vehicle is calculated utilizing the vanishing point. The distance to the target vehicle is decided from the first and second distances by a distance decision circuit, wherein the shorter the distance to the vanishing point, the more the value of a weighting coefficient of the second distance is reduced. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241580 | OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS - An object detection apparatus mounted in a vehicle for detecting a target object in various changing environmental conditions. In the apparatus, a storage prestores plural image recognition dictionaries each describing reference data for the target object, and plural image recognition techniques each used to detect the target object from an input image with use of one of the plural image recognition dictionaries. A first acquirer acquires an operating state of a lighting device of the vehicle. A selector selects, according to the acquired operating state of the lighting device, one of the plural of image recognition dictionaries and one of the plural of image recognition techniques. A detector detects the target object in the input image by applying image recognition processing thereto with use of the selected image recognition dictionary and technique. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241581 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY COUNTING PHYSICAL OBJECTS - A periphery band is around an excluded region. For automatically counting physical objects within the periphery band and the excluded region, an imaging sensor captures: a first image of the periphery band and the excluded region; and a second image of the periphery band and the excluded region. In response to the first image, a first number is counted of physical objects within the periphery band and the excluded region. Relevant motion is automatically detected within the periphery band, while ignoring motion within the excluded region. In response to the second image, a second number is counted of physical objects within the periphery band and the excluded region. In response to determining that a discrepancy exists between the detected relevant motion and the second number, the discrepancy is handled. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241582 | DIGITAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF OBJECT OCCLUSION IN AN IMAGE SEQUENCE - A method and system for occlusion region detection and measurement between a pair of images are disclosed. A processing device receives a first image and a second image. The processing device estimates a field of motion vectors between the first image and the second image. The processing device motion compensates the first image toward the second image to obtain a motion-compensated image. The processing device compares a plurality of pixel values of the motion-compensated image to a plurality of pixels of the first image to estimate an error field. The processing device inputs the error field to a weighted error cost function to obtain an initial occlusion map. The processing device regularizes the initial occlusion map to obtain a regularized occlusion map. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241583 | SECURE SELF-CHECKOUT - Various embodiments allow scanning by a shopper using a barcode reader (e.g., a scanner) attached to or positioned near the shopping receptacle. As items are scanned, they are identified based on their barcode and added to an item list. Item verification can then performed at checkout using imaging technology. For example, the shopping cart or shopping basket can be brought into the field of view of a computer-connected camera. The camera and computer can, working from the customer's item list developed when the items are scanned, observe each product in the receptacle and ring it up. If all products can be accounted for, the customer is free to leave; otherwise the customer is denied egress, informed of the problem, etc. A store employee can also be signaled to investigate. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241584 | Method and Apparatus for Estimating the Distance from Trailer Axle to Tongue - A system includes a processor configured to receive a trailer image. The processor is also configured to identify an axle in the trailer image and identify a tongue-end in the trailer image. Further, the processor is configured to receive a tire image, including a wheel diameter provided on a tire. The processor is additionally configured to retrieve the wheel diameter from the tire image. The processor is also configured to identify a wheel, having an indentified diameter corresponding to the wheel diameter, in the first image. Additionally, the processor is configured to calculate a distance from the axle to the tongue-end using the identified diameter. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241585 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM AN OBJECT ATTACHED TO A VEHICLE - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for obtaining information from objects attached to a vehicle. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for receiving one or more camera images from a front-facing camera attached to a vehicle; locating, from the one or more camera images, one or more region of interest (ROI) images; processing the one or more ROI images; outputting the one or more processed ROI images to a display within the vehicle; receiving radio frequency identification (RFID) information from a RFID reader attached to a front portion of the vehicle; and outputting one or more commands based at least in part on one or more of the RFID information or the processing of the one or more ROI images. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241586 | INFORMATION RETAINING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A prepaid card | 2014-08-28 |
20140241587 | APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING OF VEHICLE MOVEMENT USING STEREO MATCHING - An apparatus for estimating movement of a vehicle using stereo image matching is provided, which divides the stereo image information into ground, background and object labels and measures information about rotation and movement of the vehicle using the label and background labels. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241588 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SUBJECTS ON THE BASIS OF VITAL SIGNS - An apparatus and a method for detecting different subjects on the basis of vital signs are disclosed. The proposed apparatus comprises an image detection unit for detecting radiation from a field of view and for providing image data from the field of view, a detection unit for defining image sections in the image data and for detecting movement pattern in the different image sections, an identification unit for identifying vital signs in the different image section on the basis of the movement pattern, and an analysis unit for analysing the image data, wherein the analysis unit is adapted to detect the different subjects in the field of view on the basis of a spatial separation of the image sections or of groups of image sections in which the vital signs are identified. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241589 | Method and apparatus for the detection of visibility impairment of a pane - A method for determining a structural image of a pane, the structural image being suitable for the detection of a visibility impairment of the pane, especially raindrops. The method includes a step of removing a background brightness from an image of the pane, on which image a surface of the pane is shown in focus and a background of the pane is shown out of focus, in order to determine a structural image of the pane. In a further step, accentuation of image structures present in the structural image is carried out in order to determine an enhanced structural image of the pane. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241590 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARTICLE SIZE DETERMINATION - A computer-implemented method of determining particle size and a computer-readable medium storing instructions to execute such a method are presented. The method entails obtaining an image of at least one particle and a calibration mark, wherein the particle and the calibration mark were captured using the same lens, correcting the image for distortion effects to generate a corrected image, wherein the same correction factor is applied to both the particle and the calibration mark, and determining a size of the particle using the corrected image. The method may be useful for obtaining the target size of coffee grounds that will produce the desired flavor. Coffee grounds may be sprinkled on a surface with the calibration mark and imaged with the calibration mark such that the correction factor for the calibration mark can be used to determine the particle size range of the coffee grounds. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241591 | INFORMATION OBTAINING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM - An information obtaining device includes: an obtaining section configured to obtain biological information of a user and an information pattern formed in a display panel or on a paper surface; a collation section configured to collate the biological information of the user obtained by the obtaining section with pre-registered biological information; an authentication section configured to authenticate the user on the basis of a collation result of the collation section; and a control section configured to control whether to start a process of reading the information pattern, on the basis of an authentication result of the authentication section, the process including a process of obtaining the information pattern by the obtaining section. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241592 | Systems and Methods for Automatic Image Editing - Various embodiments are disclosed for automatic image editing. One embodiment is a method for editing an image in an image editing device that comprises obtaining the image and analyzing attributes of the image, wherein the attributes correspond to facial attributes of at least one individual shown in the image. The method further comprises retrieving from a database a modification previously obtained by the image editing device, wherein retrieving the modification is performed based on the analyzed attributes of the image. The retrieved modification is applied to the image based on the attributes of the image. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241593 | AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An authentication apparatus includes a feature acquiring unit that acquires a feature of an authentication target; an extracting unit that extracts one or more registered persons having features similar to the acquired feature; a determining unit that determines whether any registered person having a feature similar to the feature of at least one extracted registered person exits in the registered persons; a first identifying unit that, if the determination is negative, identifies the registered person having the feature having a highest degree of similarity with the acquired feature as the authentication target; a specific information accepting unit that accepts information specific to the authentication target; and a second identifying unit that, if the determination is affirmative and the accepted specific information coincides with the information specific to any extracted registered person, identifies the registered person having the coinciding specific information as the authentication target. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241594 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus which communicates with an external apparatus having a face authentication function, comprises a unit which acquires a type of the authentication function of the external apparatus from the external apparatus; a unit which receives image data held in the external apparatus and a face feature amount used by the external apparatus for the authentication function; and a unit which controls, in accordance with a result of comparing a type of a face authentication function of the information processing apparatus with the type of the authentication function of the external apparatus, whether to use the received face feature amount for the authentication function of the information processing apparatus, or to re-generate, from the received image data, a face feature amount corresponding to the type of the authentication function of the information processing apparatus. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241595 | Integrated Finger Print Sensor - A fingerprint sensor and fingerprint sensor system especially for integration in a device having an overlay made of an insulating material comprises a plurality of sensing elements positioned on a first side of the overlay; a plurality of probes positioned in a predetermined pattern defining a fingerprint sensing area on a second side of the overlay, the plurality of probes extending from the first side of the overlay at least partially through the overlay; a plurality of conductor leads on the first side of the overlay interconnecting the plurality of probes with the plurality of sensing elements; a plurality of amplifiers connected to the plurality of sensing elements, the number of amplifiers being less than the number of sensing elements; and an activation circuit connected to the plurality of sensing elements, the activation circuit being adapted to output at least one activation signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140241596 | Apparatus and Method for Capturing a Vital Vascular Fingerprint - A method using optical coherence tomography to capture the microvascular network of the superficial layer of the finger skin for the purpose of fingerprint authentication and liveness detection. At the dermal papilla region, the vascular pattern follows the same pattern of the fingerprint and this vascular pattern forms a live vascular fingerprint. This live vascular fingerprint provides for ultrahigh security and a unique way for fingerprint-based personal verification. Because the system is based on blood flow, which only exists in a living person, the technique is robust against spoof attaching. After performing non-contact in-vivo imaging of a human fingertip, a three dimensional vasculature image is reconstructed from a plurality of vasculature tomography images and at least one vasculature fingerprint image which corresponds to the fingertip is extracted from the three dimensional vasculature image. This extracted image may then be compared to known fingerprint database for authentication or for liveness detection. | 2014-08-28 |